Yeah. Her journey to the zone was made up to be this life or death adventure that will either make her or break her and what did she go through so far? Met Ivy's friend, had a hallucination and read some documents in an abandoned factory. Since she is returning home this next update I dont think she will have any more major moments in the zone. All in all that whole journey was kinda meh for being the main plot line so far.
Don't lose hope yet. There could be a final task/challenge/battle that Shani must conquer right before returning home. I thought the ghost sequence was quite well done (might be different vision for each Stalker). Exploring the ruins I also thought was quite good. The mood was tense and environment was spot on. I will say that perhaps at least one fight scene in and around the factory would have really elevated it. maybe Shani fight her way out of an ambush.
There was the threat of others prowling around, but other than the impaled red shirt whose name I forgot, danger was largely avoided. I think if there is an upcoming boss fight or something like that then the overall zone storyline will end up successful. The entire experience might be better classified as more foreboding suspense than slasher horror. Regardless how it turn out I will be pleased to see my favourite girl back. She has much catching up to do. Ain and Zahra has been racking up the lewd scenes in Shani's absence.