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Beneath the Freezing Rain, I Tore Off the Traitors' Masks engsub fullepisode🧲⚡️🔺
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00:01doomsday came i was murdered in cold blood by the two people i trusted the most with their own hands
00:08no one thought the storm would last an entire year until the massive flood swallowed the whole
00:12neighborhood i watched helplessly as the freezing water flooded into our apartment in just seconds
00:17the room was almost full so i held my breath and fought my way toward the door but no matter
00:22what
00:22i did the door wouldn't open familiar voices drifted in from outside it was my boyfriend jack
00:27and my best friend mia they'd locked me inside this flooding room on purpose leading me to drown
00:33overwhelmed by suffocation my consciousness began to blur but i couldn't die i had to get out of
00:38here no matter what seeing the rescue team directing everyone to evacuate i finally felt at ease as long
00:43as i got on that vehicle i would be safe jack and mia boarded the car too there was only
00:48one seat left
00:49and to save their own lives they pushed me off the car i chased that vehicle like crazy screaming for
00:54them to save me until my legs gave out and i couldn't run another step all i could do was
00:59stop in despair i was standing there breathless and hopeless when a strange sound came from behind
01:04me before i could turn something latched onto me like a freaking face hugger a freezing cold thing
01:09slithered down my throat an instant gut-wrenching pain exploded through every inch of my body
01:13my heart stopped beating if i could do it all over again i would never ever throw my life away
01:19for
01:19something as worthless as love
01:24maybe fate took pity on me when i opened my eyes again the first thing i saw was that custom
01:29-made
01:29expensive ceiling i'd actually been reborn three days before the doomsday storm since god is giving me
01:35a second chance i swear i will not let jack and mia those two scumbags get away with it in
01:41my past life
01:42mia always put on this holier-than-thou act pretending to advise me to break up with jack
01:47while behind my back she'd already hooked up with him and jack that loser who lived off me
01:52spent my money recklessly yet resented me for not sleeping with him before marriage
01:56in the end just to steal my survival supplies he killed me with his own hands
02:02happy birthday babe i'll bring mia along to celebrate for you don't worry she promised to just
02:08eat and keep her mouth shut if i hadn't been reborn i probably would have fallen for that and felt
02:13all
02:13touched but not this time i didn't reply right now the top priority is getting money and stocking up
02:18on supplies i remember it clearly on my birthday three days from now that apocalyptic storm is going
02:24to hit 90 percent of the world's land will be submerged and alien creatures will invade
02:31this 37th floor penthouse i'm in right now was an adulthood gift from my parents but it's just a
02:37place to live if i'm going to stockpile supplies for years even 200 square meters won't be enough
02:42i have to think of a way i quickly open all the banking apps on my phone and pull out
02:46every penny
02:47no second thoughts no caring about the interest because in three days those numbers will be worthless
02:52i also cash out all my designer bags and investments at a discount adding that to my savings i suddenly
02:58have nearly six and a half million in cash on hand there are four units on this floor other than
03:03mine
03:053702 in the middle 3701 on the left and 3703 on the right have always been empty i hear they
03:12were
03:12purchased by two property flippers as an investment i reach out to a real estate agent right away i'm
03:17willing to pay a 20 premium in full cash the only term is we sign the papers and finalize
03:23everything today drawn by the money the two landlords agree without hesitation in just one
03:28morning i get the keys to both neighboring units now i can use these two empty apartments as storage
03:34i can stockpile massive supplies freely without messing up my own living area housing problems solved
03:40all that's left now is to stock up on supplies first stop i head straight to the biggest supermarket
03:46in the city before the shopkeeper can even had a chance to greet me i hand him a shopping list
03:50i practically bought out the entire supermarket holy hell lady you're trying to supply an entire army
03:56or what no company perks i just rented two employee dormitories please have someone deliver everything
04:02to my place i'll double your shipping fee the owner is thrilled he arranged workers to deliver
04:07everything that afternoon i have enough food water medicine and weapons this feeling of sitting on a
04:13mountain of treasure is even better than winning the lottery i contact a security door installer not
04:20only do i reinforce my own front door but i also replace the doors of the two neighboring units with
04:25vault grade mechanical combination locks i also have thick metal bolts welded onto the inside of each
04:31door i break through the walls connecting 3702 to the two neighboring units so i can access supplies
04:37without ever stepping outside all the window glass is covered with the highest grade blast film my home
04:43has become an impenetrable fortress by the time i finish everything it's already evening of the third day
04:50i slump exhausted onto my leather sofa yeah i paid people to handle most of the heavy work but coordinating
04:56everything and tying up loose ends these past two days has totally worn me out i tear open a bag
05:02of beef
05:02jerky chew a bite and flip on the tv the news channel is still all peace and calm the weather
05:07report casually mentions that there might be some rain in the coming days no one knows that once this
05:12rain starts it will mark the end of human civilization just then my phone rings it's that disgusting
05:18three-person group chat happy birthday babe you are the brightest superstar love you hurry back honey
05:23we are waiting for you at your apartment back then my blind trust in them got me killed not this
05:28time
05:28from now on i write my own story i head to the bathroom to take a relaxing bath i know
05:33very well
05:34once the storm starts the tap water will stop running soon this might be my last chance to take a
05:39bath
05:39i fill the bathtub bowl scatter rose petals across the water and soak in the calm before the storm
05:44while i'm drying my hair jack calls seeing the word darling pop up on screen i hold back my disgust
05:50and answer the call looking at the dark clouds outside a cold smile curls at the corner of my mouth
05:56babe where are you why aren't you back yet oh jack my mom suddenly missed me and asked me to
06:01come
06:01home for a few days i am already on the train no way i can make it back tonight what
06:07but we bought
06:08so much food you guys eat first don't wait for me go ahead and finish all that food consider it
06:15celebrating my birthday for me after hanging up i can almost picture exactly what those two look like
06:20in that apartment that apartment sits in a low-lying zone it is always the first neighborhood
06:24to flood its drainage system is terrible once the torrential rain pours down the whole place
06:30will be submerged in no time i truly hope they enjoy their nice little dinner after all this is
06:37probably the last peaceful meal of their lives a blinding flash of lightning cuts across the sky
06:42outside the window followed by rain pounding against the bulletproof glass i check the time 8 27 pm the
06:49apocalypse has officially begun and just like that the three-person group chat starts up again jack
06:54sends a photo it's a feast of dishes with a peanut flavored birthday cake right in the center babe the
07:00rain outside is crazy when are you coming back looking at the photo it's all food mia likes not
07:05a single dish i like even the cake it's mia's favorite peanut butter flavor three years with jack
07:10and he still doesn't remember that i'm allergic to peanuts the news finally cuts in with an emergency
07:15alert the city issues a red alert for rain rainfall is expected to exceed 400 millimeters in the next two
07:21hours and it will keep rising the world outside the window is soon swallowed by heavy rain the once
07:27lively city falls into chaos car horns blare and people scream all mixing into one loud uproar the phone
07:34rings again something feels off the rain is way too heavy the street outside the door is already flooded
07:40are you sure you're not coming back i pop a freshly grilled rib into my mouth the outside is charred
07:45and caramelized the inside is tender and juicy paired with a left bank bordeaux cabernet sauvignon
07:51this feeling is absolutely heavenly then i start typing in the group chat can't make it back
07:56rain's too heavy trains are cancelled you two just stay there whatever you do don't go outside happy
08:01birthday chloe welcome to the end of their world the curtain has risen on my revenge now let's see in
08:09the
08:09face of hunger and fear how long your so-called true love can actually last the doomsday storm has
08:17finally arrived i'm hiding out in my 37th floor penthouse savoring some good food meanwhile my
08:23cheating boyfriend and backstabbing best friend are out there in the storm desperately struggling to
08:28survive even though i know full well they might lose their lives in this terrifying deluge i will never
08:34open my door and let them in all because in this life i came back reborn on the second day
08:40of the
08:40doomsday storm that cheating boyfriend from the group chat actually has the nerve to send me a
08:45message acting all concerned telling me not to go out unless it's absolutely necessary don't go out
08:51unless it's important quite the actor isn't he then my good bestie mia chimes in looks like i'm stranded
08:57so i'll have to crash at your place oh wait your boyfriend jack won't be mad at me will he
09:03mia even
09:04throws in a smirking emoji their little stunt makes me sick all that talk about never crossing any
09:09boundaries just feels like they're showing off on purpose behind my back they've already done
09:14everything they claimed they wouldn't i completely ignore those disgusting messages looking back i was
09:20really naive and pitiful back then i once thought i had the perfect love and the most sincere trustworthy
09:25friendship in the world little did i know they'd already teamed up to betray me as i look back
09:30on all the details from my past life i realized their betrayal was full of obvious signs all along
09:40i recall every time mia felt under the weather my boyfriend jack would always turn up right on
09:45time thoughtfully handing her painkillers
09:52but when i had a really bad cold jack's phone was always unreachable
09:58jack is actually a pretty good cook yet whenever mia joins us for dinner the whole table is nothing but
10:04vegetarian dishes he knows perfectly well mia dislikes meat and he also knows i'm a total carnivore
10:12all those little unnoticeable details they were all clues exposing their betrayal all along
10:19the rain outside keeps pouring harder and harder before long the whole world outside is drowning in
10:24flood water terrifying lightning and thunder clash wildly together raindrops slam against the glass
10:29like cannonballs i stand alone in front of the floor to ceiling window and happen to notice a small
10:34orange glow bobbing in the water my heart stops i immediately grab my binoculars for a closer look
10:42it looks like a sanitation worker who's fallen into the flood fighting desperately for his life
10:47but then a sudden wave hits and he's completely swept away gone without a trace the cruel apocalypse
10:52has only just begun human life has become as worthless as trash silently swallowed up by the raging flood
11:01i'm too tense to even breathe suddenly a violent clap of thunder crashes down plunging half the city into
11:07total darkness in an instant amid the flashes of lightning and peals of thunder flood waters come
11:14surging from the distance like a raging tide even standing up here on the 37th floor the sight before
11:21my eyes makes my legs go weak with fear the entire city is swallowed by the flood all the shorter
11:28buildings are instantly engulfed in darkness luckily all the residential buildings near me are newly built
11:33high-rises so the power supply facilities remain undamaged just in case i quickly get the generator ready
11:40for any emergency looking at that old apartment building in the distance now swallowed by darkness
11:47i feel a quiet sense of relief thank goodness i installed that one-way privacy film early on
11:51even if the whole world loses power one day no one outside will be able to see the light inside
11:56my home
11:57luckily the internet is still up i casually open a video on my phone and the trending page is filled
12:03with scenes of devastation from the torrential rain in just two days over 800 people are already dead
12:10that cold lifeless number is absolutely horrifying to look at
12:15since everything in the malls and supermarkets was already looted people's ugly side in the disaster
12:20really shows
12:23news reports say rescue supplies are in severe shortage right now
12:27which basically means the rescue teams won't arrive anytime soon
12:31if we want to survive the only option now is to rely on ourselves
12:38it's almost as if my parents could foresee the future
12:40they not only had the house specially reinforced during renovation but also installed heavy-duty
12:45waterproofing on the top floor i'll probably be fine getting through this endless downpour
12:50what worries me more is the mutated creatures that come after the storm
12:55in my past life jack and mia stole my spot in the rescue game garden and i was attacked and
13:00killed by some
13:01unknown mutated creature no one knew that even more unknown dangers were on the wall
13:08so in this life i came fully prepared hopefully i'll never have to use these corrosive chemicals
13:16the time has come day three of the doomsday storm jack starts getting chatty in the group again
13:22he casually sends a few photos of the place the home he and i used to share that apartment of
13:27ours is on
13:28a low floor the sixth but right now the place is an absolute wreck the flood water has already covered
13:33the
13:33entire bed jack starts non-stop whining in the group chat asking if i'm still at my mom's place
13:39just then a new message appears it's mia chloe i remember you have a penthouse apartment we're already
13:45on our way there get your room ready for us listening to this my heart races instantly overwhelmed by deep
13:51regrets i remember back in my past life my relationship with my best friend mia was incredibly close
13:58so close that we were like sisters sharing the same dress i never held anything back from her i even
14:04brought her to my penthouse before back then to show just how deep our bestie bond ran i was stupid
14:12enough to even give her a spare key to my penthouse but look at this now what am i supposed
14:19to do
14:22i happen to have your key with me whether you're home or not we're coming in we'll be at your
14:26door
14:27any minute now i tremble in fright and drop my phone my heart starts pounding wildly they're really
14:37coming for me any moment now what on earth should i do to stay alive the storm has been raging
14:43non-stop for
14:44four full days now that little apartment jack rented is completely underwater me i've already stocked
14:52up on everything i need and am fully prepared living comfortably in the penthouse dad gave me
14:59that worthless man who betrayed me and my fake best friend have somehow found my address now they're
15:07rowing over on a shabby inflatable raft forcing me to open the door and take them in
15:12in my past life not only did i bring mia to this apartment but i was also stupid enough to
15:18give her
15:18a spare key and in the end she teamed up with that piece of trash and got me killed so
15:25since i've been
15:26given a second life there's no way i'm ever giving them another chance to hurt me again just as i
15:31was
15:31pacing around in panic i suddenly remember i'd had the locks changed after my rebirth the key mia has won't
15:37work at all even though i know i'm safe i still need to double check every inch of this security
15:41door i have to make sure it's absolutely solid after checking everything i went back to the bedroom
15:49and pulled the heavy blackout curtain shut cutting myself off entirely from the outside world and i made
15:55a solemn vow in my heart through lives mean nothing to me not for anything in the world will i
16:03open the door
16:03and take them in this lifetime i was jolted awake by a frantic pounding at the door i know full
16:14well
16:14it must be those two i creep barefoot over to the front door and peer through the peephole there they
16:19are jack and mia standing right outside the door both of them soaked from head to toe jack is banging
16:24frantically on the steel door shouting for me to open it his face filled with anxiety and panic
16:33open it chloe open the door i know you're in there meanwhile mia's lips are purple from the cold
16:42her whole body trembling non-stop after about 10 minutes or so of jack pounding on the door he
16:47completely loses his patience he'd somehow picked up an iron rod without me noticing he hefts it up and
16:52slams it hard against my front door but how could he know i've already reinforced this door to bank
16:57vault level he thinks he can bust down my door with some rusty iron rod in his dreams jack stop
17:06let's
17:08just stay here for now at least it's safe for the moment maybe chloe just fell asleep and didn't hear
17:14us
17:19i can see everything clearly through the monitor right there in the dark grimy hallway the two of
17:26them shamelessly started making out my stomach turned in disgust and i nearly threw up they're filthy
17:32crawling out of flood water and garbage and they can still stand to put their mouths on each other
17:37now that's true love not even the apocalypse can stop them but their moment of tenderness
17:43didn't last long jack becomes anxious and restless again as the night creeps by the temperature in the
17:51hallway keeps getting colder mia has come down with a high fever shivering and huddled on the icy ground
17:56she's clearly burning up and losing her senses
18:01i watch everything happening out there without a single expression on my face my eyes falls on
18:06the medical supplies lined up on the shelf full of fever and anti-inflammatory meds yet i only stare
18:11at them with a cold mocking smile right about then mia slaps jack hard across the face i can't believe
18:19my
18:20luck stuck with a useless loser like you if i were with chloe i'd be inside with food and drink
18:27how did i ever hook up with you in the first place that slap completely stuns jack one side of
18:32his face
18:32swells up right away but he only stays quiet for a moment then he starts coaxing mia in a low
18:36voice
18:37mia just hold on a little longer maybe your fever will break soon the rescue team will be here any
18:42minute can we just hang on a little longer in my memory jack has always been this charming thoughtful
18:47gentleman and now look at him groveling in front of mia like that i honestly don't know what i ever
18:55saw in
18:55him mia completely brushes off jack's comfort she shakes his hand off in disgust points right at his
19:01nose her face screaming nothing but contempt for his uselessness just at that moment the door across
19:06the hall swings open the man and woman who betrayed me are begging desperately outside and i still refuse to
19:14open the door instead the door across the hall opens first through the security monitor by my door
19:21i see it clearly a big hulking guy just walked out of the apartment across the hall his gaze lingers
19:26greedily on mia's damp clothes for a full half minute and he even licks his lips i'm sitting right here
19:32on
19:32my couch watching the whole thing on the screen jack shifts to stand in front of mia look bro we
19:39gotta just
19:39the man brushes jack aside effortlessly
19:45his lecherous eyes fixed firmly on mia come with me quietly i have got all the good stuff inside food
19:54medicine hot water and a nice clean bed stick with me and you will live in comfort far better than
20:03freezing to
20:03death out here in the hallway seeing the hungry look in mia's eyes jack absolutely loses his mind
20:12he swings at the guy and the two of them start fighting jack tries to play the hero in front
20:16of
20:16me and gets knocked flat on his ass for his trouble seeing mia actually tempted i can't help but smirk
20:22this is the best friend who was always jealous of me and stole my boyfriend and underneath it all
20:27she's still just as greedy and selfish enraged out of his mind jack pulls another punch and rushes straight at
20:34the brute
20:45but unexpectedly mia tells jack to back off then lets the big man hoist her onto his shoulder
20:51and carry her into his luxury apartment without hesitation
20:55jack can't believe his eyes he stands rooted to the spot like a statue it's not until the door across
21:02the hallway is about to shut that he finally snaps out of his daze and shouts angrily at her
21:12at that moment a ruthless glint flashes in mia's eyes before she speaks without a shred of mercy
21:18out there it is nothing but storm and flood as long as i can survive nothing else matters
21:24the big man slams the door with a loud bang and in that pitch black hallway jack is suddenly all
21:29alone
21:31i watch his pitiful state with cold eyes not a trace of sympathy in my heart
21:36all i feel is the sweet satisfaction of revenge finally served
21:44not after long the rich scent of steak wafts out from inside the room jack who's already starving can't
21:50take it anymore he actually knocks on that brute's door his voice is low and begging as he pleads
21:55outside bro just throw me some food anything to keep me alive i was wrong i should not have swung
22:00at
22:00you like that please just have some pity on me give me something to eat my girlfriend his family is
22:05rich
22:05i will have her send you a ton of money right now hearing what he says through the monitor
22:09i let out a cold laugh even at a time like this jack is still trying to squeeze something out
22:15of me
22:17but no one inside paid him the slightest attention instead sounds of laughter and teasing between a
22:22man and a woman along with suggestive murmurs drifted out from behind the door
22:28jack figures out immediately what's going on inside his already hopeless face twists with rage and humiliation
22:34he shakes with fury veins bulging on his forehead then he picks up that iron rod and starts banging on
22:40the door a hundred times more vicious than when he was hitting my door the sounds coming from that
22:45apartment just keep getting louder jack's last mental defense completely crumbles and he drops the iron
22:51rod in utter dejection i'm sitting here nice and steady at my dining table eating popcorn and drinking
22:57coke watching this whole drama show on my monitor honestly this is more intense and entertaining than any tv
23:04show thinking back on my past life mia was jealous of my wealthy family and my good-looking boyfriend
23:10so she just snatched jack right away from me
23:25those two scumbags teamed up to rob me and take my life they killed me
23:30in this life mia doesn't hesitate for a second to abandon jack just to save her own skin
23:36i guess that's exactly the kind of hurt that trash like jack deserves after finishing my popcorn
23:41i get up and walk to the window the storm outside is still raging crazily and the flood water has
23:46already risen to the tenth floor seeing how terrifyingly fast the water is rising i have a bad day
23:55pandora's box has been flung wide open disaster comes pouring down upon the world
24:03on social media pleas for help are flooding everywhere reading those desperate cries for help gives me a
24:08complicated feeling i can't quite put into words the girl in the video doesn't even have time to try for
24:14help
24:14before the giant spider monster stabs her straight through the heart but as large-scale blackouts roll through the city
24:20updates online get fewer and farther between still i can't help but notice one image
24:25a haggard mother holding two starving children they look like they're barely hanging on
24:31i can't bear to look anymore in this cruel apocalyptic world no one can save anyone
24:36else the only person you can rely on is yourself
24:41so
24:49right then my mom calls me honey how are things over there hearing mom's warm familiar voice
24:55sends a wave of comfort through me all my fear and unease melts away mom just hearing your voice
25:01puts me at ease everything is fine here i have plenty of supplies dad snatches the phone and tells me
25:06thank goodness they listened to me they moved their supplies up to the old house on the hilltop
25:11before the storm hit up there on the mountain life is actually pretty comfortable right now my parents
25:15had saved up a bit over the years they built a small villa on a hilltop back in their hometown
25:19and every summer they go up there for a little vacation now that the storm is here that house has
25:25turned out to be just what they needed i give them a few more instructions then reluctantly hang up
25:32knowing that my parents are safe puts my mind completely at ease in the middle of this terrible
25:38apocalypse having my family safe and sound is the greatest comfort i could ever ask for
25:44even in the apocalypse i never stop working out i've heard this massive storm is going to last a full
25:50six months this is bound to be a long grueling battle of endurance having plenty of supplies isn't
25:57enough you also need a body strong and healthy enough to carry you through but that night i
26:03suddenly couldn't sleep in the darkness i thought i heard some noise outside my door out of habit i sit
26:08down at the computer to check the cameras and what i see nearly scares me half to death mia sticks
26:14her
26:14hand through the crack in the door and tosses out a few apples and a bag of bread the second
26:19jack sees
26:20food he's like a starving wolf he springs up from the floor and grabs that door frame holding on to
26:26it
26:26not letting it go his eyes are blazing with rage and hatred seeing him like this almost insane and
26:33terrifying sends chills down my spine mia is no match for jack's strength the door is about to
26:40be forced all the way open watching through the screen i can't help but break out in a cold sweat
26:46for
26:46her then the big man comes out but before he can even say a word jack takes him down with
26:51a swing
26:52of the iron rod in an instant the big man becomes a corpse jack stands over him laughing like a
26:59maniac
26:59his features are contorted like some demons and there's actually this smug look on his face like
27:05he's proud of himself for driving off an intruder and right then jack turns around and walks over to my
27:12front door he sends me a message through the camera chloe how have you been lately i really miss you
27:25i still love you so much have you been thinking about me fear tightens my throat leaving me speechless
27:32my fingers tremble uncontrollably i know perfectly well i can't let him get suspicious i quickly reply
27:38i miss you too my phone's been dead no signal these days
27:45i called your mom earlier she told me you're not at home she said you never went back are you
27:51lying to
27:52me i break out in a cold sweat in an instant i didn't get home until after i got off
27:57the phone
27:57with you so my mom thought i hadn't come back yet babe i miss you so much where exactly are
28:05you i'll come
28:05find you right now fighting back my disgust i reply i'm back in my hometown with my mom gotta go
28:14we just
28:14lost power again i toss my phone aside and keep my eyes fixed on the surveillance screen on my computer
28:20meanwhile jack is staring intently at my front door he seems to have a vague feeling that i'm actually
28:26hiding inside this apartment thank goodness the pinhole camera i installed is extremely well hidden
28:32jack has no idea it's there the thing he should be doing right now instead of searching everywhere
28:38for me is dealing with that dead man on the floor mia is completely terrified by now she's slumped to
28:44the
28:44floor like a limp heap unable to stir an inch jack completely ignores her with a cold expressionless face
28:51he bends down grabs the man by the collar and drags him like a piece of trash toward the stairwell
28:57that
28:58leads to the roof all i hear is this dull heavy thud from downstairs the man's body slams into the
29:07water
29:08and sends up a huge splash to anyone who doesn't know what's going on it just looks like another person
29:14who couldn't take the apocalypse anymore and offed themselves once i dispose of this man's body completely
29:19jack drags mia who's still slumped on the floor straight into the apartment by now there's nothing
29:24in her eyes but pure fear she just lets him pull her inside and the moment that apartment door slams
29:30shut after that mia does whatever jack tells her completely obeying to his words eight months slipped
29:37by in the blink of an eye the rain stopped but then the temperature dropped crazily the flood water
29:42turned into thick sheets of ice after that long stretch of extreme weather city's power grid had been dead
29:47for a long time jack and mia are at my door again they're wrapped in layers of ragged clothes and
29:52blankets shivering in the hallway that burly guy he didn't actually have that much food stocked up
29:57on top of jack's reckless spending and wasting in these past few months they've now run out of food for
30:03a full three days hunger and cold are slowly eating away whatever humanity they've got left jack the face
30:10that used to be so good looking now his eyes are all sunken in he's nervously tugging at his messy
30:15hair
30:15looking just like a zombie mia's even worse off her face is all frostbitten her hair looks like dead
30:21straw she's completely lost that vibrant look she used to have because just now jack snatched away
30:26that last piece of moldy cracker from her i've seen this kind of savage fighting countless times over
30:32these eight months every single time it feels so satisfying just when i thought their little fight for
30:38today was about to end jack suddenly stands up his eyes lock on my door it's that kind of crazy
30:44you
30:45only get when you're staring death in the face
30:49in his hand is the power drill he looted from the burly guy's place that buzzing sound just keeps
30:55ringing in my ears
31:00jack's voice is all raspy as he says to mia
31:03that bitch chloe's definitely in there i've been hearing noises from that side for months now
31:12and there's light coming through the crack under that door that means she's got food and electricity
31:16in there if we can just pry this door open we'll be living like kings from now on the moment
31:22mia hears
31:23there's food you can see that greed flash in her eyes she completely forgets how jack stole that last
31:29half of her cracker she actually helps him drag over the extension cord all on her own watching
31:34these two out of their minds on the screen i set down my coffee cup if you're so determined to
31:39walk
31:40right into your own death don't blame me for what happens next i walk over to the shoe cabinet and
31:45grab
31:45the explosion proof connector i prepared then i grab the high voltage switch i'd already set up and hold
31:51it in my hand back when i was renovating i had someone run electricity through the inside of the security
31:56door all i have to do is press this switch and the whole door will instantly be live with 3
32:01000
32:01volts of high voltage jack walks up to the door with the drill he walks up to the door with
32:06that
32:06ugly grin on his face muttering curses the whole time chloe you selfish bitch you've got all that stuff
32:13and you just sit there watching us starve when i get through this door you're gonna pay for it
32:21the moment the drill bit touched the lock i didn't hesitate i pressed the switch a huge crackling sound
32:27and blue electric arcs exploded all over the door jack doesn't even have time to scream his whole body
32:33springs off like a rocket he crashes hard against the hallway wall the drill pouring out thick black smoke
32:39falls to the side his whole body is convulsing violently foam coming out of his mouth his already
32:45messy hair is now standing straight up from the shock mia who is right behind jack is completely
32:51frozen in shock by what just happened she backs away screaming nonsense and plops down onto the icy
32:58cold ground she pissed herself i let out a cold laugh open the intercom and say to the two sorry
33:04figures
33:05outside oh my so sorry about that the quality of my door isn't great it's a little leaky next time
33:12you
33:12want to want to visit remember to make an appointment in advance that way you won't get
33:16accidentally shocked again when he hears my voice jack's whole body jerks he barely manages to lift
33:22his head and his eyes are just filled with shock and pure venom chloe so you are home you evil
33:31woman
33:32you ran high voltage through your door are you trying to kill me i answer all nonchalant kill someone
33:39i wouldn't dare this is just self-defense as for you two showing up with a power drill trying to
33:46pry my
33:46door open i believe that's called attempted home invasion right and you know what in this lawless
33:52apocalypse we're living in now home invaders usually get killed jack struggles for a long time before he
34:01can barely catch his breath that hit didn't kill him but it pretty much crushed him completely he's only got
34:07a
34:07little strength left he realizes brute force isn't going to work so he puts on that fake act again
34:13chloe i know i was wrong i screwed up everything i shouldn't have betrayed you
34:20i shouldn't have gotten together with mia
34:25but i'm seriously starving
34:30come on we used to love each other
34:33just give me something to eat even just one slice of bread please
34:38mia starts wailing too chloe i'm your best friend
34:44we used to go shopping and eat together don't you remember jack made me do it he forced me
34:51chloe please save me watching them grovel like that makes me sick to my stomach i look at them
34:57through the peephole and say coldly save your energy i'd rather feed my supplies to a dog than
35:04give them to you two you two just stay out there in the hallway and enjoy starving nice and slow
35:10then i shut off the intercom i let them wail and curse all they want outside i just pretend i
35:16can't
35:16hear any of it but i know perfectly well this piece isn't going to last the structure of this building
35:22is starting to show some problems after being soaked in flood water for so long last night i
35:27felt some slight tremors and the ice outside is constantly pressing against the walls the 37th
35:33floor might be high up but if the foundation gives way this place will turn into my grave in an
35:38instant
35:41i pull out the satellite phone i've been holding on to the one i spent a fortune on before the
35:46apocalypse
35:46hit i bought it so i could still reach the outside world after the internet and power went out i
35:52call
35:52that familiar number and on the other end my dad's voice comes through right away chloe is that you
35:59how are things over there right now hearing my dad's voice all my defenses crumble in an instant
36:05my eyes get a little teary i hold back the tears and say dad i'm safe here for now
36:13but this building might not hold up much longer the foundation is shifting i want to get out of
36:18here and come find you guys up in the mountains dad's voice on the other end is urgent as he
36:24says
36:24be extremely careful the ice out there is really unstable right now some places look frozen solid
36:32but underneath it's all rushing flood water and things are crazy out there a lot of survivors have
36:37formed armed gangs putting everything in sight a girl like you coming out here alone it's way too
36:43dangerous i take a deep breath and say firmly dad don't worry i've been ready for this for a long
36:49time
36:50i have guns
36:54dad and i agreed on a meeting spot right under that signal tower at the edge of the city
37:00after hanging up i start getting everything ready i sling the gun behind my back and clip the stun gun
37:05to
37:05my waist now i'm leaving
37:14night falls the wind outside howls even harder against the window i go out to the balcony the
37:20floor to ceiling windows here face the other side of the city which perfectly avoids the line of sight
37:25of those two pieces of trash in the hallway the water level has already risen to the 20th floor now
37:31that's only about 10 plus floors below me the freezing wind cuts into my face but the fire inside
37:37me just keeps burning hotter and hotter i hit an off-road vehicle in the garage upstairs a long time
37:43ago this is a car i specially modified the off-road vehicle has ice studded tires and a strengthened four
37:50wheel drive diff lock i raised the chassis and tuned the powertrain to handle extreme cold conditions
37:56i check the gas tank and make sure there's plenty of fuel everything's ready right as i'm about to
38:01drive off a scream comes from above i hear mia's voice turns out those two just wouldn't give up
38:08they've been watching me from the hallway window the whole time look jack that bitch is trying to run
38:14away she has a car she actually hit a car from us chloe don't you dare run take us with
38:21you take us with you
38:23now i look up and see two heads poking out from the window on the 37th floor turns out jack
38:34has a gun
38:36he pulls the trigger the bullet comes flying right at me the bullet hits the ice not far from me
38:42chunks of ice go flying in all directions almost tearing through my cold weather suit i stare up at
38:47them coldly since you're so desperate to die i'll give you a ride i don't rush off instead i take
38:54the
38:54gun off my back and aim it at the window above jack clearly never thought i'd shoot back he curses
39:00and
39:00pulls his head in but i never meant to kill him with this shot anyway the bullet rips through the
39:05night
39:06air and hits the drain pipe right above their window that pipe was already cracked from the cold and barely
39:11hanging on one shot and it comes crashing down with a roar huge icicles along with chunks of debris come
39:18crashing down the window shatters instantly the freezing wind mixed with ice shots comes pouring into
39:23the hall i can even hear mia's blood-curdling screams
39:29no window to block it tonight's minus 40 degree cold will be more than enough the next one
39:34see you later you two scumbags hope you can last a few more hours in that ice pit
39:43once i leave the neighborhood the scene in front of me is even more shocking the once bustling city
39:48is now nothing but dead silence skyscrapers stand like lonely islands in the middle of a vast frozen
39:55wasteland frozen cars and trees are everywhere once in a while you spot a few bodies frozen mid-struggle
40:03trapped in the ice i see that monster bug that killed me in my past life it's frozen dead
40:13i breathe a small sigh of relief even though i've weapons in this kind of extreme environment
40:19i have to stay on guard at all times right as i get near the central plaza several blinding lights
40:26suddenly flash in front of me a few modified off-road vehicles come racing toward me it's those gang
40:33members the looters in the apocalypse people with their own vehicles are usually the most dangerous kind
40:40they bully the weak have no humanity left just pure evil i immediately duck down and turn off my
40:47headlights trying to hide among the ruins but they clearly spotted me a long time ago the megaphone
40:55blasts out this cocky voice stop your car hand over your supplies and maybe we will let you live hearing
41:04that i tighten my grip on my gun you want to rob me you better pray you get the chance
41:10i start the car
41:11again and slip into a tight little side street which should limit their advantage in numbers those
41:17cars are right on my tail a chase breaks out of frozen streets the guys chasing me are clearly desperate
41:24too they just won't let up some of them even start throwing molotov cocktails at me
41:29the flames explode on the ice and swallows my car
41:38i calmly speed out of the flames the bandits behind me keep firing non-stop i ignore them and focus
41:44on
41:44the terrain around me up ahead is an intersection on the left is an office building that's already
41:49half fallen down tons of concrete and rebar are scattered right across the middle of the road
41:54it's the perfect trap i deliberately slow down pretending like i'm panicking and not paying
42:00attention and head straight for it the bandits behind me think i'm losing it they scream with
42:05excitement and floor it right as the car is about to smash into the pile of concrete and rebar i
42:10slam
42:11the gas use the tilted ice slab as a ramp and jump right over the road the car right on
42:16my tail isn't
42:17so lucky the driver doesn't even have time to react a huge crash but several cars pile right into each
42:23other
42:23the remains of cars slam on their brakes spinning out all over the ice
42:28in the middle of all that chaos i fire three shots of the gasoline on the ground
42:32instantly it ignites flares shoot up into the sky their screens are immediately swallowed up by the
42:37blast after taking care of the pursuers i didn't stop for a second i keep driving at full speed toward
42:43the edge of the city because i know that explosion just now is probably going to attract even more looters
42:49i'm driving my off-road vehicle across the frozen highway thinking i'm finally safe
42:55but i never expected underneath the ice there's a deadly monster hiding i see several massive tentacles
43:02reaching up through the ice wherever they touch the ice sizzles and kisses with water
43:08what the hell is that those disgusting tentacles keep attacking me corrosive slime drips onto my car
43:17and in an instant it burns a huge hole right through the top my arm gets burned too
43:23this is the first time since the apocalypse started that i've felt the threat of death again
43:27i shoot back but the bullets can't kill it the wounds heal instantly the thing gets pissed at me
43:34thrashing its tentacles around and becoming even more furious not until that tentacle monster rose up
43:40with a thunderous crash did i realize i seriously underestimated how terrifying this apocalypse really
43:46is but i have to survive i floor the gas dodging the monster's chase and keep firing at the same
43:54tentacle over and over again my way worked i blew one of its tentacles off the monster becomes furious
44:01it flips my car over and traps me in a circle i can clearly smell its disgusting fishy stench
44:08there's no way out just when i think i'm definitely going to die i hear a gunshot
44:14a fully armed man standing on a speeding off-road vehicle the bullet hits the monster's head with
44:18perfect accuracy the man who saved me his name is felix carter he quickly scans the area confirms
44:27there's no immediate danger and walks over to me i carefully avoid the monster's tentacles clutching my
44:35knife the whole time and keeping distance from him i know he saved me but this is the apocalypse
44:40i have to stay alert no matter what i treat my wounds quickly my mind racing the whole time
44:47i thought that since the face hugger that killed me in my past life was frozen the world outside
44:52wouldn't be that dangerous but then from what felix tells me i realize it's actually way more
44:58dangerous now that tentacle monster i just ran into that's just one of countless mutated creatures out
45:04there i finally understand if i hadn't run into felix i would have died those mutated creatures
45:11they need special gunpowder to kill felix teaches me how to make the special bullets
45:17he helps me flip my car back on its wheels and even helps fix the top the tentacle monster corroded
45:23the night grows darker we sit together like old friends eating toast and spend a pleasant evening
45:28we traveled together across the empty roads and made it to this small town felix and i looked at
45:35each other neither of us said goodbye we just drove off toward our own destinations another night passed
45:43up ahead is a huge mountain range that's where my parents are the terrain here is really high so it
45:50didn't get flooded the vegetation on the mountain is still thick you can even see patches of green
45:56signs of life i hide the offered vehicle in a cave load up my gear and start hiking up the
46:03mountain
46:05my body is completely exhausted but the desire to go home keeps pushing me up step by step
46:13the mountain path is rough and hard to walk on the snow is up past my knees but with every
46:19step i take
46:20i feel a little more at ease after about two hours of walking i finally see that familiar signal tower
46:28and under that tower two aging figures are standing in the freezing wind waiting for me my mom and dad
46:36in that moment all my walls come crashing down tears spill out i can't stop them dad mom i'm home
46:45mom recognizes me right away she covers her mouth in shock tears falling from her eyes
46:52she and dad hold on to each other stumbling and staggering through the deep snow running toward me
47:02walking into this little two-story villa at the top of the mountain a wave of warmth hits me
47:07the fire in the fireplace is burning bright crackling and popping
47:15you've lost weight my child you've been through so much haven't you
47:22are you hungry sweetheart let me make something for you watching mom's back as she busies herself
47:28i start crying it feels so good to be cared for like this
47:34i look around and see that while the supplies here are pretty well stocked most of them are just
47:40long lasting stuff like sweet potatoes regular potatoes and some dried ham i mean funds were limited
47:48so what they could stock up wasn't anything too fancy but that's okay now that i'm back
47:53this place is going to turn into paradise outside it's dozens of degrees below zero
47:59and people are killing each other over half a moldy cracker
48:04meanwhile my family is sitting in front of a warm fireplace eating delicious steak
48:09that tender steak with mom's homemade black pepper sauce the taste is absolutely perfect
48:16my parents health are visibly better too they don't look so worried and miserable anymore
48:24to be safe dad and i spent a whole week raising the wall around the villa by another meter we
48:29also
48:30covered the top of the wall with broken glass and barbed wire on the only path into the yard i
48:35dug
48:35several hidden traps and filled them with sharpened bamboo spikes i know this place is pretty remote
48:41but you never know when some wandering survivors might stumble up here i won't hurt anyone for no
48:46reason but i also won't blindly trust anyone either that's the absolute rule of surviving the apocalypse
48:53every night i scroll through the hundreds of movies and tv shows i downloaded
48:58seeing my parents laughing and happy right in front of me it fills me with accomplishment
49:03maybe this is the whole meaning of being reborn
49:06and just like that life goes on peacefully for two months
49:10the extreme cold seems to still be going but in this isolated little shelter we've almost forgotten
49:15how cruel the apocalypse really is but no matter how harsh the winter is it will end one day
49:23that day i was up on the roof clearing snow suddenly through the binoculars i noticed something
49:30strange at the foot of the mountain some of the snow has melted uncovering an abandoned beat-up car
49:36a hungry tiger is feasting on something my heart stirs i adjust the focus and take a closer look
49:43even though the tiger has already eaten away most of their faces that old denim jacket looks really
49:49familiar to me it's the same one jack was wearing and that small skinny body next to him judging by
49:56the shape that should be mia so they actually did make it out too bad they didn't die by my
50:02hand
50:03or in the flood they just froze to death out there trying to find a way to survive they were
50:09only a
50:09few kilometers away from my shelter looking at how miserably they died i feel nothing not even a hint of
50:16feeling it's like i just saw two dead stray dogs on the side of the road all the love and
50:22hate between
50:22us it all got cut clean that snowy windy night a long time ago
50:29mom i want some crispy fried chicken okay
50:35the turning point came 12 months after the apocalypse began that morning the long lost sun
50:41finally broke through the thick clouds and shone down on the vast white landscape the temperature
50:47slowly began to rise the sound of the ice melting echoes through the valley like music from heaven
50:53even though it comes with the stench of rotting bodies and garbage and the risk of a possible
50:58plague but i come prepared i pull out the protective suits and disinfectant i had stockpiled and give the
51:04entire villa a thorough decontamination i tell my parents very seriously the environment is really
51:11unsafe right now no one leaves the house without full protective gear no exceptions
51:19this is the official emergency rescue command center the rain disaster has ended floodwaters are
51:24receding survivors please remain calm wait for rescue in place or make your way to temporary
51:29shelters in the major cities mom and dad hear the broadcast and hug each other overjoyed dad keeps
51:35repeating it's finally over it's finally over i let out a long deep breath too
51:44i have supplies but this endless sunless apocalypse it's finally coming to an end the flame of
51:53civilization didn't go out as the temperature rise the ice and snow on the mountain melt revealing the
52:01long buried soil underneath mom dad and i start clearing land for a vegetable garden in the yard
52:07i pull out the seeds i've been hoarding cabbage tomatoes cucumbers peppers the moment i drop those
52:14seeds into the soil i feel like i can see a new lease of hope no more of that lifeless
52:19canned food
52:20just real life still carrying the fresh scent of earth two weeks later the first batch of tender
52:26green sprouts pushed through the soil seeing those little patches of green mom's as happy as a little
52:32kid at the same time down in the lowlands the world is getting busy too trucks and helicopters start
52:39showing up constantly large-scale decontamination and cleanup efforts are underway even though the city
52:45has turned into ruins when i see countless people walking out of the ruins even though they were in rags
52:52thin and pale there is still a longing for the future in their eyes i decide not to hide anymore
52:59i pick out some supplies we can't use up mostly medicine and compressed biscuits and fill several
53:04big backpacks with them under the cover of darkness i quietly left the supplies on the road the rescue
53:10teams had to take at the foot of the mountain after doing all that i quietly go back to my
53:15little mountaintop
53:15home the post-disaster rebuilding is harder than anyone imagined but human resilience is endless
53:26three years passed in a flash the city that was once submerged under flood water now has skyscrapers
53:32rising up again mom dad and i moved down from the mountain too we use the savings and supplies we
53:38have left to trade for a small standalone house in the new district thanks to the huge stockpile of seeds
53:44i hoarded before the apocalypse and the farming experience i gained up on the mountain i become a
53:49technical advisor at the new district's agricultural base and what makes me even happier i run into
53:55felix again he's now a rescue team leader in charge of post-disaster reconstruction no one talks about
54:01those dark days anymore but every single person cherishes the present much more no one ever mentions
54:08jack and mia's names again they were like dust in that great storm washed away completely into the sewer of
54:14history
54:18and me i'm starting a new life
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