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Beneath the Freezing Rain, I Tore Off the Traitors' Masks
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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 here
00:38no matter what seeing the rescue team directing everyone to evacuate i finally felt at ease as
00:43long as i got on that vehicle i would be safe jack and mia boarded the car too there was
00:47only one seat
00:48left and to save their own lives they pushed me off the car i chased that vehicle like crazy screaming
00:54for them to save me until my legs gave out and i couldn't run another step all i could do
00:58was
00:58stop in despair i was standing there breathless and hopeless when a strange sound came from behind
01:03me 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 my heart
01:14stopped beating if i could do it all over again i would never ever throw my life away for something
01:19as 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
01:35me a second chance i swear i will not let jack and mia those two scumbags get away with it
01:41in my past
01:42life mia 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
02:08just eat and keep her mouth shut if i hadn't been reborn i probably would have fallen for that and
02:12felt
02:12all touched but not this time i didn't reply right now the top priority is getting money and stocking
02:18up on supplies i remember it clearly on my birthday three days from now that apocalyptic storm is going
02:24to hit 90 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
02:36place 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
02:52worthless i also cash out all my designer bags and investments at a discount adding that to my
02:57savings i suddenly have nearly six and a half million in cash on hand there are four units on this
03:02floor other than mine 3702 in the middle 3701 on the left and 3703 on the right have always been
03:10empty i hear they were purchased by two property flippers as an investment i reach out to a real
03:16estate agent right away i'm willing to pay a 20 premium in full cash the only term is we sign
03:22the
03:22papers and finalize everything today drawn by the money the two landlords agree without hesitation
03:27in just one morning i get the keys to both neighboring units now i can use these two empty
03:33apartments as storage i can stockpile massive supplies freely without messing up my own living
03:38area housing problems solved all that's left now is to stock up on supplies first stop i head straight
03:44to the biggest supermarket in the city before the shopkeeper can even had a chance to greet me
03:49i hand him a shopping list i practically bought out the entire supermarket holy hell lady you trying to
03:54supply an entire army or what no company perks i just rented two employee dormitories please have
04:01someone deliver everything to my place i'll double your shipping fee the owner is thrilled he arranged
04:06workers to deliver everything that afternoon i have enough food water medicine and weapons this
04:12feeling of sitting on a mountain of treasure is even better than winning the lottery i contact a
04:18security door installer not only do i reinforce my own front door but i also replace the doors of the
04:23two neighboring units with vault grade mechanical combination locks i also have thick metal bolts
04:29welded onto the inside of each door i break through the walls connecting 3702 to the two
04:34neighboring units so i can access supplies without ever stepping outside all the window glass is covered
04:40with the highest grade blast film my home has become an impenetrable fortress by the time i finish
04:47everything it's already evening of the third day i slump exhausted onto my leather sofa yeah i paid
04:54people to handle most of the heavy work but coordinating everything and tying up loose ends these past two
04:59days has totally worn me out i tear open a bag of beef jerky chew a bite and flip on
05:04the tv the news
05:05channel is still all peace and calm the weather report casually mentions that there might be some rain in
05:10the coming days no one knows that once this rain starts it will mark the end of human civilization
05:15just then my phone rings it's that disgusting three-person group chat happy birthday babe you are
05:20the brightest superstar love you hurry back honey we are waiting for you at your apartment back then
05:25my blind trust in them got me killed not this time from now on i write my own story i
05:30head to the
05:31bathroom to take a relaxing bath i know very well once the storm starts the tap water will stop running
05:36soon this might be my last chance to take a bath i fill the bathtub bowl scatter rose petals across
05:42the water and soak in the calm before the storm while i'm drying my hair jack calls seeing the word
05:47darling pop up on screen i hold back my disgust and answer the call looking at the dark clouds outside
05:53a cold smile curls at the corner of my mouth babe where are you why aren't you back yet oh
05:58jack my mom
05:59suddenly missed me and asked me to come home for a few days i am already on the train no
06:04way i can make it
06:05back tonight what but we bought so much food you guys eat first don't wait for me go ahead and
06:13finish all that food consider it celebrating my birthday for me after hanging up i can almost picture
06:18exactly what those two look like in that apartment that apartment sits in a low-lying zone it is always
06:24the first neighborhood to flood its drainage system is terrible once the torrential rain pours down
06:28the whole place will be submerged in no time i truly hope they enjoy their nice little dinner
06:35after all this is probably the last peaceful meal of their lives a blinding flash of lightning cuts
06:41across the sky outside the window followed by rain pounding against the bulletproof glass i checked the
06:47time 8 27 p.m the apocalypse has officially begun and just like that the three-person group chat starts
06:53up again jack sends a photo it's a feast of dishes with a peanut flavored birthday cake right in the
06:59center babe the rain outside is crazy when are you coming back looking at the photo it's all food mia
07:04likes not a single dish i like even the cake it's mia's favorite peanut butter flavor three years with
07:10jack and 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
07:39flooded are you sure you're not coming back i pop a freshly grilled rib into my mouth the outside is
07:45charred and caramelized the inside is tender and juicy paired with a left bank bordeaux cabernet sauvignon
07:50this feeling is absolutely heavenly then i start typing in the group chat can't make it back rain's
07:56too heavy trains are canceled you two just stay there whatever you do don't go outside happy birthday
08:02chloe welcome to the end of their world the curtain has risen on my revenge now let's see in the
08:09face of
08:09hunger and fear how long your so-called true love can actually last the doomsday storm has finally arrived
08:17i'm hiding out in my 37th floor penthouse savoring some good food meanwhile my cheating boyfriend and
08:24backstabbing best friend are out there in the storm desperately struggling to survive even though i know
08:29full well they might lose their lives in this terrifying deluge i will never open my door and let them
08:35in
08:35all because in this life i came back reborn on the second day of the doomsday storm that cheating boyfriend
08:42from the group chat actually has the nerve to send me a message acting all concerned telling me not to
08:47go out unless it's absolutely necessary don't go out unless it's important quite the actor isn't he then
08:54my good bestie mia chimes in looks like i'm stranded so i'll have to crash at your place oh wait
09:00your
09:01boyfriend jack won't be mad at me will he mia even throws in a smirking emoji their little stunt makes
09:06me
09:06sick all that talk about never crossing any boundaries just feels like they're showing off
09:11on purpose behind my back they've already done everything they claimed they wouldn't i completely
09:16ignore those disgusting messages looking back i was really naive and pitiful back then i once thought i
09:22had the perfect love and the most sincere trustworthy friendship in the world little did i know they'd
09:27already teamed up to betray me as i look back on all the details from my past life i realized
09:32their
09:32betrayal was full of obvious signs all along i recall every time mia felt under the weather my boyfriend
09:43jack would always turn up right on time 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
10:04but vegetarian 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
10:18the rain outside keeps pouring harder and harder before long the whole world outside is drowning in flood
10:24water terrifying lightning and thunder clash wildly together raindrops slam against the glass like
10:29cannonballs 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 but then
10:47a sudden wave hits and he's completely swept away gone without a trace the cruel apocalypse has only just begun
10:53human life has become as worthless as trash silently swallowed up by the raging flood
11:00i'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 floodwaters come surging
11:14from the distance like a raging tide even standing up here on the 37th floor the sight before my eyes
11:21makes my legs go weak with fear the entire city is swallowed by the flood all the shorter buildings
11:28are instantly engulfed in darkness luckily all the residential buildings near me are newly built high
11:33rises so the power supply facilities remain undamaged just in case i quickly get the generator ready for any
11:41emergency looking at that old apartment building in the distance now swallowed by darkness i feel a quiet
11:47sense of relief thank goodness i installed that one-way privacy film early on even if the whole world
11:52loses power one day no one outside will be able to see the light inside my home luckily the internet
11:58is
11:58still up i casually open a video on my phone and the trending page is filled with scenes of devastation
12:04from the torrential rain in just two days over 800 people are already dead that cold lifeless number is
12:12absolutely horrifying to look at since everything in the malls and supermarkets was already looted
12:17people's ugly side in the disaster really shows
12:23news reports say rescue supplies are in severe shortage right now which basically means the rescue
12:28teams won't arrive anytime soon if 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 they not only had the house specially reinforced
12:42during renovation but also installed heavy-duty waterproofing on the top floor i'll probably
12:47be fine getting through this endless downpour what worries me more is the mutated creatures that come
12:53after the storm in my past life jack and mia stole my spot in the rescue camp goal and i
12:59was attacked and
13:00killed by some unknown mutated creature no one knew that even more unknown dangers were on their realm
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 he
13:22casually sends a few photos of the place the home he and i used to share that apartment of ours
13:27is on a
13:28low floor the sixth but right now the place is an absolute wreck the flood water has already covered
13:33the entire 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
13:50by deep regrets i remember back in my past life my relationship with my best friend mia was incredibly
13:56close so close that we were like sisters sharing the same dress i never held anything back from her
14:04i even brought her to my penthouse before back then to show just how deep our bestie bond ran
14:11i was stupid enough to even give her a spare key to my penthouse but look at this now what
14:18am i supposed
14:19to do i happen to have your key with me whether you're home or not we're coming in we'll be
14:26at
14:26your door any minute now i tremble in fright and drop my phone my heart starts pounding wildly they're
14:37really coming for me any moment now what on earth should i do to stay alive the storm has been
14:42raging
14:42non-stop for four full days now that little apartment jack rented is completely underwater me
14:51i've already stocked up on everything i need and am fully prepared living comfortably in the penthouse
14:57dad gave me that worthless man who betrayed me and my fake best friend have somehow found my address
15:06now they're rowing 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
15:31chasing around in panic i suddenly remember i'd had the locks changed after my rebirth the key mia has
15:36won't work at all even though i know i'm safe i still need to double check every inch of this
15:41security
15:41door i have to make sure it's absolutely solid after checking everything i went back to the bedroom
15:48and pulled the heavy blackout curtain shut cutting myself off entirely from the outside world
15:54and i made a solemn vow in my heart through lives mean nothing to me not for anything in the
16:02world
16:02will i open the door and take them in this lifetime
16:09i was jolted awake by a frantic pounding at the door i know full well it must be those two
16:15i creep
16:16barefoot over to the front door and peer through the peephole there they are jack and mia standing right
16:21outside the door both of them soaked from head to toe jack is banging frantically on the steel door
16:26shouting 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
16:41her 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
16:52and slams 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
17:05jack stop let's just stay here for now at least it's safe for the moment
17:11maybe chloe just fell asleep and didn't hear us let's wait a little longer
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 didn't
17:44last long jack becomes anxious and restless again as the night creeps by the temperature in the hallway
17:51keeps getting colder mia has come down with a high fever shivering and huddled on the icy ground she's
17:57clearly 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
18:19luck stuck with a useless loser like you if i were with chloe i'd be inside with food and drink
18:26how did i ever hook up with you in the first place that slap completely stunned jack one side of
18:31his
18:32face swells up right away but he only stays quiet for a moment then he starts coaxing mia in a
18:36low
18:36voice mia just hold on a little longer maybe your fever will break soon the rescue team will be here
18:42any minute 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
18:54saw in
18:55him mia completely brushes off jack's comfort she shakes his hand off in disgust points right at his nose
19:01her face screaming nothing but contempt for his uselessness just at that moment the door across the
19:06hall swings open the man and woman who betrayed me are begging desperately outside and i still refuse to open
19:16the door instead the door across the hall opens first through the security monitor by my door i see
19:22it clearly a big hulking guy just walked out of the apartment across the hall his gaze lingers greedily
19:27on mia's damp clothes for a full half minute and he even licks his lips i'm sitting right here on
19:32my
19:32couch watching the whole thing on the screen jack shifts to stand in front of mia look bro we gotta
19:39just
19:39the man brushes jack aside effortlessly
19:44his lecherous eyes fixed firmly on mia come with me quietly i have got all the good stuff inside
19:53food medicine hot water and a nice covered bed stick with me and you will live in comfort
20:01far better than freezing to death out here in the hallway seeing the hungry look in mia's eyes
20:10jack absolutely loses his mind he swings at the guy and the two of them start fighting jack tries to
20:15play the hero in front of me and gets knocked flat on his ass for his trouble seeing mia actually
20:20tempted i can't help but smirk this is the best friend who was always jealous of me and stole my
20:25boyfriend and underneath it all she's still just as greedy and selfish enraged out of his mind jack
20:32pulls another punch and rushes straight at the bridge
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 jack can't believe his eyes he stands
20:58rooted to the spot like a statue it's not until the door across the hallway is about to shut
21:03that 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
21:17out 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
21:30i 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
21:49can't take it anymore he actually knocks on that brute's door his voice is low and begging as he pleads
21:54outside bro just throw me some food anything to keep me alive i was wrong i should not have swung
22:00at you like that please just have some pity on me give me something to eat my girlfriend his family
22:04is rich i will have her send you a ton of money right now hearing what he says through the
22:08monitor
22:09i let out a cold laugh even at a time like this jack is still trying to squeeze something out
22:14of me
22:17but no one inside paid him the slightest attention instead sounds of laughter and teasing between a man
22:22and a woman along with suggestive rumors drifted out from behind the door
22:28jack figures out immediately what's going on inside his already hopeless face twists with rage and
22:34humiliation he shakes with fury veins bulging on his forehead then he picks up that iron rod and starts
22:39banging on the door a hundred times more vicious than when he was hitting my door the sounds coming
22:44from that apartment just keep getting louder jack's last mental defense completely crumbles and he drops
22:50the iron rod in utter dejection i'm sitting here nice and steady at my dining table eating popcorn and
22:57drinking coke watching this whole drama show on my monitor honestly this is more intense and entertaining
23:03than any tv show thinking back on my past life mia was jealous of my wealthy family and my good
23:09-looking
23:09boyfriend so she just snatched jack right away from me
23:25those two scumbags teamed up to rob me and take my life they killed me in this life mia doesn't
23:32hesitate
23:32for a second to abandon jack just to save her own skin i guess that's exactly the kind of hurt
23:38that
23:38trashling jack deserves after finishing my popcorn i get up and walk to the window the storm outside is
23:44still raging crazily and the flood water has already risen to the tenth floor seeing how terrifyingly fast the
23:50water is rising i have a bad feeling
23:55pandora's box has been flung wide open disaster comes pouring down upon the world
24:03on social media fees 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 cry for
24:13help before the giant spider monster stabs her straight through the heart but as large-scale blackouts roll
24:19through the city updates online get fewer and farther between still i can't help but notice one
24:24image a 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 else
24:36the only person you can rely on is yourself
24:49right then my mom calls me honey how are things over there hearing mom's warm familiar voice sends
24:55a wave of comfort through me all my fear and unease melts away mom just hearing your voice puts me
25:01at
25:01ease everything is fine here i have plenty of supplies dad snatches the phone and tells me thank goodness they
25:07listen to me they moved their supplies up to the old house on the hilltop before the storm hit up
25:12there
25:12on the mountain life is actually pretty comfortable right now my parents had saved up a bit over the
25:16years they built a small villa on a hilltop back in their hometown and every summer they go up there
25:21for a little vacation now that the storm is here that house has turned out to be just what they
25:26needed
25:28i give them a few more instructions then reluctantly hang up knowing that my parents are safe puts my mind
25:34completely at ease in the middle of this terrible apocalypse having my family safe and sound is the
25:41greatest comfort i could ever ask for even in the apocalypse i never stop working out i've heard this
25:48massive storm is going to last a full six months this is bound to be a long grueling battle of
25:54endurance
25:55having plenty of supplies isn't enough you also need a body strong and healthy enough to carry you
26:01through but that night i suddenly couldn't sleep in the darkness i thought i heard some noise outside
26:06my door out of habit i sit down at the computer to check the cameras and what i see nearly
26:12scares me
26:12half to death mia sticks her hand through the crack in the door and tosses out a few apples and
26:17a bag of
26:18bread the second jack sees food he's like a starving wolf he springs up from the floor and grabs that
26:24door
26:25frame holding on to it not letting it go his eyes are blazing with rage and hatred seeing him like
26:31this
26:31almost insane and terrifying sends chills down my spine mia is no match for jack's strength the door
26:39is about to be forced all the way open watching through the screen i can't help but break out in
26:45a cold sweat for her then the big man comes out but before he can even say a word jack
26:50takes him down
26:51with a swing of the iron rod in an instant the big man becomes a corpse jack stands over him
26:58laughing
26:58like a maniac his features are contorted like some demons and there's actually this smug look on his
27:04face like he's proud of himself for driving off an intruder and right then jack turns around and walks
27:11over to my front door he sends me a message through the camera chloe how have you been lately i
27:24really
27:25miss you i still love you so much have you been thinking about me fear tightens my throat leaving
27:31me speechless my fingers tremble uncontrollably i know perfectly well i can't let him get suspicious
27:37i quickly reply i 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
27:51to me i break out in a cold sweat in an instant i didn't get home until after i got
27:57off the phone
27:57with you so my mom thought i hadn't come back yet babe i miss you so much where exactly are
28:04you
28:04i'll come find you right now fighting back my disgust i reply i'm back in my hometown with my
28:13mom gotta go we just lost power again i toss my phone aside and keep my eyes fixed on the
28:18surveillance
28:18screen on my computer meanwhile jack is staring intently at my front door he seems to have a
28:24vague feeling that i'm actually hiding inside this apartment thank goodness the pinhole camera i installed
28:30is extremely well hidden jack has no idea it's there the thing he should be doing right now instead
28:36of searching everywhere for me is dealing with that dead man on the floor mia is completely terrified by
28:43now she slumped to the floor like a limp heap unable to stir an inch jack completely ignores her with
28:49a cold
28:50expressionless face he bends down grabs the man by the collar and drags him like a piece of trash
28:56toward the stairwell that leads to the roof all i hear is this dull heavy thud from downstairs
29:05the man's body slams into the water and sends up a huge splash to anyone who doesn't know what's going
29:11on it just looks like another person who couldn't take the apocalypse anymore and off to themselves
29:16once i dispose of this man's body completely jack drags mia who's still slumped on the floor straight into
29:22the apartment by now there's nothing in her eyes but pure fear she just lets him pull her inside and
29:28the moment that apartment door slammed shut after that mia does whatever jack tells her completely
29:34obeying to his words eight months slipped by in the blink of an eye the rain stopped but then the
29:39temperature dropped crazily the flood water turned into thick sheets of ice after that long stretch of
29:45extreme weather city's power grid had been dead for a long time jack and mia are at my door again
29:50they're wrapped in layers of ragged clothes and blankets shivering in the hallway that burly guy
29:55he didn't actually have that much food stocked up on top of jack's reckless spending and wasting
30:00in these past few months they've now run out of food for a full three days hunger and cold are
30:06slowly
30:06eating away whatever humanity they've got left jack the face that used to be so good looking now his eyes
30:12are all sunken in he's nervously tugging at his messy hair looking just like a zombie mia's even worse off
30:18her face is all frostbitten her hair looks like dead straw she's completely lost that vibrant look
30:23she used to have because just now jack snatched away that last piece of moldy cracker from her i've seen
30:29this kind of savage fighting countless times over these eight months every single time it feels so
30:35satisfying just when i thought their little fight for today was about to end jack suddenly stands up his
30:42eyes lock on my door it's that kind of crazy you only 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 jack's voice is all raspy as he says to mia that chloe's definitely in there
31:06i'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
31:22there's food you can see that greed flash in her eyes she completely forgets how jack stole that last
31:28half 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 the explosion proof connector i prepared then i grab the high voltage switch i'd already set up
31:50and hold it in my hand back when i was renovating i had someone run electricity through the inside of
31:55security door all i have to do is press this switch and the whole door will instantly be live with
32:003000 volts of high voltage jack walks up to the door with the drill he walks up to the door
32:05with that
32:05ugly grin on his face muttering curses the whole time chloe you selfish bitch you've got all that stuff
32:12and 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 was 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
33:04outside oh my so sorry about that the quality of my door isn't great it's a little leaky next time
33:11you
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 his
33:22head and his eyes are just filled with shock and pure venom chloe so you are home you evil woman
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
33:45pry 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
34:00can barely catch his breath that hit didn't kill him but it pretty much crushed him completely he's only got
34:06a
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
34:32just give me something to eat even just one slice of bread please
34:38mia starts wailing too chloe i'm your best friend
34:43we 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
35:32floor 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
35:45apocalypse
35:46hit i bought it so i could still reach the outside world after the internet and power went out
35:52i call that familiar number and on the other end my dad's voice comes through right away chloe is that
35:57you how 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
36:12but this building might not hold up much longer the foundation is shifting i want to get out of here
36:18and come find you guys up in the mountains dad's voice on the other end is urgent as he says
36:24be
36:24extremely careful the ice out there is really unstable right now some places look frozen solid
36:31but underneath it's all rushing flood water and things are crazy out there a lot of survivors have
36:37formed armed gangs including everything in sight a girl like you coming out here alone it's way
36:43too dangerous i take a deep breath and say firmly dad don't worry i've been ready for this for a
36:49long
36:49time i have guns
36:54dad and i agreed on a meeting spot right under that signal tower at the edge of the city
36:59after hanging up i start getting everything ready i sling the gun behind my back and clip the stun gun
37:04to my 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 of
37:25those 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
37:43this 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
38:14run away she has a car she actually hit a car from us chloe don't you dare run take us
38:21with you
38:22take us with you now or i'll kill you
38:28i look up and see two heads poking out from the window on the 37th floor turns out jack has
38:34a gun
38:36he pulls the trigger the bullet comes flying right at me the bullet hits the ice not far from me
38:41chunks 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
38:53i take the gun off my back and aim it at the window above jack clearly never thought i'd shoot
38:58back
38:59he curses and pulls his head in but i never meant to kill him with this shot anyway
39:04the bullet rips through the night air and hits the drain pipe right above their window that pipe
39:09was already cracked from the cold and barely hanging on one shot and it comes crashing down
39:14with a roar huge icicles along with chunks of debris come crashing down the window shatters
39:19instantly the breathing wind makes the ice shut comes pouring into the hallway i can even hear mia's
39:24blood-curdling screams
39:29no window to block it tonight's minus 40 degree cold will be more than enough
39:32enough to enjoy see you later you two scumbags hope you can last a few more hours in that ice
39:39pit
39:42once i leave the neighborhood the scene in front of me is even more shocking the once bustling
39:48city is now nothing but dead silence skyscrapers stand like lonely islands in the middle of a vast
39:55frozen wasteland frozen cars and trees are everywhere once in a while you spot a few bodies
40:01frozen mid-struggle trapped in the ice i see that monster bug that killed me in my past life
40:08it's frozen dead
40:12i 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
40:39kind they 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
41:04hearing that i tighten my grip on my gun you want to rob me you better pray you get the
41:09chance i start
41:11the car again and slip into a tight little side street which should limit their advantage in numbers
41:16those cars are right on my tail a chase breaks out frozen streets the guys chasing me are clearly
41:23desperate too 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 the
41:44terrain around me up ahead is an intersection on the left is an office building that's already half
41:49fallen down tons of concrete and rebar are scattered right across the middle of the road it's the
41:54perfect trap i deliberately slow down pretending like i'm panicking and not paying attention and head
42:00straight for it the bandits behind me think i'm losing it they scream with excitement and floor it right as
42:07the car is about to smash into the pile of concrete and rebar i slam the gas use the tilted
42:12ice slab
42:12as a ramp and jump right over the road the car right on my tail isn't so lucky the driver
42:18doesn't
42:18even have time to react a huge crash several cars pile right into each other the remaining cars slam
42:25on their brakes spinning out all over the ice in the middle of all that chaos i fire three shots
42:31of
42:31gasoline on the ground instantly it ignites flares shoot up into the sky their screens are immediately
42:36swallowed up by the blast after taking care of the pursuers i didn't stop for a second
42:41i keep driving at full speed toward the edge of the city because i know that explosion just now is
42:47probably going to attract even more looters i'm driving my off-road vehicle across the frozen highway
42:52thinking i'm finally safe but i never expected underneath the ice there's a deadly monster hiding
43:00i see several massive tentacles reaching up through the ice wherever they touch the ice sizzles and
43:06pisses with one of them what the hell is that those disgusting tentacles keep attacking me corrosive
43:15slime drips onto my car and in an instant it burns a huge hole right through the top my arm
43:21gets 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 throw the gas dodging the monster's chase and keep firing at the same
43:53tentacle 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 a fully armed
44:14man
44:15standing on a speeding off-road vehicle the bullet hits the monster's head with perfect accuracy
44:21the man who saved me his name is felix carter he quickly scans the area confirms there's no immediate
44:28danger and walks over to me i carefully avoid the monster's tentacles clutching my knife the whole time
44:35and keeping distance from him i know he saved me but this is the apocalypse i have to stay alert
44:42no matter
44:42what i treat my wounds quickly my mind racing the whole time i thought that since the face hugger
44:49that killed me in my past life was frozen the world outside wouldn't be that dangerous but then from what
44:55felix tells me i realize it's actually way more dangerous now that tentacle monster i just ran into
45:01that's just one of countless mutated creatures out there i finally understand if i hadn't run into felix
45:08i would have died those mutated creatures they need special gunpowder to kill felix teaches me how to
45:15make the special bullets he helps me flip my car back on its wheels and even helps fix the top
45:20the
45:21tentacle monster corroded the night grows darker we sit together like old friends eating toast and spend
45:27a pleasant evening we traveled together across the empty roads and made it to this small town felix and i
45:34looked at each other neither of us said goodbye we just drove off toward our own destinations
45:41another night passed up ahead is a huge mountain range that's where my parents are the terrain here
45:48is really high so it didn't get flooded the vegetation on the mountain is still thick you can even see
45:55patches of green signs of life i hide the offered vehicle in a cave load up my gear and start
46:02hiking up
46:02the mountain my 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 she and dad hold
46:53on to
46:53each 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
47:08the 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 long
47:40lasting stuff
47:41like sweet potatoes regular potatoes and some dried ham
47:45i mean funds were limited so what they could stock up wasn't anything too fancy
47:51but that's okay now that i'm back this place is going to turn into paradise
47:57outside it's dozens of degrees below zero and people are killing each other over half a moldy cracker
48:03meanwhile 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
48:23to 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
48:40but you never know when some wandering survivors might stumble up here i won't hurt anyone for no reason
48:46but 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 seeing my parents laughing
48:59and happy right in front of me it fills me with accomplishment maybe this is the whole meaning of being
49:05reborn and just like that life goes on peacefully for two months the extreme cold seems to still be going
49:12but in this isolated little shelter we've almost forgotten how cruel the apocalypse really is
49:19but no matter how harsh the winter is it will end one day that day i was up on the
49:25roof clearing snow
49:27suddenly through the binoculars i noticed something strange at the foot of the mountain
49:31some of the snow has melted uncovering an abandoned beat-up car a hungry tiger is feasting on something
49:39my heart stirs i adjust the focus and take a closer look even though the tiger has already eaten away
49:45most of their faces that old denim jacket looks really familiar to me it's the same one jack was
49:51wearing and that small skinny body next to him judging by the shape that should be mia so they actually
49:59did make it out too bad they didn't die by my hand or in the flood they just froze to
50:05death out there
50:06trying to find a way to survive they were only a few kilometers away from my shelter looking at how
50:12miserably they died i feel nothing not even a hint of feeling it's like i just saw two dead stray
50:19dogs
50:19on the side of the road all the love and hate between us it all got cut clean that snowy
50:25windy
50:25night a long time ago mom i want some crispy fried chicken okay the turning point came 12 months after
50:37the apocalypse began that morning the long lost sun finally broke through the thick clouds and shone down
50:44on the vast white landscape the temperature slowly began to rise the sound of the ice melting echoes
50:50through the valley like music from heaven even though it comes with the stench of rotting bodies and
50:55garbage and the risk of a possible plague but i come prepared i pull out the protective suits and
51:01disinfectant i had stockpiled and give the entire villa a thorough decontamination i tell my parents very
51:08seriously the environment is really unsafe right now no one leaves the house without full protective
51:14gear no exceptions this is the official emergency rescue command center the rain disaster has ended
51:22floodwaters are receding survivors please remain calm wait for rescue in place or make your way to
51:28temporary shelters 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 civilization
51:54didn't go out as the temperature rise the ice and snow on the mountain melt revealing the long buried
52:02soil underneath mom dad and i start clearing land for a vegetable garden in the yard i pull out the
52:08seeds i've been hoarding cabbage tomatoes cucumbers peppers the moment i drop those seeds into the soil
52:15i feel like i can see a new lease of hope no more of that lifeless canned food just real
52:21life still
52:22carrying the fresh scent of earth two weeks later the first batch of tender green sprouts pushed through the
52:28soil seeing those little patches of green mom's as happy as a little kid at the same time down in
52:35the
52:35lowlands the world is getting busy too trucks and helicopters start showing up constantly large-scale
52:41decontamination and cleanup efforts are underway even though the city has turned into ruins when i see
52:47countless people walking out of the ruins even though they were in rags thin and pale there is still a
52:54longing for the future in their eyes i decide not to hide anymore i pick out some supplies we can't
53:00use
53:00up mostly medicine and compressed biscuits and fill several big backpacks with them under the cover of
53:06darkness i quietly left the supplies on the road the rescue teams had to take at the foot of the
53:11mountain
53:12after doing all that i quietly go back to my little mountaintop home
53:18the 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
53:31skyscrapers rising up again mom dad and i moved down from the mountain too we use the savings and
53:38supplies we have left to trade for a small standalone house in the new district thanks to the huge stockpile
53:43of seeds i hoarded before the apocalypse and the farming experience i gained up on the mountain
53:48i become a technical advisor at the new district's agricultural base and what makes me even happier
53:54i run into felix again he's now a rescue team leader in charge of post-disaster reconstruction
54:00no one talks about those dark days anymore but every single person cherishes the present much more
54:06no one ever mentions jack and mia's names again they were like dust in that great storm
54:12washed away completely into the sewer of history
54:18and me i'm starting a new life
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