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Hidden Survivors
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00:04Oh my god, something's wrong at Pinnacle Hospital. There are police and doctors everywhere.
00:09Is there a confirmed case?
00:16Emily, I was just about to reply to you, but the post vanished. I didn't delete it.
00:19I don't know if it's a confirmed case, but there are special police. It's terrifying.
00:22Is your lease almost up? Do you want to renew it?
00:26Emily, graduation season is coming up soon and apartments will be in short supply.
00:30Decide quickly if you want it or new, and I can give you a discount.
00:54The city will be locked down at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
00:56Get out if you can. Stock up on supplies until your place is full.
01:09There's an emergency at home. I need to take leave.
01:11Okay, Emily, go on home. Take a week off.
01:20Dad, drive back to City Q right now. I'm coming home today.
01:23Honey, what's going on?
01:25I'll explain everything as soon as I get out of the car.
01:27Where are you now?
01:38Mom, send me the address of our new place.
01:40Leave work now. I'll be home this afternoon.
02:01Miss, are you sure you want this much stuff?
02:03Positive. Please deliver it as soon as possible. Thank you.
02:11What was wrong with that biter in the video?
02:14A huge metropolis with tens of millions of people, a major transportation hubbit, locking down just like that?
02:20Why run away from the most important economic and cultural center unless it's already out of control?
02:25What is happening to this world?
02:33What's wrong, honey? What happened?
02:35Sweetie, does this have something to do with you coming home suddenly?
02:38I don't know exactly what's going on, but I know it's serious.
02:40The city is locking down at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
02:43Someone warned me to leave right away and stock up on supplies.
02:45I'm so scared. Please believe me, Mom and Dad.
02:47We really need to buy enough to last at least a year.
02:50Don't be afraid. Mom and Dad have your back, always.
02:52Who would we trust if not you?
02:56Stocking up, right?
02:57Don't wait for my cooking today. I'm heading to the wholesale market first.
03:00Send me the list of what you ordered, baby. I'll check what you're missing and fill in the gaps.
03:09Our family will be fine. Stop panicking.
03:12Pack your things properly and head to the airport.
03:14I already placed an order for a batch of supplies.
03:16To avoid drawing attention, I had them delivered to the B1 parking garage around 8 p.m.
03:19When could be upstairs, be careful not to run into anyone.
03:21Okay, don't worry, sweetie. Mom will never let anything happen to you.
03:25We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:30We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:33We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:34We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:36We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:40We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:41We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:43We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:43We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:44We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:44We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:45We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:46We'll never let anything happen to you.
03:49We'll never let anything happen to you.
04:11I don't know.
04:32I have to face it.
04:34This is already the last train to the airport.
04:56It's passable now.
05:13Hi mom, it's me.
05:15Honey, mom's busy here.
05:16I just ordered 200 pounds of pork, 100 pounds of beans, 100 pounds of lamb, four whole chicken.
05:21Still need chicken wings and drum hocks.
05:22Is there anything else you want?
05:24Mom, you're incredible.
05:25Listen.
05:26Remember to buy a solar generator, batteries, and a few more refrigerators.
05:30I'll search for the rest.
05:38Attention all passengers bound for city queue.
05:42This flight is about to depart.
05:50Hold on.
05:51If I throw up now, everyone will notice.
06:32Honey, we can't go home yet.
06:34We need to finish buying everything first.
06:36Starting tomorrow, we won't go out at all.
06:44We're out of stock.
06:46Installation can't be done for three days.
06:48What if we pay extra?
06:50I'll head over to your place and install them right now.
07:04Mom, when will you be back?
07:06My girl's calling.
07:07I'll head home now.
07:09I couldn't bargain down the price for these clothes.
07:11I'll check the underground market tomorrow.
07:13Oh my god.
07:14Fine, you win.
07:16Take it at this price.
07:17Mom, when will the meat and solar generators you bought be delivered?
07:19The wholesale market will deliver the meat pre-stored in refrigerators.
07:22The fridge shop and meat vendor are run by the same family.
07:24The solar generators have already arrived.
07:26I had them left outside room 1502.
07:28That apartment's unfinished.
07:29No one will notice.
07:30I stash the rest in the 20th floor stairwell.
07:32Hardly anyone climbs that high and no one lives above the 20th floor.
07:43Mineral water, toilet rolls, self-heating hot pots, lime storage barrels,
07:48rainwater collectors, rubbing alcohol, everything's here.
07:52There's nothing in it.
08:00Marlin food, water, pot JeÅli ė¤ģ“ģģ“.
08:10The floorķ, water, pot sits in private.
08:12Get in private.
08:14Watergesch aurigs, water, pot clocks.
08:15Moq water, pot Check it out.
08:36I'm keeping the four hens on the enclosed balcony off the kitchen.
08:40Soundproof cotton has been installed everywhere, so no clacking can be heard outside.
08:58What was that?
09:46Movies are just movies.
09:48I can't judge these creatures downstairs based on fictitional stories.
09:51The person who was brutally attacked this morning has now turned into one of them.
09:55Judging from this, the virus spreads through saliva and blood.
09:58Right now, these zombies seem mindless, wandering aimlessly in circles.
10:01After that sick man vomited earlier, they were drawn to the smell and swarmed around Building
10:0610 where he lives.
10:08That means they hunt relying on hearing and smell.
10:11Honey, let's get some sleep.
10:13We were completely worn out last night.
10:18What's happening?
10:19It's so dark.
10:21Damn it.
10:22The stench of rotten iron is thick enough to choke on.
10:27I remember these eyes.
10:29I saw them at the airport in City B one day ago.
10:33Sweetie, you're having a nightmare.
10:35Wake up.
10:39You have a fever, baby.
10:41Take this medicine and you'll feel better.
10:53The number of zombies between Building 10 and Building 12 hasn't changed.
10:57Still 11.
10:59It means there are likely no new infected in our community.
11:03I have no idea what sustains them.
11:06They seem to need no food or energy besides human flesh.
11:09Stray cats in the yard hold no interest for them.
11:13They fear no daylight and will lunge and bite and blindly at any sound, proving their hearing
11:20is extremely sharp.
11:27Dad, come quick!
11:37Dad, should we help him?
11:44Help might come for us soon.
11:47I think we can give him something, just not too much.
11:52That makes sense.
11:55Two packs of compressed biscuits and two chocolate bars.
12:01But how?
12:02The distance between our building and Building 14 is nearly 50 meters.
12:06We can't throw it that far.
12:08There's no way we'd risk our lives to deliver it.
12:33Runes in Want tovan wanna use their best?
12:35?
12:37?
12:37?
12:37?
12:48?
12:52?
12:53?
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12:57?ėļæ½ŃŠŗŠ¾Š¹ ? A bah ?ķė¤. kmo fa ? ?
13:01Oh, my God.
13:03It's horrifying.
13:17Sweetie, what's wrong?
13:19Mom, Dad, that man downstairs?
13:20He's the one from apartment 1602, building 14.
13:23The neighbor gave him two packs of instant noodles today.
13:25So the victim was that kind Linju.
13:28They may didn't first down Lamer supplies.
13:30We might have been the ones killed tonight.
13:32In this world, even kindness can get you killed.
13:36All right.
13:37Honey, go back to your room and rest.
13:39Margaret, you take over the night watch.
13:41I'll reinforce our fire north, our fire door with extra defenses.
13:48Shit!
13:49Shit!
13:50Shit!
13:53Shit!
13:57Who says being trapped indoors means we're just waiting to die?
14:15Damn you.
14:17Just you wait.
14:18I'll make you pay.
14:30The dying woman's last words played in my mind.
14:33She mouthed one thing to me.
14:35Run.
14:47Hi.
14:52You hear me?
14:53You hear me?
15:16You hear me?
15:21I'm a man.
15:23I'm a man.
15:27I'm a man.
15:38You hear me?
15:38I'm a man.
15:39I'm a man.
15:39I'm a man.
15:39I'm a man.
15:51Sweetie, was what you did today truly foolproof?
15:55Of course. I'm not reckless. I'd never gamble with my own life.
15:59Deep down, I knew the plan was full of flaws.
16:01If the zombies had caught me before I got in the elevator,
16:03or if that man downstairs had noticed the changing floor numbers and grown suspicious,
16:07I would be dead a hundred times over.
16:08My plan came with high rewards, but equally high risks.
16:12That was why I never let my parents get involved.
16:14Do you think your father and I are weak, hiding behind you, waiting to be protected?
16:19Watching your child take dangerous risks just to keep the family safe
16:22is the cruelest thing a parent can endure.
16:24Have you ever thought?
16:25Two people begged for supplies that day. Where is the other one?
16:28Could he be hiding on the 14th floor, waiting to ambush you?
16:32I never considered that.
16:35Baby, beyond being your family,
16:37you need to learn to trust and cooperate with others.
16:41We are not burdens.
16:42We survived this together.
16:50Thirteen people went out to search for supplies,
16:53but only five actually made it back.
16:56A severe two-day rainstorm hit one night in September.
16:59It completely submerged the first floor
17:02and hit the second floor in imminent danger.
17:07Will the buildings collapse after being soaked in rainwater for so long?
17:11It's unlikely.
17:12Flooding mostly shortens a building's lifespan,
17:15not bring it down at once.
17:19ha ha Š¢ŠµŠ¼ is going out.
17:34ha ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha,ććć§ćć,
17:38ha ha
17:40ha.
17:50I can't help if you feel like the zombies are watching them.
17:55The supplies they brought back this only enough for one person to survive three days.
17:59I reckon they'll have to go out for more.
18:01But I heard the streets are flooded with them.
18:36I can't help them.
18:40The blood hangs in the air, and I feel like I'm drowning in it.
18:47Oh my god! It's an intelligent variant!
18:50The zombies downstairs have evolved, and they've spawned a leader!
18:54This is terrible. Will we even survive?
18:56Don't be afraid, my love. As long as we stay together as a family, we'll get through anything.
19:00Based on everything I observed, I've categorized them as Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3.
19:04Stage 1 zombies are the mindless ones from the early days of the Apocalypse.
19:07Stage 2 are the evolved ones that hunted the survivors today.
19:10Enhanced physical ability with basic primitive intelligence.
19:13Stage 3 are the intelligent overlords that can command the horde, even capable of showing primitive emotion.
19:19Evolution is only accelerating.
19:20If we don't stop them soon, there will surely be Stage 4, Stage 5, and beyond.
19:25This is catastrophic.
19:26We've lost all contact with the government.
19:28We have no idea what has become of the outside world.
19:30We held our breath until the last zombie left the neighborhood, finally able to relax.
19:35Yet overwhelming loneliness washed over me.
19:37The world had grown deathly quiet, leaving only the three of us alive.
19:41You've been down lately. Go tend to the plants to clear your head.
19:44It feels as if I'm nurturing the last hope for humanity.
19:48Some of the potatoes we stockpiled long ago have sprouted.
19:51I plant them alongside the new vegetables.
19:53I cut out the sprouting the buds, then bury them in soil-filled water bottles.
19:58Once leaves grow in, I dig up the rooted spruits and transplant them into large cardboard boxes,
20:04alongside the other healthy seedlings.
20:06I fertilize the crops every 20 days.
20:08I snip off all beading flowers to stop the plants for wasting nutrients and withering.
20:16Even on such a sacred holiday, we can only celebrate in the simplest, saddest way.
20:24How much longer must we endure this cursed world?
20:28I never cared for Christmas pudding.
20:30I wouldn't take a single bite last Christmas.
20:33This year is different, though.
20:35Every ingredient feels incredibly precious.
20:37It has been six months since the zombie outbreak,
20:40and we treasure every scrape of food more than ever before.
21:10I have a bad feeling.
21:12The zombies are evolving again.
21:17With explosions this massive,
21:20could the military have arrived?
21:43It seems cruelty has become their pastime in this broken world.
21:47With their endless looting, the last traces of ordinary survivors in this community are being erased.
21:51My fingers go numb.
21:52I barely have time to mourn the dead.
21:54At this rate, we'll be next by tomorrow.
21:56Once they find the locked stair hall door, there will be no way out for us.
22:03To stay hidden, we can only survive on compressed biscuits today.
22:07No fireplace, no fire at all.
22:09Outsiders clearly know how to fight the undead.
22:11They carry no fear, living carefree in the apocalypse.
22:14Compared their recklessness, our small family is trapped in heavy, suffocating dread.
22:18I run through every possible plan in my head, yet none seem enough to keep us safe.
22:22I refuse to die like this.
22:31Stay safe, sweetie.
22:33I will, dad.
22:35I will, dad.
23:00I will, dad.
23:16Thank goodness.
23:17It still works.
23:31It only has a flight time of 23 minutes.
23:34We have to turn back after 7 kilometers.
23:47The zombie horde didn't come.
23:50My plan failed.
23:52It's alright.
23:53We'll figure out another way.
23:54I'd hope the noise from the drone would lure the evolved zombies from the city center into
23:57our community.
23:58They would fight the intruders, buying us time to find a way to survive.
24:01But I drew nothing.
24:01Every one of my guesses was wrong.
24:03The drone needs four hours to fully charge.
24:05We can't fly it again until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
24:07By then, the intruders will have started searching the buildings.
24:09It will be too late.
24:19What I feared has finally come.
24:28Honey, your nose is bleeding.
24:38Have some chocolate.
24:40Sweets are said to boost dopamine and calm you down.
24:47I'll try one last time.
24:49This is my final gamble.
24:51Our last struggle before everything ends.
25:21It seems the three of us are the last circumstances.
25:23The surviving people left in City Q.
25:31Just stay here forever.
25:51We're saved.
26:04We're saved.
26:35I still can't believe it.
26:37Are we truly safe now?
26:38The zombie outbreak was a global catastrophe, and our nation was among the worst-hit regions.
26:42The government has exhausted every resource on rescue and containment.
26:45Here in Q-City, we have eliminated the last remaining undead.
26:48Only three major cities nationwide still await full clearance.
26:51We must accept the heavy consequences this disaster has left behind.
26:55Restoring public trust will not happen overnight.
26:58The explosions you heard in the night were part of Operation Hickey,
27:01a joint campaign between military and civilian task forces.
27:05Your drone drew no response from the undead for one simple reason.
27:09There were no zombies left in Q-City.
27:11For half a year, this city has been nothing but an empty dead zone.
27:15Temporary safe havens have been established in every provincial capital.
27:19Most survivors have already been relocated there.
27:21Your community lies far from the city center and was newly developed, so rescue notifications were delayed.
27:26Thermal scans from military drones mark this area as completely uninhabitated.
27:30We are so sorry.
27:35None of this is your fault.
27:36Your drone's low-altitude patrols caught our attention long ago.
27:39We spotted the shaky, blood-written SOS today.
27:42We hesitated, uncertain if it was a genuine plea or an enemy trap.
27:46Refusing to abandon any chance of saving lives,
27:48we tracked the drone back to this complex and waited for the right moment.
27:52I trust you.
27:53I trust us our country.
28:00Come in.
28:01Warm up with a cup of hot cocoa.
28:06They never imagined anyone could have survived hidden inside this community.
28:11One vicious-looking man fixed me with a cold, vengeful glare.
28:16He may have been plot-rotting retaliation, but none of it mattered anymore.
28:31I hope it heals soon.
28:34Just like all of humanity.
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