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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 to renew and I can give you a discount.
00:54The city will be locked down at 8 a.m. tomorrow.
00:57Get 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.
01:24Honey, 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.
01:41Leave 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?
02:34Sweetie, does this have something to do with you coming home suddenly?
02:37I 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.
02:48We really need to buy enough to last at least a year.
02:50Don't be afraid. Mom and Dad have your back, always.
02:53Who would we trust if not you?
02:56Stocking up, right?
02:57Don't wait for my cooking today.
02:59I'm heading to the wholesale market first.
03:01Send me the list of what you ordered, baby.
03:02I'll check what you're missing and fill in the gaps.
03:04Okay.
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 we could be upstairs, be careful not to run into anyone.
03:22Okay, don't worry, sweetie.
03:23Mom will never let anything happen to you.
04:07I'll be right back.
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.
05:17I just ordered 200 pounds of pork, 100 pounds of beans, 100 pounds of lamb, four whole chickens.
05:21Still need chicken wings and drum hocks.
05:22Is there anything else you want?
05:23Mom, 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.
05:54If I throw up now, everyone will notice.
06:32honey we can't go home yet we need to finish buying everything first
06:36starting tomorrow we won't go out at all
06:44we're out of stock installation can't be done for three days
06:47what if we pay extra i'll head over to your place and install them right now
07:04mom when will you be back my girl's calling i'll head home now i couldn't bargain down the price
07:10for these clothes i'll check the underground market tomorrow oh my god fine you win take
07:16it at this price mom when will the meat and solar generators you bought be delivered the wholesale
07:20market will deliver the meat pre-stored in refrigerators the fridge shop and meat vendor
07:23are run by the same family the solar generators have already arrived i had them left outside room
07:281502 that apartment's unfinished no one will notice i stashed the rest in the 24th 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 rainwater collectors rubbing
07:50alcohol everything's here
07:52so
08:01so
08:09so
08:15so
08:36i'm keeping the four hens on the enclosed balcony off the kitchen soundproof cotton has
08:41been installed everywhere so no clacking can be heard outside
08:58what was that
09:01so
09:12so
09:14so
09:14so
09:15so
09:20Oh, my God.
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,
10:03they were drawn to the smell and swarmed around Building 10 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? It'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. Wake 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.
10:58Still 11.
10:59It means there are likely no new infected in our community.
11:03Meow!
11:03I have no idea what sustains them.
11:06They seem to need no food or energy besides human flesh.
11:10Stray cats in the yard hold no interest for them.
11:13They fear no daylight.
11:15And will lunge and bite and blindly at any sound.
11:19Proving their hearing is extremely sharp.
11:28Dad, 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.
12:10I'm in a moment.
12:19Don't worry.
12:23Oh God.
12:24That is amazing.
12:25Oh boy.
12:30Oh boy, oh boy.
12:32Oh boy, oh boy.
12:34Oh boy.
13:01Oh, my God.
13:03It's horrifying.
13:04Oh, my God.
13:36All right.
13:37Honey, go back to your room and rest.
13:40Margaret, you take over the night watch.
13:41I'll reinforce our fire north, our fire door, with extra defenses.
13:48Shit, shit, shit, shit!
13:57Who says being trapped indoors means we're just waiting to die?
14:15Damn you.
14:17Just you wish.
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.
14:36Come on.
14:47Hi.
14:52You hear me?
14:53You hear me?
15:00What?
15:07What?
15:10Oh, God.
15:12Oh, God.
15:21I don't know.
15:54I don't know.
16:15You're weak, hiding behind you, waiting to be protected.
16:19Watching your child take dangerous risks just to keep the family safe is the cruelest thing a parent can endure.
16:24Have you ever thought?
16:25Two people begged for supplies that day.
16:27Where is the other one?
16:28Could he be hiding on the 14th floor, waiting to ambush you?
16:32I...
16:32I never considered that.
16:35Baby, beyond being your family, you need to learn to trust and cooperate with others.
16:41We are not burdens.
16:42We survive this together.
16:50Three people went out to search for supplies, but only five actually made it back.
16:56A severe two-day rainstorm hit one night in September.
17:00It completely submerged the first floor and put 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, not bring it down at once.
17:36Flooding mostly shortens a building's lifespan, not bring it down at once.
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.
18:37Dammit, the thick, sickening stench of blood hangs in the air, and I feel like I'm drowning in it.
18:47Oh my god!
18:48It's an intelligent variant!
18:50The zombies downstairs have evolved, and they've spawned a leader!
18:54This is terrible.
18:55Will we even survive?
18:56Don't be afraid, my love.
18:57As 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 one, stage two, and stage three.
19:04Stage one zombies are the mindless ones from the early days of the apocalypse.
19:07Stage two are the evolved ones that hunted the survivors today.
19:10Enhanced physical ability with basic primitive intelligence.
19:13Stage three are the intelligent overlords that can command the horde, even capable of showing primitive emotion.
19:19Evolution is only accelerating.
19:21If we don't stop them soon, there will surely be stage four, stage five, 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.
19:38The world had grown deathly quiet, leaving only the three of us alive.
19:42You've been down lately.
19:43Go tend to the plants to clear your head.
19:45It 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.
19:54I 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.
20:17Even on such a sacred holiday, we can only celebrate in the simplest, saddest way.
20:24How much longer must we endure this first 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.
21:09I have a bad feeling.
21:12The zombies are evolving again.
21:17With explosions this massive, could the military have arrived?
21:44It 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.
22:23I refuse to die like this.
22:31Stay safe, sweetie.
22:33I will, dad.
22:34I will, dad.
23:16Thank goodness.
23:17It still works.
23:32It 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 our community.
23:58They would fight the intruders, buying us time to find a way to survive.
24:01But I drew nothing.
24:02Every 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.
24:10It will be too late.
24:19What I feared has finally come.
24:28Honey?
24:29Your 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 surprise.
25:23of the surviving people left in City Q.
25:31Just stay here forever.
25:51We're saved.
25:53We're dead.
25:55We're done.
26:17We're found.
26:21We're caught.
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.
26:43The 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.
26:50We 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 PICU, a joint campaign between military and civilian task
27:04forces.
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.
27:18Most 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.
27:31We 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, we tracked the drone back to this complex and waited for the
27:51right 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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