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