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In a world built on exhaustion and obedience, one man's only goal is survival. But when whispers of rebellion turn into explosions beyond the factory walls, his routine and his silence are shattered.
While the heroes of the revolution rise and fall in the streets, he remains in the shadows, caught between fear and necessity. The city burns, the system cracks, and he is left to face the truth that no uprising is clean.
This is not a story about the revolutionaries.
It's about the people still clocking in while the world collapses around them.All Rights Reserved

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