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The Fourth core

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Parts 6
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In 2025, five urban explorers venture deep into the forbidden ruins of Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone - chasing clicks, thrill, and the truth behind an old Soviet myth. What they uncover beneath the ashes isn't just radiation... it's something alive.
The deeper they go, the more reality bends. Time loops. Shadows whisper. Their cameras capture figures that shouldn't exist - echoes of the night the reactor exploded. And when they reach the sealed chamber known only as "The Fourth Core," they realize the meltdown never ended. It evolved.
Now, trapped in the ghostly remains of the most dangerous place on Earth, they must face the thing born from fire, fear, and memory itself - or become part of the haunting forever.
"We thought the Zone was dead. We were wrong. It remembers us."All Rights Reserved

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