Decibel Zero (Under Major Editing)
It begins with an audio file buried in a forgotten corner of the internet: a song in Latin.
And one careless click.
"Once you hear it, you're marked."
Miori Lacap watches in paralyzed horror as her classmate's body erupts without warning, turning their classroom into a scene of blood, shattered bone, and screaming survivors.
Panic rips through the university when the truth becomes impossible to deny.
The song is not a curse.
It is a trigger.
With only a handful of survivors left, Miori escapes into the rain-soaked woods behind campus. Beyond the trees, where no railway should exist, a train waits with its doors open.
With nowhere else to run, they board.
But the train is not taking them home.
It cuts through a bottomless void no stations, no conductor, no destination, and no way off. One by one, the passengers begin to die. Some vanish between carriages. Some wake up changed. Some explode before they can even scream.
To stay alive, Miori must depend on three men she has every reason to fear.
One sees every survivor as an enemy. except her.
One holds her steady as the world strips away everything human.
And one would gladly become a monster if it means keeping her alive.
But the train carries a secret more dangerous than the song itself.
The person orchestrating the slaughter is not watching from a distance.
They are aboard the train.
Breathing the same air.
Walking the same narrow corridors.
Waiting for the next body to burst.
On a train with no escape, trust becomes a weapon. Affection becomes leverage. And survival may require Miori to choose which monster gets to stand beside her when the final carriage opens.
Because the next stop is not freedom.
It is execution.