Original subtitles

A few days ago,

we received a letter from the headquarters.

Nanfeng Biological Research Institute

had

an emergency.

All the staff of the local research institute

went out of contact.

Around Yelong City area,

villagers have frequently been attacked by some monstrous beasts.

According to the letters from the institute

in the last three months,

the beasts

came from the institute.

When the locals were attacked,

they were all

severely infected.

Our mission is

to collect the research samples

and investigate the source of the unidentified beasts.

This operation will be extremely risky.

I hope you're all prepared.

[Desert Monster]

Retreat!

Retreat!

Everyone, retreat!

Run!

Hurry!

Captain,

let's retreat.

I can't run anymore.

You...

You go first.

Captain.

Captain.

Stay alive.

Bring the original solution back to the headquarters.

This is our only hope to destroy the monsters.

Captain!

Hurry! Retreat!

A month ago,

we received an order of the institute

to come to Nanfeng Institute

to retrieve the secret sample.

We got the sample,

but we also paid a high price.

I didn't expect that

the nightmare had just begun.

Xia Xuan,

we have to go now.

Come on.

Watch out!

The sample!

Ying,

they are not the locals.

Why on earth did Ying have to save you?

And why should I watch over you here?

Around Shaqiu Town,

desert spreads out for hundreds of miles.

No grass can grow here.

Plus, there are monsters outside.

I can't believe you managed to come to Shaqiu Town alive.

You're awake?

Good.

Where is Xia Xuan?

Who's Xia Xuan?

Ying asked me to bring you over when you wake up.

Ying.

He's awake.

He's awake.

What are you doing?

Hurry up.

They're all waiting for you.

Big Head.

-Come back. -Let go of me!

Help!

There you go.

Ying said

you're not allowed to come out.

Why are you so disobedient?

I'm not disobedient.

Be careful. The monster will come and eat you.

Put me down!

Open the door!

Get in.

He's not local.

What is he wearing?

Who are these people?

Why are they living underground?

Let's go.

Hurry up.

Ying.

He's awake.

Ying,

I brought him to you.

-Come. Let's pour the wine for you. -Hurry.

Come on.

This is Big Head.

This is Xizi.

This is Zhuzi.

My name is Ying.

Who are you?

Why did you come to Shaqiu Town?

Where is the girl

who was with me?

What's that attitude?

You've fainted outside.

If we didn't save you,

you would have been eaten by the monsters.

And you damaged so many traps of ours.

Do you know how long it will take us to fix them?

Yeah.

Why are you so ungrateful?

Those were your traps?

The thing we've taken back

was broken

because of those stupid traps.

Do you know how precious

it is to me?

What kind of attitude is that?

We saved your life!

Yeah!

Enough.

You're so ungrateful.

The person you're looking for

is over there.

Xia Xuan.

She's over there.

I've treated her wound.

She will recover after some rest.

She's fine.

Thank you.

Mengxi.

Xia Xuan.

I'm fine.

Thanks to Ying...

and Minlan here,

I'm much better now.

It's time.

Let's go.

Go. Hurry.

Let's go to the gate.

Hurry.

Hurry up.

Close the window.

I'll go.

Hongsheng! Minlan!

-Hongsheng is having a seizure again. -Hongsheng is having a seizure.

Hongsheng.

Are you okay?

He's sick again.

Hongsheng, hang in there.

Hongsheng!

Minlan.

The medicine!

Hang in there, Hongsheng.

Hongsheng.

Hongsheng.

What's wrong with them?

Hongsheng.

-Take your medicine. -Take the medicine.

What should we do?

Hongsheng.

How are you, Hongsheng?

Slowly.

Honey.

I'm fine.

He should be fine after taking the medicine.

Help! Help!

Ying,

the beast we caught has escaped.

Escaped?

Come here.

Hurry! Let's go!

Minlan.

Xia Xuan.

Take a good rest here.

I'll go have a look.

Calm down.

Don't worry.

I'm fine.

I will stay alive for him.

Don't worry.

I will cure you and the villagers.

The monster is here.

Monster!

Xiaobao!

Xiaobao, come back.

Lift it up.

It's here again.

Again?

What are you doing?

Its scream will attract other beasts.

Close the window!

Monster!

Big Head.

Watch him.

OK.

Qiangzi.

-Take the villagers into the secret tunnel. -Okay.

Go back to the secret tunnel.

Hurry!

This way.

Keep up.

Hurry!

Let go!

Stop!

Big Head!

Ying.

He killed the monster.

Then how could Minlan do her research

and save everyone?

I killed it to save you.

Nonsense!

Before you come...

Big Head.

Who are you exactly?

Why do you know so much about the monsters?

I'm a researcher

in Northwest Biological Research Institute.

I've been devoted to the research of mutants.

The monsters you saw

were actually a mutant species of desert lizards

after the experiment had failed.

Only the original solution of the virus

can neutralize

the bacterial infection on your villagers.

Where can we get it?

Nanfeng Bacteria Experiment Base.

I've been there

and retrieved the original solution of the virus.

But

your traps destroyed it.

There are too many beasts there now.

I can't

retrieve the original solution of the virus alone.

Now that you need it,

we can work together.

Why should I trust you?

Why?

Do you have any other choice?

We have Minlan.

Minlan can do it too.

Minlan?

She couldn't even cure his husband.

Can she cure other villagers?

Do you want to watch them die

or to take the risk with me?

It's up to you.

Wait.

I'll go with you.

You can't go.

Father.

Why are you here?

Why?

He's right.

Master Liu,

now we have a way to save people.

Why don't we give it a try?

There are groups of monsters outside.

You'll die if you go out.

But we have no other...

Have you forgotten

the reason why these people are lying here?

Stop arguing.

Minlan!

Dad.

I'll be right back.

-Minlan. -Minlan.

Hey, young man,

would you like to go to a place with me?

Minlan.

Let me do it.

It's okay.

Minlan.

Bad news.

Someone else is having a seizure there.

Go and have a look.

Gangzi.

Gangzi.

Gangzi.

Pin him down.

Here, take the medicine.

Take the medicine.

Take the medicine.

Medicine.

Get more medicine.

Okay.

Minlan.

Minlan!

This way.

Minlan.

Feed him the medicine.

Minlan, come here.

What's going on? Wake up.

Uncle Lai.

Wake up.

Wake up, Uncle Lai.

Why are you like this?

Minlan?

She couldn't even cure his husband.

Can she cure other villagers?

Xiaowu.

Xiaowu, take the medicine.

Take the medicine.

Drink it.

Minlan.

Xiaowu!

Impossible.

Xiaowu, take the medicine.

Take the medicine.

Minlan.

-Xiaowu, open your mouth. -Minlan.

Minlan!

Don't pull me!

Big Head.

Xiaowu.

Open your mouth.

Minlan, listen to me.

-Minlan! -Don't touch me!

Calm down, Minlan.

Don't touch me. Xiaowu!

Minlan.

He's dead!

Minlan.

I will find a way to save everyone.

Young man,

as you saw just now,

the villagers

can only

see the sunlight for half an hour at noon

when the monsters are inactive.

Shaqiu Town was originally an otherworldly sort of place.

[Ancestral Temple]

[Memorial tablet]

No one cared about this place, but it was self-sufficient.

[Gao Xuan's memorial tablet]

I don't know the original solution you were talking about.

But I know

you want our people to take risks.

Do you think

I don't want the villagers

to live a normal life?

But this is the price.

They were all the best hunters

[Yi Hui's memorial tablet]

in Shaqiu Town.

When the monsters attacked,

we could only hide and survive

underground.

Ying led them

and wanted to stop the monsters.

But whoever went out

ended up lying in this ancestral temple,

[Master Hu Xiaosan's memorial tablet]

or on the sickbed.

These are the only people

left in Shaqiu Town.

All of them are either too old, too yound or women.

As an elder here,

I can't watch people of Shaqiu perish.

We have to live

for the living.

If you want to stay,

you can stay.

If you want to leave,

I've prepared some dry food for you.

Master Liu.

I understand now.

Why do you have to take the risk?

Won't we be more sure of success,

if we go back to the headquarters to ask for backup?

We don't have time now.

The villagers need treatment.

Only when we return to the base,

catch the first mutated monster,

and retrieve the original solution of the virus from it,

can we develop the antidote to save the villagers.

Have you ever thought about

the consequences of going there again?

You know there's no original solution anymore.

The experience we had last time

helped me learn a lot about the beasts.

Besides, we have escaped once.

I'm more confident this time.

Mengxi.

Xia Xuan.

The original solution was ruined in my hands.

I let Captain down.

I feel sorry to everyone.

Stop dissuading me.

This time,

I have to go.

This is also

my promise to Captain...

Let's get married.

Don't you want to marry me?

I...

Let's go.

Ying.

Wait for me.

-Ying. -Big head?

Ying.

Ying!

Ying.

Why are you here?

My father asked me to come.

Ying.

How dare you!

Don't my words

matter anymore?

I know I'm sinful.

I let everyone down,

even more so to these people in the ancestral temple.

I feel guilty every day.

As long as there is hope, even a glimmer of it,

I'll have to try,

even if it means I'll die.

Father.

You've told me since I was a kid

that men in Shaqiu Town

should be responsible

and not afraid of dangers.

We should dare to adventure and take the consequences.

More importantly, we should protect

the people we cherish.

Shut up!

Master Liu.

Either

I die here today

as an apology to everyone,

or

let me go,

alone.

I won't drag others down.

If you don't make a decision,

I can only

make the decision on my own.

Ying,

don't worry.

I'll protect the people in our town.

Xiaobao,

you're like the flame of Shaqiu.

I'm counting on you.

Big Head.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Go back.

Bye.

-Ying. -Ying.

Come back early.

Take care.

Bye.

-Take care, Ying. -Be careful, Ying.

Take care.

-Be careful. -Hope you'll get it.

Come back early.

Even if we get backup from the headquarters,

our gunshots

will only attract more beasts.

We won't be able handle it.

People like Ying happen to be

good hunters.

So they are

the best helpers

for us to hunt the first mutated female beast.

Mengxi.

You must come back alive.

Dear ancestors of Shaqiu Town,

please bless us

and help them return safely.

The sand here is obviously humid.

The base should be nearby.

That's right.

We'll be there

over the dune ahead.

Let's go.

Wait.

Ying!

The sandstorm!

Get on your horses!

-Hurry. -Get on the horse.

Hurry!

Let's go.

Find a place to hide.

Ying.

Hold on.

Hang in there.

Hold on.

Big Head, are you all right?

Ying, we're fine.

Where are the others?

Are you okay?

-Yes. -I'm fine.

I'm fine.

It's just the horses are all gone.

Oh no.

Water and food are all on the horses.

Yes.

Ying, look.

A week ago,

we got the sample here.

The monsters you saw came out from here.

As far as I know,

the only place where the original solution can be stored

is the storage room.

[Map of the Base]

The base has two stories.

We need to check every room of each floor.

What is this?

It's seven now. Dusk's approaching.

Be careful.

A large number of beasts will go out to hunt in the daytime.

They should be back here at dusk.

We don't have much time.

Be careful.

They don't rely on their eyes,

they use the sense of hearing and smell.

We'll be at a severe disadvantage once it gets dark.

We must leave here

before dusk.

Let's split up.

Xizi.

How is it?

Where's Yong?

I'll go look for him.

Be careful.

Let's go to another area.

Sand Lizard!

The monsters are indeed mutants of Sand Lizards.

[Mercury]

[Anesthetics]

Found it!

We've wasted too much time just now.

We need to take the original solution and leave as fast as possible.

Ying.

Will this

really work?

Once it's dusk,

none of us can get out.

Ying,

Yong...

is gone.

Ying.

You'd better think it through.

Smash!

Ying.

There's a monster.

I'll give you five minutes.

You stay here.

Guard this place

to the last minute.

-Yes. -Okay.

Ying.

Retreat!

Retreat!

Hurry!

Hurry up, Ying.

Hurry.

Are you done?

How much longer do you need?

Hold on.

Ying.

I can't hold it anymore.

Hurry!

Hurry!

It's not the original solution.

Big Head, we were tricked.

[Anesthetic No. 8]

I'll get that bastard back.

Ying.

Come on.

Aren't you going to feed the mother beast?

That's it.

Stop, Ying.

Why did you lie to us?

Do you know where the original solution is?

Ying.

There's no original solution of the virus anymore.

What?

What do you mean?

In the cabinet there was the anesthetic I wanted.

Once I catch the mother beast,

I can extract the original solution of the virus

from it.

Catch the mother beast?

What do you take my people's lives for?

Haven't you seen the beast's reproduction speed?

Not only people in Shaqiu Town,

but all the living people outside

will die.

The only way to detoxify people

is to catch the mother beast.

Ying.

You can't trust him anymore.

He's lied to us once.

We can't trust him anymore.

The beasts haven't returned to their lair yet.

We've still got a chance.

The mother beast is down there.

If you don't believe me,

kill me.

We don't have time to think about it.

Ying.

Why are you hesitating?

Let me...

Big Head.

I'll trust you for the last time.

Remember,

you owe me a life.

What else do you plan to do?

The beasts haven't returned to their lair yet.

They'll hunt for the mother beast.

According to the direction the beasts went to,

the mother beast

should be in the basement.

But

nobody knows

what is happening in the basement.

Ying.

I want you

to go and check.

The beasts are fierce.

We can't fight with them head-on without a plan.

We must lure the beasts out

from the underground,

so that we can get close to the mother beast.

How should we retreat

after we catch the mother beast?

I've found nitroglycerin

in the lab.

We can make bombs with it.

Look at the map.

This place in the basement

connects the entrance to the first floor of the base.

And that happens to be the garage.

We can escape from the desert by car.

It's almost dusk.

I hope you can send someone

to guard the entrance of the base

and buy us as much time as possible.

Make sure that nothing goes wrong

before the explosion.

There are so many beasts.

How can we defend?

I'll do it.

It's just a piece of cake.

Zhuzi.

Big Head.

Protect Ying.

What if we fail?

The beasts have a keen sense of smell.

They will temporarily lose their sense of smell

because of the poisonous gas in the base.

Even if we really have to fight with them head-on,

at least we'll have a better chance to win.

After the poisonous gas interferes with their sense of smell,

we'll lure them out of the basement as planned.

The sound comes from the window.

When they hear it,

they will all go up to the ground.

If I'm right,

if they can't find their prey inside,

they will run to the outside.

That's the time

when we're all counting on you,

Zhuzi.

All clear. Let's go.

You should know

what the sound of the explosion means.

When they go out,

they will regain their sense of smell.

Stay as long as you can at the gate.

Don't worry, bro.

Just don't lie to us again.

I don't think the mother beast knows anything now.

Watch your steps. Don't make a sound.

Using the anesthetic to catch it straightaway is the best result.

Is the poisonous gas not working?

Put another bottle here.

It's calling the beasts.

Hurry!

Ying.

The valve is broken.

Watch out!

Ying.

The anesthetic.

Big Head.

Big Head.

No.

You'll be fine.

Big Head.

It's okay.

You'll be fine.

Stay with me.

Big Head.

Big head.

Ying!

Let go of me!

I'm gonna kill it!

Let go of me!

Big Head.

I can no longer

protect you and Ying.

Just run.

Zhuzi!

Zhuzi!

Big Head, what are you doing with the anesthetic?

Big Head.

What are you doing?

Stop!

Ying.

Calm down.

Big Head.

Big Head.

Big Head.

Big Head.

Ying.

We can't let Big Head die in vain.

The anesthetic is working.

The beasts are coming back!

Take the mother beast away!

Hurry!

Fix the chain.

This is the spot.

Use fire to ignite it.

They're getting closer.

Hold on!

They can't hear us in the sandstorm.

We've sacrificed so much this time.

It's hard to imagine

what you have been through

to get the mother beast for the sample.

As long as we can bring hope to people,

the sacrifice of the dead is worth it,

including that of the Captain.

Do you need a break?

We don't have time.

I have to admit that

your idea of mixing the traditional Chinese medicine

has greatly inspired me.

It's just luck.

My medicine can only alleviate people's conditions.

TCM ingredients are more or less poisonous.

I've never thought about how it can act on the pathogen.

After distillation, it'll merge with the mother beast's pathogen.

We'll see if it works.

No response.

Next one.

[First generation of great-great-grandson]

Master Liu.

All the people lying here

are heroes of Shaqiu Town.

They didn't die in vain.

It's worth it.

Master Liu.

It's all my fault.

They died because of me.

Ying.

Big Head made a choice he should make.

[Big]

Dad.

You've told me that

men in Shaqiu Town

should be responsible

and should not

be afraid of danger.

We need to protect

the people we cherish.

Protecting the one we cherish

is the responsibility

of men in Shaqiu Town.

I've taught him this since he was a kid.

He did it.

I don't blame you.

Ying,

I hope you know

what you are doing now.

Don't let Big Head die in vain.

Can they save my husband?

If they can,

they will be the living Bodhisattva.

They can do it.

Yes.

They're the living Bodhisattva for the whole village.

Come on. Next.

Give me the last one.

This is the one.

We can inject the mother beast now.

This medicine

should be able to act on the pathogen

in the mother beast's body.

If it works,

we can conduct the clinical trial.

It's awake.

Is it going to work?

Look, it's awake.

What's going on?

Up there.

Do you hear that?

They're here again.

What should we do?

Get out of the way.

Folks, get out of the way.

Ying is here.

Wait.

There are full of beasts outside.

The mother beast was just injected with the medicine.

It will take some time

to merge with its blood.

Folks,

you are all heroes of Shaqiu Town.

This medicine

is our only hope.

For your children

to have a bright future,

pick up your bows and arrows.

Follow me.

-Okay. -Okay.

Tie Niu,

bring the villagers into the secret tunnel.

Ying.

Let's go.

Ying.

-Ying. -Ying.

Folks,

go to the tunnel.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Let's go back to the tunnel.

Hurry!

Minlan.

Folks!

Go back to the tunnel.

The beasts are coming.

Hurry up!

Hurry! Get into the tunnel!

Hurry up!

Hurry!

Hurry up.

Be quick.

Hurry up, everyone.

Ying, I'm going too.

Xiaobao.

Follow them to the safe zone.

Hurry!

No.

You have to. Go.

Hurry, go back to the tunnel.

Ying,

I'll wait for you.

Let's go.

Folks in the back, hurry up!

Come in.

Folks, hurry!

Come in, folks.

Come in.

Get into the secret tunnel! Hurry!

Xiaobao.

Come back!

Come back, Xiaobao.

Come back.

Come on in.

Ying, there are beasts everywhere outside.

What should we do?

Block the gate!

Move!

Hurry up!

Hurry!

I can't hold it any longer.

Ying.

Folks, hold on.

I'll get someone to help.

Be careful.

Everyone, be careful.

Hurry!

Hurry! Let's go!

The beasts!

Retreat!

Stay alive.

Give birth

to the baby.

Let's go.

Minlan!

Minlan!

My baby.

Ying.

Minlan.

Tell me.

The baby.

His name is Zhenxing.

Zhenxing.

Minlan!

Minlan!

Minlan!

Minlan!

Let's go.

Minlan!

Minlan.

People have lived

in Shaqiu Town

for generations.

I've never thought that everything

would be destroyed in my hands.

I've let the villagers

and our ancestors down.

Ying.

Ying!

Xiaobao.

Get in.

Everyone, hide.

I hope that from now on,

the young generations of Shaqiu Town

can live

in the sun.

Today,

I'll accompany you,

because you are heroes of Shaqiu Town.

I am going

with you.

It's my honor.

We've tried our best

to find the medicine to save you.

Now,

we've found it.

Tie Niu.

Blow up the secret tunnel.

Bring them to the ground.

Okay.

Ying.

If we blow up the secret tunnel now,

more beasts will be attracted underground.

You're right.

But the young generation of Shaqiu Town

will never see the sun, staying underground.

Other than the people in Shaqiu Town,

there are many people outside who need to be treated.

I can't let our heroes die in vain.

I can't let the new generation

live in this dark and rotten environment.

I'll leave my people

to you.

Ying.

Ying!

Ying!

Ying.

Come with us.

Xia Xuan,

take the original solution back.

Without Ying

and those who sacrificed

we couldn't have got the original solution.

If we blow up the tunnel,

many monsters will come after us.

I'll be with Ying and fight with the beasts in the back.

We'll try to buy you more time.

Please help me protect

the Captain and I.

Mengxi.

Why are you here?

I owe you a life.

I don't know your name yet.

Liu Mengxi.

[Liu Mengxi]

Why do you have to take the risk?

As long as hope can be brought to the living,

the sacrifice of those who died

is worth it.

There is no despair in the world.

[Liu Mengxi]

We just need more brave people.

His name is Zhenxing.

Those who are still alive

will bear the greatest responsibility.

Sister Xuan,

will Ying and the others come back?

Don't worry.

They will be back.

Folks, let's go.

Listen, it seems the beasts have come underground.

It should be safe outside for now.

-Let's go. -Let's go.

I can finally see the sunlight.

My husband.

Madam, let's go.

Hurry up.

Hurry up.

Xia Xuan successfully

-Watch your step. -took the original solution of the virus

-Be careful. -back to the Northwest Biological Research Institute.

-Come on. -The Institute analyzed the original solution of the mother beast

and found a way to eliminate all beasts.

The desert has gradually gone back to normal.

However,

Liu Mengxi and Ying

never came back.