A strange and not very understandable epidemic falls on the Russian provincial city: in a couple of days, most of the inhabitants die. The survivors are struck by sleeping sickness: those who sleep for more than two hours no longer wake up. There is no electricity in the city, big problems with the supply of food, criminal groups are becoming the local authorities. Several different characters are trying to get out of this place together, in which life no longer exists. They need to break free and see if the whole world is now in this state. But first you need to break through the army cordons on the outskirts of the city. And there are also rumors about the mysterious Institute. Maybe they know more about this epidemic. The heroes are planning to go there.