The hero of the plot is an ordinary stalker. Far from experienced, but he has already made several forays into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. However, during all this time, he did not dare to leave the vicinity of the Cordon: no matter how the center of the Zone beckoned, the fear of the unknown constantly stopped him. But now, when life outside the perimeter has long lost its meaning, our hero still decides to go beyond the Cordon...