Emberbound Journey: Chronicles of a Lone City's Father

The flames of international conflict ignite a bioweapon hell, turning bustling cities into zombie hunting grounds. Xiao Yuanzheng, an ordinary middle-class man caught between office politics in the system and the aftermath of a divorce, witnesses the complete collapse of the world of rules at the moment the apocalypse begins.

The scheming of office politics, the pressure of mortgage and car payments, his distant yet unbroken bond with his ex-wife Lin Yue, and his deep but unspoken guilt toward his daughter Jiajia... The moment a monster tears apart its first passerby, all of it loses meaning. Only one thing rings clear: the primal call in his blood. Family!

To save his daughter, trapped in danger, Xiao Yuanzheng must transform from the cautious “Director Xiao” into a cold, resolute survivor. He must break out of an office building crawling with danger and cross a city reduced to a slaughterhouse. He must not only fight the bloodthirsty walking dead lurking everywhere, but also watch out for the greed, betrayal, and madness hidden among the survivor factions.

Searching for shelter, fighting over resources, making brutal choices in the gray area where good and evil blur... Every step could lead to a dead end. But his daughter's innocent smile is a beacon that will never go out. The Ashen Road: A Father's Chronicle of the Isolated City tells the story of an ordinary father swept up in the tide of his times, and how, as civilization collapses, he uses his own flesh and blood to carve out a way to safety for the people he loves.