In the summer of 2026, an unusual heat wave scorched the earth, and the cicadas chirped with a strange hoarseness. During a field trip, Chen Mo, a graduate student in the Department of History, accidentally broke into a fog filled with scarlet spores - the prelude to the end.
In just 72 hours, the familiar world fell apart. Humans infected by the spores turned into bloodthirsty aberrations, vines grew wildly in the ruins, and the city became a roaring hunting ground. When communications are interrupted and electricity goes out, the fig leaf of civilization is completely torn to pieces, and survival becomes the only creed.
Chen Mo formed a life-or-death alliance with emergency doctor Lin Xi and veteran Zhao Gang in the tide of corpses. They travel through burning neighborhoods, avoid the fangs of mutated creatures, and struggle on the edge of humanity and bestiality. There is power struggle hidden behind the promise of military bases, the extremist teachings of the "Purifier" organization are stained with blood, and the "Brother's Nest" rooted deep in the ground is spitting out more spores, pushing humans into desperation.
When they discovered the secrets of biological experiments from 20 years ago in the core of the "Brother's Nest", they realized that this disaster was never an accident. Should we inject medicine to end the spread of spores, or let the world restart? At the crossroads of sacrifice and redemption, every choice rewrites the future of the wasteland.
This is an epic about survival and an elegy after the collapse of civilization. When the midsummer sun is obscured by scarlet spores, can the courage of ordinary people pierce the haze of doomsday?
