Okay, here is the synopsis of the novel based on the detailed framework mentioned above:
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Order collapsed and civilization withered. The leak of the "Prometheus" virus turned the world into purgatory, with 90% of humanity turning into the walking dead, and mutated monsters raging across the land.
Lin Xuan, a former crisis analyst, relied on his calm mind and professional reserves to survive at the beginning of the apocalypse. An accident allowed him to fuse with a mysterious metal coin passed down from his family, opening up a growing storage space in his body. Starting from the first 1 cubic meter, this space that can accommodate all things and freeze time has become his most important support, and it has also ignited his deep-hidden "hoarding addiction" instinct.
On the way to escape, he rescued two dying mastiffs, Thunder and Shadow, in the ruins. They are not ordinary dogs. The virus inspired their benign mutations: Thunder transformed into a thunder body with knotted muscles and claws entwined with lightning; Shadow Charm evolved into a dark hunter who resembled shadows and had superior perception. A bowl of water, a medical treatment, and the hard-to-establish trust make one person and two dogs the only support for each other in the desperate apocalypse.
From sticking to a lonely outpost to establishing an orderly survivor base; from avoiding walking corpses, to actively hunting and collecting energy crystal cores, improving space, and tempering oneself; from encountering similar people with ulterior motives, to confronting fanatical cults and huge military alliances... Lin Xuan relies on the infinitely expanding space fortress and his increasingly powerful mastiff partners, step by step, from a lone wolf struggling to survive to a leader of the guardian party.
So pretty