"High Wall 1" is a hard-core reality-oriented apocalyptic novel with apocalyptic flood + class antagonism + Cthulhu suspense. Extreme climate has caused global sea levels to skyrocket. All cities in the old era have sunk into the ocean, and human civilization has been completely separated by an invisible wall. The top elites occupy the cloud habitat above the clouds, with technology, resources and eternal stability, and enjoy extravagant carnivals every night; the people at the bottom are trapped in muddy and humid coastal shantytowns, and can only risk their lives by diving into deep-sea ruins to salvage scrap metal in exchange for a meager livelihood.
The young Chen Fei used to be a gaming genius, but after the end of the world, he became a low-level salvage worker, struggling on the edge of life and death. The deep sea is not only filled with deadly undercurrents and ruins, but also contains traces of strange sea monsters that imitate human voices to trap divers, ancient undersea civilizations that have slept for thousands of years, and unknown evil gods. Journalist Sun Ping, with ideals of justice, sneaks into the upper circles alone, trying to expose the dark truth behind the high walls of capital.
The novel has two parallel lines, creating an extreme contrast between the luxury of the upper class and the suffering of the lower class, depicting the struggle of human nature, the game of desire and the shackles of class under disaster. There is no sense of mindless excitement, but it has a sense of atmosphere, suspense and realistic depth. In the desperate background of the end of the flood, it writes about the burning human nature of ordinary people breaking through walls to survive and fighting against injustice.
