Multiple unknown disasters broke out around the world at the same time, and the world was reduced to ruins. Jiang Liang led a team of survivors from the abandoned city of Beijing all the way through the disaster area, looking for hope of survival in the bombed-out city. During the process, the members each have their own experiences of loss and redemption, and they also need to deal with the threats of alien mutant creatures, survivor groups, and deep inner struggles. As their respective secrets emerge, the team's emotional entanglements, trust reconstruction and self-deprecating humor go hand in hand. They finally find their own "moral bottom line" in the apocalypse, witness the light and shadow of human nature, and finally complete their own redemption and group transformation.