Lu Chen, 32 years old, retired from the special forces. A car accident stopped his heart for three minutes.
In those three minutes, he saw the future: the sky split open, cities were destroyed, and nuclear winter descended.
After waking up, he only has 72 days.
Others thought he was crazy - quitting his job, borrowing money, and buying three containers of supplies. Food, medicine, seeds, tools, generators - he carried everything he could think of to Cuiping Mountain like a paranoid man.
Then, the end really came.
When the city was in ruins, order collapsed, and people were fighting over half a can, Lu Chen built the first wall on Cuiping Mountain with his supplies, his partner Tie Zhu, and Xiaolu, a 14-year-old girl rescued from the ruins.
From 13 people to 1,000 people. From a barren mountain to a town. From living to living.
He repelled the plunder of the Black Scorpions, withstood the siege of the Iron Brigade, shook hands with former enemies, and planted the first vegetable in the nuclear winter. He set down seven rules and built schools, hospitals and farms.
On the 1000th day of the end, Lu Chen stood on the top of Cuiping Mountain to watch the sunrise.
The gray sky has dispersed. Spring is coming. The road is open.
This is not one person's story. This is the story of a group of people who chose not to give up.
