When the earth is boiled bit by bit by high temperatures and the oceans swallow up cities, civilization does not collapse overnight, but is crushed layer by layer by "heat, sea, hunger, and strife."
Humans no longer compete for wealth, but for altitude, fresh water, shadow and night.
Chen Ruya, Wan Ming, and Meng Yao, in a world that is constantly heating up, run away, form alliances, betrayal, and fight for the last high ground. In the end, they have to decide: let a few people survive, or rebuild order for more people.
