[Post-apocalyptic survival + clear-headed heroine + strong leads + class conflict + painful romance + a journey to find her sister]
Zombies sweep across the globe, and civilization collapses overnight.
The school she once knew becomes a living hell. The world is divided into rigid classes: those at the top hold power and indulge themselves, while lives on the bottom count for next to nothing.
Shen Qingci struggles to survive alone at the very bottom.
Tough and clear-eyed, she never bows her head. As she searches for the younger sister she lost years ago, she does everything she can to help the weak. She joins a women's group, stands up to evildoers on her own, and protects the vulnerable around her.
Lu Zeyan, once a clean-cut, carefree boy, has long since transformed amid blood and fire into a post-apocalyptic overlord, wielding the power of life and death from the top of the pyramid.
He rules from the upper echelons. She fights her way up from the bottom.
Their status is worlds apart, and their positions put them at odds, yet feelings quietly bloom between them, keeping them locked in a painful push and pull.
There is love, longing, and a desire to protect, but in the end, they never manage to be together.
The apocalypse rages on, and the class system is a prison.
She clings to her kindness and principles in the mire, while he watches her alone from the heights of power.
In this life, she seeks neither wealth nor a place to belong. She only searches for her family and protects those worth protecting, becoming the most unyielding light in the darkest of times.
