The Scorched Century

In 2230, the greenhouse layer became permanently fixed, and the surface descended into a scorching inferno.

Global temperatures soared above 75°C. Glaciers melted, life went extinct, and ninety percent of humanity was abandoned in the red-soil wasteland, struggling to survive.

Lin Jin, a former climate engineer, lost his loved ones and went into hiding among the ruins, driven by an obsession with preserving civilization. Su Wan, a doctor, held fast to her kindness in the depths of despair, using a glimmer of hope to heal the wasteland.

The government’s ark shelters concealed a conspiracy. The powerful abandoned the people, imprisoned laborers, and cast aside their humanity. On the surface, ruthless raiders preyed on one another, and the strong devoured the survivors.

Flight, slaughter, betrayal, and redemption followed one after another.

Would they spend the rest of their lives surviving in an underground cage for the powerful, or fight against the current and protect the last spark of human civilization?

As the heat burned everything to ash and human nature tore good and evil apart, could they find the dawn of redemption for civilization and humanity amid the scorching cataclysm?