Bai Ling is twenty-seven, an ordinary office worker who lives alone with a tabby cat.
His life plan is to save enough for a down payment, find a new job, and become a comfortable middle-aged man before turning thirty-five.
Then the Heavenly Dao shattered. Its fragments fell and turned into horrors.
Overnight, the residential complex where he lived became a “forbidden zone.” The convenience store owner downstairs turned into a horror. Every day, she stood between the shelves at the same time, repeating, “Welcome,” then eating anyone who replied, “Thank you.”
Bai Ling escaped. That day, he had a mouthful of bread and didn't have time to say thank you...