Doomsday Tsunami: An Abandoned Boy Rules a Desert Island with Fresh Water

The land was gone. People crowded onto islands.

Drink seawater and you die. Rainwater is filthy too. Half a ladle of water on the black market can buy a box of dry rations. A water chit or a filter cartridge is worth more than your life.

Jin Chuan, an abandoned child from Desolate Lamp Island, hauled barrels, guarded cisterns, and checked filter membranes until he worked his way into harbor security.

While everyone else fought over territory, he controlled the valves.

Filter cartridges, fleets, desalination plants: whoever controls them survives.