The disaster lasted for ten years. The gray tide swallowed up 80% of humanity. The remaining people hid in thirteen shelters, surviving on high walls and people with supernatural powers. Beyond the wall is wasteland. Within the walls is another hell.
Shen Ye is a killer in the slums. No name, no past, no one cares. His rules are simple: don't kill informers, don't kill pregnant women and children, don't kill those who can turn around.
That night, the earth cracked open. A crack ran through the entire East Side, swallowing thousands of lives. He rushed back to save a blind girl who was crushed under the rubble. Broken ribs. The left leg is broken. Bleeding in the lungs. While he was waiting to die in the dark, a dark red mass crawled onto his fingertips.
That is the child of the abyss. I just woke up from the black water, not knowing what I was. It said: "I can help you survive. But after you survive, you have to do one thing for me."
He agreed.
He survived. But he has also changed. Dark red veins grew under the skin, crawling all over the arms like tree roots. The crack has not disappeared, it is still lying deep in the earth, glowing with a dark red light, like a closed eye. The world is not over yet. The fear doesn't end either. The child of the abyss lay inside him, not knowing whether he was here to save him or to open the door for him.
He lost his memory. It doesn't know who it is. He was carrying the blind girl on his back. She called him Dad. Together they walked through the ruins, looking for a sip of water to survive.
Everything burns, but fire never goes out.
