One day, eleven years ago, the entire city turned into zombies. Zhong Ye, the mute bell ringer who guarded the grain depot, awakened his resonant voice in the dead of night. He could hear where the zombie hordes were throughout the city. By devouring zombie cores, he grew stronger, took in the Coppersmith Street, established a patrol, and forged a new bell, hammering order for the living into a dead city.