Zhou Ye is the youngest and most timid field operative in the Southern Bureau.
His only wish in life is to come home after work and feed the Maine Coon he rescued from the ruins.
The cat is well-behaved, but it loves to watch him.
Later, Zhou Ye discovers a ring of needle marks on the back of the cat's neck.
And in those ruins that night lay a monster that couldn't be knocked unconscious or subdued with anesthetic. Beside an iron ring was half a tube of red liquid.
After that, people began dying in the city.
Someone was injecting ordinary people with the blood of the Awakened. They grew stronger, began craving blood, and then went berserk in the street.
Those who were subdued could only mutter one word: blood.
As Zhou Ye investigates, he finds himself getting sleepy too.
He grows more and more tired, and keeps dreaming of a sea of red.
That night, he opens his eyes. The cat is crouched at his bedside, watching him with shining eyes.
What is the cat looking at?
He doesn't know.
He only wants to know if he can still wake up.
