A View of the Red Sea

After years of struggling in a new first-tier city, He Lan never imagined she'd someday be fighting to survive in a zombie-infested apocalypse.

Autumn, 20X8. City D is the first to fall.

After being hospitalized due to an accident, He Lan lives through the entire siege by the zombies. With no choice, she joins forces with the others to break out of the hospital. Fires and car crashes fill the streets, and monsters roam everywhere. To stay alive, they must cross the other districts of City D and reach Shengjiang Bridge in the far north, where they hope to rendezvous with the official rescue forces and find a way to survive.

But what awaits He Lan and her companions is a global crisis. Shengjiang Bridge has been blown up, and the military has withdrawn.

The truth slowly comes to light. The crisis is no natural disaster, but a man-made catastrophe, orchestrated by a mysterious organization called Red Sea. He Lan's employer, Huasheng Investment Bank, is inextricably connected to it. The conspiracy began long ago...

#Originally titled Red Sea Crisis and An Era We Cannot Look Back On. The words "Red Sea" are important, and their meaning is explained in Volume One.

#Zombie apocalypse, realistic plot, no superpowers, no pocket dimension.

#Ensemble cast.

#Open ending.

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My long xianxia fantasy novel, The Spirit-Washing Chronicles, is currently updating in my profile:

[Ensemble cast + redemption + eerie mysteries + causality]

As a girl, Han Mingyu met a fortune-telling Taoist priest at the foot of a mountain. He told her she had a short life and would live to nineteen at most.

Han Mingyu was a useless cultivator who couldn't draw spiritual energy into her body. With no hope of cultivating immortality, she still pursued longevity by every means possible.

She was tough. She learned a dangerous method of being reborn through fire from someone else and nearly burned herself to death... but still refused to accept her fate!

Three years later, Han Mingyu's fortunes changed.

There was an obscure profession in the mortal world called a Spirit Washer, with a way to extend one's lifespan. Only after Han Mingyu became an apprentice and mastered the art did she understand the karmic burdens that came with a longer life.

To break the curse, Han Mingyu accepted a mission from the Sage Lord Yunhua to uncover the secrets of the Heavenly Dao.

From then on, the Six Realms gained a woman wielding the Tangxi Sword and commanding the Qianluo Chime.

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The Xie clan's branch family was caught up in a power struggle, and only eight-year-old Xie Hengyu survived by chance.

He sought refuge at Yaoshan and became a cultivator. Brilliant and gifted, he was Lady Xiang's most cherished student.

Lady Xiang had an adopted daughter, Han Mingyu. Xie Hengyu fell for her at first sight, but the little girl was shy and wouldn't approach him. He could only patiently teach her until he won her favor.

For decades, they were fellow disciples, close friends, and family.

But Xie Hengyu wanted more. He wanted to become her... cultivation partner.

His junior sister was wonderful, but she drew the covetous attention of several people, both openly and in secret. Xie Hengyu was torn with worry.

Fortunately, they met early that year, and he got his wish: he kissed her hand.

Junior sister, I've waited for you for many years, and I don't want to wait any longer.

Theme: Hope and redemption.