Before the Silence

Death has invaded the world of the living, and everything once familiar has become strange and unsettling.

The dead smile outside the window. Footsteps sound at midnight, right on time. The walking dead pound on the door.

The long night has no end, and fear follows close behind.

A young woman carries a lamp, stumbling through endless darkness.

Rotting spines grow beside the road, and malicious eyes lurk in the shadows.

The laughter and calls of old friends come from behind her, but when she turns, no one is there.

Only the heavy darkness of night, and the enormous creatures writhing beneath it.

Her blood has not yet gone cold, and her heart still holds a trace of warmth.

With pale hands, she clutches the last remnants of her humanity, trembling as she faces the deformed silhouettes of demons.

PS:

1. A strong female lead: reserved and calm, strong yet gentle, decisive and never indecisive.

2. The protagonist grows over time and can be afraid, too.

3. An apocalyptic setting with powerful, unsolvable ghosts. Not an infinite-flow story; the disaster takes place in this world.

4. The focus is not on solving mysteries, but on the main plot and worldbuilding.

Theme: Explore the nature of life and death.