Dawn over Gray City

A virus of unknown origin sweeps across the globe. The infected die within hours, then “come back to life” in another form. They never tire, feel no pain, and feed on the flesh of the living. Cities fall, communications go dark, and order collapses. The army is routed, the government vanishes, and the survivors fight for themselves. Once-bustling cities become hunting grounds for zombies, while the living are more dangerous than the dead. Lu Chen is twenty-six, unemployed for half a year, living alone, with few friends and no particular skills. The day the apocalypse begins, he is sitting in his rented room, calculating next month’s rent. No System, no special abilities, no golden finger. His only weapons are a mind just a little calmer than most people’s and a steel pipe with a file strapped to it. From a rented room to a city, from one man to a team. He isn’t a hero. He just doesn’t want to die.