Recaps

Jiang Nian returned to the weeks before the apocalypse and reunited with Cheng Jing, then used his memories of the future to prepare a safe house and help Cheng Jing protect their residential complex. By the end of September, they had secured the complex, but rescue missions were growing more dangerous as zombies spread and supplies dwindled.

• Jiang Nian died after Chen Lin abandoned him in a basement, then woke on August 13, 2036, before the apocalypse and decided to seek out Cheng Jing.
• Jiang Nian and Cheng Jing reunited in Qingyun City, reconciled, and Cheng Jing gave him money to prepare for the coming disaster.
• Jiang Nian told Cheng Jing that poisonous rain and an outbreak were approaching, and Cheng Jing chose to believe him and prepare with his trusted team.
• Cheng Jing awakened fire and lightning abilities, while his and Jiang Nian’s matching rings mutated into large storage spaces.
• As the poisonous rain fell, Jiang Nian awakened Purification, then confessed that he had lived through the apocalypse once before and died.
• Cheng Jing joined rescue operations while Jiang Nian stayed home, and they refused to let desperate neighbors into their fortified apartment.
• Jiang Nian and Cheng Jing helped clear and secure their residential complex, moved Cheng Jing’s squad there, and proposed establishing shelters across the city.
• By the end of September, the team had secured every building in the complex, while worsening rescue missions and dwindling supplies left Cheng Jing troubled.

Jiang Nian and Cheng Jing investigated a string of disappearances, uncovered Xiao Ya’s family’s killings, and took her into their care. As the cold eased, their team left Qingyun City, rescued survivors along the way, and reached South City Base amid warnings of plague and deadly infections.

• Cheng Jing and Jiang Nian investigated the missing residents at Jiahe Court and discovered that Xiao Ya and her mother had been kidnapping people to feed Xiao Ya’s zombified father.
• Jiang Nian purified Cheng Jing and Huang Qian when Xiao Ya’s mother used her mental ability, and the group subdued the family and uncovered the killings.
• Zhou Li placed Xiao Ya under the group’s temporary supervision, and Jiang Nian and Cheng Jing helped her through her grief as she began settling in with Huang Qian.
• Cheng Jing’s team joined the Qingyun City Apocalypse Ability User Rescue Guild, learned from broadcasts that bases were ready to receive survivors, and chose South City Base as their destination.
• Jiang Nian revealed his Purification ability to the team and asked them to keep it and Xiao Ya’s teleportation ability secret.
• On March 10, Cheng Jing’s group left Qingyun City, fought evolved zombies, and welcomed Li Kaiyun and his children into their convoy after rescuing them.
• An earthquake collapsed a bridge, and the group helped rescue survivors before Jiang Nian refused a woman’s demand that he become her boyfriend.
• Li Kaiyun stayed with Cheng Jing’s group, which traveled south while fighting zombies and directing survivors toward a rescue team, then reached South City Base in early April as reports warned of plague and deadly infections.