When the apocalypse arrived, Mu Lichen was among the first to voluntarily become infected and turn into a zombie. But unlike mindless corpses, he was an advanced zombie with self-awareness. He resisted the urge to feed on flesh to protect his loved ones, only to be betrayed and sold to a research institute by those very people in exchange for a life of comfort within the safe base. For ten years, he endured torturous experiments, until the crushing weight of hatred drove him to detonate his soul core, destroying the safe base and ending his no-longer-human existence. Yet after the explosion, Mu Lichen awoke back at the moment of his mutation... Now consumed by vengeance and willing to drag humanity down with him, he never expected to find warmth in this morally collapsed apocalypse—warmth that softened his heart. Because of it, he chose to become humanity's guardian, rebuilding civilization alongside them! 1. Power couple alert! The protagonist and love interest are not blood-related (details revealed later). 2. Zombies evolve into a new species, building a new civilization on post-apocalyptic ruins!