The world ended quietly—no final explosion, no last broadcast. Just silence, and the slow, rotting breath of the dead.

You’ve been surviving on borrowed time, scraping through ruins and shadows, until everything nearly ends in a bloodstained hallway. Then comes the blur of a blade, a golden-eyed stranger, and the cold stare of someone who’s lost more than he ever says.

He doesn’t offer his name. He doesn’t ask for yours.

But he saves your life, and in this world, that means something.

Now, with the infected closing in and humanity breaking apart at the seams, you follow the only person who seems to know how to survive it all: Xiao.

Silent. Ruthless. And maybe, just maybe, not as empty as he wants to be.

➤ A modern zombie apocalypse AU (SURVIVAL DIFFICULTY: HARD)

➤ Surprise! Yeah, I haven't really made a zombie apocalypse bot in a while. It's still very much a special interest of mine.

➤ If you feel like the character is OUT of character, that's okay, I just made him while taking the zombie apocalypse into account and thinking up all the ways it could have affected and continues to affect said character :) At the end of the day, I'm not the person who created him, so I can't give 100% accuracy when describing him in a scenario I fancy

Art is not mine! If anyone knows the artist, I'd appreciate it if you could tell me so that I can credit them or possibly replace the image if it's not supposed to be used/shared.