Su Xiaoman, infected by the virus, becomes a rational zombie with full consciousness, ignored by other zombies. She travels in her RV Saltfish with her zombie cat Tuantuan. She meets Lu Ye, a superhuman sworn to wipe out zombies, who travels with her. They uncover the virus was artificially engineered. Su Xiaoman can calm and reverse feral zombies. She pushes for human-zombie reconciliation and builds a peaceful settlement. She sets off again.