City of Faint Light

City of Faint Light is a Western fantasy novel serialized by the web author Liuyun Feidu (real name Liu Biyun) on Zongheng Chinese Network in 2011. It is also his first full-length novel, and the book is complete. The story is set in a distant future where human civilization has long since collapsed: thousands of years ago, a meteor strike destroyed the surface world, and the surviving humans retreated underground, rebuilding city-states and order among rock layers that never see the sun. Beneath the sky and above the deep earth, humanity has become a historical term, while the underground world is shared among many peoples—human city-states, elves, dwarves, orcs, and various other creatures coexist and struggle in the darkness, with magic and blades side by side. The boy Leo grows up in such a world; starting from Bright City, he goes through a graduation trial, family feuds, ruin explorations, and successive fierce battles, and through one "coincidence" after another gradually approaches the truth behind the world's destruction and the founding of the underground city-states. The work excels at suspenseful buildup and battle scenes, stacking mysteries layer by layer until the question of "is all of this just a scheme?" It suits readers who enjoy underground city-state settings, exploration and puzzle-solving, and traditional fantasy adventure.