A peaceful hero city on the banks of the Volga... NATO planes suddenly appear in the sky, and soon Chinese army soldiers are already walking through the streets. Local residents find out that their country no longer exists and they are now nobody here... However, not everyone is happy with this situation. Patriots take up arms and decide to show who’s boss... A small prequel sketch to the novel “Lights of the Dead City”: The book’s text has been translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence system. In most cases, the translation is accurate and clear, but occasionally there may be incorrect phrasing or individual words left untranslated.