The series is different from others, it starts with a 'background' that doesn't make sense, but it is revealed as the MC [who has mental problems] does some things, such as collecting life and creating soldiers who [will collect more life] to 'stay alive', the background.....
To balance it out I will give more stars, yes this story is not 5/5, at most 3/5, but it can also portray a person where the law is not firm, and where the protagonist who already had tendencies [contained while there was law] and ends up 'freeing himself', becoming a lawless person, and the tragedy makes him mentally distorted, maybe that is not what the author wanted to portray, nor the objective of the novel, but reading some parts show this, and that is the reason for 3/5 [also because I didn't see communism and other Chinese shit besides some slaps in the face and a licking dog until 288]
[SPOILERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR];
The MC was from Meteor City and wanted to change the whole place, he would have a group of people and 'friends', he was betrayed and everyone except [Machi??] ended up dead, after that the MC goes after fun with a somewhat distorted mind, and doesn't 'rush' directly to get more 'life', but establishes a strange kind of soldiers [Immortals??] who have already had several soldiers die.