
Huaimen
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No one knows how many people the Yellow River sweeps away every year than the "Corpse Crosser". On the eve of the Xiaolangdi water release in 1997, nine-year-old Gu Xiaoman was taken to Hexin Island by his grandfather, who carried an unknown floating corpse back in exchange for a locust wood sign. Grandpa drowned on the spot, but his body climbed ashore on its own and hung a sign around his neck: "From now on, you carry me." Twenty years later, Gu Xiaoman worked as an embalmer in a funeral parlor, specializing in makeup for people who died of unknown causes. Every time at midnight, the locust wood sign oozes sweet and fishy water, and blood words appear on the back-- Open the door He must live out the last seven days for the deceased, find the "gap", and kick one person off the death list so that the other person can live. For every person saved, the water level of the Yellow River rises one inch; when it reaches Hukou Falls, "it" will come ashore. When he opened the door for the seventh time, the person he wanted to save turned out to be "Grandpa". Grandpa smiled and revealed the truth: The so-called corpse-carriers are just gatekeepers; The so-called gatekeepers are just deceiving living people into feeding the "old days" at the bottom of the river. And Gu Xiaoman was the last sacrifice. There are only two ways to end the cycle - 1. Kick grandpa out, the Yellow River will calm down, and you will forever become a new generation of gatekeepers; 2. Jump in yourself, resurrect grandpa, and then trick the next child. Gu Xiaoman chose the third option: Turn over the locust wood sign and write your name-- Let the entire Yellow River be buried with me.
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