I Can Hear the Weird Things Talk

In this age, anything you make can give birth to a ghoul. Farming gives birth to ghouls, painting gives birth to ghouls, and even dreams can conjure up man-eating things. Xu Yan is the most inconspicuous cleaner in South City. He's cold, sharp-tongued, and has only one companion: a fat man who's both cowardly and greedy. His only abnormality is that he can hear ghouls speak. The cries, hunger, and pleas for mercy that no one else can hear are crystal clear to him. The Ghoul Control Squad comes calling, saying he has potential. All he wants is a bit of food. But black water is rising from underground, Old Zhao's courtyard has begun eating people, and a dragon coils through the fat man's dreams.