Surviving the Weird Fog: Awakening

In a fictional steampunk world set in the near future, an abnormal phenomenon known as "the Strange Fog" begins appearing across the globe without warning. When it arrives, electronic devices suffer severe interference, light bends, and the laws of physics become unstable in localized areas. All manner of supernatural horrors breed in the fog or emerge from it. We call them "the Strange" or "Vicious Ghosts." They take many forms and possess bizarre abilities and killing rules that defy common sense. Physical means are barely effective against them. Only "the Strange" can fight "the Strange." A tiny number of people who survive Strange Fog incidents sometimes gain a power by chance. Through methods such as transplantation, contracts, or consumption, they merge ghosts or parts of them with their bodies, gaining the ability to wield the power of Vicious Ghosts. These people are known as "Ghost Tamers." Lin Xiaoye is one of them. Reviving in an abandoned hospital, with a cold scalpel that appeared in his hand at some unknown time, he sets out on an unknown path...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.