Alchemy Road in the Deep Mountains

A strange online article reveals the secret behind the 30-year closure of Qingxi Mountain - all members of the scientific expedition team in the 1980s evaporated, there are alchemy relics hidden deep in the mountain, and there are also strange powers that can control poisonous insects and interfere with the magnetic field. Liu Da, an adventure expert who does not believe in ghosts and gods, ropes in the money-hungry but reliable fat man with mechanical hair control, invites Lin Xi, a biology graduate student who knows herbal medicine, and the skilled and mysterious guide Lao Qiang. The four-person team sets foot into the deep mountains surrounded by the word "forbidden" in cinnabar. The mountain road is covered with fog, swarms of Black Iron Insects are attacking like a tide, the Ecstasy Flower has hidden hallucinations, and every step is on the edge of life and death. The alchemy site is not a place to seek immortality, but a barrier to suppress highly toxic slag. When the light of the Heart-Shou Jade fades and the sacrifice of essence and blood becomes unsustainable, Fatty's pocket watch turns out to be the key to breaking the situation. From the team turning against each other to fighting side by side, from conspiracies to the truth being revealed, the battle in the mountains is never just a fight between humans and monsters, but also a showdown between human hearts and desires. This adventure is, after all, a journey to protect the mountains and rivers with courage and comfort the souls with justice. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.