Liu Ming is known in H City’s criminal investigation circles as the real-life Conan. A former head of the criminal investigation squad, he has been on extended leave ever since a mistake three years ago. With the case of the dismembered body at a feed factory going nowhere, they have no choice but to ask him to come out of retirement. As Liu Ming gets drawn into the case, he discovers an astonishing labyrinth of cases within cases, involving high-tech methods that leave him stunned. Unwilling to accept defeat, he draws on his extraordinary talent and enters a battle of wits with the mastermind behind it all...