There are "ruins" in this world. It will twist reality into a strange realm where rules kill people. Physical attacks are ineffective, and those who violate the rules will die. Only a few "tricksters" can understand the rules and survive.
Xu Ruoxing got a blank "Book of Essence". This book could not give him power, but it could help him analyze the rules behind the weirdness. He formed a team with his childhood sweetheart Zhuang Mengyu, and several companions who had also awakened - using facial makeup to detect evil spirits, poetry to seal away evil spirits, Chinese medicine to calm the mind, and calligraphy to suppress evil spirits. The national essence left by their ancestors has become their weapon against the unknown.
Controlling deceit with deceit is a game; staying true to one's ten virtues is a creed.
But there is a price to pay for using their abilities - the more they protect, the more completely they will be forgotten.
Those who leave the world will eventually be silent. However, returning to silence is not the end, and guarding is destiny.
