Food delivery rider Chen Xuan accepts an order to the “Penglai Psychiatric Hospital,” only to be forced into becoming the director of this asylum, which houses the head of Xing Tian, the Great Old Ones of Cthulhu, and a cybernetic Meng Po. Every patient here is a god disguised as a human: the war god Xing Tian soaks himself in hot oil in the fridge to keep from going berserk; Chang’e uses holographic projections to create rule-based horror stories; Satan claims to be a cleaner but is really a fallen angel. And when the deputy director smiles, the corners of his mouth split open, revealing several tentacles that no human should have.
Armed with the [Eye of Truth], which can reveal the weaknesses of gods, Chen Xuan acts like a coward on the surface but secretly follows the philosophy of the ultimate sneak attacker. He ambushes Xing Tian with sesame oil, lures Chang’e with osmanthus cakes, and soaks Odin’s right eye in Erguotou. But after gathering the Nine Ding Cauldrons of Yu the Great, he discovers that the so-called “Sky Rift Incident” is actually a screening experiment conducted by a higher civilization, and that the dual divine natures of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and Chiyou lie dormant within him.
In this cyber-city where gods and Cthulhu dance together, Chen Xuan rides his electric scooter between dimensions, carrying the Eastern Emperor Bell and an interstellar railgun in his insulated delivery box. A new order flashes on his screen: “Next stop: the Lingxiao Palace. Note: The scallion pancakes the Jade Emperor ordered have gone cold. One-star review.”
