In the core area of Laoning City, Qinghe Lane is like a fragment forgotten by time. The bluestone road is soaked in the fog that persists all year round. Behind the mottled brick wall is a Li family house that has been abandoned for 20 years. In the spring of 2025, psychological counselor Chen Mo returned to his hometown due to the mysterious disappearance of his childhood playmate Li Fang, but was involved in a serial mystery that spanned twenty years. In the past six months, four young women mysteriously disappeared in the alley, leaving only white envelopes, fragments of silver jewelry, and a vague figure in a white cheongsam.
As the investigation deepened, Chen Mo found that all clues pointed to the Li family residence: the Li family who suddenly moved away ten years ago, the ancient soul-attracting charm on the iron cage in the basement, the phoenix silver bracelet shared by his mother and the missing person's family, and the seven female corpses in the well wearing the same silver bracelet twenty years ago. What's even more shocking is that the secret that her mother had concealed for many years came to light - she was actually the adopted daughter of the Li family, and she was planted with the "Phoenix Gu" in her body. Chen Mo, as a descendant of the "Phoenix Bloodline", has been involved in the Li family's "Seven Phoenix Returning" sacrifice curse since birth: using the blood sacrifices of seven adopted daughters and their descendants, the long-defunct Li Jiyin Building was resurrected.
When Chen Mo discovered seven sarcophagi with the birth dates of the missing persons engraved on them in the cellar of the house, and when the phantom of the headless white cheongsam on the surveillance camera and the sound of silver bells in the fog overlapped with the bloody past in his mother's diary, he realized that he was not only the puzzle solver, but also the "sacrifice" of the last sarcophagus. As the Ghost Festival approaches, the fog in Qinghe Lane becomes thicker and thicker, and the soul-drawing charms on the sarcophagus turn red day by day. The strange state of Li Fang and other victims indicates that the sacrifice is about to start.
