A strange encounter caused an ordinary young man, Xu Nian, to fall into an unknown abyss.
At night in the suburbs, he witnessed with his own eyes a "human and non-human" monster claiming to be Xiangliu - that ancient beast that only existed in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" reappeared in the world in the form of an "alienated person".
The source of all this is a mysterious existence called "ember stone".
They are scattered all over the world, carrying the power and remnant souls of ancient beasts, inducing human desires, merging with them, and then devouring consciousness bit by bit, and finally - reborn through reincarnation.
What's even more frightening is that Xu Nian discovered——
It seems that I have become one of them.
The golden dragon eyes in the dream, the strange changes in his chest, and the gradually awakening unknown power all point to a truth that he dares not admit.
At the same time, the mother's hidden identity, the true purpose of the institute, and the phrase "The only one you can trust is yourself" make the truth of this world increasingly confusing.
When the ancient beasts gradually awaken, and when humans begin to become vessels——
Is it to control the power and become a "dragon"?
Or be swallowed up and turned into a monster?
And beside him, his most familiar friends are also quietly changing...
When human nature and animality intersect, trust and betrayal confront each other——
The real crisis has just begun.
