When the fog engulfs the city, the monsters from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" awaken in the neon light.
Former criminal police officer Lin Wujiu will feel the memory of death when he touches the corpse, but he is accused of causing the fog disaster. In order to prove his innocence, he was forced to join the mysterious organization "Ye Xing Si", but he uncovered the conspiracy of the top management to feed the alien beasts with human fear - the corrosive mist was actually the breath of the ancient god "Candle Dragon", and Yex Xing Si wanted to kill the god and become a demon.
**Teammates are a group of "monsters"**: Folk blogger **Su Jiuli**, a descendant of the nine-tailed fox, can control electronic illusions with the swipe of his fingertips on his mobile phone; Mechanical monk **Shi Kong**, whose nano beads can suppress evil spirits, turns into a golden barrier at the end of his life and screams "Sanskrit sounds never cease"; wheelchair hacker **K**, uses a brain-computer interface to summon the torrent of data from "Hetu Luoshu", at the cost of lifelong paralysis.
They use technology to kill gods and Buddhas, and use their mortal bodies to guard the night.
When the philanthropist Shen Yan transformed into a gluttonous beast and devoured the city, when the Eyes of the Candle Dragon opened in the center of the earth... Lin Wujiu clenched the revolver engraved with talismans and pointed the gun at his former comrades:
What I feel is not death, but the unfinished words "——Now, it's your turn to listen."