In the seventeenth year of Zhaoning, "Mingchuan", an important town in the southeast, was in turmoil. There are many concessions, warlords are fighting in a melee, and the undercurrent is surging.
Shen Yu, once a scholarly young man, now lives on the streets, relying on shady commissions to make a living. A disappearance case tied him to Lin Keyi, a female reporter determined to investigate the truth. The seemingly ordinary and bizarre disappearance reveals the secrets of the warlords, the interests of the concession, and even the shocking layout of the underground revolutionary party.
In the huge web woven by desire and lies, they work step by step, just to maintain their meager conscience in troubled times.
When the truth surfaced, Shen Yu understood: there was some darkness that swallowed not only people's hearts.
