Crime and Punishment: The Endless Cave

A novella in 32 chapters [Mystery and Horror + Crime Investigation + Supernatural Cave + A Battle of Human Nature + A Deadly Loop]

With the dismembered torso of her husband on her back, Luo Na crawls into the “Ghost Wail” fissure to hide the body. It is the final stop in her insurance-fraud scheme, but there she runs into the pursuing detective Hou Fangguo.

A sudden cave-in seals the exit. Killer and cop are trapped deep underground, and even more terrifying events follow: the branching passages form a looping maze; Luo Na’s backpack keeps replenishing its supplies; her dead husband climbs “alive” out of a duffel bag; Hou Fangguo’s buried guilt takes the shape of a vengeful ghost; and the “Eye of Reincarnation” symbol on the rock wall reveals that countless people before them have met despair here.

This cave is a living thing that devours sin. It reads memories and unleashes fears, weaving their pasts and wicked thoughts into a prison. They must fight not only the darkness, but also the sins they cannot escape. When “self-sacrifice” becomes the only way to break the deadlock, who will make it out alive? And who will become the next “vessel of sin” trapped within?