My name is Tie Shan. I’m just an ordinary young man, born and raised in Heishuigou. My grandfather, Zhang Laogen, died in a bizarre way: in the middle of the night, he was grinding his own leg bones, and somehow he’d grown a black, hairy monster leg. As he drew his last breath, he glared at me and shouted, “Whatever you do, don’t look back at midnight!”
Those words dragged me straight into a nightmare I couldn’t wake from.
A corpse in the river wearing a red wedding dress, my grandfather’s name carved on a grave in the old forest, his burial clothes laid out in an empty coffin… One by one, the villagers I trusted died under strange circumstances. Overnight, the whole village became a living hell. A black iron chain appeared around my ankle. I couldn’t shake it off or smash it apart. Wherever I went, it felt as if I had a broken gong in my heart, being struck by a ghost. Dong… dong… Each clang tolled my death.
Now I’m trapped in this lightless earthen pit. Above me are grave robbers digging for a corpse, and below me is an even deeper, darker hole. What exactly did my grandfather hide from me? What has this iron chain brought upon us? Who can I still trust?
I have just one thought: run! But why does every step seem to take me deeper into the most terrifying place of all?
Whatever you do, don’t look back at midnight? Some things don’t need you to turn around. They’ll be waiting right in front of you.
