I'm the Chief Bridgekeeper on the Bridge of Helplessness

My name is Wang Ran, and in life I was a top community mediator. I died a heroic death, and when I woke up, there was no trial waiting for me. Instead, the Underworld’s HR department had sent me a job offer. King Yama said, “Xiao Wang, the area around the Bridge of Helplessness is badly congested, and its KPIs have been missing their targets for years. You’re in charge of the bridge now!”

And so I became the youngest grassroots official in the history of the Underworld. My subordinate is Meng Po, who is at risk of losing her job because of bad reviews for her soup. My team consists of a down-on-his-luck scholar who died depressed because nobody read his novels. My job is to get all kinds of ghosts to willingly drink “Meng Po Soup 2.0: Tea of Letting Go” so they can be reincarnated without a hitch.

I’ve mediated for a thousand-year-old ghost tormented by love, comforted modern office workers consumed by resentment, and dealt with VIPs trying to cut in line. I manage the River of Forgetfulness with OKRs, replace forced soup-drinking with emotional counseling, and use the “Heart-to-Heart Room” to resolve grudges that have lasted for millennia. Business is booming, and even King Yama gives me a thumbs-up.

But little by little, I’m discovering that the Underworld is hiding a huge secret...