In the middle of the Dajing period, the cracks in the heavens leaked "strange contamination" for hundreds of years. Ancient objects were evil and people's hearts were alienated. Those who became "strange things" gained power but became crazy. Shen Yan, the orphan of Qingwu Pavilion's extermination family, disguised himself as a trainee of the Kanyu Division. With the power of "touching ancient objects and reading memories" and the family's bronze compass, he solved a series of mysterious cases: the bronze mirror of the City God's Temple lured souls, the Gongyuan Nightmare Suppressing Talisman killed people, and a century-old ancient house gathered ghosts and devoured people...
He seems to have mediocre qualifications, but in fact he has no tricks at all. He plays with the power of the officialdom through his information gap. He goes from suspicion to alliance with Su Qingmei, the backbone of the ancient method sect who disguises himself as a man. It also involves the secret past of Lao Mo, the blind boss of Zhenwufang, and the fate of the chess piece of Zhao Qianhe, the saint of Shanhaihui. When the clues to the extermination of the clan pointed to the senior management of the Kanyu Division, Shen Yan discovered a bigger conspiracy - the rift was actually an experimental window for high-level "observers", and his ability to read and remember was actually a marked "experimental subject".
From the game of intrigue in the capital to the exploration of the deep-sea ruins, from sealing the source of the evil to fighting the interstellar observers, Shen Yan gathered forces from all sides, using Feng Shui as his blade and human calculations as his shield. In the game of "using deception to create deception", he uncovered the truth that "the rift is a cage" and shouldered the mission of protecting the earth. There is a strong hook in every three chapters, the excitement of the battle of wits is intertwined with the struggle of human nature, and the subtle collision of the weirdness of Chinese Cthulhu and the Eastern machinations will make you want to stop.
