The Yellow River’s Bizarre Salvage Bureau

Beneath the Yellow River lies the dark side of all China.

Chen Canglan, the last heir to the Yellow River’s corpse retrievers, has always upheld his ancestors’ rule: never retrieve the wronged dead. That is, until a red-clad female corpse bearing an ancient bronze bell emerged from the water. When the bell rang, it awakened the memories sealed in his bloodline. His mission had never been to retrieve corpses, but to dredge up the demons, gods, and ancient grievances swallowed by the Yellow River.

Beneath the neon lights of the modern city, ancient seals are crumbling. Polluted river dragons, wandering ghost soldiers, weeping river imps… one eerie legend after another is coming to life.

He no longer works alone.

Shi Meng, a retired special forces soldier who firmly believes in materialism, uses his own body to form the team’s strongest shield.

Lin Moxuan, an archaeology professor never without a book in hand, searches piles of old texts for the secrets to defeating evil.

Wang Xiaotiao, a roguish performer from the martial world, dances a deadly tango on the edge of a blade, yet cares more deeply than anyone.

These four “oddities,” each from a different walk of life, form the Yellow River Occult Retrieval Bureau, operating between the shadows of the city and the ancient riverways. They retrieve corpses in name, but suppress demons in practice.

Yet as they gradually uncover the Yellow River old tortoise’s tragic wish, the rust eating away at Wuzhiqi’s chains, and the truth behind the River Earl’s blood and tears, an even more terrifying conspiracy emerges. Someone plans to imitate the ancient gods and reshape the world, drowning the “filthy” human realm in the floodwaters of the mythic age.

Ahead lies an ancient god awakening; behind them, the lights of countless homes.

This is a battle between ants and a towering tree. Their only weapons are the backs they entrust to one another, and a bond of human loyalty and affection, more blazing than any divine power or magical treasure.