A low-level thug is dragged into a real estate conspiracy when he tries to save his mother. Armed with extraordinary courage and street smarts, he maneuvers through a relentless hunt by both sides of the law, only to discover that what he holds is not a ticking time bomb, but the ultimate scepter capable of overturning the entire city’s game board.
Twenty-two-year-old Chen Yan takes a delivery job from the underworld middleman Scar Liu to raise the enormous cost of his mother’s surgery. He has no idea that the USB drive he is carrying contains damning evidence against the powerful interests behind Jianggang City’s New South District project. Overnight, he goes from deliveryman to fugitive, hunted by both the underworld and the authorities.