He walks through the deepest shadows of the city, dealing with events science cannot explain: elevators that run by themselves to nonexistent floors at midnight, women in old house portraits who weep in your dreams, and a single missed call that can steal your soul.
People know him as Shen Yuan, folklore consultant at the Wangchuan Agency.
But only he knows his true job is that of a “Rule Cleaner,” a living vessel capable of absorbing and suppressing deadly supernatural tales.
Every case he solves makes him a little stronger, and takes him one step further from being human.
Then the Records of Ten Thousand Taboos, a book containing every forbidden thing, reappears in the world, and the entire city becomes a hunting ground for a game of rules.
And the game’s most cruel rule is this:
When the only savior is himself the most terrifying supernatural tale in the world, should he save the world, or first save the last shreds of his fading humanity?
Chinese supernatural folklore × rule-based survival × ultimate redemption
Welcome to this dangerous world, forged from human obsession and ancient taboos.
Real and objective, the content is good-looking