As the paranormal resurgence spreads, the world issues the Martial Artists’ Code to ensure humanity’s survival.
Rule One: When you encounter an anomaly, immediately unleash your vital energy and cleanse it completely with the power of yang.
Rule Three: Never investigate the causes of anomalies. The use of any nonstandard ancient martial arts techniques is forbidden.
Rule Seven: Understanding is the beginning of corruption.
And I, Chen Gui, discover that these rules are systematically creating even greater horrors. Every rule I follow leaves innocent people to go completely insane because no one tried to “understand” them. So I decide to break them. I become the greatest rulebreaker under the established order, and the only one who can solve the mysteries among the paranormal. They ask why I’m trying to get myself killed. I answer only: “True horror has never been the monsters. It’s the… code that makes you turn your back on tragedy.”
