In the winter of 1985, He Jiaolong, a guard at the Harbin Steel Plant, went from being a "model plant protector" to a prisoner overnight.
Just because he caught the thief he shouldn't have caught and offended the person he shouldn't have offended. The cold wire locks shattered his ribs and shattered his illusions about the word "justice". The leader's tea cup was full of compromise, the police station transcripts showed helplessness, and even the tears of his relatives advised him to "take a step back."
But he couldn't retreat.
After being a hunter in the mountains, he has the grudge and ruthlessness of a wolf engraved in his bones. When the gangster leader Qiang Ge's gun was pressed against his forehead, and when the door of his close relative's house was splashed with bloody paint, the eighteen-year-old boy finally understood: in the laws of the steel jungle, you can either kneel down and eat shit, or stand up and bite the enemy's throat.
He chose the latter.
From steel mills to gambling stalls, from streets to prisons, He Jiaolong was like a lone wolf forced out of the mountains and forests, paving a bloody road with his flesh and blood on the rough ice fields of the Northeast in the 1980s. After four years in prison, he defeated the prison bullies, learned skills from his teachers, and made friends with his best friends. In the darkest abyss of human nature, he tempered a body of steel and a pair of eyes that can see through the world.
This is not a story about the underworld becoming king.
This is an epic story of a young man who was crushed by the torrent of time, picked up bones from the ruins, and remade himself into a man. In the years when steel, ice, snow and blood intertwined, he faced not only bright swords and clear guns, but also the intricate web of interests and the evil spirits of that era.
The snow falls silently and the wolves howl.
When the dragon and tiger are forced out of the mountains and forests, they will either die or... Become the new king of the city.
