2026, The year of Bingwu in the lunar calendar. Folklorist Chen Wen encountered a bizarre incident on his way back home on New Year's Eve. After arriving at his hometown in Jiangzhou, he found that the town was filled with an unusual "warming" atmosphere, and his father's flashing warnings only added to the suspicion.
Before leaving, his mentor handed him a secret file labeled "Internal Research", which contained strange records that happened in the Bingwu Year in the Linjiang area of Jiangzhou. Each of them seemed to vaguely point to his ancestral home, Chenjia'ao, especially the forbidden land in the back mountain. From strange stories in the late Qing Dynasty and anecdotes from the Republic of China, to the "ancient tomb" excavation accident in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China that resulted in the death of many people, and even the dying warning of family ancestors to "close the house at midnight"... Ominous coincidences span a hundred years.
Chen Wen originally wanted to investigate rationally, but on the night he returned home, he found an ancient copper coin in the file that was surprisingly similar to the one worn by the mysterious old man on the way. At the same time, domestic animals in the village began to die abnormally, and inhuman footprints appeared in the mountains on a snowy night. The sleeping mountain village and Chen Feng's taboo are waking up together. Chen Wen was forced to face a terrifying fact that gradually became clear: some "things" beyond comprehension were arriving as scheduled with the arrival of the Bingwu Year.
Now, he must break the century-old curse that has entangled his family and the land before the next victim appears. Every day is a countdown.
