Two thousand years ago, Loulan was caught between the two major forces, the Han and the Xiongnu. A strange "fetal transformation" swept across the city - jade cocoons formed in the bellies of living people, red flowers bloomed on the heads of dead bodies, and drums like heartbeats came from the bottom of the desert. In this city-state that is about to collapse, a witch doctor with a dark sense of humor will use her eyes that can see "fetal air" to witness a terrifying transformation that spans life and death, human and non-human.
