The "Corpse Hunt" is about uncovering taboos in rivers, integrating local monsters and criminal investigation to solve mysteries, creating a coexistence of horror and warmth.
He An inherited his father's business and became a corpse fisherman from rivers. During a salvage, he discovered a special floating corpse with half a bronze token engraved with the word "Zhenshui" hidden around his waist, which revealed folk secrets that had been sealed for many years.
Relying on his ancestral "water-watching skills" and criminal investigation thinking, He An connected many bizarre drowning cases and gradually uncovered folk customs such as "water god sacrifices" and "fishing bans" in the depths of the river. He partnered with forensic doctors to extract clues from the details of the corpses, crack the illusion of "water ghosts seeking their lives" and "river gods appearing", and trace the human conspiracy and family grudges behind them.
The mastermind behind the scenes uses folk customs to create panic in an attempt to monopolize river resources. The protagonist leads a team of corpse collectors to go deep into dangerous areas to solve the final mystery before the peak of the rainstorm, prevent a greater disaster, and at the same time solve the unsolved mysteries of his father's generation.
He An and Su Yaoyao compiled the cases and folklore secrets into a book, disclosed the truth about the river, and made the profession of corpse fishermen understood by the public. At the same time, they established a "Jianghe Safety Public Welfare Organization" to protect the safety of the people there.
