When Lu Chenyuan was twenty-four years old, his father Lu Yuan disappeared during a mission to recover corpses in the Jianghuai River system, leaving only a heavy iron toolbox and a few pages of incomplete notes. As a diving instructor, Lu Chenyuan inherited his father's business of salvaging corpses and became the youngest "crosser" in the Jianghuai river system - a special group of people who salvage drowning people.
But my father's disappearance was no accident. Lu Chenyuan soon discovered that there were "rules" in certain waters of the Jianghuai River system: non-existent floors, bodies that would not sink, repeated underwater scenes, and phenomena that violated physical laws. These rules are not simply supernatural, but an "abnormal domain" that distorts reality. Once ordinary people fall into it, they often can never leave.
Fragments of his father's notes show that Lu Yuan was once the most powerful opponent of rules in the Jianghuai River system. His disappearance was not a passive disappearance, but an active "entering" into the depths of the rules. Lu Chenyuan inherited his father's sensitive physique and foundation of Feng Shui secrets, and began to undertake the task of recovering corpses along the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. In each salvage, he collected clues left by his father and cracked one rule domain after another.
During the exploration process, Lu Chenyuan met Chen Daoyi, a folk Feng Shui master, Lin Qian, a doctor of folklore, and Ah San, a survivor who was harmed by the rules. The team gradually formed, but confrontation also ensued - the "Rule Compliance People" organization believed that the boundaries of the rule world were untouchable, and excessive exploration would cause the collapse of reality, so it tried to prevent Lu Chenyuan from going deeper.
As the exploration progressed, Lu Chenyuan discovered that the alienation of rules was accelerating. Certain ancient rituals, historical traumas, and human collective subconscious are becoming the sources of rule formation. My father is not simply lost
Reader comments
"Jiangyuandu" is definitely a surprise novel in the suspense thriller genre this year! Shanhe Wenwen perfectly combines weird rules, Feng Shui secrets and supernatural investigation. The weird rules at Jiangyuan Ferry are tightening step by step, and the ancient secrets hidden in the Feng Shui bureau make people shudder. The protagonist is peeling off cocoons in the fog, and every investigation is on the edge of life and death. Folklore and legends are intertwined with the atmosphere of horror. There is a sense of oppression in every word, which makes people unable to stop once they start reading. It can be called a benchmark for Chinese suspense.
"Jiangyuandu" is definitely a surprise novel in the suspense thriller genre this year! Shanhe Wenwen perfectly combines weird rules, Feng Shui secrets and supernatural investigation. The weird rules at Jiangyuan Ferry are tightening step by step, and the ancient secrets hidden in the Feng Shui bureau make people shudder. The protagonist is peeling off cocoons in the fog, and every investigation is on the edge of life and death. Folklore and legends are intertwined with the atmosphere of horror. There is a sense of oppression in every word, which makes people unable to stop once they start reading. It can be called a benchmark for Chinese suspense.