"I'm a graduate student in folklore, doing fieldwork in western Hunan, when I stumble upon a corpse-driving procession with no bells.
Nine bodies in black robes walk by themselves beneath the moonlight.
The village elders say: Never light three incense sticks by the You River.
But I've already lit them.
I'm dragged into a strange-tale world called the Ruins Realm, where every rule is paid for with a life.
My grandfather left behind a notebook. The first page says: Run.
But I can't run, because I'm the last corpse-driver.
There are twelve Nuo masks, an old coffin that is alive, and paper dolls that can walk.
Everyone who follows the rules has signed a contract at a terrible price.
I want to make it out of this Weird Zone alive, but then I discover:
The greatest rule is me.", Lin Duyu
