1937, Shanghai.
Shen Mu was the most insignificant clerk in the Archives Bureau until he touched a secret file with a living eyeball.
His hand stretched out uncontrollably, his right eye was so hot that it hurt, and the low roar of an alien beast could be heard in the distance——
He knew that his life would never go back.
His father died of a "sudden illness" twenty years ago. The pawnshop owner hid the secrets of the exorcist family. The military commander smiled and handed over a paper order: "Join us or disappear."
But he doesn't trust anyone's "big picture."
He only uses what he can understand - the ferocity of strange beasts, the greed of enemies, and the cracks in the rules.
Step by step, from a chess piece to a chess player, the price is that every awakening is further away from the "person".
