A remote mountain village isolated from the world, with ghost legends that have been circulating for hundreds of years.
A young scholar who does not believe in ghosts and gods breaks in alone and uncovers layers of strange truths.
In the 22nd year of the Republic of China, Lin Shiqing, a graduate of the Normal University, fled to Xiangxi and came to a "deserted village" that could not be found on the map.
Here, ghosts cry in the middle of the night, shadows are hidden in wells, mountains and forests are locked in fog, and living people borrow their lives - strange things have happened one after another for hundreds of years. Villagers have knelt down to worship ghosts and gods for generations, firmly believing that divine punishment is coming.
But he saw through it at a glance: there were no ghosts, no evil, only illness.
A girl goes crazy in the middle of the night? Is there a ghost in the ancient well? Are people and animals falling ill one after another? ...
He used science to solve centuries-old mysteries one by one, winning the trust of some villagers, but also triggered a long-buried taboo.
Because——
Behind all the ghosts and gods, there are people. At the heart of all legends is sin.
When the fog peeled away layer by layer, he discovered that the real secret of this deserted village was far colder, more terrifying, and more unsolvable than ghosts...
