In the turbulent Republican era, beneath the prosperity of Jingang City, undercurrents surge and one baffling unsolved case after another unfolds. Rumors abound, and tales of ghosts claiming lives and vengeful spirits returning from the dead have left the entire city in a state of panic. The demons and monsters people speak of are, in the end, mostly deceptions woven by human hearts.
Lin Yue, top of his police academy class, is filled with a fervent desire to punish evil and uphold justice. He expects to be sent to the front lines of major cases to make his mark, but a transfer order instead dumps him into the Third Special Task Force, a unit everyone at the police station avoids. In the eyes of his fellow officers, it's a dumping ground for misfits, where every team member acts strangely and seems almost insane.
Few people know that this seemingly sidelined team specializes in taking on mysterious major cases that defy common sense and leave ordinary police units helpless.
The steady-as-a-mountain captain, Leng Hanqing, carries the weight of a sealed old case. Yu Wendao, a dual-doctorate holder who studied in Germany, believes in science and uses his forensic scalpel to expose every lie about ghosts and gods. Lei Hao, a field operative from the martial underworld, excels at fighting and tracking. Su Wanqing, a master of disguise, moves through every social circle to gather intelligence. Old Fu, a scholar of dusty archives, knows the folklore and secrets of Tianjin inside out and can always find the key to a case in ancient texts and anecdotes. They vow to clear away the illusions and uncover the truth buried behind every case!
