Senior forensic examiner Lu Chen is proficient in autopsy traces, psychological profiling, and on-site logical deduction, and has never been wrongly convicted.
On a rainy night, he was forcibly transferred to a closed island that was isolated from the world and unmarked on the map - Corpse Town.
The town is imprisoned by invisible and strange rules. It is prohibited to enter the streets at night, to look at each other, to answer knocks on the door, to dissect unknown corpses, and to peek into the mass graves in the west of the town... Those who violate the rules will disappear silently and no bones will be left.
Bizarre murders occur frequently in the town: the deceased's death method echoes ancient nursery rhymes, the corpse moves on its own, the body spots violate physiological laws, and the deceased retains fresh body temperature despite being dead for many days.
Lu Chen originally wanted to use his forensic expertise to solve murder cases and dismantle man-made conspiracies, but he discovered step by step:
There are no human murderers here, only the rules of death that cannot be disobeyed; all murders are the execution of the rules, and all corpses are reminders of the rules.
He is forced to get involved in the layers of town rules, corpse rules, late night rules, and autopsy room rules. Every autopsy is a gamble on life, and every reasoning is trapped in a paradox.
The truth is reversed layer by layer: it seems to be a murder based on strange rules, but in fact it is a living sacrifice using the rules; it seems that Lu Chen is breaking the situation, but in fact, from the moment he steps into the town, he has become the next defender selected by the rules.
Brain-burning logic + weird rules + forensic professional reasoning + multiple serial reversals, immersive and depressing atmosphere, all members are suspicious, no one is absolutely trustworthy, and you will never guess the ultimate truth until the end.
Intent: Forensic medicine, brain-burning, infinite reversal, metaphysics