Bronze Fairy Tree

They call it the "immortal tree" and say that if you hang it on a branch, you can turn a corpse into an immortal. Ten years ago, archaeologist Chen Che's grandfather gave him a dying warning on a thunderstorm night, telling him to stay away from everything underground, but he left behind a yellowed photo: a giant bronze tree surrounded by a horned dragon, and its branches were covered with lifelike ancient corpses. Ten years later, as the team leader, Chen Che personally opened the Netherworld under the Yunling Tiankeng. When the flashlight pierced the darkness and illuminated the bronze tree that looked exactly like the photo, his blood froze - the legend turned out to be reality. What frightened him even more was a "fresh" corpse on the top of the tree wearing work clothes from decades ago. Under the beam, it slowly opened its dark eyes and showed him a stiff... Smile. Grandfather's lies, teammates' screams, the taboo records about the "Corpse Immortal" in ancient books... All clues point to the truth: this man-eating bronze tree is still waiting for its next sacrifice. Escape from the abyss is just the beginning. When Chen Che broke into the isolated and strange mountain town of Huiyunao with the strange lines that quietly appeared on his arms, he found that the curse had followed him everywhere. The "mountain gate" that has been guarded for thousands of years is collapsing, and he himself is not only a survivor of this disaster, but also may be the one who set off everything... The final key. This is a story about reason facing madness, mortals fighting gods. When the ancient fairy fate turns into the most vicious trap, every step of exploring the truth requires risking life. Do you dare to look directly at the smiling immortal on the bronze branch?