The City of Mountains and Seas: A Criminal Investigator's Bestiary

Lin Mo, a newly confirmed detective, accidentally activated his family’s ancestral Shanhai bronze talisman while investigating a string of disappearances. From then on, he could see the strange beasts lurking in the city: the Delusion Eater, which feeds on obsessions; the Taotie, which devours resentment; and the Nether Beast, which freezes evil in its tracks…

As the crimes beneath the neon lights intertwine with ancient beings from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, he must solve serial murder cases as a detective while forging contracts with strange beasts to fight the evil spirits infiltrating the city.

A dossier on strange beasts hidden behind a filing cabinet at the police station, and a collision between the modern city and ancient mythology. Watch as a detective harnesses the power of mythical beasts with nothing but his mortal body to protect the lights of home.