Life on the Edge of a Knife

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, during the Tiancheng period of Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty (about 928 AD). On the surface, it is a "moderately prosperous rule" praised by history books, but in fact, the bottom class is still struggling to survive in the cracks of corvee labor and natural disasters. In this world of cannibalism, Mancang lives with the mute girl Ahe who is also displaced. This tenderness becomes the only reason for him to struggle in the darkness.