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As dusk fell in the demolition area in the west of the city, a bizarre murder broke into the peaceful life of stage playwright Mu Qi. He came to the old city to take photos and accidentally stumbled upon the scene of a murder. Before even taking a step inside the house, all the subtle traces of the scene were engraved in his mind. He just wanted to finish his notes and return to his daily life, but here he unexpectedly reunited with his old acquaintance Jiang Yan, a criminal investigation consultant. The two former geniuses met again, and a silent rivalry arose in their hearts. Jiang Yan relies on physical evidence, files and the criminal investigation system to move forward; Mu Qi relies on his extraordinary perception of details to sink into the mental world of the perpetrators and deduce the trajectory of the human heart that is invisible to outsiders. A series of mysterious cases slowly surfaced, and the murderer was performing a secret ritual called Five Elements Thunder Punishment. The victims are all ordinary people in the market. They have unusual grudges and entanglements, and the motives for committing the crimes are complicated and confusing. Every scene is neat and strange, like a carefully choreographed dark performance. Secret faults that are difficult to define under secular law have become the yardstick for execution. The city's fireworks are noisy as usual, and the judgment under the shadows continues. Visible physical evidence against the invisible abyss of human nature. The two friends and foes competed with each other to chase the executioner who was invisible in the sea of ​​people.