The Emerald Incident Files

A supervolcano dormant for ten thousand years erupted. Ash billowed into the sky and lingered in the stratosphere, completely blocking sunlight from reaching the earth. The world plunged into an eternal night of year-round winter, and humanity struggled to survive in boundless darkness.

A century later, an experiment called "Sprouting Technology" was put into practice by the Germination Institute. It transformed people on the verge of death into plants, continuously producing oxygen to sustain humanity through the endless night. Over the following decades, the technology was also linked to a series of bizarre murders, which came to be known as the "Emerald" incidents.

In Beiluo City, shrouded in gray mist, Zhang Zhisheng and Ye Jiaqi found themselves caught up in one anomalous case after another. They witnessed ordinary people suffer through horrifying transformations, encountered a pianist trapped by his obsession, and became entangled in a string of gruesome monster attacks. As their investigation deepened, the truth hidden by the Germination Institute and the secrets behind the monsters slowly revealed themselves.

When green shoots break through the human body, the boundaries of life cease to exist. How can the faint glimmer humanity has struggled so hard to protect endure?