The Descent of the Alien God

Something is wrong with this world. A video report tells of a child who vanished without a trace, possibly abducted. The parents are overcome with grief as they speak to the camera. The reporter and neighbors express their deep sympathy, but it seems no one realizes... just two or three steps from where the footage is being recorded, beneath a pear tree with a crown of white hair, lies a shattered corpse, half scattered across the ground and half buried in the earth. Fan Tianhe moves from the city to the countryside with his younger sister, expecting to enjoy a peaceful, bucolic life. But they never imagined that the village they moved to would be... deeply unsettling. Superstitious, ignorant villagers, a Buddhist shrine where strangers are sacrificed, and a group of outsiders claiming to be location scouts...