There is a Red Star Lane in Sifang City. Under the streetlight at the end of the alley, a blind man sits playing the erhu every night. There was no shadow beneath his feet.
The first time Chen Zhibai met him was on the way to investigate a strange case. A girl who has been locked up for seven years, a mother holding scissors. The mother said that her daughter had been dead for seven years and that a monster lived in the house.
The case was handed over to the Special Investigations Unit, an agency with an almost impossible number. Chen Zhibai is the team leader and carries a homemade brass compass called the Vientiane Instrument with him. It detects anomalies and never explains them. Partner Lin Shen can see energy traces, but there is a price every time he uses it.
There are only two principles for their work. First, only seek 95% of the truth and leave 5% in awe. Two, do not judge anyone. Crimes can be stopped, the law can be turned over, but humanity is not within their jurisdiction.
This is "five more".
The vibration behind the wall of Hongxing Alley, the rhythm of the blind man's strings, and the resonance of the underground pipe network all point to the incident known as "Pandora's Day" fifteen years ago. That was not an act of God.
The blind man playing the erhu is not a witness. He was the one who arrived earlier.
