Everyone in Jiuzhou believes that the development of human society has driven out the old-day horrors, and that humanity is thriving like a torch in the night.
The security guard, Uncle Qin, is an expert in formations and geomancy.
The Tony downstairs claims he can “cut through anything.”
The dean of discipline keeps his true abilities hidden.
The police captain has a 98K for every occasion.
When Ye Da woke up again, he couldn’t understand how a world as strange and fantastical as a tale from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio had developed into modern society.
What happened after I died?
His thirty-second-generation descendant told him that in this world, “the laws endure, the rules change, and Jiuzhou lies at its heart.”
Beyond Jiuzhou lies nothing but chaos.
The land hides from the divine, while monsters arise overseas.
The age of dwindling magic is not over, and the “supernatural” and the “ordinary” coexist.
The might of human progress has broken free of its shackles, but the mysteries lurking in the shadows have never gone away.
Looking at the horde of ghosts chasing the sun behind him, then at the growing crowd of formidable monsters gathering around him,
Ye Da cried, “Please, just let me be a normal person!”
The author has already completed a 1.37-million-word novel, with integrity intact.