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Check the reactor core.

Unusual blackbody radiation.

Connection with the alien species failed.

Radiation 1137 R. Keeps going up.

Increase the pressure. Maintain the temperature.

We can't.

It has reached its limit.

What?

Hurry up.

Turn on the backup cooling system.

What's going on?

What's wrong?

What's wrong with the gate?

Fix it.

Yes, sir.

Sir,

the core's

temperature is out of control.

Didn't I tell you...

Arghhh...

What?

What's wrong?

My eyes!

Take him out!

Yes, sir.

Sir,

Sir,

we need to terminate the experiment now.

The surface of the alien species is collapsing.

It may explode any minute.

If it goes on like this...

Shut up.

But...

Ah.

The cooling system can only last 40 minutes.

Inform everyone.

No one shall leave without my order.

Yes, sir.

Doctor, this is the Lab calling.

Please reply.

Doctor, Doctor.

Please reply.

How is it going?

Give it to me.

Doctor, Doctor,

if you don't reply,

we will need to terminate the experiment.

Tell everyone.

The experiment has failed.

But the Doctor...

I see.

Doctor, what did you say?

Please repeat.

What did you say?

Say it again.

What's behind the gate?

Answer me, Doctor.

Doctor.

Answer me, Doctor.

What's this?

What's going on?

Help me!

Take my hands.

Sir!

Help me!

What's this?

Monster!

Monster!

Hurry up!

Someone help us!

Hurry!

Over there.

Be quick.

Use the cold air gun!

Run!

Liu Yuan!

Sir,

Sir,

don't leave me, sir!

Hurry up!

Come over here.

Wait for us!

Come on.

Let's take a photo.

Excuse me.

Make way.

Are you alright?

Fine.

Excuse me.

Whose is this?

Don't put it here.

Sir,

please go back to your seat.

Old man,

aren't you curious?

What are you talking about?

A ghost thief.

That's new to me.

Do you believe in ghosts?

I'm not sure.

I would say

it's just somebody's tricks.

But

that's not what the newspaper said.

On the 13th of this month,

the Wes Jewelry Exhibition was held in Hedao.

A guard on a night patrol

found that the famous ¥65 million diamond R'lyeh was missing.

During the investigation,

the local police couldn't find any sign of intrusion.

But when they watched the CCTV footage,

they saw a glittering shadow taking the diamond away.

Later on, it made the headlines as Theft by Ghost.

But this is

merely a trick.

A trick?

Recognize this?

Glass?

A spectacle found on the camera at the crime scene.

It was made from resin containing fluorescent aldehyde.

Normally it functions the same as other spectacles.

But if an object has zinc sulfide on its surface,

it will glow under this spectacle.

The thief was just covered with zinc sulfide

and made others believe

he is a ghost.

I still don't get it.

How did the thief get in?

The Exhibition was held for a short period of time.

Exhibits were set up two days in advance.

The thief only needed to hide in a showcase

and arrived with one of the items.

No way.

He would have surely been found.

The curation and the camera setup of the Exhibition

were undertaken by the Shield company.

All its staff

were required to be fully registered.

However,

in a roster, I found that

in order to cut the spending,

the company had hired several temporary cleaners.

One of them resigned after the theft.

So,

the thief took the work opportunity

to change the spectacle on the CCTV camera.

He then hid in the base of a showcase.

After the venue closed that night,

he climbed out

and took the diamond away.

That's the so-called

the theft by the ghost.

We'll shortly be arriving at Xijin Station.

Please get ready to get off.

Interesting story.

Novelist, are you?

Unfortunately, I'm getting off.

Otherwise, it would be a pleasure to talk to you.

Hey,

your luggage.

It was you, isn't it?

The Diamond Thief,

Li Luobing.

A knife in the sleeve?

Dull.

But it works well.

Who are you?

I'm Xu Siwei.

A private detective.

Miss,

isn't it unwise to break in while I'm away?

The door wasn't locked.

So I came in.

I'm Yang Lin.

I suppose you are Xu Siwei.

Take a seat.

How can I help you?

I heard there isn't a case you can't solve.

Well, it depends on the pay.

I'm looking for this man.

His name is Yang Dong,

my father.

A physicist.

He suddenly disappeared 15 years ago.

No one has

seen him since.

I received this photo last week.

It's from him.

How can you be sure it's him?

It's his handwriting.

I can't be mistaken.

Any other leads?

Just this photo.

I have a feeling

it's not just for your father.

How about

two million yuan?

Three million?

That's Taylor's Code on the photo

mentioned in Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug.

To crack that code we need a number.

Without it, no one can decipher it.

I asked you to solve my case.

I know nothing about a number.

I know nothing about him.

He sent this postcard to you.

It means he was sure

you can decipher the code.

I said I don't know!

What are you doing?

Such a waste of time.

You are the one wasting time.

It should be a number only known by you two.

You should know.

Am I right?

99213.

What's this?

A coordinate.

The coordinate leads us here.

Nothing here.

You're sure this is the right place?

Hurry up, shall we?

Yang Lin,

don't look down.

Hold on.

Hey,

are you alright?

Why won't you stay at home?

Why trouble yourself?

I'll go in.

You wait here.

Why did your father want you to come here?

I think he wants to explain to me

why he disappeared 15 years ago.

Hey,

come over here.

There's a way.

This tunnel looks old.

Be careful.

Mind your own business.

What's this?

Based on how far the body has rotten,

he should be dead for over a month now.

The body was eroded by a strong acid.

The limbs were twisted at different angles.

Hard to imagine what he went through.

What on earth did your father study?

Extraterrestrial life.

Extraterrestrial life?

He used to be a top expert

in celestial mechanics.

But his research has never been recognized.

Hey,

look at this.

It looks like a meteorite.

Xu Siwei,

come over here.

Based on the body's direction,

he was running towards the gate.

Don't touch anything.

Wait for me here.

Fine.

It seems

they were attacked.

This is the only entrance.

How did the attacker get in?

Xu Siwei,

Xu Siwei.

Who?

Who's there?

Show yourself.

I saw you.

Xu Siwei,

what's this?

How would I know?

What do we do?

Turn it off!

I don't know how!

Let's go.

Yang Lin.

Yang Lin.

Sorry,

the number you dialed doesn't exist.

Please check and try again.

Don't hit me.

Please stop.

The meteorite.

The light gate.

The monster.

How are these connected with Yang Dong?

Can't think of anything.

[I am a passenger]

[And I ride and I ride]

[I ride through the city's backside]

[I see the stars come out of the sky]

[Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky]

[You know it looks so good tonight]

Come and get me.

Don't run so fast.

Be careful.

Wait for me.

The oldest and strongest emotion of humanity is fear.

And the oldest and strongest fear

is the fear of the unknown.

Boy,

what's wrong?

May I ask,

how do I get to No.218?

No. 218?

Well,

go down this street.

Turn right.

It will be the villa after two junctions.

Thanks.

Same shoe styles.

Placed in chronicle order.

Why are these paintings hung up?

Who is she?

Why did she lower her head?

All disinfectants.

He was a neat freak.

He left in a hurry.

Didn't have the time to clean it up.

Fluvoxamine.

Used to treat mental illness.

These are not helping.

Let's try profiling.

Yang Dong was a rigid man.

He wouldn't spend much time making choices.

He must have suffered from some kind of OCD.

Utterly pompous.

A neat freak

tends to be a perfectionist.

Highly manipulative.

Very clear about his goal.

Very cautious.

Wouldn't leave any trace.

If a man like this wants to keep a secret,

he would keep it at noticeable places

where people would find surprising.

If Yang Dong was an expert in celestial mechanics,

he knew the basic method in that field,

the refraction of light.

Could his secret

be hidden in the light?

August 5th, 1990.

The news of us returning to the town spread out.

We had visitors almost every day.

Sometimes I felt that they were looking at us in a cold and weird way.

Yirou set up a lab for me on the second floor.

I was lost about where my research was heading.

April 13th, 1991.

Eight months passed.

I made no progress.

It was time to end it.

Seeing how frustrated I was,

Yirou told me the secret of the town hesitantly.

I was half in doubt.

She then showed me the so-called alien species.

I was thrilled.

With the intuition of an experienced researcher,

I could confirm that it didn't belong to this planet.

I knew what I should do with my research.

Humanity is not alone in the universe.

December 13th, 1999.

Yirou was getting mentally unstable.

It really freaked me out that

she screamed about monsters every night.

What did she saw?

What did she mean exactly?

There might be powers that we can't resist.

I decided to explore that world.

They were coming.

I stole the alien species.

They wouldn't let me get away with it.

I must leave now.

Why is it you?

Why are you here?

I think I should be the one asking.

I came to my father's house to pack his things.

I didn't expect to see you lying here.

It's gone.

What are you looking for?

The diary's gone.

What?

What's going on?

I saw a monster.

Enough.

Your work is done here.

I've paid you.

You can leave now.

Why not talk about what happened in the cave?

It's all over now.

There's nothing to be talked about.

I'm telling you. This is not over.

Not as you wish.

What do you want then?

How much do you know about your father's research?

Nothing.

Who's the woman in that painting?

My mother.

Where is she?

She's dead.

She grew up in this town.

Didn't leave here until 18.

She met my father

at university.

He insisted that there are civilizations

far more advanced than humanity.

No one supported him,

except for my mother.

They went back here after I was born.

Everything seemed to be just fine.

But one day, my mother lost it.

She started talking nonsense,

saying something with big eyes wanted to kill her.

She then refused to see anyone

and became volatile.

My father had no choice

but to send her to a psychiatric hospital.

Soon after that,

she committed suicide.

On the same day,

my father disappeared.

Do you know why she went mad?

No.

They said it was an infectious disease.

Many residents in this town went mad for no reason.

Even the doctors couldn't figure out why.

Went mad for no reason?

Have you heard of the alien species?

My mother once told me

there was a gate in this town that could lead us to Heaven.

Whoever passed the gate

would enter a great new world.

The alien species is the key to that gate.

I would like to visit that hospital.

Fine.

Leave once you finish.

Lin.

Uncle Zhan.

Long time no see.

It's been 15 years.

Right.

This is my friend, Xu Siwei.

Please.

Have a seat.

What are you here for?

Actually,

I'm here to find out what happened to my mother.

Your mother?

Right.

No problem.

No problem.

Doctor.

Yes?

May I ask,

who are these people in that picture?

Oh, that.

They are the members of a club here.

What club?

The mountaineering club.

Doctor,

who's that person next to you?

Why is his face smeared?

He passed away a few years ago.

I can't face it so I covered his face.

Why mentioned it?

Have some tea.

Did he happen to pass away 15 years ago?

Uncle Zhan.

Don't mind him.

He was just joking.

It's fine.

That's how

the young lads are.

Let's get back to you.

You look really like your mother now.

Is it so?

Nothing seems to change here.

Go.

Yeah.

It hasn't changed much.

People here do not welcome new things.

They value tradition.

Uncle Zhan,

I would like to see my mother's room.

Let's go then.

This is it.

Doctor,

the documents you asked for.

She suffered from secondary paranoia,

with symptoms including thought disorder,

obsession and delusion.

She was pretty unstable when she got here.

What was her delusion about?

I can't remember much.

She thought she saw monsters.

Monsters?

What were they like?

Let me see.

They've got...

They've got eyes. Lots of them.

Eyes?

What kind of eyes?

How would I know?

It's fine.

Don't worry.

She lives in Room 306.

Just next to this.

She likes to peek.

It's fine.

She has spent most of her life here.

Just likes to peek.

Nothing else.

Let's go.

We can see ourselves out, Uncle Zhan.

Thank you.

No problem.

I am glad to see you back.

Come and visit my place

next time.

Alright.

Right.

Have you heard of the alien species?

Oh.

No.

Ghost!

She's a ghost!

She...

She's dead already!

She betrayed God!

Sentence her!

What are you waiting for?

Take her away!

Sentence her!

Kill her!

Kill her!

Kill the sinner!

I'm sorry.

She's a lunatic.

The gate is the key and the guard.

He's seen the future, the present and the past.

The gate is the key

and the guard.

Quick.

Here.

Has it always been so foggy?

Not really.

When I was little,

it wasn't like this.

I don't know since when

it's been wrapped in fog.

Thank you.

For what?

For saving me at the cliff.

Didn't expect you to remember that.

Right.

You probably think

I am rude and indifferent.

No, not that. Just not straightforward.

I don't like getting into trouble.

You're scared.

Scared of connecting with others. So you always stay away.

If you've always been alone

like me,

you'll understand

our connections with others

are the least reliable.

Why are you here?

Did you follow me?

I saw you going out at midnight.

Why are you here?

The doctor didn't tell us the truth.

How would you know?

I think that lady in 306

might have mistaken you for your mother.

How can you tell she's here?

Just trying my luck.

You're back.

You're back.

You're finally back.

Admit it.

They've found it out.

Haha.

You alright?

I'm fine.

Traitor!

You betrayed us!

Traitor!

Stop!

Yell again

and I'll gag you.

Traitor!

You betrayed God!

Enough.

What did she do?

She told God's secret

to the devil,

and the devil stole the alien species.

What is the alien species?

Its light leads the way.

We can only get to the world behind the gate through it.

We've sentenced her.

She should have been dead.

Say that again.

What did you see?

Who sentenced her?

I saw that

many people gathered

that night.

They've got a long rope.

They hanged the traitor on the ceiling.

Her feet kept kicking.

Gradually they stopped.

Her tongue was sticking out.

Haha.

Tell me!

Who are they?

Yang Lin.

Who killed her?

Tell me!

Why?

Yang Lin.

Calm down.

You killed her!

Hide!

Yang Lin!

Let go of her!

Go!

This way!

It's real.

It's all real.

You've seen it there.

Since

I went to your father's lab,

I've been having the same symptoms

as your mother.

I've been seeing monsters attacking me.

I thought this was just delusion.

Now we need to

find your father.

Only he can explain this.

Hey.

Thank you for bandaging my wound last night.

Thank you.

Wait.

My father is gone.

I saw it on the CCTV in the lab.

He walked in that gate

and never went out.

And the diary.

I took it from you

when you passed out.

I'm sorry.

I thought everything would end with him.

I didn't know this would happen to you.

How much do you know?

Remember the meteorite in my father's lab?

I guess it is the alien species.

When the lab exploded,

its energy was transferred.

To me.

Don't worry.

We will find a way

to solve what's happened to you.

Enough.

What can we do?

The only one who can solve this

is not here anymore.

What else can we do?

I can mind

my own business.

Xu Siwei!

Xu Siwei!

Wait.

Why are you here?

It's not over yet.

Another gate was mentioned in the diary.

It is guarded by the residents of the town.

As long as we can find it,

it may solve your problem.

What if it doesn't work?

Then we will face this together.

Invaders!

Here.

This way.

Quick!

Come here!

There!

Uncle Zhan.

Go.

Go.

This is it.

Now what?

Easy.

Maybe we can turn it on.

Find the switch.

No.

I don't think it works.

What do you want?

We've spent generations here

swearing to protect the secret of the alien species.

This gate has never been turned on.

I've been to Yang Dong's lab.

I've seen that world.

Yang Dong, that traitor.

He did it anyway.

Traitor?

Why would you call him a traitor?

Turns out you know nothing.

Fine.

Let me tell you

how he destroyed it all

and killed your mother.

Twenty-five years ago,

when he first visited this town,

I warned your mother

not to tell him our secret.

She didn't listen.

She not only told him

but also showed him the alien species.

Left with no choice,

we accepted him

and let him become one of us.

We didn't know

he would attempt to look into God's world.

Your mother betrayed us and started doing experiments with him.

It was such a blasphemy.

And she

became his first subject.

But how could we mortals look into God's world?

She went mad soon after.

She kept screaming all night

and kept us awake.

When we realized what happened,

it was already too late.

He stole the alien species

and left the town.

You don't believe me.

Fine.

Ask anyone here.

Am I telling the truth?

You've always been aware of that, right?

Enough.

Stop.

Fine.

I'll say no more.

But I will not let anyone else know about

the alien species.

Get the invaders!

How?

The gate has been turned on.

The gate to the great new world is now open!

It responded to us!

God reveals himself!

The gate is the key and the guard.

He's seen the future, the present and the past.

The gate is the key and the guard.

He's seen the future, the present and the past.

How...

How could this be?

Yang Lin.

Pull yourself together!

You're not alone anymore.

You've got me now.

Let's go.

It will only end after we walk in.

We'll stay together, no matter what.

Yang Lin.

Xu Siwei.