After three years of severe drought, the land has been scorched for miles. Refugees fleeing the famine die by the roadside, yet Huangshi Town—hidden beyond the barren wastes—remains strangely prosperous, with abundant food, plentiful meat, and a steady stream of merchants and travelers. It seems like a paradise untouched by disaster. Players enter the town alongside Chen Yanzhi, a disgraced scholar returning to his former home, and the mysterious Taoist known as the Paper Madman. Chen Yanzhi is searching for the wife who left him years ago, while also seeking to settle an old grudge that has haunted him for years. But the Paper Madman senses that something is deeply wrong with this seemingly prosperous town. Old stories told in the teahouse. Strange bargains made before the Earth God shrine. Names that no one is willing to mention… As the investigation unfolds, memories of the past begin to blur with the reality before them. In Huangshi Town, some things look like people, some things look like food—and the one thing you may truly be unable to trust is what you see with your own eyes.
