One after another, horrific and strange cases.

One after another, tortuous and bizarre tales.

Is it witchcraft, the supernatural, or pseudoscience?

Life and death, good or evil, they sometimes hinge on a single thought.

While the case may eventually be cracked,

how thoroughly can we understand the human heart?

In 2017, a mining disaster tore apart families. Four years later, everyone connected to the disaster is linked by a serial killer known as the "Survivor's Gamble." Among them are detectives, journalists, wealthy second-generations, nurses, students, and delinquent teenagers... Rookie detective Peng Chuyan, inheriting his father's police rank, single-handedly faces a series of social crises: cyberbullying, school violence, domestic violence, Chinese-style parenting, workplace pressures, cheap rumor-mongering, apathetic spectators, animal cruelty, and unscrupulous media influence. Peng Chuyan's story unfolds in our daily lives, touching us all.