Mystic Nine Episode 1

Missing —- Unit 401

The Chief Commander, Zhang Qi Shan, arrives on the scene at Changsha Military Hospital to find a freaked out nurse, a child’s ball and all clocks stopped at 12:08AM. We are walked through the nurse’s rounds which go from a routine check on women and children to a spellbound unit of men, eerily silent and filling the entranceway. She is sent out to gather herself and returns to find everyone gone except her. The commander’s unit 401 were right on schedule until they weren’t. The nurse is too unstable to account for anything except the location where everybody disappeared. Evidence points to her truthfulness with medical supplies littering the floor. Further investigation leads to a cavern under the hospital with evidence Unit 401 had been there and now behind a wall. The scene shifts to a temple where 8th master, Qi Tie Zui, has already figured out Zhang is looking for him and tries to escape city posing as a plague corpse in coffin. 🤣He believes he escaped to find himself relocated via coffin to the wall site. 😂 He is told he will be buried properly if he can explain why Zhang was led to the wall. 🤣😂 Here a special seal is noted with a living house on the other side. Unit 401 and medical staff were invited to enter. Here Qi points to 5th master, Wu Lao Guo, having the means to open the mechanism—his dog. There is a flashback where rescued people ate the dogs that rescued them resulting in Zhang killing Wu’s brother right in front of him. Ironically the people that can help Zhang the most with this mystery are those he offended most. Qi is sent via coffin and deposited in front of Wu’s home. 🤣Negotiations met a stalemate. Further clues lead them to Liuyang Kiln where the gold wire basalt bricks were made, a group of self sacrificing brick makers found and two wall messages. Karma will uncover itself. And My Sovereign awaits you. The scene shifts to Wu watching a play where a monkey is opposing the wrong rules inflicted on him by making a mess. Wu never watches the end because the monkey is always caught. He doesn’t like that nobody ever questioned why the monkey made a mess. He is curious why Zhang would request his help with the enmity between them — so he agrees to a meeting as episode closes. This introduction acquainted us to the main players who have very good reason to not get along. Interesting clues and a mystery introduced. The only thing that truly mars this are the very pristine uniforms of the investigating officers as they explore all these ancient, dusty sites. That does take you out of the story a bit as they are doing rather than narrating. Other than that misstep, an interesting introduction.

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