No Chance to Survive

Deep night, steppe, icy wind. On the highway, a woman in white stands swaying, covered in blood. Nearby, in the hotel "Hupanlouw," in a locked karaoke room, six bodies of people who died a terrible death are found. Two were killed, four... seem to have died of fear. The complicated case leads the investigation into a dead end. The provincial office seeks help from Beijing: the only one capable of deciphering this bloody riddle is the leading criminologist of the country, Liu Sīmào. But she cannot participate in the investigation for a monstrous reason: it is she who, mad and with amnesia, was found near the crime scene. Now Liu Sīmào is the main suspect. Who is the true murderer? How did the criminal manage to lock six victims in a room and disappear? A mystery that has been brewing for many years slowly sinks to the bottom of the Lake of Tears...