In August 1934, a dragon corpse was found in liaoning province.
In 1956, an underground palace was unearthed
by archaeologists in Beijing.
In 1972, a female mummy was discovered
in an ancient tomb in hunan province,
its body preserved to a remarkable degree.
In 1974,
strange fossils were found in the kunlun mountains.
In 1978,
professor Yang jialin from the Shanghai paleontological institute
traveled to investigate.
He made an important discovery.
In 1979,
bureau 749 was established,
and a large-scale investigation was launched.
Two abnormal humanoid skeletons were unearthed.
This was the year I arrived.
Destiny, I've learned,
is a force that affects us all,
no matter who you think you are.
"Hey, we're workers, powerful workers!"
"Oh! We're workers, powerful workers!"
"Every day, work work work!"
"Oh! Every day, work work work!"
"We've built skyscrapers!"
"Railroads and coal mines!"
"We've changed the world, oh how it's changed!"
"Switch on the machines,"
"hear them roar!"
"Swing those hammers,"
"hear them crash!"
When the going gets rough,
be like our soldiers: Tough!
They marched the long march,
and we've got the right stuff!
We're afraid of nothing
on the high plateau!
Strengthen the homeland,
fight a dragon if we have to!
Swing the shovels, raise the picks,
and wheel the carts!
Smash the rocks, dig the dirt,
we've got tiger hearts!
Altitude sickness?
Tough it out!
Not even thirst or hunger can stop us!
Nurse!
Hu bayi!
What's wrong?
Altitude sickness.
Don't be such a wimp.
What are you lying there for?
Get up!
Let him rest.
Altitude sickness can be fatal.
Hey, I've got altitude sickness, too!
Get up!
That was the first time I met Yang ping.
But it felt somehow as if
we'd already met before.
- Yang ping! - Yeah!
Come here!
Like I'd already known her a long time.
Attention, all units!
Warning. Guard unit 1,tunnel 3.
One, two!
Comrade, this area's restricted.
Nurse!
Careful!
Get out of my way!
Dad!
I'm fine.
Hurry up!
About what happened this afternoon in the cave
not a word to anyone.
Understood?
Yes, sir!
We learned
that the explosion occurred at the end of the cave
and was not caused by human error.
It formed a new tunnel,
leading to an unexplored space within the mountain.
We were been ordered to form a squad
to enter the cave and find the cause of the explosion.
Sir!
Tang xiaoyuan, 6th squad, 2nd company, volunteers for the mission!
Please instruct!
Step forward!
Yes, sir!
For inexplicable reasons, I felt that the explosion
and this impending expedition
somehow had to do with me.
I volunteer! Please instruct.
- Step forward! - Yes, sir!
Liu jianli, 1st squad, 2nd company, volunteers for the mission.
Zhang zihao volunteers for the mission! Please instruct.
Wang hongcai, 1st squad, 3rd company, volunteers for the mission!
Zhang lei, 2nd squad, 3rd company, volunteers for the mission!
Please instruct.
Sir!
Yang ping, nurse, 1st company, volunteers for the mission. Please instruct!
- Step forward! - Yes, sir!
Sir!
Don't move!
Sir!
Hu bayi, 3rd squad, 1st company, volunteers for the mission.
Please instruct!
- Step forward. - Yes, sir!
Sir!
Sun quanfu, captain, 1st company, volunteers for the mission. Please instruct!
- Step forward! - Yes, sir!
Okay, everybody, look this way!
Left! Right! Turn!
Salute!
It felt like we were walking down a path toward our doom,
but we were duty-bound young soldiers and we proceeded without hesitation.
Salute!
Don't be afraid.
The explosion occurred here.
Look out.
Watch your step.
What is this place?
There's light down there.
There are statues up there!
This is an undiscovered civilization.
This discovery
is going to change history.
Careful.
Hold tight!
Professor, there's a tunnel here.
Careful, everyone!
Looks deep.
What are you shouting for? Stay close!
Fall in!
Hu bayi,
do you see? The path from the sacrifice pit
leads directly to those mountains.
Legend has it,
that's the gate to an ancient ghostly realm.
They say that secrets of the ghostly kingdom are buried in there.
I feel like I've been here before.
What do you see?
What's going on?
Trouble breathing again?
Don't get left behind.
Yes.
Professor, I'm his captain.
Listen,
well,
don't believe everything he says.
This guy's a little...
Captain!
Captain! Professor!
We found something! Hurry!
Send a message to headquarters!
Expedition squad, at 0915 hours,
in the kunlun mountains hinterlands,
latitude 38.14 north,
longitude 78.06 east,
discovered footprints of an unknown creature.
Requesting permission to continue tracking this creature.
Yang jialin.
Tell them to be careful.
Yes, director han.
The gate will be finished by today.
We'll bury 20 additional anti-tank land mines.
Our sentry post will be here 24/7
if anyone picks up the phone inside the cave,
they'll reach right here.
The weather is changing.
What is it?
Yang ping!
Let's move on.
Stop!
Don't go!
Nobody move!
Stand still.
Come back!
Son of a bitch!
Avalanche!
Run!
Hurry!
Come back!
Up that way!
Hurry! Drop your stuff!
Jump! Jump down!
I'll cushion you!
Dad! What are you doing?
Keeping you alive.
Professor!
Dad!
Jump!
The rope.
The rope is going to break.
Don't be afraid.
I never understood how I survived.
When I woke up,
Yang ping was looking at me.
Hu bayi.
You son of a bitch!
You crushed me to pieces!
Dad!
Ping, are you okay?
I'm all right!
What about you?
I'm fine.
Professor.
Are you okay?
Take it slow.
What happened to the others?
Lu!
Li shengda!
Zihao!
Wang zihao!
Pengfei!
Tangyuan?
Jianli! Liu jianli!
My men are all gone.
We need to get out of here.
Hu bayi. Come here!
The kunlun shrine.
This is known as the demon pagoda.
Sealed inside are the secrets of the ghostly tribe.
I've been looking for this place for a long time.
At long last!
This tower has been waiting for someone to unseal it.
Waiting for you.
Me?
Yes. You and Yang ping need to enter it.
Go.
Dad!
Hu bayi!
Sun quanfu!
It's called the demon pagoda. And you want to open it?
Are you nuts?
Not happening!
Yang ping! Hu bayi!
Get out!
Hu bayi!
Run!
Hurry!
- Hu bayi! - You go first.
Go!
Get down!
Go!
I'll cover you!
Captain, I'm not leaving.
You don't understand.
You have to survive!
Run!
Go!
Oh, pitiful little me
left my
shabby little town,
starving
the whole way,
my guards were like the devil's henchmen.
Every time they spoke, they intended to spook.
Captain.
Go.
- Captain. - Go.
Hurry!
Get away!
Stay back!
Jump!
Watch out!
Jump!
Yang ping!
We found a few soldiers' corpses.
But
still no trace of professor Yang and his daughter.
As far as we know,
you may be the only one who survived.
"On the great road we march,"
"with great vigor, in high spirits,"
"the communist party leading the way,"
"cutting through thorny bramble, marching ahead,"
"marching ahead, marching ahead!"
"The spirit of the revolution is unstoppable!"
"Marching ahead, marching ahead!"
"Towards the final victory!"
"The red flag is waving in the wind!"
"China's sons and daughters strengthening the country!"
"Our road shines with sunlight,"
"our song spreads in all directions,"
"to our friends around the world,"
"like Bridges to every continent!”
"Marching ahead, marching ahead!"
"Towards the final victory!"
"Our road shines with sunlight,"
"our song spreads in all directions,"
"to our friends around the world,"
"like Bridges to every continent!”
Hu bayi?
He's not here.
I've searched everywhere.
Strange.
I'm Mr. wang from the huaxia library.
You've been assigned to our unit.
I'm taking you to report for duty.
I'd wished that they would give me
a library science major.
I didn't expect that
they'd assign someone like you here.
This library isn't very big,
but there are many ancient documents and classics here,
as well as some rare books, some the only surviving copy.
Meal tickets.
Dorm keys.
Employee card.
All set for you.
The boiler house is on the west wing's right side.
The bathroom is under the old locust tree.
The canteen will be open at 11:30 A.M. and 5:30 P.M.
It doesn't get very busy here.
Doesn't make much money,
but there are a lot of books to read.
A lot of knowledge to learn.
Life and death are impermanent,
meetings and partings are preordained.
The life you see may not subsist.
The death you see might not exist.
We just missed dinner.
Mr. wang.
Why don't I treat you to dinner?
Sure.
Let's grab something casual?
I know a place.
"Gen! Gen! Genghis Khan!"
"Civilized! Bold! Wise and heroic!"
"Gen! Gen! Genghis Khan!"
"Countless young beauties"
"want to marry him! Hahahaha!"
"Want to be his bride! Hahahaha!"
"He is the superstar in everyone's hearts!”
"Want to marry him! Hahahaha!"
"Want to be his bride! Hahahaha!"
"He is the superstar in everyone's hearts!”
Hu bayi,
this is a western restaurant.
We don't share dishes.
You order your dishes, and I order mine.
Sir, what would you like to order?
Mr. wang, you first.
What day is it today?
Thursday.
Today's special is steak.
Grilled beef tenderloin,
medium, please.
A piece of beef tenderloin is worth 20 rmb?
Is that too expensive or too cheap?
Too expensive.
Green pepper and potato stir fry is cheap. Would you like that?
That'd be perfect!
Sorry, we don't serve that here.
Hu bayi,
- I'll treat you this time. - No,
Mr. wang.
Like I said.
It's on me.
Ok, well, you should still order something.
Tomato soup.
Is that all?
That's enough.
Bread is free.
Really?
Could you please give me more bread?
Sure.
Just don't choke on it.
"You came to me with a smile,"
"and you brought me trouble, too."
Your grilled beef tenderloin,
medium.
Your steak.
Hey, woah.
There's been a mistake. I didn't order that.
"Until one day"
"she came into my heart"
"ll hope you'll understand”
"love is Sincere"
"is not to be shared"
wang kaixuan,
nicknamed fatty.
My childhood friend.
An old buddy I hadn't seen in years.
I never imagined we'd reunite in a place like this.
Something told me that
Mr. wang did not bring me
by coincidence.
Please take off your coat.
Director!
Any lead on hu bayi?
Not yet.
Which school are you from?
No. 4 high school.
Senior?
I'm a teacher.
Oh, me too.
At the central conservatory of music.
Which department?
Physical education.
Hilarious.
Professor Yang.
They call this the demon pagoda.
Sealed inside are the secrets of the ghostly tribe.
At long last
professor Yang.
That wasn't your first trip to the kunlun mountains.
I suddenly understood that unsealing the demon pagoda
was professor Yang's actual goal on that expedition.
And from the start,
he somehow knew that Yang ping and I
were the ones who could unseal it.
Archaeologists unearthed
han dynasty tombs
in guanghan, sichuan province.
When archaeologists opened the last sarcophagus
they made a startling discovery.
Yang ping?
Her vital signs are normal.
But she's completely lost her memory.
We'll give her a new code name: Shirley.
You're in charge of her treatment.
Yes, sir.
Since I found the chronicles of the ghostly tribe,
I began receiving various scientific periodicals
that included professor Yang's articles.
Firebats and the ghostly tribe-Yang jialin, Chinese academy of social sciences
from his research, I began to learn about a secret race alongside humans:
The ghostly tribe.
Their ancestors were aliens from the ghostly star,
who intermixed with humans.
The pagoda was their relic.
The firebats were likely also creatures left behind by them.
Images of the bats have even appeared in
prehistoric cave paintings in the kunlun mountains.
They were also guardians of the pagoda,
protecting its secrets.
Over ten thousand years ago,
the ghostly tribe suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth.
The professor wrote that mankind, led by prince yi,
had defeated the ghostly tribe.
I kept thinking about Yang ping.
So your name means "August 1st"?
That's a strange name.
I was born on army day.
Why don't they just name you "army" then?
I realized how much I missed her.
Why were Yang ping and I
the only ones who could unseal the demon pagoda?
Why did professor Yang want it unsealed?
What were the secrets inside?
And another suspicion kept burning in my mind:
Who was sending me these publications?
The firebats,
the ghostly tribe,
the demon pagoda,
these were nightmares I wanted to forget forever.
Why wouldn't he let the past remain buried?
Show me.
Professor Yang says
that he lost consciousness after he fell into the water.
When he woke up,
he found himself inside an ancient tomb in yulin, shaanxi province.
He says he was lucky to have found a tunnel dug by tomb thieves,
and crawled out.
From the kunlun mountains to yulin.
That's over 1,200 miles.
Shirley
was found in guanghan, sichuan province, right?
February, 1982.
Let me out!
I want out!
Professor, professor!
Please calm down, professor!
I want to get out!
He's getting out of control.
Calm down, please.
Let me out!
Professor Yang!
We've been praying day and night for your return!
"The red flag waving in the sunset”
"heroes galloping on war horses"
"how proud I am to be an oil worker,"
"exploring the world with a helmet on my head.”
"Planting derricks on the vast plains,"
"digging Wells in the deep mist"
"when underground crude meets the blue, blue sky,"
"qil will bloom across our country."
"We're afraid of nothing!"
"We look on the vast world with ambitious eyes!"
Professor Yang!
My heart is full of flowery joy.
And for our next act-the nutcracker!
Performed by
the red flag elementary school from oil town.
Hooray!
Folks, something is very wrong!
This is serious!
Everybody, run!
Hurry!
Let the children go first!
You need to trust me!
Why aren't you running?
Fine, I'm running!
Come on!
Hurry! Run!
Hurry!
Run!
What's wrong, brother?
What's going on?
Recently, in oil town, moyu county, lanhai province,
was attacked by unidentified creatures.
There were heavy civilian casualties
and most of the buildings were destroyed.
This footage was captured on the day after the incident
at 15:13 hours,
by our bureau.
At 17:55 hours,
the town disappeared from view and could not be detected.
Take a seat.
I've heard about the attack.
I can't help but think that this incident
has to do with the pagoda in the kunlun mountains.
I'm worried that we've accidentally
opened a passageway across space-time,
and allowed alien creatures to enter our world.
I need to solve this. Personally.
Professor Yang,
I need to think about this.
This hurts, too?
Take it slow.
How long have you had this injury?
Four or five years.
Your name is hu bayi, right?
We've found him.
See? His bones have already mutated.
Are you going to tell professor Yang?
So why are we clipping these stupid articles again?
What is this?
Damn it!
Mr. wang.
What have you done to me?
What is this place?
You've been attacked by firebats.
Which means
your blood has been contaminated by the ghostly tribe.
It has given you an extraordinary power.
But it can also drag you to hell.
How do you know about the firebats?
Who are you?
What the hell is this place?
I'm a keeper of the vault.
This is our home.
Don't move.
The life you see may not subsist.
The death you see might not exist.
Oh, my god!
What the hell is this place?
This is prince yi's vault.
Who are these people?
They're the ones who died protecting this tomb
and descendants of prince yi.
They were keepers of the vault.
Captain sun?
Captain sun was a keeper.
Why did he protect me?
Because the ghostly tribe was looking for you.
The ghostly tribe?
Over ten thousand years ago,
an alien species landed on earth.
The demon pagoda belonged to them.
This civilization was much more advanced than ours,
and they quickly conquered the earth.
Before the human race could be wiped out,
your ancestor, prince yi,
united humanity and waged war against the aliens.
Prince yi sealed the demon pagoda with his own body.
At last, mankind won.
After the war,
except for a few of their commanders who escaped the earth,
most of the aliens were killed by humans.
The few aliens who survived
then scattered across the earth.
They secretly intermarried with humans.
And gradually
began to look like us.
They called themselves the ghostly tribe.
Damn!
Why were they looking for me?
The ghostly tribe passes a secret down to each generation.
Only by unsealing the demon pagoda,
can they call back their ancestors
and break a fatal curse they carry.
Each one of them
is destined to spontaneously combust and die a horrible death
when they reach forty or fifty years of age.
And this demon pagoda
can only be unsealed by a descendant of prince yi.
So they have to find you.
Mr. wang?
Dinner time has passed.
Have some dumplings.
My back hurts from the nap.
What's wrong?
Mr. wang, what's wrong?
On June 17th, at 1 P.M.,
the team found professor Yang missing.
He left a note:
I've gone east to look for water.
Yang jialin
The twenty of you can't keep an eye on one person???
He's gone again?
How many 749 men went?
Tell me!
Five.
Bureau 749.
Is director han there?
What happened?
Shirley is awake.
Hold on, I'll get you Mr. han.
Shirley is awake.
She says she wants to look for her father.
And that she wants to bring hu bayi.
The library is closed today.
Director han?
Professor Yang is still alive.
Yes.
I'd like to see him.
I recently sent him on an reconnaissance mission,
but he's gone missing again.
I don't believe that.
Me, neither.
But we lost contact with him after he entered the desert.
Why are you here?
I want to ask you to go there
and find professor Yang.
Why I should trust you?
Everyone who trusted you died.
I'm not going.
Okay,
I respect that. It's your decision.
But two days ago,
a woman was found in kagikuke town.
She claimed to be professor Yang's daughter.
And she asked me to find you.
She wanted to look for professor Yang with you.
Yang ping.
You should stay here, where it's safe.
You can't let the ghostly tribe find you.
Mr. wang.
I saw a monster swallow Yang ping, with my own eyes.
But now she's back. What do you expect me to do?
Last time, you entered the kunlun mountains
and almost unsealed the demon pagoda.
Demons have awaken across the earth.
They've already begun their attack.
Here we go!
Mr. wang, three years have passed.
How could the ghostly tribe find this place?
How could Yang ping come back to life?
I have to see her to find out the truth.
Let me go.
This is my only chance to see Yang ping again.
Then go.
But never use the power inside you.
Come with me.
This vault was made to fight the ghostly tribe.
It's my duty to stay
and defend it,
and await prince yi
to lead us against the ghostly tribe.
Hu bayi,
don't forget that you have a duty too.
Brother.
I have to go on a trip.
Take care of yourself.
I'm going with you.
What happened to your hair?
My girl's left me for some punk.
I'm a mess.
Help me out?
You son of a bitch.
Uncle an!
We're here.
Yang ping.
Hu bayi.
What a strange name.
My father is missing.
I have to find him.
Yang ping, what's wrong with you?
Don't you remember me? I'm hu bayi.
I was born on army day.
My name is Shirley.
You're really not Yang ping?
I told you.
My name is Shirley.
Hello.
I'm Dr. chen dong,
a student of professor Yang,
and the leader of this mission.
Where were you before?
Why have I never heard Yang ping had a sister?
I asked for one guide.
Why are there two of you?
He's my pal.
Wherever my brother goes, I go.
Let him come with us.
Get some rest.
So you are hu bayi?
Here you are.
Where's mine?
Where have you been these past few years?
How did you survive?
Why didn't you contact me?
Why are you calling yourself "Shirley"?
Have you really forgotten me?
No, I've never forgotten you.
Be wary of those guys.
Brother, I've fallen in love.
It's the real thing this time.
Drink some water.
We're near the spot where professor Yang went missing.
Why were all the other members of the expedition rescued
but not professor Yang?
Take a look.
I've gone to look for water. Stay and wait for me.
Given professor Yang's field experience,
he should have known that staying there
and waiting for rescue would have been safer than wandering off.
So where could he have gone?
Since he reemerged,
he's been acting strange.
What do you guys think?
Weiwei's right.
Here, drink.
Professor Yang definitely didn't leave to look for water.
So what do you think he was trying to do?
First off, I think when he went into the desert,
it was for a special mission.
Right?
The moment I saw the ammunition,
I knew these people weren't ordinary volunteers.
Why was Yang ping acting like a stranger?
Those ice-cold eyes gave me chills.
The weather is changing.
Hurry!
Where are you, brother?
We have to get out of here now!
The camels!
Don't forget your equipment!
What about you?
You go first!
Hu bayi!
Go!
Han, how many camels have we lost?
Is this the place?
This is it.
- We've lost two men. - Who?
Chu jian and xiao li.
They must have fallen behind.
I've lost one of my men, too.
And eight camels.
Fatty!
Have you seen fatty?
- No. - I have to find him.
Hu bayi!
Hold it!
Hu bayi!
Don't worry.
They might not find this town,
but if they're riding my camels,
they'll find the way
out of the desert.
We're saved!
Wait a second, wang!
If that's only a mirage, we'll get lost and die.
I don't care!
The camels are running away!
Stop!
Stop chasing them!
The town is nearby. Just let them go!
This is the real reason why professor Yang entered the desert, isn't it?
Unidentified creatures attacked this town.
Nearly everyone was killed.
What were the creatures like?
I'd also like to know.
Do you know weiwei well?
- Yeah. - She likes chubby guys, doesn't she?
No, she's definitely into skinny guys.
Like Dr. chen and hu bayi.
Whatever.
I've lost a lot of weight since entering the desert.
Don't look back. Don't look back.
Split up!
Are you crazy? Come up here!
Help! Anyone!
Help!
Help! Anyone!
Help!
Brother!
Where the hell have you been?
Monsters!
Xiao li!
He was eaten
by a monster!
What kind of monster? What was it like?
Gigantic!
It ate two of our people.
Don't cry, speak slowly.
I'm not doing this anymore! Let's go back to Beijing.
How many were there?
Two.
Only two?
Only two? How many of those sons of bitches did you want?
They were massive!
We're leaving. Now.
No,
we have to stay and figure out what they are.
We'll all be dead by then!
We're here to find professor Yang, not to kill ourselves.
My mission isn't just to find professor Yang
but also to find these monsters.
No one understands their danger better than I do.
Trust me. Let's leave!
Don't wait until it's too late.
Weiwei! I
weiwei, come with me!
Come with me!
Fatty! What are you waiting for!
Chu jian!
Don't be stupid. Come with me!
Shirley!
Come with me?
I'm not going anywhere.
You want to die here?
Chu jian!
- Chu jian! - Chu jian!
We are men of 749.
I have to stay.
If you want to go, then go.
Chu jian.
I'll stay.
You're not going?
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm staying.
Me, too.
Hu bayi!
Do you think you have nothing to do with the deaths here?
Do you think the monsters that came here
have nothing to do with your expedition in the kunlun mountains?
How will you answer to your dead comrades?
Here we go!
That's them!
Help!
Run! Keep up!
Careful!
Hurry!
Fatty! Here!
Give me a gun.
Weiwei.
Pack light.
Grab a weapon to protect yourself.
You can protect me.
Hold onto it for me.
Yeah! That's what you get for scaring the shit out of me!
They look like red howlers,
creatures that emerge out of graves.
Follow them!
Shirley, where are you going?
Hu bayi! Just let her go!
Dr. chen!
What?
That thing is gone.
Damn.
Take cover!
Why is it silver?
Custom-made.
Show-off.
Hu bayi!
Shirley!
Prince yi's vault?
Shirley!
Fire!
Damn it!
W ait for me!
Shirley!
The life you see may not subsist.
The death you see might not exist.
Mr. wang.
Help me out!
This sarcophagus contains the secret of eternal life.
When the ghostly tribe returns,
prince yi will resurrect,
and you will be reborn.
Weiwei! I
weiwei! I
come on! Weiwei!
Run!
Get in!
Hu bayi!
Congratulations on passing through time. Welcome to our realm.
I am the guardian of this holy relic.
I don't care who you are!
Just give Yang ping back to me.
Well, Yang ping is one of us.
Only the two of you can open this portal.
What the hell is inside it?
The ghostly tribe's fatal curse.
Only by removing this curse
can we save the millions of our tribesmen on earth.
But didn't we already open it
in the kunlun mountains?
If captain sun hadn't interfered,
that would be true.
You and Shirley must enter.
Then I can bring Yang ping back to you.
That's enough!
If we unseal this thing,
it'll open up the portal to earth.
The human race will be enslaved again.
Is that what the men from 749 told you?
They know too many of our secrets,
but Shirley is about to kill them all anyway.
If Shirley kills them,
I'll never help you.
She won't listen to anyone.
Let me see Shirley.
I warn you. If you try to kill Shirley,
Yang ping will never return.
I just want to save my friends. Let me see Shirley.
Ok.
As you wish!
Fatty!
Don't be afraid.
You'll be ok.
Go back with me.
You look so much like her.
So much.
Weiwei.
I love you.
Always.
Farewell.
Chu jian!
Only you
could kill me.
Hu bayi.
Why are you crying?
Yang ping.
You came to save me?
I feel so cold.
Don't leave me.
What a pity.
So little time,
before having to say goodbye again.
No, Yang ping!
Mr. wang told me,
this sarcophagus can bring the dead back to life.
He wouldn't lie to me.
You'll wake up, won't you?
Hu bayi.
Can you hear me?
As long as I could remember,
my mother would only do one thing,
knit sweaters.
Dad said,
she knit enough sweaters to last him the rest of his life.
And enough for me until the day I got married.
One day,
I suddenly realized,
I could bring dead animals back to life.
But when mom found out,
she was furious.
I didn't understand
why until that day.
Mom and I were descendents of the ghostly tribe.
The ghostly tribe have a genetic curse that
makes our bodies combust at a certain age and burn to ashes.
From that day on,
dad decided to find a cure.
Finally, he found you.
I didn't understand why he wanted us to unseal the tower.
I just knew he desperately wanted to save me.
Mom told me that our kind has certain supernatural powers.
She said that I had many lives in me,
but I had to save them for myself.
In that cavern,
I exhausted my gift.
I don't regret it.
You're a good man.
Compassionate.
Sweet.
The one I chose to love.
Please,
help me find my father.
He's still alive somewhere.
"When the days are cold"
"and the cards all fold"
"and the saints we see"
"are all made of gold"
"when your dreams all fail"
"and the ones we hail are the worst of all"
"and the blood's run stale"
"I want to hide the truth"
"I want to shelter you"
"but with the beast inside"
"there's nowhere we can hide"
"no matter what we breed"
"we still are made of greed"
"this is my kingdom come"
"when you feel my heat"
"look into my eyes"
"it's where my demons hide"
"don't get too close”
"it's dark inside"
"it's where my demons hide"
"when the curtain's call"
"is the last of all"
"when the lights fade out"
"all the sinners crawl"
"so they dug your grave"
"and the masquerade”
"will come calling out"
"at the mess you made”
"don't want to let you down"
"but I am hell bound"
"though this is all for you"
"don't want to hide the truth"
"no matter what we breed"
"we still are made of greed"
"this is my kingdom come"
"when you feel my heat"
"look into my eyes"
"it's where my demons hide"
"don't get too close”
"it's dark inside"
"it's where my demons hide"
"they say it's what you make"
"I say it's up to fate"
"it's woven in my soul"
"I need to let you go"
"your eyes, they shine so bright"
"I want to save their light"
"I can't escape this now"
"unless you show me how"
"when you feel my heat"
"look into my eyes"
"it's where my demons hide"
"don't get too close”
"it's dark inside"
"it's where my demons hide"