delivery manUpdated at Apr 16, 2025, 23:57
In a city that never sleeps, death sometimes comes with a notification.In this chilling first-person narrative, Liu Zhiqiang, an ordinary food delivery driver in a modern Chinese city, accepts a late-night order during the Hungry Ghost Festival. The destination: Room 2304 in an old apartment building that harbors a terrifying secret.When he arrives, he's instructed to knock three times on the door and leave the food outside. But something isn't right about this delivery—the customer is mysteriously absent, yet somehow confirms receipt of the order. Soon after, Liu begins receiving strange messages from a user called "Nameless" and encounters inexplicable phenomena that follow him home.As Liu investigates with the help of his friend and a Taoist priest, he uncovers a horrifying truth: he's been marked by a hungry ghost named Judge Zhao, a fallen underworld official who lures delivery drivers into completing his "special deliveries" during the Ghost Festival to capture their souls. Liu learns he's not the first victim—twenty-four years ago, another delivery man named Li Ming fell into the same trap.In a final confrontation with Judge Zhao, Liu manages to temporarily banish the malevolent spirit. But as he attempts to return to normal life, he soon realizes the nightmare is far from over. Some deliveries, once accepted, can never be canceled.A supernatural thriller that blends traditional Chinese folklore with modern urban horror, exploring the thin veil between the world of the living and the realm of the hungry dead.