Outside Tianjin Prefecture.
"Vroom, vroom, vroom."
A truck hurtled down the road.
Smoking a cigarette, the bleary-eyed driver cursed, "CNM, what a shitty boss, making me work in the middle of the night. Fuck."
"Serves him right that he can't have a son."
"Damn it, even the highway robbers are asleep this late, and I'm still out driving."
Seething with resentment, the driver stomped on the accelerator, wanting only to finish sooner.
The dim headlights illuminated only a few meters ahead.
The driver cursed the whole way.
Suddenly, he noticed a protrusion moving on the ground.
He craned his neck curiously, then his expression changed dramatically, and he shrieked, "Holy shit!"
Bang!
Unable to dodge in time, the truck swerved sharply.
The truck shook violently and slammed into a tree stump beside the road.
Boom!
The driver flew out of the cab and passed out.
The truck's cargo scattered across the ground.
Boxes of everyday goods burst open from the impact.
A gust of wind blew past.
The head on the ground slowly opened its single eye, just as a Maitreya Mask from the truck's cargo blew in front of him.
Maitreya's benevolent smile was utterly at odds with this world.
"Buddha, open your eyes and look at this world..." Wu Yan gave a weak, bitter laugh.
"Justice has become an oddity, and people's hearts are treacherous. Then... I'll punish this world in my own way... Do you agree?"
Life began returning to Wu Yan's mangled, charred body.
The next moment, the wind rose.
The Maitreya Mask blew onto Wu Yan's face.
It concealed his hideous features.
It also concealed his hopes for this world.
"Wu Yan... is dead. Now I'll become Maitreya, the punisher of lawlessness. I'll stop killing with killing. I'll kill all injustice under heaven. I'll kill