"Zhang Ming, after a failed entrepreneurial venture with his fellow villagers' funds, flees to Southeast Asia. He takes up a job as a forest expedition leader. The group enters the wilderness to debunk rumors of wild men, facing numerous challenges. Upon discovering a gold mine, they are attacked. They later encounter wild men who turn out to be a rival group. Learning about a time-warping meteor crater in a gorge, Zhang Ming, along with Yi Ji and Zhai Yunfeng, stays behind. Zhang Ming detonates explosives to save civilization and eventually emerges."