Trapped

The year is 1995. Mangya, a northwestern border town of China has become a ghost town since the once-prosperous mine and border trades shut down. The town has become an island, isolated from the outside world. There is only one police station with three police officers and one gun. XIA Ran, a retired soldier has spent over a decade here. There’s a saying that he’s the last survivor of the battlefield but he never talk about his story. Sandstorms hit the town once a year, and a catastrophic, once-in-decade sandstorm is forecasted for this year. The storm looms on the horizon; the final transport out of town has long left.