Sai Ying Pun (novel)
Sai Ying Pun () is a Hong Kong horror fantasy novel written by web novelist Echo of Heart in 2016. The novel was inspired by the postponement in service of the newly built MTR Sai Ying Pun Station and urban legends of the neighboring Whitty Station and Rumsey Station. The novel received widespread acclaim and won the annual Hong Kong Book Awards in humanities category. A film adaptation was announced in 2016, but the project was cancelled in 2020. Synopsis Ah Wang is a railway security guard stationed at the newly built Sai Ying Pun Station. Shortly after the station's opening, Wang is attacked and knocked out by a mysterious beast while he is on patrol. He wakes up in a hospital, with a man named Ga Yin warns him not to return to the Station in the meantime. However, two weeks later, Wang is forced to take the Island line and mysteriously blacks out on the train. He regains consciousness and finds himself trapped on the train with four others. The train ultimately stops at the Sai Ying Pun Station after a ridiculously lengthy ride. The group tries to leave the station, only to be attacked at the exit