Suddenly the dark waters lit up with a “starry”-looking glow. The source? An unusual new species of deep-sea animal. “Everyone in the control room let out a loud ‘Oooooh!’ at the same time.

A young woman who moves away from the city to get it away from misery finds a life she didn’t expect. After the divorce of her parents, Shen Luo grew up being mistreated by her stepmother and ...