[7] A Moscow engineer Alexey Varakin visits a factory in a small town on a business trip, where his bizarre adventures begin.

The town's prosecutor, who secretly harbors a desire to commit a crime, uncovers Varakin that what was believed to be a supposed suicide was actually a premeditated murder.

Anna takes Alexei to a summer house belonging to poet Vasily Chugunov, where he learns that the cook Nikolayev used to be a famous rock'n'roll dancer in their town.

As the night grew dark, a group from the dance party, led by Alexei, decides to visit the renowned 1,000-year-old oak tree that was believed to grant power to those who dared to cut its branches.

The prosecutor offers Alexei a chance to escape, and after running through a forest, he finds an abandoned boat without oars and goes in it with the river flow.