The river surges, its muddy waves gnawing at the heart. Armed with a transfer order, Lin Jiang, a water conservancy PhD, steps into the political arena of Qingjiang. But on the stormy night he takes up his new post, he stumbles upon a shocking conspiracy behind a flood control project. The worst flood in twenty years is on its way. Behind a funding shortfall of 2.7 billion yuan lies a vast web of corruption spanning three generations.
A technocrat and a returning overseas expert join forces, using satellite imaging to expose sham projects and quantum computing to reconstruct destroyed evidence. They tear away the mask of hypocrisy in a Douyin livestream. From the genealogies of resettlement villages to the osmanthus fragrance in the provincial party compound, from smart official seals to blockchain ledgers, a bloodless war on corruption erupts as traditional networks of personal ties collide with digital technology.
Here, the political arena is a battlefield of scheming and intrigue, high-tech anti-corruption efforts clash head-on, and generations of flood control workers pass down their convictions. As virtual floodwaters spill over real embankments and memories trapped in the rock bring buried truths back to life, those who risk their lives to break the deadlock are building a new Great Wall in the cracks of a changing age.
An upgraded, high-tech take on In the Name of the People, combined with the narrative twists of The Lychee Road. Follow the story through the fog of officialdom and into the depths of human nature. Open this book and see how a flood of data can break the walls of power!
