Chen Yan, an archaeological intern, touched the bronze goblet of the Warring States Period and fell into the bloody whirlpool of Qin Shihuang's eastward tour. The predicted mirage won the favor of the emperor, but the improved papermaking technology was pursued by the nobles. When he discovered that Xu Fu's fleet had hidden quantum devices and that Zhao Gao's sleeves were flashing cold light from future chips, he finally realized that all modern technology applications are just established gears in a closed loop of history. In the game between survival and civilization, the broken bronze lines are dragging the two time and space towards the singularity of annihilation...
