Time-Forged Gold

Forged in Time follows the life of the educated youth Jincheng, weaving together the tides of an era and mysterious encounters. In the early 1970s, he is sent to the countryside on the Loess Plateau, where he discovers a mysterious space. Using high-yield seeds and the wisdom of ancient texts, he leads the villagers out of poverty, but arouses the jealousy of Degui, a descendant of a wealthy peasant family, who frames him. Jincheng must tread carefully amid famine, rumors, and power struggles. As the story unfolds, the space reveals a family secret: his grandfather was once an ocean-going helmsman, with a hidden connection to an alien civilization. Meanwhile, the forces opposing him are entangled in an international conspiracy to plunder genes. From the “surging currents” of rural reform to the “joy after hardship” of clashes between interstellar civilizations, Jincheng draws on the power of the space not only to overcome crises such as corporate attempts to corner him and natural disasters, but also to unravel layers of deception surrounding the Black Snake Gang’s manipulation and the code hidden in alien seeds. Beginning with the years of the educated youth, the story fuses agricultural wisdom, family destiny, and science fiction into one, writing a gilded epic about an individual who holds fast to his convictions amid the changes of an era and unlocks the secrets of civilization, against the windswept Loess Plateau and the grandeur of interstellar voyages.