Introduction to the work "Code of Annual Rings"
When the first snow fell on the Manzhouli grassland on the seventh-generation locust saplings, forensic doctor Lin Mo discovered a maple leaf-shaped gene fragment embedded with cherry blossom patterns in the skeleton of a descendant of the experimental subject. This secret that spanned eighty-three years has since burned into an indelible mark on his palm.
In 1943, the "Snow Rabbit Project" of Unit 731 implanted the snow rabbit cold-resistant gene into humans, and Chen Xuelian with RH-negative blood became the first "perfect container"; in 1947, during the shady wedding ceremony in Maple Leaf Lane, seven brides disappeared mysteriously, and the blood stains on the silver hairpins spelled out half of the unknown. The totem of solution; in 1998, Li Xuemei disappeared into the tundra with half a cherry blossom jade pendant, leaving behind the riddle of "the seventh rib hides the key"; in 2023, Ma Wenhai's wife's prenatal checkup report showed that the fetus's gene chain was beating with the codes of snow rabbit and cherry blossoms at the same time...
From the cold storage of the old Harbin hospital to the cherry blossom trees of the Tokyo Memorial Hall, from the frozen soil of the Svalbard Seed Vault to the spring floods of the Halaha River, Lin Mo and retired police officer Li Jianguo followed the trajectory of genes, chasing in the maze of hatred and reconciliation. When An An's silver maple leaf and the cherry blossom jade pendant for Nian Ying resonated on the altar, and when the black robes of the shrine guards and the white coats of the moderates were stained with blood at the same time, they finally understood the ultimate prophecy in Dai Mei's notes: "What the annual rings remember is not hatred, but the courage to let the scars bloom."
This is a genetic redemption that spans three generations. It is the persistence of the snow rabbit running on the frozen soil. It is the tenderness of the cherry blossoms and maple leaves entwined in the spring breeze. It is also the story of all the bloodlines that have been separated by the war.
