This is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when words can kill and people's hearts are the battlefield. On the surface, it is an era of heroes, but in fact it is a "dark forest" filled with giants. There is a dark art of war hidden in every hero's heart, and behind every smile there may be a fatal plan. Trust is the cheapest consumable, and intelligence is the most deadly weapon.
Chen Shou, a social beast who traveled from modern times, is now the humblest civil servant in the Luoyang government. Powerless and helpless, one is at the bottom of the food chain in troubled times. The beginning is hell, being kidnapped by Wu Hua Da and sent to Dong Zhuo's military camp, becoming "waste" and about to be used to feed horses...