Chen Xuan, a top archaeologist, has spent his life studying the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. When an exploration accident threw him back to the Lishan construction site in 212 BC, he faced not only a dislocation of time and space, but also a cruel paradox: he held all the ultimate secrets of the tomb, but he had to personally participate in its construction as a prisoner.
Here, every application of modern engineering may become the last straw for workers; every well-intentioned attempt to alleviate suffering may drag him deeper into the whirlpool of power. He dealt with the prince who oversaw the work, the mysterious historian, and the hostile craftsman clan, and used his knowledge to climb up the ranks. However, when the death bell of Qin Shihuang came, a cold ancestral system emerged: all those who know the core secrets of the underground palace will be buried on the day the mausoleum is completed.
Survival has become the last problem. When the army blocks all exits, can Chen Xuan carve a way out for himself and his companions in this magnificent mausoleum that he knows well but built for him? The answer to this desperate adventure spanning two thousand years is buried under the bricks and stones that he spent his whole life trying to decipher.
