In the steamy city "Winter City" that is shrouded in industrial haze and strange cold fog all year round, the boundaries between day and night have long been blurred. This is the crystallization of human wisdom and mechanical craftsmanship. Brass pipes are entangled in Gothic buildings like giant pythons, steam fills the streets and alleys, and huge gears slowly rotate in the heart of the city, maintaining order in this lightless land.
Yet beneath the din of steam and steel, ancient and forbidden whispers never cease.
Ye Lin, a young watchmaker with superb skills, runs an inconspicuous shop on the most remote "rusty path" in Winter City. He has an innate "gift" - the ability to hear the remaining "echoes" on ancient objects. This talent brought him business, but also endless nightmares.
Until one day, a mysterious visitor brought a silver pocket watch that was never on time. When Ye Lin's fingertips touched the cold dial, what he heard was no longer the echo of the past, but the crazy murmurs from beyond the sea of stars and from under the abyss. The sleeping ancient god was whispering to him, and the twisted trajectory of fate unfolded before his eyes. He saw an inhuman city sunk at the end of time, and his destiny as an "awakener".
In order to resist this preset crazy fate, Ye Lin was forced to embark on a path to pursue the truth. He will travel with the "Lampkeepers", a secret society that monitors abnormalities in the world, repair those "relics" that carry forbidden knowledge, analyze the secrets in crazy ravings, and fight against the fanatical sects that lurk in the shadows of the city and worship the old rulers.
