When the dust of history buries civilizations tens of thousands of years old, and the wheel of fate once again turns toward the end, a sudden virus tears through the calm facade of the modern city.
A new virus, COVID-19, quietly spreads through Hanwu City. As ordinary people fall into panic, the Pangu Institute, the nation’s top-secret agency, uncovers an even more terrifying truth: this epidemic shares its origins with the “psionic virus” that periodically wiped out prehistoric superhuman civilizations. This is no natural disaster, but a brutal “selection” targeting the entire human species.
Gu Yang is a cautious, unassuming archivist at the institute who wants nothing more than a quiet life. He lives by his family motto: “If you don’t go looking for trouble, trouble won’t find you.” He thinks he can stay out of the crisis, but after accidentally touching a mysterious relic, he awakens a unique ability: [Absorption]. At first, he can only read the knowledge and memories left behind in objects. Yet this seemingly supportive ability turns him into the key sought by every faction working behind the scenes, and allows him to gradually uncover the astonishing secrets behind the apocalypse, where science, theology, and an ancient conspiracy intertwine.
Looking forward to the follow-up plot