The story is set thirty to fifty years in the future.
The global multiplayer treasure-hunting game The Road to Treasure is beloved by players worldwide and ranks among the world's most important entertainment and competitive events. Its peak concurrent player count has topped one billion, with tens of billions of viewers...
The game revolves around treasure hunting. Every expedition is a fresh adventure, an unknown journey, a cradle of myths...
Qian Tailai, a seasoned explorer and self-proclaimed treasure hunter, is twenty-two. He graduated straight into unemployment... With no other options, he spends every day playing The Road to Treasure in his rented room and making a living by providing services to other players, essentially running a one-man studio. Though he knows the game inside and out, every season brings a brand-new treasure map and mode, and his luck is so terrible that he can barely make ends meet.
Until one day, suddenly...
