“When ‘historical nihilism’ devours the world’s memories, Rome becomes a hollow pile of stones, and the High Tang era fades into a hazy legend. Only China preserves the embers of civilization, sheltered within a ‘Sanctuary of the Mind.’
Chen Ji, a history student, is dismissed as delusional for insisting that ‘the moon in the Tang dynasty had three outlines.’ But when the memories of Tang-era Chang’an begin to collapse, he awakens the [Historian’s Brush]. In the sanctuary deep within his consciousness, frenzied spirits of civilizations forgotten by the world lie trapped: Ban Chao’s obsession with opening the way to the Western Regions, the fading echo of Li Bai’s sword intent, and the lingering warmth of Yue Fei’s martial spirit.
As a ‘scavenger,’ he turns himself into a chronicle. He uses the phantom warriors of ‘The First Emperor’s Conquest of the Six States’ to break spatial distortions, and the principles of the ‘Imperial Examination tradition’ to safeguard the foundations of knowledge. When the Norse Valhalla descends, he even uses the historical perspective that ‘Chinese civilization excels at breaking the cycle of dynasties’ to unravel the illusion of Ragnarok.
This is a war that pits the principles of civilization against nihilism: We remember, therefore we exist. Chen Ji’s task is to dredge every forgotten civilization back from the abyss, so that Tang poetry, military strategy, and the Hundred Schools of Thought can once again become proof of humanity’s existence.”
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