Star-Picking Alley, Also Known as Stars Among the Fireworks

Stars Among the Fireworks

[Urban Fantasy] A bloodstained chip is unearthed beneath an old date tree, and that very night, a demolition crew kicks down the door and kidnaps people! Ordinary man Song Mi is trying to protect the century-old tree his great-grandfather planted and rescue his father, who is being hunted. His own older brother, Song Mingyuan, launches a relentless pursuit, and in the face of death, Song Mi awakens plant-based abilities: phoenix tree branches become blades, and weeds turn into shackles. He escapes by the skin of his teeth!

Aunties from the square-dancing crowd form a tactical squad, using folding stools as shields and military music as their signal. An old comrade carries the coordinates of a gold mine and is willing to risk his life for an old oath. His older brother is both enemy and ally, and behind the hunt lies a family’s blood and tears. A submarine rises from the riverbed. Two copper keys unlock their mother’s cryogenic chamber and the buried secrets of the 1979 war. The erased recording conceals the ultimate secret of the star core and the space-time anchor!

The warmest everyday life hides the strongest armor of protection. The most ordinary children of the alleys face the Star-Picking Pavilion’s shocking conspiracy with nothing but their courage! When the star core’s light cuts through the long night, Song Mi finally realizes that protecting the old tree at his doorstep is only the first move in this cross-temporal game! What family curse does that scorching five-pointed star conceal? And his brother’s relentless pursuit hides a shocking lie that even he himself doesn’t know about!