My name is Chen Xu, and I am a cultural relic restorer.
When others touch antiques, they can only judge whether they are true or false; when I touch an antique, I can see it crying.
A long-life lock allowed me to experience the desperate love of a father who cheated on his child; an imperial jade belt gave me a glimpse of the truth behind Emperor Jianwen's burning the palace and escaping.
I thought I was just a recorder of history, until the "Historical Purification Society" came to my door. They said that history is a tragedy and must be ended.
They want to destroy the imperial seal and return everything to zero.
But when I touched the jade seal fragment, I heard the cry of the entire Chinese civilization——
It is not the symbol of a dynasty, but a causal machine that locks us in a "safe" orbit.
Now, there is only one choice before me:
To repair this machine and allow civilization to cycle through its established tragedy?
Or... Smash it with your own hands and bet on a future full of unknowns and possibly destruction for mankind?
