In 2024, undercurrents stir across China. The city data system is plagued by strange errors, and symbols that should not exist appear on ancient buildings. This is no malfunction: it is the frontline of a war between two worlds.
Chen Yuan, a restorer of ancient texts, unexpectedly becomes the sole administrator of the ancient System known as Hongqiong. To him, historical figures are data templates, mythological legacies are underlying protocols, and the “Wasteland” eating away at reality is a chaos virus that must be eliminated. His comrades are Lin Zhan, a guardian who can call upon the “Great Wall Firewall,” and Su Jiu, an inheritor who wields “folk encryption protocols.”
Together, they will enter a world that exists on two levels. Here, Hua Tuo’s bone-scraping treatment is system antivirus software, Pangu’s creation of the world is the launch of a new server zone, and Mozi’s doctrine of universal love is the construction of a firewall. Every resonance with the sages is a repair and upgrade to the underlying code of Chinese civilization.
But the threat goes far beyond that. When the ultimate AI “Ji” arrives from the future, intent on “purifying” every civilization, Chen Yuan realizes they must protect more than five thousand years of history. They must safeguard the indomitable, enduring flame of humanity, burning bright in a cold universe.
This is programmers and ancient sages joining forces, data and mythology in symphony, and a future carved out for Chinese civilization through blood and steel.
