Lin Yan, a physiognomist, stepped into a world he had never imagined because of a mysterious wooden box taken out of a thousand-year-old locust tree. There was nothing in the box, but burning marks were burned on the back of his hands, and eternal "hunger" was whispered in his ears.
He was forced to join the secret investigation team, and walked with the resolute officer Jiang Hai, the keen Su Lan, and the knowledgeable Chen Qiwen to trace the aftermath of the "Ashes" shrouding the country. The clues lead them to the depths of Ailao Mountain in Yunnan, where the legendary "Place of the First Fall" is covered in fog, and the descendants of the "Gatekeeper" are looming, while a mysterious organization called "Star Map Observers" is trying to use the trajectory of the stars to pry open an ancient door.
Behind the door is not a god or a demon, but some kind of nameless, all-devouring "being" - a rotating, hungry starry sky. Lin Yan gradually discovered that he was not only the "key", but also the final "wedge". The mountains are the bones of the seal, the blood oaths of the ancestors are the chains, and the fate of him and the wooden box affects the balance inside and outside the door.
However, the real fear goes beyond that. In higher dimensions, the cold "eyes of the observer" have already recorded everything. The ancient covenant is broken, and the automatically running "recorders" and "cleaning protocols" are wandering in the gaps of reality. When "Hungry" breaks free from its restraints, the observers lower their gazes. Human beings, gatekeepers, star chart observers... All struggles are just waves in the data flow.
From the cracked earth veins of Ailao Mountain to the eternal darkness of Guixu, Lin Yan must find his own answer before being completely "formatted": to become a tool for others to control the "door", to transform
