After leaving behind a bloodstained map of the dragon veins, my grandfather vanished without a trace. He left only one sentence: “The dragon has gone west.”
Lin Beichen, heir to a line of tomb raiders, is forced to assemble a team of eccentrics: a retired soldier, a brilliant young woman with a doctorate, and a one-legged archaeologist. Together, they venture underground in Egypt to uncover the truth. Beneath the Pyramids of Giza, they discover an Eastern secret buried for five thousand years, while an international looting organization has already laid a deadly trap for them.
When all seven jade keys are gathered and three stars converge overhead, a colossal underground gate rumbles open. What awaits them beyond it: the ultimate legacy of the ancestors of Huaxia, or an ancient catastrophe too terrible for humanity to bear?
The pacing of these five chapters is really perfect! Each chapter focuses on the introduction of a core character, with clear character arcs and layered suspense. From the fate of the family in the old house in the south of the Yangtze River to the fatal confrontation in Cairo, the setting of the collision of Eastern and Western civilizations is both historical and full of adventure. The multi-line narrative finally ends perfectly on the banks of the Nile. The tension of the team's gathering is intertwined with the oppression of the underground mystery, making people eager to know what is hidden behind the door.