(This novel is purely fictional.)
When a microfilm hidden in a pocket watch was stuffed into Shen Hao's palm, the morning fog on the streets of Shenyang had not yet cleared, and fate had quietly turned the page. He was just an ordinary student, but overnight he became a shadow that traveled between life and death.
The flames of war are devouring the eastern land like wild beasts, and spies and betrayers are wrestling in the undercurrent. Shen Hao was forced to step from his idealistic study into the bloody real battlefield. During his missions of delivering intelligence and lurking behind enemy lines, he witnessed the sacrifice of his comrades and the displacement of the people. Lin Rui used blood as a shield, Old Man Zhang used benevolence and righteousness as a blade, and Wang Rong used greed to nail himself to the pillar of shame in history. They are like different colors of ink, smearing out the spectrum of humanity on the same map.
A mission to intercept the Japanese military's secret operation order puts Shen Hao in a dilemma: if he does not act, thousands of people will be slaughtered; if he attacks rashly, his identity will be exposed and the entire organization will be destroyed. He made a choice before dawn, at the cost of losing the people closest to him. The night will not recede because of one person's sacrifice, but the stars will eventually converge into a river.
War tore the world apart and reshaped faith. When peace becomes a distant legend, when loyalty and betrayal are only a matter of thought, how should humans choose? Will you sink into fear and selfish desires, or ignite hope with a glimmer of light? In this epic that spans a hundred chapters, every name will be remembered - whether it is for the country or for the humanity that has not been wiped out by the war.
