Civilizations keep cycling through history. Across Earth's 3.7 billion years, humanity's 6,000 years of civilization are no more than a blink. We have never been the only intelligent life, yet we keep repeating the same mistakes made over hundreds of millions of years. An expedition team conducting an archaeological survey in the silt deposits of an abandoned Yellow River channel discovers a strange piece of metal. Research reveals it to be technology from an ancient civilization dating back 10,000 years: a chip codenamed Cangjie, an AI companion terminal from a bygone era. After decoding it, the scientists follow Cangjie's instructions to Kunlun Mountain. There, three sides clash: the foreign Black Arrow mercenary group, the father and daughter of the Prometheus family and their armed forces, and the expedition team. In the end, all three suffer casualties. Black Arrow withdraws, while the expedition team and the Prometheus family agree to a temporary truce. Together, they activate the ancient civilization's computer, dormant for ten thousand years in a secret mountain cave: Kunlun AI, the auxiliary brain. As the expedition members and Lixia watch, enthralled, the archived footage and flight logs of the Huaxia Ark interstellar fleet left behind by the Kunlun computer, the golden light from the palace's activation creates an astonishing spectacle that cannot be kept secret. Soon, satellites, intelligence agencies, and amateur tomb raiders around the world have all heard that treasure has been found in the Kunlun Mountains. Greedy eyes turn toward that uninhabited region on the plateau of the eastern continent, silent for ten thousand years... The national security bureau, agents, and armed police rush in to provide support and protection, and a chaotic battle begins... Technology is always advancing, but human nature has never evolved.
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