The Lost Island of Yongle

In June 2025, Air China Flight CA879 from Beijing to Lima was struck by intense electromagnetic interference while crossing the Pacific. All 218 passengers and crew were forced to land on the sea, then drifted to a vast ring-shaped island missing from every satellite map. The islanders call themselves descendants of the “Ming Dynasty’s Hanhai Guard.” They have faithfully preserved Ming-era dress and institutions, yet possess quantum technology far more advanced than anything in the outside world. They are a hidden civilization that developed after Zheng He’s fleet merged with survivors from the Song Dynasty’s Battle of Yashan, guided by an extraterrestrial civilization known as the “Blue Stone Stele.” Among the passengers is a twelve-person action squad sent by the Western multinational syndicate “Project Prometheus.” Their mission is to crack the island’s cloaking system and steal its complete copy of the Yongle Encyclopedia. Jiang Yuanqiao, an assistant researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, joins forces with Lu Qingtong, the island’s female Astronomical Commissioner. Amid repeated life-or-death clashes, they gradually uncover a shocking truth…