After three years of severe drought, the waterways run dry, and the granaries of the Great Liang state are nearly empty.
Lu Chen, a water conservancy engineering PhD from a top Chinese university, dies in a dam accident, only to wake up in the midst of famine.
While others fight over grass roots, he studies the riverbed.
While others wait for rain, he traces the water veins.
“This river isn’t dead. Someone blocked it.”
From refugee to water-management official, from water management to control of the grain supply, and from there to power.
As floods, famine, and human calamities intertwine, he grows more composed, and more ruthless, with every step.
Each time he calculates the flow of water, his headache worsens and another piece of his memory disappears.
When he finally stands at the pinnacle of Great Liang, will he still remember why he came?
