Lin Dong, a 35-year-old bachelor in northern Anhui Province, was overwhelmed by the betrothal gifts and driven to the point of desperation by life, and plunged headlong into the purgatory of the Middle East in 2025. The joint US-Israeli air strikes turned Iran and Syria into wasteland. While others hid from the shells, he picked up the shells - scraps of copper and iron were more valuable than human lives. The remains of arms were exchanged for bread, and wires were exchanged for fresh water.
Starting from a steelyard, he dug his way out of the cracks of artillery fire and built a scrap empire spanning the three countries. This is an epic story of grassroots survival in troubled times. It tells you what it means to be poor and ambitious, and to live like a human being in troubled times.
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