In 2026, a cold voice enveloped the world and announced the opening of the "Maze of National Destiny". Three "Pathfinders" are randomly selected from each country. Their survival, exploration and puzzle-solving results in the maze will be directly converted into national destiny values, which will determine the country's climate, resources and disasters in the next three years. If it fails, the country's destiny will decline.
Chinese pathfinder Lin Jian, an ordinary writer of suspense novels, was involved in this screening game with civilization as the bet together with detective Chen Mo and history professor Wu Qiming. They faced not only dark passages, strange symbols and ferocious monsters, but also progressive cruel trials: from the "survival arena" that tests survival instincts, to the "reasoning corridor" that challenges logic and truth, to the "emotional trial" that directly attacks the inner weakness...
As the exploration deepened, Lin Jian gradually discovered that the maze was far from a simple survival game. It is an ancient and sophisticated "civilization screening system" designed to evaluate the continuation potential of each civilization and select special "carriers" from it. And because of her unique thinking mode and insight, she was marked as a "carrier candidate" by the system, standing at a crossroads that could change the destiny of individuals and civilization.
Becoming a carrier means nearly eternal life and power, but the price is always serving the system and alienating one's own origin civilization. Rejection may accelerate the decline of an already declining civilization.
