In 2039, the shadow of nuclear war hangs over Earth, and the game Primordial Dawn forces the entire world to log in. This isn't entertainment; it's a gamble for the fate of nations.
Seventeen-year-old Zhu Guli, a poor boy from the remote city of Liao in the Dabie Mountains, enters the game, only to discover the battered fortune-stick canister his grandfather left behind in his inventory. It's the only hidden item, the Divination Sticks of Lu Zu, able to foretell fortune and misfortune and guide its bearer toward good fortune while avoiding disaster.
He doesn't know that the Lyra and Milky Way galaxies are merging, and consciousness travels faster than light. He doesn't know that a century-old pact is about to expire, or that great demons are about to descend. All he knows is this: the heart is sovereign, and human will can overcome fate.
With the fortune-stick canister in hand and companions at his side, he rises from a poor boy in Liao to a leader of civilization, using an innocent heart to kindle humanity's last hope.
“One person's blessing can reach the whole world; grasp the canister and pluck the bamboo sticks.”
This is not one person's legend, but the awakening and rise of a people in the apocalypse.
