The New Jingwei Fills the Sea

The truth behind the myths:

Chiyou's fog that blotted out the sky was a swarm of nanobots.

Yinglong's stored waters were the precise control of underground water systems by a biomechanical suit.

Nuba's stopping of the rain was the evaporation of clouds by thermonuclear weapons.

Nüwa mending the heavens was the repair of the ozone layer damaged by war.

Houyi shooting down the suns was a space-based weapon destroying an out-of-control fusion satellite.

Gonggong striking the mountain was a self-destructing decoy operation by an interstellar ark.

Kuafu chasing the sun was an interstellar flight accident caused by a runaway warp drive.

It turns out that artificial intelligence was one of the least remarkable technologies of the ancient world.

Mi Guanqi, a graduate student in history, accidentally discovers that he is descended from the ancient "tomb guardians." While visiting the hills behind his family's home, he unwittingly gets caught up in the exploration of an ancient tomb beneath a mysterious grave robber's tunnel, gradually setting out to solve the riddle of a civilization spanning ten thousand years.