The cold rain hit the canvas of the archaeological tent, making a crackling sound, mixed with the sound of distant mountain streams, and weaving into an airtight net in the continuous rain and fog in western Yunnan.
Lin Wanxing curled up on the marching chair, the cool touch of the bronze fragments still lingering on his fingertips. The emergency lights in the tent glowed dimly, reflecting the archaeological notes spread out on his knees, which were densely packed with newly unearthed military nameplates from the Republic of China period, rusted rifle parts, and a silver acacia buckle with smooth edges.
The acacia buckle was found three hours ago when cleaning the trench ruins. It was hidden in a broken trench wooden pillar and wrapped in dark red blood stains that had long dried up. The silver pattern is very special, it is a lotus with a very small word "" engraved in the middle.
Lin Wanxing, 24 years old, is a master's student in the Department of Archeology at Peking University. He came to western Yunnan with his tutor to participate in the rescue excavation of Anti-Japanese War sites. Eighty years ago, this land was a battlefield where the Chinese and Japanese armies repeatedly saw each other. Countless Chinese soldiers were buried here without even leaving their names.
"Evening Star, haven't you slept yet?"
