In the third year of the Apocalypse, Jiang Yunzhou, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, was ordered to organize the books in the palace and accidentally discovered a "Almanac of Taihe" that had never been recorded. The book records a parallel time and space of the Great Xia Dynasty - the same era name, the same territory, but a very different historical direction: the reform of that dynasty was two hundred years ahead of schedule, the science of firearms and the study of objects flourished, and maritime trade routes led directly to overseas countries.
What's even weirder is that there is a page of notes in the book. The handwriting is exactly the same as Jiang Yunzhou's. It says: "If you see this book, destroy it immediately. They can see you."
From that moment on, Jiang Yunzhou discovered that he could see the other side of history - behind those "riots" that were downplayed in official history, there was the fire of reform that was deliberately erased; under those "prosperous times" that praised virtues, there were countless ants who tried to change their destiny but were crushed.
He thought he was studying history, but found that history was watching him.
An order to burn books was issued, his colleagues died suddenly one after another, and a mysterious organization from the late Ming Dynasty called "Burn After Reading" came to him for help - Jiang Yunzhou gradually pieced together a shocking truth: the history of our time and space has been artificially tampered with. The Great Xia recorded in the "Almanac of Taihe" was the path that Chinese civilization should have followed.
When the timelines begin to intersect, and when the destinies of the two time and space interact with each other, Jiang Yunzhou must make a choice: burn the almanac and let everything fall into silence; or tell the world the records in the book, reverse the detour of three hundred years, and bet on a reopening of the country's destiny?
Three hundred years ago, someone protected this history book in the fire. Three hundred years later, it was his turn to light that lamp in the darkness.
