In the 14th year of the Republic of China, Beiping Liulichang.
Lu Chen, an apprentice at Jubaozhai, delivered night groceries for his master. When he came back, his master was dead behind the counter, with a piece of stone of unknown origin stuffed in his mouth. The shop was turned upside down, but nothing was lost.
There were only three items in the relic: a mutilated manuscript, a brass key that didn't fit any lock, and a copper plate - the Nine Nether Plate.
On the half-page of paper that the master burned before his death, two words could be spelled out: Xuan Shu.
Lu Chen didn't know that there were nine ancient mechanism cities buried under the ground, called "Ming Ruins". It's not a treasure, it's nine seals to suppress a catastrophic disaster.
He didn't even know that a group of people under the banner of "saving the country with equipment" were demolishing them one by one.
If one hub is removed, the adjacent channels will be overloaded; if three hubs are removed, the chain will collapse and half the country will become dead.
The Nine Nether Plate is the only key to the main entrance. If you take the side path, you will escape death; if you take the main entrance, you will escape unscathed.
So they all stared at this plate and the person holding it. Also stared at Lu Chen.
——Things can talk, it depends on whether you recognize its words.
Lu Chen only learned one skill: Palm Eyes. Distinguish the authenticity of the texture of the object. He has no bloodline or background, only a pair of eyes and a strong will.
But the seals are loosening one after another, and the countdown has begun.
