Archaeology blogger Zhu Xianhong is livestreaming an excavation of the Prince of Zhao’s Ming Dynasty residence when a curtain of light suddenly splits open in the sky. The Zhu clan from the Hongwu and Yongle eras crowds into the livestream to watch people dig up their own tombs.
In the modern day, Zhu turns bricks and rummages through old records, unearthing hidden secrets from the early Ming layer by layer. In the past, emperors and princes tune in live to watch the show, seeing their descendants expose the family’s scandals and correct mistakes in the history books.
One brick revises the size of the prince’s residence. A scrap of hidden paper leads to a secret chamber in the water gate. Confidential records from the Eastern Palace, missing craftsmen, and coffins prepared in advance are unearthed one after another. Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, grandfather and grandson, hungrily follow the action across six centuries, sometimes bickering, sometimes getting nervous together. Experts and netizens online argue back and forth as suspicions and reversals keep coming.
As artifact after artifact comes to light, the people who vanished back then, the altered records, and the secrets hidden beneath the waterways slowly emerge. Zhu Xianhong solves the mysteries with evidence from the archaeological layers, while a group of Ming-era people are forced to face old unsolved cases they never finished writing about.
An archaeological mystery about people on both sides of history sharing the spectacle across six centuries. When the bricks and tiles start talking, old secrets can no longer stay buried!
Sky Screen Detective Story 😅
This book shouldn't be read too closely; it has many plot holes and the characters' timelines are inconsistent, sometimes appearing in ancient times and sometimes in the modern era. It's safe to say that the author immediately released chapters after AI-infused content, without any proofreading.
It primarily focuses on solving unsolved cases, but it gets increasingly chaotic as it progresses. The current setting doesn't align with the Ming Dynasty; characters are sometimes grouped together and sometimes separated, and the names are completely inconsistent. The later parts seem to be AI-generated content; the author rushed to release it without actually reading it.
After watching Douyin's history videos, I can no longer stand the mindless, sensationalist stories about archaeology and time travel.
Indeed, they are interconnected.
Written by AI, later on, anyone who saw the sky would find everything in disarray – their actions and words would become completely chaotic.
AI, light green is not suitable for anesthesia.
It's the type of movie I like to watch.
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I deliberately tried to create an air of mystery, but my writing skills just weren't up to par. 😂