Synopsis
In Hangzhou in 2027, a battle of redemption spanning a thousand years quietly begins. Shen Qingmo, a cultural relic restorer, and Lu Zhaoning, a genetic agent, meet through a pair of Southern Song dynasty twin jade pendants. Each artifact involved in the case unlocks a memory from their past lives. Using intangible cultural heritage crafts, traditional culture, and future technology, they fight the civilization conspiracy of Buddha Ye of the Chixiao Alliance and the villain Zhou Jingming. They uncover a war to protect civilization spanning centuries and crack the code behind Buddha Ye's cycles of civilizational renewal.
"I've heard Teacher Shen is a rare, top-tier metaphysical genius. You can divine the future from tea. Why don't you try reading..."
"The thirteenth line of the Fellowship hexagram is changing. Do you know what that means?"
"Deputy Supervisor, if you can predict tomorrow's wind direction, I'll promise you..."
"I've waited eight hundred years just to hear you say..."
"When the city fell back then, why did you choose to seal away my memories?"
"It was a necessary cost of civilization's evolution. Modern technology can replicate historical genes. We are..."
"You actually altered mitochondrial genes and implanted the memories of historical figures into modern bodies?"
"How many generations has your Shen family been watching me...? These paintings..."
"Do you see? This is how Buddha Ye seals away civilizations."
"This time... I didn't leave you a widow, did I?"
"Engineer Shen's home security system is still missing a honeymoon mode."
"Engineer Shen is jealous."
"Shen Kuo saw through it long ago. The so-called celestial phenomena are nothing but quantum entanglement in our bloodline..."
"It must have been painful, wasn't it? Back then, when I personally implanted a cancer-causing gene into my eldest legitimate son..."
"If you want your daughter back, let the genes of the 'Child of Taichu' devour his sense of morality."
"Dad, this time I'll protect you."
"You calculated the laws of Heaven down to the last detail, but forgot that the human heart isn't an algorithm."
[Reading Note]
This novel features intangible cultural heritage crafts, traditional Chinese culture, and a combination of traditional metaphysics and technology.
At the end of each chapter, there will be a brief introduction and explanation of the intangible cultural heritage and traditional Chinese culture featured, so readers can learn about Chinese cultural knowledge while enjoying the story.
Writing is hard, so please be gentle with your criticism.
Theme: Even if civilization has flaws, those flaws are an indispensable part of human nature and should not be completely eliminated through technology.