Lost in the West

When the bronze star key of the Khotan priest shines with golden light in the old well of Bincheng, a thousand-year secret across the desert and dense forest is slowly awakening along the flow of the underground river.​ The pale pink birthmark on Luo Chengdong's neck is the key to the world of dragon souls. In the archaeological notes left by his father, the incomplete records about the "Mirror Prison" and the "Return of the Seven Keys" involved him in a thrilling adventure with the bold and brave Zi Chen, Da Fei, a descendant of the Northeast Salt Keeper, and the technology geek Chen Mo. The red light of the bronze chain, the trembling dragon's chant of the bone flute, and the star map analyzed by the goggles, among the scorching sun of the Kumtag Desert and the clouds and mists of the Ailao Mountain, are intertwined into a code to decipher the mystery of the Khotan Kingdom's demise.​ From the sauerkraut jars in the underground ice cellar in Bincheng to the bronze drums in the Diaojiaolou in Yaozhai, from the black mark of the Bone Erosion Curse to the heart mirror in Longmian Cave, four young people with very different personalities used bronze fragments to piece together the truth buried by time. When the spicy cabbage in the Northeast meets the sour bamboo shoots in Yunnan, and when modern technology collides with ancient secrets, they will finally understand that the dragon soul is never a tool of conquest, but a contract of protection, just like the star map of Khotan forever guiding those who are in awe to find their way home in the wind, sand and fog.​ This is not only an exploration of ancient civilization, but also a song about inheritance and growth. The secret family history behind each character and the energy codes hidden in each ruins all tell the same truth - those guardians who have spanned thousands of years will eventually shine at the right moment to illuminate the way forward.