Mark of the Watcher

After the mysterious death of his grandfather, Li Wei, a history teacher, inherited half a mysterious jade pendant and a volume of encrypted manuscripts, and has since been involved in a shocking mystery that spans thousands of years. A lost "Xingyu Mountain and Sea Map" guides him on the road to find five secret places: the code of the star map in the Dunhuang caves, the mountain ghost altar of the Miao shamans, the secret ritual of the armillary sky in the ancient tombs of the Central Plains, Xu Fu's remains in the ruins of the East China Sea, and the shaman spiritual realm in the Changbai area... Each location is buried with a "secret talisman of mountains and rivers", and is also approaching an approaching "hundred-year promise" step by step. However, the "Shadow Society", a transnational organization that covets the power of the contract, follows closely, and the guide Lin Ying, whose identity is mysterious, is both an enemy and a friend. Levi gradually discovered that he was not involved accidentally, but was the chosen "messenger" with the mission of the Watcher flowing in his blood. Behind the "promise" is not the gift of power, but the last line of defense to maintain the balance of the earth and prevent the collapse of civilization. The price of default will be world imbalance and disaster. When the final place - the lost ancient city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - is opened, the shocking truth of the contract emerges: This is not only the guardian system of the earth, but also involves the ancient legacy of extraterrestrial civilizations. And Levi and his partners must make a choice in the ultimate showdown - whether to become the "Star Watchers" of the new era and take over the responsibility of guarding civilization and the stars, or to retreat to the ordinary and let the fate of mankind fall into the unknown... This is a suspenseful adventure that shuttles between myth and reality, and it is also a grand narrative about civilization, responsibility and love. "Trace of the Watcher" - Watching begins the moment you pick up the token.