Gao Wu: Start by Repairing the Simuwu Ding

In 2007, cultural relics around the world simultaneously released the "afterglow of artifact spirits", and mankind entered the era of high-tech artifacts. Cultural relic restorers are even rarer than warriors - they restore ancient relics, dialogue with the will of history for thousands of years, and turn the "aura of history" into cultivation. Shen Yan, a history student who traveled to the year 2027, possesses the apprentice of a restoration shop that is on the verge of bankruptcy. Grandpa Shen Henian, a top bronze restorer in the country, died of depression three months ago. Everyone said that grandpa left because his shop was smashed. But when Shen Yan was sorting out the relics, he found a piece of paper with a symbol he had never seen before. It was the "ding keeper" mark that had been lost for two thousand years. Shen Yan has a secret: the moment he touches a cultural relic, he can see the scene of its birth. This ability allowed him to repair the Western Zhou Bronze Lord that was deemed "irrepairable" by the Cultural Relics Bureau within three days, and also allowed him to unravel the mystery left behind by his grandfather bit by bit. Underground in Shiyi Zhai, there is a bronze tripod with words hollowed out. The tripod's base is engraved with: "Shen Henian, the thirty-seventh generation of tripod guardians." On the stone wall under the ancient Luoshui river, my grandfather's last words are engraved: "Restorers do not make things return to their original appearance. They make them become what they should be." Two thousand years ago, a tripod was repaired. The person who repaired it has the same pair of eyes as Shen Yan. This is a story about restoration. Repair cultural relics, restore inheritance, and restore secrets that have been forgotten for too long. Artifacts cannot speak. But whoever fixes it, will.