Light of the Sky

In the near future, space-based solar laser wireless transmission technology makes a breakthrough.

Young optical engineer Shen Yan joins the Institute of Space Optics to work on space-based solar beam transmission. But he gradually discovers that the experimental data has been smoothed and manipulated by an algorithm, and the truth behind Zhou Qiming’s mysterious disappearance is far more complicated than a “cooling system failure.” In the handwritten notes he uncovers in the archives, there is only one hastily scribbled warning: “Be careful. Light can be redirected.”

As international scholar Irene probes him at every turn under the guise of collaboration, and engineer Zhao Heng struggles to choose between his family and his principles, Shen Yan, security officer Lin Zhao, and returning scholar He Zhixing gradually piece together a disturbing truth: the “Death Ray” system could be redirected to strike targets on Earth, and someone inside the project is trying to open Pandora’s box.

Caught in the fierce clash between scientific ideals and engineering pressures, technological security and the temptation of weapons, and the fates of individuals, a group of researchers holds fast to its principles and ultimately turns the “Death Ray” into an orbital shield of light to protect their home. But light itself is neither good nor evil. The true shield that protects their home is the resolve of those who wield it to hold fast to their principles.