In the frigid Granglan Exclusion Zone, humanity faces a colossal threat known as the Demon Abyss. The Abyssal Gate periodically spews forth demonic beasts, unleashing devastating beast tides. To counter this threat, the Alliance built an enormous containment network of outposts and locking spikes, including the Demon Abyss Core Outpost, suspended high above the Abyss.
Liu Liang, a new recruit in the Bureau of Paranormal Investigation, is “volunteered” for service in the Exclusion Zone. Gu Anlan, Liu Liang’s mentor, was the last captain of the Deathbound Squad. After a mission failed, he was held responsible and exiled to the Exclusion Zone, where he has served for decades. What kind of epic will this veteran and rookie write together amid the ice and snow?
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The following introduction is for those who have finished reading:
At its core, this book is not a power fantasy about “humanity defeating monsters.” It asks a more weighty question: Can the weight of sacrifice be carried faithfully by memory? When Gu Anlan’s death is officially recognized, the files are declassified, and posterity commemorates him, is the complicated truth behind that gunshot, its injustice, willing sacrifice, calculation, and atonement, being distorted by the very act of telling the story?
The answer lies in Liu Liang’s lifelong search and the question left unfinished: Some memories are destined to become graves that can never be laid to rest completely.
