★Chinese Science Fiction Titans Liu Cixin, Wang Jinkang, Han Song, and Wu Yan Jointly Recommend.
★Chinese science fiction rising star Fractal Orange's sincere masterpiece! The author has won prestigious Chinese science fiction literary awards such as the "Morning Star Cup," the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award, "Light Year Award" (Beijing Science Fiction Creation and Creativity Competition) and the Lenghu Science Fiction Literary Award!
★This book has won the "2023 Novel of the Year" award at the 15th Chinese Nebula Awards.
★If the world we inhabit is merely a projection of the upper world, then everything has a reason—the extinction of stars, the whispers of the undead, the interweaving of reality and illusion, myth and history...

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"Of course..." Shen Xiaoqi and William exchanged glances, "Have you seen 'The Matrix'?"
Sean looked up at Shen Xiaoqi, making sure she wasn't joking. "Are you saying we live inside a program?"
"I don't know," Shen Xiaoqi spread her hands, "It's definitely not that simple. Our world is likely a virtual one built upon the upper world, and we can be reincarnated because our consciousness is retransmitted, like deactivating an old account and then registering a new one."
A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Sean's heart, "Are you saying no one truly dies?"

This book fictionally presents the confrontation between the age of gods and human civilization in a form of science fiction mythology. In the novel's setting, the Golden Age of Greek mythology, the legend of the Tower of Babel, the Great Flood in the Bible, the Twilight of the Norse gods, and the fall of the gods are all the lingering glow of the end of the ancient age of gods. The ancient gods truly existed, and the war of the gods has continued to this day. Mote, as one of the ancient deities, has found a way to rewrite history, attempting to destroy human civilization and return to the age of gods.

A war between malevolent spirits (gods) and guardians (demons) that has lasted for ten thousand years is approaching its end, and a conspiracy that has lasted for ten thousand years is gradually emerging. Guardians Shen Xiaoqi and Sean must join hands to prevent the fall of human civilization. In this confrontation, the origin of the world and all anomalies are revealed one by one through scientific settings, virtual worlds, and the concept of observation.

Fractal Orange

Fractal Orange, whose real name is Yu Kun, is a science fiction writer and a member of the Shenzhen Writers Association. He has won numerous science fiction awards, including the "Morning Star Cup," the Global Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award, "Light Year Award" (Beijing Science Fiction Creation and Creativity Competition) and the Lenghu Science Fiction Literary Award. His works are often featured in "Science Fiction World," "Popular Science," and various science fiction anthologies. His representative works include "The Riddle of Tithonus" and he has published a collection of short stories titled "The Voyage of Forgetfulness."

Disordered Memories
Guardians
The Other Side of the Ocean
Nightmare
Blaze
Mothman
Sand Grain
First Encounter
X
Emily
Special Investigation Bureau
True Identity
Chris Walton
Awakening Experiment
Yama
Declaration of War
Sleep
Andrew
William
Starry Sky Anomaly
Kalandi
Shen Xiaoqi
John Adams
Cemetery
Pariologos
Dracula
Awakening
Mystery
Interrogation
Deities
Hunting
Returnee
Disappearance
Starry Sky Anomaly II
Death of X
Jordan Airlines
Investigation
Do Not Get Lost
Coronation
Pierre
Second Experiment
Guardians' Council Headquarters
Sacrifice
Long Island Laboratory, New York
Life
Anubis
Death
Gate of Hell
Hera's Return
Hunting
Sno
Hera
Bad News
Awakening of Leviathan