★ Winner of the Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award (Galaxy Award) Gold Prize for "Best Novel of 2023" and received heavyweight recommendations from the "Four Kings" of Chinese science fiction!

★ A perfect fusion of The Matrix-style reality skepticism and American Gods-like mythological deconstruction:
What if all of humanity's myths and historical catastrophes—the Greek Golden Age, Ragnarök, the Great Flood—were not legends, but the lingering aftershocks of a real, millennia-spanning interstellar war? What if our world is merely a "virtual projection" of a higher civilization?

★ The author is a highly acclaimed and award-winning standout in Chinese sci-fi.
The author is a powerful writer who has achieved remarkable success in recent years within China's mainstream sci-fi magazines and award circuits, repeatedly winning top honors such as the Galaxy Award, the Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award, and the Morning Star Award. His work combines solid scientific logic with profound humanistic concern.

★ "When the gods return to earth, they bring not salvation, but the final bill from the unfinished war at the dawn of creation."

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Pierre nodded. “I suggest you find a suitable point in time – around 40,000 years ago, when human civilization made its first leap forward and truly began to take root.”
“Then all the suffering will be experienced again, all crimes will be repeated, all separations and deaths will occur once more, and all mistakes will be committed over and over,” Shen Xiaoqi said with a bitter smile. “So what’s the point of all this? Unconscious repetition, an endless cycle – this is a true prison. I used to think that Mot and Yama were wrong, but now I’m not sure. At least they had the courage to break free from that prison.”
“Ignorance isn’t necessarily a misfortune. At least with it, you won’t fall into hell.”

This series consists of 2 books:
"Gods of the Earth 1: The Return of the Dead"
"Gods of the Earth 2: The Reboot of Origins"

A war that has raged for ten thousand years between the evil spirits (the gods) and the guardians (the demons) is coming to an end. Secrets that have remained hidden for millennia are now coming to light. Shen Xiaoqi and Sean, the guardians, must work together to prevent the downfall of human civilization.

Fractal Orange (real name Yu Kun)

He is a core representative of the "new generation" of Chinese science fiction authors, renowned among readers and critics for his ingeniously conceived and logically rigorous "hard sci-fi" style.

He has long been active on the front lines of Chinese sci-fi creation, a regular contributor to core publications like Science Fiction World (China's largest and most influential professional sci-fi magazine) and Science Popular. His writing is deeply influenced by the spirit of the Golden Age of sci-fi. He excels at building grand imagination upon a solid scientific foundation, while his works consistently grapple with profound philosophical inquiries into technological ethics, the fate of civilizations, and individual existence.

Fractal Orange is a veritable "award magnet," having consecutively won almost all major industry awards including the Chinese Galaxy Award, the Chinese Science Fiction Nebula Award, the Light Year Award, the Morning Star Jinkang Award, and the Lenghu Award. This fully attests to the widely recognized high quality and innovation of his work within professional circles. His representative work, The Enigma of Tithonus, after winning the Galaxy Award, has been successfully adapted into an offline script-based murder mystery game.

Transactions
The Birth of the Demon
Genesis
Mort and Hela
The Messenger
Memories
Hela Awakens
Yemengade
Kane
Warton’s Concerns
Sorting Out Memories
The Call
Return of the Fire Giants
Choices
The Return of the Goddess
Persuasion
Meeting
The Titans
Utilization
Winston
Probing
Kalandi – Vision Two
Mort
Chaos
Lotan
Past and Present
Thebes
True Identity
Reunion
Conspiracy
Long Island Laboratory, New York
Sobek
Panic
Doubt
Revenge
Between Times
Snow
Kalandi
Total Invasion
Cairo
Conversations
War
Chaos
Attacks
Undercover Operations
Breakdown
The Sorrow of Cairo
The Blood Battle of Babylon
Wings of Freedom
The Ultimate Truth
Epilogue