Travel through the magic realm

Author: Danwa
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: A classic case unfolds with a blend of reality and fantasy, a love story depicted with tears and sorrow, and a science applied with logic and emotion. Danwa, a Chinese-American writer who has recently qualified for the "Symphony of Symptoms Faulkner Novel Award," presents her best work of science fiction that transcends ancient and modern eras, following her previous successes with the "Back to the Future" and "Star Wars" film series. Wang Wei is an award-winning journalist who meets Wu Yue, a high-tech talent from Silicon Valley, during a travel trip for an award ceremony. He accidentally learns about the famous archaeological mirror machine and is troubled by a strange dream. Intrigued by this unique topic of soul contact, Wang Wei delves into it and ends up participating in an unprecedented archaeological project. He witnesses the mirror machine, Wu Yue, and the biophysicist Professor Tai Su using cutting-edge technologies such as artificial crystal brains, brainwave analysis, and stereoscopic video to explore a thousand-year-old tomb. He gets involved in a historical mystery spanning a thousand years and, with new technologies like replication, brings back Zhen Danyu, who was unjustly executed 1,700 years ago, reviving the bizarre and tragic love story between the brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.