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Chapter 001: The Bronze Coffin in the Starry Sky Life is the greatest miracle in the world. The space extending in all directions is called the universe. Although the universe has substance, there is no fixed place to seek it. The time stretching from the past to the present is called time. Although time is expanding, we do not know where its beginning lies. In the vast universe and boundless starry sky, many scientists speculate that the Earth may be the only source of life. Human beings are actually very lonely. In the vast sky, although there are billions of stars, it is difficult to find a second planet with life. However, human beings have never given up exploration. Since the last century, many space probes have been launched. Voyager 2 is an unmanned outer space probe, which was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 1977. It carries a gold-plated record themed "Greetings to the Universe", which contains some popular music and greetings recorded in 55 Earth languages, hoping to be intercepted and received by possible extraterrestrial civilizations one day. From the 1970s to the present, Voyager 2 has been traveling alone, as small as a dust in the vast universe. Most of the outer space probes of the same era have either malfunctioned or lost signal contact, disappearing forever in the silent universe.

In the mist-shrouded peaks of the Azure Spine Mountains, where the air hums with latent energy, an ancient temple clings to the edge of a precipice. Its stone walls, weathered by millennia of wind and rain, bear carvings of figures wielding lightning and commanding rivers—testaments to a bygone era when mortals walked alongside gods.​