Ch. 1The Thousand-Year-Old Wet Corpses Beneath Fuxian Lake
Key Plot Points and Events
- Chen Renfeng, a professor, discovers thousands of ancient corpses at the bottom of Fuxian Lake while exploring in a submarine.
- He learns about the excavation of a ten-thousand-year-old female corpse, speculated to be the Queen Mother of the West, from a news broadcast.
- Chen Renfeng finds two perfectly preserved fresh corpses in a bronze coffin within an ancient city that sank over two thousand years ago.
- The corpses are revealed to be identical to Chen Qing and Bai Xue, members of his archaeological team.
- Chen Renfeng decides to conduct an experiment to extract the ancient corpses' memories, believing it could unlock the secret of their incorruptibility.
- The experiment goes awry, creating a spacetime vortex that sucks the trio into it, teleporting them to an unknown location.
Character Developments
- Chen Renfeng: Initially focused on his work, he becomes excited and determined upon discovering the fresh corpses. He takes risks by conducting a private experiment, showing his ambition and disregard for protocol.
- Chen Qing: Serious and earnest, he follows procedure and expresses concern about the experiment's legality and consequences.
- Bai Xue: Coolly mature, she becomes uneasy and frightened upon seeing the corpses and the experiment's outcome, revealing her vulnerability.
Significant Themes
- Ambition and its consequences: Chen Renfeng's desire for discovery and knowledge leads him to take risks, ultimately resulting in an unknown situation.
- The unknown and its dangers: The ancient corpses and the secret chamber hide unknown dangers, emphasizing the risks of exploring the unexplained.
Character Interactions
- Chen Renfeng, Chen Qing, and Bai Xue work together as an archaeological team, but their differing views on the experiment cause tension.
- Chen Renfeng's relationship with Chen Qing and Bai Xue is one of authority, as he is their professor and leader. However, his decision to conduct the experiment without proper authorization strains this dynamic.