Winner of the Galaxy Award for Best Online Sci-Fi Novel

Galaxy Award is China's top sci-fi honor. It praised the novel as "an epic chronicling a civilization's relentless struggle and quest for redemption amid the tides of history." Liu Cixin, author of Three-Body Problem served as a jury member.

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More than 7.5 million followers on Qidian, a vibrant online community both within China and internationally.

An Unforgettable Sci-Fi Adventure

A war waged across time and history, a voyage that stares madness and the bizarre in the face, and an epic hiding tragedy and death. A classic blend of science fiction and Lovecraftian horror!

Planned as an eight-volume series, this is the first volume:

Zhou Ming was just an ordinary teacher—until a mysterious black fog sweeps him into another reality. There, he awakens as Duncan Abnormal, the notorious ghost captain of the Lost Homeland, navigating a steam-powered world filled with city-states, ancient gods, and bizarre mysteries. With a ragtag crew, Zhou Ming, or Duncan, sets out to rescue doomed cities and unravel the shocking truth behind Earth's Great Extinction—only to discover that he himself is just a fleeting sample, a secret measured in thousandths of a second...