In the 351st year of the Zhou dynasty.
Summer.
Xuan'an City was suffering from drought, with no rain for two consecutive months.
The Luo River had dried up, revealing a stone figure on the riverbed with inscriptions on it.
Because the inscriptions were so taboo, the villagers didn't dare to remove and sell the figure, and instead, they reported it to the city's cultural heritage bureau.
A team of more than a dozen experts was assembled to date the stone figure and to plan its protection and promotion.
Xiao Ran was one of them, having just graduated and entered the department not long ago. As a rookie in the bureau, he was responsible for carrying fishing rods, stools, tents, and other tools on his back.
Upon reaching the site.
Xiao Ran set down the fishing gear and also squeezed in to take a look at the stone figure.
