Return from Yanmen Pass

Under the Yanmen Pass, a heavy rain washed away a section of the ancient Great Wall. While repairing the site, veteran soldier Ye Dingjiang accidentally touched a blood-stained battle jade. Instantly, a voice echoed in his mind—that of Ji Zhaowu, a Qin elite commander who died outside Yanmen Pass two thousand years ago. This heroic spirit, possessing the purest Chinese blood and bone, saw through Ye Dingjiang's eyes a shocking sight: century-old streets demolished to build a "Venice Town," children familiar with Western holidays but ignorant of local martyrs, and local heroes being deconstructed and mocked online... "Is this still China?" Ji Zhaowu asked. Ye Dingjiang was silent. He had thought that taking off his uniform meant his duty to protect was over. But this soul from two thousand years ago reminded him that some things are more important than life itself. When the capital-backed "Oriental Entertainment" announced plans to develop the suburban Warring States tomb complex into an "immersive script-kill base," when online trolls labeled them "conservatives" and "obstacles to economic development," when everyone around him advised him to "stay out of trouble"—Ye Dingjiang stood up. And Ji Zhaowu fought alongside him in another way, in a cultural war without gunpowder. What they sought to protect was a nation's roots, being forgotten. The returnee asks not when he will return, but only his original intention.