Tide of Darkness: Rise of Another World

Chen Mo, an archaeology doctoral student, falls into a fissure while excavating a bronze mask with protruding eyes at Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan. His consciousness passes through a purple void and plummets through a false starry sky composed of countless eyes. When he awakens, he finds himself as a dying knight in the otherworld of Eldland—Reno Edwood. This is a world of knights, magic, and holy light, yet it hides horrors far deeper than darkness. Archmage Aldrich, who has lived for two hundred years, sees something in his prophecies that he should not have seen—the Dark Tide, an ancient power from beyond the stars, approaching at a speed far exceeding expectations. Within Chen Mo's body reside two souls: one belonging to a young knight who has just died once, and the other from distant Earth. His holy light is unnaturally pure, silver patterns faintly emerge in his palm, and his consciousness can glimpse the inner world of the Archmage, crushed by knowledge. In the sky northeast of Silvermoon City, amid an array of eight stars, the vacant position seems to await his filling. When the vanguard of the Dark Tide arrives at the city gates, and the self-striking bell tolls an ominous note at midnight, Chen Mo must find his place in this unfamiliar world—not only to survive, but because the eyes watching him from the purple void knew from the beginning that he would come.