Related Chapters (3)
What Cao Cao Buried
Words: 2987 · Source Novel:: The Defamation Code
Trapped at the Gaoling Museum, Lin deciphers the jade tally’s final cipher: it holds the genetic proof that Cao Cao’s lineage was fabricated, a truth that Mao Jie died to protect and that the Ding family was ordered to erase. Old Ding breaches the perimeter with a drone swarm, and the two nonagenarians finally face each other—the killer who has worn the empire’s invisible armor and the survivor who has carried a mountain of silence for eighteen centuries.
The Last Brush of Cangjie
Words: 2647 · Source Novel:: The Defamation Code
Following digital breadcrumbs, Lin tracks down Grandma Mao, a 91-year-old recluse who is the direct descendant of Mao Jie. The old woman reveals a jade tally encoded with the true record that could topple the legacy of a warlord. Minutes later, a silent assassin penetrates Lin’s firewall and their safehouse, proving the enemy is not just a cult but a cyber-kinetic mercenary unit that has evolved across dynasties.
Ghost in the Siku Quanshu
Words: 1947 · Source Novel:: The Defamation Code
Data archaeologist Lin Yun is training an NLP model on the digitized Siku Quanshu when it detects anomalous semantic steganography in memorials concerning Mao Jie’s case. The buried message points to the “Weft of Censure,” a surviving brotherhood that punishes seditious speech. When Lin’s query triggers a state-level cyber alert, she realizes someone is still guarding the secret with lethal, modern tools.

