short series

Flames of the North: The Holographic Northern Expedition

share time: 2026-02-15 02:31:48

Lin Wan, a holographic game tester, takes on a mission to reconstruct her grandfather’s memories of the Northern Expedition. Entering *The Northern Expedition Record*, she finds that Gu Zhao, the decisive general in the game, has self-awareness beyond any AI—he remembers her grandfather’s childhood nickname, the old locust tree outside the battlefield, and even the glass marble she hid in her grandfather’s drawer as a kid. When Lin Wan tries to uncover Gu Zhao’s “true identity,” the game’s boundaries shatter: virtual artillery burns her real skin, and the military talisman Gu Zhao gives her leaves a real burn on her palm. Is it a bug? Or is the “unfinished business” her grandfather hid for decades calling her across time via holographic tech?

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