With Me for Eternity

One hundred thousand years ago, Dariyan, a missionary from the planet Enge, descended upon Earth and, through scientific means, enhanced human intelligence. Ever since, he has lurked in the shadows, observing and guarding humanity. He watched humans advance relentlessly, driven by the evil of mutual slaughter, and he also watched the fragile sprouts of goodness struggle to grow from the mire of evil. Humans called him "God" or "the Ancestor." The calm was shattered in the twenty-first century: a spherical craft with perfect cloaking capability appeared above a human aircraft carrier, its technology instantly rewriting the global strategic balance. Dariyan then revealed a cruel truth: his home planet Enge had transformed into a military empire, and an expeditionary fleet would reach Earth in a few decades, intent on turning humans into intelligent, edible "livestock." On one side are the descendants of his own kind; on the other, the alien race he has nurtured for one hundred thousand years. He must make a choice. With the Ancestor's help, humanity's ruling council prepares for war using "backward" technology, and the brilliant physicist Jiang Yuanshan becomes its leader. He is patient, resolute, and even willing to employ evil means to ensure his species' survival—a stance that clashes fiercely with the belief in "Heaven rewards the good" embodied by his wife, Yan Xiaochen. Ultimately, an interstellar war in which survival is the highest moral imperative pushes to its limit the ancient question: What is good, what is evil, and where is the boundary between them?