A business trip to another planet, which in one day changed the life of Ivan Proshin, seemed at first an easy walk in search of artifacts of an ancient civilization. But the further Proshin and his satellites delved into the jungle of an alien forest, the more tightly the knot of contradictions was tightened, tying together the earth colonies, the planet Earth itself and even aliens. To cut this Gordian knot, I had to return to the solar system, where a grandiose scam was started that could change the very essence of human civilization...