The Silkworm Smugglers

The Silkworm Smugglers

I didn't become a monk to hide silkworms in my cane.

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In this interactive text game, you play as one of the two Nestorian monks tasked with smuggling silkworms out of China and into the hands of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. You must navigate treacherous landscapes and avoid detection from the Chinese and Persian authorities. Can you succeed in your mission and establish a silk industry in the Byzantine Empire?