On a late autumn morning, when the sun is still hiding below the horizon and sleeping, the birds on Geyong Mountain have already left their nests, and they shuttle, fly, forage, play, and be so lively in the forest. The mist filled the entire mountainside, draping a milky white scarf over the lush Geyong Mountain, and from a distance it looked like a shy girl lying quietly between heaven and earth.

A road winds through the mountains, zigzag and swaying from side to side, like a streamer on a girl's skirt. The road is not wide, the mouth is paved with asphalt and concrete, and the road is lined with tall ginkgo biloba, and the autumn wind blows through the large leaves and the leaves fall and stain the road surface a golden yellow. Although the scenery is picturesque, it is quiet most of the time, and there are few pedestrians and vehicles passing by on the road, and if there are, most of them are private luxury cars speeding by. The road was built by private individuals and it ended at the villas on the mountainside, and it only served the owners of the single-family houses on the mountainside.

So if you want to ride a battery car like An Ran, drag some daily necessities on the car, and be able to sway slowly on the highway at the moment, or a maid in a villa; Or you have to have a good relationship with the owner of the villa. And what about An Ran? There are both, saying that he is the servant of Feng Lao, the owner of the first villa on the mountainside! This kid couldn't help but be unconvinced, and the handsome young man was more willing to hear that he was Feng Lao's old friend.

When the sun passed through the clouds, An Ran finally arrived at her destination. He parked the battery car at random next to the Baishan fence in the courtyard of the villa, and then unloaded the oil, rice, toilet paper, and a few bags of tea on the car, and carried it on his body like a big zongzi Standing in front of the iron door, the camera on the iron door recognized his identity, and the door opened automatically with a 'boom'.

An old man in his sixties, with gray hair and beard, was smiling at him from the balcony on the second floor of the villa.

"Come on!" He said.

"Old fellow, you said it easily," An Ran shouted angrily as he walked, "Why don't you try it?" ”

"What the hell are you yelling at? Want to wake up my neighbors and ruin the neighborhood? The old man replied in a louder voice.

An Ran ignored him, and under the gloating gaze of the old man, he walked step by step from the courtyard lawn, from the path paved with white pebbles, and then entered the villa. The young man walked through the marble hallway and living room, and finally came to the kitchen, where he put down his things one by one and let out a sigh.

"Just your body, tsk! Tut! It's so empty. Old Feng stood by the door with his hands behind his back and shook his head.

"So you're having a good time?" An Ran said with a smile.

The old man put on a look that you know very well, and he was very proud.

It was a thin old man, with a messy gray curly hair, a sallow and thin complexion, and a deep wrinkle on his forehead, and if there was a mosquito that did not have long eyes to wander around his forehead, the old man would have to kill the mosquito in an instant with a slight wrinkle. He has a rosacea nose on his eyebrows and small but bright eyes. His bones are very high, his lips are thin, and at this moment, the old man is wearing a gray woolen shirt and dragging wool slippers to dry, and he is looking at An Ran at the kitchen door like a hanger.

"Okay!" An Ran was the first to lose, "What to eat?" He asked

"Old rules! Moromi poached eggs" The old man licked his lips, "Don't cook the eggs too old, and put less sugar in the moroma."

So An Ran was busy in the kitchen, Feng Lao went to the bathroom to wash up first, and then went upstairs to change into a cyan suit and a red tie. He walked through the wide living room to the study, sat down in the antique back chair, took out a pair of old glasses from the drawer, put them on, and began to look at the thick stack of manuscripts on the desk.

After a while, An Ran entered the study with two bowls of steaming mash poached eggs, and couldn't help but be surprised to see his dress.

"What are you doing here?" An Ran put the bowl on Feng Lao's desk and asked, "Could it be that the old lady of which family you have fallen in love with is going on a date?" Old fellow, you're dressed like this—it's strange! Hey! It's very strange! The handsome young man quipped meaningfully.

"You have to take care of it!" The old man replied, picked up the spoon and began to eat, and after a while he asked again, "What are the recent test results?" “

"I'm not dizzy anymore." An Ran ate the poached egg in his bowl and drank the soup cleanly. "I really don't understand, what do you want me to do with that black? I can't see anything when I wear it, I'm tired, and sometimes I hit the wall. ”

"And you still wear it?"

"Didn't you tell me to wear it and do it?"

"Then I told you to jump off the building, are you going?"

"Hey! Old fellow, are you unreasonable? An Ran said angrily.

"Alright! Don't complain! I'm going to tell you today, why did you kid wear that helmet, and did you bring what you called the '' thing? ”

"In the trunk of the battery car."

"Go, get it here, let's play some new tricks."

An Ran suddenly felt that he was a guinea pig that was only kept in the laboratory, but the mouse still obediently turned around and went out to get the black helmet.

Feng Lao put down the bowl in his hand, turned on the computer, and logged in to the black website, where there was nothing but white garbled characters and characters, he pulled down the page and stopped on a row of characters. "Oh! Here, is this the data that this kid recently tested? According to the values calculated by the system - not bad, perfect. “

At this time, An Ran had already returned, and the young man held his helmet and did not speak, standing beside Feng Lao and watching with him.

"An Ran, do you know what holographic technology is?" The old man ordered the patch to come up.

An Ran shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

"Holographic technology is divided into holographic photography, holographic projection and holographic image," Feng Lao explained: "Holographic photography was developed in the forties of the last century by the Hungarian scientist Denis Brown. Gabor's invention of the photographic method, this photographic method prints photographs that can be viewed from multiple angles, but there are limitations to the angle. To this day, many security signs are made using images printed out of holograms. “

"Oh! Is it the kind of trademark that is pasted on some goods, and it is written that 'Aurora anti-counterfeiting' is shiny? “

"Well, that's good! Holographic projection can also be regarded as a kind of hologram in a broad sense, but the so-called holographic image is only projected on a transparent "holographic board", so the so-called holographic image is only a flat rather than a three-dimensional image. Of course, this is the most widely used holographic technology at the moment. “

"I saw it when I was shopping," Ms. Anran said. "In some office buildings, there will be three-dimensional advertising images on the glass."

"That's right, but it's just one of the projection carriers, and in fact we've seen this technology used many times at the Spring Festival Gala. But today I'm going to talk about holograms, like you see in science fiction movies, a kind of physically pure three-dimensional image, where the viewer can look at it from different angles without restrictions, even inside the image, you know what that means? “

"What does that mean?" An Ran seemed to have something budding in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"It means that many people in this world will change because of them, and it will be used in the military, medicine, architecture, entertainment, education, and so on in the future." The old man said excitedly, and then he saw An Ran scratching his head and didn't quite understand.

"Hey! Stupid, stupid. Feng Lao was pounding on the keyboard in pain, and a spherical picture appeared on the computer screen, which was confused and couldn't see clearly. Put on your helmet! He commanded.

Although he was puzzled, An Ran did so, and a system prompt sounded in his ears, and the device was successfully linked.

Suddenly, An Ran found himself in a martial arts training ground that should have appeared in ancient China, and he was standing alone in the middle of the huge square. The floor of the square is paved with cyan stones, and about 50 meters to the left is a weapon rack full of swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and on the right is a row of scarecrow-like arrow targets. In front of him was a two-story house with wooden doors, wooden windows, and a roof covered with red glazed tiles.

An Ran raised his head, and the picture moved with his movements, the sky above his head was like a wash, and the occasional bird crossed the long sky. The young man turned slowly and found the towering mountains behind him, "What is there over there?" He thought about taking two steps, and suddenly slammed something out of him, An Ran had a pain in his knees, and he was taken aback before he took off his helmet and found that he was still in the old man's study, and there was a stool on the ground that was knocked away by him.

"Got it?" Feng Lao looked at him with a grin, "Do you kid feel like you have a very real dream?" ”

An Ran's mouth was open enough to fit two eggs, "What is this?" He shouted loudly, "I feel like I've gone to another world, it's incredible!" “

Feng Lao was very satisfied with his performance, "Not bad! This is a world, we call it a 'virtual world' and you just entered through what you call a ghost. Actually, it's not called a 'ghost', it's called 'Dragon', and it's the most advanced holographic helmet in the world today - there is no one. “

As he spoke, the old man sorted out the thick stack of manuscripts on his desk and said: "I said that many people in this world will change because of them, not half an exaggeration, I think that one day I can wear a holographic helmet somewhere and witness the good fighting of the motherland!" For example, if you want to travel to Mount Emei, someone from a business company says to you, 'Hi! What are you doing with all that effort? Is it interesting to watch people in the scenic spot after the traffic jam on the road? Come, come, come, put on our helmet, you can enjoy the scenery of Mount Emei as you like. They can take you into a scene room, for you to put a hologram of Mount Emei, so you feel as if you are in the whole Mount Emei, the picture moves with your movement, although you are exercising indoors, you still feel that you are climbing the mountain, you will also be tired, the temperature adjusted in the scene room makes you feel whether you are in the mountains or on the top of the mountain, the various smells prepared in the scene room stimulate your sense of smell, so that you have a feeling of being by the stream, among the flowers. Sight is deceiving your nerves, smell is also deceiving your nerves, and even some sense of touch is deceiving your nervesTell me, in addition to not going to Mount Emei in person, what is the difference between this virtual tour and the physical tour? As for many industries, such as business, people can go shopping at home, for example, education can allow people to learn at home, and so on. Of course, with our current level of technology, we can't reach the so-called fake and real, but a visual effect alone can trick you into kicking that poor stool away! “

"Yes! Although I knew that everything in front of me was fake and virtual, when I saw the picture in front of me, I actually forgot that I was standing in your study. I wanted to see what was behind the square, so I started walking, and I kicked over the stool. ”

"There are not a few such examples," Feng Lao put the sorted manuscript into a suitcase in the study, "I don't know if you have ever played a VR game?" It's the kind of machine that you have in a movie theater in a shopping mall, with a helmet that couldn't be simpler, and then a few wires connected to a computer. The player puts on a helmet, they pick up the controller connected by the data cable to enter the game, at this time the player's eyes see a game scene, such as entering the game of "Cutting Fruit", then there will be a variety of fruits floating in the air around them, and then they dance in the air through the handle in their hands to build the fruit; Or he is skiing, he is also on a certain slope, the system makes the scene move to give him the illusion that he is moving, or he sits on a machine and experiences the feeling of a roller coaster. These people may seem strange to others, sometimes happy and sometimes nervous, but there is nothing around them, but those who experience the game see the whole game world. Some games will deceive the nerves of the experiencer with the cooperation of the machine, such as the feeling of weightlessness when they ride a roller coaster from a high place to a high place. This is quite strange because they don't actually fall from a great height, but why do they feel weightless? This is how the brain feels when it is deceived. As a result, many experiences forget where they are, and react instinctively to the stimuli they receive in the game. ”

"It's unimaginable!" An Ran sighed: "The game of cutting fruits, which was popular on mobile phones, can be played like this, and it has only been a few years, and we are still anxious about the equipment in online games; When you move up a few stars for a few qualifying matches; These mysterious things have quietly come to the side! What if one day, when a new, world-like online game uses this technology? ”

"Maybe you don't need the future," Feng Lao smiled mysteriously, "but it's not easy to make this kind of game come into the world, the first thing that is limited is the speed of network transmission, if the network transmission does not reach the level of game operation several times, then everything in the whole game will be affected, the picture will be paused, will shake, will be blurred and distorted, this may not have much impact on people sitting in front of the computer to play games, but for the character who enters the game, do you know what he will see?" ”

"My world suddenly freezes! Or maybe the hillside in front of me is gone! Or the ground suddenly shakes violently and earthquakes! ”

"That's right! For those who wear helmets, a small technical problem in reality will collapse the virtual world in which he lives. What if there were thousands of players in this virtual world? Some people can take off their helmets and shout 'this garbage game' in an instant, but some people believe it and go crazy for it, and their bodies and minds are stimulated. ”

"And that's not all!" Maybe it was because he had said a lot, Feng Lao coughed twice, "Even if the virtual world we simulated can operate 100% normally - in fact, with today's level of technology, it can do all kinds of actions in the game, he walks, he runs, he jumps; Maybe he felt like he was just walking from the house in that world to the yard to fetch water. But don't forget what would the person be facing if in reality he moved like that? A wall? The edge of a floor? Or a highway full of cars? This is the issue of life safety! So we need all the actions that this person does in that world are fixed in our real world, he can laugh happily, cry sadly, he can be angry and quiet, he can run, jump, and gesture to and fro, but when he does this, he can only stay in a safe place and perform in place. Otherwise, it's not just as simple as bumping into each other like VR games in shopping malls. ”

"Ahh I understand. An Ran put the helmet on the desk, moved a stool, sat down and said, "It turns out that your old man asked me to wear a helmet and make a gesture in the house every day, so that the computer records a lot of messy things, and the dare is to test our reaction in the face of this kind of world!" Hum! Do you know how many walls I've hit for this, old guy? He stretched out his hands and pretended to strangle him, but they placed them on the old man's shoulders and gently massaged him.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha....... ha! Feng Lao could imagine the embarrassment of the young man beside him at that time, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Tell me, what's your plot?" An Ran suddenly approached him and said with a hippie smile.

"Here...... Well! Here's a press for me, huh! Very good! Important、Ah! Comfortable. Your massage skills are good! The old man enjoyed it.

"Speak quickly!" An Ran urged out.

"What kind of conspiracy can there be?" Feng Lao said, "Actually, it's not a test of your reaction when you are in a virtual scene, you just put on a helmet and do random movements, after wearing a helmet, you can't see anything but black, what else can you have?" Your vision is not deceived by the virtual scene, and you hit the wall, hit the wall, and if I want to say that you deserve it, who told you to walk around without seeing anything? Your kind of test is just the simplest one, which is to see if ordinary people will have adverse reactions after wearing the 'dragon dragon', whether all your autonomous behaviors will be affected, whether your arms are extended, your legs are raised, or jumping, or your heartbeat, breathing, etc., the speed at which you do these most ordinary movements, the size of the arc, and the amount of force required will all be converted into data and transmitted to the computer, which will determine what the character to be built in the virtual scene should look like. In addition, it will conduct a comprehensive physical and mental test on the wearer, whether you are healthy and fit to enter the world, and so on. I'm honored to tell you kid, you're in good health, and you've done a perfect job of surveying your test data among the many testers, except for being a bit stupid when you kicked over a stool in front of me. “

"So what?" An Ran said disapprerovingly, "Can data be used as food? ”

"How?" The old man turned his head to look at him, "This means that your own conditions can allow you to have a place in that virtual world, in the words of you young people, 'you can be a game god' or a martial arts master, do you say that data can be used as food?"

The old man began to walk outside the study, leaving An Ran in a daze.

From the first time he got the helmet from the old man, An Ran was thinking about what it was for, he always felt that this black, a bit like a motorcycle helmet was a bit weird, and then the young man checked on the Internet and found that this kind of helmet worn on the head was a bit like the holographic helmet mentioned on the Internet, but it did not have the various characteristics of those helmets. So he was confused, and at first he would be momentarily dizzy when he wore this helmet, and then he didn't feel this way, except that it covered his vision when he wore it, and he couldn't see anything special except that he couldn't see anything in the dark.

It wasn't until today that he listened to what Old Man Feng said, and the shocking picture he saw after putting on the helmet - no, it shouldn't be said to be a picture, because there is no picture that can pull the observer into it - he finally knew that this helmet was called a holographic helmet, and the place that the handsome young man saw just now was a virtual scene, and the 'virtual world' that the old man said should be a mysterious game that people can be in it!

"What are you doing there?" Old Feng's voice sounded from the living room, "Come and accompany my old man to kill two games, by the way, remember to get two cups of tea and bring them to the courtyard." ”

The old man said that killing two games is actually playing chess, one of the few hobbies of this old guy, whenever An Ran comes here, this old man and young man can't barely come to one or two games.

The sun had already crossed the eastern ridges, and the soft sunlight dispelled the morning mist in the woods, and the dew on some of the leaves shone brightly. The autumn morning sun is brilliant but not scorching, and it dyes the entire courtyard of the villa golden. The morning light spread across the lawn in the courtyard, crawling over the marble square table on one side of the lawn and caressing their faces.

"Bet on what?" Feng Lao asked while placing chess pieces on the chessboard.

"Huh?"

"Ahh The old guy didn't raise his head, "Just like when you were a child, add some lottery to win or lose, didn't you kid say that you played that game when you were a child and gambled every day?" “

"I'm an esports game, I'm just trying to make a living." An Ran had already set up his chess pieces, "Do you gamble when you play chess?" This is a bit of a taint of this noble pastime—"The young man prompted.

Old Feng didn't move the chess pieces, the old man casually picked up the tea bowl next to him, opened the lid, shook his head and blew his breath, and took a sip, "Don't you dare?" He said.

"Old man, do you think I'm stupid or what? Can I beat you in this game of chess? “

"Hey! It seems that I really don't dare! Feng Lao pretended to be a pity, sighed, and began to prepare to move the chess pieces.

"Hey! Are you really scared of you? An Ran was rushed out with a sense of dissatisfaction. Come on! Bet on what you say - except for money. ”

"A game is decided to be won or lost, the winner can send a small gift or make a request to the loser, and the loser must agree," after a pause, he was afraid that An Ran would have something to worry about and added: "Don't worry, boy, I won't let you break your bones." “

An Ran was a little confused, "The winner gives a gift or makes a request to the loser?" What the hell is this gambling method? But I didn't think much about it at the moment, and began to play with the old man.

"Xiao Ran, do you remember how we met?" The old man asked while playing chess.

An Ran's thoughts were immediately pulled to the day he met Feng Lao.

It was a rainy morning, and Jiefang Road was full of traffic and tourists, which was the most prosperous area in the entire XX city. The down-and-out young man, as usual, was handing out leaflets on the side of the street under a certain building, and suddenly saw an old man crossing the road on the sidewalk fall to the ground at once, and none of the brightly dressed people walking by the old man paid attention to him, and some of them looked at him and walked away indifferently; Some don't forget to point fingers; The car should go or go, whistling past the old man's side.

Looking at the old man who was in danger in the middle of the road, An Ran didn't think much about it, he threw away the leaflet he was holding in his arms and rushed to the middle of the road, the young man found that the old man was unable to move and carried him to the hospital, and when he arrived at the hospital, the doctor told him that if it was too late, the old man would probably lose his life. At the same time, they also told him that the old man's illness would cost him a lot of money, so An Ran also spent a lot of money on medical expenses for him, because he couldn't find the old man's family, so he also took it for granted that he had been accompanying the old man to peel apples and tell stories for him. The old man told him that his son was coming to the hospital soon, and he had to return the medical expenses to him, a kind passerby, but this cunning old guy told the doctor that An Ran was his grandson, and An Ran did not see his son until he was discharged from the hospital three days later, and the attending doctor kept telling him, 'Take care of your grandfather.' ’

"You know what? At that time, when I saw you rushing over, I thought I saw Comrade Lei Feng, aren't you afraid that I will slander you - eat elephants! I'll see how you can prevent me from lying in the groove haha! “

"Haven't you already lied to me?" An Ran held the chess pieces in his hand and moved. "You paid me back the medical expenses I gave you? What about your son? Why didn't it show up? You're ruthless, old guy! You tricked me into coming here and asked me to do such and such work for you, to take care of you, to accompany you, to comfort you, and I-why didn't I see Aunt Chen today (the maid who took care of Old Feng)"

"Because I told her not to come?" The old man waited for his next step to answer with a grin.

"So what are you going to do in the future? Ay! Ay! Are you going to let me make you a cow and a horse? An Ran panicked, so the move that the young man made was also ridiculously wrong.

"General! You lose. Ha, ha, ha, ha...... Ahem! Feng Lao laughed very proudly and coughed.

"Gotcha! You should be slow and proud, and take a sip of tea to moisten your throat. An Ran hung his head and said, "You win, say it!" What do you want me to do? “

"Xiao Ran, first of all, I want to give you a gift," the old man rarely called the young man around him like this again, usually he always replaced his name with Hey or Boy, the emaciated old man took out a white envelope from his suit bag, put it on the table and looked at the handsome young man gently, "As for the request, it is also written in the envelope - don't worry, please wait until I leave." Feng Lao slowly stood up.

At this time, on the road outside the courtyard, several brand-new cars had been parked at some point, and several sturdy men in black suits stood next to the cars, and they looked at the garden with expressionless faces

"I have to go!" The old man lifted the leather box that he had already placed beside him, looked at the villa, and sighed, "I really miss this peaceful and comfortable life!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man walked out of the garden without looking back, and his emaciated figure walked to the side of the highway and got into one of the cars.

"Wait, where are you going?" Ran An asked loudly.

The sedan had started, and all he could answer was the roar of the engine.

The change came so quickly that the young man barely had any time to adjust, he just followed a few steps and stood by the fence in the courtyard, watching the speeding cars pass by the ginkgo biloba on both sides of the road and disappear. The white envelope lies quietly on the white marble tabletop, like a girl bathed in the sun and lying on the beach, anxiously waiting for her sweetheart to touch her.

An Ran walked to the marble table with a puzzled mind, sat on the stone bench and opened the envelope.

Inside the envelope was a gleaming silver electronic key with a large stainless steel butt that wrote Identify, Authorize, Open, and Lock. In addition to the key, there was a folded letter in the envelope, which An Ran opened and wrote:

"My dear friend An Ran,

When you read this letter, I think I have already left, and I am very grateful for your life-saving grace and patience; I am also grateful to the god of fate for the wonderful arrangement that allowed me to meet a child (allow me to call it that) who was full of shortcomings but kind-hearted, and it was you who made me see my past self, and your innocence and mischievous always pulled me to that young, carefree age. The old man always loves to be sentimental and play a little temper, he lies to you, coquettish, and makes trouble, just to ask you to spend more time with him. Because the elderly don't want to be lonely, they don't want to say goodbye to this lively world too soon.

You know? My dear An Ran friend, you are one of the most lively friends I have known in recent years. Do you know what the people around me are like? They don't quarrel with me, they don't tell me stories, they just stand next to me like a piece of wood, they just say, 'yes, got it, okay,' they pick out what they think I like to wear to me; They would pick up nice things to say to me; They behaved perfectly and without flaws, but they wouldn't open up to me because they were afraid that I would see their hearts. It's no wonder that they are, and who is not afraid that a person who can control his own destiny will see through his heart? Actually, I'm scared too! I'm scared if you know who I am, act like them, old guy, and I'll lose a lovely friend!

From your mouth, I have learned that you are a young man who lacks love, and has also made the mistakes that most young people in this world are making, occasionally slipping, occasionally being casual, occasionally proud, and occasionally distressed, but you also have the advantages of many young people in this world - naïve and kind, you can help an old man in the situation that everyone talks about in today's world; You can help me when I can't afford to eat and wear, that's the biggest advantage! I hope you will always maintain this kind heart and never give up on the dream in your heart. Kindness is the rose of life; Dreams are the wings of life, with these things life can be talked about meaning and happiness, and they will also bring you good luck.

Now let's talk about my little gift to you! There's a key in the envelope, you probably already know it! Yes, it is the head of our house, and if you have it, you will also own our beautiful house. Well! Don't be surprised, I can almost see your mouth big enough to stuff an egg, haha! 'A villa' is one of my little gifts to you. And why should I want you to send you this? Because you need it, you need a quiet, safe, haven to dock in your atrium and then be ready to set sail. Another gift is that I'm going to give you a world for you to go out on, a fair world where you will reap the rewards if you put in the effort. Don't lose that helmet, it will be your key to that world, and it will work just as well as this key. And my little request is: make this place your home and go to that world.

Don't wonder why I know that you live in that small house in Jiupo District, how do you know that you are living in poverty, in fact, the people who can live here will have some methods. Please forgive me for not telling you too much about that world, I can't even mention its name to you, please forgive me for hiding my identity from you; Please forgive my hasty farewell; Clean up our home and take care of yourself, if one day I can come back and unfortunately see a messy kennel and you with nothing to do, then you can get out of here!

Also, I said that good boys always have good luck, don't you think this is coming?

P.S. That world is coming and cherished.

P.S. 2: In the second drawer under the bookcase in the study is the sensor suit and the body fixation bracket, remember to wear it perfectly, otherwise you will not be able to enter that world.

Wish: Happy

Lao Feng

October 19, 2019

I don't know what's going on, although An Ran was not happy to get such a big gift, but her heart was empty. Just like the villa behind him, although the huge house is luxurious, it is all lonely because of the old guy's departure? An Ran felt that it must be, the old guy who was very different in age from himself An Ran felt that he should be one of his best friends, and for the departure of his good friend, the young man's heart was of course a little uncomfortable and empty.

What does that world look like? Is it a virtual world where the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish can jump, An Ran feels that for many years, the dream buried in his body is being ignited by something.