We were cast out of Paradise by God.

The Ariadne train was a train bound for the Minotaur and had only seven carriages except for the driver's cab, a dining car, a staff lounge, and two for passengers, one for storing all the memories of the world, and the remaining one for the rest of the world's wisdom. It may sound ridiculous, but this train does exist. It is an old-fashioned steam locomotive, which is relatively rare in the 21st century. Just looking at the exterior of this car, you would never think that Ariadne was different from other trains. But the Ariadne train is a train that does not exist in reality, it exists in the world of consciousness, in other words, it runs in the world after death.

It has been three months since Asaga came to work in Ariadne. One morning three months ago, she woke up to find herself in a strange room with a ticket on her desk, destined for the Minotaur and the train to be taken by Ariadne. By surprise, she set off to the station and boarded the train. But all normal people will have doubts about the existence of this train, this is not the wizarding world of "Harry Potter"? How could there be such a magical existence as the nine-and-three-quarter platform? But this is indeed the case, the process of getting on this train is very smooth, and it is no different from the process of taking the train when ordinary people go out to play. The train is written on the station's timetable, and no one is confused about it.

Chaoge boarded the train and found her room, where she packed her luggage and went to the dining car. Soon the train departed. Chaoge ordered a glass of juice and a cake and sat by the window, enjoying the scenery outside. As soon as the train leaves the station, it enters a coniferous forest, where the towering trees block most of the sunlight, and the woods are slightly dim, but there are also rays of light that shine through the branched branches of the trees and spill on the ground, and you can see the dust floating in the air. There are also some low shrubs on the ground, and there are some fungi that Chaoge doesn't recognize.

"Does Big Sister like it here?" Chao Ge looked up and saw a little boy about ten years old sitting opposite her. The little boy was wearing cargo pants, his hair was a little long, and he looked like a watermelon. He browled his eyebrows and smiled, but this smile was clearly not the innocent smile of a ten-year-old, but a mature and even sophisticated smile.

"I can't say I like it, I can't say I don't like it." Chaoge replied.

"Then why are you here?"

"I don't know." She has no memory, and she seems to have long been accustomed to going with the flow.

"Oh?" The little boy tilted his head and continued to ask, "Has my sister ever thought about where people go when they die?" ”

"I guess it will disappear, the body will disappear and return to nature, and the spirit will disappear." Chaoge took a sip of the juice, the juice was sweet and sour, and he didn't know what ingredients were used to make it.

"Not necessarily," the little boy smiled again, and after a sophisticated smile, he did not know what was on his mind, and then he threw out a strange question:

"Has my sister ever heard the story of the swamp people?"

"Hmm." Chao Ge nodded, the so-called swamp people are a thought experiment: there is a person who goes out for a walk, passes by a swamp and is unfortunately struck by lightning and dies, at the same time, another lightning strikes the swamp and reacts with the swamp in some way, giving birth to a creature that is the same as the person who just died, they not only have the same appearance, but also have the same thoughts and memories. The swamp man walked out of the swamp and continued to live the same life as the dead man. The purpose of this story is to discuss whether the swamp man and the original dead man are even one person. Asago thought the little boy would ask her what she thought about the issue, but the little boy didn't.

"The person who dies in this world, the moment he dies, our world will give birth to an identical person."

"Are you saying that there are two worlds, one is the real world and the other is the world of the swamp people? When a person dies, he becomes a swamp man and lives in another world? Chao Ge thought, isn't this statement similar to the statement that he becomes a soul and ascends to heaven after death?

"No, it's a little different." The little boy didn't know when he ordered a piece of strawberry cake and started eating it. "If people still retain their memories after death, that is what you humans call the soul, but this world is not the world of the soul, it is the world of consciousness. Everyone in this world does not have memories of life, but only consciousness, which is the sum of knowledge and thinking before life. They will continue to live as they thought before they were born, but they have no memories of their lives, they are newborn people, swamp people with no memories. ”

"Oh? So, am I here because I'm dead? Chaoge's memory started in the morning, when she got up in the morning, her mind was empty, she didn't remember anything except her own name, but surprisingly she didn't feel overwhelmed by it.

"Yes, sister, your life in this world has come to an end, so this world will give birth to an identical you to inherit your consciousness in this world." The little boy finished the strawberry cake that looked greasy, and ordered another piece of mousse cake, and he seemed to like dessert very much.

"The lifespan of human beings is limited, but the human mind is infinite, and after a person dies, his mind will continue to be preserved in some way, and over time such a world is born. This world brings together all the consciousness of the human world, but its operation does not interfere with the world of this world, people here are not ghosts, and they have no way to return to this world. If he retrieves the memories of this world, it will interfere with the laws of this world, and I must forcibly make this swamp man with no memory disappear to maintain the balance of this world. ”

"Understood," Chao Ge nodded, because she had no memory, she didn't feel the slightest bit sad or sorry for the fact that she had died. "And who are you?"

"Hmm......" The plate in the boy's hand was empty again, and he wiped his mouth with that sophisticated smile again. I am consciousness itself, it can be God, it can be God or Heaven, it is fate, it is truth, in short, it is something that you humans believe in. Because human beings are small and fragile, they always have to rely on something to continue to survive, so under the belief of human beings, I was born. ”

Chao Ge was a little surprised, is the so-called faith itself a boy who doesn't look more than ten years old? The boy also saw her puzzlement, and explained: "I can be any form in the world, and what you see me is only one of my forms." I can also turn into wind, rain or stones, etc. You humans have given me human consciousness, so that I can become human beings and think according to human thoughts. ”

"Last question, why are you telling me this?"

"Because you human beings have too deep obsessions and too many desires, there are some people who, even if they have no memory, will look for what they lost or did not gain in life according to their thinking before they were born. So more and more people are calling on me, hoping that I can find what is lost in their hearts, and if I fulfill their wishes, I must restore their memories from their lifetimes, and this is against the law, so I need some people to help me and help me fulfill their wishes without restoring their memories. You're one of the people I randomly found. ”

"It's like the Death Note being picked up by the Night God Moon." Chao Ge muttered quietly, but the little boy still heard it.

"It seems that you were a house when you were alive." The little boy was joking.

"Anyway, will you help me? You don't have much to do anyway, so you should pass the time. ”

"Okay. What do I need to do? ”

"Work on this train, become an administrator, and fulfill the wishes of unfulfilled guests." As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy disappeared.

The train drove out of the taiga, the dazzling sunlight invaded instantly, and outside the window was the blue sea, the blue sky, the pervasive light, the lonely wandering clouds, the wind, the sound of the waves, all things, and the picturesque scenery of the world.