The hologram in the room brings memories back to the autumn evening of 2020, when William left his job to say goodbye to his colleagues.

Outside the wooden house where he lived, William shook hands and hugged his friends and colleagues one by one, thanking them for their blessings before parting.

When he arrived in front of Horn, William simply shook his hand, pulled his body closer and whispered to Horn: "Professor, I want to talk to you alone, can you wait a little longer?"

Horn nodded in agreement, and after watching everyone drive away, William and Horn walked into William's humble cabin.

William is a generous person, as long as the furnishings in the house are things that others can see, he will give them to the other party without hesitation, so there are almost no valuable things in the house.

William poured Horn a cup of hot coffee.

"Professor, you are the greatest life scientist of our time, and your invention of memory, which not only records personal life experiences, but also transforms the subconscious, memories, and dreams into recordable images, is a revolutionary beginning for the development of human intelligence," William praised, but his tone was flat.

"Thank you William, you're amazing, in our team, you're improving faster than anyone else can beat, even .........." Horn's mind suddenly flashed a person, but he stopped, and continued: "Even more than me." ”

A smile appeared on William's face, not at all intending to argue with this fact, but to continue his own topic.

"In the stage of exploration and speculation of human beings on the subconscious, memory, and dreams, but on the basis of no theoretical research, you distinguish the reality and illusion of consciousness, and clearly extract the information inside, which is not something that human beings can do at this stage, so I am very curious about you. ”

"A lot of people are curious," Horn smiled, and it was clear that Horn didn't want to tell William why.

William knew that the professor would not tell him the truth without a special reason.

"Professor, the memories you implanted in me have reminded me of many things in the past year. ”

"A lot of people have this experience," Horn said noncommittally, this kind of thing is all too normal.

"I believe that because of the memory you developed and the development of intelligent robots, it will not take more than a hundred years, and it is estimated that many people will pay attention to me. William said confidently.

"Oh?"

He is the inventor of memory, so why does William say that he is concerned with William? In his opinion, William has nothing special except that he is relatively knowledgeable. Apparently Horn was a little surprised by what William said.

William ignored Horn's change in attitude, he wanted to know his own business, so he continued on his own train of thought.

"Since I am destined to have nowhere to hide, I think before I leave, I must let you know where I came from. I also hope that you will guide me to the true meaning of life sciences. ”

Horn looked at William with a smile, obviously he was a little curious about what William said about nowhere to hide, colleagues for many years, William would always avoid the question of his origins, this is a secret among colleagues.

"Over the past year, I have vaguely remembered the frightening cold, desolation and loneliness I experienced more than 10,000 years ago, the courage and hardship of the tribal leaders, the wisdom and compassion of Siddhartha Prince Shakyamuni Buddha, how to write the Old Testament, how to establish Christianity, how to be tied to the cross, how to write the New Testament, and all kinds of people I have met over the past few hundred years. William obviously didn't want to waste time, and directly told the most crucial parts of the experience without reservation, he knew that Professor Horn was credible, and there was no need to hide it.

For a long time, there was silence, the air was as silent as death, like going back to that ice age more than 10,000 years ago.

Horn's mouth was slightly open, his eyes wide open, and it was obvious that these words frightened the pioneer of life sciences in front of him.

"Are you implying that you're Jesus? You're saying you've lived for more than 10,000 years?"

William did not deny it: "Yes, your memory body makes my memory clearer and clearer. For this reason, coupled with the development of intelligent robots, I believe that in less than a hundred years, the world will slowly know the existence of my special person. ”

Horn believed that what William said was true, and William's memory images could easily prove the truth of what he said, and William did not need to lie, and technological progress has also reduced personal privacy to a certain extent. It's just that he can't believe that the former student in front of him has lived for more than 10,000 years, which is too abnormal, but this explains why his intellectual progress has surpassed everyone else since he implanted his memory.

William looked at the professor and knew that he had accepted the conversation just now, so he continued: "For more than 10,000 years, I have been cold, hungry, and hunted by all kinds of beast humans. Due to various circumstances and psychological loneliness, I have sought suicide in various ways, but I don't know why, something always happens that can keep me alive. I don't understand why, so I ask you to stay, and I hope that you, the greatest life scientist of mankind, will help me tell me what the nature of life is, and why am I such a special being?"

There was silence again, this time because of hesitation.

For Horn, it all came too suddenly, and he didn't know what such a person would bring to the world if he knew the truth. For human beings, it is terrible not to die. He wondered if this immortal man could be trusted.

"You said you had met Shakyamuni Buddha, the head of Buddhism, what kind of person was he?" Horn changed the subject

"It was a wise man, a merciful man, a self-disciplined man, the greatest and most admirable man I have ever met, and my Old Testament was written in the light of this wise man. Later, I felt that there were too many formal things, and I rewrote the New Testament, leaving only the compassionate and kind part of the wise man. William wasn't entirely aware of Horn's purpose in asking, but was stating the actual situation.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?"

William had no idea why Horn would ask this religious question.

Shakyamuni Buddha explained this part, but in real life, I have never seen this phenomenon, so I don't know whether it is right or wrong, and this is one of the reasons why I wrote the New Testament. William spread his hands, not denying reincarnation, but also not affirming.

There was silence again, and Horn didn't seem very pleased with William's answer.

"Good and evil are rewarded, although I am not sure about reincarnation, but I believe that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded, so I never intentionally hurt anyone and try to be kind to everyone. William seemed to see Horn's concern and added.

After a long time, Horn finally spoke, and apparently William's addition did its job, and he began to tell about his own bizarre experiences.

"Before I was 30 years old, I didn't show any other abilities, and I was even a little down. But on the day I turned 30, I suddenly received an email from a Chinese girl, Lin Xiaoxu, who encouraged me to be strong and brave in life. I didn't care at the time, and I didn't reply, thinking it was just an accident. But then, the girl kept writing to encourage me, and out of curiosity, I wrote back asking who she was and why she had found me. ”

"I'm your lover in the past, your partner in this life! I've always known you, and only now can I contact you. Lin Xiaoxu expressed it very seriously, not like a joke at all, she was very direct, but she seemed to be trying to get Horn to accept her faster.

"You're a writer?" Horn didn't believe what the woman said.

"Yes, I'm a writer, I'll make up your story. Lin Xiaoxu half-jokingly planned to continue the game this time.

Next, Lin Xiaoxu simply made up some of the things that everyone knew and didn't know about Horn in the past thirty years.

Horn had goosebumps all over his body, his hair stood on end, and his whole body was tense. Horn was too nervous, there were some things that Lin Xiaoxu said, only he Horn knew, and it was impossible for others to know.

"Who the hell are you?" Horn was visibly annoyed by the prank.

"I'm your lover in the past life, your partner in this life!" I'm not one to joke around. Lin Xiaoxu said very easily.

Then Lin Xiaoxu told Horn a lot about the experience of the two of them in their previous lives, but Horn didn't believe it, Horn was a pure materialist, but what did this woman want him to do?

"I don't know what caused you to be reincarnated in England in this life, but since it's not in the East, you should be able to make some changes, I just want to teach you some ways to control your consciousness, and I hope you can change something. ”

Horn said with a frank look at William

"In fact, the invention of memory was completed under the guidance of Lin Xiaoxu, and there are many things that even I don't understand, I just made it according to the method she said. ”

This time, it was William's turn to put on a surprised face. But again, William was completely convinced of what Horn was saying.

"Are you still in touch?" asked William eagerly.

"She died ten years ago," Horn said lamentingly.

William apologized, but also felt a little lost.

"Then why don't you go to China to find her?" asked William, puzzled.

"I tried to look for it, but she was adamantly against it, she said it was dangerous. Lin Xiaoxu is a smart and sentimental girl, and she must have a reason for saying that, so I dismissed the idea of looking for her," Horn said.

"Does she have any other friends in China?" William did not want to see the little hope he had just seen, and he was dashed again.

"It didn't take long for her to become a nun from the moment she contacted me, and she was an actress before, and I don't know if she has any friends in China. Horn's words cut off the clue.

"Didn't she say anything else before she died?" William was still unrelenting

"Yes, she said that after I was reincarnated, she would find me, so I asked you if you believe in reincarnation. ”

William's nerves were lifted again, and his instincts told him that this woman should be able to help him find the answers he wanted.

"How did she find you?"

"She said she could see me"

"Can you find her in your reincarnation?"

"She said that I didn't know who I was when I was reincarnated, and I wouldn't have thought of going to her at all"

Silence, with despair, the air condensed with a deathly incomprehension.

After a long time, William went to the back room, took a stone from a worn cardboard box and handed it to Horn

"Professor, this is the first stone I remember when I first woke up, if there is a time when I need to do something or have relevant clues in the future, you can ask someone to bring this stone to me!" said William.

Horn took the stone handed over by William and looked at it as nothing special, probably just because he was William's earliest memory, so William felt a little special. He didn't know what impact today's conversation would have on the future, after all, the man he saw was too special, but he couldn't help William, so he could only get up and leave.

William watched Horn leave, with infinite regret in his eyes, he didn't know when he would have the opportunity to solve the mystery of his origins.