Chapter 1: The Carpenter's Son

Some people say that history is a long river, and people in the middle of it cannot change its direction no matter what.

As a result, some people imagine that when people in the future drive a space-time machine back in time, they will be able to change history by changing certain key events.

Some people also deduce that the people of the future will not be able to change the past no matter what. If a person really "went back in time" and killed his own grandmother before he could conceive his mother, would this time traveler still exist? This is the famous "grandmother's paradox"!

All this is no longer a hypothesis for someone, but a fact. He has gone back in time and has been reincarnated again.

His own past cannot be changed, but the future is still unshaped. What he can change is his future, not the past.

Memories of the past surrounded him like dreams. Only reality is real, and he lives in the moment.

"Alex! Wake up for breakfast! ”

Alex, who was asleep, was suddenly woken up. He dreamed of the past again, and it seemed like a distant dream, so real when he fell asleep, but blurred when he woke up. Memories ebbs and flows, and when you wake up, the sea of memories gradually recedes, revealing a sandy beach composed of countless manifest consciousnesses.

At the urging of one after another, he opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a pretty face, big eyes, and long blond hair. This is Angel, his biological mother in this life.

"Hurry up, baby! Your breakfast is ready. ”

Angel reached out and rubbed Alex's hair, which was blonde and inherited from hers.

In appearance, Alex is good-eyed, fair-skinned, and has dark blonde hair. If he hadn't been wearing boy's clothes, others would have thought he was a girl.

"Well, that's good! Mom! ”

Alex blinked, sat up, and after getting dressed, washed his face and rinsed himself.

It has been more than three years since he came to this world, and it is not the same as the wonderful life he imagined after being reborn. In the past three years, life has been dull and regular. Since he was able to walk on his own, he no longer relied on his parents to support him, and he could dress, eat, bathe, and go to the toilet by himself as an independent person.

It made it a lot easier for his parents, at least not to have to go through the same hassle as taking care of other children. Alex's independence can be reflected at a very young age, and it was at the beginning that it surprised his parents, and after a long time, he didn't think it was strange.

Alex, who was just born, consciously exercised his body and became familiar with life after his birth as soon as possible. It is said that when a baby is first born, it has no sense of self. They will only react in a variety of ways according to changes in the external environment.

As a baby, Alex knew how to crawl around, exercise his arm and leg muscles, and by the way, exercise his hand-eye coordination. This allowed him to grow stronger and faster than other children, and he was able to get up and run around before he was 1 year old. At the same time, under Alex's guidance, his parents read books, sang songs, and trained him in the development of his five senses, such as hearing and vision.

He does this for a reason, and scientists have found that the conversation and interaction between parents or other people and babies can generate a lot of stimuli. When stimulated, babies make a variety of movements and expressions, and babies who have more contact with the outside world grow faster than other babies. Human consciousness is gradually born, and before the age of three, it is a critical period for the growth of human self-awareness.

Alex didn't understand the principle, but he knew the conclusion. From the moment he was born, he had consciously observed the outside world and touched it. He grew much faster than the average child, was able to walk early and run quickly.

In the eyes of his parents, Alex is a sensible child. Since he was a child, he didn't make any noise or noise, and he didn't have to let his parents spend a lot of energy to take care of him. No matter what you do, as long as you teach it once, Alex will know how to do it yourself. There are even some things that he doesn't need his parents to teach, but he understands them. Coupled with the scene of Alex's birth, they are very fond of this son.

His father, Bertramcarpenter, was born in China on November 8, 1908. He spent some time in China, and when he grew up, he returned to the United States with his parents. He was an American of Jewish descent, with dark brown hair, a tall build, and a serious face.

After returning to the United States, Bart met Angel, a blonde beauty born in Baltimore. Angel was seven or eight years younger than Bart, and when the two of them met, she was a teenage troubled girl. They married on April 9, 1935, after seven years of love.

Carpenter means "carpenter," but Bart is not a carpenter. He was an auto worker, the standard American blue-collar class. Initially, Bart was based in the city of Detroit and moved to Chicago with the company in 1940.

Located in the Midwest of the United States, Chicago is located in the state of Illinois, east of Lake Michigan, and is the third largest city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

Chicago is located in the heart of the North American continent and is the most important rail and aviation hub in the United States. Chicago is also one of the most important financial, cultural, manufacturing, futures and commodity trading centers in the United States. It has gradually become one of the metropolises with great influence in the world.

In addition, Chicago is a multiracial city, with early immigrants including Irish, Swedes, Poles, Italians, Germans, and Chinese, among others. Among them, the proportion of blacks is the largest, followed by the turn of whites.

In the forties and fifties of the twentieth century, the city of Chicago was growing rapidly. The Carpenter family jumped on the city's growth bandwagon, and they soon bought a house in a suburban neighborhood and have made it their home ever since.

Settling down, the Carpenter were ready to start raising their next generation, and they soon conceived their first child.

On March 30, 1942, Alex Carpenter was born, a boy. At first, he stopped breathing for a while, his whole body was cold, and he was judged dead by doctors.

Unexpectedly, a soul from the future realm was resurrected to this body due to an unknown amount of power.

He was born again! Lived!

Coming back from the dead is a rare occurrence in hospitals, but it's not uncommon. Many patients are rescued after being deemed dead by doctors, and many doctors have become accustomed to this. For the Carpenters, this is a big deal. In connection with the religious beliefs of Westerners, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead casts a layer of mystery over Alex.

In the eyes of her mother, Angel, her son Alex is as important as Jesus. She is convinced that her son will one day become a big man in the world's attention, and God has a purpose in bringing Alex back.

Angel's ancestors came from the Nordic continent and were Aryans from Germany. She was tall, fair-skinned, and had long blond hair. She is a Catholic and very devout to God.

Before eating, she always leads the whole family in prayer: "Thank you, God, for blessing us and the food we enjoy, and for all that we have given you." Amen! ”

She is very concerned about Alex's education, and as long as Alex is interested in something, she will always try her best to get it for him. She tries to discover Alex's talent and continues to teach Alex all kinds of knowledge. Alex has never let her down, as long as Angel teaches her once, Alex will be able to master it completely.

After being reborn, Alex didn't find out that he had any so-called time-traveler benefits. He is just healthier and stronger than ordinary children, and he has a very good memory, and he can remember everything just by looking at it.

In this new family, Alex's favorite is Angel, and as a reborn, he feels the maternal love he once had in Angel. At first, he felt a little weird and uncomfortable with his new identity. Gradually, I got used to the fact that people are the product of the environment, and when the environment is changed, people will also change.

As for his father, Bart, he spends a lot less time on Alex. Usually, Bart would go to work in the factory, and when he came back, he would be addicted to the music he loved. Bart likes to listen to music with beautiful tunes and has a large collection of records.

Alex listens whenever Bart is playing music, and he arrives in an age of information scarcity, which is the only way to get a little enjoyment. He misses the time when the Internet took over people's lives, and there were so many ways to be entertained.

Alex misses his old life a little, but he can't go back. He can only change his current situation, he listens to a lot of records, reads a lot of books, newspapers. This kind of behavior of his, in the eyes of parents, is the behavior of a smart child. They liked the son more and more, and often met Alex's various conditions.

Originally, Alex also thought that his childhood would be spent in such ordinary days. Unexpectedly, by chance, he finally triggered the golden finger on his body.