The AR vision device flashed high-intensity light, which made Luo Lei's eyes gray for a while;

In his consciousness, a starlight orbit was presented, and he was moving through it at a very fast speed......

Walk through dimensional rifts!

This is the process of self-consciousness being transformed out of the body and into the dimensional space!

Slowly approaching the end of the track, a boundless darkness hits, causing the five senses to fall silent again;

But the next moment, everything was back to normal!

Rubbing his eyes, which were stabbed with a slight pain, Luo Lei slowly opened his eyes......

Immediately, he found himself in the room he had been in;

"I'll ...... It seems that no matter how many times I tried, my eyes still couldn't adjust to this bright light. ”

Enduring the gradual improvement of the eyeball pain, Luo Lei began to extend his gaze to this bedroom, from the general layout to the placement of furniture one by one, he suddenly felt a little helpless.

Without him, because the layout of the house at the moment is too similar to the real world.

Except for the bed, which seemed to be very comfortable, it was empty at this time.

He couldn't help frowning and said, "Pony, the timeline I'm in now shouldn't be that long ago!" ”

"Zizi~~~"

Gradually the sound waves were electric and some faint sounds were heard in the ears......

"Damn."

Luo Lei patted his ears, stretched his index finger in and rubbed it, and complained: "What kind of company's genuine system is it, is the signal so bad?" ”

"Hello? Hey, hey, hey? ”

After a while, the pony's voice seemed to come from within the skull, and then reflected in the eardrum, making Luo Lei's consciousness a little shocked.

"Brother Luo, can you hear me? Feed? ”

The pony's voice kept ringing.

Luo Lei hurriedly hugged his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I heard it!" You turn your voice down! ”

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

Another burst of radio waves......

After a few moments, the pony's voice turned to a relatively normal decibel level, and he was heard say, "It's okay now...... You're right, you're in about five or six months ago, the day my father told me that he wanted to enter the metaverse to fulfill his wish. ”

Luo Lei said helplessly: "What's the use of you letting me come back here?" If you want to deepen the desire to land on Mars in his heart, it is best to go back to the teenage years when he gave birth to this wish, or at least the time when the metaverse was emerging, and the astral group was hit by thunderous technology. ”

"My idea was that either I would appear when he was a child and design some targeted plots to make Marco's desire for him stronger as a teenager; Either directly, when Marco decided to disintegrate the astral group, try every means to persuade him not to give up, insist on dealing with Lei Li Technology, and finally defeat Lei Li Technology in the business war and win the desire to land on Mars! ”

These are the two most feasible methods in Luo Lei's opinion.

But Ma Xingkong poured a basin of cold water on his head and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Luo, it seems that I need to explain the principle of this linear timeline to you again...... The kind of linear timeline you mentioned that can place you at any point, play backwards, rewind, fast forward, rewind, and replay at any time must be made by the producer himself;

And this timeline of my father was made for him...... Since I am not him, even if I can collect hippocampal data, this memory itself does not belong to me, so I can only slowly trace it from the entrance to the exit of the hippocampus; Because the data at the entrance is clear, and the more you get to the exit, the more blurred it becomes. ”

"I'll ......"

After all, Luo Lei also understands the metaverse, and after listening to it, he understands: "I understand...... People's memories are naturally the closer they are to the present, the clearer they remember, and the longer the time, the more blurred they become; Therefore, in order to generate this memory as completely as possible, it must be traced back in the form of flashbacks. ”

"That's it." Horse Walkway.

Luo Lei suddenly felt that his head was big, and he sighed: "Then don't I have to explore back step by step from recent memories?" ”

"Yes!"

Ma Xingkong explained: "And because when I made this timeline, my father's hippocampus was not in very good condition, and many memories were broken, so I could only try my best to roughly pull out this timeline; And you need to find scattered memory fragments inside, constantly stimulate his hippocampus, and open up the past memory points step by step. ”

"Trouble!" Luo Lei complained.

He walked back and forth in the room, and then crossed his waist and said, "There is not much time left for us, and now we are forced to play a game of decryption...... To be honest, I'm starting to be less optimistic about the outcome of this matter. ”

"Is it a little bit of a problem that frustrates you? I didn't worry about the desperate situation of the fireplace castle at the beginning! ”

At this time, You Xiaobai's voice suddenly came from his ears.

Hearing her make such a fuss, Luo Lei felt a little better for no reason, but he said: "Adult's business, don't interfere with the little kid!" ”

"Humph!"

Xiao Bai snorted and didn't say anything more.

"Hurry up, Brother Luo."

In the real world, Ma Xingkong looked at the medical monitor that showed Marco's physical condition and said, "I'm not sure how much time my father has left...... Rest assured, if you come across a memory that is relevant to me or that I am aware of, I will alert you as soon as possible. ”

When the voice came here, Luo Lei immediately said, "Then you tell me, ...... today It's what happened in the time I'm in. ”

Ma Xingkong thought for a while and said, "On this day, my father called me to the bottom of the watchtower, and when the two of us were sitting on the bench chatting, my father suddenly told me this request. ”

After Luo Lei listened, he was ready to walk outside the door.

But just as he was about to leave the room, his eyes were drawn to a small picture frame hanging on the wall behind his desk.

Luo Lei moved to the back of the desk and looked at the painting carefully......

The frame is as long and wide as a tablet, but it's generally small, and there is a picture of a silver-white rocket standing quietly on the launch pad, ready to launch.

"I didn't think Marco could draw?"

As he spoke, Luo Lei reached out and took the frame off the wall, turned it over and looked at it, and saw a few letters carved on the back.

“ZY to MK”。

Immediately, a wild sound came from my ears......

"This painting was painted by my mother."

Looking at the letters on the back, Luo Lei thought about it, and then turned back to the front of the frame to examine the rocket picture, and then said: "That's right!" You told us before that your mother's name is Zhuang Yu...... Could it be the well-known NFT artist? ”

Although he doesn't know much about art, Luo Lei can see that the painting was drawn by a painter on a tablet, and then scanned into a physical frame.

The whole work reveals a strong digital art style, which is clearly an art genre that began to prevail around 2020.

When this genre arose, it was once sought after by domestic and foreign art circles; Coupled with the popularity of blockchain and NFT concepts, some top art creators have stepped into the altar in an instant, and their works have been successfully auctioned with astronomical figures.

And Zhuang Yu was the leading figure of this art school back then.

"Yes."

Hearing Ma Xingkong's affirmative answer, Luo Lei secretly slandered in his heart: The outside world has never reported the news of Marco's marriage, but I didn't expect to secretly marry a talented girl and go home, amazing.

Of course, this is certainly not said.

Glancing at the frame again, Luo Lei's sixth sense told him that the painting might be useful, so he put it in the box behind him, and then went out and walked out.

went downstairs and went out, at this time, the afternoon sun was sprinkled outside the house, shining on Luo Lei's face, which made his mood suddenly brighter.

"No wonder father and son were sitting outside, it seemed that it was a good day."

Thinking in his heart, Luo Lei walked towards the watchtower near the cliff not far from the manor; It didn't take long for him to see a father and son sitting side by side on the bench at the other end of his sight, as if they were talking about something.

As he got closer and closer, Luo Lei gradually heard the words of the old man on the right......

"Pony, do you think what I just said is feasible?"

These words made Luo Lei sure that the old man was Marco.

At this time, the young man sitting on the left spoke: "Father, since it is your request, I will fulfill you no matter what!" ”

This young man is naturally improvised!

I heard him continue to ask: "Father, in fact, I have always had a question for you...... You've been working hard to land on Mars for so many years, and I, my mother, and the world are looking forward to that day!

But I always feel ...... In addition to those reasons that are supported by scientific theories and data, there must be unknown reasons for you to choose Mars! ”

Luo Lei, who heard these words, immediately stopped!

He subconsciously felt that if such a reason really existed in Marco's mind......

Then this reason must be extremely crucial!

However, when Marco heard his son's question, his face showed a sense of confusion and emptiness.

I saw that he was stunned, as if he was in thought, but after a moment he said, "I...... I don't know. ”

“......”

This answer not only made the "horse walking" on the opposite side puzzled, but also made Luo Lei, who was not far away, feel strange.

So he turned his back, pressed his earlobe, and whispered, "Pony, can you synchronize my current picture?" ”

“...... Brother Luo, you don't have to talk by ear, I can hear you. ”

Ma Xingkong said from the other end.

Luo Lei quietly put down his hand and asked, "Why did you ask that at that time?" Does Marco really have another reason? ”

If there really is, in the world before the "Spirit Tribulation" happened, it can be regarded as a unique "big melon"!

"I don't know, my father didn't tell me in the end."

Ma Xingkong's voice was a little low: "But I'm his son!" Although our relationship was stiff for a few years in between, after so many years of getting along, I did have this kind of suspicion. ”

After a pause, he continued: "But my father didn't say 'no,' he said, 'I don't know,'...... You must know that my father's consciousness was still very clear at that time, and there were no obvious symptoms of mental disorder! ”

"So, you think Marco is deliberately hiding from you?" Luo Lei asked.

"No...... Instead, I think he selectively forgot about this memory. ”

"Selective amnesia is a very common symptom, when a person is exposed to external stimuli or brain collisions, forgetting some things that they do not want to remember or people and things that they avoid or avoid.

Although people suffering from this disease seem to have forgotten about it on the surface, the shadow of it still exists, and so their behavior will become somewhat abnormal...... Of course, this anomaly is usually only visible to those close to me, such as me. ”

Luo Lei was curious: "You asked this at the time, was it because you discovered his abnormality?" ”

"Not then...... Since the death of his mother, his father's state has become more and more trance-like, and his abnormal behavior on weekdays has gradually increased. Ma Xingkong replied.

"Exactly? What behaviors do you find abnormal? ”

"Hmm...... A lot! My father had always been a man who valued time as his life, and he used every minute of his life, either at work or tinkering with his machines or programming...... But since the death of his mother, he no longer spends time working, and the whole person has begun to become a little disconnected; A few times I've seen him building a snowman in the yard! ”

"Build a snowman?"

Luo Lei smiled: "Isn't this a normal thing? ”

"But it's really surprising on my father!"

Ma Xingkong continued: "Not only is it not only building a snowman, but my father's taste for eating has also begun to change! He used to be a vegetarian and loved kimchi...... But one day, I noticed that he was eating cheeseburgers and steaks, and he was no longer interested in kimchi! ”

Luo Lei wants to say that people change;

But...... Well, these changes really aren't too normal.

"But the most unusual thing is that he actually started playing virtual games and entered the metaverse!"

In the real world, Ma Xingkong's tone not only improved, but his face unconsciously became a little moved.

This is the most objectionable thing in his life! But he suddenly began to try to make contact, and ...... It seems like some fun is still having fun! ”

......

"I see."

After listening to Ma Xingkong's words, Luo Lei had some thoughts in his heart.

He didn't continue to ask, but turned around and walked towards Marco and Ma Xingkong, father and son in this world.

After walking behind the bench, Lu Lei coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and signaled his arrival.

"Hello."

With a smile on his face, the man with glasses greeted him cordially.

At this time, of the two people on the bench, only Marco seemed to hear Luo Lei's voice.

I saw him look up sideways and look at Luo Lei with a puzzled face.

"Who are you? How did you end up here? ”

His tone was visibly shocked.

The "virtual horseman" sitting opposite seemed to be bound by the program's instructions, and his eyes were still on Marco, motionless.

"Hello Mr. Marco, I am your son's metaverse planner specially invited to serve you, you can call me Dr. Yuan."

Luo Lei introduced himself with a gentleman's smile and a red face.

"What?"

Marco was taken aback, glanced at his son sitting beside him in surprise, and said to "Dr. Yuan" Luo Lei: "I just made a request to him, and you came?" ”

"This ......"

A drop of cold sweat flowed down his forehead, which was quietly wiped away by Luo Lei.

I only heard him say again: "Hehe, Mr. Ma, you don't know, in fact, we are now in the metaverse......"

"Now?"

"Yes!"

"Dr. Yuan," Luo Lei's tone was soft and affirmative.

"Your journey of rebirth has begun!"