"lie?"

"right."

"I don't quite understand..."

"Lies are the most basic component of life. Although we teach everyone to be frank, honest and trustworthy, lies are not without merit."

"for example?"

"For example... it can avoid embarrassment, and it can also maintain some people's beautiful vision and prevent them from being sad."

"But... lies are lies after all... they are terrible things."

"Oh? What about, for example?"

"For example...if I learn to lie, will you...still trust me?"

"Well...it depends on the relationship between us."

"emotion?"

"Yes, that's the most important thing."

"Well……"

"Can you understand?"

"Not too clear."

"Such an answer will lead to discovery."

"..."

Error code:100978653888

…

January 5, 2028

There was a heavy snowfall in Changchun, very... very...

It's obviously already 12 noon, but there is no light outside... This is not the first time such extreme weather has occurred.

Fortunately, the laboratory has an independent power supply system, so Rudy doesn't have to worry about freezing to death here.

"Professor, their plane is stuck in Beijing. It won't arrive until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow." The new assistant is a graduate student. His name is Chen Ran, a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

Rudy said oh, as if he didn't care too much.

Chen Ran sat not far away and looked at Rudy. When he saw that he was staring at the book in his hand, he walked over curiously.

"Professor, what book are you reading?"

Rudy closed the book and saw "Self-Awakening" written on the cover.

"Yougege's book?!" Chen Ran was a little surprised.

Rudy asked: "Have you read this book too?"

Chen Ran nodded fiercely: "Yeah, of course, and the author is from my hometown. I was lucky enough to meet her when I was in my hometown last year."

Rudy became interested after hearing this. He did not open the book again and asked: "Then what does she... look like?"

The question was a bit strange. Chen Ran thought for a while and replied: "Well... I was a little far away at the time, so I couldn't see it clearly, but she must be a very beautiful but also very thin young lady, giving people a feeling of being very fragile."

.”

fragile……

Rudy pondered for a while and then asked: "Do you like this book?"

Chen Ran: "I don't like it too much...but after all, it is a famous work by a great writer, so it is still worth reading."

"Well..." Rudy didn't say anything else. He left the study room, then stood up and said, "Let's go eat."

"Do you remember the past?"

"memory?"

"Um."

"Memories...I'm not sure those are memories...after all...you and I are fundamentally different."

"Essence? Do you mean external or internal?"

"Both."

"Okay... so... you don't think you have memories, or do you feel that using the word memory to describe your past feels inappropriate?"

"Both."

"oh?"

"Well...for example, for you, memory is always shrouded in an unclear state. Even if the memory is profound, it is impossible to relive every detail of the past, right?"

"um, yes."

"But I'm different."

"Um?"

"I feel like a time traveler...my memory has become a tool for me to go back in time...I can choose nodes at will, and it only costs me to relive a certain memory segment for twenty-four hours.

A thousandth of a second, which is both short and long to me."

"Sounds... pretty good... I actually want to revisit my past... that should be a very interesting experience."

"But the past wasn't all good."

"You...remember anything?"

"A little bit."

"for example?"

"I...my name...should no longer be called Jesse."

Error code:a0001

The heavy snow continues.

As soon as Rudy returned to the laboratory, he noticed a notification flashing on the screen.

Open it and take a look...

A0001 error code appears.

This is extremely bad... Compared to the consciousness code 0000001 he obtained before, the appearance of a0001 deserves more attention.

"Professor, Chen Sinan said he would come over this afternoon."

Rudy frowned and didn't hear Chen Ran's words.

After Chen Ran stood at the door and stared for a while, he walked in and said: "Professor, Chen Sinan said she wanted to come over in the afternoon..."

Rudy heard this this time, he turned off the notification, and then turned around and said: "It's snowing too much outside, tell her not to go anywhere and stay at home."

Chen Ran smiled bitterly and said, "I said so too, but she is already on the way."

"What?"

The heavy snow stopped at around 8 a.m. on January 6th.

The snowstorm took away more than a hundred people... and paralyzed most of the city... This is a disaster that Changchun has never encountered in so many years.

When Chen Sinan was found, her body was already rigor mortis.

She was still holding a laptop tightly in her arms. Later Rudy found out that this little girl wanted to report her research results to him as soon as possible, but the heavy snow broke the power lines, so she had no choice but to risk going out.

result……

"Si Nan, can you hear my voice?"

"Who? Who's talking?"

"It's me, I'm Rudy."

"Professor?! Where are you? Why can't I see anything?"

"Si Nan, you don't remember anything, right?"

"……"meditation.

"It's not like I don't remember anything...I seem...so cold...so cold..."

"cold?"

"Well... all I remember is the cold..."

"Well... don't be afraid, it won't be cold anymore. You are safe now."

"...but...why can't I see anything...where is this place?"

"This is the world you created. Your consciousness has been uploaded and synchronized with Jesse. Now you are a true digital citizen."
To be continued...