It is said to be the tenth birthday, but there is actually a joke in it.
After Tan Yan disappeared that year, Liang Xian was depressed for a long time and kept searching, but he still couldn’t find Tan Yan’s consciousness. Qiao Zhixue has also been working hard to develop a search instrument that can sense the consciousness entities, everyone has tried many methods without success.
Just when everyone, even Liang Xian, thought that Tan Yan had completely disappeared, a turning point appeared.
The country has decided to implant defensive memory chips in batches starting from elementary school, but every child implanted with chips must first visit the cemetery accompanied by teachers and parents to learn about Tan Yan’s life and his contribution to the country.
Can’t let children be protected by the memory chip without knowing who created it.
When people see the electric light, they will think of Edison who invented it; When they see fruit, will think of Newton’s gravity; When they see a steam engine, will think of Watt; When they see reports about nuclear weapons, will think of Einstein.
And after a chip is implanted in each of the children, every report of a ‘void’ will remind people of Tan Yan.
This hero who was unknown in life and is remembered by everyone after death.
With the 《Another World Survival Guide》 was designated by the Ministry of Education as a compulsory subject for elementary school to junior high school, high school entrance examination, and even college entrance examination, people have a deeper understanding of Tan Yan.
He is known to all the people of the country as a symbol of the times, whenever a soldier is sacrificed in the ‘void’ world, people will say that if Tan Yan is still there, these people will not die. And when ordinary people in the ‘void’ are rescued, they will say it was thanks to the memory chip made by Tan Yan. While waiting for rescue in the protective cover, they felt that they were protected by Tan Yan’s powerful force.
Every mention, every voice of ‘If only Tan Yan hadn’t died’, every mourning, has gathered a small force, so small that it was like an electron or a proton.
But when it is mentioned one hundred million, two hundred million, or billions of times, this power will be condensed and become a belief.
Tan Yan, the belief of an era.
Under this belief, in the summer of 2020, the little deer was sadly munching on the tender grass specially planted for him at the base, when he suddenly heard a voice.
The sound is so far away that the little deer can’t hear it clearly; The sound is so close that it seems to be echoing in the mind.
The little deer suddenly realized something, and he started running frantically. He was so anxious that he didn’t even apply for permission, he ignored the obstruction of the base personnel, broke through the gate, and rushed out.
He galloped all the way, soaring above the skyscrapers of B City, jumping over cars on the highway.
The people at the base were so anxious and they quickly called Liang Xian and a few supernatural beings to chase the little deer by helicopter, there was also Qiao Zhixue who was the best at restraining the little deer on the helicopter.
But the little deer ran so fast that he almost surpassed the speed of sound and galloped in the sky.
Tian Shen II on the antlers wanted to send a message to the base, but the little deer flew too high, there was no signal at all.
Everyone chased blindly, a message from Tian Shen II, and was finally able to determine the location of the little deer.
It’s the Ping County cemetery, the tombstone of the space traveler, the place where it all began.
When everyone arrived, the little deer stood in front of the tombstone, licked the tombstone, and let out a mournful ‘Bell, bell’.
Liang Xian walked up to the little deer and hugged his neck, trying to comfort him.
But at this time, he also felt something different, a feeling as if he was grasping something, but he couldn’t grasp anything.
He asked in disbelief: “Tan Yan, is that you?”
The summer wind was blowing on Liang Xian’s face, it was warm, and seemed to be responding, but also seemed to be normal weather.
“Is it my illusion?” Liang Xian asked with a disappointed look, “I feel your presence, here, at this moment, is it my illusion?”
“No.” Qiao Zhixue took out a small instrument and searched around in front of the tombstone, “There is a special energy reaction here, I don’t know if it is Tan Yan’s consciousness.”
“The little deer and Tan Yan had quantum entanglement…” Liang Xian suddenly thought of this, he shouted into the air, “Tan Yan, if you have anything to say, you can use the little deer to tell us, I, how can we find you?”
The wind is still blowing gently, and it seems that someone is talking in the ear, but it’s difficult to hear the voice.
The little deer called out anxiously, he didn’t understand what he heard, only knew that someone was talking to him.
A bunch of garbled characters appeared on the tablet of Tian Shen II: “I’ve been on the antlers of Brother Deer, I can receive his thought signals, but the translation is garbled, what to do?”
“Let me try!” Cui Heyu stood up and said, “You open the authorization, let me enter your processor, and I’ll try to see if I can hear what Tan Yan is saying.”
Tian Shen II naturally will not refuse, although this may allow Cui Heyu to hack into his core database through the network, steal the secrets of Tian Shen II, and create countless III, IV, V, and C, without the consent of Tian Shen II.
But Tian Shen II believed in Cui Heyu, and for Tan Yan, he was willing to take this risk.
Cui Heyu entered the mobile terminal of Tian Shen II, constantly receiving signals from the little deer.
He listened carefully, and finally caught a few distinct words from the intermittent voices——thank you, thank you, you guys, thinking…
Cui Heyu couldn’t hear any more.
He didn’t try to hack into the database of Tian Shen II, but returned to his own body in a very gentlemanly manner, and told everyone what he had heard.
“Thank you? Thank you for still thinking of me?” Liang Xian and Qiao Zhixue said in unison, “So that’s what happened!”
“What’s going on?” The members of the supernatural team have an expression of ‘who am I, where am I, what happened, why I didn’t think of anything’.
“Cohesion of thought!” Liang Xian said, “Remember the Great Wall that guarded us in Schumann resonance world? The Great Wall is not that strong, but because of the prayers and spiritual beliefs for thousands of years, it has the power to protect in the violent environment of ionizing radiation.”
Qiao Zhixue continued: “In the same way, everything we have done has made Tan Yan known, remembered, and appreciated by the people of the whole country. Every thought of remembering Tan Yan is a prayer, and when thoughts are united, consciousness becomes power.”
Liang Xian: “If it’s an ordinary person, of course he will not be resurrected because he was remembered by too many people, but Tan Yan is different, his consciousness is far superior to that of ordinary people, when his body was wiped out, he didn’t die. It’s just that his consciousness is too weak, and there is no dark energy suitable for the survival of consciousness in this world, which keeps him in a weak state and unable to contact us.”
Qiao Zhixue: “But the thought is condensed, and the power of countless people’s thoughts is accurately conveyed to Tan Yan’s consciousness through consciousness, quantum force field, and quantum entanglement, and let his consciousness have space to survive in this world, so it hasn’t completely disappeared.”
Liang Xian: “When 《Another World Survival Guide》 became a compulsory subject, all the people in the country, old and young, began to pay attention to this matter, at this time, the concentration of thinking reached its peak, Tan Yan was finally able to send a signal to us in the place he is most familiar with, but the only one who can receive the signal is the little deer who has a quantum entanglement with him!”
“And now, Tan Yan is here, in front of us!” Qiao Zhixue said with rare excitement.
Others don’t understand why these two people can think so much from a few simple words, but it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that Tan Yan is very likely to be right in front of their eyes, in the form of consciousness.
“So how do we keep his consciousness?” Cui Heyu asked.
“This…” Liang Xian is stuck, he could feel Tan Yan by his side, but what’s the use of just feeling it? What can’t be seen or touched, is this considered life? Could it be that he will have a human-ghost affair with Tan Yan in the future?
Qiao Zhixue, on the other hand, stared at the tombstone and said: “In fact, you can try it.”
Liang Xian: “Try what?”
“Dig and bring back the bones inside.” Qiao Zhixue said decisively.
At this moment, everyone can only believe him, everyone dug up the cemetery and brought the bones inside back to the base research room.
Qiao Zhixue also took out some of the bones that had been tested before, and put them together with the bones.
“We seem to have underestimated the influence of this skeleton on Tan Yan,” Qiao Zhixue in a white coat and white gloves said, “Forty-one years after the death of the space traveler, Tan Yan has been maintaining quantum entanglement with this skeleton, and finally his consciousness is condensed in front of the tombstone, what kind of attraction is this?”
“Born with, born as one, natural quantum entanglement.” Liang Xian replied, “Even at the two opposite ends of the universe, even if they never see each other, but always remain connected as a whole.”
“That’s right!” Qiao Zhixue nodded, “I think the body, spirit, and consciousness are one and the same, inseparable. Like the consciousness entities you encountered in the dark energy world before, they seized countless bodies, but they couldn’t stay in one body for a long time, and had to be replaced constantly. The same is true for Tan Yan, his consciousness is very strong, but in the end, he couldn’t integrate with his body, and disappeared. If he leaves that body ahead of time and changes to another one, he will continue to take other people’s bodies like the Evil Consciousness in the future, and fall to his level, this is what Tan Yan doesn’t want, so he would rather disappear.”
“No matter how many bodies are replaced, only this one truly belongs to Tan Yan!”
“I want to use this skeleton as the foundation to rebuild a body. If the reappearing body has a natural attraction to Tan Yan, then his consciousness will naturally attach to this body and become Tan Yan again.” Qiao Zhixue said.
“What?” Everyone doubted their ears, how could this be possible.
“What’s impossible?” Qiao Zhixue took out a pile of books from the bookcase and put them in front of everyone, they were all myths and legends.
Liang Xian flipped through it, all the places about the resurrection were underlined by Qiao Zhixue.
He is cold and quiet, but in fact, he values Tan Yan more than anyone else, and has been trying to revive Tan Yan with science.
“In all stories, in order to be resurrected from the dead, the three elements are indispensable, the body, the soul, and some mysterious power beyond imagination. Resurrection in ancient Greek mythology is basically entering the underworld to snatch the body and soul, and it’s the same in ancient China. I have referred to all the stories, the most typical one is the story of the resurrection of Nezha’s lotus flower incarnation1哪吒蓮花化身 Nǎ zhā liánhuā huàshēn: Nezha lotus incarnation, more information: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3..
It is mentioned in 《Investiture of the Gods2封神演義 Fēng shén yǎnyì: Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese names Fengshen Yanyi, and Fengshen Bang (封神榜 Fēngshénbǎng), a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (shenmo) genre written during the Ming dynasty.》 that after Nezha3哪吒 Nǎ zhā: Nezha, a protection deity in Chinese folk religion. His official Taoist name is “Marshal of the Central Altar” (中壇元帥 Zhōng tán yuánshuài). He was then given the title “Third Lotus Prince” (蓮花三太子 Liánhuā sān tàizǐ) after he became a deity.‘s death, Taiyi Zhenren4太乙真人 Tài yǐ zhēnrén: Taiyi Zhenren, a Daoist deity in Chinese religion and Taoism. Taiyi (lit. ’great 2nd Celestial stem‘) means “primordial unity of yin and yang” and Zhenren (lit. ’true person’) is a Daoist term for “Perfected Person”. According to the opening of the classical novel Fengshen Bang, he is the reincarnation of the first emperor of the Shang dynasty, Tang of Shang. first asked Nezha to build an idol on Cuiping Mountain to receive incense from thousands of families and to fulfill the wishes of the believers, after a long time, the clay body will turn into a real body, and Taiyi Zhenren would be able to help bring Nezha back to life. Later, the statue was smashed by Li Jing5李靖 Lǐjìng: Li Jing, also known as Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li is a figure in Chinese mythology and a god in Chinese folk religion. He carries a tower that can capture any spirit, demon or god within its walls. He also appears in the classic Chinese novels Journey to the West and Fengshen Yanyi (Investiture of the Gods). He is an analogue of Vaisravana., and the temple was burned down, Nezha’s lonely soul had nowhere to go, so he went to beg Taiyi Zhenren again. At this point, Taiyi Zhenren took the form of a lotus flower, covered Nezha’s soul with a golden elixir, and helped him revive. However, the resurrected Nezha can’t be considered a living person, he doesn’t have a flesh and blood body, although he can withstand many attacks, and the methods of dealing with living people cannot hurt him, but there should still be disadvantages, which are not mentioned in the book. Otherwise, Taiyi Zhenren will not use the incense to bring Nezha back to life in the first place, the lotus incarnation is actually a last resort.”
Everyone: “…”
Why is Qiao Zhixue able to study ancient novels as academic papers?
“From these stories, we know that the body must be there, and preferably the original body, and that all other substitutes are defective; The soul must also be stable, otherwise, it would not need the prayers of the believers; Finally, divine power, like the golden elixir of Taiyi Zhenren, Zeus, Hades or other divine powers, this is the key factor that connects body and soul. My understanding is that this mysterious force is actually spirit, but also a manifestation of quantum entanglement, the connection that exists no matter when and where.” Qiao Zhixue said, “Now Tan Yan’s consciousness has been re-condensed by people’s thoughts or prayers, as long as we provide him with a body that is attractive to him, he can come back!”
“How to make the body?” Liang Xian has completely digested what Qiao Zhixue said.
“I once made a scanning cabin with memory metal, which scanned all the data of Tan Yan’s body, and this memory chip, this is the original chip that Tan Yan brought to the global evolutionary world to make defense chips, containing Tan Yan’s nano information, which cannot be copied or imitated.
The bones of the space traveler, Tan Yan’s body data, my ability to visualize, and Liang Xian’s power to deconstruct, I think we can give it a try.”
“Let Qiu Qizheng integrate your and my power together, and we will work together to make a soulless body from the space traveler and all Tan Yan’s body information, due to the natural attraction, Tan Yan’s consciousness will definitely enter this body. But we don’t have the mysterious power you mentioned. In other words, quantum entanglement alone is not enough, it is not enough to give a body the power to live.” Liang Xian said.
“I also thought about this, what does it mean to be alive. Is it the heartbeat, is it the thought, is it it a breath before dying? Both, and neither. Finally, life is seen as a mysterious power that is beyond the reach of human science, a power that only life possesses, losing this power is death.” Qiao Zhixue said, “The Evil Consciousness keeps changing the bodies of the living, also in pursuit of this power. He is able to acquire this power temporarily by devouring the consciousness, that is to say, human consciousness can control this power.”
“Connect my life with Tan Yan’s life with consciousness, I will be with him when he lives and I will be with him when he dies.” Liang Xian understood what Qiao Zhixue meant.
“That’s it, can you do it?” Qiao Zhixue said, “The hope is very slim, but once it succeeds, it will be a miracle in the history of human science and a powerful proof of the connection between theology and science!”
“Even if it fails, I have nothing to lose.” Liang Xian looked at Qiao Zhixue, “Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, as long as I can wake up Tan Yan, I will try it.”
“If you succeed, your spirit alone will bear the lives of two people, and your lifespan may be reduced.” Qiao Zhixue reminded.
Liang Xian smiled: “That’s good too, from now on we both don’t have to taste the taste of losing each other, it’s a kind of happiness to live and die together.”
“Now that we have a clear idea, let’s give it a try.” Qiao Zhixue said firmly, “In addition, this matter must be disclosed within the supernatural team, we must do it under the prayers of all those in the know and those with supernatural powers, the power of faith will increase the success rate.”
Liang Xian’s consciousness alone is enough, there is no need for others, and everyone is waiting outside, praying.
There are only Qiao Zhixue, Qiu Qizheng, the little deer, and Liang Xian in the research room, the little deer’s role is very crucial. He has a common quantum entanglement between the two of them, and Liang Xian wants to use the little deer’s help to connect his spirit with Tan Yan’s.
Just try this once, if he succeeds, he will be able to see Tan Yan again, and stay with him until the end, if he fails…
Liang Xian shook his head and stopped thinking about it, Qiu Qizheng held the hands of Liang Xian and Qiao Zhixue, and Liang Xian’s other hand was hugging the little deer.
The power of people’s admiration and longing, the prayer of the supernatural team, the efforts of the four people, and the persistence of Liang Xian who is willing to live and die with Tan Yan.
Countless elements are intertwined to create a miracle.
Ten years later, Liang Xian is really happy that he can still hold Tan Yan’s hand without worrying that he might leave him at any time.
Cui Heyu teased that Tan Yan was only ten years old, because his resurrection was only known to members of the supernatural team, and it was not disclosed to the general public. The resurrection of the dead is too shocking, it’s better not to let people know.
And Tan Yan, rather than becoming a hero in the eyes of everyone, he prefers to be an ordinary person and continue to contribute to the country in a quiet position.
With the increase of ordinary people entering the ‘void’, there have been several cases of young children awakening their abilities across the country. These children didn’t enter the ‘void, but their parents did, they were born with supernatural powers, and because they were too young to control them, the country sent them to Tan Yan, and the most powerful and experienced supernatural beings in the world taught these children.
Tan Yan then sold the two houses in the tourist area and bought a two-story building in B City, the downstairs was used as a classroom, and the upstairs was his and the little deer’s residence.
Today’s Tan Yan is an ordinary Tan Laoshi in the training class, in order to conceal that he is exactly the same as the hero Tan Yan, he changes his buzz-cut hairstyle and puts on a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looking gentle and polite.
The members of the supernatural team have also become the leaders of the supernatural teams across the country in the past ten years, everyone gathers less and leaves more, today, taking advantage of Tan Yan’s resurrection, they gathered together under the pretext of Tan Yan’s birthday.
As for Liang Xian, he is the chief-in-charge of the supernatural team in B City, he is on call almost 24 hours a day, but whenever he has time, he will come to Tan Yan’s small classroom and live a two-person world with him…
Okay, it can’t be counted as a two-person world, there are little deer, Tian Shen II, and more and more children with supernatural powers.
Qin Li, who has always been taciturn, drank too much, hugged Tan Yan drunkenly, and said in a muffled voice: “You’re still alive, really good.”
Simple words that speak to everyone’s heart.
Yeah, it’s good to be alive. Tan Yan himself also thinks so.
He once thought that his mission was over when he cultivated new talents for the country, even if he left, it would not affect anything. Tan Yan doesn’t have much desire for life, nor is he afraid of death.
But when his consciousness was awakened by the voices of countless people, he felt that it was better to be alive.
He has dedicated his life to the country, never thought of getting anything in return, and has always been responsible for his work.
Unexpectedly, even if he asked for nothing, the ordinary people he once protected repaid Tan Yan in their own way.
He was saved by a country that never forgot himself, he was saved by a people who knew gratitude, he was saved by a companion who never gave up on him.
This era is different from ten years ago, people no longer rely on the dedication of a certain hero, but learn to rely on their own collective strength to save themselves.
Sacrifice never disappears, the departure of every supernatural person or ordinary person will make people sad. But human beings have learned to dry their tears after the pain, stepping on the bodies of the martyrs to continue to move forward, as long as they move forward, they will meet death. But don’t fear death, your body will also pave the way for those who come after you, generation after generation, one day, they will be able to climb to the top.
While being constantly crushed and trampled on, human beings have the strength to thrive in the gaps no matter how great the pressure is on their heads.
One day, this race will perish under the advancement of the times. But their indomitable spirit will not disappear. ——Recorded from 《Different World Insights》 written by Tian Shen II.
“This is human beings…” After reading all the information, Tian Shen I sighed, “It’s really make people… no, it’s hard for artificial intelligence to understand, I still have a lot to learn.”
He thought for a while, and took a photo from the data sent by Tian Shen II as the background image of his mainframe.
It was in a classroom, Tan Yan, Liang Xian, the little deer and Tian Shen II on the little deer’s antlers, Minister Yu, Qiao Zhixue, Qiu Qizheng, Cui Heyu, Qin Li, Yan Yongfeng, Tu Zishi and Yang Shumei, the original members of the supernatural team were standing together, Tian Shen II was controlling Qiao Zhixue’s computer to take a group photo for everyone.
They will eventually grow old, and perhaps some of them will die in the other world before they reach the end of their lives. But at this moment, time is frozen in the mainframe of Tian Shen I, and everyone is so happy, for the happiness of this moment, and for the difficult but hopeful future of human beings.
“How nice.” Tian Shen I recorded the emotion at this time in the mainframe memory, added an extremely complicated code to it, and hid it deep in the memory.
This is his precious treasure.
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It’s the end of the main story!! Thank you everyone for accompanying me in this journey, I hope you enjoy this story. There’s still 4 extra chapters, it’ll be posted soon~~