"What this guy said … makes some sense!"
After being reminded by the Dream Traveler, Li Yao also vaguely remembered that he had had many strange dreams since he was a child. Not only was there a Tyrannosaurus Rex with lipstick, a yin-yang man with a shiny silver gun under his crotch, and two computers when he was pregnant. In other dreams, he seemed to be a middle school student, sitting in class and taking a test. The test questions were very simple. It was to write the full names of words such as "Britain" and "Europe." However, he answered wrong every time because the full names of "Britain" and "Europe" were different every time.
"Could it be that there was really a previous life, and there were seven or eight or countless different versions of Earth?"
Li Yao muttered to himself, "But why did the Dream Traveler's previous life, previous life, and previous life have different professions, and I was always a middle school student in the dream?"
Li Yao patiently continued reading.
This answer originally ended there, but two days later, the Dream Traveler modified the answer and added a few more. It looked like his response to the comments of the netizens.
"You all said that such a phenomenon is not surprising at all. There is a reasonable explanation in science, which is called 'deja vu'. It is a minor flaw in the evolution of the human brain. When short-term memories are transcribed into long-term memories, there will be interference and chaos. Not bad. It is a perfect explanation.
"Including the question, 'What kind of supernatural events have you experienced?', you have all given plausible explanations for all the answers. They are either coincidences, hallucinations, long-term memory confusion, or even mass hysteria. In short, you are unwilling to believe, or rather, you dare not believe, the existence of supernatural events. You only know how to hide your heads in the sand called science and deceive yourselves and others.
"But have you ever thought that the truth of 'deja vu' is not like that? What if 'previous life,' 'parallel world,' or 'reincarnation space' really exists? What if there is some kind of science on the scale of the universe that can completely cover the science on the scale of our Earth?
"Humans are such creatures who like to deceive themselves.
"Even if countless people in this post say with certainty that they have indeed encountered supernatural events, you readers will not take it to heart at all. You will only blindly believe in the so-called 'science' and laugh at these 'strange theories.'
"You're right.
"Whether you awaken or not, whether you open your eyes or not, whether you can find the truest answer or not, destruction is inevitable."
When the Dream Traveler reached this point, his resentment was obvious.
The more Li Yao looked at it, the more serious he became. He thought of the series of strange things that had happened to him, and became more and more suspicious of the reality of this world.
Then, it seemed that other readers also expressed serious doubts about the Dream Traveler's words. They asked him, "If we really live in the Samsara Space, is everything, including ourselves, fake?"
"I think, therefore I am."
The Dream Traveler replied, "We are human beings who are the wisest of all things, not pigs driven by instincts. 'Thinking' is the only symbol that defines us and distinguishes us from everything in the universe. Even if we do live in an illusionary pavilion in the air, the Earth below our feet is a beach that can be swallowed by tides at any moment, and our civilization is a high tower made of sand on the beach that is constantly falling into the cycle of collapse and reconstruction, our thoughts are real, and so are our lives.
"The high tower can collapse, but even the surging tides tens of thousands of meters high cannot erase the fact that it once existed.
"On the other hand, even if I am an out-and-out lunatic, and everything I say is crazy, and there is no Samsara Space or a circular Earth, the earth below our feet, the air we breathe, the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky are all real, and the cells that make up us are all real, but if we give up thinking and dreams and become blind lambs, silent bricks, and ignorant pigs, we will become cold parts of the social machine that are only satisfied with the stimulation of our physical instincts. Will we be 'really alive' in such a way?
"To be alive or to be dead, to be real or not, is always the question."
That was the end of the answer.
However, the Dream Traveler left a few links that pointed to a few questions of the same type, including "Tell me about your weirdest dream", "What have you experienced that makes you suspect that this world is fake or bugged", "Have you ever met any examples of 'gods watching you from above'", "What does it feel like to have the Yin-Yang Eye", "What does it feel like to be diagnosed with depression or schizophrenia", and so on.
Li Yao browsed through the questions and the answers one after another.
Most of the answers were thrilling, tortuous, and bizarre. Their imagination was extremely rich. With a little bit of modification, they turned into one wonderful short story after another. Li Yao read them with great interest, unable to stop even if he wanted to.
Under the question "What kind of supernatural events have you ever encountered", many of the respondents had telepathic connections with their deceased family members. Some even saw their deceased family members directly.
Some of them even swore to the heavens that there really were great deities, eminent monks, and masters in their hometown who could communicate with the supernatural.
Under the question "What have you experienced that makes you suspect that this world is fake or bugged", the answers were even more varied and creepier, making one's hair stand on end.
Li Yao had a very deep impression of one of the answers.
This respondent said that he was a member of a certain chain of beverage stores. He liked to drink a drink called "Lemon Sparkling Ice" very much. The ingredients of this mixed drink included salted lemon and another peppermint lemon flavored carbonated soda. When drinking a cup on a hot summer day, the bubbles would splatter and the carbonated soda would burst out. It was very exciting. In the past two to three years, he had drunk at least dozens of cups in this store.
But on this day, he was sweating profusely from the sun. When he went to the store to buy the "Lemon Sparkling Ice", he found that there were no bubbles or carbonation at all. It was like cold herbal water, and it tasted terrible.
Here's the point — when the respondent expressed his doubts to the shop assistant, the shop assistant told him that this chain store's "Lemon Frosting" had always been made with a mixture of salted lemons, purified water, and special herbal packs. No carbonated drinks or soda water had ever been added, so there wasn't the slightest bit of irritation. The focus was on the pure natural and healthy concept.
At first, the respondent thought that the staff was new or that the store had adjusted the production process of the drink. But when he didn't believe it and continued to ask, from the senior staff in the store who knew him to the agents and trainers behind the chain store, the answer was the same. Since the establishment of this chain store, all the "Lemon Sparkling Ice" in every store in the country had the same production process. No carbonated drinks or soda water were added.
At that time, the sun was scorching, and the temperature was nearly 40 degrees Celsius.
However, the respondent felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and a bone-chilling chill emerged from the back of his head.
"I'm a regular customer of this chain store. I've been here at least 40 to 50 times in the past two years. I've ordered 'Lemon Sparkling Ice' twice out of three times."
The respondent said in a daze, "I remember very clearly the scene of the carbonated bubbles jumping on the lemon slices. I can feel them burning my throat and the hissing sound. This refreshing feeling is the greatest enjoyment of a summer afternoon. How could I have made a mistake?
"But it's impossible for the staff to lie to me. It's even more impossible for the trainers at the chain store's headquarters to lie to me. They have never provided the 'Lemon Sparkling Ice' in my memory!
"Is this a bug in my memory, or a bug in the entire world? Until today, I still haven't figured out what's going on. "
This answer left Li Yao stunned for a long time. He took a deep breath and continued reading the comments regarding the answer.
Then, he saw the comment from Dream Traveler.
"Perhaps you didn't remember wrongly, and the staff didn't lie to you?"
The Dream Traveler said to the respondent, "It's not that your memory is too bad, but that your memory is too good. For some unknown reason, or perhaps there's a bug in this world, causing part of your memory cells to recover to the state of your 'previous life' or 'previous version.'
"In your previous life, the 'Lemon Sparkling Ice' drink did indeed have carbonated soda or soda water added. Perhaps you liked this drink very much, and it left a deep imprint on your memory cells that lasted until 'this life.' However, the Earth of this life has undergone subtle changes in many details. To you, it's just that the 'Lemon Sparkling Ice' has changed its way of making it.
"There's no need to panic. Our Earth often has bugs. Look, this question has already gathered the attention of 170,000 people. There are a total of 30,000 answers. Even if 90% of them are exaggerated and only 10% are true, that means that we've already observed 3,000 bugs on Earth, right?
"My name is Dream Traveler. This is my personal homepage and contact information. I often encounter similar situations and have accumulated some small insights. If there's a chance, we can communicate more!"
This was a new clue.
Li Yao entered Dream Traveler's personal homepage. The content was similar to what he had left on the Q&A website, but it was more detailed.
However, in the lower right corner of his personal homepage, he had left his personal phone number. He also welcomed friends from all over the country who were similarly confused or had discovered the 'Earth bug' to call and communicate.
Li Yao stared at the phone number for a long time, hesitating whether to call.
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