Chapter 2, A Different Rebirth

After 2006 and 2007, on one hand, there was a large number of liberal arts graduates flooding into the job market due to the expansion of university admissions, struggling to find employment; on the other hand, vocational college and technical school graduates with specialized skills could easily secure respectable jobs as long as they possessed solid technical expertise. At that time, how could middle and lower-level management personnel, who were merely sitting in offices earning a salary, dare to look down upon skilled workers?

In a state of anxiety, Gu Mojie could only manage to pull out a piece of paper and write down the words "Beware of SARS, the 2003 college entrance examination mathematics is very difficult, do not miss it." Then he realized that almost all the detailed memories of historical events from the next ten years had been cleared from his mind

As you can see, I am a mobile phone. Well, you can call me Hatsune Miku No. 1, hailing from the year 2050. I sincerely apologize; I was supposed to bring you back to the right path on that day in 2012. Who would have known that an accident would occur—who told you to kick me apart while I was in an unstable state of quantum reconstruction? So... I ended up dragging you back to this current point in time. You know, quantum data can be reconstructed in any space-time and is not restricted by the natural law that prohibits physical matter from traversing timelines.

So you are preparing to save me to this world again, to rescue me once more? To ensure that I do not follow the foolish trajectory of hoarding outdated knowledge in this lifetime, simply because knowledge will be worthless in the future? Just like those who prided themselves on their ability to memorize knowledge through rote learning after the emergence of Baidu, who have become the laughingstock? Their efforts are valued merely at the equivalent of someone clicking a mouse?

No, I can still answer this question for you

Indeed, in your previous life, you strayed too far down the wrong path—just because your livelihood was shattered by Zhou Hongyi, the knowledge and work experience you accumulated over the years turned to waste paper, leading you to feel so frustrated that you couldn't think straight. Isn't this a clear case of going astray? With such a mindset, if you had been around two hundred years earlier, you would surely have been the type to angrily storm into the textile factory and destroy the spinning jenny after your livelihood was ruined by it.

It is indeed the object he saw in the final moment of his dream

Indeed, due to the loss of memory, the understanding of the details of society in later generations has become vague and indistinct in Gu Mojie's mind, leaving behind only a thought distilled to its essence: a sense of calm detachment, a serene acceptance of the uncertainties that lie ahead

Perhaps the demands of that world on human memory and comprehension will be significantly lowered This is a possibility However, if such a thing were to truly happen, what other abilities would humans take pride in? Is it only those with strong associative abilities who will be the future's strong ones?

"Yes, you have been reborn," a mesmerizing voice replied to him

Ah!

The above is December 21, 2002. No, it is now past midnight, it should be torn to the 22nd.

How can you prove that you are a phone from the year 2050? Well, can you retrieve data and discuss the stock market data from 2012 to 2050?

Carefully placing the items in the bed, pretending to drink water from a cup, and then slowly closing the door, this was how the matter was managed.

A few seconds later, the sense of touch revealed the truth—Gu Mojie’s room was too small, and there was no bedside table next to the bed. As the hand reached out to the left, it quickly touched the cold wall. Moreover, due to the presence of one layer of dual memories, there was no psychological preparation for the existence of this wall, causing the fingers to be painfully struck.

When this question was asked, Gu Mojie whimsically felt a sense of anticipation. Unfortunately, this expectation was soon shattered by the cold tone of the response.

From the 1990s to the early 2000s, it was a fifteen-year period when the social status of frontline technical workers in China was at a low ebb, while highly educated administrative personnel enjoyed a prosperous life. What Gu Mojie witnessed from a young age was his father being suppressed at home, unable to hold his head high, which led to various distortions and collapses in Gu Mojie's values during his youth

The 1980s and 1990s of the last century were indeed a golden era for university students, which is why the mother, who attended university only after getting married, quickly surpassed Gu Mojie’s father in both social status and salary. This can be inferred from the name given to Gu Mojie at birth. According to the mother, not naming him "Mo Gujie" was already a mercy towards the old Gu family; otherwise, with her husband’s education and salary being inferior to her own, what right did he have to have their son carry his surname?

Forget it, you probably don't know either; there is nothing in your mind: from the perspective of future people, knowledge is like toilet paper that is used up and discarded.

It was already late at night. He adjusted to the pain in his mind, convinced that he was not dead. Could it be that the events that seemed so vivid just moments ago were merely a dream?

... ...

In that fleeting moment, Gu Mojie felt that his faith had collapsed. The struggles of half a lifetime seemed to have been in vain. The negative fear of the future world had never been so profound.

It is evident that there is no scarcity—by the time I reached my era, WIFI, ZIGBEE, hotspots, or mobile 3456G networks had all been integrated. Mobile communication was fully interconnected across all platforms, with smartphones, computers, and tablets unified under a single category, and even the root domain servers had been distributed and compiled to every user terminal around the globe

The room he is in is still the same as it was ten years ago when he was in his third year of high school, located in the old house of his family. Situated near the Sijiqing Clothing Wholesale Market to the west of the Qiantang City Railway Station, the layout is cramped, the environment is noisy, and the surrounding area is chaotic with a mix of people.

His entire life was a quest for a sense of existence through the accumulation of knowledge; in his previous life, he also relied on the superiority of knowledge to gain a fleeting competitive advantage.

"Have I been reborn?" Gu Mojie murmured softly, clutching his head in pain

Who would have thought that it was fate playing tricks on him? By the time he completed his studies from his previous life, it was already the 21st century, and in the Celestial Empire, academic qualifications had long lost the significance and appeal they held in the 1980s and 1990s.

In her early years, my mother experienced the decade-long catastrophe. At that time, Gu Mojie's grandmother, in order to allow her uncle to stay in the city for his studies, ruthlessly sacrificed her daughter, causing my mother to become a sent-down youth without completing high school, which delayed her education. After the catastrophe ended and my mother returned to Qiantang, she was already twenty years old and married my father, who had a high school education. However, she was determined and later self-studied to take the college entrance examination and enrolled in university

My hardware does not store knowledge, and that is because in 2050, knowledge is fundamentally worthless—how could you, living in a society that values nations, not know that your ancestor Karl Marx once said that the necessary attribute for resources to become resources is scarcity? Although everyone needs oxygen in the air, in an era when it is not scarce, no one has ever regarded the oxygen mixed in the air as a commodity, nor has its value been established

so that he completely did not think, and unconsciously asked in confusion: "So you mean that in your era, that is, by the year 2050, knowledge will be as abundant as air?"

Just as Gu Mojie thought he had cornered that strange entity, the electronic voice delivered its final fatal blow

Damn! Isn't it true that others achieve rebirth by having foresight into history? Why is it that after I soul-transcended and merged, I ended up losing the memories of the future? What kind of rebirth is that!

Wait, why does it seem like my memory is constantly deteriorating? In the past ten years, I am almost rapidly forgetting things. I only remember that I entered a company in 2009... what company was it? I studied at some university in Jinling... what was it? In 2003, I was misdiagnosed with SARS, which delayed my college entrance examination...

Xiao Jie, what is wrong with you? Just finish reading and get a good night's sleep. You are already in your third year of high school, yet you still do not pay attention to cherishing your rest time

Gu Mojie's memories were interrupted by a severe headache, and it took a long time for him to recover. A harsh reality that added insult to injury left him quite shocked

Gu Mojie exhaled a heavy breath, lying back down on the bed. In the darkness, he took out Hatsune Miku No. 1 and said blankly: "It seems that starting over again wouldn't be so bad. Even if I forget history, at least I would know the general direction of right and wrong, and I wouldn't spend ten years buried in dead books. I have come to understand: in the 21st century, the only three attributes that matter are mental agility, learning ability, and learning speed. The existing knowledge stock is merely ephemeral, as it will become outdated in two or three years anyway. However, I still want to know why my memories after reincarnation are so severely lacking and forgotten"

After asking this question, Gu Mojie suddenly remembered that Hatsune Miku was a mobile phone without stock, so wasn't this question asked in vain

One can only say that all of this is a reflection of the cyclical nature of thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west. In order to rectify the consequences of the ten-year catastrophe, which stemmed from a lack of respect for theoretical knowledge, the current regime initially overcorrected during the early stages of reform, leading to an excessive reverence for theoretical knowledge at the expense of practical skills. The common people are innocent, akin to a pancake that is burnt on one side while the other side continues to cook. After excessive births, there was a night of sterilization, and after prolonged sterilization, there was a night of reversal. They endure the aftereffects brought about by the so-called 'God-mode' operators who slap their thighs in frustration. The common people are innocent, akin to a pancake that is burnt on one side while the other side continues to cook. After excessive births, there was a night of sterilization, and after prolonged sterilization, there was a night of reversal. They endure the aftereffects brought about by the so-called 'God-mode' operators who slap their thighs in frustration.

He wanted to check the time on his phone, but then remembered that he did not have a phone, so he had no choice but to look up at the calendar on the wall

So do you know what changes occurred in humanity over the next 40 years? How did the trends in world history evolve? Which countries hosted the subsequent Olympic Games? Which national teams won the World Cup? Which hit songs became popular? Which movies became blockbuster hits?

Gu Mojie has been somewhat introverted since childhood. Due to being an academic achiever and not engaging in physical exercise, he has always been afraid of gaining weight. However, his struggles with fat and introversion have driven him to diligently study the 24 Histories, pass the judicial qualification examination in his spare time, and master the challenging field of electrical automation with ease. He can quickly grasp any job he transitions to and achieve salary increases.

Not even for a day

As Gu Mojie was on the verge of losing his mind, his mother, Mo Ying, heard the commotion and opened the door to his bedroom, looking at him with a reproachful expression. Gu Mojie quickly replied, "I just had a nightmare, I will drink some water and go back to sleep right away"

The winning numbers of the Double Color Ball for the next forty years

During his youth, Gu Mojie lived a reclusive and cold-blooded life, solely focused on studying diligently, achieving success, and gaining recognition.

(Very important: Chapter 3 contains high energy. Those who dislike physics, or feel any discomfort after reading, may skip to Chapter 4. Just remember the conclusion and the core setting of this book: in the age of the uncle, prophets are worthless; the shelf life of a prophet will soon be drowned by the butterfly effect)

Gu Mojie was astonished; he had considered ten thousand possible responses, yet he had never anticipated this one.

He quickly extended his right hand again, groping to the right. After traversing a narrow space of merely thirty to forty centimeters, he finally touched the desk lamp on the table.

So, are you still claiming to be a phone from 2050? Your predecessor, which I mean the Android junk that I— I mean the me from ten years later— smashed to pieces. Even if the network is down, it can still extract hundreds of TXT e-book documents, hundreds of music videos, and a plethora of offline stored web data. You, a phone from 2050, tell me you have nothing of substance, why should I believe you... even if the network is down, it can still extract hundreds of TXT e-book documents, hundreds of music videos, and a plethora of offline stored web data. You, a phone from 2050, tell me you have nothing of substance, why should I believe you...

He surprisingly did not jump up in fright; perhaps there have been too many unusual occurrences in a short period, and astonishment is no longer sufficient. He seemed to calmly ask the Bluetooth pen-like device, "What are you?"

Now, he is to be informed by a cold machine from the future that, decades later, knowledge will be as ubiquitous as air, easily accessible to everyone. Perhaps it is a world where knowledge is readily available? People will only need to flexibly utilize knowledge at their fingertips, without the necessity to memorize it painstakingly

Immediately, Gu Mojie thought of a most pressing issue

Human beings can communicate at a network speed of several terabits per second from anywhere on Earth, and accessing knowledge and information from cloud databases is faster than reading from local solid-state drives. In such an era, why do humans still hoard worthless knowledge locally in hardware? Would you carry an airbag to hoard air just to ensure you can breathe normally in the next second?

Yes, I am there... ah

Cannot

Gu Mojie turned his gaze towards the sound and found something that did not belong to this era on the bed, resembling a Bluetooth pen or a piece of a glasses leg. Several electronic devices and watches in his room were also in disarray, seemingly destroyed by some strange external force, as if that object had called upon the material composition of these electronic products while reconstructing itself

Do not be agitated, nor is it to say that all knowledge is unnecessary to remember with the mind. It is just that in the future, the explosion of knowledge will be so severe that the vast majority of newly emerged knowledge will quickly become outdated and irrelevant. Even if you try to remember it, you will not be able to keep up, and it will be of no use. Such flattened knowledge is better left to machines to remember. Furthermore, let me correct one point: it is not I who brought you into this world; you already exist in an infinite number of quantum branches of spacetime—in that spacetime on the night of December 21, 2012, you were already doomed, having been reverted to a quantum state by my self-destruction program, and this fact will not change.

He reached out to feel the desk lamp, yet two conflicting impressions struggled and clashed in his mind, making even such a simple action difficult to accomplish

With a "pop," the desk lamp was turned on. This diminished the fear in Gu Mojie's heart by several degrees, and he let out a heavy sigh to release the pent-up anxiety within him. However, the scene before him, resembling a cramped dwelling, left him so shocked that he was rendered speechless

The bedside lamp should be on the left nightstand ... ... No, it should be on the desk on the right side, my bedroom is too small to have a nightstand at all ... ... Wait a minute, how could my bedroom possibly not have a nightstand?

His bed is positioned directly against the wall on the left side, and the space feels increasingly cramped in the darkness, creating a suffocating sense of oppression that makes it hard for him to breathe

With a scream of agony, Gu Mojie struggled to sit up from the bed, his head pounding painfully.

Well, it doesn't take forty years; just the last four years will suffice

Cannot

I do not know anything about this knowledge at all

Knowledge of no value! This sentence pierced through Gu Mojie's fragile soul like a sharp sword

Upon hearing this, Gu Mojie felt that his chaotic mind began to calm down, as if such an event had indeed just occurred. Although there were still many details that he could not clarify and his head was throbbing painfully, it seemed that for the time being, accepting this premise was a wise choice.

The mother is a very strong-willed woman, earning a salary higher than that of Gu Mojie's father, which has resulted in a very "democratic" family dynamic—whoever earns more gets to call the shots; whoever has a lower education level does the household chores. Gu Mojie always strictly adheres to his mother's inquiries, and at this moment, when questioned, he obediently turns off the lights and goes to sleep, not daring to show any defiance.

Almost every piece of memory is forgotten as soon as it is recalled

After calming down, he asked lightly: "Did you just say the words 'bring back to the right path'? Is that correct?"