The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

Chapter 1 Memory Awakens
Liu Yuyu, the homeroom teacher and math teacher, walked onto the podium with a stack of test papers, which drew a chorus of reluctant laughter.

But before the students could say anything, Teacher Liu stood on the podium and said:

"The Education Department instructed us to fill out this questionnaire. After you finish, go home."

"Including today, the 23rd, 24th and 25th are all holidays."

The reluctance immediately turned into restlessness. Everyone was thinking about whether they should go out and have fun while their parents were not home since school was so early today. They hadn't even finished their classes this morning, and they didn't even have any homework.

A burst of cheers instantly ignited the atmosphere!

Hi everyone!
But immediately, the teacher added:

“I will contact your parents one by one to confirm whether you have returned home.”

A bucket of cold water was poured over his head, instantly extinguishing his excitement.

However, when the questionnaires were handed out, a commotion broke out in the classroom, and a discussion ensued:
"Holy crap, a dream investigation!"

"They're finally starting to take it seriously. I've said it before, we're living in a great era!"

"Has the gears of fate truly begun to turn?"

There was much discussion, with many making childish and pretentious remarks.

Jiang Chuan held the questionnaire and raised his eyebrows.

Even though he doesn't pay much attention to current events, he still knows about this.

Besides the overwhelming influx of information from the internet, the topics of daily discussion among everyone around me are also related to this—

"Dreams", "Memories of a Past Life".

I dream of scenes I've never seen before, and I see many unexpected images.

To get to the bottom of this, the story actually started a month ago.

Jiang Chuan remembers that a news story went viral at the time.

One day, a four-year-old child woke up and suddenly said that his hometown was a village in Sichuan Province. His parents didn't take it seriously at first, but as the child's memories of his past life became more and more complete every time he woke up... the couple felt more and more strange, so they chose a day and took the child to Sichuan Province, which was 3,000 miles away.

The original intention was to dispel the child's obsession with this matter and let him grow up properly, but what's outrageous is that... they not only found the village, but also found "acquaintances" he could never have known.

Jiang Chuan still remembers the video, when the child called another woman over eighty years old "Mom", the child's mother's face looked extremely ugly.

From there, things spiraled out of control.

More and more people are dreaming about their so-called "past lives," and the "past lives" they dream about are becoming more and more exaggerated.

Some say they are fighting against a primordial beast...

Some people claim to be building machines on the moon...

Some say that the countless celestial ships floating in the sky signify a great war between immortals and demons...

Some say they experienced a catastrophe at the end of the last century...

Some even claim that they were a general under the First Emperor, and that they fought valiantly and died on the battlefield while fighting against the extraterrestrial demons.

These dreams are already quite outrageous, but what's even more outrageous is that these dreams are actually recognized by countless people in the comments section of the post.

They even searched for comrades-in-arms and fellow villagers from past lives in the posts...

As time has passed, it seems that everyone has had similar dreams by now.

No wonder it caused such a huge uproar.

Even so, Jiang Chuan still felt that this was nothing more than a farce.

There are two reasons for this belief.

First, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night; the bigger the commotion this matter causes, the more people will have this kind of dream.

Secondly, because he had never had a similar dream before.

Jiang Chuan also believed that there must be others like him who were not involved in this farce.

Although he hasn't found anyone else caught up in this farce like himself yet... he thinks it's just survivor bias.

However, Jiang Chuan's original firm idea was dispelled after seeing the questionnaire.

"..."

"A document from the Education Department?"

He felt a little surprised, realizing that something seemed to be... off.

"Has it developed to this point?"

"So exaggerated?"

His deskmate and best friend, Shen Jing, asked him:

"Brother Chuan, what do you say?"

"You haven't been dreaming, have you? How will you fill it in?"

Jiang Chuan stopped holding the questionnaire and placed it on the table, taking out a pen to answer:
"How else can I fill it in..."

"Just fill it in truthfully."

"With a population of 1.4 billion, it's impossible for everyone to have such a dream."

Shen Jing nodded: "Where are you going after school?"

"Come to my place?" Jiang Chuan shook his head: "I played ranked games all night last night, so I'm just going home to catch up on my sleep."

A hint of admiration and envy flashed in Shen Jing's eyes.

"Awesome, Brother Chuan, I'm entrusting my account to you as well."

Jiang Chuan said, "One cent per piece."

Shen Jing pleaded, "No, Brother Chuan, you're so good, ranking up for me would be a piece of cake!"

Jiang Chuan: "Then how am I going to eat next month?"

Shen Jing was taken aback, but then said nothing more.

He knew that Jiang Chuan's parents had passed away early, and now Jiang Chuan lived all alone. Although his grades were good, he earned his living expenses and school fees penny by ....

However, Jiang Chuan said, "But if you have time, I happen to have an order that I can take you with me."

Shen Jing slammed his hand on the table three times: "Brother Chuan is awesome! It just so happens that my parents aren't home today..."

"Brother Chuan is blessed with good fortune and longevity, Brother Chuan is a groom every night and embraces a bride every night, Brother Chuan has mothers-in-law all over the country."

"I'll leave today's master to you."

Jiang Chuan yawned and said, "I'm done writing."

"Want to go together?"

Shen Jing was taken aback, then quickly lowered his head to continue writing furiously, saying, "Wait for me!"

Shen Jing wrote quickly. In the dream section, Jiang Chuan saw that he wrote: "In my dream, I was studying astrology and the Book of Changes. I also met Li Chungang in my dream."

Jiang Chuan scoffed: "Li Chungang?"

"Why don't you call for a sword?"

Shen Jing quickly covered up the character "罡" and changed it to "风".

I've seen Li Chunfeng in my dreams.

……

……

After collecting the questionnaires, Liu Yuyu, the homeroom teacher and math teacher of Class 3, Grade 11, dismissed the students.

Even after the students had all left, she still couldn't leave work.

"Teacher Liu, have you collected them all for your class too? I don't know what you're doing with all this stuff now."

"Yeah... what's the use of this thing? Does it add points to the college entrance exam? And it gives the kids a holiday, but they'll be in their final year of high school soon. How can they focus if they keep having holidays?"

As Liu Yuyu spoke, she turned on her computer and began downloading the software according to the instructions on WeChat.

Another teacher in the office was also talking about it: "A dream investigation... this is truly the first time in history."

"The most outrageous thing is that you have to record and upload it."

"Speaking of this dream, I dreamt yesterday that I was fanning Emperor Xuanzong of Tang."

Several teachers exclaimed in surprise: "My God, were you a concubine in your past life?"

"Imperial concubine my foot! I'm just a palace maid."

Another male teacher sighed, "The concubine is alright..."

Everyone in the office stopped what they were doing, their eyes gleaming: "Explain in detail!"

But the male teacher refused to say anything more.

The office was filled with the clatter of keyboards as teachers typed in information about their students and discussed the unique dreams of some of them.

"One of my students said he was a top courtesan in his past life?"

“I have someone here who said he saw a dragon on Mount Everest… but he was a sacrifice offered to the dragon.”

"Here's something interesting: it's said that he delivered the baby for Yu the Great's wife."

Liu Yuyu typed while laughing, feeling less resistant to today's work.

She had just typed in "I dreamt I was studying astrology and the I Ching, and I dreamt I met Li Chunfeng" when she turned to the next page, but her brows furrowed.

"Teacher Song, has anyone in your class ever had a dream like that?"

Ms. Song, sitting next to me, shook her head:

"No, they're all written down, all sorts..."

The other teachers were also puzzled:
"Ms. Liu, does your class have any?"

"Are there any kids in your class who haven't had those kinds of dreams yet? Which one is it?"

Liu Yuyu said, "Jiang Chuan."

A teacher nearby exclaimed in surprise, "That kid who's a good student but sleeps in class every day?"

However, another teacher immediately waved his hand and said, "That's normal. That child doesn't sleep at night and comes to school to catch up on sleep."

"Maybe if you fall asleep in class, you won't sleep soundly and therefore won't dream?"

(End of this chapter)