Codebreaker

The year 2030 is the era of technological eradication. The government issued an ultimatum - all old-era data, devices, and memory modules must be formatted. Everything in the past is erased, people's consciousness is reset, history is overwritten with new data, and the identity code takes on a new look. The streets became quiet, the flow of information was single, no one questioned or resisted. At least, that's how it looks on the surface. But I am an exception. By the time I was born, the technological purge was already complete. Everyone operates according to the rules of the "new era", and their memories are updated, like a reset machine. And I have no chip, no number, and no data update. A new identity code will be generated when a newborn is born from the mother's body... And I... Have exactly two identity codes, and my mind seems to be hit by an invisible wave. I see memories that are not mine, hear voices that I have never experienced, and feel an indescribable sense of separation... Who am I? When I was 15 years old, I was sent to a mental hospital. A group of "crazy" people were imprisoned there, who often muttered to themselves, sometimes sober and sometimes crazy. Some say... They are being "corrected" "They tampered with everything..." An old man with mottled white hair whispered to me, with a strange light shining in his eyes, "but the data will always leave an afterimage."