Reborn in High School: What Do You Mean I Can Move Technology Just by Dreaming?

In 2026, Jiang Che, a programmer nearing forty, took sleeping pills and ended his failed life after being hit by one blow after another: a layoff, a breakup, and the deaths of both his parents.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in a senior-year high school classroom in 2005.

Beside him sat the girl he had secretly loved, whom he hadn’t seen since graduation. She was asleep in the sunlight, the ends of her hair carrying the scent of shampoo.

At the front of the classroom, their homeroom teacher, whose hair had not yet turned gray, was tapping the blackboard as he explained a problem about functions.

In his pocket was a crumpled note from his mother reminding him, “I’m making ribs for dinner. Come home early.”

Jiang Che trembled, tears streaming down his face. On this day, his mother had not yet been diagnosed with a terminal illness, his father was still in good health, and the girl he had regretted losing for half his life was still by his side.

And in his mind, a “Dream Search Engine,” a codebase connected to cutting-edge technology from 2026, awakened along with him.