Empty Space

In the late 2040s, due to plate changes, geological collapse, and sea level rise, the Japanese islands gradually sank, which is known as the sinking island catastrophe in history. Civilian brain-computer interfaces are fully popularized, and pet biotechnology has become the core track of capital giants: The world's top biological companies have launched pet neuromodulation collars and consciousness domestication chips to mass-modify the emotions, personalities, and behaviors of cats and dogs through non-invasive brain wave intervention, turning pets into completely submissive, cold commodities without autonomous consciousness and natural instincts. The essence of this set of technology is to forcibly lock the fragments of consciousness of living beings, block their path to awakening, and use external forces to enslave the original consciousness. It is a complete technological magic cultivation. The more it develops, the more it deviates from the natural path, which will eventually lead to the complete annihilation of the fragments of consciousness, and all souls lose the possibility of returning to their origin. Spiritualization was not allowed for one hundred years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was not until 2049 that Japan Island sank and the spiritual consciousness of heaven and earth fully recovered. One summer day, Chen Yan saw the eyes of a four-browed dog that had just turned one full moon from his breeding farm. The eyes had faded away and became clear and transparent, like a gentle consciousness moving closer to his mind...