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Preface

It is often said, that “Death” is not the solution to problems.

Wrong!

This statement is wrong in so many ways!

“Death” is the best solution to problems.

However, the global suicide rate is less than 0.02% per year.

Even when faced with old age, illness, or financial difficulties, the vast majority of people still try their best to survive until the very end!

Why?

People believe that suicide is not a solution to problems?

No!

People are afraid of death?

No!

People do love life?

No!

People have hope for the future?

Neither!

The answer is...??"

Warning: The novel contains themes of suicide and may not be suitable for readers who are emotionally unstable, have suicidal thoughts, or are prone to self-harm.

Chapter 1: Suicide

*The dialogues between the characters in this novel, unless otherwise stated, the Japanese dialogues are in Japanese and the others are in Chinese. J-Japanese.

The Bodhi tree is without a tree, a bright mirror has no moss.
Originally, there was nothing. Where did the dust come from?

Sixth Patriarch Huineng

In 544 BC, after half a lifetime of searching, the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Siddhartha, finally attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and saw through all worldly phenomena!

Gautama Siddhartha made a significant decision that would have a profound impact on future generations!

He decided to leave the world!

* * * * * * * *

March 20, 1996, Tokyo Narita International Airport.

An old man with a long beard and white hair is waiting in the terminal for a flight to Hong Kong.

At this time, a young man with a depressed look came over and sat next to the old man.

"Young man, seeing your sad face. Do you have a big problem?" The old man asked.

"Old sir, thank you for your concern. I... indeed encountered a big problem," The young man responds with a bitter face.

"Can I help?" The old man asked.

"I'm afraid it's not something you can help with...," The young man lowered his head and replied.

"Haha... there's no problem in the world that can't be solved. Don't worry, I'll help you," The elderly man expressed confidence.

"Sigh...I've got a fatal disease - AIDS," The young man reveals his situation to the elderly man.

“…”

“I still owe a huge debt…”

“…”

“I was just fired from my company…”

“…”

"...The burden of the entire family is on my shoulders, what do you think I should do?" The young man told several problems he encountered.

"I'll give you the simplest and most direct method!" The old man said that he had a solution after hearing about the young man's problems.

"Ah! Old man, do you... have a solution? What is it? Please tell me." Hearing this, the young man raised his head, eyes full of hope.

"Death!" The old man simply said one word.

"Death? To be honest, I also want to die, but the insurance money is not enough to repay the debt. Even if I die, what will happen to my wife and children?" The young man shook his head.

"It's very simple, why don't they just die together?" The old man made another "suggestion" to the young man.

"Haha... Old man, you really know how to joke. Not all problems can be solved by death. This will only create more problems!" The young man smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"Young man, your thoughts are too influenced by the world!"

“？”

"Death! is the best way to solve the problem!"

“！”

"Young man... think clearly, the root of the problem is the existence of human beings. If all humans in the world die, this causal relationship will disappear. Will there still be problems in the world?" After speaking, the old man smiled and proceeded to the boarding area.

The troubled young man who remained at the scene lowered his head again, thinking about what the old man had just said.

After a while, the man seemed to think clearly and finally had an idea.

The man raised his head again and walked to the restaurant near the airport waiting room to sit down. He picked up the sharp knife on the table and stabbed it hard into the chest between the third and fourth ribs, where the heart was!

* * * * * * * *

February 2, 1999, the rooftop of Sha Li Yuan in Ho Sheung Township, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong.

Despair, complete despair!

This was exactly how Huang Liping, a 33-year-old female paging company employee felt at the moment!

Liping had always been very loyal and would try her best to help friends who were in need, thus winning everyone's respect and friendship.

Liping couldn't believe what she was seeing now, but the facts were right in front of her.

Liping lent her late husband's insurance money and own savings of more than one million to her best and most trusted friend for emergencies.

Unexpectedly, after Liping's friend got the money, she disappeared without knowing where she ended up, causing all her savings to disappear!

For this reason, Liping was greatly hit and often felt depressed.

Liping despaired of human nature and felt that she had no hope of life and that everything was over.

There was a loud noise, and Liping jumped from the rooftop to her death!

* * * * * * * *

"...This was "log" No. 20. In June last year, we colluded with her good friends and defrauded her of more than one million in savings. One month later, she began to be emotionally unstable. Three months later, mental problems appeared. Half a year later, she committed suicide by jumping off the rooftop! (J)" After Huang Liping died tragically, in a corner, someone had a seemingly general discussion of her death in Japanese, and called the deceased "log".

* * * * * * * *

At noon on February 22, Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon.

A 25-year-old woman, Kwong Whelan, was wandering in the high-rise corridor of one of the buildings. From time to time she stuck her head out of the railing and looked down, showing that she was worried and depressed.

Whelan was originally a very diligent and responsible person. In her early years, she even worked overseas.

After returning to Hong Kong, Whelan worked in an accounting firm in Central District. In her spare time, she enrolled in the Master of Accountancy program at the University of Hong Kong.

However, Whelan's recent academic performance has not been satisfactory.

Whelan recently resigned from her job at an accounting firm to cope with the examination.

However, although Whelan devoted himself to his studies, she still failed to achieve a passing grade, and the master's thesis she submitted was not accepted by the college and needed to be rewritten.

Everything was not what Whelan expected, and it came extremely not smoothly, far beyond her expectations.

At this moment, Whelan felt so much pressure that she couldn't breathe at all. She was in great pain and desperately hoped that the pressure could be eliminated!

Finally, Whelan crossed the fence and jumped onto the patio!

The police believe that Kwong Whelan committed suicide by jumping off a building due to the pressure of her homework. The cause of death was not suspicious.

* * * * * * * *

"... She was "log" No. 12. She hoped to pursue a career in accounting after completing her master's degree. She was very dedicated to her studies. So we increased the pressure on her homework at school, and the log began to be overwhelmed. After that, We let her fail the exam, the log started to cave, the log began to collapse, and within a month, she committed suicide! (J)" Similarly, after Kuang Whelan died, someone in a corner explained the cause of her death in Japanese.

* * * * * * * *

February 23, Taikoo Shing, Hong Kong Island.

I couldn't stand it, I couldn't stand it!

Xu Meixian, a 21-year-old female clerk, could not bear the sudden heavy workload!

Meixian loved her job very much. She had put in a lot of effort for her work and had received many rewards, including praise from her colleagues and bosses, and she even won this year's Most Outstanding Employee Award.

However, the workload this time was far beyond what Meixian could bear. Since no one else could help with such work, she could only handle it alone.

Even though she stayed up for many nights and worked overtime, Meixian was not able to cope with it. Instead, she made frequent mistakes and was constantly criticized by all parties.

She felt unprecedented frustration!

She didn't like this feeling very much!

She needed a way to escape!

She then looked down from the window...

Instantly, Meixian had fallen from a height to the platform, with her head and limbs broken!

* * * * * * * *

"...Log No. 15, she focused on her work performance. We gave her the "Outstanding Employee" award a month ago, and then gave her a sense of frustration, pulling her from the peak to the bottom. She couldn't bear it anymore and committed suicide. (J)" Someone in a corner explained the cause of Xu Meixian's death in Japanese.

* * * * * * * *

On March 3, Huang Yifu, a 13-year-old secondary school student in North Point, returned to school happily, preparing to receive his mid-term exam results.

Yifu was a top student in the school, his grades had always been excellent, and he was among the best. He was very confident about getting good results that time.

However, Yifu got the score sheet and found that it was not at all what he thought.

Not only did Yifu not get first place in the exam, but his grades even dropped significantly from before.

Seeing that score sheet, Yifu was stunned. He didn't believe it was true.

How could it be?

Why were those classmates whose test scores were worse than Yifu's in normal times, but their scores were better than his in that test?

Yifu spent so much time preparing for this exam and did everything well. He was also satisfied with his performance in answering the questions. It was impossible to get such a poor result. There must have been a problem and something was wrong.

With such poor grades, Yifu will become the laughingstock of other students.

The teacher would also think that Yifu is lazy...

More importantly, how would Yifu face his parents who were full of expectations?

The more he thought about it, the more panicked he became. The more he felt empty, helpless and helpless. Without realizing it, he walked to the terrace on the tenth floor and jumped to his death!

* * * * * * * *

Death is like a light going out. Will everything end after death?

Does death mean the end of everything?

Many people of different identities and classes committed suicide for different reasons.

However, death is not the end of life for them.

Even after their bodies died, a brainwave transceiver chip inside their heads continued to operate, transmitting information about their suicides and deaths to a mysterious place.

There were several staff members in white robes there, busy receiving these messages and conducting analysis and research.

It seemed that each person's suicide was closely related to that group of people, and it was not as simple as it seemed.

After a round of data analysis, the group held a working meeting in a completely closed and dark room.

In addition to several people in white robes, a seventy-year-old man in a black suit was sitting in the centre and presiding over the meeting.

Due to the dim lighting at the scene, it was difficult to distinguish the old man's face in the darkness. We could only know that the old man's weight in this group was significant!

The atmosphere in the room was crisp and gloomy. Everyone was watching the projector on the wall intently, projecting pictures of the deceased who committed suicide, and listening to the analysis report in Japanese about the cause of each person's suicide.

They called the deceased who committed suicide "log" and gave "log" a specific number!

"The last 'log' was No. 26. We rewrote his academic performance. He committed suicide shortly after receiving the results! Dean, the report is over." After explaining what seemed to be the cause of Huang Yifu's death, the speaker bows to the presiding officer, whom he calls "the Dean."

"Haha...Young man, it's so easy to seek death! Ryumoto, you did a great job!" The host, who had been listening to the report silently, finally spoke up.

The "Dean" spoke in an extremely low tone and at a very slow speed.

However, every word said by the "Dean" can penetrate the ears of all participants.

"Thank you, Dean, for your compliments." The man named Ryumoto, about thirty years old, with a heroic face and handsome appearance, looked like the "Dean's" right-hand man. After finishing his report, he sat down respectfully.

At that time, another man in a white robe stood up and looked at the Dean, reporting a special incident.

"Kawasaki, what's going on?" The Dean turned to the man he called "Kawasaki."

"Dean...'log' No. 6 seems to be very difficult..." Kawasaki looked puzzled.

“…”

"After several months of work, including depriving him of his career, money, marriage, and even causing him to suffer from an incurable disease..." Kawasaki told the situation of the "log" No. 6 in his mouth.

“…”

"...but...he still has a lot of thoughts and survives strongly..." When Kawasaki reported, the Dean remained silent, making him more and more nervous when he spoke.

"How could this be the case?" After hearing this, the Dean was silent for a while and then responded as if he was extremely unhappy.

"I... don't know. Logically, he has nothing, his wife and children are separated, he has no relatives, and he is terminally ill... He shouldn't have such a strong will to live..." Kawasaki knew that the Dean was dissatisfied with this matter, and he had to try his best to explain.

"Hmph! Find out the answer immediately and give me the result at the next meeting!" The Dean gave instructions to Kawasaki in a reproachful tone.

"Yes...yes...yes..." The man named Kawasaki was extremely frightened by the Dean's scolding and obeyed his instructions.

"Well, Ito, Kimura, how is the research progress on cracking the ' immortal gene'?" The Dean turned to the other two meeting participants named Ito and Kimura.

"Report to the Dean, according to the brainwave pattern returned ten minutes before 'log' committed suicide, all of them are in the alpha band belonging to the sleep state, which is different from the beta band in the active state of normal people." The man named Ito reported to the Dean's first.

"Hmm!" Dean nodded.

"It can be inferred from this that the alpha band is believed to be the key to destroying the ' immortal gene' and causing people to commit suicide. Kimura's research results are also consistent with mine!" After receiving a positive response from the Dean, Ito continued.

"Yes, ten minutes after using high-frequency alpha waves to emit normal genes, a section of the ‘immortal gene’ code in chromosome 1 was mutated, in which the three base letters "ATG" disappeared, thus activating A "feeling gene" called Serotonin 2A in the brain makes people have suicidal impulses. This proves that alpha waves are effective in destroying the ‘immortal gene.’" It was Kimura's turn to explain.

What the two men talked about was a top scientific report on genetic research. It was not easy for ordinary people to understand, which showed the quality of the participants present.

"...Based on the current progress, it is estimated that the second phase of the experimental plan will be entered soon." Ito and Kimura explained their research findings to everyone in detail using image projection.

"Okay...Okay...Now that we have found the root cause of the suicide, speed up the experiment immediately!" After hearing this, the Dean gave instructions to everyone with satisfaction, and the meeting ended.

This group of people used various methods to force many people to commit suicide and collected brain wave data from the suicides before they died. The real reason behind it seemed unusual.