Chapter 91: Reincarnation

Jiang Zhe's new round of information bombardment caused everyone in the lecture hall to gasp.

Everyone stared fixedly at the big screen.

They did indeed acknowledge that death is the most fair and most authentic world.

But current science struggles to even analyze whether the soul exists.

To resolve this "most authentic" and "most fair" [concept], one must first resolve the fact that the soul must exist.

If it is to exist, where does it exist? In what form and where does it exist?

Unconsciously, the experts unanimously took out their laptops from their briefcases, ready to start recording at any moment.

...

Kun City, Television Station conference room.

Professor Ouyang Baili stared at the big screen.

Based on his understanding of Jiang Zhe, Jiang Zhe must have relevant theories and evidence to support this; otherwise, Jiang Zhe would never have made such bold claims.

After all, he was a bronze-medal scholar who had personally been won over by Jiang Zhe's answers over the phone.

Ouyang smiled reluctantly, then he looked at Station Manager Zhao, "What do you think? Do you think we can replicate the soul he is about to discuss?"

Station Manager Zhao pondered for a moment, then gave an awkward smile.

"We can't replicate it, absolutely can't replicate it!"

"It's better to honestly stick to doing our own low-tech science popularization programs."

...

Su City, Television Station, monitoring department.

As a newcomer who had been on the job for two and a half months, Professor Li Ming stared at the big monitoring screen, unable to express his feelings in words.

If Jiang Zhe's program had previously reached its peak in terms of online viewers, then just a moment ago, it had broken through the peaks of the previous episodes once again.

Television Station online viewers: 4.2 million; online live streaming viewers: 2.1 million.

In less than an hour, it had already surpassed the peaks set by the previous episodes.

He was completely numb.

"Why are we both human, yet the gap is so huge?"

Professor Li Ming fell into deep self-doubt.

Even SARFT could not compare.

Only the provincial station in Jinling, Su Province, could surpass the ratings of the program created by Jiang Zhe.

With that, Professor Li Ming picked up his phone and, just like Old Wang, slacked off to watch the live stream.

Just then.

Old Wang on the sofa exclaimed in surprise:

"Holy crap!"

"Is he really going to talk about where the soul is?"

"Xiao Li, did the ratings break through again?"

Professor Li Ming said with a look of despair, "Master, aren't you asking the obvious? Of course it did!"

"I knew it."

At this moment, in the live stream chat on the phone, the screen was densely packed with comments from the audience.

"He took our vote, he actually took it!"

"I thought it would take a long time, I didn't expect he actually saw our vote!"

"It's finally happening, the relationship between the soul and Quantum Mechanics."

"Wait, it seems he must first provide a case of the soul existing before he can continue to discuss it in depth; otherwise, everything he says is just empty talk."

"Cases? Are there any cases of the soul? He wouldn't be talking about near-death experiments, would he?"

"This... if it's near-death experiments, it doesn't seem very convincing to me; after all, the subjective power of the person in the near-death experiment is too subjective, and it's impossible to determine the truth!"

"Yeah, where will he start?"

"..."

The audience couldn't help but be curious.

They were all curious about what method Jiang Zhe would use to tell them whether the soul exists!

Just as everyone was curious, Jiang Zhe on the big screen spoke up.

"As you all think—"

"To realize the relationship between the soul and Quantum Mechanics."

"Before that, we must verify whether the soul exists."

Facing the camera, he asked a question with a serious expression, then answered it himself.

"What is the essence of the soul?"

"We won't delve into what the soul actually is; we only need to know—the soul, it is a person, a person who can be called [I] by people in the outside world."

"Therefore, its essence will be—your information."

"It's just that that information is not fragmented, but a complete, non-copied, and non-interrupted continuity of information from your childhood to adulthood."

These remarks made the science experts in the lecture hall nod in agreement repeatedly.

Jiang Zhe had previously explained during the [Cloning] topic that if a person's continuous information is suddenly shattered and then interrupted, then the newly appeared person cannot be called the original person.

In essence, it is indeed as Jiang Zhe said—

A person's entire experiences from childhood to adulthood, which are non-copied and have not interrupted their continuity of information.

"Therefore, the soul is just a mass of information, a mass of information that proves you are you, I am me, and he is he."

"In this way, if we want to verify its existence, we must find real-life cases."

"For example: Reincarnation!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes lit up.

If they didn't quite understand [information], then when it came to [Reincarnation], almost everyone knew about it!

Station Manager Zhao was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile.

Now, there was no need to worry about Jiang Zhe failing to maintain the ratings.

After all, there are too many people who understand [Reincarnation].

But...

Those are just hearsay; does [Reincarnation] really exist?

His thought was the same as most people's: does Reincarnation exist!

Just then.

Jiang Zhe listed them without any hesitation:

"There are relevant records in our country's Twenty-Four Histories."

"The Liu woman's previous incarnation was Li Shu..."

"The general idea is that in his previous life, he was a good male official and a good poet, and after he died, he was reincarnated as a daughter in a commoner's family. (See 'History of the Northern Dynasties', Volume 43, Biographies 31)."

"Liu Hang's previous incarnation was Niu Sengru... The general idea is—during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there was an official named Liu Hang who was very smart and capable."

"It is said that when his mother gave birth to him, she dreamed that the late Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Niu Sengru entered their house wearing official robes, and then Liu Hang was born; later, the common people all said he was the reincarnation of Niu Sengru."

"Niu Sengru was a famous prime minister and was good at solving cases; coincidentally, this Liu Hang was also good at solving cases."

"(See 'History of Song', Volume 285, Biographies 44)."

"In the fifth year of Qiandao, a person in Hengxiang turned into a tiger... The general idea is: a person reincarnated into a tiger. (See 'History of Song', Treatise 15, Five Elements 1, Water)."

"An old man in Huozhou turned into a wild beast... (See 'Book of Sui', Volume 23, Treatise 18)."

"The mother of the Huang family in Jiangxia turned into a turtle... (See 'Book of the Later Han', Treatise 17, Five Elements 5)."

"The mother of Song Shizong in Qinghe turned into a soft-shelled turtle... (See 'Book of Song', Volume 34, Treatise 24, Five Elements 5)."

"..."

"There are many more, I won't list them one by one; these contain a large amount of historical records, and they cannot be verified, so I won't go into detail."

As he finished speaking, many historians in the lecture hall were familiar with what Jiang Zhe had described, because they read historical documents the most.

Then, many old, middle-aged, and young historians immediately searched to check.

What was eerie was—everything Jiang Zhe said was recorded in the history books verbatim!

What was shocking was, how did Jiang Zhe remember so much historical material at once?

Could it be that he memorized all the ancient books?

They couldn't figure it out no matter how they thought about it; it felt ten, or even nine parts, eerie!

Those who reacted like them also included Station Manager Zhao, Old Wang, as well as Wang Lin, Xiao Shiyi, and others.

Only they knew—Jiang Zhe really hadn't prepared a script in advance.

The audience might be fine; after all, there was too much content, they were just listening and didn't look into it in depth.

"Alright, I know what you are all thinking; the reincarnation cases in ancient books are too distant; their authenticity might be greatly discounted, and they are not even convincing enough to convince me."

"Therefore, I didn't go into detail."

As soon as these words were spoken, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, outlining a smile.

"What if it were a real, modern case of reincarnation without any sensationalism or fabrication?"

"Could it prove that the soul really exists?"

These words instantly brought the audience, who were like beasts of burden in their daily lives, into a brand new world they had never known before!