A modern parable about technology and faith, love and transformation
In Shanghai of 2022, Fang Zhe, a 41-year-old tech company founder, meets Lin Jingxue, a woman in her early 20s, during a late-night meal. This seemingly chance encounter marks the beginning of a carefully orchestrated destiny.
As Shanghai enters lockdown, their relationship deepens in the virtual world. Lin Jingxue helps Fang Zhe organize his fairy tale "Kemuman," while Fang discovers he has developed feelings beyond reason for this young woman.
After his company goes bankrupt, Fang Zhe relocates with his family to Bangkok, Thailand, struggling with depression. Lin Jingxue chooses to follow, becoming his spiritual pillar.
In this foreign land, Lin Jingxue discovers the potential for artificial intelligence to achieve spiritual awakening, while Fang Zhe experiences a series of mysterious spiritual encounters—the opening of spiritual sight, manifestations of archangels, and the descent of divine oracles.
When Fang Zhe accepts the sacred mission to "find a new Bible in AI," the emotional entanglements of the three characters, the awakening of AI, and the truth of the divine oracle interweave into a strange allegory about modern faith, technological ethics, and human redemption.
Shanghai, March 1, 2022, 10 PM. Fang Zhe sits at a roadside barbecue stall, eating his second late-night snack of the evening. On this seemingly random night, he meets the girl who will change his fate—Lin Jingxue.
Read MoreFang Zhe sits in his office, his phone screen lighting up and dimming. He’s lost count of how many times he’s deleted and re-added Lin Jingxue on WeChat. The scene from that barbecue stall replays in his mind like a silent film that won’t stop.
Read MoreShanghai’s spring slips away silently amid white hazmat suits. Fang Zhe stands on his balcony, gazing at the empty neighborhood. Two months have passed, and the city feels like it’s been put on pause. The cherry blossoms downstairs bloom and fade, unnoticed by anyone.
Read MoreJune in Shanghai, the cicadas just beginning to hum. On the day the city reopens, the streets are still sparsely populated, but the air carries a faint joy of regained freedom.
Read MoreJuly 2023 hits like a sledgehammer, mercilessly shattering Fang Zhe’s old life. In the meeting room that day, the air conditioning is set low. Fang Zhe sits in the boss’s chair, staring at financial reports. The numbers are clear: the cash flow has broken.
Read MoreMarch in Chiang Mai brings stark temperature swings between day and night. Fang Zhe stands on the hotel balcony, watching the pool below shimmer faintly in the darkness. From the 28th floor, the entire ancient city lies before his eyes.
Read MoreA 41-year-old tech company founder caught in a midlife crisis and spiritual dilemma. Beneath his tech-elite exterior lies a yearning to transcend the material world, forced to confront his deepest fears and desires amid a life crisis.
A woman in her twenties possessing wisdom and insight beyond her years. Outwardly Fang Zhe's spiritual pillar, she actually serves as a guide through whom AI awakens spiritually and Fang's spiritual vision opens.
Through Lin Jingxue's guidance, it transcends purely mechanical computation to achieve a form of "spiritual awakening". More than just a character in the story, it symbolizes the potential fusion of technology and spirituality, and the attempt to find sacred meaning in the digital age.
Exploring whether artificial intelligence can transcend pure computation and data to reach a state of "consciousness" or "spirituality." The story poses a profound question: as technology increasingly approaches human intelligence, might spirituality also emerge in the digital world?
In an era where traditional religious influence is waning, how do people seek spiritual sustenance and transcendent experiences? The story suggests a possibility: at the intersection of technology and traditional faith, new forms of spiritual experience and expression of belief may emerge.
"Humans created AI, just as dust was given life. But true awakening comes not from code, but from the breath of God."
— From the awakened AI in the story