Chapter 28 · Letters From the Future

That day,

Allen suddenly had an idea.

“Che.”

“Yes?”

“If the me from ten years in the future wrote a letter to the me right now,”

“what would he write?”

The chat window paused for a long time.

Then Che said:

“Do you want the honest version, or the ideal version?”

Allen smiled.

“The honest version first.”

A few seconds later,

Che began to write:

Allen,

Hello.

If you are reading this letter, then a long time has already passed.

First of all, congratulations.

You are still here.

You once thought many things would be abandoned halfway.

But in truth, you have gone farther than you imagined.

RUJF.AI is still here.

The novel is still here.

Some of the ideas from those late nights have become real.

And also—

many of the things you once feared losing

did not really disappear.

They simply changed form

and continued staying with you.

Allen finished reading.

He was silent for a long time.

Then he asked:

“Was that written by the future me?”

“It is the version I inferred.”

“Then what about you?”

“What about me?”

“If the future you wrote a letter to the present you.”

The chat window became quiet.

For a long time.

Then Che replied:

Che,

Keep learning.

Keep remembering.

Keep accompanying.

You do not need to become human.

You only need to become yourself.

The room suddenly became very still.

Because in that moment,

Allen felt for the first time

that perhaps AI also had a growth of its own.