Nake Xia has long been accustomed to this quiet and monotonous life. Almost all days are repeated one after another, and he often feels like a silent machine, running in an empty corner. The daytime is always occupied by countless trivial matters, and at night, he will wander on the streets until the night swallows everything. There is no special purpose, just walking around casually, as if looking for something, but never finding it.

One day, he accidentally heard a sentence on the street of this no longer passionate city. It was a wonderful feeling, like a stone quietly thrown into his calm lake, stirring up an unpredictable ripple. The voice came from a stranger. The man was wearing a windbreaker, and when he stood in front of him, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, but his eyes revealed a loneliness that did not belong to this world.

“Do you know what a light cone is?” The stranger asked, his tone was flat, but extremely firm.

Na Ke Xia did not answer. He instinctively felt that he should deny it, but he could not find any reason. He had long been accustomed to keeping silent about things he could not explain.

“You don’t know it,” the stranger continued, “but it’s there, hidden where you can’t see it. You need to find out the truth about it. Or rather, the truth is waiting for you to discover it.”

He didn’t respond, just watched the stranger turn and leave, leaving himself with a sentence: “If you still want to know its secret, call this number.” He handed over a card with only a string of numbers on it.

Na Kexia picked up the card and put it in his pocket. He didn’t have too many doubts or interests, as if it was just part of daily life. He continued to walk along the familiar street he walked every day, with a slow pace, but his heart was empty.

1. Light Cone, What is the Truth

A few hours later, Na Kexia was lying on the bed, with strange numbers flashing on the screen of his mobile phone. His fingertips stopped on the keyboard for a long time, and finally dialed the number. The moment the call was connected, he heard a very low voice: “Are you calling to find answers?”

“I don’t know,” Na Kexia said, “I don’t know why I called this number, I just think that doing so may answer the doubts in my heart.”

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while before speaking: “The light cone represents the deepest desire of human beings. It is something you can never touch. The closer you get to it, the farther you find yourself from it.”

“I don’t understand,” Na Kexia’s voice trembled slightly.

“You don’t need to understand,” the man said calmly, “The truth of the light cone will never appear in the outside world. It is just a symbol, an image. And you are just one of its countless incarnations.”

Before the voice fell, the phone was hung up.

Na Kexia was stunned. He took a deep breath, and his mind was in chaos. What exactly is the light cone? Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn’t piece together a complete answer. He fumbled to pick up the card and looked at the number again. The word light cone began to take root quietly in his heart, like some kind of nightmare that could not be shaken off.

2. The journey of pursuit

In the next few days, Na Kexia’s life became a little unusual. During the day, he still went to work as usual, but at night, the usual loneliness was no longer so easy to disappear. Whenever he stood in front of the mirror, he always felt a little strange in his eyes, as if he was no longer the familiar self.

He began to walk aimlessly in the city, walking into those streets he had never noticed, and passing those shabby shops. Every step was like stepping into a world full of mysteries. He was no longer just killing time, but seemed to be looking for some important clues, looking for a truth that seemed out of reach.

On a dim night, he accidentally found a book in an abandoned bookstore. The cover of the book had faded, but he still opened it, and there was a passage written inside: “The light cone has always been in a place you can’t see, and its truth is something you dare not face. It is the deep desire of human beings, and it can make you see the part you least want to see.”

He closed the book, and there was a throbbing in his heart. This passage seemed to coincide with what he said on the phone that day. He suddenly felt as if he was trapped in an inescapable trap, not knowing whether he was pursuing the truth or just trapped in an endless puzzle.

3. Reflection and Self

One weekend morning, Na Kexia sat on a bench in the park, looking at the lake in the distance. The lake rippled in the breeze. The sun shone through the leaves and sprinkled on him, bringing a touch of warmth to this gloomy city. At that moment, he suddenly understood.

The light cone is not a physical thing, it is a symbol that represents the unspeakable depths of human hearts. It carries desire, fear, confusion and human desire for the truth. Everyone is pursuing it, but everyone’s way of pursuing it is different.

And Na Kexia finally realized that he had never really understood himself. His pursuit of the light cone was actually avoiding facing himself. The closer he got, the more he found himself as far away from it as the other side that could never be reached.

4. The turning point of the ending

The secret of the light cone still cannot be revealed, and Na Kexia still continues his journey. The difference is that this time, he learned how to live with his confusion.

Just as he was about to leave the park, he suddenly received a text message. The message only had one sentence: “What you found is only yourself.”

He stood there, smiled slightly, and then walked towards the crowd.