一个怪人刘易斯是情报局的特工,他受命调查一个人:伊诺克·华莱士。原因无他:这个人今年已经足足124岁了,但看上去就30岁左右。刘易斯化装成挖参人,在当地用了整整两年的时间调查,掌握了一些基本情况,但调查越久,疑点越多,问题也越复杂:他不做农活,靠变卖宝石为生,哪来这么多的宝石?时间过了近100年,华莱士一点没有变老,连他一直居住的房子也显得并不陈旧,原因何在?他的生活简朴,也没有受过正规教育,但为什么订阅了大量的日报、新闻杂志和十几种科学杂志?…… A weirdo, Lewis, an agent of the intelligence service, was ordered to investigate a man: Enoch Wallace. The reason without him: this person has a full 124 years old this year, but it seems about 30 years old. Lewis disguised as digging into people, spent a full two years in the local time survey, mastered some of the basic situation, but the longer the investigation, the more doubts, the more complicated the problem: he does not do farm work, by selling gems for a living, where So many gems? After almost 100 years, Wallace did not grow old, and even the house he lived in was not out of date. What was the reason? His life was simple and there was no formal education, but why did he subscribe? A large number of daily newspapers, news magazines and a dozen scientific magazines?