The world is dead. The surviving people, having lost the ability to bear children, have found a formula for immortality, but time wears out their consciousness, and their bodies begin to decompose. In order not to go crazy, they erase their memories, and thanks to the generator that transmits illusions to the brain, they do not notice external decline. Realizing the inevitability of the end, scientists strive to preserve civilization and begin to introduce humanoid machines into society. So, one of the robots is told that he is a journalist from a neighboring city who has come here to publish a local newspaper.