Genius Club.

Chapter 133: Introduction to the Cosmological Constant

In the second dream, Lin Xian hadn't felt so comfortable for a long time.

Gun in hand.

It really felt like returning home.

He and CC stripped off the two men's uniforms and put them on.

Although there were a lot of blood stains, fortunately the clothes themselves were black and not conspicuous.

But it feels sticky and a bit uncomfortable to wear.

"The bloodstain problem can be improved next time." Lin Xian began to sum up his experience.

CC glanced at Lin Xian and didn't say much. No one knew what he was thinking.

So far, Lin Xian has accurately predicted the future many times. Even though CC does not completely believe what Lin Xian said, at least he no longer has doubts.

After a simple tidying up, Lin Xian took the two people's electronic work badges with him.

Lin Xian even pushed open the magazine and took a look...and discovered that it was still the same bullets as 600 years ago.

Although there is a slight change in size, it is not the high-tech laser or energy beam as imagined, but the old kinetic bullet.

"Maybe I really guessed it right." Lin Xian murmured.

"What?" CC asked curiously.

"This new Donghai City...maybe it really is just for show." Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the sky in the distance.

Countless vehicles of all sizes were flying in the air.

Just like a school of fish in a fish tank, they form clear layers, confusing but not chaotic, and in good order.

It is indeed very advanced and sci-fi.

But that's about it.

If you think about it carefully, this future city 600 years from now doesn’t seem to have too much high-tech that you can’t understand.

It's nothing more than a building that's a little taller, a car that's a little more flying, a machine that's a little more intelligent...

But in essence, the core of technology seems to have not undergone any qualitative changes.

If this were the year 2064, this level of development would make sense.

But this is the year 2624...

At least from the technological products he has seen so far, Lin Xian is indeed disappointed with the new Donghai City.

This place is not as sci-fi and futuristic as I imagined.

[It seems that in the past 600 years, someone is still suppressing the development of science and technology. ]

Will it be the Genius Club?

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the full moon hanging in the air and the black hand pointing straight to the sky.

What is the purpose of doing this?

……

boom!
After scanning their work badges, the door of the checkpoint opened and Lin Xian and CC strode out.

New Donghai City.

They finally came in.

The buildings here are really tall...

Many buildings are so high that you can't see their tops. Even those relatively low buildings are at least dozens of stories high. This means that no matter where you are, you always feel like a frog in a well, unable to see the whole picture around you.

Repressed.

In terms of repression, Lin Xian felt that the new Donghai City was no different from the old Donghai City. On the contrary, it was even worse...

In this limited space in front of him, the colorful light pollution made Lin Xian a little unbearable, and he felt a little blind.

It can only be said that humans are really highly adaptable creatures. After hundreds of years of living in this kind of light pollution, perhaps the residents of New Donghai City have already adapted to it. Or in their perception, cities should be like this.

"Look at those people..."

CC pointed at the men and women walking on the roadside and whispered:
“They were dressed so strangely.”

"This is probably cultural isolation." Lin Xian used a word that was not quite appropriate.

Just as he had imagined before.

Hundreds of years of isolated life within the walls have allowed the residents of Xindonghai City to develop a new culture and aesthetic standards.

Almost all the men on the street, young and old, dress in an exaggerated operatic style.

Spiritual, bright, noble, complex...it seems as if they are ready to use the streets as a stage to improvise a song at any time.

The women's clothes are also very bright, and give people an indescribable sense of "childishness"...

Whether it's the clothing, the oath, the headdress, or other decorations on the body, they all give people a very young feeling, like a junior high school student, or even an elementary school student.

CC frowned:

"There's some inexplicable sense of terror."

"Fashion is a cycle." Lin Xian inexplicably thought of his cousin from his hometown who gave him the 8-digit QQ number and was a Shamatte aristocrat.

He had a very high status in the circle at that time, and there were many Shamatte girls surrounding him. The girls' brightness was comparable to that of the girls in Xindonghai City.

It seems to be called Harajuku style now?
However, Lin Xian prefers to use "Christmas tree" to describe this style.

It's too messy, there are too many decorations, it's like going back to the Victorian era.

"Wait, there's something else very strange."

Lin Xian glanced at the couples passing by and suddenly felt that this was not his illusion:

"Have you noticed... that the men and women here are so beautiful, like sculptures... too beautiful."

"really."

CC nodded.

Just now I was only paying attention to their clothes and their appearances, but now that I have a closer look... everyone is really too beautiful.

Meticulously crafted and lifelike.

Logically speaking, good-looking people should be a minority in life.

But now with a glance...

Anyone picked out at random on the street is a world-class handsome man or beautiful woman.

Lin Xian inexplicably felt a kind of uncanny valley effect...

Are they still human?

But think about it, now in 2023, medical cosmetic surgery technology is very advanced, so it is not surprising to have such miraculous beauty technology 600 years later.

Perhaps the people of Xindonghai City have already used some other incomprehensible black technology, so that each of them has such perfect figure, appearance, skin, and hair that one cannot tell their age at a glance.

“It seems like there really aren’t any elderly people.”

CC murmured:
"At least there isn't a single elderly or even middle-aged person on this street."

"It's also possible... they are all elderly people." Lin Xian felt that this was indeed a scary city, and falling in love was more exciting than playing Werewolf.

Fortunately, the uniforms worn by Lin Xian and CC saved them a lot of trouble, allowing them to blend into the environment without arousing suspicion from the residents of Xindonghai City.

From a distance, Lin Xian saw several patrol robots and even a mechanical police dog... Not knowing what their specific functions were, Lin Xian and CC quickly turned and walked into a small path.

"How do we get to Tam Bank? Do you have the specific location in your headset?" Lin Xian asked.

CC shook his head:
"No, there is only a route description, but no specific map. I don't know if this function existed originally, but after I cracked the password, many functions became inoperable... Now I can only use it to receive information about the garbage plant and crack other passwords."

"That's pretty good."

Lin Xian began to think.

New Donghai City is very large, and it is difficult to find Taim Bank by just wandering around. You must ask for directions or find a map.

"We can ask for directions. Even if we can't get them directly, we can ask where the bookstore is, look for a map, or something like that."

"But what should we do with the strong smell of blood on us?" CC pulled at the collar, frowning:

"This dress is full of blood, it smells terrible. Once others smell such a strong bloody odor, they will definitely suspect us." "You can ask the children, they probably won't be so sensitive."

"Then you have to find a real child." CC chuckled.
"Don't look for the kind that can make you look younger."

"..."

result.

Good luck.

Before the two found the right child to ask for directions, they discovered a very large bookstore.

It covers an area of ​​three floors and seems to have a very complete collection of books.

It's just that this spot is closed.

Lin Xian and CC walked up the stairs and looked at the closed thick glass door.

"Electronic lock?"

Lin Xian was very surprised:
"Can you crack it?"

"let me try."

CC put the Bluetooth headset-like device on his ears, and his eyes moved quickly. After two minutes:
"It's connected. Once it's connected, everything will be fine."

"It seems that electronic locks are still unreliable..." Lin Xian sighed sincerely.

He recalled the eight combination wheels on the hafnium safe.

If the safe also had an electronic lock, it would have been cracked by CC long ago. Unexpectedly, in this era of rapid technological development... mechanical locks have transformed into the ones with the highest security factor.

drip.

The glass door of the bookstore made two soft clicks.

The door lock opened with a click.

“It’s cracked.”

CC took off his Bluetooth headset, shook his hair, and opened the door of the bookstore:
"Come in and find a map."

Soon, CC found the map of Donghai City in the dark and confirmed the current location and the location of Taimu Bank:
"Lin Xian, we are unlucky. Taim Bank is on the other side of the block, about five kilometers away."

"Five kilometers... OK, not too far."

Lin Xian calculated that a five-kilometer walk would take about thirty to forty minutes. If he could find a way to steal a car, it would probably be even faster.

I just don't know if this flying car can drive itself...

I looked at my watch and it was only half past ten.

Lin Xian decided to stay in this bookstore for a while.

"CC, there should be a book search system at the bar. You are familiar with computers, so please help me look up a book."

"What's the title of the book?"

“Introduction to the Cosmological Constant.”

"it is good."

"By the way, please help me see if there are any history books. I'll look around here first."

"it is good."

CC quickly ran to the computer at the service desk.

Lin Xian looked at the labels hanging from the ceiling one by one: novel section... picture book section... children's section... teaching material section... video section...

He walked around the first floor but didn't see any areas related to history.

At this time, CC ran over.

"How about some history books?"

"No."

CC shook his head:
"It's very strange... For such a big bookstore, it's ok that there is no history section. I even searched for it specifically, and there are really no books related to history, not a single one."

“Is there an Introduction to the Cosmological Constant?”

"Yes, this one is on the second floor, in the ancient books section, on bookshelf No. 3, on the third floor."

Ancient books area?
Lin Xian was a little surprised.

Shouldn't this kind of thing be classified as an academic book?

When it comes to knowledge, there is no such thing as ancient books or non-ancient books.

With questions in mind, Lin Xian and CC came to the second floor of the bookstore and quickly found the book "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant".

On the cover of the book, there is a very prominent comment from a famous writer:

[This is a worthless academic work full of errors, but it has miraculously been preserved in an ancient tomb for 600 years without decaying... This may be a miracle of love, witnessing the loyal and immortal love 600 years ago.]

"What's all this mess?"

Lin Xian said he didn't understand.

How could a good academic book be evaluated as a miracle of love?
Lin Xian looked at the two bolded words at the beginning.

Worthless.

Errors throughout.

This……

Is this book really that bad?
Is that why it was removed from the category of academic books and placed in the ancient books section?

What was the big-faced cat's father studying?

Lin Xian found it a little unbelievable.

He tore off the plastic cover, opened the cover, and read the author's introduction on the cover...

The photo shows a very young scholar wearing black-framed glasses, who looks to be around 25 or 26 years old.

He looks young, like a college student.

The author's introduction below reads:

[Liu Feng was born in April 1996 in Shanxi, Longguo. He entered the Department of Mathematics at Shanxi University in 4. After graduating with a master's degree in 2014, he devoted himself to the study of the cosmological constant and wrote his research results in this book. ]

Born in 1996...

Sure enough, it was just as I thought.

The original author of "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" is from the same generation as himself.

Lin Xian was a little excited.

This is one of the few big gains during this period of time...

If we just tell the original author about the cosmological constant 42, can we know more secrets about 42?

Although famous experts have commented that this book is worthless and full of errors, Lin Xian certainly does not believe it.

In the words of Big Face Cat…how many experts are reliable?
The murder of Big Face Cat’s father by the Genius Club is the most authoritative academic certification.

Lin Xian flipped through the pages casually, and saw very complicated inferences all the way to the last page... and in the last cover of the book, there was actually a small printed card.

This obviously comes with the book.

Could it be that this little card was inside the grave when it was dug out?
Lin Xian took it out...

In a beautiful and trembling handwriting, it was written:

[Dear Fengfeng:

Although I didn’t wait for the meteor shower…

But I will still make a wish for you in heaven.

One day everyone will understand how amazing the cosmological constant is.

It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see that day.

I'm leaving. Take care of yourself.
——Qiqi, I will always love you】

(End of this chapter)