Genius Club.

Chapter 192: Redress
"Your taxi company...hasn't this section been investigated by the police?"

Lin Xian looked at Zheng Chenghe, who was covered tightly and concentrating on driving:
"The vehicle that hit Professor Xu Yun and killed him, as well as the vehicle that hit and killed the female scientist a while ago, were both taxis. Have you drivers ever been investigated?"

"There must be."

Zheng Chenghe answered while steering:
"But don't be fooled by the fact that there are so many taxis in Donghai City. In fact, each one has a number, and now the newly replaced taxis have real-time positioning systems, which makes it very easy to investigate. The platform clearly shows where the taxis are at all times."

"I also know about Professor Xu Yun's case, and I paid attention to it at the time. But that taxi was probably a fake one, with a malicious paint job, and it was not an official taxi on record...so we never found it in the end."

Lin Xian looked at Zheng Chenghe who was driving seriously and said nothing more.

……

After Zheng Chenghe sent Lin Xian to the Donghai City Public Security Bureau, he went to work soliciting customers.

Lin Xianye and his colleagues quickly got down to work.

The general direction of solving the case now is still the same as the plan set by Ji Lin before -

[By predicting the next scientist murder case at 00:42, and then lying in ambush nearby in advance, while preventing the car accident and protecting the scientist's life, the vehicle causing the accident was intercepted and the driver and murderer were arrested.]

therefore.

The current difficulty lies in how to accurately predict the next murderer's target and the date of the murder.

After Ji Lin left, Lin Xian was indeed a lot freer.

He had briefly entered a dream, just to confirm whether the dream world had changed.

But the result was different from what he expected...

The old Donghai is still the old Donghai, and the new Donghai City is still the new Donghai City.

In the second dream, there was no change at all.

This surprised Lin Xian...

Logically speaking, shouldn't such a groundbreaking invention as room-temperature superconductors have the dignity to even cause a little change in space and time?

Or in other words, the emergence of room-temperature superconductors is already within the original historical trajectory of the second dream?

Lin Xian felt that the space-time logic here was a bit strange.

But for a moment, I couldn't figure out what was strange. I could only think about the question while monitoring the itinerary of scientists in the hibernation field with my colleagues.

During this time, they also attempted ambushes several times.

However, all the scientists crossed the road safely at 00:42, and there was no sign of murder.

It's a good thing that no one got hurt.

But for the task force that is determined to solve the case... they hope that they can succeed in their investigation and catch the murderer as soon as possible.

……

November 4, morning.

Donghai City Public Security Bureau, task force meeting room.

A male team member held a pointer and pointed at five photos of scientists on the projection screen. Below each photo was a brief introduction of each scientist:
"On the evening of April 4, Donghai City will hold two large-scale scientific exchange dinners and an academic seminar. On April 12, there will also be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a key hibernation laboratory, and several heavyweight scientific masters have been invited to attend."

"We have not relaxed for a moment these days. We have been staking out scientists who may have been killed every day, but we have found nothing. But on the night of April 4, which was 12:4 in the morning of April 13, we must not let our guard down either."

"The most important thing is... our mission this evening is very serious. According to the intelligence we have so far, a total of five scientists may be exposed to danger at 5:00."

The male colleague pointed at the first two scientists, both of whom were newcomers in the field of hibernation. They were not very old, in their 40s, but they were already leaders in the field of hibernation equipment:
"These two hibernation experts will participate in two scientific exchange dinners in Donghai City respectively. It is difficult for us to determine whether they will be murdered at 00:42, but they are definitely the focus of monitoring."

Then, he pointed at the fat, big-eared scientist in the middle:

"Everyone should be familiar with Academician Lyon from the University of Ghana. His research on room-temperature superconductors shocked the world some time ago. He will also attend an academic conference on the evening of April 4. After the conference, he will have dinner with the leaders. The time of the conference is not within our control. We cannot rule out the possibility that the murderer wants to murder him."

Finally, the male colleague pointed at the last two scientists on the screen:

“这两位科学家是来参加4月13日的剪彩仪式的，同样是研究冬眠技术，他们的飞机是在4月12日午夜抵达，所以00：42分他们同样有危险。”

……

The female colleague next to Lin Xian held her chin and thought:
"If it's just to protect them, it's easy. We just need to make them avoid the time point of 00:42, and naturally there will be no danger to their lives."

"But...if we don't give the murderers a chance to kill, they won't show up, and we won't be able to catch them. These two things are too contradictory!"

"Yes."

The male member who was explaining continued:

"I was thinking about this a few days ago. We always set up roadblocks and barrier nets at both ends of the road... If the murderer is really well prepared, they will definitely notice our ambush, and even if they have a plan to kill someone on that day, they will cancel it. So... is it because our actions have been discovered that we always fail to catch them?"

The male team member finished speaking, and the other members nodded.

indeed.

It is true that the murderers are arrogant in killing people, but they are not stupid.

If they clearly sensed a police ambush and roadblocks, they would not take the risk.

They will most likely wait patiently for the next opportunity.

If this kind of tug-of-war continues, the police will only become more and more passive.

"Everyone is right. We are facing two main difficulties now."

The male team member leaned on the table and concluded:
"First, we must not let the murderers know of our actions, including protecting scientists, setting up roadblocks and nets, etc., otherwise they will not take the bait.]"

"【Second, if we don't ambush in advance, we won't be able to protect the scientists' lives. Even if we catch the murderer afterwards, the cost will be too high.】"

"These are two very contradictory points. Moreover, if we ambush five target locations at the same time... the action is too big, and it is impossible not to attract the attention of the murderer. Once they notice it, they will cancel the action. If this continues, we will never catch the murderer."

……

Listening to everyone's discussion, Lin Xian twirled his pen without saying anything.

In fact, he still had a concern in his heart.

He looked around at the team members...

It is true that Ji Lin left.

But among the remaining team members, or in this police station, is there any accomplice to Ji Lin?
In other words, do Ji Lin and the others have spies?

It’s not that I don’t trust my colleagues.

However, given that the opponent was extremely smart and cunning... Lin Xian did not dare to trust these team members easily. Although they seemed to be in the same group with him, there was a possibility that they could be used by Ji Lin.

In addition, if a large number of people were really deployed to ambush, the plan would inevitably be leaked, and it would be even more impossible to catch the murderer.

"Lin Xian, what do you think?"

The male colleague smiled at Lin Xian and said, "Before Ji left, he also said that because you have been to the crime scene twice, you can perceive the murderer's intentions better than us based on your intuition and feeling. Among these five scientists... who do you think is most likely to be the murderer's assassination target?"

Lin Xian stopped spinning his pen, thinking:
"…I can't make a decision right now. I need some time to think about it."

The male colleague nodded and looked at everyone:

"This is indeed not a trivial matter. We must proceed with caution. It is very likely that a wrong decision on our part will not only lead to the murderer's escape, but also the death of a scientist. So... everyone should think about it carefully after returning home, and we will discuss it at the regular meeting tomorrow. Remember, all matters must be kept confidential!"

"Meeting dismissed."

……

At noon, Lin Xian returned home after a long absence.

After locking the door, he went to bed.

He felt more and more that he was still under Ji Lin's surveillance, and perhaps his every move in the police station was being watched by Ji Lin, Zhou Duanyun and others.

but.

This is also an opportunity for me to break out.

The key to breaking the deadlock is to obtain more intelligence and information.

It would be nice to know exactly which scientist would be murdered.

Right now, the only place to get this "predictive information"... is in dreams, in New Donghai City, and in that chain bookstore full of books.

"Go try your luck."

Lin Xian closed his eyes and fell asleep...

……

……

Bookstore in Xindonghai City at night.

Lin Xian is already familiar with this place, just like going home.

He used the computer at the cash register to look up the names of the five scientists who arrived in Donghai on April 4.

This book guide system 600 years later is very easy to use. Unlike the library in 2023 where you can only search for book titles, here you can even search the contents of each book. As long as you enter a keyword, you will be listed which books contain this keyword.

However, this technological advancement is necessary.

After all, New Donghai City is much more developed than the real world in every aspect, so it is not surprising to have such a search capability.

Lin Xian first entered the names of the four scientists related to hibernation research, and then clicked search respectively.

result……

All of them are missing.

It seems that these four people were just insignificant little people in the past 600 years, not even worthy of being mentioned.

Lin Xian typed Xu Yun curiously.

As expected, there were quite a few results.

Xu Yun's name is mentioned in many books, calling him the father of hibernation, and there are many evaluations. One book also says that Xu Yun died in a car accident, and there is no other information.

Then enter Tang Xin's name...

No information was found either.

"Sure enough, 600 years is too long, enough to drown everything."

Lin Xian sighed.

Only great men like Xu Yun and Einstein can leave their names in history.

Lin Xian entered his name again...

"hehe."

This person also does not exist.

Whatever.

Even the MX company did not leave any record in history, let alone a small sesame like me?
No matter how popular the Rhine cat is, it is just a toy and cannot be compared with Xu Yun’s hibernation chamber or Einstein’s great achievements.

Just to give it a try, Lin Xian entered the name of "Academician Lyon" in the search bar and clicked the search button.

The page refreshes instantly.

Blah blah blah!

A lot of messages popped up!

The amount of information is even more than that of Professor Xu Yun!

"It seems that this is a heavyweight."

Can understand.

His room-temperature superconductor is the prerequisite technology for controlled nuclear fusion. Although he cannot be called the father of controlled nuclear fusion...but whenever controlled nuclear fusion is mentioned, his important contribution cannot be omitted, right?

What's more, the technology in Xindonghai City has not yet conquered controlled nuclear fusion, but has only popularized small nuclear batteries.

Under this premise, the attention paid to controlled nuclear fusion will definitely be much greater than that of the hibernation chamber that has already been realized.

however……

Lin Xian browsed through the search information that popped up, but his brows furrowed as he read more.

I thought that this information should be all praise and worship of Academician Lyon.

But the truth is completely opposite!

Almost all the evaluations of Academician Lyon in books are full of criticism and attacks!
Academic fraud, academic thief, deserved to be put to death, dirty tricks... these derogatory words are almost drowning out the name of Academician Lyon.

"How is this going?"

Lin Xian didn't understand.

In 2023, when he lives, Academician Lyon has been hailed as a human star, and countless research institutes have also proved that his theories and experimental data are correct.

Under such circumstances, how could I become a pariah in future books?
Lin Xian continued to browse through the excerpts of the abusive articles, and finally found a useful piece of information -

[…It was not until three years after Academician Lyon died in a car accident that Dr. Ponsmer was finally cleared of all charges. People began to investigate Academician Lyon, and the dirty true face of this academic fraud was revealed…]

(End of this chapter)