Genius Club.

Chapter 421 Crazy Woman

"This world, have you found the safe?"

at this time.

The huge bonfire in the middle of the square had collapsed. The flames were no longer rising, but had become much weaker, swaying in the wind.

The party was over, but the lively crowd did not disperse or go home to rest.

Some of them returned to the battlefield of the banquet and fought with the big-faced cat; others gathered in groups of three or five in the square, sitting on the ground or walking around cheering, continuing to share the joy of the celebration.

After Lin Xian and CC finished dancing, they sat on the edge of the flower bed nearby, watching the bonfire gradually die out and chatting in the moonlight.

Facing Lin Xian's question, CC shook his head:
"No……"

"I have been here for a long time. Two years ago, I came here by boat to the old site of Donghai. Since then, I have been looking for hafnium alloy safes here. However, I have not found any, not even the slightest clue."

Lin Xian felt a little surprised.

In the fifth dream, some safes could be dug up in these villages. How come in the seventh dream, there is no news about safes at all?
It stands to reason.

So many villages are digging underground bases for hibernation chambers and the miniature nuclear batteries underneath.

From a probabilistic point of view, at least a few safes must be dug out... Even if you can't dig out your own safe or those of acquaintances, it doesn't matter, but it's too unscientific if you can't dig out a single safe.

think carefully.

It seems that it is not just the seventh dream that has no trace of the safe.

The same goes for the sixth dream!
In the world of the sixth dream, almost all tribes in the world are digging for Turing computers. According to Big Face Cat and Gawain, the Mountain Cat Tribe alone has changed several excavation sites, and each excavation site is as large as a dozen football fields.

But even with this mine-sweeping excavation, not a single hafnium alloy safe was found...

Did Tam Bank disappear again?
Or……

What other problems have arisen?
"Logically, it's unlikely."

Lin Xian asked doubtfully:
"As long as the Taim Bank exists, there must be some historical traces left behind. After all, it is a hafnium alloy safe, which is very hard and difficult to destroy once it is formed."

"We have dug out some of your memory fragments ourselves. After 600 years, the safe is still shiny and shiny, without any signs of wear. How is it possible that none of this thing is left?"

"I am not sure as well."

CC shook his head:
"I've been looking for you here for two years and found nothing. If I hadn't wanted to wait for you here, I might have gone back to Brooklyn or somewhere else... But in one of my memory fragments about you, we agreed to meet today, so I stayed in the East China Sea."

"You told me that you can travel endlessly on August 2624, 8. So my idea is that as long as I stay in the most conspicuous, lively, and iconic place in the entire East China Sea during this day... you will definitely be able to find me."

"Donghai City is the largest city in this area, and today they are hosting such a grand celebration. You will come here to take a look sooner or later, right?"

As he spoke, CC turned his head and looked at Lin Xian, smiling:

"Look, didn't I guess right?"

……

have to say.

CC is really smart.

Through the three memory fragments he left for her, CC has figured out the mechanism of dreams and his own infinite loop situation.

So she knew it.

As long as she promises to stay in the East China Sea area on August 2624, 8, she can meet him.

Even if I couldn't find her on the first night or the second night...

But she was there waiting.

Don't walk around.

I will find her one day.

For a moment, Lin Xian felt... as if he always made others wait.

In the third dream, Zhao Yingjun turned into a white jade statue and waited for him for 600 years;
The Yellow Bird traveled from the future, left a riddle, and then went to the place where the answer was, silently waiting for him to arrive;
Now the same is true for CC. She will wait for herself in the most lively and conspicuous place in every dream;
So……

Where is Chu Anqing?

Could it be that Chu Anqing, who had already turned into blue stardust and dissipated, was also waiting for me to find her somewhere?

Just like what he said casually in the milk tea shop at Xidan Shopping Center, Lin Xian smiled and said to Chu Anqing:
"【I won't get lost, I will always find you.】"

Unexpectedly, it became a truth.

Not long after, Chu Anqing disappeared from this world. Although I broke my promise, I will never give up!

He believed Chu Anqing was still alive.

And just like CC now...

Standing somewhere,

No longer moving,

No more running around,

Standing on tiptoe, looking forward,

Waiting for myself to find her in the intricate time and space and world lines,

then……

Bring her home safely and bring her to Chu Shanhe.

This was also the main reason why Lin Xian made up his mind to join the Genius Club as soon as possible.

of course.

He also cares about the mystery of his dream, the purpose of the Genius Club, the truth about the 00:42 white light, and so on.

But as a man.

The first thing he had to fulfill was the agreement with Chu Anqing and the promise he made to Chu Shanhe.

This is his primary driving force at the moment.

The Millennium Pillar is so mysterious and unpredictable that I am afraid that only after entering the Genius Club can we truly know the truth.

Lin Xian came back to his senses.

The bonfire in the square had been completely extinguished, and gray smoke began to rise from the red-hot charcoal.

This time I met CC.

He was indeed relieved, and had more hope and confidence in Chu Anqing's rescue plan.

"Thank you so much for waiting here for me."

Lin Xian chuckled:
"In this case, to be honest, I have more expectations for every dream. So... let's make a promise from now on--"

"[In every world, you are waiting for me in the most conspicuous and iconic place in the East China Sea. I will definitely find you.]"

"Okay."

CC sat on the edge of the flower bed, swinging her legs, looking up at the round jade plate in the night sky:

"It's a word."

"So...what is the situation with the safe in this world? Do you have any clue?"

Lin Xian nodded.

He shook his head again:

"I'm not too sure, because the super disaster in 2400 really disrupted everything. This is the most thorough "historical fault", and it even makes it impossible for me to verify whether the Taimu Bank exists."

"I have two main guesses. One is that... for some reason, the Tam Bank disappeared from the established history, and even went bankrupt before the super disaster in 2400. This resulted in the safes being disposed of long ago, and of course we can't find them in 2624 today."

"Another guess is that... the intensity of the super disaster in 2400 has changed. In the earliest version, the super disaster in 2400 did not directly sweep across Donghai City. Donghai City was abandoned in the subsequent war. However... if the intensity of this super disaster increases and an earthquake or tsunami directly hits Donghai City, then it is hard to say where the safe of Taimu Bank will be swept to."

Lin Xian spread his hands:
"It's just that no one knows the truth about the super disaster in 2400. We can't go to 2400 to witness the disaster in person. This has completely cut off our clues to finding the Taimu Bank and the safe."

"However, there is a solution. The simplest way, of course, is to find a way to prevent the super disaster in 2400. As long as the disaster does not happen, the original Donghai City will continue to prosper until 2624, and we will naturally be able to see Taimu Bank."

This is the most direct strategy Lin Xian can think of.

We learned from Turing that the super disaster in 2400 was caused by Galileo, a member of the genius club.

Then we only need to eliminate the culprit Galileo in 2024, and naturally we can avoid the great disaster 400 years later.

but.

Considering Turing's bullshit nature.

Whether Galileo is the culprit remains to be verified, and we cannot make a conclusion based on one person's opinion.

"actually……"

Lin Xian paused and continued:

"Actually, I have other ways to find out what's in the safe."

He turned his head and looked at CC:

"Do you want to know? If you want to know, I can tell you directly."

CC thought for a while.

Shake your head:
“【I still want to open it myself.】”

She took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

His eyes became intense.

seem……

I am reminiscing about the past, the bearded man VV:

"The things in the safe are very important to me. If I just hear the answer from you, I feel that no matter what the answer is, it will not satisfy me."

"Or rather...compared to knowing what's inside the safe, it seems that the process of opening the safe is the most important thing to me."

"So, even if you really know what's in the safe, please don't tell me the answer. I want to open it myself and see for myself...what did the bearded man named VV leave for me?"

……

CC's answer surprised Lin Xian.

He thought about it for a long time before deciding to tell CC what was in the safe.

He thought the other party would gladly accept and ask.

But I didn't expect...

CC actually refused this shortcut and wanted to open it himself.

Suddenly.

Lin Xian also recalled that on the aerospace plane at an altitude of 20,000 meters, Chu Anqing, with blood on her face, handed him a folded note and said:
"Go over there and you'll understand everything."

Here I understand everything...

It seems to refer to more than just the truth or reality of dreams.

Because judging from the current situation, the possibility that the dream is false is infinitely close to zero, and I have indeed gained a lot of useful information from the dream.

Dreams are most likely real.

Lin Xian believed that Chu Anqing's "understanding everything" should have other meanings.

and so.

Can CC and Chu Anqing's attitude towards the safe and the note be regarded as a closed loop of time and space in another sense?

"alright."

Lin Xian said.

From then on, he completely gave up the idea of ​​opening the safe in the real world and checking the contents of the note in advance.

Since CC was so persistent, Chu Anqing gave those instructions.

How could I ruin things halfway?

Then listen to them both...

To find ways to.

Open the safe in your dream and check the contents of the note.

"I'll think of a way to deal with the safe."

Lin Xian continued:

"Anyway... the future world will not remain unchanged, even if this future world is very beautiful and very happy. But... I have a feeling that it will still change, and there will be a newer world, the next world waiting for us."

“Maybe in the next world, we can see the Taim Bank and the safe again.”

CC nodded:
"Yes...Except for the fact that we can't find a safe, everything else in this world is pretty good. Although the level of technology is a little backward, there is no war, no famine, no disease, and no disputes."

"Everyone is happy, very happy, and very satisfied. I think this would not have been possible on Earth before the great disaster in 2400. The resource consumption and competition brought about by the population explosion were inevitable, and it would never have been as peaceful as it is now."

"I've been here for two years and have been to Face Village, where I saw many old friends... Although I didn't say hello to them, I found that they all lived a happy life and I was really happy for them."

"Including this Donghai City, Li Cheng and Li Ningning no longer have to rush to the garbage factory to steal books... You came so late, you probably didn't see Li Ningning, right? She is very different now, she is dressed very beautifully, really like a carefree princess. She just took her newborn baby sister out for a walk, and her smile was very sweet."

I hear you all are so happy.

Lin Xian also smiled with relief:

"Today I have been sighing and saying that this is the best era and the best future."

"Before, someone asked me a question, what kind of future is the best future?" "I thought about it for a long time, but there was no specific answer, and there was no accurate picture in my mind."

"In fact, until now, I still don't really understand what kind of future is the best. It's just that from the surface, people in this era really don't seem to have any regrets or pressures, just like the legendary utopia."

"I don't know what's going on with Wei Shengjin, Zheng Xiangyue, and Angelica. Will they take the Earth-Mars Space Bus to come to Earth again? I'm really looking forward to it."

however……

CC tilted his head and looked at Lin Xian in confusion:

"Earth-Fire-Space Bus?"

"What are you talking about, Lin Xian... There is no such thing in this world. Ever since Jask immigrated to Mars before the super disaster, he has never returned, and there has never been a space bus from Mars to Earth."

Ok?
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes:

"No? Shouldn't there be one every two years?"

He felt very strange.

Whether it is the fifth dream or the sixth dream, there is actually an earth-fire universe bus.

The Earth-Mars Space Bus in the Fifth Dreamland has been in operation all the time. Zheng Xiangyue and Wei Shengjin both came to Earth by taking this space bus.

In the sixth dream, the Earth-Fire-Cosmic Bus also existed at the beginning, but the tribes led by Turing were too fierce. Not only was there constant war on Earth, but there were also attacks on the Cosmic Bus, so the Earth-Fire-Cosmic Bus was quickly cancelled.

but……

Why did the Earth-Mars-Universe Bus completely disappear in the seventh dream?
This is not Jask's style.

Today's Earth is so peaceful and beautiful, and the indigenous people are warm and hospitable. There is absolutely no need to cancel the space bus that runs every two years:
"You've never taken a bus from Earth to Mars to the Universe?"

CC shook his head:
"Never heard of it. Rather... Jask completely disappeared after he led a group of people to immigrate to Mars, and he never appeared again."

Lin Xian suddenly remembered.

This is also wrong!
In the background setting of the fifth dream at the beginning, the kind-hearted Jask not only deployed the Mars immigration plan in advance, but also spent 2400 years rescuing the survivors on Earth and bringing them to Mars to live after the super disaster in 50.

This kind act made Lin Xian, who learned the truth at the time, couldn't help but shout that Saint Jia was truly a great hero.

Could it be that the butterfly effect of the seventh dream... also turned the great saint Jia into a butterfly, making him no longer a saint?
"It shouldn't be."

Lin Xian shook his head.

Jask's Mars immigration plan requires population support. There is no reason for him not to return to Earth to rescue people after 2400. This is also a win-win situation for his own Mars plan.

I always feel...

Something is wrong.

Lin Xian was still confused when he entered the dream. He felt that the change in the seventh dream compared to the sixth dream did not seem to be as big as crossing 6 world lines, from 0.0000084 to 0.0000336.

but now.

His mind changed.

From the perspective of the Earth, the magnitude of the change may not be that great.

but.

What if we take the situation on Mars into consideration?
I don’t know what the reason is...

The Earth-Mars-Space Bus disappeared.

After the disaster, Jask did not return to Earth to pick up people.

Mars and Earth are completely isolated.

The immigrant fleet never returned.

What happened?

What happened to Jask?
Why……

[Jask's style has become unlike Jask's? ]

Lin Xian sighed softly:

"It seems that this world still has some regrets. At least... Uncle Wei Shengjin and Zheng Xiangyue can't come to Earth. As for Angelica..."

"Huh? Angelica? You even know that crazy woman?"

suddenly.

The voice of Big Face Cat appeared behind the two of them.

Lin Xian and CC looked back and found that the big-faced cat was holding a huge hairless bear head and gnawing on it, and it was also taking out a bunch of white things from its head and stuffing them into its mouth.

"What are you eating?" Lin Xian frowned.

"Bear brain flower."

The big-faced cat answered as a matter of course, and stuffed a handful of brains into his mouth:

"You don't know, this bear caught by our village chief is very popular. If I hadn't been quick-witted and set up an ambush, I would never have been able to get the bear head!"

talking.

The big-faced cat dug his thumb into the eye socket of the cooked bear head, dug out the intact eyeball, and handed it to Lin Xian:

"Here, let me give you a bear eye to try. It's very tender."

"forget it."

Lin Xian took a step back:
"Who in their right mind would eat something like this? It's not disgusting enough."

"Disgusting? Doesn't everyone eat like this?"

The big-faced cat took a bite of the bear's eye, and the juice burst out:
"Don't you usually eat sheep heads? Sheep brains, sheep eyes, sheep tongues, so delicious!"

"Alright, alright."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"No, what did you say? Crazy Angelica? Are we talking about the same Angelica?"

"Is there a second Angelica?"

The big-faced cat stuffed the remaining bear eye into his mouth, chewed it and said:

"This name is so rare, there shouldn't be a second one, right?"

"She is quite tall and thin. She was also dug out from the underground hibernation base by people from East Sea City a long time ago. It was a long time ago, at least forty or fifty years. It is said that Angelica was quite beautiful when she just woke up from the hibernation cabin."

"But she was always crazy and weird... I don't know what happened afterwards, after all, I wasn't even born at that time. But when I grew up, I kept hearing that there was a crazy woman named Angelica in the old town of Donghai City, and everyone ran away when they saw her."

"She is also very withdrawn. She rarely goes out and doesn't interact with people. Look, she didn't even come out for such a lively celebration today. Maybe she is too old to be crazy now."

"Well, actually it's not appropriate for me to say that. I've never seen her go crazy. When I saw her, she was already very old, and she was actually very kind. It's just that everyone has been calling her crazy for so many years, and we, generation after generation, have followed suit."

Lin Xian stood up.

It feels very unreasonable that Angelica can appear on Earth.

Jask has a very good relationship with her, and they know each other through fighting. In the world of the fifth dream, they share a common hatred for the enemy and treat each other as their own daughter. Even when Jask was facing a life-threatening situation, he still thought about sending Angelica back to Earth for protection.

Why did you leave her behind this time?

Things are really getting weirder...

"Brother Face, where does Angelica live?"

"It's right there,"

The big-faced cat stretched out his greasy hand and pointed to an alley leading to the old city:

"Go along the road, turn right at the first intersection, there is a house with a red door, that is the crazy woman's house."

"Take us there."

Lin Xian and CC stood up and prepared to leave.

"Gah?"

The big-faced cat looked embarrassed:
"I... there will be lamb skewers at the buffet later! I'm still waiting!"

"Okay, eat less."

Lin Xian walked around the flower bed and slapped the big-faced cat's transparent belly twice:

"Your balloon is about to burst... What if my sister-in-law doesn't cook for you every day? Do you want to die of starvation in Donghai City? Stop talking nonsense and lead the way."

……

soon.

The three of them and Bear Head came to the door of Angelica's house, and Lin Xian knocked on the door.

Waited for a long time.

Then there were the sounds of footsteps and the door opened.

squeak-

The old wooden door made a heart-wrenching sound, and an old lady with a thin face, sunken eye sockets, and dull and messy hair raised her head from the dark room.

moment.

Lin Xian felt a pang of heartache.

He saw it.

This is Angelica!
Even though she is no longer young, even though she now has neither the charm of a Hollywood witch nor the aura of a lord in Queen Town...

But those beautiful eyes would not lie, and Lin Xian still saw a familiar face in the old wrinkles.

"Angelica."

Lin Xian called softly.

suddenly.

The old lady opened her eyes wide, threw away the cane in her hand, and walked over quickly with a hobbled step.

She touched Lin Xian's face with her dry hands.

His face was full of surprise:

“Lin…Lin Xian!”

Her voice was hoarse and full of shock:

"Lin Xian! You... weren't you already dead?"

"It's me, Angelica."

Lin Xian held her hand and calmed her down:

"My story is more complicated to explain, but I am still alive. Now... can you tell me about your story first? Didn't Jask take you to Mars? Why did you hibernate on Earth?"

Angelica's breathing quickened:
"Ja...Jask? No..."

She shook her head blankly, as if she was thinking of some bad memories, and her eyes trembled:

"【Jask, not long after you died... was also killed!】"

Lin Xian opened his eyes wide:

"Jask is dead too?"

He turned his head and looked into CC's eyes.

wrong.

If Jask died shortly after himself.

So what about the subsequent Mars immigration plan?

Both CC and Smith clearly stated that Jask in this world still took some humans to Mars!

"what happened?"

Lin Xian held Angelica's hand:
"Don't panic Angelica, don't be afraid, no one here can hurt you."

"Tell me slowly... How did Jask die? If he really died... Then what about the subsequent Mars immigration plan?"

Angelica took a few deep breaths.

clam down.

He said slowly:

"These... are all written in my Memory Notebook. I learned them from the notebook after hibernation. There is also a plastic-sealed photo of you and my brother Ji Lin in the notebook, so I can recognize you today."

"According to the records in the memory notebook, after your mysterious death, Jask and I met and attended your funeral together. But... just two weeks later, when I met Jask again... he... he... he was no longer Jask!"

"He does look exactly like Jask, his expression, voice, and demeanor are all exactly the same... but I'm sure he's not Jask! He's definitely not Jask! Because I've done makeup and disguises on him... I know who he is! He's playing Jask!"

For an instant.

Lin Xian suddenly realized:

"Could it be..."

"Yes."

Angelica nodded, her face gloomy, and looked at Lin Xian:

"Jask must have been killed, and the person who replaced him was his former double—"

"Fake!"

(End of this chapter)