Genius Club.

Chapter 447 Returning to the old place
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A minute later, Gao Wen opened the door of the shuttle cabin and watched Lin Xian climb out. "How do you feel?"

Gao Wen smiled:
"To be honest, after this time-travel machine was built, I often lay down in it to experience the feeling of traveling through time and space. Sometimes I even want to take a nap in it."

"But the amazing thing is that after entering, not only did I not feel relaxed, but I felt very depressed and uncomfortable, as if I was being pulled away from the world, and I couldn't fall asleep at all. And even if I forced myself to stay in there for a while longer, I could only lie there for a dozen minutes at most before I couldn't stand it anymore."

"Perhaps, it's because I'm in awe of the time-space shuttle and afraid of time travel. I always feel... how should I put it, it's not fear, it's not terror, it's more that as long as I lie in it, I can feel the extreme-"

Gao Wen pursed his lips and said in a low voice:

"【Lonely】"

……

Lin Xian looked into Gao Wen's eyes and said nothing.

Yes.

lonely.

Time travel, especially using ordinary space-time particles, can be suffocatingly lonely.

A one-way ticket to a distant land,

A kind of sadness that can't be returned after separation,

A kind of helplessness of being destined to die in a foreign land.

“But I admire every time traveler.”

Gao Wen looked at Lin Xian with eyes full of respect:

"I believe that every time traveler comes with a responsibility and mission; they all have lofty beliefs and fearless courage."

"Just like you, Mr. Lin Xian. Although I don't know why you traveled through time and space, I am sure that you must not be doing it for personal selfishness, but for a greater cause."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"You don't have to praise me like that. Actually, I...how should I put it? Compared to those real time travelers, I'm still far behind."

"But I have prepared myself mentally. If there is such an opportunity to change regrets and mistakes and make the human world a better place, I will definitely not hesitate."

suddenly.

He thought of something and asked:
"So who are you going to send back to the past this time? Who will be the time traveler?"

Lin Xian glanced around:
"Brother Lian? Or Xu Yiyi?"

"Do not."

Gawain shook his head:
"neither."

"I have already thought of the candidate, and everyone in Sin City agrees. It is the leader of the Li Family Gang, Li Cheng's only daughter—"

"Li Ningning."

……

Lin Xian heard this familiar name, and for a moment, he didn't feel that surprised:
"It seems that the Li Cheng family is still full of loyal and brave people."

He said with emotion:

"Li Cheng had such a daughter, and he was willing to give her up."

"hehe."

Gao Wen smiled slightly:
"How could Li Cheng be willing to do that... No father would be willing to do that. Especially since Li Cheng's wife passed away due to illness a few years ago. Li Ningning is his only relative in this world."

"In this matter, I also admire Li Cheng and the little girl Li Ningning very much. Just like the issue we discussed before, there are many issues in this world that have no answers and no right or wrong."

"Is it really right to let a lonely father's only daughter sacrifice herself for the future of mankind? Is it really great? It is difficult for us to judge, but this is a hymn to the indomitable spirit of mankind and the consistent belief of the Li Family Gang—"

"【Every man has his share of responsibility for the fate of his country.】"

indeed.

Lin Xian nodded.

Every era has its own heroes; as history rolls forward, there are always people who must stand up and shoulder the responsibility and burden.

He recalled the seventh dream.

Li Ningning wore an exquisite princess dress, holding her newborn sister, Li Fengyu, in her arms, smiling sweetly and happily:
"I hope that when she grows up, she can be a strong and brave girl, and live with an optimistic attitude no matter what kind of life or world she faces."

This is a blessing for my sister.

Isn't he talking about Li Ningning herself?

Lin Xian couldn't help but miss this stubborn little girl who didn't believe in fate. If he had the chance again, he would not join the Face Gang with Xu Yiyi. He planned to go to the Li Family Gang to take a look.

Anyway, with the two bionic men's metal name tags as proof, any gang would take them in.

"Humph."

Xu Yiyi beside him snorted unconvincedly:
"Actually, I'd like to go, too."

Gao Wen laughed and shook his head:
"Yiyi, you're still a little short. Whether it's physical strength, brains, or skills, Li Ningning is undoubtedly the best in Sin City."

"It's rare to have only one space-time particle. We must cherish the opportunity and send back the best and most powerful killer. But your spirit is still worthy of praise. There are many ways to shine for the future of mankind. Tonight... your actions are equally important."

Lin Xian looked back at the huge and cold time machine, and was already thinking about how to copy it back to 2024 for Liu Feng:

"Gao Wen, do you have the revised manuscript on the theory of time travel and the engineering drawings of the time travel machine?"

"Of course."

Gao Wen went to the metal cabinet next to him and opened it. It was filled with various drawings and notes:
"Here is my revised manuscript. It is basically fine. There are only a few pages with errors, which happen to be the more critical pages."

"The rest of these rolled up together are engineering drawings. In fact, they don't need to be so complicated. As long as the core understanding and key items, space-time particles, are in place, this thing can be used no matter what shape it is made of."

"The reason why I built this one so big is entirely because of the energy supply problem...To start the space-time shuttle, not only do I need space-time particles, I also need a very large, huge amount of electricity supply."

"Sin City doesn't have such conditions, so we can only stack nuclear batteries. If we put them in Donghai City, it will be much simpler, and we can directly connect them to the high-voltage power grid."

Lin Xian nodded.

Great, it’s done.

As long as he copies it back, Liu Feng can start working.

At this time.

A respectful gang member came in and bowed deeply to Gawain:
"Godfather, everyone is here and waiting for you to deploy the evening's operation."

Gawain nodded:
"Go tell everyone, I'll be there soon."

"Yes."

The man stood up and walked out.

Then, Gao Wen turned around and looked at Lin Xian:

"Lin Xian, although I am very interested in many things about you, including the way you traveled through time and space and the facts, but... my plan for the evening is equally important. If possible, we can talk about it in detail after the plan is successful and the space-time particles are stolen."

"no problem."

Lin Xian nodded.

This is only the first day of entering the dream. You need to collect all kinds of intelligence and information. Just take your time and don’t try to do everything at once.

More importantly.

He also wanted to help Gao Wen steal the space-time particles from Donghai City so that he could study them carefully.

Maybe we can really find out the truth about the super disaster in 2400.

Gao Wen really wants to kill the culprit who caused the global disaster, and so does Lin Xian.

If it weren't for this culprit who messed around and messed up the future world every time, he would have found the Tam Bank and opened the hafnium alloy safe long ago.

"Come with me, everyone."

Gawain stood up straight with a serious expression, as if he had already entered the role of the godfather, calling on everyone to follow his pace.

……

Come to the conference hall.

The place was already filled with leaders of various gangs. When they saw Gawain come in, they stood up with respect, bowed, and called him "Godfather" in a low voice.

Gao Wen waved his hand without saying anything, motioning everyone to sit down.

Lin Xian witnessed all this.

If knowledge really changes destiny, this is the most valuable dream of intellectuals.

Who would have thought.

Gawain relied on his scientific research knowledge to secure his position as the Godfather of Sin City, which is unimaginable in other worlds.

Looking back at the big-faced cat...

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes and glanced back at the big-faced cat.

This kind of stuff.

It is precisely because he has no knowledge that the performance of each future world is extremely stable and the characters are very solid.

In the sixth dream, as a senior miner in the excavation site, he could still yell at Gawain and give him instructions.

In the seventh dream, he immediately transformed himself into a humble parent whose child was studying, and licked Principal Gao Wen.

In the eighth dream, the gap between their statuses became even greater. Gawain was already the godfather of the city of sin, while Big Face Cat was just a useless little brother from the weakest gang, and Gawain had just called him a bastard and kicked his ass.

I feel really sorry for him, he suffers from his lack of education.

According to this development trend, by the ninth dream, Big Face Cat might not even be qualified to polish Gawain’s shoes.

"what!"

The big-faced cat noticed Lin Xian's unfriendly gaze, and the fat on his face huddled together:
"What's that look in your eyes!"

"By the way, can you change your mask, brother? You and I are wearing the same mask, which makes me embarrassed. How can a younger brother and a boss wear the same mask?"

"Besides, if everyone wears the same mask, it will be hard for everyone to tell who is who, wouldn't that just be chaos?"

Lin Xian was silent.

Looking at the mysteriously confident big-faced cat.

Look at his face full of fat holding the mask together, look at his fat body:
"Don't worry, brother Face."

Lin Xian said:

"No one will mistake us for each other. Others wear masks to cover their faces, but you use your face to cover the mask... No matter what mask you wear, people will call you Big-Faced Cat."

"Big-faced cat!"

At this moment, a gang leader nearby walked in and pushed him:
"Hurry up and sit down! The Godfather is going to speak!"

……

Soon, the meeting began.

Because everyone here was wearing a mask, Lin Xian couldn't tell which one was Li Cheng.

It seems that in this future world where faces are scanned to verify identity and points are deducted accordingly, wearing a mask has become an established way to "escape points."

Perhaps it was also to make it possible for everyone to distinguish between friend and foe when taking action at night. In any case, the scene in this conference room was very funny.

It's like a kindergarten class.

Gao Wen is a teacher, teaching a group of children wearing cartoon masks.

Gawain recounted the evening's actions in detail.

The plan is simple.

All gang members are mobilized to lure the mechanical bionic man away from the museum in the middle, and then take the opportunity to steal the space-time particles in the museum.

"After 10pm, it's curfew time in Donghai City."

Gao Wen preached:

"After 10 o'clock, all residents of Donghai City must stay at home and not go out. This is the best time for us to act."

"The number of mechanical androids in the city is limited, and they are the only law enforcement force. There is no possibility of external reinforcements in the short term."

"Human technology is far from being able to manufacture mechanical bionics. As they break down or expire, the number of bionics is decreasing. The number of bionics in Donghai City is currently insufficient to support the city's all-around security."

The plan was very detailed and it was obvious that it had been prepared for a long time.

Each gang member had a clear plan of which sewer to enter from, what to do to attract the attention of the androids, where to go, and which manhole cover to evacuate from.

Godfather Gawain did not say a word about which gang was responsible for arranging to steal the space-time particles from the museum.

It seems...

He must have been worried about complications, so he secretly gave this most loyal and important task to the Face Gang.

"listen."

After the conference was adjourned, the six members of the Face Gang returned to the Big Face Cat’s lair and held a small meeting.

The big-faced cat looked around at everyone with a serious expression:

"The mission of our Face Gang was arranged by our godfather himself. It is a very confidential and extremely critical mission. It is the most important part of the entire plan to steal space-time particles!"

"No one except the people in our Face Gang knows about this. The Godfather also told me not to mention it to anyone else for the sake of the secrecy of the mission."

"So, when we communicate in the future, don't mention any details of the action, don't reveal any plan process, to avoid hearing from others. When we really need to communicate, don't mention the specific content, just use the plan name instead."

"Yes."

Military Advisor A Zhuang nodded and then asked:

"So, bro, what's the name of our plan?"

The big-faced cat was stunned.

indeed.

There's no name for this secret project yet.

He thought for a moment, then said in a serious tone:

"I've thought of a name for the plan. It's called—"

"Sneak into the northeastern sewer, lure away the androids, then pry open the museum door and steal the space-time particle plan!"

“Oh, no.”

Lin Xian couldn't hold it in any longer. Sometimes he really admired the imagination of Big Face Cat:

"You're writing a light novel here? Condensing all the plot into the title?"

"Godfather Gawain has repeatedly warned you not to reveal the details of your plan, but the name of your plan directly reveals everything. It's better not to have such a name!"

There are so many things to complain about that Lin Xian doesn't even know where to start.

It seems that Gao Wen really has no one to use... so he can only make do with his unreliable face:

"It's just the name of a plan. There's no need to be so detailed. Just call it Plan A, Plan Alpha, or even Plan Big Face."

"Then let's go with the Big Face Project."

The big-faced cat was still very obedient and waved his hand:
"It's almost time, let's go! Set up an ambush first!"

……

The entire Sin City is in action.

All gangs followed Gao Wen's instructions and entered the criss-crossing sewers in advance, lying in ambush under the manhole covers below Donghai City.

Looking at the watch.

At 22:30, after confirming that the entire city was under curfew...

"Action, start!"

Following Godfather Gawain's order on the intercom.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The manhole covers in Donghai City rose and fell as if the water was boiling, and were opened one after another.

Immediately, a large number of gang members wearing masks, shouting loudly, roamed the city.

The blue halo in the eyes of the mechanical bionic people who were tirelessly patrolling the road instantly turned yellow and then red, and they ran towards those uncivilized behaviors.

The six members of the Face Gang were still squatting under the manhole cover at the museum gate, listening to the continuous good news coming from the intercom:

"The androids in the eastern area have been lured away!"

"The museum gate has been cleared!"

"The escape route is clear, and a large number of androids are moving towards the edge of the city!"

"The rear road has been cleared, and the androids have been lured to the old city!"

"Confirmed that there will be no follow-up reinforcements, all androids in the museum area, evacuate!"

Big Face Cat put away the walkie-talkie.

Touch the Rhine Cat mask on your face:

"Guys, it's time for us to act."

He led his body forward, quickly climbed up the ladder and came to the bottom of the manhole cover. He retracted his big head, stretched it out, and pushed the manhole cover open with a bang:

"go!"

The three younger brothers followed closely, and Lin Xian and Xu Yiyi followed behind.

They came to the outside of the museum wall.

"Build a human ladder!"

With the howl of the big-faced cat, the traditional craft of face-assisting and the art of human ladder quickly unfolded.

Because the museum wall is not very high, this time only three brothers are needed to complete the human ladder.

Sanpang snorted, took a horse stance, and leaned against the wall:

"I think it's okay!"

A Zhuang jumped up directly and stepped on San Pang's shoulder:
"I'll form the crotch!"

"No."

Lin Xian was a little confused:
"There's no need to report this, right? Do you have to make things so exciting?"

"What do you know!"

The big-faced cat looked at Lin Xian with disdain through the Rhine cat:

“This is gang culture.”

"No wonder no one joins the Face Gang..." Lin Xian muttered in a low voice.

Finally, Erhuzi, as the last Jinchuriki, stepped on A Zhuang's shoulders and the human ladder was completed.

Big Face Cat, Lin Xian, and Xu Yiyi quickly climbed over the wall.

Blown a whistle.

It means it is safe inside, so we continue the operation and let the three younger brothers stay behind.

After Big Face Cat and his friends steal the space-time particles, they will return here again. The three little brothers outside will throw in ropes for them to climb.

soon.

The three of them arrived at the entrance of the museum.

The door was closed tightly.

He knocked on the thick steel door, but Lin Xian couldn't find the keyhole. Was it a remote-controlled door?
"What should we do now?"

Lin Xian suddenly remembered that their team configuration was obviously missing a key player:
"We didn't bring a cryptographer with us."

"Tsk, what era is this, brother?"

The big-faced cat gave Lin Xian a blank look as if he was looking at an antique, then pulled out a gray C4 bomb from behind his waist:

"I can open the door using the ancient method, which is 10,000 times faster than a cryptographer!"

"What the hell?"

Lin Xian was really surprised.

Is this the charm of Godfather Gawain? He raised the IQ of the Face Gang.

Big Face Cat is very professional.

He did not stick the C4 explosives on the door, but on the wall next to the door frame and near the window, which is the easiest blasting point to break through. It is much easier to blow up a wall than to blow up a steel door.

"run!"

The big-faced cat set the detonation switch, shouted loudly, and the three of them rolled down the stairs one after another.

boom! ! ! ! !
Violent explosions and the smell of gunpowder.

Lin Xian raised his head from behind the bunker and found that although the museum gate was intact, a large hole had been blown in the wall next to it, making it easy to break in.

"Yes, very strong."

Lin Xian gave the big-faced cat a thumbs up.

This is affirmation from speedrunners.

After this dream, he really had a new respect for the Face Gang. This group of rabble had never acted so quickly and smoothly before.

It took less than 2 minutes for the Big Face Cat to open the manhole cover with his head and then blow open the museum door.

too strong!
Lin Xian patted Big Face Cat's shoulder and apologized:

"Sorry, Brother Lian, I admit that I can't look at people with the eyes of the past. Now you do have the qualities of a godfather."

"That's not the case!"

The big-faced cat snorted coldly, full of arrogance:

"Do you know how many times the four of us rehearsed, coordinated, and shed blood and tears for this operation?"

Lin Xian nodded:
"I believe it this time. The bond between you two really cannot be underestimated."

The three of them made great progress.

Rushing into the museum.

It was obviously impossible to exhibit space-time particles in the ordinary exhibition hall outside, so they rushed straight to the special exhibition hall at the innermost part.

Finally, we arrived at the door of the special exhibition hall...

"Huh?" "Huh?" "Ah?"

A silvery shiny hafnium alloy door, with swords drawn and horses mounted, that no one could break through.

The big-faced cat was holding the second C4 bomb in his hand and was dumbfounded:

"How funny! No one ever said there was a hafnium alloy door inside!"

Lin Xian sighed secretly.

Hafnium alloy is really the lifelong enemy of Big Face Cat.

Xu Yiyi walked forward and came to the right side of the hafnium alloy gate:

"This is an electronic password door, but there is no place to enter the password. I should swipe a card or verify my identity. What should I do now?"

Da da da……

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps behind me, and a woman's light laughter:

"hehe."

The big-faced cat turned back in fright, and because the speed was too fast, the mask fell directly onto the ear.

I saw.

The faint moonlight shone in from the big hole in the distance, outlining the slender figure of the woman in black tights.

"I knew you would come here to cause trouble."

The woman snorted and looked at Lin Xian with some resentment:

"Could it be that after you entered the dream..."

"Shouldn't you come to me first?"

(End of this chapter)