Genius Club.

Chapter 449: Desperate Situation
200 year later...

Yes, we have to wait until 2234 to use the time machine?

Lin Xian took a deep breath.

It was really unexpected.

Now recalling it, my thoughts just now were really naive. I even said that I couldn't accept that it would take ten or eight years to build a time-travel machine...

But I didn’t expect it!

This thing can't be made in 200 years!
"This……"

He scratched his head, feeling that all the plans in his mind were messed up:

"Can you think of any other solution?"

Gawain shook his head:
"I understand your feelings, Lin Xian, but I have emphasized many times that the isotope element [Astatine 339] does not exist on Earth. It was brought by a comet from another universe and other time and space."

"Except for this comet, [Astatine 339] cannot exist anywhere in the universe, so... this is really not a question of finding a solution, but a question of actually having no solution."

"Unless you have the ability to make this comet arrive on Earth ahead of time, but that's impossible, right? When humans observe this comet in 2077, it will still be far from reaching the Kuiper Belt of the solar system and will continue to fly in space for more than a hundred years."

"You also understand the most basic knowledge of physics and astronomy. Human power is very weak in front of celestial bodies. The limit of what they can do is to smash the comet outside the atmosphere and prevent it from hitting the earth. But if you want it to reach the earth in advance... it's impossible."

……

Gao Wen is a rigorous scientist and absolutely denies the possibility of building a time machine in 2024.

But Lin Xian did not give up.

He still started brainstorming and began to look for possibilities from the perspective of time travel.

"There is."

He suddenly had an idea and looked up at Gawain:

"In the year 2624, there must be astatine-339 in the world. And from what you said, there should be quite a lot of it."

"of course."

Gawain replied:

"The comet is very massive and has a radius of more than 20 kilometers. It is a huge object. That is why humans used nuclear missiles to smash it into pieces in outer space."

"At that time, most of the debris turned into meteors and fell, and the remaining parts orbited the earth and took several years to fall."

"The content of astatine-339 on comets is very considerable, and this element, as well as all foreign elements on comets, actually have no practical value. So in the year 2624, astatine-339 is not precious and can be easily obtained."

Lin Xian nodded.

Put forward my own ideas:

"Then I thought of a possibility. If we now have a space-time particle full of energy, we can use your space-time shuttle to send some astatine 339 to me in 2024."

"impossible."

Gao Wen shook his head decisively:
"【The time-space shuttle can only transport living objects or dead cells.】"

"To put it simply, humans, animals, and plants can all use the time-space shuttle. Even fungi and bacteria with cell structures can use it... but metals, stones, and astatine-339 are definitely not allowed."

Lin Xian thought of the future USB flash drive with blue light that Jask had mentioned:
"But, there should be a USB flash drive that completed the time travel, but it later turned into blue stardust and disappeared."

"That means it's not an ordinary USB drive."

Gao Wen had already done research in this area, and answered without hesitation:

"Big Face Cat's father, Chen Heping, and I have studied this and have ruled out all possibilities. So it is absolutely impossible to say that an ordinary USB flash drive can travel through time and space... Lin Xian, have you seen that USB flash drive with your own eyes?"

"That's not true."

Lin Xian replied:

"By the time I found out, the USB drive had already turned into blue stardust and disappeared. But I believe that person would not lie to me. According to him, the USB drive was flashing with flowing blue light, which was obviously an object from another time and space."

Gawain held his chin and thought for a while, then said softly:

"In that case, there is only one possibility... that USB flash drive is a very high-tech [biotechnology]."

"That is to say, although it looks like an electronic product composed of a circuit board and various electronic parts, it is actually an artificial organism."

"Otherwise, many places are unclear. How could an ordinary inorganic electronic product have a flowing blue light? This is a characteristic only possessed by living things. Not to mention that you also said that this USB flash drive turned into blue stardust and disappeared, which further proves that it is a kind of [biotechnology]."

"The technology of our time has not yet developed to the level of artificial organisms, but I have no doubt that organisms can also store electricity, energy, and information. I guess... the USB drive you mentioned must have come from an era with a very high level of technology, right?"

……

Lin Xian recalled the fake Yu Xi who was full of lies.

To be honest, I know very little about her, nothing at all.

Jask said that the blue USB flash drive was given to him by the fake Yu Xi, and he had no idea about its principle and structure.

From this perspective, perhaps Gao Wen’s guess was correct.

Lin Xian certainly didn't know which world line the fake Yu Xi came from, but if it was from a world line with a technological level similar to that of the Fourth Dream... the Star Ring City and the Space Elevator had already appeared, then biotechnology must have been extremely developed.

When Lin Xian is there in 2024, the invention of biobatteries has actually already been made and the technology is very mature.

"I understand."

Lin Xian paced in the laboratory, trying to summarize:

"That is to say, only living organisms can travel through time and space, whether they are natural or artificial...even dead cells can."

"Then I want to ask, generally speaking, in those movies and TV shows, time travelers do not wear clothes when traveling through time. According to what you said, is it actually possible to wear some animal skins?"

After hearing this, Gao Wen smiled slightly.

He turned around and walked into a freezer-like device, opened the door, and let Lin Xian come closer to take a look:

"You are very good at drawing inferences from one instance. Come and take a look. This is a [Shuttle Suit] made of otter skin, specially used by time travelers."

Lin Xian leaned over to observe.

It is a jet-black, tight-fitting garment.

He touched it.

It is very cool, smooth and tough, and should be very comfortable to wear.

The most important thing is that there are no metal zippers or plastic buckles on the entire piece of clothing. Needless to say, the silk thread used to sew the clothes is either cotton thread made from pure cotton fiber, or biological thread such as animal rubber bands.

"I see."

Lin Xian recalled the thrilling incident last night. The blue-eyed girl killer No. 17 was wearing a similar tights, which was obviously made of animal skin or biotechnology.

Obviously, she must have just traveled to this time and space and had not had time to change clothes. Before that, whether it was Huang Que, Lin Yuxi, or Fake Yuxi, they were all wearing normal clothes from the clothing store.

"So that's how it is." Lin Xian suddenly realized.

Through the clothes that the blue-eyed girl No. 17 did not have time to change, we can infer the time when she traveled through time; naturally, it also verifies a conclusion in Gawain's manuscript -

[Only when the world line jumps and the millennium piles are driven, can a space-time crack appear; therefore, the time of the time traveler cannot be freely chosen, and must pass through the space-time crack. ]

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Lin Xian paced in the underground laboratory.

Keep thinking.

Is it...

Is there really no way to use a time machine to send Astatine 339 to my 2024 self?
He closed his eyes.

Analyze all possibilities again.

"Um……"

Frowning.

Lin Xian stopped and thought of another way:
"Gao Wen, there are definitely no metals or elements in our human body, including cells. However, there are a large number of metal ions and metal compounds."

"For example, sodium ions in table salt, calcium compounds in bones, and iron ions in hemoglobin cells... These things are widely present in the human body, in cell fluid, blood, bones, muscles, and internal organs."

“So, I have a novel idea.”

"If we also turn astatine 339 into an ionic compound, and let it dissolve in the blood and cell fluid... and then travel back to 2024 with the time traveler, we can then extract the compound inside and perform a reduction reaction to reduce it to astatine 339, right?"

"Just like the human body contains a lot of sodium ions, all in the form of sodium chloride, but we learned in high school chemistry that the industrial production of metallic sodium is to electrolyze sodium chloride at high temperature to produce metallic sodium and chlorine gas."

"Then, can we use this idea? If astatine 339 ions are toxic, we don't need to dissolve them in the blood and cell fluid. We can inject them into the apple cells and let the time traveler take the apple with him!"

Lin Xian felt that this method should work!
There are a lot of inorganic substances in the human body, so can't they also travel through time and space? It seems that the current rules only prohibit the travel of single elements.

Although astatine is a radioactive non-metallic element, its properties are very special, so Lin Xian remembered it very clearly when he listened to the chemistry teacher's lecture...

When astatine is dissolved in water, it can form cations like metals or anions like halogens. It is indeed a very magical radioactive element.

Since astatine 339 ion state can be dissolved in water, blood, and cell fluid.

Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with my idea just now!

Lin Xian looked at Gao Wen with anticipation.

This time...

Gawain did not shake his head, but cast an approving look:
"I have to say, Lin Xian, you are indeed very smart. At the beginning, Chen Heping also proposed the same idea as you."

OK.

Hearing these words, Lin Xian's excited heart sank.

Think about it too.

Gawain and Catbaby, two supreme emperors, collaborate in a dream. As the ultimate geniuses in human history, could it be that they could not think of a situation that they themselves could think of?

Gawain said so.

No need to think about it.

This idea also failed.

as predicted.

Gao Wen continued to explain:
"Do you remember what I just said? That comet came from outer space and outer universe, and the elements it brought also came from outer space and outer universe. The reason why I said that all the elements on the comet have no practical value is because..."

"【These foreign elements do not react with any matter in this universe and are more stable than you can imagine.】"

"It's so stable. Astatine 339 is like... locked and fixed! This is the most amazing thing about Astatine 339. That's why it can be used to make calibration modules in time-travel machines."

"So, your idea is very good and clever. But... Astatine 339 cannot react with any substance in this universe, and naturally cannot become a compound or ion. Therefore, your idea cannot be realized at all."

……

……

This time, the underground laboratory fell into silence for a long time.

Lin Xian has really run out of ideas.

He tried every possible way to use the time machine to bring astatine 339 back to 2024, but failed.

He wasn't the only one who thought so.

Gao Wen and Chen Heping must have conducted many experiments over the years. That's why Gao Wen, who has always been rigorous, concluded so decisively that a time machine would not be built in 2024.

and so.

Really...

Is there no other way?

Seeing Lin Xian and Gao Wen were silent.

CC looked left and right, then walked to Lin Xian and said:

"Although I don't quite understand what you are saying, but there is no time now. I have something I must report to you."

She raised the watch on her wrist and showed Lin Xian the time.

00:39
The dream is about to end.

Ever since Lin Xian came back, he has been discussing the issues of space-time particles and space-time shuttles with Gao Wen, and CC really has no chance to say a few words to Lin Xian.

And now, if you don’t say it, you will never have the chance to say it.

CC put down his wrist and looked at Lin Xian:

"Although tomorrow... your tomorrow, you will come to me and ask me questions. But considering that you are quite busy, I'd better tell you first."

"Lin Xian, I have searched the entire East Sea City in this era, but I still haven't found the Taimu Bank or any clues to the safe."

"The great disaster in 2400 really buried everything. I can't tell whether Taimu Bank went bankrupt before 2400, or... in the great disaster in 2400, it was razed to the ground along with the former Donghai City, and those safes were swept into the sea or buried underground."

"In short, through my observations of these dreams, I feel that if we want to find your safe in 2624, we must first prevent the super disaster in 2400. If we don't prevent this disaster from happening, I'm afraid... it will be really difficult for us to find the safe at this point in time."

Lin Xian nodded:
"really."

He thought so too.

Safes are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Ultimately, it was the super disaster in 2400 that caused a break in civilization and history.

The new cities built by humans now cover the original ruins of the old East China Sea... No matter whether those hafnium alloy safes are buried underground or rolled into the sea, they are too difficult to find.

The trouble should end it.

From this perspective, all problems point to the culprit who caused the super disaster in 2400.

Yes……

Galileo?

Lin Xian recalled the question Galileo asked Einstein at the Genius Club meeting yesterday morning:

“When will the next revolutionary discovery or disruptive breakthrough in astronomy be made?”

At that time, Einstein answered without hesitation:

"April 2077, 3."

then.

Including Lin Xian, everyone should think that this is an ordinary and worthless question.

But now it seems that this is exactly Galileo's "perfect question"!
He hid his real purpose and what he really wanted to know under such a confusing question.

No one knew what he was asking, nor did they understand what Einstein's answer meant.

But Galileo.

But he had already obtained the most valuable information he wanted!

Gao Wen has just confirmed it.

On March 2077, 3, human astronomers discovered for the first time an extraterrestrial comet whose spectrum, gravity, and motion trajectory were extremely unscientific.

Revolutionary discoveries, disruptive breakthroughs.

This comet definitely deserves that honor.

The astronomical community at that time was probably also full of expectations for this comet, and countless people were looking forward to it, waiting for it to visit the Earth more than a hundred years later.

But Gawain just said that.

The extra-temporal elements mentioned above are worthless and do not react with any matter, so there is a high probability that in 2234, humans who have waited for this comet for more than a hundred years will be greatly disappointed.

but.

Some people are excited.

They are the people who understand the principles of time travel and want to build a time machine!
They were extremely excited and truly welcomed the arrival of the era of time and space travel!
Just like...

【Galileo】!
He led everyone to believe that he was asking an insignificant astronomical question.

But the essence of this question is not an astronomical question at all. It is the same as the question asked by Copernicus, which is exactly about time and space machines!

Think of this.

Lin Xian couldn't help but take a breath.

like.

He misunderstood one thing.

Last night, Copernicus asked Einstein:
"If I want to build a time machine and send time travelers back to the past... who should I look for? The closer the better."

Einstein's answer was:

"If you refuse to answer, your opportunity to ask questions will be forfeited."

this means.

The answer to the question asked by Copernicus would inevitably involve the members of the genius club, so he was refused to answer.

then.

Lin Xian felt extremely guilty, for he knew the answer was himself and the manuscript of the time-travel machine in his drawer.

Then he showed his acting skills very well, looking left and right with everyone else, indicating that he was enjoying the show.

But now.

He thought it through...

The reason why Einstein refused to answer was not his fault! It had nothing to do with him!
the reason is simple.

The manuscript in his drawer is [wrong]!
In Gao Wen's words, if Chen Heping had not corrected his mistakes, he would not be able to create a time-space machine based on the manuscript alone, even if he was given a hundred time-space particles.

and so.

How could Einstein refuse to answer questions just because of the erroneous manuscript in his hand?

He can see the future.

Of course he knew that the manuscript in his drawer was wrong, so how could he just say something like that?
But he did refuse to answer.

This means that the answers to the questions Copernicus asked do involve members of the genius club.

Think of this.

Lin Xian took a deep breath...

Since the person who knows the answer is not him, then it must be another member. Combined with the question Galileo asked, it goes without saying -

[In the year 2024, the person who truly masters the technology of the time-space shuttle is not me! But Galileo! ]

"It's too scheming."

Lin Xian couldn't help but sigh.

These geniuses in this genius club are really all very smart.

Especially Galileo.

It's hidden so deeply.

He took a step forward, walked to the center of the underground laboratory, and looked at the tall and magnificent time and space machine.

Raise your right hand and place your palm on it.

Hey……

I really can't bear to let go.

The time machine is right in front of us, within reach, but we cannot use it, and we cannot bring it back to 2024.

This kind of helplessness of being out of reach is really melancholy and regrettable.

200 years later.

Lin Xian closed his eyes in despair.

Really...

Does it have to be 200 years later before we can use the time machine?
Really...

Is there no other solution?

……

Ok?
suddenly.

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

wrong.

From Lin Xian's perspective, this was indeed a dead end with no hope.

In the eyes of top human emperors like Gao Wen and Chen Heping, this is also a dead end, and there is no way to obtain astatine 339 in advance.

but!

Whether it is himself, Gao Wen or Chen Heping, their vision is limited. Looking at the perspective of time, space and history, the three of them are actually frogs in the well.

but……

There is one person who is different.

He is omniscient and omnipotent!
He might be able to see another way!

Thinking of that melancholy and deep mask, Lin Xian said softly:
"Why not... ask the amazing Albert Einstein?"

(End of this chapter)