Genius Club.

Chapter 455 Galileo and Leonardo da Vinci

Lin Xian listened.

Smile.

Warm:

"This makes me feel a little guilty. After all, you can dream of me, but I can't dream of you. The only time I dreamed of you, all that was left was a statue."

Zhao Yingjun chuckled:
"Why are you making such a big deal out of it? It doesn't matter whether you dream or not. After all, for ordinary people like us..."

"[Everything in the dream is fake. I just need the real you.]"

Say it.

She turned around, pulled the door handle, and gently closed the study door.

Lin Xian was the only one left in the room.

indeed.

Zhao Yingjun is right.

For ordinary people, everything in dreams is fake, which is why it is impossible to deeply analyze the content of Zhang Yuqian and CC’s dreams.

because……

[There are too many contradictions.]

Zhang Yuqian's dream is totally illogical and nonsensical.

CC’s dream cannot be thought about in detail.

[From the perspective of the laws of time and space, a creature like Lin Xian with blue eyes simply cannot exist! ]

This is what Lin Xian realized from the beginning.

What time travelers must face is time and space rejection; this includes changes in appearance and eyes turning blue, which are actually the result of time and space rejection.

So, from here on, CC's dreams became contradictory.

If she really saw herself, exactly as she was now, her eyes could never be blue;
If she saw that her eyes were blue, her facial features and appearance would definitely not be the same as they are now, and time and space rejection would definitely occur.

Whether it is Huang Que or Zhao Yingjun.

It is still the time-space assassin Lin Yuxi and Lin Yuxi with normal appearance.

The face after rejection is completely different from the original face. The face shape and facial features will undergo huge changes and no trace of the original appearance can be seen.

therefore.

If CC really travels through time and space, the rejection of time and space will inevitably change his appearance. Even if CC really dreams of himself, he will definitely not be able to recognize himself.

This is the first contradiction.

There is a second one.

It has been confirmed in many aspects that time travel can only be done towards the past, and it is impossible to travel towards the unknown future; this means that CC, as a girl living in the future, can see her black-eyed self hibernating in the future, but it is absolutely impossible for her to see her blue-eyed self traveling to the future.

"too messy."

Lin Xian shook his head in distress:
"It's really confusing. The logic and timeline are so confusing. I have no idea how to explain Zhang Yuqian and CC's dreams."

"It would be great if we could know what Chu Anqing's dream was about. It would be another clue, and maybe we can connect these dreams together."

"But there's no point in thinking about these things now. Let's solve the problems of Einstein and Copernicus first at this party."

Ding-a-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling-ding-ling--

At this time, the mobile phone rang.

Lin Xian picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from abroad, from Jask.

The meeting is about to start in twenty minutes. What's his purpose in calling at this time?
"Hey?"

"Lin Xian, I've thought about the question."

After answering the phone, Jask spoke quickly:
"I think we should swap questions. You ask Einstein's question, and I ask whether Copernicus is really dead."

"This is also for your safety. Although we have designed the questions so that no matter how Einstein answers or whether he answers, we can determine the circumstances of Copernicus' death. But... don't forget that the other members are not fools. As soon as they heard this question, they knew that the target must be Copernicus."

"Yes."

Lin Xian nodded:
"It's obvious that Copernicus will definitely not attend this club meeting. And everyone knows that the only person who would kill the mathematician at 00:42 is Copernicus... Once we ask the question we designed, others will understand our intention to verify Copernicus' life or death after listening to Einstein's answer."

"If Einstein refuses to answer, then everyone will know that we have killed the wrong person, and Copernicus will continue to kill scientists in the future; if Einstein answers that more mathematicians will continue to die, it also means that we have not succeeded in killing him; if Einstein answers that many mathematicians will be killed at 00:42, then it means that we have really killed Copernicus."

Over there on the phone.

Jask hummed:
"That's right, that's why I said I was worried about your safety."

"Your current identity is completely hidden. No one knows who you are. Why would you take the initiative to expose your position and let everyone know that it was you who killed Copernicus?"

"Not only will this bring you trouble, it may also draw extra attention from other members. As a new member of the Genius Club, you can actually make better use of your identity as a 'newcomer' to get in touch with others and gain more intelligence."

"Once you admit that you killed Copernicus, many things will be exposed at the same time. I think this is unnecessary exposure. Now, although everyone can see that you and Copernicus don't get along, no one knows the reason for the disagreement and the specific reason for the feud... It's best to keep this mystery."

"I'm different. My identity is clear, and everyone knows who I am. I might as well take the blame. You can pretend not to know me and pretend you don't know about Copernicus' murder. Just continue to play the role of the newbie Rhine."

Lin Xian thought about it.

Indeed, the analysis makes sense.

Everyone in the Genius Club is a shrewd person, and it is hard to tell whether what they say is true or false. Although it seems that everyone hates Copernicus, there may be people who agree with Copernicus in private.

For example, Turing hid it very well.

It is better to be careful. Let Jask take the blame. I believe that with his personality, he will most likely tell everyone proudly and boastfully:
"Everyone, look at me. I have something to announce! That's right! It was me who killed Copernicus! Applause, thank you!"

After Lin Xian agreed to Jask's request, he hung up the phone.

看了下时间，2024年9月1日，00：20
It suddenly occurred to him.

I used to enter the VR virtual venue at 00:42... Every time I pushed the door open, everyone was already sitting there and chatting for a long time.

this means.

You can attend the meeting in advance.

The club's rules only say that you cannot be late, but it doesn't say that you cannot be early.

No matter what era.

It is polite to arrive at the meeting place early.

"Then let's go in early today."

Lin Xian puts on VR glasses:

"Sit down in your chair early, listen to what they are talking about, and eat more melons."

After tidying up the VR glasses, Lin Xian stuck the Genius Club gold badge on the front shell of the VR glasses.

beep.

With a slight sound, colorful glare began to appear in the holographic vision, like a time tunnel, and finally the picture stabilized in the familiar castle.

Lin Xian lowered his head.

There is a soft red cashmere carpet under your feet, leading to the brown double wooden doors in front of you.

The first two times I came, I could hear the sound of chatting from the other side of the door. Usually, the one with the loudest voice and the most joyful laughter was Miss Da Vinci.

And today...

very quiet.

No one spoke.

"Did I come too early?"

Lin Xian took a step forward and walked along the carpet.

Probably, I was the first one to arrive at the meeting place.

Yeah.

I came late the first two times, so I'll balance it out this time.

squeak-

He pushed open the brown double doors and looked into the golden hall inside.

"Huh?" "Eh?"

Lin Xian raised his head and looked through the Rhine cat mask at the middle-aged man wearing a Galileo mask sitting on the high-back chair on his left.

It turns out that I was not the first one to arrive, there were people who came earlier.

"Why are you here so early?"

Galileo's tone did not sound very happy, as if he was blaming Lin Xian:
"Our party doesn't start until 00:42. There's no need for you to come so early. Just come a few minutes early at most. No one will say anything if you come late."

"No."

Lin Xian couldn't help it.

How come I got scolded for coming here early?
Isn’t Galileo a very rigid person?
When he first attended a meeting wearing a Rhine Cat mask, Galileo said he was too informal and lacked the most basic respect for the club.

As a result, I came to the meeting early today, hoping to change my impression, but this old man scolded me?

Lin Xian walked forward while looking at Galileo:
"How can it be wrong for me to come earlier? Besides, didn't you come earlier?"

"Humph."

Galileo snorted, turned his head, and sat upright in his chair:

"I'm just worried that you've just joined the party and may not understand some things well enough, so I'm kindly reminding you."

"It's certainly a good habit to arrive early, but there's really no need to arrive too early. You're different from an old man like me. I'm very free and like to be alone."

"alright."

Lin Xian sat on the last chair that belonged to him, leaned back, and crossed his legs:

"I'm sorry to disturb your peace. If I knew you were the only one who came early, I wouldn't have come so early."

Don't know why though.

But Lin Xian could hear it.

Galileo hated himself.

And the interesting thing is...

He hated himself, not because of his stance, not because of his words... but because he came too early and disturbed his peace?
This old man is really hard to please.

If you want to be quiet, you can go to a snowy mountain villa or a secluded winery to meditate in real life. Why are you rushing to be quiet in the Genius Club?
Lin Xian originally wanted to eat melons.

As a result, the Galileo opposite, wearing a mask, kept looking at the brown double doors at the entrance of the venue and didn't want to pay any attention to Lin Xian at all. Of course, he would not try to please him.

Then just stay awkward and ignore each other.

squeak-

Just when Lin Xian decided to compete with Galileo in the game of "whoever speaks first loses", the brown double doors were pushed open again.

The avatar is a young, plump woman named Miss Da Vinci, who is walking slowly towards us wearing a Da Vinci mask:
"Hey, Rhine? You're here so early today too?"

Lin Xian looked at Galileo opposite him.

Thinking about...

Miss Da Vinci has also disturbed your meditation, so do you have to grumble a few words too?

At least you should give me a sour look, right?
result.

totally unexpected!
"Welcome, Miss Da Vinci."

Galileo stood up straight like a gentleman, even taking off his hat out of habit, and bowed slightly towards the door:

"It's been a month since we last met. How have you been?"

"No."

Lin Xian asked doubtfully:
"You are such a double standard!"

He finally understood. The reason why Galileo was so hostile to him was because he came too early and disturbed the time he was alone with Miss Da Vinci!
This old man is quite cunning.

Recalling the last gathering, Galileo also invited Leonardo da Vinci to stay and chat after the meeting; but this time he came so early, was very angry at himself for coming so early, and advised himself to come later next time... It was really true that the real purpose was not the wine, and everyone knew Galileo's intention.

"hehe."

Lin Xian chuckled and decided to verify his guess.

So he looked at Da Vinci who was approaching slowly and said loudly:
"Galileo told us not to come so early in the future, and that we only needed to come a few minutes early or on time. Coming too early would disturb his meditation, and he wanted to be alone and quiet."

"Oh?"

Da Vinci sat down on the chair next to Lin Xian, a little surprised:

"Really."

"What a fart!"

Galileo stood up suddenly and pointed at Lin Xian rudely:

"Don't listen to this kid's nonsense! I was just a senior and kindly reminded him, but I didn't expect... Rhine, you actually turned evil into kindness."

"At any time, arriving at an appointment early and arriving at the scene early is a manifestation of courtesy and gentlemanliness. I always encourage and agree with this."

puff-

Miss Da Vinci laughed as lightly as a silver bell.

Of course Lin Xian knew that this was the voice changed by the VR system. The real situation... was probably that behind the VR glasses, there was a white-haired old grandmother smiling kindly.

"Haha, Rhine, you must have misunderstood Galileo."

The woman wearing the Da Vinci mask covered the corners of her smiling mouth and turned her head to look at Lin Xian:

"Although he looks a bit rigid and strict, and his words are quite extreme, he is actually a very easy-going person and is very shy at heart."

Ha ha.

Lin Xian smiled but said nothing.

Okay, whatever you say is what it is.

From the perspective of being a kind person, Leonardo da Vinci really did it to the extreme. He really had a pair of kind eyes and saw kindness in everything he saw.

In fact, before it was proven that the super disaster in 2400 was the work of Galileo, Lin Xian would not have any real hostility towards this rigid old man.

For now.

Apart from what Turing in the future said, that Galileo was the culprit of the super disaster in 2400, there is no other substantial evidence.

and so.

There is still no consensus on what Galileo's future plans will be.

but……

He turned his head and looked at Leonardo da Vinci who was chatting with Galileo...

Others' future plans are vague.

But Lin Xian knew Leonardo da Vinci's future plans very clearly.

But there's no way to talk about this kind of thing directly.

First, it is to speak out issues that Leonardo may not necessarily admit or believe;

Secondly, if Leonardo da Vinci believed it and corrected it, then the eighth dream would change, and he hadn't even finished copying the blueprints of the time-space shuttle.

Finally, and most importantly.

Miss Da Vinci's original intention was very good, including her ideal world. Lin Xian also thought it was a good idea. To put it bluntly, it was just strict law enforcement.

As for why it finally became as harsh and over-corrected as Donghai City, there are many reasons. On the one hand, it is because of human nature, and on the other hand, it is because the bionic people are in power.

But, it's an old saying.

Will the future world be better if humans are in power?
No one can be sure of this.

This is also the reason why Lin Xian believes that some things are difficult to say.

I don’t have a better plan, no way to solve the problem, and I don’t know what went wrong with Leonardo da Vinci’s plan. What qualifications do I have to correct other people’s mistakes?

The best way is to wait until you finish copying the time machine drawings, and then take the opportunity to ask Einstein a question. Through Einstein's answer, Miss Da Vinci will know her failed future.

such.

It would also prevent the exposure of Leonardo's future plans.

Jask repeatedly reminded Lin Xian that everyone in the Genius Club was very smart, and that they could infer a member's true identity and purpose with just one sentence or one clue.

Unless there is a chance to have a private chat with Miss Da Vinci.

If other people guessed Miss Da Vinci's true identity from my words and killed her, then I would be doing something bad with good intentions.

Don't panic.

Anyway, I haven't finished copying the blueprints of the time-travel shuttle yet, and I still have a lot of questions that I haven't asked yet, so I'll talk about the matter of Leonardo da Vinci in a few months.

“Do you have many children?”

Galileo laughed and continued chatting with Leonardo da Vinci:
"Always listening to you talk about children's things."

"Yes."

Da Vinci smiled:

"I have many children, and each one of them is very cute. Although they are always naughty, what child is not naughty... I like them very much, and I really hope they can always be so happy and never grow up."

Say it.

She raised her head and looked at the middle-aged man wearing a Galileo mask opposite her:

"By the way, I haven't asked you about it yet. Mainly because we usually don't talk about private matters involving our identities when we get together, unless you reveal your identity like Jask did... and you are different from Newton and Rhine. You have never talked about your family."

"So you don't have to answer this question. I'm just simply curious. Do you... have children? If so, at your age, you should have grandchildren by now, right?"

"I do not have."

Galileo's voice was calm:

"I have never been married and I have no children."

"Oh……"

Da Vinci uttered a long sigh of regret and shook his head:

"I really hope this is a lie you're telling to hide your identity."

……

next to.

Lin Xian sat on a high-back chair, feeling very uncomfortable.

He really regretted coming so early.

In an occasion like a sunset dating party, I feel so redundant and awkward!
He kept scratching the sole of his shoe with his big toe.

Sorry, Galileo, I was wrong.

When Lin Xian apologized to Galileo before, it was definitely sarcastic.

And now.

It is a heartfelt apology.

He is indeed a genius.

Although they may grow old, their hearts remain young, and they always have so much energy and strong hormones.

If Lin Xian wasn't afraid that he would not be able to participate again after quitting the meeting, he really wanted to go offline temporarily so as not to disrupt Galileo's "little thoughts".

obviously.

Galileo always came so early just to wait for Leonardo da Vinci.

He didn't know Leonardo's true identity, and because they were both members of the Genius Club, it was highly likely that they would never be able to meet in real life in a peaceful manner.

Every month, before the meeting, these few minutes or more than ten minutes pass.

It was Galileo's only opportunity to meet and be alone with Leonardo da Vinci.

That's it.

In a month, there are only a few minutes, and soon other geniuses will push open the door and take their seats.

It’s no wonder that Galileo was furious when he saw that he had arrived so early.

He waited for a month.

Just waited for these precious few minutes.

Galileo must have come very, very early.

Because he knew that Leonardo da Vinci liked to arrive early, he must have arrived early for Leonardo da Vinci.

that's it.

Galileo sat here every month in advance.

I was wondering when the brown door would be pushed open by Da Vinci, what we would talk about later, and what Da Vinci had been doing in the past month.

result……

Today, my expectant eyes were greeted with the funny mask of the Rhine cat.

Let’s put ourselves in Galileo’s perspective for a moment.

Lin Xian could indeed understand why the old man was so unfriendly to him just now.

squeak-

Turn around.

The brown door was pushed open again.

It's Tesla's mask.

Needless to say, it was Jask who came.

"Hehehe~"

This frivolous man came over quickly, speaking in his own voice:
"What are you talking about? Tell me now!"

"Humph."