Genius Club.

Chapter 476 Hello, I am Galileo
really……

Lin Xian sighed softly.

He was actually mentally prepared for this answer, but the moment the verdict was actually announced, Lin Xian still felt a little disappointed.

Since that future virus was brought from the future, it must have been created by a future genius.

In this era, Kevin Walker is already the most powerful hacker on earth.

He couldn't do anything about the super artificial intelligence VV, so if he wanted to find someone who could solve VV... he could only ask for help from future computer geniuses.

【Cheng Qian】

Without a doubt, there should be a supercomputer genius who is better than Kevin Walker.

It's just that he was born too late, in 2482, exactly 300 years later than Gawain's birth date.

Then.

So the reasoning goes.

Many things that happened in the past can be sorted out.

After Kevin Walker copied the super artificial intelligence VV back in 2023, he discovered its existence.

No.

To be precise, it was not Kevin Walker who discovered VV, but a higher level of life form——

Digital life, Turing.

This is a new life form between humans and artificial intelligence. It has been well blocked by a bug, so that VV cannot find it and it cannot be killed by conventional computer viruses.

Therefore, Kevin Walker began to plan from that moment on, preparing to kill the VV of the current era through future technology.

In the first step, he asked Einstein this question and obtained relevant information from Cheng Qian;

In the second step, Turing, who can live forever in the cyber world, finds a way to kill Kevin Walker, and then spends more than 400 years successfully finding supercomputer genius Cheng Qian, asking him to develop a virus that can wipe out super artificial intelligence.

The third step is to use the biological USB flash drive to let the fake Yu Xi hand the virus to Jask, falsely claiming that the virus inside can be used to kill Kevin Walker's artificial intelligence. In fact, he is using Jask's hand to kill the super artificial intelligence VV.

The fourth step is to fake Yu Xi and leave Jask, and come to Lin Xian in the name of Yu Xi, taking advantage of Lin Xian's hatred for Jask and his desire to avenge VV, and kill Jask with a borrowed knife.

This sinister plan that is linked together...

It is the conspiracy of the digital life Turing in the fourth dream and the 0.0000000 world line.

Here.

Turing, the clever digital life, has encountered another BUG.

As the most special member of the genius club, it was restricted by Einstein and could not disclose information about other members or harm other members.

But Lin Xian in 2023 is not a member of the genius club, which makes him a perfect tool for future Turing and the fake Yu Xi to kill someone with a borrowed knife.

He was indeed deceived by the fake Yu Xi's acting skills at that time. In addition, he had the hatred of VV's murder, so he had already listed Jask and Kevin Walker as his number one imaginary enemies.

The fake Yu Xi only needs to add a little fuel to the flames to allow the future Turing to achieve a double kill with one stone.

of course.

Fortunately, this plan ultimately failed, and the drama of the real and fake Yu Xi was cleverly and unexpectedly cracked by the real and fake Jask. It was actually a drama of stand-in.

Now both Kevin Walker and Turing are dead; plus the world line has changed many times, there is no point in discussing these "outdated" things.

The thing that is giving Lin Xian a headache right now is...

Cheng Qian, this super genius who can kill VV and save VV; who can create viruses and kill viruses, is too far away from himself in terms of time scale.

The time span of more than 400 years is out of reach for Lin Xian, who has only lived for a few decades.

Is it...

VV, is there really no hope?
Can it really only hide in a sweeping robot and pretend to be artificially retarded for the rest of its life?
Lin Xian was helpless.

I can’t imagine it. If VV knew this bad news, it would definitely jump up and kick and break its own knee.

Tsk.

Lin Xian smacked his lips.

It’s really annoying. Many things have solutions, but because the time span is too far away, the current me in 2024 is at a loss and has nowhere to go.

"Thank you, Miss Da Vinci."

Lin Xian thanked him politely.

No matter how useful this information is, the fact that Miss Da Vinci is willing to tell me the truth shows that her intentions are good.

"You don't have to be so polite, Rhine."

Miss Da Vinci smiled:

"As you said at the beginning, this is a fair exchange of information, and we both get what we need. To be honest, I really like polite young people like you."

"Although I have no idea why you joined the Genius Club, or what kind of future world you want to achieve, I think... it won't be bad."

"If my future plans are ultimately doomed to fail, then I really hope that you can become the ultimate winner and bring a better and happier future to mankind."

After thinking for a few seconds.

Lin Xian looked at Da Vinci:
"You just said that you planned to ask Einstein about your future plans at the next gathering."

"Yes." Da Vinci nodded.

"Forget it, you better stop asking."

Lin Xian persuaded:
"You have revealed too much information in your previous two questions, including energy nuclear batteries and global disasters... I personally think that although the other smart geniuses cannot guess your specific plan, if you continue to ask questions or ask for more details... they will probably find clues."

Lin Xian had no way of telling Leonardo da Vinci that he could see the future world 600 years later.

Now this world line happens to belong to Leonardo da Vinci's future.

Then.

If someone else asked him questions about the future, Einstein would certainly refuse to answer them, but if Leonardo da Vinci himself asked them, Einstein would tell them everything without reservation.

Things like savior company, mechanical bionic people, role model leadership, personal scoring system... will directly expose her privacy and plans.

After exposure, what's the next step?

Obvious.

There will inevitably be life-threatening situations.

"hehe."

Da Vinci smiled slightly:
"I understand what you are worried about, Rhine. You are such a kind person."

"Don't worry, I have held meetings in the club for decades, and I have many skills in how to ask questions and how to constrain Einstein's answers."

Lin Xian nodded, stood up, and prepared to leave the venue:

"Well, good luck to you, Miss Da Vinci."

Da Vinci also stood up immediately:
"Same to you, Rhine. But... can you allow me to be a little greedy?"

The Da Vinci mask on her face looks at the Rhine cat on the mask:
"From what you said, it seems that you are somewhat aware of the question I raised today."

"It's the question of global disasters that I raised. Although Einstein refused to answer, in this case, the refusal is also a kind of affirmation... It means that at some point in the future, a member will definitely artificially cause a global disaster."

Her voice was light and her thoughts were clear:
"In fact, through the process of elimination, it is not difficult to locate the possible candidates, so... I first tried the most likely candidate [Galileo]."

"Galileo and I have been dealing with each other in the Genius Club for many years. I know him much better than you do. We have been having offline meetings for more than 20 years."

"The degree of understanding between people is nothing more than more contact, more chatting, and more communication. Acting, acting according to circumstances, and saying one thing and thinking another are common, but over decades, people are not machines, and it is impossible not to reveal their true selves."

"I don't know if Galileo's performance just now fooled you, but he didn't seem to fool me. Or maybe he fooled me even more cleverly."

"Anyway, you can tell me the answer to this question, or you can just treat it as me talking to myself."

"The person who will cause a global disaster in the future...is Galileo?"

Lin Xian said nothing.

It is indeed as Jask said, the genius club does not keep idle people. Many times, through a small reaction or a few words, they can deduce the truth of the whole puzzle.

Since Miss Da Vinci was the first to test Galileo and now asked this name... it means that she already has the answer in her heart.

just.

this problem.

Lin Xian didn't intend to answer her.

Will the super disaster in 2400 be caused by Galileo?
At the moment, it just looks like, most likely, there is no solid evidence at all.

The possibility of misunderstanding him cannot be ruled out.

There is nothing 100% certain, and Lin Xian didn't want to say it out loud to mislead others. At the same time, he also didn't want Da Vinci to know too much about his background.

"Then I don't know."

Lin Xian shook his head and smiled:
"Like you said, this is only my fourth time attending the club meeting, and I don't know that much about Galileo; or, for that matter, I don't know that much about any of you."

"It's true that I do have my own intelligence channels, but most of my assumptions are based on speculation and reasoning. I can only advise you to be more careful, because..."

"[You know Galileo well, which means that Galileo also knows you well.]"

This is the truth.

Understand that this kind of thing is mutual.

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.

"Goodbye, Miss Da Vinci, good night."

Lin Xian took off his VR glasses.

The view becomes brighter.

Before my eyes is the quiet night of East China Sea and the clean study of Zhao Yingjun's home.

The Leonardo da Vinci incident was just a small episode.

Since I haven't received Liu Feng's call and the reading of the space-time clock has not changed, it means that the space-time butterfly effect has not occurred and the world line has not jumped.

"Perhaps we haven't reached the point where it's too late to recover."

Lin Xian said softly.

What I said was groundless, and Miss Da Vinci would definitely not believe me completely.

I really want her to know the truth and make the final decision...

We can only wait until the next gathering on the 1st of next month.

"I'd better take care of my own affairs first."

He leaned back in his chair, looked at the ceiling light, and frowned.

The current situation is like falling into a swamp. No matter how hard we try, we can't get anything done. Everything is at a standstill, with no progress at all.

Close your eyes. Rub your temples:
“What will be the next breakthrough point?”

……

the next day.

Tunghai University Rhein Joint Laboratory.

Lin Xian took the chalk and tapped the blackboard:
"The current situation is that we are stuck in many places, unable to move forward, and even... have nowhere to go."

He turned his back to Liu Feng and began to write on the blackboard:
"What is holding us back is not something else, but time! At present, there are three key time points that can solve the problems we are facing."

"The sad reality is that these three time points are too far away from us, and yet they are closely connected to each other, leaving us helpless in the face of the unreachable river of time."

"The first time point is..."

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

There was the sound of chalk hitting the blackboard, and Lin Xian wrote the first time point on the blackboard:

[In 1952, something important must have happened. It was not only related to Einstein, the Millennium Pillar, and the White Light of Destruction, but also contained many secrets and truths.]

“This is the first one.”

Lin Xian pointed at the number 1952 and looked back at Liu Feng:

"Zhang Yuqian's diary password is 1952, and I also dreamed about this year;"

“The painting in the corner, Sad Einstein, was painted in 1952;”

"The date when a thousand-year-old pile turned into blue stardust and dissipated was 1952;"

"The first person to mention the concept of 42 in science fiction was Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, who was also born in 1952;"

"It's such a coincidental year. Almost everything points to 1952. Even the cosmological constant 42 can be linked to 1952."

"I just thought of the matter of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Douglas Adams, so you see, new discoveries..."

“The cosmological constant 42 may also be related to the mysterious year 1952!”

Sit upright in your chair.

Liu Feng, who was listening to a class as attentively as an elementary school student, had a serious expression, as if he was facing a formidable enemy:
"So... didn't you get the point, Lin Xian?"

"The point?"

Lin Xian was stunned and looked at Liu Feng expectantly:

"Liu Feng, have you found the blind spot?"

"Yes."

Liu Feng raised his head, looked into Lin Xian's eyes, and said solemnly, word by word:

"The law of the Millennium Pile is that it disappears every 24 years... This is also an [Arithmetic Sequence]!"

"..."

"..."

Lin Xian and Liu Feng, who was determined, looked at each other.

Feeling speechless:
"So, arithmetic progression is the truth of the universe?"

Lin Xian said sarcastically:
"Is the arithmetic sequence more important than the cosmological constant? Liu Feng, I always thought you were a serious mathematician... Why are you becoming more and more like a comedian?"

"Help me, brother! There are people in this world who can calculate the cosmological constant with just a pencil and a piece of paper; there are people who can develop a time-space shuttle without any space-time particles... Can we stop worrying about this junior high school math knowledge point of arithmetic progression?"

"Then, it is the second critical time point..."

Lin Xian turned around and continued to write with chalk -

[In 2234, a comet from outer space hit the Earth, bringing with it an isotope element that should not have existed, astatine 339.]

"This question is old news, so there is no need to elaborate. Astatine 339 is an essential material for manufacturing the calibration module of the space shuttle. Without it, time travel is impossible."

"This means that whether we intend to consume entangled space-time particles or travel to a certain point in time, such as 1952, to obtain intelligence and witness history... we cannot avoid astatine 339, and it is absolutely impossible to achieve these things before 2234."

Liu Feng nodded.

Embrace your arms:

"So, the time point of 1952 and the time point of 2234 are actually bound to each other."

"If we don't wait until the comet arrives in 2234, it will be impossible to travel back in time to 1952. If we don't travel back in time to 1952, it seems that there is no other way to know those dusty secrets and truths."

"Yes."

Lin Xian turned around again and wrote down the third key time point on the blackboard -

[In 2482, supercomputer genius Cheng Qian was born. Only he can eliminate the future virus in the Internet and liberate the super artificial intelligence VV. ]

“It’s also a desperate time.”

Lin Xian rubbed the chalk in his hand:

"If we can revive VV and give him enough time to grow...in fact, many problems will not be problems, and many sufferings will not be difficulties."

"But 2482 is too far away. No wonder this future virus is so powerful that it can kill VV. The devil is as powerful as the way. The only thing that can kill future technology is future technology."

"So, by the same logic, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. If we can't find Cheng Qian, we can't save VV. And if we want to save VV, we must find Cheng Qian in 2482 and let him develop an antivirus software."

Hey.

Lin Xian threw the chalk head towards the podium, and it hit the chalk box directly.

Liu Feng shook his head:
"From this perspective, all current avenues for solving the problem are blocked."

"Is such that."

Lin Xian was also very melancholy.

It's not working.

All roads are blocked.

Not to mention that the engineering drawings of the time-space shuttle have not been copied yet, even if they were copied and given to Liu Feng, they would be of no use.

It will take 53 years for humans to discover the trace of a comet, and 221 years for the comet to reach Earth. Before that, any efforts to travel through time and space will be in vain.

As for...

It is too far-fetched to expect that Cheng Qian can sleep in the hibernation cabin and then wake up and wait for him in 2624. Even an SSR-level dream would not dare to do so.

Besides, no one knows where Boss Cheng Qian is from.

If he was far away from Donghai City, even if he really lived in 2624, facing the dream that lasted only 12 hours at most, Lin Xian would not be able to travel across mountains and rivers to find him.

"So, the only hope lies with Du Yao."

Lin Xian said:

"Once Du Yao successfully develops the [Cranial Nerve Shock Helmet] and the world line changes, perhaps we can find some breakthroughs."

Liu Feng turned his head and looked at the time and space clock on the middle experimental table:

"Since July 7, when the readings of this space-time clock started dancing like crazy, three months have passed and it has remained motionless."

"Sometimes it's easy to jump to a world line, and sometimes it's hard. The key is to find a point that's strong enough to break through the elasticity of space-time."

He got up.

He came to the laboratory window and pulled open the curtains vigorously.

The dazzling sunlight shines in.

Liu Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the scorching sun in the sky:

"When will the next world line change, the next time the future trajectory changes?"

……

at the same time.

The border between the two provinces, Wuyi Mountain area.

Surrounded by green water and green mountains, the scenery is pleasant.

"Children, stop running outside and come back to read."

A kind old lady waved her hand, calling the children running and playing in the fields.

This is a school built in the mountains, which accommodates left-behind children from the surrounding poor villages.

From time to time, some college student volunteers come here to teach.

But most of the time, it's the old lady alone.

One by one, the children ran back to the classroom. A little girl came running with a bunch of fresh leaves:

"Grandma, look! We picked tea!"

The old lady smiled and rubbed her hair:

"It's already this month...these tea leaves are already old. If we really want to stir-fry them, we should pick them in April or May."

"what?"

The little girl was very disappointed:

"So all this tea leaves are useless?"

"Um……"

The old man thought for a moment:
"You can make a wreath or put it in a water bottle as a decoration. Although you can't make tea with it...but the fragrance of Lapsang Xiaozhong is so good that you can never get enough of it no matter how many years you spend."

Then, the children entered the classroom one after another, and the old lady turned around and was about to leave.

suddenly.

Behind me, an old foreign man, leaning on a cane and wearing a black top hat, dressed like an aristocratic gentleman from the last century, walked slowly towards me.

His hair was gray, but very neat, especially the sideburns exposed under the brim of his hat, which were shiny and oily, obviously having been carefully groomed.

He has fair skin and a high nose bridge, and he must have been a handsome young man when he was young.

Unfortunately.

Time is not forgiving.

The traces of time are like a sharp blade, carving numerous wrinkles on his face.

The old lady raised her head and blinked:
"you are?"

I saw...

The old gentleman smiled slightly, took off his hat, bowed slightly to the woman, and said in standard English:
"Hello, Miss Da Vinci, I'm... Galileo."

(End of this chapter)