Genius Club.

Chapter 488: Not Yet Completed
"what?"

CC looked at Lin Xian in disbelief:

"You...you are too casual, aren't you?"

"No no no."

Lin Xian shook his head in denial:

"I must correct your statement. I was touched by the Lord. How can such a loving and kind act not move people?"

"In this broken age, the Lord and his followers care about the world and have compassion for all living things. They provide free breakfast for dock workers at the bottom of society and homeless vagrants like us. If we don't believe in them, should we believe in those hateful capitalists?"

Lin Xian was very eloquent and CC was stunned by what he said.

How does she feel...

The Dragon man in front of me is a little different from the loyal and simple Dragon man described by my grandma?

but……

"alright."

CC nodded:
"The priest also said that God forgives everyone in the world. Anyone who has lost his way and returned to the right path is our partner."

"Yes, that's greatness."

Lin Xian placed his right hand on his chest, his eyes gleaming with piety, loyalty, and sincerity:
“Hail Jesus.”

……

In fact, this is not Lin Xian’s first contact with Christianity.

He had been exposed to similar activities when he was a university student at the East China Sea.

There are several churches in Donghai, as well as specialized church organizations. They often organize missionary activities in urban areas, parks, or places where people gather.

The activities are simple and unpretentious, following the local customs.

【Spread the eggs】

As long as you listen to the teachings and leave your contact information, you can receive eggs. If you are "converted" on the spot, you may be able to receive a few more.

This caused the group of uncles and aunts to believe in Jesus one after another, praising the goodness of Christianity and the mercy of our Lord! They even fought to show their piety. The scene was unprecedentedly spectacular, and the success rate was almost 100%.

but……

When all the eggs are distributed, faith is reset.

The uncles and aunties' pious experience cards will only last until the eggs are distributed; if they promise to come again tomorrow to distribute eggs, they will also recite the Bible tonight; if they don't come tomorrow, then goodbye Jesus, and let's go with the fried eggs.

The people of Long Country are like this. They never believe in useless gods. They believe in whoever works. If it doesn't work, they will quickly replace it with another one. This land does not support idle gods.

Lin Xian certainly also has this kind of adaptive faith physique.

When he saw this kind of missionary activity, he thought that if they gave out some snacks and milk tea, he might be able to recite a few verses from the Bible.

Pragmatism is the deep-seated belief of the Dragon people. If it is not necessary, do not add entities.

"I don't know... My Lord and Father, can you help me solve the problem of shoes?"

Lin Xian lowered his head, looked at his dark soles, and said jokingly:

"Look, I'm a poor guy without shoes. I'm wearing short sleeves in the middle of winter and I'm starving and cold. If the Lord and the priest can help me solve these two problems... I will definitely sing the loudest during the service."

"The cotton clothes are fine."

CC disagreed and said casually:
"The church at the dock already has cotton clothes for poor believers, which were also donated by a kind businessman. The purpose is to keep homeless people and beggars warm in winter and prevent them from freezing to death."

"No."

At this moment, Lin Xian truly felt the light of Jesus:

"Really help me find winter cotton clothes!"

He was just joking, but he didn't expect it to be true:

"What about shoes? Do you have shoes?"

CC rolled his eyes at him:
"Do you really think of the church as a shopping mall? There are definitely no shoes. Neither the church nor the priest will provide them."

"But...if other believers knew you were in trouble, they might lend you a helping hand, but I can't say for sure."

Lin Xian nodded:
"So, this is a test of acting skills... no, this is a moment of devout faith."

"..."

CC was speechless.

She finally understood.

The man in front of me was just there to get free food, free drinks and free clothes. Although he kept shouting "Long live Jesus", he didn't have any piety in his heart at all:
"Forget it, whatever you want. Just don't cause me any trouble. And don't act like you know me after you enter the church. I don't want to be dragged into this trouble by you."

"By the way, what's your name? How should I call you?"

"Lin Xian." Lin Xian replied.

"link?"

"No, it's Lin-xian."

Lin Xian spelled to CC word by word:

"It's my Chinese name. You can call me whatever you want. It doesn't matter if the pronunciation is not standard. Anyway, I know you are calling me."

"Without further delay, let's head to the dock. I can't wait for church."

CC snorted:
"I see you can't wait to eat?"

……

The slanting sunlight shines into the low-rise Brooklyn, casting a layer of warmth and laziness on the city.

Lin Xian was barefoot.

Follow CC.

The two of them walked along the scattered paths, in the morning sun, towards the pier.

Lin Xian followed behind CC, chatting occasionally.

He was constantly thinking about the laws of time and space, the rejection of time and space, and the driving of the thousand-year pile.

I can't figure out where the problem lies.

What worries him even more is...

He was nervous all the time because he didn't know when CC would turn into blue stardust and disappear.

The Millennium Pile will indeed dissipate once every 24 years, and the time of dissipation is always constant at 20:00 on the 42th birthday.

But the key point is... every Millennium Pile girl has a different date of birth.

Chu Anqing’s birthday is March 3;
Zhang Yuqian’s birthday is January 1th;
600 years later, that CC’s birthday is August 8;
As for this CC in front of me now...I can only roughly estimate that her birthday is around November, but I have no way of knowing the exact date.

Difficult.

"what?"

Suddenly, Lin Xian thought of something very important!

Thousand-year-old piles will have similar and very strange dreams.

In Zhang Yuqian's dream, she saw a montage of mushroom clouds, newspapers, Einstein, etc. Chu Anqing dreamed of fireworks. In the future CC's dream, she dreamed of herself with blue eyes. So, would it be possible that... the current CC could also extract some useful information from her dreams?

Correct!
This is a very crucial clue!
Even if I can hear one or two more key words, it can provide me with some ideas and directions for this trip to Brooklyn.

"CC."

Lin Xian looked at the fluffy high ponytail bouncing magically in front of him and asked:
"Do you usually dream?"

"of course."

CC turned a corner in front of us and said softly:

"Everyone dreams. Why do you keep asking nonsense questions?"

"Ok?"

Lin Xian was a little confused.

What's going on here?

The other Millennium Girls all said they couldn't remember the content of their dreams and would forget them after waking up for a second or two. Why did CC talk about dreaming so casually?
"After you wake up, can you remember the content of your dream?"

"It's generally OK."

CC looked back:
"But who would deliberately memorize such things? The dreams I have every day are different. Some are very impressive, some are still remembered when I wake up, and after a day or two, they are all forgotten."

???

Lin Xian frowned.

Something is wrong...

And again and again and more.

Based on their research on the other three Millennium Pile Girls, Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun have previously summarized the patterns of their dreams:

1. The content of dreams every day is the same, they are all fragments of a certain time and a certain story.

2. You will forget everything in a second or two after waking up. You will forget everything completely and remember nothing. You will not be able to recall it no matter what.

3. Only by suddenly waking up the girl from her sleep can you take advantage of her confused state and get a few words out of her mouth.

These rules are absolute, and every Millennium Pillar Girl should be exactly the same.

but.

The CC in front of us is clearly a thousand-year-old pile, so why is it so special?
Not only can she remember her dreams like a normal person, but the content of her dreams is different every day, and she dreams about whatever she thinks about during the day, just like a normal person.

This is so weird…

She doesn't look like a thousand-year-old pile at all, but more like a normal, ordinary girl!

"What's the matter?"

Lin Xian muttered softly.

He felt strange.

The year 1952 was full of strangeness:
"What's wrong with this era?"

"【The time traveler doesn't look like a time traveler, and the thousand-year-old pile doesn't look like a thousand-year-old pile.】"

This summary is very insightful.

As a time traveler, he does not have any characteristics of a time traveler; as a thousand-year-old pile, CC also does not have any characteristics of a thousand-year-old pile.

I really don’t know what the reason is.

"Ah? What are you mumbling about?"

CC, who was walking in front, looked back:
"You really like talking to yourself. Can't you control yourself?"

Lin Xian came back to his senses.

Looked up:
"Can you give me a brief description of what you dreamed about last night?"

"I still remember yesterday very clearly."

CC slowed down and walked to the left of Lin Xian, side by side with him:

"Because... I dreamed of my grandma again yesterday. She's the one who adopted me from the orphanage. I missed her so much. I talked to her a lot and even hugged her."

"What about the dream from the day before yesterday?" Lin Xian continued to ask.

"Um……"

CC poked his chin with his index finger:

"The day before yesterday... I must have dreamed about something delicious, Coney Island hot dogs, which I often see advertisements for on the street. I dreamed of myself eating a hot dog. Alas... what a pity..."

CC smiled helplessly:

"I've never eaten a hot dog, and I don't know what a hot dog from Coney Island tastes like, so I can't taste it or experience its texture in my dream."

Ha ha.

Lin Xian was amused.

indeed.

When Gao Yang first analyzed his dreams with himself, he said that it is impossible for people to dream about things beyond their own cognition.

Just like CC had never eaten a hot dog in Coney Island, so of course she couldn't taste it in her dream. Even if she forced herself to associate it, she could only connect it to similar food she had eaten before.

But it's a pity...

In CC's nearly 20 years of life, perhaps she has never even eaten food that is "similar to hot dogs." It's like asking a girl who has never seen ice cream or heard of what ice cream looks like to dream about ice cream. She can't do it no matter what.

"What about the day before yesterday?" Lin Xian asked again.

"Then I don't remember."

CC shook his head and said impatiently:
"Hey, could you please stop asking these boring questions? Is there any point?"

Lin Xian smiled and stopped asking questions.

In fact, that’s enough questions.

It is not difficult to judge from CC's answer that she would never dream like Zhang Yuqian, Chu Anqing and the future CC.

This made Lin Xian suspicious...

Is the current CC really a thousand-year-old pile?

He thought about it again.

At least from the perspective of the future, she is definitely a thousand-year-old.

After all, space-time rifts exist objectively.

If there are a huge number of space-time cracks, there must be thousand-year-old piles being driven; if there are thousand-year-old piles being driven, there must be thousand-year-old pile girls; and this CC in front of him looks exactly like Chu Anqing and Zhang Yuqian, so how could she not be the thousand-year-old pile herself?
With this reasoning, a contradiction arises again.

It is clearly a thousand-year-old pile, but it does not have the characteristics of a thousand-year-old pile. What is the reason?
Think about it.

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

perhaps.

There is only one possible answer -

[CC is now just an ordinary girl! She has not officially become a millennium pile! ]

hiss……

This unimaginable guess made Lin Xian gasp.

A very bold idea.

It's unbelievable.

But what if this is really the case?

In itself, there is no accurate criterion for judging a Millennium Pillar girl except her appearance, and the only means is to identify her through the common points in her dreams.

And now.

CC doesn't dream like other thousand-year-old piles, so theoretically, she shouldn't turn into blue stardust and disappear on her 20th birthday.

unless……

What happened during this period turned her from an ordinary girl who should have grown up normally into a thousand-year-old pile with a ruthless fate, and she began her hundreds-year-long mission of pile driving.

"So."

"[What was the opportunity that made CC become a thousand-year-old pile?]"

Lin Xian couldn't figure it out for the time being.

He originally thought that the fate of the Millennium Pile, even the fate of the first generation of Millennium Pile, was determined the moment she was born.

But now it seems that the formation of the thousand-year-old piles is not the so-called fate, but [human] and [acquired behavior].

“This time, 1952, it really is the right time to come.”

Lin Xian clenched his fist, feeling that he had grasped the illusory black hand...

It seems.

As long as we keep a close eye on CC and stay with her in the days ahead, we will be able to witness with our own eyes the fact that she has become a thousand-year-old stake, understand the truth, and uncover the culprit behind the scenes.

The trouble should end it.

If we can really find the reason why CC became a thousand-year-old pile and the culprit... maybe, when we go back to 2234, we can go against the trend and save Chu Anqing!

"Humph."

Lin Xian snorted coldly:
"I want to see which bastard is making the Millennium Pile and for what purpose... Maybe if we act quickly, we can kill him in 1952 and put an end to his Millennium Pile Project."

Suddenly, Lin Xian opened his eyes wide.

Touch the back of your head.

No...

He realized that he couldn't do that.

On the back of the head, the "kite string" connecting the future time and space in 2234 can still be clearly felt, which means that the world line has not jumped, and the connection between oneself and the future is still there, and one can return at any time.

And once I rewrite history in 1952 and break through the elasticity of time and space... the world line will most likely jump to other frequency bands.

This will inevitably cause one's "kite string" to break, and one will become a ghost of the times, unable to return to the original time and space forever.

Recalling the promise I made to Liu Feng:
"Don't worry, when I get to 1952, I will absolutely be a law-abiding citizen. I will never kill anyone, nor will I reveal any information to any key figures in history."

"I just play the role of a bystander, an NPC, and a camera. My main purpose is to obtain information and intelligence, and then use this intelligence... to break through in our current era."

Hey.

Lin Xian sighed.

This is probably the helplessness of time travelers.

But don't be so decisive.

Let's take a step by step.

Judging from the current situation, almost all known laws of space and time have become invalid. So can the world line-related laws and related judgments... still guarantee stable operation?

There are too many unknowns, so we can only play it by ear.

For now anyway.

Just stay with CC all the time.

Since she is not a thousand-year-old pile yet, then according to the established historical trajectory, she will definitely become a thousand-year-old pile because of a certain [opportunity].

And that's all he can do now.

Just wait for this opportunity to appear.

"Lin Xian, we're here."

In front, CC suddenly stopped.

Pointing to the green belt on the right.

Lin Xian turned his head and looked along her arm...

At the end of two rows of holly bushes stands an ancient, classic-looking Christian church.

The church is not very large, but it can accommodate hundreds of people worshipping at the same time without any problem.

He looked up at the cross on top of the church.

Perhaps different church architectural styles also have their own requirements. The top decoration of this church is very different from the church he saw in Donghai City.

But he really didn't understand Christianity, he just came there to get a free meal, so he didn't care about anything else.

Look back.

Lin Xian looked to the left and below at the dock.

The church is located on a relatively high ground, and one needs to walk up several dozen meters of long stairs to reach the pier below.

It was early morning.

The workers at the dock had already started to get busy, and passengers were coming and going, boarding and disembarking, making it very lively.

Compared with the ragged dock workers, the people getting off the merchant ships and cruise ships look particularly glamorous.

Most of the men were dressed neatly in black long gowns, black nylon hats and long scarves, which looked like something out of a black and white movie in Lin Xian's eyes.

In contrast, the clothing worn by modern women in the 50s was extremely bright and colorful.

There are all kinds of colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, but they are all extremely bright, even a little too bright.

This is the characteristic of the times.

In the era when Lin Xian lived, if any woman dared to wear bright yellow and green like this, she would definitely be classified as "rustic", but in the United States in the 50s, this was "Western".

"Don't look at Lin Xian anymore, let's hurry to the church."

CC grabbed Lin Xian's arm and walked to the right:
"The service is about to begin. You are not allowed to be late for the service."

The two walked along the brick road toward the church at the end of the road.

The small stones on the ground pricked Lin Xian's feet and hurt.

hope……

You will receive the Lord’s grace in a moment.

Walking to the end of the holly bush, Lin Xian saw that a large pot and a tent had been set up outside the church. In the pot was stewing thick corn soup, and next to it was a piece of bread that looked very hard and thick.

"Limited quantity?"

Lin Xian was indeed a little dizzy from hunger.

"One for each person." CC replied.

"That amount is a bit small..."

Lin Xian looked at the size of the bread:
“It shouldn’t be enough for the workers who do the heavy work, right?”

CC nodded:
"But this way... more people will not go hungry. After all, the funds donated by the believers are limited. We definitely hope to help as many people as possible."

She looked Lin Xian up and down.

He was very tall and strong, and it was true that his size meant he couldn't eat enough.

"Do not worry."

She looked at Lin Xian:

"I'll give you half of my bread later."

"That's so embarrassing, never mind. I'll just fill my stomach and I can think of something else later..."

"fine."

CC interrupted Lin Xian and shook his head:

"I can't eat that much, and you look like you've been hungry for a long time, so you should eat more."

"I just hope you can behave normally for a while, don't embarrass yourself and don't cause me trouble. You...how should I put it? You look like an Indian thief instead of a Christian."

“Why do you emphasize Indian?”

Lin Xian looked at CC:

"You should be thankful that you live in this era. If you were in the United States decades later, you would have been arrested by the police if you dared to say this."

"I'm telling the truth."

CC pulls the sleeves of Lin Xian's short sleeves:

"Because you are wearing animal skin clothes... I thought I saw it wrong before, but when I touched it just now, my God, the clothes you are wearing are actually made of animal skin. I can't imagine how much hardship you have endured before, and you don't even have a decent piece of clothing."

Lin Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The value of this otter suit is considered a luxury item in any era, but it is unexpectedly despised in this era:
"Do I really look so miserable and pathetic?"

CC nodded:
"You are so miserable, so pathetic, wearing animal skins, wearing so thin clothes in such a cold weather, and without shoes... Even in the slums of Brooklyn, you can't find anyone more miserable than you."

"That's good."

Lin Xian smiled slightly and looked up at the statue of Jehovah and the Virgin Mary carved on the church wall:

"Thanks to you, I have been thinking about how to get the Lord's gift for free for a while."

"You, what are you going to do?" CC frowned and became alert.

"Haha, let's wait and see."

Lin Xian walked around CC and placed his hands on the double wooden doors.

squeak-

Yangguang and Lin Xian entered the sacred church together...

(End of this chapter)