Genius Club.

Chapter 493 Brooklyn
The source of all mysteries comes from the driving of the first thousand-year-old pile.

Lin Xian had already prepared himself mentally for this before traveling through time.

But the problem is...

He never expected it!

[My dream was actually part of the driving of the Millennium Pile! ]

This was completely unexpected.

"No, it doesn't seem to be entirely due to the Thousand Year Pile Driving."

Lin Xian said to himself:
"If I was originally a normal person, but because of the Thousand Year Pile, I gained the ability to dream about the future world 600 years later... then now that I am a normal person, I should dream like a normal person."

"It doesn't matter what kind of dream it is, a good dream or a nightmare, a montage or an absurd dream, whatever it is, I have to dream something anyway."

"But now, CC, who has not yet become a thousand-year-old pile, can dream like a normal person, but I can neither dream about the future world nor dream like a normal person. I am in a state of [black dream] where I cannot dream at all... How can I explain this?"

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

This means that the truth behind his dream is not only related to the Millennium Pillar, but there must be other reasons as well.

However, the current intelligence is too limited and narrow to be analyzed at all.

"Lin...Lin Xian?"

next to.

CC stood there holding the quilt, looking at me with a worried look on his face:

"Are you...are you okay? Why do you look like you've seen a ghost? Did you have a nightmare?"

Lin Xian came back to his senses.

Looking at CC, shaking his head:

"It's okay, I was just thinking about something."

"By the way, CC...how did you sleep? Did you have any dreams?"

CC nodded:
"I slept very comfortably and felt very at ease. After you entered the room, I dozed off and fell asleep quickly. I have never slept so warmly before."

"But I'm usually a light sleeper, so the sound of the cold front hitting the window woke me up in the middle of the night. I was afraid you'd be cold sleeping on the floor, so I thought of covering you with a blanket...but I didn't expect that you were also a light sleeper, so you woke up right away."

"What did you dream about?" Lin Xian asked.

"Ah... my dream."

CC smiled embarrassedly:

"It was a mess. I dreamt of a lot of funny scenes... Maybe it was because of our conversation during the day, so my dream was quite absurd. I first dreamt that the two of us really took a boat to Manhattan, and then the boat turned halfway and went to Coney Island."

"And then, then...we went to Coney Island to eat hot dogs."

puff--

Hearing the word hot dog again, Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh.

The first generation CC is really a little glutton, especially she has an unusual obsession with hot dogs. When chatting during the day, she said that she dreamed of eating hot dogs the day before yesterday, and she didn't expect to dream about it again tonight when paying tribute to the classics.

"Do you know what a hot dog tastes like now?" Lin Xian said with a smile:
"If I had known, I would have bought you one today. Since we have already occupied the 30-cent room, do I still have 3 cents left to buy you a hot dog to try?"

"Hey, it's late at night, why are you talking about food?"

CC snorted:
"Okay, if you have nothing else to do, go to bed. We finally have such a luxurious room and can sleep comfortably for a whole night. We must seize the opportunity to sleep a little longer."

"Otherwise... who knows where we will sleep tomorrow? We must cherish this hard-earned opportunity."

"alright."

Lin Xian pointed at the bed and asked CC to get on it:

"Just cover yourself with a blanket. I don't feel cold. This church coat is really useful. It can keep out the cold. When I went to church to pray this morning, I was definitely 30% more pious than yesterday."

CC couldn't help laughing:

"It's ridiculous that your faith can be quantified and so specific."

"Since you're not cold, I won't bother you any more. I'll go back to sleep."

Say it.

She wrapped herself in the quilt again, lay on the bed with her back to Lin Xian, and soon fell asleep.

"..."

Lin Xian looked at the enviable speed of falling asleep:

"Are you in a hurry to go back to your dream and eat hot dogs?"

……

Lin Xian took a nap and slept until he woke up naturally, but he still didn't dream.

The first thing he did when he got up was to go to the front desk on the first floor to check the clock. The hour and minute hands showed that the time was 8:23 in the morning.

Irregular sleep and wake times.

It seems that in this unusual year of 1952, he turned a negative into a positive and became a normal human being.

After washing up in the public restroom with CC, the two checked out of the hotel and ended their 30-cent night.

Subsequently.

The two of them rode as fast as they could to the church at the pier to have a meal... no, to attend the service.

Although Lin Xian still had some money in his hand.

But before you find a way to make money, it’s better to save as much as possible. It’s a waste not to take advantage of the free breakfast.

Sing the Psalm again in the church.

Lin Xian's voice became much louder, and his faith increased by 30%.

Soon, the service ended.

Lin Xian and CC were eating corn soup and thick bread that could be used as weapons while sitting on wooden boxes.

"Today's bread is so dry."

Lin Xian used the bread to knock on the iron frame next to him, making a "dong dong dong" sound.

"So I let you soak it and eat it."

CC demonstrated to Lin Xian:

"It's best to soak it in corn soup until it's soft."

Lin Xian shook his head and tore off a piece with his teeth. It felt like he was eating an insole.
"Bread and rice always feel weird... Anyway, we can't keep eating this kind of food, right? Corn porridge and bread are indeed filling, but this kind of food has no nutrition. If we keep eating this kind of food, we will inevitably become pale and thin."

He looked up and down at the slender CC:

"Yes, you see, someone like you won't gain weight if you keep eating this kind of food."

"Isn't what you said all nonsense?"

CC rolled her eyes at Lin Xian and continued to eat her hotpot bread:
"Who doesn't want to eat delicious food? Who doesn't want to eat nutritious food? My grandmother used to tell us the story of Louis XVI in the orphanage. When the queen knew that people couldn't afford bread, she said... 'Why don't they eat cake?'"

"Isn't that what you're saying now? You don't think I don't want to eat anything else? It's just that I don't have money."

Lin Xian searched his pocket.

There was also $1 in coins of different sizes, but Lin Xian had already counted them many times and could tell the value of each coin by feeling it.

He thought about it.

Recalling CC's dream last night and his mysterious obsession with hot dogs...

“Let’s go to [Coney Island]!”

He suggested:

"Haven't you been craving for a Coney Island hot dog? This should be enough for a trip to Coney Island."

Coney Island.

Whether in 1952 or in the future, it is a very famous amusement park in New York, USA.

Not only is there a bustling amusement park and a variety of rides, but the first hot dog stand in American history was also operated here, making it the birthplace of the American hot dog.

"Have you ever been to an amusement park?" Lin Xian asked.

CC shook his head as expected:
"I've only heard of carousels, Ferris wheels and the like."

"Then let's go for a trip."

Lin Xian took out all the coins in his pocket:
"That should be enough for us to take the bus, buy tickets to the amusement park, and eat hot dogs."

“What a waste!”

CC frowned and said:
"You only have so much money, why spend it all on such meaningless things?"

"Why is it meaningless?"

Lin Xian looked at CC and asked:

"Don't you want a hot dog?"

"I do, but..."

"Haven't you ever been to an amusement park?" Lin Xian asked immediately.

"So what if I haven't been there?"

CC tilted his head:
"Never mind whether I've eaten hot dogs or been to an amusement park. That's my own business. And you..."

"【Why are you so nice to me?】"

……

In a word.

Lin Xian was speechless.

He didn't know how to answer this question.

This is indeed strange.

The two had only known each other for 24 hours, but he was like Aladdin's magic lamp, taking CC everywhere to Brooklyn Heights, putting her in a hotel, and even planning to use his remaining money to take her to Coney Island to eat hot dogs.

He himself didn't know how to explain this. He always felt...

He hopes to make up for his debt to Chu Anqing by returning it to the first generation pile CC;

Or maybe it was because he had already regarded the first generation CC as An Qing, as his old friend CC 600 years later, so... he didn't want to see her being wronged.

especially.

According to established history, this thousand-year-old girl will turn into blue stardust and dissipate at an unknown day, starting a thousand years of helpless reincarnation.

Lin Xian knows so many truths in his heart.

How can we not feel compassion for the current first-generation CC and want to fulfill her every wish?

Seeing that Lin Xian didn't say anything, CC blinked:
"You...you told me yesterday when we just met that you also knew a girl named CC who looked very similar to me."

"Could it be that you..."

CC pursed her lips, hesitating to speak:

"[You don't like that girl... and you mistook me for her, do you?]"

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

Lin Xian choked on the corn soup and coughed several times.

Then wipe your mouth.

Turning to look at CC:

"Where do you get all these melodramatic plots and stand-in literature in your head? I just think that now that I have money, I should eat better and improve my life."

"Okay, stop talking so much. We both have nothing to do now anyway, so why not go to Coney Island and look for opportunities to make money."

"As you can see, I'm a very good shooter and I'm very skilled in parkour. If there's a related competition in the amusement park... wouldn't this be a good opportunity to win a prize?"

"With the bonus, we can live a better life, go to a bigger stage, and look for bigger opportunities to make money. This is called sustainable development and forms a virtuous circle."

"Oh."

CC was confused by these terms:
"However, Coney Island is not peaceful. Although there are amusement parks and resorts, gangs are rampant there, and gunfights are common. It is very dangerous."

Lin Xian spread his hands:
"The only dangers are to the rich. We only have a little over $1 on us, which is not as expensive as the gangsters' bullets. The danger is not to us."

He finished the bread in his hand and clapped his hands:

"Then let's go and see if there are any opportunities to make money in Coney Island. By the way..."

He smiled slightly:
"I'm also curious about how good the hot dogs at Coney Island are."

……

Coney Island.

Located at the southern end of Brooklyn, New York, it is the earliest large-scale amusement park in the United States.

Once upon a time, this was an offshore island, separated from Brooklyn by a bay and accessible only by boat.

During World War II, for strategic deployment purposes, the U.S. government filled in the bay, directly connecting Coney Island to the mainland, creating an "artificial peninsula."

But CC is right.

Gangs were rampant in Coney Island, and turf fights and gun battles occurred frequently. The security environment was indeed quite poor. This situation did not improve until the 1980s and 1990s.

"Come on CC, get in the car."

The bus has arrived.

Lin Xian and CC jumped on the bus, paid for their tickets with coins, and then sat in the back seat to Coney Island.

This trip is still a bit far.

Tickets are also more expensive.

Lin Xian talked to the passengers in English, and after learning about the ticket prices for the amusement park, he sat back next to CC:

"Fortunately, it's within our means, including hot dogs."

It took two hours.

The Coney Island special bus went around and around and finally arrived at the entrance of the amusement park.

Lin Xian and CC got off the bus.

Looking up at the prosperity in front of me——

CC and Lin Xian were stunned by the scene before them.

He found it hard to believe.

This is actually an amusement park in 1952!
Roller coasters, Ferris wheels, and aerial flying projects are all available...

"The United States is indeed too developed in this era."

Lin Xian sighed sincerely.

"Lin Xian, look there——"

CC grabbed Lin Xian's arm and pointed to a crowded hot dog shop in the distance. Nathan's Hot Dogs was very popular.

"Let's go buy one and try it."

If you don't eat hot dogs, it's a waste of time to come to Coney Island. With the mentality of helping CC realize his dream and satisfying his own curiosity, Lin Xian lined up behind the crowd.

But just as he got into position, the two men in black clothes and sunglasses in front of him started arguing fiercely.

Lin Xian couldn't understand their language.

It sounded like Italian, but not Italian either. It was more like broken English... I had no idea what they were arguing about.

Is it because of queue cutting?

Lin Xian and CC didn't take it seriously and stood in line obediently at the back.

As a result, the two men in sunglasses and black clothes quarreled more and more fiercely, swore loudly, and their necks turned red.

"You're not going to fight, are you?"

Lin Xian felt something was wrong and pulled CC to stand further away.

But who would want to!
In free America, surprises are everywhere!
The hook-nosed man cursed loudly and then took out a revolver from his coat pocket.

"Fuck!"

I didn't expect to encounter gangsters. This happened too quickly.

The other man in the quarrel saw the gun, turned around and ran, bumping into CC; at the same time, the hook-nosed man also aimed his revolver at this side -

"CC!"

Lin Xian quickly pulled CC up and held him in his arms, but it was too late! The hook-nosed man aimed at the man who knocked CC down, at Lin Xian and CC, and pressed the trigger hard!
……

……

……

No sound.

No shots were fired.

With just a thud, the hook-nosed man fell straight to the ground, his whole body stiff, as if he was petrified!

Boom!
With a dull thud, his face hit the ground, blood immediately gushed out of his nose, and the revolver slid twice on the ground...

The crowd around was in an uproar and dispersed in all directions.

But the man with the gun still maintained a strange shooting posture, lying motionless on the ground, his whole body weak.

"Lin Xian! Let's go!"

CC got up from the ground, grabbed Lin Xian and ran away.

but……

She found out.

Not only did Lin Xian not have the slightest intention of running away, he just stood there stupidly and sneered!

"Hey!"

CC elbowed him twice:
"What are you laughing at! Are you scared? Run!"

"run?"

Lin Xian showed an unprecedented sunny smile, full of confidence, and did not take it seriously:
"CC, I have good news for you."

"what?"

Lin Xian turned his head and looked at the panicked CC, smiling slightly:
"Officially, I'm telling you that our hard times are over."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

CC really feels that this big idiot is unreasonable!

She turned her head nervously and looked at the hook-nosed man with a gun lying on the ground, trembling. He tried to stand up several times but failed...

Although I don't know why.

However, at the moment of shooting, the gangster man lay straight down as if he was suddenly hit by a sledgehammer, and then became like this.

Just like... just like a witch's magic!
"came back."

Lin Xian said softly:

“It all feels back.”

At this moment, Lin Xian felt more relaxed than ever before.

The thing he had been worried about, the safety issue he had been concerned about, got a perfect answer at this moment.

I was worried that all the laws of time and space would not take effect until the Millennium Pile was laid.

But for now.

Entangled space-time particles are indeed the BUG among BUGs, and are indeed a must-have for military strategists...

Lin Xian clenched his fists and looked up at the warm midday sun:
"Reverse forced avoidance. After being bullied so many times... it's finally my turn to have some fun!"

(End of this chapter)