Genius Club.

Chapter 520 Watch and Note
"Hehe, then it depends on your ability."

Newton made a gesture as if he was taking off his glasses, and his body became transparent, turned into an afterimage, and gradually disappeared in the golden hall.

Lin Xian stared at the place where Newton disappeared.

Then he leaned over and pressed the button on the side of the Einstein chair.

moment.

The holographic image lasers from all directions receded like the tide, and the brilliant and luxurious curtains, decorations, and crystal chandeliers disappeared one after another.

Including the virtual Rhine cat mask on Lin Xian’s face also disappeared in an instant.

In just ten seconds.

The bright virtual party scene disappeared, and the underground shelter returned to its original state.

"It seems that this button is the switch that controls the gathering system of the Genius Club."

Lin Xian analyzed:
“Only when the party system is turned on can members connect to the VR network through the [Golden Badge] and come to the venue and participate in the party as a virtual image.”

"The regular gatherings 200 years ago were all held at a predetermined time, at 1:00 on the 42st of every month. Einstein only needed to activate the system in advance."

"The question is... it's 2234 now, and the gathering has been suspended for more than 200 years. How did Newton manage to attend the meeting in the first place?"

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes and came to a simple conclusion:

"[This shows that Newton is always paying attention to the dynamics of the genius club. There should be automated equipment to help him monitor whether the party system is turned on 24 hours a day.]"

"【The omniscient Einstein naturally knew this, so he was very sure that as long as the party system was activated, Newton would enter the venue to confirm the situation as soon as possible.】"

While analyzing, Lin Xian walked down the stairs and sat down in seat No. 3 where Newton was seated.

This high-back chair belonged to Newton.

Lin Xian planned to sit in this chair, imagine himself as Newton, put himself in Newton's shoes, and then infer and profile Newton's thoughts.

Looked up.

The first thing you see is the seat number 2 opposite Copernicus.

"Newton and Copernicus, as the earliest members of the Genius Club, are not mortal enemies as they appear to be. Instead, they are good friends with common ideals and beliefs, or... [comrades] and [comrades-in-arms]."

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

I began to imagine the scene of the earliest offline gatherings of the Genius Club.

Maybe a cottage with a fireplace,

Maybe it's a small hall with warm lighting,

There were only three people in the Genius Club at that time. Einstein, wearing an Einstein mask, sat in the host seat, and Copernicus and Newton sat on his left and right respectively.

Copernicus should have been older, while Newton was younger; but probably not much younger, after all, when Leonardo da Vinci met Newton, he was already an old man.

"Do not."

Lin Xian shook his head and found a blind spot:
"[If Copernicus and Newton formed a strategic alliance from the beginning to deceive other geniuses...it is difficult to determine whether Newton was really an old man or deliberately disguised as an old man.]"

"[Even... is it possible that Copernicus and Newton were closer father and son? Just to create a sense of hostility, the young Newton was made up to act like an old man of similar age in order to deceive others?]"

……

This is a very bold idea.

But it's not completely impossible.

because.

Copernicus was too old, so old that even the hibernation chamber could not save him.

And now, 200 years later, Newton is still alive and well in the hibernation chamber.

This is absolute evidence, sufficient to show that... Newton's real age is definitely younger than Copernicus; similarly, he is much younger than the appearance seen by Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo.

"You two are really good at hiding things."

Lin Xian continued to reason further.

As two of the original members of the Genius Club, it’s not surprising that they hooked up and shared similar interests.

The weird thing is……

"What's the point?"

His brows furrowed.

This is something that Lin Xian couldn’t understand.

First of all.

They certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to play house to trick Einstein.

Einstein was omniscient and omnipotent, so he naturally knew that the two of them were acting, and he also knew what they were planning and what conspiracies they had.

But this did not violate the club's charter and was also part of the two people's joint plan, which Einstein acquiesced to.

"The collaboration between Copernicus and Newton is essentially no different from the collaboration between me and Jask... From another perspective, wasn't the trick that Jask and I pretended not to know each other also a double act to deceive others?"

"Hmm... From this perspective, the two of them must have started to play the role of 'tit-for-tat enemies' after the next member Galileo joined the club. Before that, the two of them were frank with each other and asked Einstein questions openly, taking advantage of the right time and place."

It’s really funny to think of the scene where Copernicus and Newton joined forces to “interrogate” Einstein.

But it's undeniable.

If these two original members were in the same group, the intelligence and secrets they could obtain would be beyond imagination.

"This explains why Einstein brought Newton to me at the end of his life."

Lin Xian opened his eyes and completely understood Einstein's good intentions:
“[Copernicus and Newton knew many secrets that I didn’t know, and they were all very important secrets… Einstein was guiding me and wanted me to focus my attention and goals on Newton.]”

"In this way, we can roughly understand why Copernicus and Newton played the roles of the villain and the righteous leader respectively."

"First, they can perfectly conceal their purpose, plan, and relationship. As the number of members in the Genius Club increases, the restrictions on questions will inevitably increase. Under this premise... their opposing relationship can better seize the initiative."

"It's the same with intelligence. Copernicus was absent from meetings for a long time, but he would not miss any key information because Newton would tell him everything. At the same time, even if Newton stayed idle for a long time and didn't ask any questions, he would not lack any answers because Copernicus could ask questions for him, allowing Newton to hide deeper."

"In general, the fact that Copernicus and Newton were so cautious... shows that they were still very afraid that their plan would be exposed and that others would know the truth about the cosmological constant 42."

Lin Xian stood up from his chair and paced around the underground shelter:
"But for me, if I want to continue to dig deeper into the truth about Einstein, the Millennium Pile, and the World-Destroying White Light, I must start with the secrets of Newton and the cosmological constant 42."

"This is also my next main task—"

“【Find Newton from the vast sea of ​​people and further investigate the truth about the cosmological constant 42!】”

The idea is clear now.

Lin Xian also breathed a sigh of relief.

He walked back to the laboratory bench and looked at the small oven containing the space-time particles and the watch gift box.

Turn on the oven.

Reach your hand in.

Take out this gift that has accumulated 300 years of time...

Thanks to the characteristic of local suspension of time of ordinary space-time particles, the small gift box in my hand is still as new as before, as if it has not been baptized by time.

Pinch the two sides and open the gift box.

A silver watch with a somewhat dull luster came into view. The hour, minute and second hands had all stopped for a long time, as if it was not the space-time particles that locked time, but this unwound watch.

Raise your wrist.

Lin Xian placed the watch on his pulse and felt it was cold.

After tightening the iron buckle, this $1952 watch from 20 was officially worn on Lin Xian's hand. After winding the spring a few times...

Click, click, click.

Time, which had been stagnant for 300 years, began to rotate, and the crisp sound of gears can be heard from 1952 to the present.

"This is the most expensive watch I have ever worn."

Lin Xian said softly.

This was a gift that a poor girl from Brooklyn spent all her savings on, and it was worth more than any Rolex in the world.

At the bottom of the small square gift box, there is a small, slightly yellowed piece of paper folded inside.

Lin Xian picked it up.

It feels like I just opened it and read it a few days ago.

But now.

But I feel that the sun and the moon rotate, the stars are upside down, and the world has changed dramatically...

Of course he knew what was written on the note.

It was a gentle reminder, telling him that daylight saving time would end tomorrow and to remember to set his watch back one hour.

Now, it is December 2234.

"It is indeed winter time."

Lin Xian suddenly thought of it.

In the hafnium alloy safe in Tam Bank, there was also a small note written by Chu Anqing to herself.

It is no coincidence.

Like this one, that small piece of paper was covered with space-time particles and placed in a rice cooker version of a space-time particle capturer.

"According to Einstein's theory, the small piece of paper, including the rice cooker, is also in a state of time stopping. No matter how long it is left, it will not be damaged or deteriorate."

"What exactly did Chu Anqing write on the little note?"

He vaguely remembered that when they were on the space plane, Chu Anqing wrote two lines of words with a rustling rhythm; the two lines were not very long and were written very quickly.

In fact, for Lin Xian now, relying on that small piece of paper to distinguish the truth from falsehood in dreams is no longer of much significance.

Even without this little note, it would not prevent him from working hard to save the Millennium Pile and the future of mankind.

but.

Whenever I think of Chu Anqing's determined and resolute eyes on the space plane, and the weathered bearded man in CC's memory fragments...

"Perhaps, that little note is not only important to me, but also to Qiannianzhu, CC, and Chu Anqing."

"I hope that when I change the world line next time and enter the next dream, I can find the long-lost safe."

Now, Lin Xian is in an underground shelter, and the various hafnium alloy structures of the building form a Faraday cage, so there is no signal on his mobile phone.

Therefore, even if the reading of the space-time clock changed and the world line jumped, Liu Feng's phone call could not come in.

but.

Lin Xian felt that the probability of the world line changing was low.

This world line in which humans are almost completely extinct was created by several geniuses. As Newton said, Einstein's death will only make the world line more stable.

For now.

If you want to change the world line, you must start with Newton or Galileo.

Galileo remains missing to this day.

There is even reason to believe that he may hibernate until the year 2600 and cause a super disaster.

In contrast.

It is still easier to find Newton when he shows his true colors.

Lin Xian turned off the small oven and went to the other side of the underground shelter to check.

An unexpected discovery...

There are actually a lot of daily necessities and security facilities here.

A large amount of canned food, a large amount of stored water, various nuclear batteries, and even a complete [hibernation chamber].

"Einstein obviously didn't need these things. He didn't need to eat or drink, nor did he need to hibernate."

Lin Xian checked carefully and found that neither the hibernation chamber nor the food showed any signs of use.

It seems that Einstein was just preparing for a rainy day.

An underground shelter should look like an underground shelter. Even though he may not need it, it still has to have what it needs.

Lin Xian turned and left, then went to explore other places. It was basically an ordinary shelter, with nothing new and almost no signs of use.

It’s hard to imagine…

Did Einstein spend these hundreds of years sitting alone in a chair?
Perhaps, he has been looking for a way out for the future of mankind;
Perhaps he had been waiting for a reunion with Douglas;
Perhaps, he was immersed in a false future, silently waiting for that day to come.

"Einstein, I've also recorded this debt for you."

Lin Xian looked at the place where Einstein fell and disappeared:

“Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. No matter who is behind the release of those two space-time particles, I will find them to account for it.”

"Rescue Chu Anqing, rescue CC, figure out the cosmological constant 42, solve the world-destroying white light... I guess the answers to these four things all involve this mastermind."

"Then, the first step is to follow the procedures and find out Newton's true identity first, and start with him."

Walking behind Einstein's seat, Lin Xian touched the computers and servers with hafnium alloy shells.

These devices should be the foundation of the Genius Club gathering system.

According to the intelligence obtained previously, the party's security system and logic program were written by the genius hacker Kevin Walker.

In the early days, all authority was in the hands of Kevin Walker, who knew the true identities of all members; after Kevin Walker was killed by himself, the authority was controlled by Einstein.

Theoretically, Newton's true identity should be able to be identified from the data from these devices.

but……

"If things were really that simple, then Newton shouldn't have been so arrogant and calm just now; since he knew that I killed Einstein, he must have guessed that I found the headquarters of the Genius Club, and it wouldn't be difficult for him to guess that I could analyze the connection data in the network server."

"But even so, Newton doesn't care at all, and he's not afraid that I'll find him... Is he just bluffing, or is the security system designed by Kevin Walker impregnable and impeccable?"

Lin Xian stood up straight:

"Anyway, let's try it out first."

He turned around and looked back at the once bustling but now deserted Genius Club:

"It's better not to let too many people know about this underground shelter. This is a place that Newton, Copernicus, and a group of geniuses couldn't find. It's extremely hidden. It can be said to be the safest place on earth. It may save lives at a critical moment."

"So, just bring Jask here alone and see if there is any way to extract the data from the server."

"If Jask can't do it..."

Lin Xian stretched lazily.

Thinking of my old friend who had been playing dumb for so long, the last and most powerful trump card:

"Then we can only find a way to eliminate the future virus and revive VV!"

(End of this chapter)