Genius Club.

Chapter 549 42
Chen Heping was stunned, looking at the completely unfamiliar old man and young man in front of him:
"You are?"

"We are from the University of the Rhine."

Lin Xian introduced himself truthfully, and then handed the book over:
"Mr. Chen Heping, we came to visit you this time mainly to ask you some math questions, which are the contents of this book. I wonder...if you can help us."

"math?"

When Chen Heping heard the word "mathematics", his tone softened significantly.

He likes to do research and learn, but the current environment does not allow him to have such opportunities and he is completely unable to display his talents.

The same is true in the village. Every day everyone is busy struggling for livelihood, fighting, and resources... This is not an era suitable for learning and research. Apart from Li Cheng often discussing some issues with him, this is the first time that someone has taken the initiative to ask for advice.

With curiosity, he took the book handed to him by Lin Xian and looked at the cover:
"Introduction to the Cosmological Constant?"

After flipping through a few pages, it feels complicated, but I can actually understand it.

Chen Heping just stood there turning the pages, gradually sinking into it, it was very interesting.

Snapped.

He closed the book, stepped aside, and invited Lin Xian and Liu Feng into the house:

"Sorry, this is my first time dealing with the cosmological constant, and it seems a little complicated."

"If you two are not in a hurry, why don't you come in and have a cup of tea and rest for a while while I read this book briefly."

……

This time, Chen Heping really made a mistake.

"Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" was far more profound than he had imagined and was not something that could be simply read.

Until dinner time in the evening, he was still immersed in the mysterious and vast ocean of mathematics. He had no idea what to do, but was still fascinated by it.

"It's time to eat~"

On the other side, Sister Lian had already prepared dinner and called a few people to eat:

"Everyone, don't study here yet. Let's study after dinner. Lin Xian, your brother Lian has taken out all the wine that has been buried at home for a long time, and he is going to have a good drink with your confidant."

"That's the wine that was buried in the ground when our daughter was born. According to tradition, we originally planned to dig it out when our daughter got married... But your brother Lian was so excited to see you that he's digging in the yard with a shovel, so I have to call you to eat."

After saying that, Sister Lian looked at Chen Heping again:
"Dad, come along too. I cooked a lot of food today. Since there are guests from the city, come and keep them company."

however……

Chen Heping, who was already deeply immersed in the ocean of mathematics, was so focused that he couldn't listen at all.

The book "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" opened the door to a new world for him. To him, it was like the most delicious food and the best wine in the world. How could he bear to leave?

He waved his hand perfunctorily:

"You guys go eat first, I'm not hungry."

Afterwards, no matter how we called him, he could not be called back. His eyes were fixed on every line of "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant", and he was withdrawn from the whole world.

no way.

Lin Xian and Liu Feng had no choice but to leave Chen Heping in the house and go to eat with Sister Lian.

On the way, Liu Feng looked at Lin Xian in confusion:

"Are we really going to have dinner at Big Face Cat's house? Isn't that inappropriate? After all... we were at loggerheads a few hours ago."

"Eat, what's available?"

Lin Xian knows the Big Face Cat family inside and out, and is familiar with them:

"They are not bad people, and they are not mean. Besides, it's a good thing that Chen Heping is so interested in "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant"...Give him some time and let him concentrate on reading your book. Maybe he will be willing to come to the University of the Rhine to help us."

Liu Feng nodded.

Also.

As Chen Heping is the last hope to conquer the cosmological constant 42, it is very necessary for him to gain more favorability, even with his family members.

Two handfuls of soil had already been piled up in the yard of Big Face Cat's house. Big Face Cat stood in the pit with a smile on his face, and took out a wax-sealed wine jar to show off to Lin Xian:

"Look, brother! This is authentic girl's red wine!"

Lin Xian chuckled:
"Brother Lian, wait until your daughter gets married before digging it out to make it a daughter's wine. It has only been buried for a few years now."

"Oh, don't worry about these details!"

The big-faced cat who met a bosom friend in life just wanted to take out the best things in his home to entertain Lin Xian:

"This is the most expensive wine we have at home. Come on, come on, let's not go home until we are drunk tonight!"

"Don't worry about my dad. Once he gets into nerd mode, no one can stop him."

Being pulled into the main room by the big-faced cat.

The table was filled with food and three wine glasses.

Lin Xian looked at Liu Feng, who was over 80 years old, with some concern:
"Can you still drink?"

Liu Feng sighed:
"It's been a long time since I had a drink, and it's been a long time since I had a meal with such a family atmosphere."

his words.

Let Lin Xian put away his smile.

A wave of heartache welled up in me.

Yes.

Liu Feng managed to hold on for more than a hundred years.

No family,

No friends,

hopeless.

Under such mental pressure, he was even more lonely and had to eat his meals in the cafeteria every day.

Maybe from earlier.

It started from the moment Qiqi left him.

He lost this family feeling... The most luxurious wish in the world for Liu Feng was for the whole family to sit around the table happily, talking and laughing while eating.

"Then drink some and relax."

Lin Xian patted his shoulder:

"I'm taking a day off today to celebrate our success in finding Chen Heping and finding hope."

……

Mrs. Lian’s cooking skills are still as good as before, and the dumplings she makes are still as delicious as before.

Lin Xian ate the dumplings one by one.

Still the same old taste.

Hundreds of years ago, the taste of the second dream was finally tasted in reality.

Liu Feng picked up the wine glass after a long time.

He clinked glasses with Big-Faced Cat and drank in silence.

that's it.

One cup, one cup, and another.

Liu Feng's glasses were fogged up and his eyes could not be seen.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Xian noticed that Liu Feng was in a bad mood and asked with concern.

"Thinking about Qiqi."

Liu Feng said in a low voice:

"Thinking about Gawain."

Holding the wine glass again, he lowered his head:

"I'm thinking about Huang Que, An Qing, Ying Jun, Xiao Yuxi, Gao Yang... those friends who left us and whom we will never see again."

Say it.

He raised his head and drank another mouthful of wine, his face becoming even redder:

"I have finally found you this time, otherwise... I really don't know what I would do in the future."

"Lin Xian, to be honest, I've been worried. If we fail to save everything, what is the point of sacrificing so many people and abandoning so much?"

"You are different from me. You have people who love you, a happy family, and a newborn daughter. But you just hugged her and left forever."

"If... I mean if, if we are ultimately powerless in the face of the world-destroying white light, will you regret it?"

He raised his head.

The old face looked at Lin Xian through the foggy glasses:

"Will you regret... not staying and spending your life with Yingjun and Yuxi?"

Lin Xian held the wine glass.

Rub it twice:

"To be honest, you will regret it."

He answered truthfully:
"If that moment comes, I will definitely regret it. I owe them so much... Even though Yingjun said in her letter that they lived a happy life, I did not fulfill my responsibilities as a father and a husband."

"But, until the last second comes, I won't regret it." Lin Xian filled Liu Feng's glass with wine, clinked glasses with him, and looked into his eyes:

"Yingjun has always trusted me and been so firm. I will not let her down. Just like Qiqi firmly believed that your Introduction to the Cosmological Constant was correct... Even if the whole world denies you, a girl is willing to bet her life on you, and miraculously let the only book buried for 600 years be delivered to Chen Heping's hands."

"So, Liu Feng, cheer up!"

Lin Xian raised his head, drank the wine in the glass, and patted Liu Feng on the shoulder:

"Believe in me, believe in Qiqi, believe in Chen Heping, and at the same time... believe in yourself!"

……

This meal took a long time.

Liu Feng gradually got drunk and felt dizzy. He said a lot of unclear words and fell asleep on the wooden sofa.

It can be seen that Liu Feng has been under tremendous pressure over the past hundred years.

Big Face Cat was still as generous as ever. He took Lin Xian as his brother and talked about philosophy.

Lin Xian was very concerned about the progress of Chen Heping. When the moon rose to halfway in the sky, he came to the courtyard where Chen Heping was again and pushed the door open.

"Too abstruse."

Chen Heping still sat in front of the desk in the same position, motionless:
"But at the same time, it's so amazing... I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I'm afraid I can't understand it for a while. This is not a simple math problem. It's a kind of... a field that I have never touched before."

"no problem."

Lin Xian agreed directly.

He was mentally prepared before coming. No matter how talented Chen Heping was, it was unrealistic for him to understand the cosmological constant 42 in half a day.

To know.

In the second dream, he studied for more than thirty years before achieving great success.

"Then I'll leave these materials to you as well."

Lin Xian took out two thick volumes of information from his backpack:

"This is the complete result of our research on the cosmological constant at Rhine University over the years. I didn't want to disrupt your train of thought. I wanted to wait until you have finished reading it before discussing it with you."

"But now it seems that it doesn't matter whether I give it to you sooner or later. We believe in your wisdom and will only see further by standing on the shoulders of giants instead of being led astray."

Chen Heping's eyes lit up.

He quickly took it and flipped through it:
"Oh my god, you guys already figured out the answer to the cosmological constant! 42... What does that mean?"

"We don't know either."

Lin Xian spread his hands:
“That’s what we’d like to ask you for help with.”

Chen Heping was still looking through the materials.

He could see that this information was by no means the result of a few years or decades of work, but was most likely the result of centuries of accumulation!
Chen Heping truly felt Lin Xian's sincerity as he gave him such precious research results without reservation.

"I will try my best."

He nodded and promised solemnly:

"Give me a month! I won't let you down!"

……

Afterwards, Lin Xian and Liu Feng left.

Because they had gained their trust, the helicopter flew directly into the village and picked up the two people. Lin Xian and Chen Heping agreed to visit again in a month.

The time of waiting passes slowly and quickly.

But what Lin Xian didn't expect was...

A month later, I arrived at the village as scheduled. As soon as I got off the plane, I was angrily scolded by the big-faced cat:
"It's all your fault! You caused my father to go insane!"

"what?"

Lin Xian was somewhat puzzled:

"what happened?"

"Bah, you still have the nerve to say that!"

The big-faced cat sneered:
"Just a month ago, you left my father a few crappy books and left. Since then, my father has not left the house and has been staying in his room doing research every day!"

"Although he was a nerd before, he has never been as abnormal as this time. He locks himself in the room every day and doesn't let anyone in. He is weird and spouts weird things. Last time, he even scared my daughter to tears! He's like a ghost!"

?

Hearing this familiar description.

Lin Xian and Liu Feng looked at each other.

"Brother Face."

Lin Xian grabbed the big-faced cat's fat arm:

"Is your father in the room now?"

"Of course I am!"

The big-faced cat snorted coldly:
"He has become one with the room. But if you go to look for him, he may not open the door for you as he looks possessed."

"Anyway, in this month, my mom and I have never been to his study. No matter how much we knocked, he would never open the door. We ate in there and only came out once to go to the bathroom."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"Let's go check it out now."

The three of them quickly came to Chen Heping's yard. Big Face Cat's mother was feeding pigs in the yard. After saying hello, they went straight to the second floor.

There are four rooms on the second floor, and Chen Heping’s study is in the middle.

Lin Xian knocked lightly on the door...

Squeak.

However, he didn't expect that the door was not locked and Lin Xian knocked a crack in the door.

"Hey! This is weird!"

The big-faced cat is scratching his head behind him:
"For so many days, my dad's door has been locked and never opened. Today the sun really rises from the west!"

this moment.

Lin Xian pressed his palm on the door.

Time and space interweave.

It was as if I had returned to the midsummer of my second dream, to the dilapidated and backward old Donghai City.

"call……"

Lin Xian took a deep breath.

Push the door open forcefully -

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"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

The big-faced cat howled in fright.

I saw...

In this small room with old exhibits.

On the wall,

ceiling,

floor,

sheet,

Wooden chairs,

table,

Even on every piece of draft paper scattered on the ground,

It is all filled with densely arranged numbers of all sizes, 42!

Everywhere I look, there are 42s.

No corner, nook, or cranny was left out!
Inside the big 42, there is a small 42;

Inside the small 42, there was an even smaller 42 written in even finer handwriting;

[Even the smallest 42 miles still have 42 miles as thin as a mosquito's foot, but they absolutely do not intersect, connect, or overlap! ]

The big-faced cat turned pale and fell with a plop.

Liu Feng was also stunned watching this scene...

He had only heard Lin Xian talk about it before, but today he saw it with his own eyes, and an overwhelming sense of shock rushed to his head.

Lin Xian walked in.

I found Chen Heping, who I hadn't seen for a month, squatting by the wall with his nose pressed against the wall, staring at the number 42 written in the cracks of the wall from an incredibly close distance.

then……

Turned.

The man with extremely scruffy hair and beard had dull eyes, as if he was looking at Lin Xian, or as if he was looking at the air behind Lin Xian.

The cracked lips opened and the voice was hoarse:
"[42... everywhere.]"

(End of this chapter)