Genius Club.

Chapter 69 True and False

Lin Xian got up from the bed and turned on the light.

Then I went to the bathroom and washed my face.

"did not expect……"

Lin Xian looked at himself in the mirror:

“It’s actually 00:42.”

It was expected and also reasonable.

He wiped his face and returned to the bedroom, where he sat at the desk and thought, twirling a pen as he thought.

This time of entering the dream can be said to be the biggest gain so far, which made all clues and ideas become clear.

"First, it is necessary to clarify the true and false intelligence."

It is now certain that -

What Big Face Cat said, that his mathematician father and daughter were hit and killed by a truck at 00:42 in the evening, is confirmed to be [true].

The rumor that "only the richest people, the most talented people, and the most powerful people can receive invitations to the Genius Club" is confirmed to be [Fake].

Lin Xian's thinking became active:

"With these two pieces of information that have been confirmed to be true or false... we can deduce a lot of truth."

He turned on the lamp.

Take out an A4 paper and write on it——

【The truth derived from inference】

[1. Professor Xu Yun’s death must be related to the Genius Club.]

Lin Xian felt that the Genius Club could not have been unrelated to the deaths of Xu Yun and Big Face Cat's father.

Otherwise, Big Face Cat wouldn't have found out the name of the Genius Club for no reason.

Lin Xian had searched on the Internet earlier, but could not find any information related to the Genius Club.

Among the messy related search results, there are game settings and film and television works with the same name...but it is obvious that these things are completely different from the genius club mentioned by Big Face Cat.

In the dream just now, Big Face Cat was in a hurry to escape. Lin Xian asked him several times how he found the name, but Big Face Cat said that they could talk about it later and escaping was the most important thing... It seemed that this guy also felt that he had got the money, so he planned to run away as soon as possible and put the money in the pocket, so he was impatient.

But anyway.

There is no doubt that the death of Big Face Cat's father must be related to the Genius Club.

So……

A mathematician was killed by a truck at 00:42, and a scientist was killed by a car at 00:42.

Even though the two cases were separated by 600 years,
However, the coincidence in the identity and time of the death makes it highly likely that they were committed by the same murderer.

Therefore, the Genius Club should also be involved in Xu Yun’s death.

The problem now is.

What kind of relationship is this?
Did the Genius Club instruct the murderer to kill?
Or was there some other reason that allowed Big Face Cat to find out the name of the Genius Club from the murderer?
Although Big Face Cat was very sure that it was the Genius Club that killed his father, in Lin Xian's opinion, he should still maintain a certain degree of skepticism, after all, there was no solid evidence.

People who are bent on revenge will sometimes cling to a clue like a lifeline and strongly suggest that they believe it to be true. Big Face Cat's analysis may not be rational enough.

And there is one thing I don’t understand.

"The murderers attempted to disguise the murder of the scientist as a car accident, but they insisted on making the accident happen at 00:42..."

Lin Xian is unpredictable.

What's the point?

Why did they disguise it as an accidental car accident and arrange it at this exact time?

Isn't this a contradictory arrangement?
"I always feel like... this is a kind of arrogant show of strength, as if it was done on purpose for someone to see."

Lin Xian didn't understand.

But this time point is really strange, and it is exactly the same as the time when my dream ended.

00:42
what exactly is it?
What does it mean?
What is the special meaning?

“In fact, this is not the most difficult part to understand.”

Lin Xian twirled the pen.

How could they ensure that the killing happened at exactly 00:42?

This is so weird.

Do they wait every day, kill if they can, or wait until tomorrow if they can't?

Or……

Is there an insider cooperating and the time point must be strictly controlled at 00:42?
……

Lin Xian felt that the more he thought about it, the further away he got.

The time point of 00:42 is very abnormal, but there are no clues now and we cannot go further.

Lin Xian continued writing, writing down the second conclusion in his notebook:
[2. The qualifications for joining the genius club are not just based on wealth and status, there must be other necessary conditions.]

"Actually, this is the only way to make sense." Lin Xian had doubted that "rumor" countless times before.

It is said that only the richest people, the most talented people, and the most powerful people are qualified to join the genius club.

To be honest, this is not genius and it is not realistic.

Although the entry threshold in this rumor seems very high...but from the perspective of history, this threshold is ridiculously low.

Every year there are new richest people, new powerful people, and new Nobel Prizes.

If we send invitations according to this standard...

I'm afraid dozens or even hundreds of copies will be sent out every year, and the genius club must have at least several thousand members.

It is absolutely impossible for a huge organization that frequently sends out invitations and has thousands of members to hide in the mist of history without leaving any clues.

This is absolutely impossible.

Maybe you can think of it this way...

Wealth, status, fame, and IQ are only the most basic conditions for joining the genius club, but not the decisive conditions.

"Those who receive invitations from the Genius Club must have some more critical abilities, more mysterious reasons,

"Looking back on the 600 years of history... perhaps only a few or a dozen people could meet the membership standards. Therefore, this organization could hide in the darkness so secretly without leaving any traces."

"【The members of the Genius Club must be very few, otherwise they would have been exposed long ago in the past 600 years.】"

……

Thinking in this way, things made more sense. The fact that Zhao Yingjun received the invitation letter could also be explained clearly.

If we follow the logic of previous rumors, since a mere Zhao Yingjun could receive an invitation letter, then how could someone as successful as Chu Shanhe and as wealthy as Li Cheng not be qualified to receive an invitation letter?
But it turned out that Li Cheng knew nothing about the Genius Club.

As for Chu Shanhe’s words… Lin Xian wasn’t sure, but he felt that Chu Shanhe was most likely not a member of the Genius Club.

If the goal was to kill hibernation technology, why did he continue to fund Xu Yun for ten years?

But, then again.

"Then Zhao Yingjun..."

Thinking of his heroic and beautiful female boss, Lin Xian was puzzled:
"Why is she so worthy and so special... that she could receive an invitation to the Genius Club?"

Think of this.

Lin Xian picked up the pen again and wrote down the third inference result in his notebook:

[3. Zhao Yingjun did receive an invitation letter from the Genius Club, but it is not clear whether she joined or participated in the murder.]

In fact, this result had been thought of long ago.

But Lin Xian never thought about it deeply.

The reason is that the previous information about the Genius Club was not clear enough, it was difficult to distinguish between true and false, it was full of contradictions, and it was impossible to make an accurate judgment.

But it's different now.

Although 99% of the mysteries of Genius Club are still hidden beneath the surface, at least 1% of the information has become clear.

It was this precious 1% that allowed Lin Xian to deduce the three crucial clues in the notebook.

"Zhao Yingjun..."

He stared at the third result, a name that couldn't be more familiar.

"Why did she receive an invitation?"

Lin Xian held his chin and thought...

There must be some [special reason] that made the Genius Club, a mysterious and sparsely populated organization, recognize Zhao Yingjun.

Actually think about it carefully.

Zhao Yingjun was indeed a mysterious woman. It was true that Lin Xian had dealt with her a lot, but if he really wanted to talk about what he knew about this woman...

It can be said that I know nothing.

Apart from his age and name, nothing else is known.

Lin Xian was surprised to find that he and Zhao Yingjun were so unfamiliar.

"If we want to find out the cause and truth of Xu Yun's death and further clarify the purpose and nature of the Genius Club, there is only one way..."

He opened the drawer.

Pinch out the wax block with the Genius Club logo from the innermost part.

The round wax block was reflected under the light of the desk lamp, revealing an eerie crystal red color, like blood, like the setting sun.

"What exactly was written on that invitation to the Genius Club?"

What is the content?
What is the meeting place?
What is the meeting time?
What is the purpose of the club?
Staring at the right hand on the wax block pointing straight to the sky, Lin Xian narrowed his eyes:

"We must find a way..."

"Only after seeing the invitation!"

(End of this chapter)