Genius Club.

Chapter 73 Disturbance
September 2624, 8…

Still the same day.

The time of the dream has not changed.

But except for time... everything else in the dream has changed.

"Wait a moment."

Lin Xian supported himself on the mossy and muddy stone wall with one hand and put the other hand on his forehead as he thought.

【The butterfly effect of space and time】

obviously.

The dream once again underwent a [time and space change].

So what is the reason for the change?
What is the source?
What is an anchor?
When does a butterfly flap its wings?

Lin Xian opened his eyes...

He recalled the news he saw before going to bed yesterday:

"Tunghai University is currently receiving and organizing Xu Yun's research materials and unfinished papers. We will follow Xu Yun's wishes and publish them to the world."

“Maybe that’s the reason.”

His heartbeat calmed down and his lost sense of security gradually returned.

This is indeed his dream, that's right.

He didn't watch the news today, but it seemed that Tunghai University had published Xu Yun's research materials publicly.

"That's not right. In fact, even if it is not published publicly, as long as the official organization intervenes in this matter and receives Xu Yun's research materials, this moment has become an anchor point that cannot be reversed."

"Because the official organization is huge and reliable, it is only a matter of time before they make the information public according to Xu Yun's wishes. If the official organization does not intervene in this matter, Xu Yun's research materials are all in the laboratory, and the thesis is not completed. Everything is a single copy with no backup. In fact, if they really want to sabotage... there are still certain variables."

Anyway.

The space-time butterfly still flapped its wings, and the space-time changes still occurred.

But this time, the butterfly's wings were flapping so hard that smoke came out... and hundreds of thousands of tornadoes rolled the future world 600 years from now into a completely new look.

This is reasonable from the perspective of time and space logic.

But the problem is——

"[Why has the technological level of the future world regressed?]"

Lin Xian looked around.

No matter how you look at it...the level of technology, economy and living standards here are too backward.

In the previous dream, although it was also very backward, it was not much different from the 2023 where Lin Xian lived. It could be considered a modern city after all.

But the scene in front of me... The grandfather's house that Lin Xian visited when he was a child was much more developed than this place!
At least there is a road to my grandfather's house.

But the stone road here is full of twists and turns. Not to mention cars, even riding a bicycle requires going around the road.

Then look inside the store.

Almost everything was wrapped in tattered oil paper.

Tungsten light bulbs, thermos liner, shoelaces, crudely made hardware, colorful shampoos, and all kinds of snacks that you dare not eat at first sight...

How is this going?

Good year 2624...

Why is it that the living scene is almost the same as in the 1980s and 1990s?
If it is said that after Xu Yun's paper was published, the dream world changed drastically, with starship cannons, space elevators and the like... Lin Xian would not find it strange at all.

Because it makes logical sense.

Even Professor Xu Yun himself has said that once the hibernation capsule comes out, the world pattern may be rewritten, and human technology will inevitably enter an era of rapid development with rapid take-off, and the future is immeasurable.

But it takes off quickly...

Why are you flying back?
Lin Xian couldn't convince himself and couldn't accept the facts before him.

To take a step back, even if Xu Yun's paper is published and the technological level of the future world makes no progress and he is still "born" in that square, he can accept it.

But after this paper was published, technology actually regressed by several decades!

"What happened in these 600 years?"

……

In the canteen.

The man in the vest stopped fanning himself and looked at the tall man at the door who was looking moody.
"What's up, young man? Want to buy anything?"

"No, no..." Lin Xian waved his hand:
"Uncle, I want to ask--"

Clang.

While the two were talking, a man in black and wearing a black hat suddenly rushed out from behind Lin Xian.

He is very fast!

After knocking down the shelf outside, he stretched out his big hand, picked up the cash box on the glass cabinet, turned around and ran!
"Hey!"

The old man immediately jumped up and grabbed the thief's arm:

"Put you down! Put you down! Ah——"

The thief kicked the old man in the stomach, and he fell beside the glass cabinet, grimacing in pain.

He pointed at the thief who was walking away and looked at Lin Xian:

"Young...young man...help me...catch..."

"Ah, okay."

Lin Xian turned around, using his parkour skills to full effect, and chased after the black shadow in the darkness.

He just happened to have a lot of questions to ask the old man, so helping him get the money box back would make communication easier. The thief was obviously very familiar with this area.

He turned left and right, walking on the rugged path as if it were flat ground, and jumped left and right, dazzling Lin Xian's eyes.

But Lin Xian is not a pushover either.

His parkour skills have not been neglected for a single day after all these years. He kicked left and jumped right, made a few turns and jumps, and finally caught up with the thief!

"Go!" "Ah——"

With a flying kick, the thief fell directly to the ground.

Lin Xian rode up to him with a quick step, pinned him down, snatched the money box from his hand, and put it behind him. Just as he was about to tie him up——

呲!
The sound of a sharp knife sinking into flesh.

Lin Xian's eyes flushed, and he looked at his chest...

The thief had a dagger hidden in his waist!
At this moment, it has already sunk deeply into my heart!
puff!
As the thief pulled out the dagger, the huge blood pressure squeezed blood out from the blade and sprayed far away.

Lin Xian felt faint and was about to stand up...

"Fuck it, I told you to mind your own business! I told you to mind your own business!"

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
The thief was ruthless and accurate! He stabbed Lin Xian's vitals with his knife! Another knife to his neck! Another knife to his head!

……

……

Teng——

Lin Xian jumped up directly from the bed in the bedroom!
Shortness of breath.

Clutching the heart.

My heart is beating very fast and won’t come down!
Lin Xian gritted his teeth, stretched out his fingers to the lamp on the bedside table, and pressed the switch——

Click.

……

In a lakeside villa on the outskirts of Donghai City, the huge crystal chandelier in the living room lit up.

The whole room was bright as day.

"Since you are at home... turn on the light..."

A hand with dry, wrinkled skin moved away from the light switch.

The old man closed the door, walked in, and looked at the fair-skinned boy squatting among the messy books:

"I've told you so many times that this is bad for your eyes...You are already very nearsighted."

"Or do you think it's cool to read in the moonlight? I think you are already past that age... Ji Lin."

Ji Lin was concentrating and didn't say anything.

He held a copy of the "Mathematical Monthly" magazine in one hand and a pencil in the other, writing quickly on the back pages of the magazine.

whoosh-

He finished quickly and threw the magazine aside.

Then he picked up the February issue of Mathematics Monthly next to it.

The old man walked forward and picked up the magazine on the ground.

This is the January 2022 issue of "Mathematical Monthly". Because this villa has been uninhabited for a long time, the subscribed magazines and newspapers are neatly piled in the living room.

The old man turned to the page where Ji Lin had just written...

It's a page of Sudoku, a very difficult math game.

The Sudoku board is a nine-square grid, and each square is divided into nine small grids.

Given certain known numbers and conditions for solving the problem in these 1 squares, use logic and reasoning to fill in the other blanks with numbers from 9 to 1, so that each number from 9 to appears only once in each row, column, and palace.

This is a game that tests one's IQ and brainpower. Even for a world-class expert, it would take three or four minutes to complete this difficult version of Sudoku.

wow-

Ji Lin threw the February issue over again.

The old man lowered his head...

On the back page of this February issue, there was also an irregular and difficult Sudoku puzzle. But just when he picked up the magazine and flipped through it... Ji Lin had already finished it.

When I looked up again, Ji Lin had picked up the March issue of Mathematics Monthly under the moonlight, turned to the back page, and started doing a new Sudoku.

"In fact, even if you don't come to Xu Yun's memorial service this time, I plan to invite you to Donghai."

The old man seemed to have long been accustomed to Ji Lin's indifference, and did not take it to heart. He muttered to himself:
"Xu Yun...he shouldn't have died."

"Why did he die when he shouldn't have?"

Ji Lin was scratching on the magazine with the pencil in his hand. He didn't look up and responded softly.

"Because someone murdered him!"

The old man gritted his teeth, his voice a little hoarse:
"I know Xu Yun too well... He's a good guy, but his talent is indeed lacking. Not to mention one Xu Yun, even if there are ten Xu Yuns or a hundred thousand Xu Yuns! It is absolutely impossible for them to research the filling fluid for the hibernation chamber in this lifetime!"

"so what?"

Ji Lin blinked his half-opened eyes and threw the March issue of "Mathematics Monthly" to the ground. The Sudoku on it was written in one breath without any trace of erasure.

"So, someone secretly made trouble and changed everything!"

The old man took out a rolled-up list from his pocket and threw it to Ji Lin:
"I suspect someone is..."

"[Disrupting history]!"

(End of this chapter)