Did the world end today?

Chapter 30 Time Pincer Attack!

Xu Jin is a fugitive?!

Lin Xuming clearly remembered that the captain of the rapid reaction force had told him, "Xu Jin has already received the punishment he deserves."

As a result, he was still listed as a fugitive in the police system?
The information from the police system is never wrong, so it must be that the captain was lying?
indeed.

At that time, he thought he was retaliating against Xu Jin's extremist organization, so giving such a "comforting" answer seemed reasonable.

But what exactly did Xu Jin do?
He tried to click into the case file details, but found that the refreshed interface was blank.

The blank center contains two characters.

Top secret.

Insufficient permissions.

The rank-and-file police officers did not have the authority to view Xu Jin's case file information.

That's where the explanation comes in.
If it were just a simple terrorist attack, it should be possible to find out through the police system, since it falls under the category of social cases and the police need the authority to handle it.

Xu Jin's case has clearly transcended the category of "social case".

What, you're attacking a space station too, planning to steal a spaceship and go to Mars?
Lin Xu was at his wit's end. He returned to the initial page and continued searching for Xu Jin's information.

This time, he focused on the basic information.

Past resume information is unavailable, but family and social relationship information is available.

Parents, spouse, children.
Former workplace, religious beliefs, and political affiliation.
Records of administrative penalties and lawsuits.
Lin Xu quickly memorized all the information he saw, and just then, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from behind.

Take a look at the time displayed on the police terminal.

11:58 minutes.

That's too late.

So be it.

He exited the query page and turned off the screen of the police terminal.

Then, he stood up, turned to the police officer who was escorting the escaped team member back, and waved as if he were a concerned citizen:
"Officer, is this what you're looking for?"

The police officer looked at Lin Xu's hand and then asked:
"Where did you find it?"

"I found it here. He knocked it over, and it fell here."

The officer took the police terminal from Lin Xu and began to complain:

"Damn it, these drunkards are all incredibly lawless. By the way, don't leave yet. Come in with us later to assist with the investigation, and I'll give you a certificate of bravery."

"no need."

Lin Xu waved his hand.

"I don't have time."

“You must have time.”

The officer's face turned cold.

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment.

I understand, they've figured out I'm an accomplice.

I was originally hoping to get closer to them, to see if I could get any useful information out of them, no matter what.

Judging from the current situation, there is definitely no hope.

So Lin Xu simply gave up.

He consciously walked in front of the police officer and headed towards the police station.

The skull, who was still arguing with the police officer at the door, saw him and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Lin Xu deciphered his subtext.

That was an expression of disappointment and frustration.

He smiled and said:
"It's okay, the time's up anyway."

"Officer, the end of the world is coming, in 20 seconds at most."

"If you don't die right now, can you answer one question for me?"

"Remember, my question is: Do you know what Xu Jin did?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the officer's expression changed immediately when he looked at Lin Xu.

It's like watching a madman.

But at that moment, a white light flashed.

Lin Xu collapsed to the ground in agony, and in his last moments before losing consciousness, he heard a sentence: "I don't know!!"

Lin Xu opened his eyes and woke up in his bed once again.

It was already 1:30 pm, and his stomach was growling loudly with hunger.

While ordering takeout on his phone, Lin Xu updated the information he had found about Xu Jin into the clue document.

First, Xu Jin is still at large and has not been captured.

Secondly, Xu Jin's actions were not ordinary social crimes, and probably not just a "terrorist attack," to the point that the case files could not be found in the ordinary police system.

These two pieces of information are quite crucial, especially the first one.

Think about it, even in 2025, very few people will be able to live in China with a warrant for arrest on their head. 20 years from now, with the further popularization of artificial intelligence and information systems, it will be even more impossible to survive in China.

Either he has already fled abroad.

Or perhaps, like Jiang Xingye, he really is already on Mars.

That's amazing!

You crazy people from the Planetary Reincarnation Organization, you actually went to Mars, you actually went to the other side, didn't you?
Lin Xu shook his head, then updated the document with a few less important, but also newly noted, pieces of information related to Xu Jin.

Father: Xu Qianlin; Mother: Zhang Wan.

There is only one workplace, Jinling Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, but the work period will only last until the end of 2028.

So it's possible that he left the Materials Research Institute in 2028 and joined the Planetary Reincarnation Organization?

uncertain.

Let's leave it as a question for now.

Lin Xu marked this message as "secondary important information".

Most of the new information and clues had been sorted out, and just then, his takeout arrived.

After opening the door and picking up his takeout, Lin Xu ate while pondering his next plan.

By now, he could basically see that the path to finding information and clues from the bracelet had been effectively blocked.

Both Jiang Xingye and Xu Jin's information is classified and highly sensitive.

An alarm will be triggered if anyone touches it.

As for his own information?
That further highlights the black box nature of the situation.

Lin Xu was able to find his resume online, and after confirming that he had once served as the president of Sky Dome Technology, he also tried searching for his own name online while returning to the Bracelet World to find information.

However you look at it, all you find are ordinary "historical stories of a professional manager's growth".

Furthermore, apart from these public channels, the future self of the next twenty years did not leave any information for the self of the previous twenty years.

He didn't even have a diary.

That's true, who keeps a diary if they're a decent person?
Understanding oneself also requires a rather tedious and complex process.

Therefore, my information is actually in the same state as Jiang Xingye and Xu Jin's information.

It's not that we can't find them, but that the marginal utility is too low.

It may take several, or even a dozen, explorations to find a single useful trace.

Rather than doing that, it's better to start from scratch.

Changes in the real world can influence the future world, but certain key milestones need to be reached.

In that case, let's focus on "changing the real world" for now.

What is this called?
Time-based pincer movement!

Lin Xu swallowed the last bite of braised pork trotter rice with satisfaction. The number on his bracelet was 2, and the number on his computer clock was also 2.

Before meeting Jiang Xingye and having dinner with her that evening, I still have time to enter the bracelet world one more time.

Lin Xu calmed his stomach a little and lay down on the bed. He was about to raise his hand to touch the bracelet to enter another world, but at that moment, he suddenly took out his phone as if possessed.

Immediately afterwards, he opened his browser and entered the name "Xu Qianlin" into the search bar.
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He felt the name was somewhat familiar.

But I don't know where I've seen it before.

Half a second later, the result appeared.

Lin Xu's eyes widened instantly.

Xu Qianlin: Researcher, General Department, China Academy of Space Technology.

"Chief designer of the 'Zhurong' Mars rover."

Zhu Rong!
(End of this chapter)