I handed over to another world

After the meeting, Chen Lin stood alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the president's office.

The lights in Shangdu are bright in the night, like the reflection of the Milky Way.

The copper coin on his fingertips cast a slender shadow on the glass, drawing a complex geometric pattern as his wrist turned.

“They won’t be content with just copying the documents.”

Zhulong's silver-haired projection silently appeared behind him, and his voice was calm, which was unique to super artificial intelligence. "My calculations show that there is a 68.9% chance that Zheng Mingyuan will use this information to form a small group to oppose you."

The copper coin suddenly stopped in mid-air. Chen Lin turned around with a sharp gaze and said, "So we need a dual-track plan."

The data flow in Zhulong's pupils accelerated: "Please explain in detail."

Chen Lin walked towards the holographic sandbox and tapped his finger. The three-dimensional model of the Milky Way immediately unfolded. "Plan A, give them a real defense chain construction plan, but set the key parameters to be encrypted. If you want to understand it, ordinary people will have to rack their brains to understand it."

Seven galaxy nodes lit up blue light. "As for Plan B..."

He ran his finger across the star map, marking seven red dots in seemingly unrelated areas of dark matter clouds.

Zhulong's projection leaned forward slightly: "Creating a false target? This will consume a portion of the association's reserve energy."

"Not all of them are fake." Chen Lin took out the copper coin with the future mark from his arms and inserted it into the base of the sand table. "We can use the micro-space folds to set up suitable fake targets. Some of the so-called fake targets can be changed to be real."

A hint of surprise flashed in the silver-haired girl's eyes - this is an emotion rarely shown by AI: "I see...using the virtual time stream to create quantum bait."

"But the risk factor is still as high as..."

"Compared to the risk of leaks, it's worth a try."

Chen Lin interrupted her, "Calculate the probability of success."

Zhulong was silent for 0.37 seconds - almost instantaneous for humans, but a long calculation for her: "After the implementation of the AB dual-track plan, the probability of the defense chain being destroyed has dropped from 42.3% to 6.7%. But..."

Her projection suddenly split into two versions, one with silver hair and blue eyes, and one with black hair and red eyes. "I need to remind you that this is equivalent to deceiving your own council."

Chen Lin chuckled and stroked the lines on the surface of the copper coin with his fingers: "Sometimes, the best way to protect the truth is to cover it up with another truth."

The two projections of Zhulong stared at him at the same time, with different data streams flowing in their blue and red eyes: "Humanity's political game... is still one of the most difficult algorithms for me to solve."

"Then treat it as an experiment."

Chen Lin walked to the window and looked at the faintly visible tail flame of the engineering ship in the night sky. "Plan A is a controllable variable for them, and Plan B is our real...cosmic constant."

Zhulong's projection merged into one again, his silver hair fluttering in the data stream: "Command confirmed, generating a double encryption scheme, expected to be completed in 2 hours and 17 minutes."

She paused for a moment, "Do I need to set a trigger condition?"

"When someone tries to decrypt the core parameters of Plan A," Chen Lin's voice turned cold, "Plan B will be automatically activated to act as a quantum fog."

"As you wish."

Zhulong bowed slightly, "I will set up two appropriate plans according to what you said."

Chen Lin smiled and nodded, and after the smile ended, a cold expression appeared on his face. Having been the president of the association for more than 20 years, Chen Lin has seen too many things. From the initial ignorance and attempts to the current calmness, Chen Lin has also come step by step.

After Zhulong's projection disappeared, Chen Lin stood in front of the window for a long time without moving. After a while, he walked to the bookshelf and lightly pressed his finger on the spine of "Interstellar Strategy".

The bookshelf slid open silently, revealing a sophisticated biometric authentication device. After the iris, fingerprint, and DNA triple verification was passed, the safe embedded in the wall slowly opened, revealing only an antique bronze box inside.

Chen Lin took out the box and inserted the copper coins into the grooves on the surface.

With a slight "click" sound, the box unfolded into a heptagonal holographic projection platform.

Seven miniature galaxy models are suspended above it, each labeled with complex parameters.

"Start the test."

Chen Lin gave an order in a low voice, and the next second the projection platform immediately projected an encrypted communication.

In the picture, the young Li Tianyun is standing in the same office, with old equipment from thirty years ago in the background.

"Chen Lin, when you see this record, it means that the 'Sky Repair Project' has reached its final stage."

Li Tianyun in the video has a solemn expression, "Existing technology cannot predict the future, but one night, someone who came from the future several decades ago told me a truth..."

Suddenly, communications were severely disrupted.

Chen Lin's pupils suddenly shrank - he saw in the surveillance screen behind Li Tianyun that a blurry figure was sneaking into the laboratory, holding a quantum processor that was exactly the same as the Zhulong core, and the image at this moment also stopped abruptly.

Chen Lin's hands clenched unconsciously.

The edge of the coin cut his palm, and a drop of blood fell on the projection table and was instantly absorbed.

The holographic image immediately switched, showing another set of galaxy coordinates - the pattern formed by these nodes was actually a huge Möbius strip.

"Zhulong," Chen Lin suddenly said, "retrieve the genetic files of all the core members of the association since its establishment."

The projection of the silver-haired girl immediately appeared: "Confirming permissions...Warning, this operation requires double S-level authorization."

Chen Lin pressed the blood-stained copper coin on the console: "In the name of the president."

Data streams poured down like a waterfall, and Zhulong's pupils flashed with an unusually fast calculation light: "An abnormal genetic match was found... The current Minister of Science and Technology Zhao Tiancheng and the laboratory assistant Lin Mo who disappeared thirty years ago have a 99.98% genetic similarity."

Chen Lin's eyes became as sharp as a knife: "Explain."

"Two possibilities: cloning - or..."

Zhulong's voice rarely fluctuated, "Genetic resonance caused by the closed loop of time and space."

Chen Lin looked up at the starry sky and suddenly understood something: "So this is the real purpose of the 'Bronze Sparrow Project'... It's not defense, it's..."

"It's to catch the thief from the future."

Zhulong finished his thoughts, and the holographic projection showed the creepy calculation results. "President, according to the latest simulation, everything we are going through, including this impeachment storm, is part of a time and space closed loop that has long been destined."

Chen Lin suddenly laughed, with a hint of relief in his voice: "So according to this theory, we are destined to succeed?"

"uncertain."

Zhulong's projection split into seven versions, each showing a different future scenario. "Time and space are infinitely bifurcated rivers. We have only found the tributary that is most likely to lead to victory."

Chen Lin put away the copper coins and the bronze box closed automatically.

He walked to the window, and the quantum barrier gradually became transparent, revealing the dawn in the east.

"Then let the game continue."

His voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible, "Let's see who is fishing whose fish." In the morning light, the blood on the surface of the copper coin had dried up, forming a strange pattern - the shape looked like an Ouroboros, symbolizing the eternal cycle.

The morning light penetrated the quantum barrier, casting a light golden hue on Chen Lin's office.

He stood in front of the holographic star map and with a tap of his fingertips, he increased the budget of the "Virtual Time Flow" laboratory by 300%.

At this moment, the blue light stream on the star map representing scientific research investment was rushing towards the coordinate marked with the "zero-point cage" like a galaxy.

"President, the Finance Committee has raised objections."

Zhulong's projection appeared on the side, with silver hair fluttering in the data stream. "They believe that this will squeeze resources for other key projects."

Chen Lin didn't look back, and continued to move his fingers on the star map: "Tell them to either approve the budget or prepare for vacuum decay."

His voice was eerily calm. "In addition, we will activate the talent reserve plan that was prepared beforehand."

"clear."

The new laboratory, covering an area of ​​300 square kilometers, stands in the middle of the desert like a city of the future.

Chen Lin stood on the observation deck of the central control tower, looking down at the busy scene below.

Hundreds of top scientists shuttled between quantum computer arrays, their white coats embroidered with the new emblem of the Red Dragon Society - a red dragon entangled in a Möbius strip.

"how is the progress?"

Su Rui walked over quickly, the data board in her hand displayed the real-time experimental parameters: "The zero-point cage has been expanded to a diameter of three meters, and the stability has increased by 400%. But..."

She hesitated. "We've discovered an anomaly."

On the holographic screen in the center of the laboratory, a distorted space-time bubble is slowly rotating.

What was disturbing was that some vague images would occasionally flash inside the bubble - sometimes an unfamiliar starry sky, sometimes strange buildings, or even... human figures.

"It looks like an echo through time and space."

Chen Lin narrowed his eyes. "This is normal. After all, you have opened a window to a parallel universe."

"Not just parallel universes."

Su Rui called up a set of data, "According to the analysis of quantum signatures, 7.3% of these images come from... our future."

The control room suddenly fell silent, and everyone understood what this meant - not only had they touched the essence of time, but even more terrifyingly, the future might also be observing them.

"What we say now may be detected by them, but what we do now will also affect the future direction accordingly, so there is no need to think so much, just do your job well."

Chen Lin's voice echoed in the control room. The scientists looked at each other, but soon returned to their intense work.

The hum of the quantum computer gradually increased, as if responding to the glimpse of an unknown dimension.

Su Rui's fingers danced rapidly on the holographic keyboard, calling up a new set of data streams: "President, the stability curve of the space-time bubble has abnormal fluctuations."

"Something is... responding to us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the image on the central holographic screen suddenly became ten times clearer.

A vague human figure gradually took shape—the person's attire was similar to the Red Dragon Association uniform, but there were subtle differences in the details.

What was even more horrifying was that when the image turned towards the control room, everyone saw a face that was 70% similar to Chen Lin.

"Close the communication channel!"

Chen Lin shouted sternly, and at the same time, the alarm in the entire laboratory sounded sharply.

Su Rui's finger hovered over the emergency protocol for a second: "But if the connection is cut, we may lose--"

"Execute immediately!"

Chen Lin's voice was unquestionable.

His eyes were fixed on the holographic screen. The "Future Chen Lin" inside seemed to be saying something, but the voice was distorted into a harsh noise.

The quantum computer array was overloaded at the same time, causing a series of electric sparks.

When the last data node was closed, the space-time bubble collapsed instantly like a punctured balloon, leaving only a distorted afterimage of light and shadow.

The control room was dead silent, with only the hum of the equipment's cooling system echoing.

"Record number X-7493." Chen Lin's voice was unusually calm. "The experiment confirmed that the space-time echo is bidirectional... Immediately initiate the information isolation protocol, and all participants enter a 72-hour observation period."

Su Rui's face turned pale: "That image..."

“It’s the natural perturbation of the quantum probability cloud.”

Chen Lin interrupted her, his eyes sweeping across everyone present, "Today's experimental data will be directly archived to the Zhulong core database, and cannot be retrieved without double S-level authorization."

Su Rui immediately understood what Chen Lin meant and nodded without saying anything more.

Chen Lin hooked his finger at Assistant Zhao beside him, and Assistant Zhao immediately leaned over.

"Go and help them deal with this matter. No one is allowed to leak the information."

"understand!"

Zhao Yan immediately hurried to the information center, while Chen Lin sat on the chair and breathed a sigh of relief. What he just saw was actually something he had seen last night. That image was not a natural disturbance of the quantum probability cloud, but an actual image transmitted back by his "future" self.

However, this thing is not suitable for ordinary people to see, so Chen Lin quickly asked Su Rui to block the entire message and directly set the permissions.

He stood up and signaled everyone at the scene to evacuate, including the guards and special service team who had been following him. All the scientific researchers in the entire laboratory stopped their current work and took a temporary rest.

Although Su Rui didn't know what was going on, she saw that Chen Lin didn't seem to be joking, so she hurriedly did as Chen Lin said.

After everyone had evacuated, Chen Lin calmly turned on the virtual time flow device again. As the device stabilized again, the image of himself in the "future" posture that had just appeared reappeared.

"What do you want to tell me?"

Chen Lin spoke first. The image seemed particularly unstable, but it still quickly tried to say something to Chen Lin. However, due to the unstable posture of the equipment and the image, the sound was always intermittent.

"Virtual... time... against... civilization..."

Chen Lin stared at his future self in confusion, trying hard to say something to himself, but he was unable to capture the key information in it. As the activation time of the single-time device was approaching, he finally had to manually shut down this operation.

Su Rui and others came in from outside the house at this time, but Chen Lin was already sitting on a chair in a depressed state. He waved to Su Rui in the distance, and the person in charge immediately trotted over. (End of this chapter)