Genius Club.

Chapter 244 The Mirror’s Answer

Tick ​​tock tick tock…

Lin Xian's nose bleeds continuously, and the whites of his eyes are gradually dyed red by the burst capillaries.

But it doesn't matter.

The brain, working in overdrive, is like an engine running at full speed, and it no longer cares about these minor cracks and shatters.

Through the reception of images by the retina, the hexadecimal characters on the electronic blackboard that looked like garbled code were deeply engraved in Lin Xian's brain memory like ancient rubbings.

"Next page."

Lin Xian could feel that his brain, stimulated by a lethal dose of drugs, had been exhausted, but his thoughts were still clear.

The time for voice recognition is only 0.2 seconds, so the number of characters is not too large, only 6 pages in total on the electronic blackboard.

He is now memorizing the third page... He has almost reached the limit of his memory.

This suicidal method of taking drugs to increase your ability to develop memory in a short period of time is definitely not as effective as continuous injections of small doses during the golden period of brain development, that is, infancy. This will definitely lead to better absorption, more thorough and safer development of brain potential.

Just as VV said just now, a three-year-old child in Sky City can easily memorize 1000 lines of code. But for Lin Xian, who is now forcing himself to burst out... three pages of illogical characters on the electronic blackboard are already the limit. If there are more, he will not be able to remember and will be confused.

However, this is enough.

"VV, turn back to the first page. I need to confirm it again."

Today is only the first day of memorizing the code, and Lin Xian doesn't plan to do too much.

These 13 lines of code are the crystallization of human wisdom that is compressed and sophisticated to the extreme.

Beautiful like a poem.

If you remember any number or letter incorrectly, it will inevitably cause a bug that prevents the program from running, so accuracy is more important than speed.

VV turned the garbled code on the electronic blackboard back to the first page, and Lin Xian compared it and recited it from the beginning again...

correct.

This lethal dose of drug injection, burning the memory potential of life explosion, is really powerful.

Lin Xian had never felt his mind so clear and thorough, just like the windshield wipers suddenly cleaned the car glass and the glasses cloth wiped away the fog on the glasses. Clear! Thorough! The memory in the brain was as easy to retrieve as a computer hard drive!
"Lin Xian! Are you...are you okay?"

suddenly.

Everything in front of his eyes was dark, as if the power had been unplugged. Lin Xian felt as if he had lost his balance, and his whole body fell to the side uncontrollably.

The last voice he heard was...

It was the same sentence just now, the shouting of the trash can robot.

thump.

……

……

……

Teng!
In a corner of the bedroom, Lin Xian suddenly jumped up from the bed and opened his eyes.

"It's okay. There's nothing wrong with my brain. The alcohol has been metabolized almost completely."

He smiled.

Plan, succeed.

Everything was just as he expected.

The damage to his brain from the drug overdose hadn't brought him back to reality at all, and none of the side effects were there.

but!

The memories that had been recorded in my mind were brought back without any errors!
He simply threw off the thin blanket and rushed to the bedroom desk.

There was already a newly bought laptop there, with the screen on and in standby mode.

The computer was not connected to the Internet. For safety reasons, Lin Xian had used a screwdriver to remove the back cover and the wireless network card and Bluetooth module.

After sitting firmly.

Lin Xian quickly tapped on the keyboard with both hands, entering all three pages of hexadecimal characters that he had just memorized into the document.

Crackling, crackling, crackling...

He was focused and typing quickly.

It took about 20 minutes to type it out completely and accurately.

"Perfect."

Lin Xian pressed the last enter key and couldn't help laughing.

It was a hearty battle.

Because of a sudden inspiration, he increased the efficiency of copying code by several times.

He stretched himself and finally decided to waste time drinking a sip of water.

Then, pick up a book on your desk and try to recite a passage from it.

After closing my eyes...

"No, I can't remember. It seems that the effects of the drug, like the side effects, cannot be brought back to the real world."

After this verification.

Lin Xian became even more certain that the only thing that could be brought from the real world to the dream world, and from the dream world back to the real world, was memory.

There is nothing to be afraid of any side effects. Even if they are fatal, you will die and you will be safe and sound when you wake up in reality.

He made a quick estimate.

The 13 lines of code originally given by VV might take one or two years to completely memorize and copy into reality.

But thanks to the drug-taking method he discovered, he was able to achieve success.

Now it may only take half a year or even a few months to move VV, a super artificial intelligence, into the real world and activate it.

“It’s really exciting…”

Although a few months seems like a long time, it is not too late to wait.

Lin Xian picked up his laptop and admired the three pages of hexadecimal code he had just typed, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.

I never thought that one day I would be able to experience the pleasure of having a photographic memory.

Even in the real world.

The skill of "photographic memory" also exists.

When watching the variety show "The Brain" that year, Lin Xian witnessed the power of human potential and the developability of the human brain.

The contestants in "The Brain" are really more abnormal than each other. Skills like having a photographic memory are just a stepping stone to participate in this variety show, and are not even considered a skill worth mentioning.

Out of curiosity, Lin Xian also looked up some relevant information at that time.

Find out after understanding.

From the perspective of brain medicine, "photographic memory" is actually a brain disease called [supernormal memory syndrome], or simply put, [hyperthymesia].

Hyperthymesia is clinically manifested as the brain's ability to automatically remember everything it hears, sees, and feels. People with hyperthymesia have no ability to forget. They can remember everything they have personally experienced clearly, down to every detail.

The clearer the good memories and knowledge we have learned are, the better. However, the downside of not being able to forget memories is that… painful and sad memories will not be forgotten either.

These painful memories will continue to repeat in their brains, torturing their spirits over and over again.

so.

For ordinary people, the brain's forgetting mechanism is actually a protective mechanism. It will let you forget the pain, let you move on, and let you face a new life.

People often say that a light boat can sail over thousands of mountains. This is the reason.

If a person cannot forget all his memories, how can he get over all these mountains?

Lin Xian thinks.

The possibility that I was in the dream was due to the stimulation of excessive drug intake, which caused my brain to enter a state of hyperthymesia for a short period of time, thus temporarily gaining the ability to remember everything at a glance.

But the price is also very high. If you can't sustain this state for more than 20 to 30 minutes, you will be brain dead.

But Lin Xian was also very satisfied.

"Go to sleep and fight again tomorrow."

He got up and went to the bathroom, where he washed his face and wiped it clean.

I looked up at myself in the mirror, also wiping my face.

He couldn't help but think of what Huang Que said...

"Look in the mirror more often, Lin Xian."

"In the mirror... there is what you want."

He frowned slightly.

Lin Xian in the mirror also frowned.

Currently.

The mystery that Zhao Yingjun left for him was solved. Not only did he learn about her life history and obtain some useful information, but he also found a way to bring the super artificial intelligence VV back to 2023.

The "mirror puzzle" left by the yellow bird is still confusing and there is no clue at all.

Hey……

seriously.

I can understand why Zhao Yingjun left a puzzle for myself.

After all, she is alone in the world she lives in without any companions, and she is also secretly controlled and monitored by the Genius Club. For the sake of safety and to avoid being discovered by the enemy, she has only one way to go, which is to be asked by the Riddler to guess riddles.

Only by deceiving yourself can you deceive the genius club.

But at least Zhao Yingjun left a lot of clues in many places, making this puzzle not that difficult to guess.

Let’s look at the yellow bird.

There are really too few clues for myself.

Lin Xian moved a chair from the living room, placed it in front of the bathroom sink, sat down, and stared at himself in the mirror.

He stared at himself.

is it possible……

The mirror that Huang Que mentioned is not referring to a glass mirror in this literal sense?

But a metaphor?
Or is it a hint in itself?
If you think about it from this perspective, a mirror can represent a lot of things.

Symmetry, self, left-right reversal, light reflection, equal distance, two mirrors placed face to face in an infinite space...

And so on and so forth, there are so many things that can be thought of.

Besides, apart from the hint of the mirror, Lin Xian didn't understand what Huang Que said he wanted.

There are so many things I want.

But when it comes to what I want most right now...

That must be an invitation to the genius club.

Now that the seven deadly sins have been solved, he is temporarily out of danger, but he has also temporarily lost the clues to further understand this mysterious organization.

It would be nice to get an invitation to the genius club.

Penetrating directly into the enemy's interior is better than anything else.

Lin Xian changed his posture, crossed his legs, and looked at himself in the mirror who was also crossing his legs.

Now, he has made a lot of progress compared to half a year ago. Not only does his thinking become clearer, but he also has his own layout and his strength is gradually growing.

Liu Feng is working hard on the cosmological constant 42.

On the Rhine Company side, various businesses and revenues are thriving;

Huang Que, on her part, was also trying her best to help him, and said that she would wait for him at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center when they needed her;
On my side, I am also trying to bring the super artificial intelligence VV back to reality from the dream as quickly as possible;

Once these multiple parallel routes can all bear fruit...

Then, in 2023, I will gain unimaginable power, and may go to war with the Genius Club in the old time and space 600 years ago!
"Intuitively, I still feel that Huang Que's mirror puzzle is related to the cosmological constant 42 that Liu Feng is studying. Otherwise, she wouldn't appear in Liu Feng's laboratory for no reason... just like she appeared in the hospital where Zheng Chenghe and Zheng Xiangyue were before."

"correct!"

Lin Xian suddenly slapped his thigh, and the Lin Xian in the mirror also suddenly realized the same thing as him:
"Why don't I ask VV's opinion in my dream tomorrow?"

Lin Xianru in the mirror smiled just like him.

Although he often complains that VV is an artificial idiot, it is undeniable that it is indeed a super artificial intelligence created by the greatest group of scientists in human history over hundreds of years. It is the smartest existence in the world.

Ask it, and you might get a different answer.

……

the next day.

Dream world.

Rhine Memorial Square, in front of the statue of Zhao Yingjun.

"VV, before you recite the code, let me ask you a question."

Lin Xian looked at the trash can robot in front of him:
"If we assume that there is a woman who is a time traveler from the future, she knows a lot of history and things that have not happened yet, and she also knows a lot of truths. However, due to the restrictions of some laws of time and space, she cannot speak these things out. She can only use riddles, hints, and riddlers to hint these things to me."

"And let's add a few more conditions. Let's assume that she and I have a very good relationship and there is no possibility of her deceiving or misleading me. She is also a member of a very mysterious and powerful organization in this world, which is hidden in the long river of history for more than 600 years. She also proposed a theory that other space-time coordinate points can be found in this space-time. It is likely related to aerospace, rockets and satellites."

"Anyway, under this premise, she gave me a hint, telling me to look in the mirror more often, saying that there was something I wanted in the mirror... The question is, please use your wisdom to help me analyze what she meant? What is the answer to this puzzle?"

The trash can robot VV nodded, lowered his head and began to think.

that moment……

It was as if all the neon lights in the Rhine Sky City dimmed a few degrees, and the greatest super artificial intelligence in human history seemed to be serious about its actions.

On the platform and under the statue, there was a moment of complete silence.

Lin Xian was a little surprised.

In the past, no matter what questions he asked VV, VV answered very quickly without giving him any time to think.

And this time, VV remained silent for so long!

Still no words!

Could it be a system crash?
This……

This inexplicable atmosphere made Lin Xian feel like he was facing a formidable enemy, and he gradually held his breath.

This scene.

Just like in the sci-fi movie "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", countless advanced civilizations in the universe gathered in front of the mountain-like supercomputer Deep Thought, waiting for the ultimate answer to the universe, life, and everything in the world...

at last.

The trash can robot VV remained silent for four or five minutes.

The lights in Rhine Sky City returned to normal brightness, and the trash can robot slowly raised its head.

Green light flashed in his eyes as he looked at Lin Xian:

"I think... that's what it means literally, let you look in the mirror more often."

"..."

At this moment, Lin Xian really wanted to kick the shabby trash can in front of him off the table.

He began to doubt.

Did I misunderstand Zhao Yingjun's meaning and make the mistake of giving me the gift she left for me?
What's the use of bringing this mentally retarded robot back to 600 years ago?

Not as good as Tmall Genie.

"Pull him down."

Lin Xian chuckled and waved his hand disapprovingly:
"Do you think I didn't look in the mirror? Every day I don't look in the mirror?"

"But, Lin Xian."

The trash can robot VV stared at Lin Xian intently, the green light in his eyes as bright as ever:

"The time you looked in the mirror..."

"Is it long enough?"

(End of this chapter)