Genius Club.

Chapter 292 Our Promise (Additional chapter for the leader Xia Zhi Sam!)
The password...

Thinking back to those nights when I racked my brains to crack the password with Big Face Cat and CC, it was so funny, warm and nostalgic.

did not expect.

At this moment today, I can actually set any password for the safe myself.

Whatever the current setting is, what the safe password will be 600 years from now. You are in charge of everything.

The original password is no longer important and will remain a mystery forever.

Even the thing originally placed in the safe will disappear, become an eternal mystery, and be replaced by a small note.

but……

A few months ago, when Lin Xian expressed this point of view to VV, VV proposed a different understanding.

This is what VV said at the time:
"Lin Xian, maybe there is no original item or original password... The safe has the same password and the same item from the beginning to the end. You don't know the truth now, just because you haven't waited until the moment when history is closed."

"That is, when you actually use the safe to store things and set the password, you will suddenly realize that from the first time you saw the safe until you opened it 600 years later, it has never changed at all—"

"[No matter how history, future, time and space change, the things you put in the safe will always be the same, and the password will always be the same.]"

……

There is a sense of fatalism in what VV said.

it mean.

The safe in the first dream, the safe in the second dream, and the safe that will appear in the fourth dream and even the fifth dream... actually all have the same password and contain the same things.

"If what you put in the safe in the end was a small piece of paper, then the safe in the first dream actually contained that small piece of paper."

"If the safe contains something other than a small note, then don't worry. Even if you firmly want to put a small note in it now... when you actually put something in the safe, you still won't put the small note in. The thing you put in at the end must be something that was already confirmed in the safe in the first dream."

This is how VV analyzed it at that time:
"Lin Xian, this is called a [closed loop]."

Although it sounds a bit mysterious, Lin Xian does not doubt it.

This is well-documented.

Before, when he saw the hafnium alloy safe in the second dream, Lin Xian wrote a letter to his future self, reminding and even warning his future self that when setting the password for the safe, he must set it to 29990203. He also specifically reminded them that they were all family and they should not make things difficult for themselves.

just now.

The letter was sent a few months ago, and the "Space-Time Mailbox" delivered the letter like a postman.

Future self.

Isn’t that who I am now?

That letter was written by Lin Xian a year ago to Lin Xian of the present, and it was also written by myself who was talking to Brother Wang on the phone right now.

So……

Will he now listen to what he said in the past and set the password to 29990203?
After three seconds of hesitation.

He shook his head.

【Won't】.

It wasn't that he betrayed his past self.

But...if there is no moment when you really need to use this 600-year-old safe, what's the point of opening it in advance?
It's not like he hasn't thought about it.

You can now ask Brother Wang to throw a Rhine cat doll into the safe with your name on it, and then set the password to 19990320, the password you use most frequently. This way, when you encounter the big-faced cat and CC for the first time, you can open the safe directly.

but……

Does it make any sense?

After opening it, I found it was a Rhine cat, a Rhine cat with the same mask on the face of the Big Face Cat, or it was called Ke Ke Cat at that time.

What's the point?

It's just a joke.

Moreover.

CC was so persistent in finding the safe and risked her life to open it, which means that the things inside must be very important to her.

It is also very important for bearded men.

This is enough to prove that there cannot be a Rhine cat in the safe.

and so……

[What has been hidden in the safe with your name on it all this time? 】

Now is the moment when I can decide the answer.

He was actually a little embarrassed.

He always felt that putting something in the safe should be a very important thing. But the most worthwhile thing he could think of was the small note that he hadn't even thought of what to write.

Forget it.

Forget it.

Anyway, let's wait until I finish the things at hand.

By the time I returned to Donghai to actually set the password and put things in the safe, it was at least the end of March or the beginning of April.

Just look at that time...

Could it really be as VV said, a [closed loop of history]?

If that's the case.

At that moment, I will suddenly realize it.

Just like the Pomeranian VV that Zhao Yingjun raised...

That was destined.

It's already doomed.

What an amazing feeling.

"I have not decided yet."

Lin Xian said on the phone:

"Let's talk about it when I return to the East China Sea."

"Good Le!"

Brother Wang laughed and said:

"Then wait for the good news that our Taim Bank will start trial operation on March 3, your birthday!"

After that, he hung up the phone.

“There are so many things…”

Lin Xian plugged his phone into the charging cable and placed it on the table.

It felt like there were a lot of endless things to do, but fortunately, they were just a little troublesome and not as life-threatening as when I was fighting with the Seven Deadly Sins before.

"Just take it one step at a time."

He covered himself with the quilt, turned over and went to sleep.

A dreamless night.

……

the next day.

Everyone's training entered the second stage.

Now that everyone's physical fitness, overload adaptability, and low-gravity activity level have all met the standards, it's time to start learning how to operate the equipment on the aerospace plane.

Gao Yang was breathing heavily through his nose and was already eager to try!
"Where's my robotic arm? I've been waiting for so long!"

A group of people followed Huang Que to the equipment simulation operation training room.

Inside, there is a 1:1 replica of the operating device of the aerospace plane's robotic arm, and it has been modified. The place where the mechanical clamp should have been at the front end has become an electric rice cooker... No, it's a space-time particle capturer.

Through the joystick on the operating table, you can operate the robotic arm to move up, down, left, right, raise its head, lower its head, and turn its head, as well as retract and extend the three-stage robotic arm.

There are three joysticks on the operating console, and one on the right hand side; there are three pedals under the feet, and a bunch of red, green and yellow buttons on the operating console.

It looks quite complicated.

"Can you really do it?" Coach Wei Cheng looked at Gao Yang with suspicion, not really trusting him.

"Why do you always distrust me?"

Gao Yang patted his chest and vowed:

"Everyone has their shining points, okay? Don't judge people with stereotypes!"

"Yes."

As Gao Yang's childhood friend, Lin Xian felt that he had to save Gao Yang's reputation at this time, and save himself at the same time... He couldn't let Coach Wei Cheng think that birds of a feather flock together:
"Talent is something that is really hard to explain. The more complex the operation or the more difficult the subject, the more talent is needed."

"It's just like the well-known gaming genius and e-sports expert in the world. Not only does he have very fast hands and great skills, but he also has sharp eyes. While playing the game, he can also quickly switch screens to observe every corner of the battlefield, never missing any details. He is simply invincible, a true genius."

Wei Cheng is only in his 30s this year. He played a lot of games when he was young and has a certain understanding of the e-sports circle.

He turned his head and looked at Lin Xian:

"Isn't the person you are talking about..."

"Yes."

Gao Yang gave himself a thumbs up:
"It's down!"

“…” “…”Lin Xian and Wei Cheng looked at each other in silence.

"In short, in short." Lin Xian pointed to the robotic arm operating table:
"Since we are here, let him try."

……

Wei Cheng carefully and meticulously explained to Gao Yang the functions of each joystick, gear lever, pedal, and button, and then he personally demonstrated several times how to control the robotic arm.

After teaching step by step, Wei Cheng stood up from the operating chair and gave it to Gao Yang:
"Try it yourself and get familiar with it for a while. I will train Lin Xian and An Qing first, and then come to see your results."

After saying that, he took Lin Xian and Chu Anqing away.

Two hours later.

The three returned.

Gao Yang was found sitting on a chair, moving left and right, using his hands and feet, as if he was practicing Wing Chun.

He saw the three people coming back and smiled:
"It's not much different from an excavator, except that it has a few more axes."

"Ah."

Wei Cheng chuckled and began to give orders:

"Lower left, forward, upper right, back hand, take out, ouch..."

The smile on his face disappeared, and he looked at Gao Yang in confusion:

“Have you ever driven an excavator before?”

"No."

"You learn pretty fast..."

Wei Cheng couldn't believe it, so he took out a balloon, blew it up with a helium bottle, wrapped it around his fingertips and tied it tightly.

Then walk under the robotic arm:
"Hold on to this balloon."

After saying that, he threw it aside with force.

The balloon rotated and moved horizontally in the air, then flew diagonally upward.

Gao Yang was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He stepped on the pedal to adjust the posture of the rice cooker, so that it looked like a Pac-Man with its mouth wide open, and then he pushed the lid open diagonally downwards.

Then he used various joysticks and performed Wing Chun. The mechanical arm was like a snake, bending and twisting, staring at the balloon that was rising faster and faster!
Prejudgment!

aim!

"Hasa Gei!" Gao Yang screamed!
Push both joysticks!

Then immediately press the button on the right joystick with your thumb!
The unprepossessing rice cooker suddenly leaned forward like a cobra's head, and then the lid closed with a bang!
The light helium balloon that Wei Cheng casually threw out was directly swallowed into the rice cooker...which was actually the inside of a device called a space-time particle capturer.

"Whoa!"

Chu Anqing was simply stunned!

Wei Cheng's eyes twitched... He walked over and knocked on the rice cooker:
"Open it, and try again."

The lid of the rice cooker slowly opened, Wei Cheng took out a grapefruit-sized helium balloon from it, and then threw it in an unexpected direction.

Bang!
Under Gao Yang's operation, the robotic arm moved as fast as a dragon and a rabbit, and opened its big mouth to accurately swallow the floating balloon.

"What the hell?"

Wei Cheng was really shocked this time.

He threw the balloon eight more times using different methods.

Gao Yang launched eight different attacks from eight directions, all hitting!
Snap, snap, snap, snap!

Chu Anqing gave a warm applause which was very respectful!
Lin Xian turned around, pressed the Bluetooth headset, and whispered:
"VV, you did this?"

"No! I listened to you and didn't participate at all!" VV looked confused:
"I originally thought that you, a bunch of ragtag bunch of weirdos, were just a bunch of young masters going to space to watch a show...but I never expected that each of you has unique skills!"

Lin Xian really looked at Gao Yang with new eyes this time... As expected, are there only real good-for-nothings and no real wastes in this world?
He looked at Chu Anqing again.

This one is even more of a heavyweight, a natural astronaut. It's a shame that such a talent is only used for dancing.

And Gao Yang.

If these two people had not come to the secret astronaut training base this time, they would never have found out where their talents lie in their entire lives.

Both of them thought they were very ordinary, but they didn't expect that they were so talented in this unexpected and limited field.

Lin Xian inexplicably recalled a sentence that Zhang Yang, a teacher, always said when he was taking his general education class at Tunghai University:

"Each of you is a miracle in the universe. Atoms from the depths of the universe traveled thousands of miles to the solar system billions of years ago, just to form you billions of years later. How could you be ordinary? How could you be useless? Stars and supernovas exploded for you and traveled for billions of years for you... So, my students, be proud and confident!"

cough cough.

VV's cough in the Bluetooth headset brought Lin Xian back to his senses:
"Come to think of it, it seems like you are the most useless person in the entire team."

hiss……

Lin Xian had to admit it.

It really is.

……

A few days later, Liu Feng officially started training.

He told Lin Xian that a simple space-time particle tracker had been made and he was going to participate in gravity overload training.

"Right now, the space-time particle has passed through the asteroid belt, just passed the orbit of Mars, and is heading towards the Earth. Its speed has not decreased, and it is very fast, so the previously predicted time of arrival on Earth has not changed, which is the end of March."

After another half month of intensive training.

Everyone boarded a special plane and left the Imperial Capital Astronaut Secret Training Base, bidding farewell to the place where they had worked hard together for two months, and flew to Gansu.

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

"Next, it's actual machine training."

Huang Que led the five people behind him, Lin Xian, Gao Yang, Chu Anqing, Liu Feng, and Wei Cheng, into a huge hangar.

With the push of a button, the hangar lit up.

A pearly white space plane sits quietly and majestically in the middle of the hangar, secured by various ladders and brackets.

The four people except Wei Cheng raised their heads...

Looking at this national treasure, the only one in the world...

Although its size is far smaller than that of a civil aircraft.

But the shock of technology and the nobility that seemed to be seen through the inner self made the four of them become solemn.

Never imagined.

These four ordinary people are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to ride on a space shuttle that most astronauts never have the chance to ride!

Moreover, it is still very luxurious. It does not enter the outer space, but only performs missions in the suborbital space of 10km-100km.

A sense of responsibility and mission instantly filled the bodies of the four people.

"We usually call this aerospace plane Xiaobai."

Wei Cheng, the pilot of the first flight of the space plane at the end of last year, took everyone around the space plane and counted the treasures:

"It's very small and cute, right? But it depends on what you compare it to. Compared to the civil aircraft we take every day, it is indeed much smaller. Because this aerospace plane does not have the ability to take off, it must be installed in the cabin at the head of the Shenzhou rocket and released after being launched into the air by the rocket, so its size is definitely limited."

"But it is also about twice as big as the X-37B, an unmanned space plane. The X-37B is capable of performing very limited space missions. Our Dragon space plane is not only manned, but also has two special cabins. So in terms of advancement and functionality, our Xiaobai is far superior to the X-37B."

Speaking of this, Wei Cheng's face was full of pride.

He pointed to the front of the space shuttle "Xiaobai":

"Here are the passenger cabin and the cockpit. The front is the cockpit, which is where Liu Feng and I will sit. The passenger cabin in the back is where you will sit. The space is quite crowded because every inch of space is valuable. The passenger cabin is only used when taking off on a rocket and returning for landing. The rest of the time, work is mainly concentrated in the back section - the equipment cabin."

Wei Cheng pointed at the middle section of the aerospace plane:

"The main functions and operating spaces are all concentrated in this section, including Gao Yang's operating table for operating the robotic arm. Look, that's the exit for the robotic arm."

He pointed to a folding door above the space shuttle:

"The robotic arm is usually folded inside and will be controlled to extend when needed. Now Liu Feng's rice cooker... um, forget it, let's just call it a rice cooker. The name of the capture device is really too long. Isn't the most basic meaning of language to facilitate communication?"

clap clap!

Wei Cheng clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to look at him:
"In the days ahead, Liu Feng will continue with his gravity overload training. The task is relatively light because Commander Huang has assigned him other observation tasks. Gao Yang, you will be here to directly operate the robotic arm of the aerospace plane. Please note that when you are actually capturing in space, it is different from the simulation. Your vision is far from being as good as that of the naked eye. You need to look at the monitoring screen to operate, which increases the difficulty by more than a little bit... But I have a new respect for you now. I believe you can do it."

Then, he turned his head and looked at Lin Xian and Chu Anqing:

"You two, just follow me and learn how to operate and use all the equipment in the equipment cabin. These devices will not be used in most cases, but you must learn them, just like what I said to Gao Yang before... 99.99% of our training is to prepare for the 0.01% of emergencies... Do you understand?"

"Understood." Everyone said in unison.

Wei Cheng was very satisfied and nodded.

The team worked well together, as one, and he was very pleased.

……

In the days to come, it will still be training, training, and training.

As the space-time particles flew closer and closer to the earth and time became more and more urgent, everyone consciously worked overtime to train.

Even if no one urges me, I still set high standards for myself.

Lin Xian is naturally the same.

He and Chu Anqing put all the energy they had when taking the college entrance examination, and as long as they didn't die from studying, they would study hard.

Every night, Lin Xian would still enter his dreams to look at the dozen or so glowing airships floating in the sky, staring at the advertisements for the 600th anniversary of Tam Bank on them.

What is out of reach?

He was surrounded by dozens of soldiers, and the distance between him and the balloon airship was only a few hundred meters away in the sky.

damned.

When will Kevin Walker be taken out in real life?

I have been stuck in the fourth dream for a long time. The Tam Bank is right in front of me, but I have no way to open the safe to verify it.

This feeling is very bad.

It's like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey's head, always within reach, yet never out of reach.

In addition, there was another thing that also troubled Lin Xian.

[What should be written on the small piece of paper that should be put in the safe, which is enough to deceive the whole world, deceive everyone, and can instantly make oneself understand and realize that the dream is real? ]

Lin Xian admitted that he had been a bit too pretentious with VV before. He thought of many options, but none of them could meet such harsh conditions.

Theoretically, even enemies cannot read his memory.

But it only takes more than three years to crack the hafnium alloy safe by exhaustive method. Perhaps the enemies who created false dreams, virtual worlds, and studios for themselves... already knew the password of the safe, what was put in it, and what was written on the note.

After all, for me, even if I set the safe password one minute ago and fell asleep one minute later, it seemed very fast.

But in fact, for the enemy... this 1 minute is like 600 years for them.

If they really have the ability and patience to build themselves such a realistic virtual world studio, then wouldn't it be easy to crack the password of a safe in 600 years?
600 years...

With such a long time span, this battle is indeed very difficult to fight.

but.

Must fight!
We must find a way to win!
"so……"

That night, Lin Xian, exhausted from training, lay on the bed, yawning, his mind also tired:

"What on earth should be written on that little piece of paper? After all, only words can express the most comprehensive, obscure, direct and roundabout meaning, and are the most suitable carrier for secret codes."

He yawned again.

Get ready for bed.

"Ah?" VV used the electronic alarm clock, 0_0, and looked at Lin Xian:

"You want to sleep?"

"Yes." Lin Xian turned over:
"what happened?"

"It's not even 12 o'clock yet! Why are you sleeping? Get up and have fun!" VV yelled and started playing "Better Days" on the TV in the room.

This is the feeling~ It feels so good! It feels so good!
So cool! So cool!
VV even sang along.

"No...are you sick?"

Lin Xian frowned and looked at VV:

"What's wrong with you today?"

"Oh, go to bed later!" the electronic alarm clock said:

"Well, let me tell you a bedtime ghost story! Once upon a time, there was a corpse..."

"No, what good would it do you to scare me to death?"

Lin Xian looked at this obviously abnormal super artificial intelligence with suspicion:

"What do you want? Just say it."

“Haha, shaha, shaha, shaha! Haha, shaha!” VV howled like a ghost.

"Don't sing."

"As a human being, I'm sorry..."

“Don’t be emo!”

"Lin Xian, Lin Xian, I want Disney!"

"Are you endless?"

Lin Xian was speechless. He sat up from the bed:
"Brother, what are you doing? I'm very sleepy today."

"Oh, wait a little longer! Play with me for a while longer!" VV tried his best to keep him.

ding dong~
Suddenly, WeChat on my cell phone rang.

The expression on the electronic alarm clock VV changed to ^o^, then it went out and turned into the normal time display.

"What are you doing..."

Lin Xian complained and picked up his phone.

It turned out to be a WeChat message from Chu Anqing:
"Senior, are you asleep?"

Lin Xian Jiugongge replied:
"not yet."

"Hehe~ Could you please come to the training room?" Then, Chu Anqing sent another emoticon of a kitten kowtowing.

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes...

There are ghosts!

There's something fishy going on at first glance, and it's obviously VV's doing.

If I don't go, VV will probably make trouble here, sing songs, dance and DISS himself.

Lin Xian recalled that he had been with Chu Anqing the entire day today, practicing equipment operation under the guidance of Coach Wei Cheng.

Do I have to practice overtime at night?
He didn't even change out of his pajamas, but put on his space jacket, then opened the door and walked towards the training room.

From a distance, I could see that the lights in the training room were off and there was no light.

?

Isn’t Chu Anqing here?

He walked to the middle of the dark training room and looked left and right:
"An Qing?"

wow ——————

The lights in the training room suddenly lit up!

“Dangdangdang~~”

At the light switch, Chu Anqing jumped out!

Lin Xian turned his head over there, and suddenly what appeared before his eyes was not only Chu Anqing's smiling face, but also her crescent moon and dimples.

and also……

A small round cake held in hand.

She just smiled and held the small cake high up:

"Happy birthday, Senior Lin Xian!"

The tender voice echoed in the empty training room, clear and loud.

Lin Xian was slightly stunned.

Raise your wrist to watch...

2024年3月20日，00：01
actually……

Today is my birthday.

I was busy with training and had endless mysteries in my head. Plus, boys don’t like to celebrate their birthdays, so I hadn’t really celebrated one in all these years and I had completely forgotten about it.

Not to mention this year, I have completely forgotten about last year.

Boys of his age, especially those who have entered society and are busy with work, often forget their birthdays unknowingly.

Even if I happen to remember that it is today, I will just say "oh" and then there is nothing special.

What surprised Lin Xian even more was...

Why does Chu Anqing remember her birthday?
"Thank you."

Lin Xian smiled first, then asked:

"How do you know my birthday?"

"Hehe, you said it yourself last year! It was in the police station! The time when I brought you food!"

Oh~~
Lin Xian remembered.

It was that time.

No wonder I can’t remember.

Because at that time, Chu Anqing was very excited about celebrating his and Ji Lin's birthdays, and specifically asked them for the date.

And at that time, myself and Ji Lin...

They are probably both thinking about each other's death anniversary in their hearts.

"Thank you again for still remembering it." Lin Xian took the cake with a smile.

"Of course~"

Chu Anqing patted her chest and abdomen proudly:
"Didn't we agree on this at the beginning? [From now on, we will give each other gifts on every birthday! Until our last birthday!]"

"Hey, since it's an agreement, of course we must do what we say!"

……

Lin Xian looked at this little happy person.

I was indeed touched deep down.

He looked down at the cake.

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is located in a remote area and is a confidential location, so don't even think about doing cake shop delivery or anything like that.

The slightly rough cake in her hand looked more like one that Chu Anqing had made herself.

"Is... is it not done well?"

Chu Anqing put her hands behind her back and smiled embarrassedly:

"This is my first time doing this, too. I wanted to ask Sister Huang Que to have someone bring someone who looks good. But... I feel like everyone has been very tired from training recently, and I feel like calling them to celebrate your birthday together late at night will affect their rest. Also... the mission time is getting closer, and everyone seems very nervous as if they are facing a great enemy. In the end, I decided not to bother others with such a big fanfare."

"So I talked to the chef here, and after training this afternoon, she used the kitchen utensils in the base kitchen to teach me how to beat cream, make cake bases, spread butter, etc... Hehe, although it's not very good, but! But at least it's a cake!"

"This place is so remote, we can't go out shopping or anything... and there's nothing we can do to give you a good gift. So... Senior, if you don't mind, just take this birthday cake as your birthday present! I've kept my promise~"

Lin Xian chuckled and said nothing.

Looking at this "bad quality cake" in my hand, which is not very round, a little collapsed in some places, and the cream is not spread evenly...

"Okay, of course no problem. I haven't received a birthday present in a long time."

He pointed to the table next to him:

"Want to eat together?"

"Yes, yes! I have brought my plate, knife and fork!"

The two cut the cake in the empty and silent training room.

The cake itself is very small, and each of us took half and almost finished it.

"Is it tasty?"

Chu Anqing blinked and asked seriously.

"good to eat."

Lin Xian nodded:
"That's the truth. You've made great progress. I remember when you came to the police station to bring me food last year, you were only responsible for washing vegetables and serving dishes in the kitchen. Now you can even bake cakes."

"Oh~ I have to improve slowly too!" Chu Anqing was very happy to be praised, her eyes curved into crescents:
"Just eat happily! Because... I felt like you were very upset during this period... Not that kind of feeling, but you seemed to be worried. Of course I know that everyone would be nervous about things like going to space, but seeing you frowning every day, I just... I wanted to do something for you."

Chu Anqing bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind, and raised her head:
"Senior Lin Xian, are you worried about something?"

Lin Xian nodded without comment.

indeed.

During this period, he had been thinking about what should be written on the small piece of paper in order to deceive the whole world while being understood by himself and realizing the reality of the dream...

I'm going bald from thinking about it.

This question is really difficult.

too difficult.

Chu Anqing looked at Lin Xian:

"My father told me... that you are all smart people, too smart, so the things in your minds are things that people like me can't understand or figure out."

"But he also told me that the smarter a person is, the more likely they are to think about simple problems in a complicated, contradictory, and overly comprehensive way, which leads to hesitation and detours... In this case, it is the less intelligent, one-track-minded people who can only see the surface but not the essence of the problem who are more likely to find the answer to the problem."

"That's a sentence from a science fiction novel called Ball Lightning that my father likes very much. He was reading that book when he said these words to me. He said -"

“Many times we can’t think of the answer to a problem, not because we don’t think complicated enough, but because we don’t think simple enough.”

"So...Senior Lin Xian."

Chu Anqing smiled slightly:
"I am the kind of person who is not very smart, thinks about things simply, and cannot see the essence of the problem."

"If you're thinking about a very [complex] problem and you can't figure it out..."

She blinked, and the incandescent light in the training room cast a halo of light in her pupils:
"Would you like to hear... a [simple] answer?"

(End of this chapter)