Genius Club.

Chapter 324 Time and Space Clock

Jask?
Lin Xian squatted down and found a suitable angle to look at the polarized light on the LCD TV screen.

That's right...

He came to the side and watched the sunlight shining on the LCD screen of the TV. The places where the burn marks were located obviously did not reflect light smoothly, showing black strokes; while those places without burn marks were flat and smooth, so they reflected the sunlight evenly, showing a white bottom surface.

Black and white.

VV cleverly used these LCD screen burn marks to write a suicide note on the TV screen:
Jia, Si, Ke.

Lin Xian pulled a chair and sat in front of the TV, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the familiar name.

This is the name of the world's richest man, and everyone knows it. His news has been all over the headlines of major media for a long time, and even in the past.

At the science charity dinner at the beginning of the year, he came to see me specially, donated 5 million US dollars as a gift, shook hands with me, and gave me a wax seal from the Genius Club to show his identity.

From then on, Jask and himself had no more contact.

Until the day of the space-time particle capture operation, when Kevin Walker hijacked the US X-37B space plane and smashed it from space, Jask launched a starship rocket to blow it up, averting the danger and saving Lin Xian and others.

Therefore, from that moment on, Lin Xian's definition of Jask can be summed up in four words:

[It is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe].

He couldn't tell whether Jask was an enemy or a friend.

Even Jask fired a rocket to save them at the critical moment of life and death, looking like a great benefactor.

But in a talented club full of intrigue, scheming and ulterior motives, who can guarantee that this is not part of Jask's plan?

Even an organization like the Seven Deadly Sins knew to let Ji Lin approach them first as a Rhine cat lover, and then wait for an opportunity to collect intelligence.

What's more, there is Jask, who is even more superior?
There is no evidence to show that Jask and Kevin Walker are in the same group. Kevin throws Jask's satellite around like a toy all day long. Lin Xian feels that even if they are good friends, they should be sensible about such things.

Therefore, it is not difficult to see from this point that Jask and Kevin Walker should not be so hostile, at least... Jask and Kevin Walker do not seem to be partners with a common enemy.

and so.

all the time.

Lin Xian didn't think so clearly about Jask's enemies and friends.

Subconsciously, he really regarded Kevin Walker as an enemy. After all, the other party really used force against him, using Starlink to hit him and hijacking the US space plane to crash into him. This could definitely be identified as an enemy.

On the other hand, Jask not only did not actually attack Lin Xian, but he also wasted a large rocket to help himself out. This does seem to be more inclined towards friends and friendly forces.

Just now...

After seeing VV's last words and the burn marks on Jask's name on TV, Lin Xian had to rethink this issue.

"【The person who killed VV... is most likely Jask!】"

Lin Xian stood up.

Pace around the room.

He closed his eyes, smelling the faint smell of burnt rubber wire in the air, and began to infer the purpose of Jask's actions and think about the deeper meaning of all Jask's actions.

Da da da.

Da da da.

Lin Xian's leather shoes rubbed against the floor, causing bits of dust to bounce up and scatter.

Ten minutes later.

Lin Xian stopped.

Looking back at the burn marks on the TV.

He figured it out.

Combining all the clues so far, we can roughly infer that there are two possibilities for Jask's actions:
"【The first possibility is that Jask has a long-planned plan, but VV is too powerful to implement his plan. Therefore, Jask used some means that were also ahead of his time to eliminate VV. And Jask's real target may not be me or the space-time particles, but Kevin Walker. Regardless of whether I capture the space-time particles or not, he will launch rockets to interfere with Kevin Walker's actions.】"

This is the first guess.

Since Huang Que is also a member of the Genius Club, she is also from the future.

So, guessing from a broad perspective, Jask might be able to get some advanced technology to eliminate VV.

At this moment, thinking back to what VV said, Jask is not afraid of being monitored 24 hours a day, and his playboy life is visible to others.

But when I went to the observation tower to watch the rocket, I didn't bring my cell phone, and there were no wires or any electronic devices on the tower.

This is very suspicious.

This shows that Jask went to the observation tower not just to admire the rockets.

The tower is without electricity and internet, making it a natural shielded room and an absolute defense against hackers like Kevin Walker and super artificial intelligence like VV.

He must be plotting something on the tower, or even hiding something. Also because of the power outage and the Internet, both VV and Kevin Walker were kept in the dark and could not see through Jask's conspiracy at all.

In this scenario, it is true that Jask killed VV, but he did not target himself, he just wanted to interfere with Kevin Walker's plan.

This is the first guess. Then, there is a second possible guess:
"【Jask hopes that I can capture the space-time particle, but he doesn't want this space-time particle to be complete. So he wants to kill VV to prevent me from capturing the complete space-time particle; then he has to clean up my mess and help me block Kevin Walker's attack, so that I can continue to capture the space-time particle without VV. However, under this disadvantage, the energy of the space-time particle will soon be exhausted by contact. Even if I finally catch the space-time particle, it will be a useless cripple.】"

The second guess is much more complicated than the first one.

Lin Xian also took the perspective of a wise man after the event and forced these key events together to deduce this possibility.

If the second guess is true.

That Jask is really terrifying.

This means that everything is under his control and knowledge.

He is even more powerful than the yellow bird.

Huang Que also said in person that the history after boarding the space shuttle is beyond her cognition and is unknown to her.

So why did Jask know all this?

He obviously did not travel from the future, and his life story is known to the whole world.

Born in South Africa, Jask began learning programming at the age of 10, made his first fortune by developing his first game at the age of 13, and later dropped out of Stanford University to start his own business. At the age of 28, Jask became a multimillionaire, and by the age of 30, he had already become a billionaire. Judging from his life experience, he is undoubtedly a genius of the times.

But such a complete life also means that he cannot be a time traveler. So how does he know all these scripts?
Is it...

Is there a time traveler like the Yellow Bird beside him? Is he guiding him just like the Yellow Bird guided him?

Or...

Is it because he joined the Genius Club that he can know the future like Huang Que?
Time traveler or genius club.

The answer must be one of these two options, right?
"Anyway."

Lin Xian walked forward and stroked the burn marks on the LCD TV screen:

"It's better to be careful."

Subsequently.

Lin Xian tidied himself up simply.

After changing into some light clothes, he went downstairs, got on the Alpha special car, and headed to the laboratory of Tunghai University to find Liu Feng.

……

After one hour.

On the campus of Tunghai University.

Rhine Joint Laboratory, second floor.

Lin Xian picked up the rectangular silver electronic clock which was still ordinary, and the numbers on it were as steady as an old dog, still showing 0.0000000.

This is the [Space-Time Clock] named by Liu Feng.

It is built based on the basic theory of different Planck constants in different universes and time and space. It is used to measure the [space-time curvature] when the space-time butterfly effect causes space-time changes, that is... the angle of deviation of the world line. It is a device used to observe the magnitude of space-time changes.

"Are you sure that the calibration has been reset to zero this time? Is it really reset to zero?" Lin Xian asked.

Liu Feng nodded:
"There will definitely be no problem this time, I promise you!"

He pointed to the rice cooker in the corner of the lab bench, where the hard-earned space-time particles were bound:
"I used that space-time particle as a reference to reset the reference frame of the space-time clock to zero. Even though it still shows 0.0000000, it is qualitatively different from the previous 0.0000000."

"I won't tell you about the complicated theories. In short, from now on, if the space-time we are currently in changes, causing the future development trajectory to deviate, the space-time butterfly effect triggers changes in future space-time, and the world line jumps to a brand new future..."

Liu Feng came over and tapped the time-space clock:
“Then the numbers on this space-time clock will definitely change! Trust me, Lin Xian, this time, I will not make any mistakes. The numbers on it will definitely, surely, definitely, must change!”

"And the value after the change will be the basis for our further study of the cosmological constant. So... now let's wait and see when the number on the space-time clock changes. I will tell you the first time."

Lin Xian looked down at the space-time clock.

Looking at the eight zeros that seemed to have never changed...

He had been looking at this string of zeros for so long that he couldn't believe it. Could this thing really change? Could the numbers really jump?

If these eight zeros really turned into other numbers one day, Lin Xian would be so surprised that he would feel like a miracle.

Recalling the last time, when the second dream turned into the third dream, the time and space clock did not change at all.

That's because there is no reference object outside of this space and time for calibration.

Including the later events, when the third dream turned into the fourth dream and the Tam Bank in the fourth dream came into being from nothing, none of them caused any changes in the numbers on this space-time clock.

But now, this [space-time clock] has been calibrated to zero.

Waiting for the next time-space change to occur, or until the fourth dream becomes the fifth dream...

The numbers on the space-time clock will definitely change.

Then, the curvature of space-time can be tested!
Anyway.

Although slowly.

But the progress of various matters has yielded results.

"Liu Feng."

Lin Xian pointed at the eight zeros on the space-time clock, seven digits after the decimal point:
"Why must the curvature of spacetime be a decimal less than 1, or even much less than 1? Is it not possible that it is an integer?"

Liu Feng shook his head:
"No, unless the world turns upside down."

"But in fact, from our observation point of view within the light cone, we are not aware of or able to observe the occurrence of space-time changes."

"If we can see the changes in the curvature of space-time, the transitions of world lines, and the changes in the future with our naked eyes... then why do we need space-time clocks?"

"Because this change in space-time curvature is unobservable and imperceptible, its value must be small enough."

Lin Xian nodded.

This is reasonable.

The reason why he could observe every change in time and space was because his observation point was 600 years later.

If there was no verification from the dream world, he really wouldn't be sure when the changes in time and space would occur.

Just like Koko the Cat turned into the Rhine Cat and the Tam Bank airship appeared out of nowhere.

These changes in time and space cannot be observed at the current time. Only by verifying them in the dream world 600 years later can we know that the changes have occurred.

This is also reasonable from the perspective of mathematical chaos system.

The 600-year butterfly effect in space and time is enough to turn any extremely small number with seven decimal places into an astronomical figure that will shake the world.

This is what people often say, a slight error can lead to a huge loss.

An extremely small angle deviation will eventually lead to a completely different direction as long as the driving distance is long enough.

"So what do you think...if one day, the numbers on the time clock change..."

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at Liu Feng:

“How much do you think it will become?”

(End of this chapter)