Genius Club.

Chapter 349 Killing Jask
"I have to meet Lin Xian in person and clarify many things."

Jask put the ticket in his pocket:
"What Copernicus said... is indeed something that we have to take seriously. People always have respect and inexplicable trust in unknown things, and I am no exception. Now that I think about it, it is really naive to believe that someone is indeed my teammate just because they gave me favorable information."

"Arrogance is indeed undesirable. I never thought that such a bad quality would appear in me one day. But then again, I don't completely believe what Copernicus said. After all, I can't easily deny my teammates who have fought side by side with me for so long just because of someone else's words... right?"

"So, the real answer and the truth must be found, verified, and obtained by myself. The good news is that I now have a general idea, and the meeting with Lin Xian... is the last step for me to [finally confirm the truth]."

……

Angelica was silent.

She was stuck in a decision.

The information about Copernicus in exchange was indeed very tempting, and it was also what she needed most urgently at the moment.

But Lin Xian told her that the killer who was chasing Lin Xian was sent by Jask.

This was also confirmed by the female secretary. The girl with blue eyes and short black hair was the killer hidden in the observation tower by Jask.

and so.

Angelica didn't believe everything Jask said just now.

But there is one thing that Jask said is very right.

Dragon Country is much safer than the United States.

Angelica was convinced of this.

As long as the three of them arrived in Dragon Country, Jask, who was attending the official meeting, would never dare to attack Lin Xian; and, since he arrived in Dragon Country as a guest, Jask would never attack him either; no matter how you look at it, the situation would indeed be much better than it is now.

Angelica also hopes that Lin Xian can be safer and less adventurous.

therefore.

Let’s go to Dragon Country.

Lead Jask and Lin Xian to the safe and law-abiding Dragon Kingdom, away from Jask's home turf.

In this case……

No matter what Lin Xian's next purpose is, after all, he is in his own territory, Donghai City, and his advantage is much greater than it is in the United States now.

"I hope you can keep your promise this time too, Jask."

Angelica sat up from the sofa.

She folded her arms and looked at the former richest man in the world:

"I'll wait for you. Tell me about Copernicus."

Jask smiled.

Spread your hands:
"I always keep my word."

Soon after.

Jask's private plane took off from the airport. Angelica and Jask sat together in the cabin, ready to fly to the East China Sea of ​​Dragon Country.

Four days later, on April 4, Jask will attend the Council for the Promotion of International Trade in the capital of Dragon Kingdom and meet with official figures of Dragon Kingdom. During the three days of arriving in advance, he will go to Donghai City to figure out this series of mysteries and eliminate the real enemy.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have to send a tweet."

As the plane sped down the runway, Jask pulled his phone out of his pocket and opened Twitter:

"Originally, I didn't plan to make public my schedule to visit Zheng Xiangyue. That little girl needs quiet time. But... I have no choice. I must let Lin Xian know about this. Otherwise, how can I guarantee that he will come to see me?"

Say it.

Jask started typing away on his phone screen, editing his social media updates.

Angelica chuckled:
"Then why don't you let me post a tweet as well? My account hasn't been updated in many days. Since you want Lin Xian to know that I also went to Dragon Country, why don't you let me post a status to cooperate with you?"

Jask typed.

He shook his head and smiled:

"Angelica, I'm not a fool... Even a fool would know what you're thinking and what you're planning."

"Once I find out the truth of the matter, I will naturally return you to Lin Xian and give you freedom. It will only take two or three days, so just bear with it for a while."

Angelica snorted, crossed her legs, and looked towards the seat next to Jask.

There was no one sitting in that seat.

But...

There is a small household refrigerator that doesn't fit in with the style of the painting.

This all-white cube-shaped refrigerator is really small. Although it is larger than a traditional car refrigerator, it is within the scope of household appliances and cannot hold much stuff.

According to Angelica's visual observation.

This small refrigerator is only about half a meter long, wide and high. It looks only two times bigger than an ordinary rice cooker. There are no obvious trademarks or logos around it:
"It's okay to be patient, I'm just curious... You're obviously visiting Longguo for business, why did you bring your small refrigerator on the plane?"

"You obviously have a refrigerator on your private plane. What's more, your small refrigerator is not plugged in. Even if there is something refrigerated in it, it will spoil, right? What is the reason... that you need to bring a refrigerator to Dragon Country?"

With a successful notification tone, Jask finished updating his Twitter.

He then put down his phone, turned his head and looked at the white square refrigerator on the seat next to him, stroking it lovingly:

"The things in here...are very useful."

……

United States, New Jersey, highway.

Lin Xian slowly opened his eyes from the passenger seat and let out a long sigh.

Yu Xi held the steering wheel and turned her head in confusion:
"Why are you awake? You've only been asleep for less than two hours."

Lin Xian didn't say anything.

Look at the yellow sand blowing up on the road ahead, and the dry grass and leaves blown into whirlpools by the swirling wind.

Nothing has changed in the dream just now.

Soldiers, or those fully armed soldiers;

The old man is still the same old man with a dry, dry laugh;

I have worked so hard for so long but still haven't been able to break through the fourth dream realm. It is impossible to say that I don't feel a bit disappointed.

this moment.

He really missed Big Face Cat, Er Zhuzi and the others...

Of course, what he missed most was CC.

Now that Chu Anqing has turned into blue stardust and dissipated, CC is the key to his further understanding of the Millennium Pile, the secrets of Chu Anqing, and how to rescue Chu Anqing.

More than anyone else, he wanted to see CC in the dream world.

He wanted to ask about CC's birthday and her secrets. The best thing would be to take her with him to open the safe in Tam Bank and see what was written on the little note.

CC said.

The bearded man who called himself VV and was most likely her middle-aged self told her that the safe contained all the truth she wanted to know and the meaning of her life.

From the perspective of historical closed loop.

The password of the safe and the things stored inside have never changed from the beginning to the end... Doesn't that mean that what CC has been pursuing from the beginning was that ordinary little piece of paper?
"Maybe... there are other reasons."

Lin Xian muttered to himself.

He now knows too little information, and does not understand the specific circumstances of CC, the Millennium Pile, and the bearded man VV, so it is too early and irresponsible to draw a conclusion.

In short.

I just hope I can see CC sooner, so... he will feel better.

"I'll sleep a little longer. Call me when we get to Princeton."

Lin Xian gave Yu Xi some instructions and continued to close his eyes and rest.

……

By the evening, the SUV successfully drove to the vicinity of Angelica's villa.

Yu Xi wakes up Lin Xian.

The two men did not drive too close, but got out of the car far away and approached quietly, each holding a pistol.

After finally making sure that there was no danger, Yu Xi punched the window, crawled in, and opened the front door of the house for Lin Xian.

I went into the room, turned on the light, and looked around.

I found that the place was no different from when I left, nothing had changed, and no trace of any life there.

"It seems that Angelica's situation is really not good. I guess Jask really saw through her disguise as a female secretary that day." Lin Xian walked to the dining table and looked at the used glassware, false eyebrows, and beard patches... These were the props that Angelica used to disguise herself at the dinner party that day.

This means that Angelica hasn't been back for several days.

He took out his phone, logged into various social media platforms, and checked Angelica's personal account:

"In the past few days, Angelica has not appeared on the online social networking platform, has not sent any updates, and has not forwarded or viewed any recommended information."

Lin Xian turned off his phone, sat on the chair, and frowned slightly:
"Did Jask put Angelica under house arrest? Or did he kill her directly?"

"I feel that the possibility of direct murder is more likely."

Yu Xi opened the refrigerator, took out some food, and shared it with Lin Xian:

"Jask is the richest man in the world after all. In a place like the United States, it's not an exaggeration to say that he can cover the sky with one hand. Besides, Jask himself is not a good person. He has never shown mercy when he sent time-space assassins to kill you."

"You are just lucky, so you have been able to evade the assassinations of the space-time assassins many times. Otherwise... you would have been killed by Jask's sword by now. So, since Jask is so cruel to you, it is not surprising that he killed Angelica."

"Not to mention that it was Angelica who offended first. If Angelica's disguise was really realistic, Jask might have revealed some important information to her without realizing it at first."

"By the time Jask realized what was happening, Angelica had already learned too many things from him that she shouldn't have known... Then there was nothing that could be done. If she knew too much, she would have to be silenced. Jask would have to kill her and then destroy the body."

"I thought of something."

Lin Xian put down the buttered bread in his hand and looked up at Yu Xi:

"Since that time-space assassin was sent by Jask, where is the source? Just like you suddenly appeared in front of me, that time-space assassin also suddenly appeared in front of Jask at a certain point in time."

"So, who would send a space-time assassin from the future as a gift to Jask? Of course it must be Jask's partner, accomplice, or his future self! The hibernation chamber technology is now close to maturity, and it will take less than two years for it to be fully mass-produced and put on the market."

"So if Jask wanted, he could just freeze himself in a hibernation chamber and wake up hundreds of years later... and then send a time-space assassin back to 2024 from the era when time travel technology has been mastered and a time machine can be built, for Jask in the past to use."

Yu Xi wiped the jam from the corner of her mouth.

chuckled:
"You just thought of that? I thought you would have thought of it a long time ago."

"Since you have already thought of this, and the elasticity of time and space has increased, then I can also say a little more about this matter. Traveling through time and space is obviously not as random as you think, otherwise, there must be a large number of time travelers in every era. In that case, time and space would have been in chaos long ago."

Lin Xian nodded:
"I have considered this a long time ago, so... if we want humans to time travel, the necessary technological development is not a necessary condition. The reason why time travelers are so rare is definitely not due to technological limitations, but due to some other [conditions], [energy], [consumables] limitations."

"It is precisely because these conditions are extremely difficult to achieve, or because certain consumable materials are extremely rare, that time travel is not an easy thing to do... Perhaps throughout human history, time travelers can be counted on one's fingers, very few."

Lin Xian immediately thought of the [space-time particles] that also travel through time and space, but are extremely rare and unpredictable.

"I don't know if you know anything about space-time particles."

Lin Xian looked at Yu Xi:

"This is the only thing I have seen and know that can travel through time and space. However, the one I captured no longer has any energy. My scientists also told me that time and space particles without energy are equivalent to waste and have no use value."

"But think about it the other way around. If this space-time particle is perfectly captured and its energy is not consumed... then what great effect can it have?"

"I have thought about this question for a long time. I have always felt that a complete space-time particle must have a very, very big effect. Otherwise, why would everyone fight to the death to get it? This also shows from the side that the value of something as rare as a space-time particle is absolutely worthy of its existence."

"I didn't understand it before, but now seeing how powerful you and that space-time assassin are... I think I have roughly figured it out—"

"【Spacetime particles should be the necessary consumables for humans to achieve time travel! If I'm not mistaken... you traveled back to the present from the future world hundreds of years later, which should have consumed a complete spacetime particle, right?】"

……

Lin Xian looked into Yu Xi's deep blue eyes.

I thought that this time, the other party would still use excuses like "I can't say" or "There's no way to tell".

But it was unexpected.

The other party was actually spreading jam on his face and nodded casually:

"This conclusion is not difficult to guess at all. In fact, you should have realized it the moment you saw the space-time particles."

"That's right. Since you have guessed it, I can tell you freely. Yes, every time traveler must consume a time particle to complete the time travel. The specific details, rules and precautions... With the current elasticity of time and space, I definitely can't tell you, and I won't be able to tell you for a very long time."

"After all, in your current era, 2024, there is still a long way to go before the development of time-travel technology and the construction of a time-travel shuttle. I'm afraid you will have to wait until that day comes before you can truly comprehend the detailed theory."

"It's ok."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"This information is enough. Combined with my previous reasoning, it is not difficult to guess that at some point in the future, Jask obtained a space-time particle and then began this centuries-long space-time assassin plan."

"Or, let's think a little more boldly. Why is the space-time particle discovered by Liu Feng the first one in human history? Maybe several space-time particles have already arrived on Earth before this, and Jask, who has very advanced aerospace technology... has already captured one intact long before this."

The more he thought about it, the clearer his thoughts became:

"In that case, it seems that it is not difficult to explain why the space-time particle observed by Liu Feng chased straight to the earth... Its target is not the earth, not the Millennium Pile, not the Yellow Bird, not anyone... but the space-time particle in Jask's hand! They are attracting each other!"

"It doesn't necessarily have to be in Jask's hands. Since Jask has space-time particles in his hands, it is not ruled out that others also have space-time particles in their hands. After all... who can resist the temptation of having their future self send a 'Terminator' or 'Super Saiyan'?"

"Therefore, those who possess the space-time particles will definitely find a way to hide this great treasure tightly until the day when the space-time shuttle is built. Then, that is when the space-time particles will take effect and start sending people to the past."

……

After it is clear that space-time particles are necessary consumables for time travel, everything that happens can be deduced into a complete logical chain.

"It's highly likely that Jask has the space-time particle."

Lin Xian held his chin and thought:
"At least, he knows a lot about space-time particles, otherwise he wouldn't be able to know everything about my actions and Kevin Walker's actions."

"The space-time particles, the space-time assassin, and the future Jask, these three things form a perfect historical closed loop, and none of them can be missing - [The present Jask must ensure that the space-time particles will continue to be in the hands of the future Jask. Only in this way can the space-time assassin successfully travel through time and space.]"

"Thinking about it this way, it's not hard to infer that Kevin Walker wants to stop me from obtaining the space-time particle. He probably thinks that the space-time particle is my historical closed loop, or someone else's historical closed loop... It doesn't matter. What matters is that Kevin Walker doesn't want this closed loop to be achieved! So, he must interfere with my capture of the space-time particle."

"But why would Jask help me? And why did he use the space-time assassin to kill me after helping me? If he wanted to kill me, why didn't he do it in Copenhagen? What's so special about Copenhagen? So, at the moment, I can't figure this out. It feels like there are still many contradictions. There must be something fishy here! There must be something wrong with the consideration!"

Lin Xian was thinking.

Yu Xi has finished eating the jam bread.

She took out a tissue from the side and wiped her hands, shook her hamster-like ponytail behind her head, blinked and looked at Lin Xian:

"I don't understand what you're saying. It seems like all of these things happened in your time and space, and are unique to your history. But... since you understand the historical cycle of Jask, space-time particles, and space-time assassins... then it shouldn't be difficult to understand how to [break the impasse], right?"

Lin Xian nodded:
"Maybe we just need to steal Jask's space-time particles."

"Just like Kevin Walker interfered with my capture of space-time particles, we stole, robbed, or touched Jask's space-time particles to render them ineffective."

"In this case, the future Jask will have no space-time particles to use, and naturally there will be no way to send the space-time assassin back... If this already formed space-time closed loop is destroyed, will the space-time assassin disappear directly? Will he just turn into blue stardust and disappear out of thin air?"

Yu Xi shook her head:
"I can't tell you."

Lin Xian smiled knowingly.

These days, “there’s no way to tell” is roughly equivalent to “you’re right.”

So he continued:
"Anyway, according to my understanding, we only need to destroy the space-time particles in Jask's hand, and then we can naturally destroy his closed loop of history, making the space-time assassin ineffective and disappearing. In any case, it is absolutely impossible for him to exist safely in this space-time."

"This tactic should be perfect in theory, but there are still two points that need to be considered—"

Lin Xian stretched out his first finger:
"First, Jask definitely knows the importance of space-time particles better than anyone else. He will definitely take good care of them until a mature time in the future. With the strength of the world's richest man, I think if he wants to hide something, it will be difficult for the two of us to find or steal it."

"This is just the first point, which is not troublesome enough. What is really fatal to us is the second point."

As he spoke, Lin Xian raised his second finger:

"Second, maybe we thought everything would go too smoothly. It is very likely that Jask does not have the space-time particles in his hands now, and he has not yet reached the time to obtain the space-time particles."

"For example, he may obtain a complete space-time particle in 2034, and then send the space-time assassin back to 2334 to assist him in 2534 or even 2024."

"From the perspective of the timeline, this is entirely possible. It doesn't even prevent him from obtaining the space-time particles in 2534, and then teleporting the space-time assassin back to the past in 2534."

"So do you understand what I mean? It is very likely that Jask does not have the space-time particle in his hands now, and our so-called plan is just a shot in the air. The imaginary enemy space-time particle does not exist at all, so naturally we can't find it or steal it."

Yu Xi pursed her lips.

I thought about it.

Then, he raised his head and looked at Lin Xian seriously:

"Lin Xian, I feel like you're still complicating a simple problem..."

"Since you already know, Jask's historical closed loop is composed of three parts: the space-time assassin, the space-time particles, and the future Jask."

"In the current situation, the Spacetime Assassin is too powerful to be defeated head-on. We also don't know if the Spacetime Particles exist and there is nowhere to find them. In this case... why do you have to focus on the two complicated options and ignore the simplest and easiest option?"

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes:

"You mean..."

"Yes."

Yu Xi pointed at the black pistol that Lin Xian placed on the table.

Looked up.

The bright blue eyes met Lin Xian's gaze, and the same blue halo appeared in Lin Xian's pupils:
"【Kill Jask... and leave him with no future!】"

(End of this chapter)