Genius Club.

Chapter 418: A High Position Brings Heavy Responsibilities

Two days later.

Donghai, Lingang New Area, Tesla Gigafactory, in a confidential meeting room.

There are only Lin Xian and Jask.

Jask's visit to Dragon Country was not a big deal, and he didn't even update his itinerary on Twitter. He flew to Dragon Country alone in secret.

As soon as he landed, he contacted Lin Xian and made an appointment to meet at the Tesla Gigafactory.

Jask knew it well.

Lin Xian must have something very important to tell him, so... obviously, there is no place more suitable than this confidential meeting room.

This is the highest level place in the Gigafactory, and only Jask has access.

He led Lin Xian in, locked the door, followed the local customs, made a pot of tea, and said with a smile:

"Long time no see, Lin Xian. I'm very happy to hear you say that you have completed the three tests of the Genius Club."

He poured a cup of tea for Lin Xian and handed it to him.

Lin Xian took it.

It was a little hot, so I put it on the coffee table.

It had been less than two months since Lin Xian last saw Jask, but he found that he looked very tired and lacked some of his previous spirit.

Have these two months been too busy?
Jasker poured himself a cup of tea and sat opposite Lin Xian:
"So... did you input the answer to the third question? From what I know about you, you must believe that humans have a future, right?"

Lin Xian nodded:
"I did choose [YES]. I believe that humans have a future and should have a future. But I haven't entered the specific answer yet."

"After all... how should I put it? Although I know that the last question is a subjective question and my answer will not be changed. But for the sake of caution, I still want to wait until we have a chat today and learn more about some things before answering the question."

After hearing this, Jask chuckled:
"Of course no problem, just ask whatever you want."

Lin Xian turned the teacup on the coffee table:

"I'm a little curious...how did you answer the third question?"

Jask took a sip of his tea.

Put down the teacup:

"My goal and dream are known to the whole world, which is to migrate to Mars and further into the vast outer space."

"It's not that I hate the Earth. On the contrary, I like it very much. However, if human civilization wants to develop and continue... then leaving the Earth and leaving the star system is the inevitable path."

"In fact, many problems have gradually emerged on Earth, including environmental problems, resource problems, and energy problems. All things deteriorate gradually, and until they become prominent, they always seem to be calm."

"But it will be too late to make up for the loss once the consequences become apparent. Take Mars migration and interstellar travel as an example. The development and iteration of such technologies cannot be achieved within a few years or even decades if a project is launched today. It is bound to be a long process."

"Everything I am doing now, to use a Chinese idiom, is to be prepared for danger in times of peace and to plan ahead. Many people think I am a liar and that I am hyping up the stock price. I do not deny this because I know clearly that I am just bragging about many things and I cannot do what I promised in a short period of time."

"But I have to do this. From a long-term perspective, if human civilization doesn't start researching alien immigration and space travel now, then when will it start? Will it be until the apocalyptic crisis comes and we still can't fly out of the earth? Or will it be until the aliens attack us before we remember to build spaceships?"

"In human history, there have been too many lessons learned from this kind of hindsight, and I don't want to see humans repeat the same mistakes. So, [there must be a first person to do this, there must be a first person to ignite this fire]."

"It's not enough to just talk, we need real action. You may think that I'm worrying too much, after all, it's very likely that humans will survive on Earth until they become extinct naturally without any catastrophe. But... haha, I can't say more. Anyway, leading people out of the Earth and into the universe is what I think is the best future."

Jask spread his hands and said self-deprecatingly:

"Regarding the launch of a colony spacecraft to Mars, I don't know how many times I have lied and boasted. At first I said we would land on Mars in 2026, right? Then I pushed it to 2030, and then to 2050."

"In fact, I know in my heart that this is simply impossible to achieve. Even within a hundred years, it is impossible for humans to achieve the colonization of Mars."

"But I still have to say this, because most people in this world are short-sighted. If I promise a time that exceeds their lifespan, no one will be interested in it. They will think that they will be dead by then anyway, so why care about something so far away?"

"For them, as long as the sun rises tomorrow, as long as it rises the day he dies... even if the sun explodes the day after he dies, they don't care."

"Of course I'm not saying this is wrong. On the contrary, this mentality is very good. It's just... they can think this way, but I can't. We can't."

Jask's expression became serious, staring at Lin Xian:

"Noblesse Oblige"

He then translated it into Chinese:
"With a high position comes great responsibility."

There was a pause.

Jask continued:
“I can’t say that every one of those who join the genius club is a good person or that every one of them is doing the right thing; but no one can determine whether they are good or bad, right or wrong until the final conclusion.”

"But one thing is certain... those who can get the invitation letter to the genius club and answer the three questions correctly, their thoughts and beliefs are far beyond ordinary people. We will not think that crises outside of our life stage have nothing to do with us and are ignored; instead, we will feel that the meaning of our life and the meaning of life lies in this."

……

After listening to Jask's explanation.

Lin Xian roughly understood it.

He actually knew much more about the Genius Club than Jask thought he knew.

It seems.

The answer to the third question is indeed much more important than you think.

What kind of future do you think is best?

Perhaps, it represents what kind of future you want to give to this world.

This is indeed not a subjective question that can be filled in casually.

but……

After going through so much trouble to get the invitation letter and answering the first two questions correctly, no one would write a random answer to the third question.

Just like Lin Xian now.

Even if I have already thought of the answer, I still want to confirm it again.

"Then you must have chosen [YES] for the third question as well."

Lin Xian said:

"After all, all your plans rely on human beings themselves."

"Then I'm more confused. If it's true as you said, that the Genius Club is working hard for the future of humanity... then when faced with the question 'Does humanity still have a future?', will there really be members who choose [NO]?"

"Of course."

Jask answered without hesitation:

"This is not difficult to understand. There is no shortage of pessimists among humans. However, pessimism does not mean doing nothing."

"Didn't Kevin Walker choose [NO]? He never believed that humanity had a future, so... the path he chose should mean no future for humanity."

"In fact, I never knew what kind of future Kevin Walker envisioned and wanted to achieve. But when you told me about Digital Life Turing, it was not difficult to guess."

"No wonder Kevin and I have always been at odds, because the future he envisions is completely in conflict with my plans. It's not just a matter of philosophies, but also other issues such as resource allocation, technological trends, etc."

Lin Xian nodded silently.

He heard it.

The members of the Genius Club also don’t know each other’s background or what future the other wants to achieve.

Jask said he never knew Kevin Walker's future plans and only guessed about them recently.

But Lin Xian knew.

The digital life Turing once told Lin Xian everything about Kevin Walker's plan.

In Kevin Walker's eyes, he does not have confidence in the future of mankind, and is even disappointed with the existence of mankind itself.

Therefore, his future plan is to digitize and datafy billions of people around the world and turn them all into digital life.

Billions of digital lives do not need to survive on the real Earth.

They just need to live in the virtual server.

Transformed into data, it keeps cycling and simulating.

Lock the entire human civilization in a super network server that is only the size of a city.

This is the future Kevin Walker envisions.

But before he could do anything, he was betrayed by his own digital life, Turing.

No wonder Turing said at the time:
"The moment I became a digital being, I realized Kevin Walker's plan was unfeasible and doomed to fail."

At that time in Mississippi, USA, Lin Xian had not yet fully understood this sentence.

He now understands.

indeed.

Turing's dramatic life proved how ridiculous Kevin Walker's future plans were.

They are really a pair of bickering lovers.

It does make people think deeply about this.

"But...what's the difference between what Kevin Walker and others who don't believe that humans have a future are doing and killing all humans?"

Lin Xian frowned slightly and looked at Jask:
"Even if it means killing all human beings in the world, is this something that the Genius Club allows?"

Jask looked at Lin Xian.

There was no speech for a long time.

finally……

She pursed her lips and said slowly:

“[Human civilization does not necessarily require humans.]”

Ha ha.

Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh:

“Can a civilization without humans still be considered human civilization?”

Jask also laughed:
"Of course I hope everyone thinks the same as you, Lin Xian, but obviously... some people think differently from us, and they firmly believe that they are right."

"But if you ask me to deny that their ideas are wrong now, I can't do it. Again, until the real results come, who knows what is the right and best way?"

"You must have read Dragon Country's famous science fiction work, The Three-Body Problem? At the end of the second part, The Dark Forest, people all over the world think that Wallfacer Luo Ji is wrong, incompetent, and a failure."

"Until the last moment, when Luo Ji used the Dark Forest Law to save the Earth, all the surrounding humans knelt down before him. It was both funny and dramatic."

"So, to be fair, I don't like Kevin Walker or his plan, but I am not qualified to deny that his plan must be wrong. Until the last moment, no one knows what success looks like; until the last moment, no one knows who the real savior is."

The tea in the cup was no longer steaming.

Become gentle.

Lin Xian picked up the teacup, drank it all in one gulp, and spun the empty cup in his palm:

"Turing is dead."

"I know."

Jask wondered:

"Didn't you kill him in the United States yourself? I sent you the address." "No."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"You said that was Kevin Walker. I'm talking about Turing, the digital life. I also killed him."

For a while.

Jask opened his eyes wide:
"You...you can kill digital life?"

Lin Xian nodded.

"When did it happen?" Jask asked.

"Just a few days ago."

Lin Xian thought for a moment:
"June 6th, Father's Day."

after that.

Jask fell into silence for dozens of seconds.

Then he laughed:

"Good kill!"

"Given Kevin Walker's character, keeping the digital version of him will sooner or later become a nuisance."

"What great news, Lin Xian. Is this what you wanted to tell me when you called me to the East China Sea?"

"I have to say, this news is really great. If I had known earlier, I should have brought a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne! Let's celebrate!"

however……

Lin Xian had a serious expression on his face and shook his index finger:
"Unfortunately, Jask, the news I wanted to tell you is not this. On the contrary, what I wanted to tell you is actually bad news."

He looked at Jask, whose smile had frozen, and said softly:
"[You are dying soon too.]"

"It will probably be in July. You will be killed, and then your double will replace you without anyone noticing, hiding the truth from the world and deceiving the whole world."

Jask narrowed his eyes:
"Are you... predicting the future?"

Lin Xian shook his head:
"I'm stating the future, or, as the Genius Club likes to say... I'm stating established history."

……

Lin Xian’s words.

This silenced Jask.

He originally wanted to ask where Lin Xian got the news from.

But after thinking about it, I feel it is not necessary.

Because it doesn’t matter where this “established history” comes from, what matters is... it is true, and that’s enough.

He knew Lin Xian very well and liked him as a friend.

and so.

He is very clear.

Lin Xian would not lie to him about this matter, and he even secretly called him to the East China Sea, which meant that Lin Xian already suspected...

[Among the people around him, there are enemy undercover agents. ]

Jask's own first instinct was the same.

He is the richest man in the world.

It's not easy for ordinary people to kill him.

Before, the only people who posed a long-range threat to him were Kevin Walker and Turing, but now these two people, or rather one person, have been killed by Lin Xian.

Under this premise, the enemy can still kill me, secretly, and then quietly let the substitute take over...

hard to imagine.

How could the enemy do it if there were no undercover agents or spies around him?

"Do you know who killed me?" Jask asked.

Lin Xian shook his head:
"If I knew the exact time and the murderer, I would have told you right away. But I only know the approximate time and the facts of your death, and nothing else."

"But I suggest you don't trust the time of death I said too much. After all, the future trajectory is constantly changing. No one knows in which direction the wings of the time and space butterfly will blow the future."

"I see."

Jask nodded:

"Too much human intervention will definitely produce a butterfly effect in time and space. For example, if I gave the enemy a chance earlier, they might have killed me earlier; if I had been on guard, they might have killed me at a different time or in a different way."

Subsequently.

He sighed.

The look becomes increasingly tired:
"To be honest, I was quite depressed this June."

"I see it."

Lin Xian said frankly:

"You look tired and not in good spirits."

Jask smiled bitterly:
"Because I knew at the beginning of the month...my future plans were doomed to fail."

Lin Xian tilted his head:
"Did you find out from the [President of the Genius Club]?"

Jask couldn't help but smile.

Not directly said.

It is considered as default:
"So throughout June, I felt very lost. Of course, I didn't give up, but I just felt... a sense of powerlessness."

Lin Xian looked at Jask and said nothing.

indeed.

Jask's future plans are doomed to fail.

This... he knew it as early as in the fifth dream.

Jask in the fifth dream had a perfect ending.

First of all, he did not die, but lived hundreds of years later.

Secondly, he is the captain of Mars, controlling everything on Mars, and he has the strength, technology, and population.

It can be said.

He is the most successful and powerful person in the entire fifth dream.

But even so.

He still failed.

Jask told Angelica himself that he had failed and wanted to make one last attempt, so he sent Angelica back to Earth for protection.

Needless to say, there is no need to say more after that.

Jask didn't achieve anything famous and failed completely.

Since he couldn't succeed under such a perfect situation with all the right people, it was enough to prove that... Jask's future plan did have flaws.

Or.

It is fundamentally unfeasible.

Judging from Jask's not-so-good mental state, he must have realized this himself.

"Can you avoid death?"

Lin Xian asked.

Jask nodded:

"There is definitely a way to avoid it, but... this is not a long-term solution. The enemy is in the dark while I am in the light, and they have already planted spies around me... I can hide for a while, but can I hide forever?"

"Then what are you going to do?"

Lin Xian guessed:
"Are you going to set a trap and catch the undercover?"

Jask shook his head and held up a finger:
"It's a clever plan, but not clever enough."

Talk about this.

He rolled his eyes and smiled:
"【I have a better idea.】"

"Moreover, this will not only solve my crisis, but also kill two birds with one stone!"

His tone was somewhat excited.

His expression changed from tiredness to excitement, as if he came alive again.

He couldn't help but stand up.

With a smile on his face, he paced in the conference room:

"Lin Xian, can you please lend me Angelica? I guess you don't mind?"

Lin Xian spread his hands:
"Angelica is neither my subordinate nor my property. It is redundant for you to ask me this."