Genius Club.

Chapter 513 The World Opens Its Eyes

boom!
It was like a flash of lightning that flashed through his mind, illuminating his entire brain cavity, and at the same time struck the shaky kite, causing the "kite string" behind Lin Xian's head to be on the verge of breaking.

Ji Xinshui...

Lin Xian never expected that he would meet enemies he knew and even fought with in real life in such a distant time and space in 1952!

He clenched his fists.

Ji Xinshui is not only his enemy, but also the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, a lackey of Copernicus, and the culprit who took the lives of Xu Yun and Tang Xin.

Therefore, when Lin Xian tricked the 80-year-old man into death, he did not hesitate at all, and even felt that death by injection was not a pity for his sins.

Now Lin Xian never expected...

This old man, who had died in 2023, was "resurrected" in front of him in the form of a teenager in 1952.

boom!
Another bolt of lightning struck the kite, and the kite string connecting the back of his head to the future time and space shook violently, and it seemed like it was about to break.

Lin Xian understood.

[This is a warning and early warning from the world line. ]

If the kite string breaks, it must mean a breakthrough in the elasticity of space-time, a change in the curvature of space-time, and a world line jump...

In that case, both history and the future will take a completely new and unfamiliar trajectory.

And he will forever lose the ability to return to the time and space of 2234, becoming a ghost that does not belong to the old era, trapped in a strange time and space and a strange world line... a time and space wanderer who goes with the flow.

He quickly calmed down his intense emotions.

The clenched palms gradually relaxed.

just now.

The moment I found out that little Johnny’s real name was Ji Xinshui.

It is a key choice point that explores the edge of space-time elasticity.

[He now has the ability to change Ji Xinshui's fate, and once Ji Xinshui's fate and life trajectory change, it will inevitably cause changes in the world line.]

Lin Xian started thinking from the beginning.

He had previously seen Ji Xinshui's information at the Donghai Public Security Bureau.

This old man from the old times was born in 1938. When he was young, he went to sea with his parents to escape the war. During the reform and opening up period, he returned to China as an overseas scientist and worked in the laboratory of Tunghai University.

Now it is 1952, and Ji Xinshui should indeed be thirteen or fourteen years old, which is highly consistent with the little Johnny in front of him in terms of life and age.

So it goes without saying…

Little Johnny is Ji Xinshui, and he is also the crazy old man named "Arrogant" in the future.

Lin Xian traveled through time and space using entangled space-time particles. He can ignore forced avoidance, rewrite history at will, and change the world line at will.

He could use the pistol in his pocket to kill the child Ji Xinshui and eliminate this scourge at the root; he could also use his admiration for himself to change the direction of his life, making him stay in the United States for the rest of his life and never return to Long Country.

In this way, the seven deadly sins can naturally be avoided, and the deaths of Xu Yun and Tang Xin can also be avoided.

but……

What's the cost?
This will cause the trajectory of history to drift towards a completely new world line, and the kite string behind Lin Xian's head will break instantly, and he will never be able to return to the original time and space.

The price is too high.

Besides, even if Xu Yun and Tang Xin could be saved, they would only be saved for the two people in the new world line, which had nothing to do with Xu Yun and Tang Xin who had already died in the world line that Lin Xian experienced...

It’s just that the new Xu Yun and Tang Xin are not dead, it’s not that the dead Xu Yun and Tang Xin are resurrected.

Lin Xian understood these logics and laws of time and space a long time ago.

Only by keeping the future trajectory on its original track can he safely return to 2234 and carry out a series of subsequent plans.

thus.

Now this key selects the node.

One must proceed with caution.

"Really."

Lin Xian remained unmoved and downplayed it.

He lowered the black hat on his head and took one last look at the little boy with his bright blue eyes:
"Goodbye, Ji Xinshui."

Without saying a single extra word.

Lin Xian opened the car door, got into the yellow taxi, and handed the small note to the driver:

"Go to this location in the western suburbs of Brooklyn."

The bearded driver took the note, glanced at it, and nodded:

"Yes, sir. I am very familiar with this area."

After saying that, he started the car and left.

Through the right rearview mirror, Lin Xian saw the child Ji Xinshui gradually moving away, staring at the car and watching him leave.

Angelica once said.

Every winter, Ji Xinshui would go to Brooklyn to mourn his former best friend.

Now let’s see…

Could this friend be myself, or Douglas?

Lin Xian was not very sure about this conclusion.

He just met Ji Xinshui by chance, talked to him for a few words, and gave him some money.

Perhaps, it was these few casual words... that changed Ji Xinshui's future life, which is why he will never forget "Mr. Douglas", the person he admired most in his heart.

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

The palms of his hands supported his eye sockets.

Is this the history of lock-in?
Unconsciously, he originally thought that he was an unexpected visitor in time and space, but he didn't expect that... he was also a part of history.

"No matter what, I must be guaranteed to return safely to 2234."

Lin Xian emptied his mind and felt the kite string behind his head.

Ever since leaving Ji Xinshui.

The sky seemed to have cleared up, the weather was sunny and the kite string became steady and flexible, showing no sign of collapse as before.

I have to say that this early warning mechanism is pretty good.

He was not sure whether Yu Xi and No. 17, who had also used entangled space-time particles to travel through time, understood the laws of space-time, and whether they knew that the shaking of the kite string meant that the elasticity of space-time was in crisis.

But come to think of it...

Whether they knew it or not was irrelevant.

Both of them are professionally trained space-time agents. For them, obeying orders and completing missions is more important than anything else, including their lives.

"Fortunately, this only entangled space-time particle is finally going to disappear completely."

"When I return in 2234, there will no longer be time travelers who ignore the laws of time and space."

……

The taxi drove for more than an hour and stopped at a weed-covered farm.

The bearded driver turned around:

"Sir, here comes your address. It looks like this farm is still under construction."

The driver pointed to a few old houses on the farm and continued:
"This area is mostly private land, and many wealthy people are buying land here to build villas, resorts, and the like... The newspapers say that Brooklyn will be developed as heavily as Manhattan in the future, and everyone is betting on investment plans."

"But, in my opinion, how can a poor place like Brooklyn develop? Rich people will eventually go to Manhattan, or even New Jersey. Any place is much better than Brooklyn."

He tapped the number on the meter and looked at Lin Xian:

"Sir, this place is very remote, and it will be difficult to get a taxi when you leave. I can wait for you here, and we can settle the fare together on the return trip."

"no need."

Lin Xian shook his head and handed over a hundred-dollar bill:
"The rest is a tip, no need to give me the change."

During this trip, he met Einstein. He didn't know how long the conversation would last, nor did he know what secrets Einstein had hidden on this farm.

Therefore, he did not want the presence of a third party:
"Just go back to Brooklyn. Someone will come to pick me up. I'll take their car back."

The bearded driver looked at the green hundred-dollar bill and the image of Franklin smiling at him, and his eyes widened immediately:

"Thank you sir! Thank you sir! You are so generous!"

He quickly unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the car. He respectfully opened the door for Lin Xian and bowed:
"wish you a happy life!"

Afterwards, as if afraid that Lin Xian would go back on his word, the bearded driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away at the speed of light, leaving behind only a trail of dust.

Lin Xian straightened his hat.

I touched my protruding cheekbones and looked at the dilapidated farm in front of me. November 11th.

The day when I had agreed to meet Einstein finally arrived.

Originally he was worried about how to hide his voice and appearance; but the space-time rejection reaction was a timely relief, perfectly solving the camouflage problem for him.

just now.

His appearance is that of a Dragon Country and Western mixed race;

His voice was a gravelly Irish twang;
His name...is Douglas.

This was Lin Xian’s new identity in 1952, and he would also officially contact Einstein with this identity.

Lin Xian took a step forward and walked into the huge farm.

There were only a few rooms in the entire farm, and Einstein should be waiting for him in one of them.

Lin Xian pushed the door open one by one and went in.

Some of the houses seemed to have been home to workers and had bunk beds; some of the empty rooms were old and covered with cobwebs, and some of the warehouses were filled with rusty tools.

After going around all the rooms, Lin Xian didn't find any place like a living room, study or tea room.

"This……"

He scratched his head, a little confused.

Einstein specifically asked me to come to the farm to chat, there couldn't be even a place to have tea or pour water, right?
Every room is in such a state of disrepair.

It's impossible that two people can really freeze into popsicles under the moonlight outdoors with their hearts open in this cold winter, right?
"No, that's certainly not Einstein's style."

Lin Xian paced around the houses on the farm and began to analyze.

Einstein was a famous scientist, a man of status and position, and also a polite gentleman.

He and I had such a good chat and such a mutual admiration at the Halloween dance, there was no way in hell that he would ask me to meet him in such a shabby place.

something wrong.

There must be something wrong here.

What Lin Xian couldn't understand was——

"Where are the others, Einstein?"

Lin Xian suddenly found it very funny.

Could it be that he stood himself up?

The other party clearly vowed that he would stay on the farm from morning to night on November 11th, waiting for him all day long.

What a great result.

There is no living room, no place to chat, and no Einstein!

"Too strange."

Lin Xian bent down and checked the decoration materials scattered on the ground.

It was basically some scrap wood and some cut corners of tiles. I rubbed the ground with my feet and found some cut electrical wires.

This is enough to show that there is a place on this farm that is being renovated, and the quality is not low, and the materials used are luxurious.

"I need to organize my thoughts."

Lin Xian held his chin and summarized the abnormalities of this farm:

1. There are workers' dormitories, construction waste, and traces of carpentry and electrical work, which means that there must be some luxurious decoration somewhere on the farm. But the strange thing is that there are not only no workers on the farm now, but also no traces of any decoration... Where did Einstein spend the money for decoration?
2. Since 1945, Einstein has frequently passed by the door of the welfare home where CC worked. It is not difficult to infer that the renovation of this old farm should have started in 1945, and Einstein often came to supervise the work... It is incredible that after seven long years, there is not a single sign of renovation on this farm.

3. Einstein invited me to be his guest so sincerely and acted like he really wanted to meet me again, but now he didn't go out to greet me, and instead disappeared and stood me up... How can you see this not be what a great man does?

All kinds of things.

Everything is wrong.

Lin Xian is now more and more certain——

[There must be secret spaces such as hidden dark rooms and underground bases in this farm! ]

"I'll look for it again."

He turned, walked around a few dilapidated huts and headed towards the back of the farm.

……

at the same time.

112 Marshall Avenue, Princeton, New Jersey, single-family residence, study.

Einstein, who had been unconscious on his desk for three days and three nights, twitched, woke up from his coma, and slowly opened his eyes.

"I, I am..."

He let out a breath and placed his hands on his temples.

line.

line.

Line line line line line...

His brain is filled with countless billions of lines!

These intricate lines are as thin as hair and as dense as a swarm of bees, intertwined in my mind!
Each line seemed to connect to different periods of the future. He only needed to concentrate a little to see what was happening at any point in time, in any corner, and around any person!
It's a hard feeling to describe, but Einstein knew it...

From the moment he wakes up, he can see all the futures! Everyone's future!
Just like.

He had no idea how long he had been unconscious, but he knew for sure that it was 1952:11 p.m. on November 5, 14.

There was no calendar in his room, but he could see the calendars in every household in the United States, the dates on every newspaper, and the time announced by the hosts on every TV.

"What exactly is going on?"

He stared in amazement at the piece of manuscript paper on the table with the number 42 written on it.

All the strange phenomena started from the moment he calculated the answer to the cosmological constant; from that moment to now, he has been in a coma for three days, but he does not feel any hunger or thirst.

This is so abnormal!

He is a 70-year-old man. How could he survive three days without food or water?
"What's wrong with my body? I..."

Einstein raised his head and looked at the mirror on the table.

I took a deep breath for a moment.

Wink.

I couldn't believe the reflection in the mirror!

He raised his right hand tremblingly, picked up the mirror, looked at Einstein's shocked face, looked at the deep blue eyes that did not belong to him——

Bright and crystal blue eyes.

It seems like a glass galaxy is flowing slowly in the pupils.

"blue?"

Einstein frowned.

His pupils were clearly brown, so why did they inexplicably turn blue after being in a coma for three days?

Recalling the blue light that illuminated the entire room and the two small blue electric balls that appeared out of nowhere before I passed out...

"Could it be because of those two little blue electric balls?"

Einstein calmed his breath.

in case.

The future scenes he saw in his mind were all real...

So what will the future of mankind be like?
[Is it the same as what Douglas said, that nuclear deterrence creates lasting peace?]

Or……

[Just like what I have always worried about, will humans destroy themselves due to forces they cannot control? ]

Einstein closed his eyes and began to search for the farthest, farthest, farthest line in his mind, looking towards the final future of mankind.

……

……

a long time.

He sighed and opened his eyes.

His face became heavy and his expression became melancholy, as if he had aged dozens of years in an instant:
"Unfortunately."

Einstein lowered his head:
"Douglas...you guessed wrong."

(End of this chapter)