Genius Club.

Chapter 514: False Future (Thanks to Zhuge Huoshou for the reward!)

Einstein became depressed.

In those intricately intertwined lines of time and space, he clearly saw that the future of mankind was destroyed in the world-class nuclear war in 1991.

He saw it clearly—

Douglas predicted many things correctly. In the next few decades, more and more countries will possess nuclear weapons, nuclear deterrence will be formed, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will be signed in 1968.

[But in the end, the war between the United States and the Soviet Union still broke out. With the launch of the first nuclear weapon, various nuclear counterattack systems around the world were activated immediately, the nuclear chain reaction spread across the globe in an instant, countless hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs exploded all over the earth, and thousands of mushroom clouds completely polluted the atmosphere...]

This is the beginning of humanity's extinction.

Einstein bowed his head heavily:
"How I wish the future I saw was wrong, false; how I wish Douglas was right; but ..."

He stood up, walked to the living room, and looked at the fish tank that had not been taken care of for three days.

There are a total of 12 fish in the fish tank. Now 7 of them are floating on the water with their bellies turned upside down, and the remaining 5 are eating the bodies of their companions.

He had just seen this scene.

Before he walked out of the study and into the living room...he knew clearly how many fish had died.

Subsequently.

He returned to the study again.

Open the curtains and look at the warm sunlight outside.

"It will snow late tonight."

Einstein whispered:

"Little Tom next door will fall down in 7 seconds, and the ball in his arms will bounce out and hit Mary's dog..."

"Ouch!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a little boy who was running with a ball in his arms tripped over the stone steps and fell on his face, crying loudly; the ball in his arms fluttered across the street and hit a sleeping corgi with a thud.

Swah——

Einstein drew the curtains.

It is obvious that the future he can see is real and accurate.

At least... everything that can be verified at present proves that these futures are correct.

"Douglas."

Einstein looked up:
"Yes! Douglas! We were supposed to meet at the farm in Brooklyn today, and I'm late!"

He scratched his head:

"Damn it, where is Douglas now? He won't think I broke my promise, will he?"

Close your eyes.

Einstein began to use the [time and space lines] in his brain to look for Douglas, to find his figure and location, and to peek into his future.

But I found out...

Can't find it at all!
The reason was that he had no idea what Douglas looked like and couldn't even match his voice.

Einstein opened his eyes reluctantly:

"If I could see the history before I woke up, I could follow the clues to find Douglas and naturally know his true appearance... But now, my ability to peek into the future starts from the moment I wake up, and I can't see any history before that."

"The only impression I have of Douglas is the King Kong gorilla mask and his hoarse voice due to a cold. I don't even know his nationality."

"But maybe we can take a look at my farm in Brooklyn. Although I'm late today, maybe Douglas would be willing to wait for me at the farm."

Having just acquired the ability to peek into the future, Einstein was not very proficient yet. He closed his eyes again and clumsily sorted out the lines of time and space...

soon.

He found his farm in Brooklyn and saw that there was indeed a dark figure wandering around the farm.

He was a man with Nordic looks, but also with some Asian features. It seemed that Douglas was a "European and Asian" man.

immediately.

Einstein held his breath, unable to believe it.

He saw it.

Douglas' eyes... were also bright blue! Exactly the same as his eyes at this moment!
Think back again.

At the moment when the cosmological constant 42 was calculated, there were two small blue electric balls behind him; since one hit him, the other one... must have hit Douglas, so the other party's eyes turned blue like his!

"That's it, that's it!"

Einstein suddenly realized.

This is fate! This is the bond——

[Douglas, like him, can see the future! ]

"I see, Douglas."

Einstein narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists:
"Now, despair and disappointment about the future of mankind...is obviously too early."

“We have the ability to see into the future, and this is the opportunity God has given us to change the future.”

“As long as we can see the outcome of failure and destruction in advance, we can find ways to avoid it, change it, and guide the future of human civilization in a new direction.”

"Let's join forces, Douglas, and work together..."

“【Build a better future for mankind!】”

After figuring it out, Einstein was very excited. No matter how dark the future of mankind was, it didn't matter. He and Douglas could save it all!
"We must hurry and find Douglas."

Einstein stopped looking into the future, put on his coat, and hurried out of the study.

But soon.

He turned back again.

Pick up the piece of white manuscript paper on the desk with only one number [42] written on it.

This was the origin of everything. He wanted to discuss this matter with Douglas, so he took the manuscript paper with the final value of the cosmological constant.

Fold the manuscript paper.

Put it in your coat pocket.

Einstein rushed out, started the old car parked in the yard, and drove at full speed to the suburbs of Brooklyn.

……

at the same time.

In an abandoned farm in the western suburbs of Brooklyn.

Lin Xian had already gone around to the back of the house and started a carpet search.

"found it!"

There is a hidden steel flip door under your feet.

really.

Just as he imagined.

There is indeed a hidden underground space in this farm.

It took some effort.

Lin Xian pried open the heavy hidden door with all his strength, and looking down, he saw a deep underground passage:

"What on earth is this place?"

He didn't climb down rashly.

It was dark and not very safe. Moreover, this passage looked more like an emergency escape exit. Lin Xian did not believe that Einstein, who was over 70 years old, could still climb up and down such a vertical passage.

"There must be other entrances and exits."

With a target, searching becomes much faster.

soon.

He found a few ventilation holes and a hidden periscope. After seeing these devices, he finally understood what was hidden underground in this farm.

"Underground bomb shelter."

At that moment, I was enlightened.

Lin Xian recalled the advertisement he had seen on Brooklyn Street:
In this special era when everyone is afraid of nuclear war, many rich people have indeed begun to prepare air-raid shelters and even underground bunkers in advance.

totally unexpected……

Even Einstein was one of those who prepared for a rainy day.

This is the end.

The previous mystery of Einstein's many visits to the suburbs of Brooklyn can be roughly explained.

He is indeed more prepared for danger than normal people.

After the atomic bomb explosion in 1945, Einstein must have been worried about nuclear war, so he bought this wasteland in the suburbs of Brooklyn early and started building underground air-raid shelters and underground shelters.

It took a full seven years to build, so Einstein must have invested a lot.

This also indirectly shows how desperate he is about the future war situation.

The reason why CC and her friends often saw Einstein driving past the welfare home was that he must have come to supervise the farm.

For such a big project, it is impossible for him to just leave it alone and he has to check on it from time to time.

"That means there should be a more convenient entrance that leads directly to the underground shelter."

Lin Xian's intuition told him that this entrance should be located inside a house.

finally.

He found the official entrance to the underground shelter inside the warehouse.

There is even a simple elevator:
"There's even an elevator... How deep is Einstein's underground shelter?"

Lin Xian got on the elevator.

Turn on the light switch and press the down button.

The simple elevator slowly descended with the sound of steel cables rubbing against each other. Lin Xian looked at the solid concrete walls around him, wondering where he would end up next.

Albert Einstein...

Would it be waiting for him in the shelter below?

That's too rude. At least give a hint. Otherwise, who can find such a secluded place?

After about ten seconds, the simple elevator stopped, the fence opened, and Lin Xian came to a brightly lit underground fortress.

The space here is very large, with all kinds of equipment and facilities, water and electricity lines have all been laid, and there are also a variety of furniture.

“It’s so luxurious.”

Lin Xian walked in and marveled at the extravagance of Einstein's work.

It was just an air-raid shelter, but Einstein built it according to the standards of a villa, which shows that he had already prepared himself mentally to live in it for a long time.

Looked around in the underground space.

Lin Xian discovered that most of the space was converted into storage boxes and storage grids, filled with various canned goods and emergency items; there were also diesel generators, strategic materials, and so on.

Take a few deep breaths.

The oxygen content was found to be very sufficient.

This shows that there is a special gas circulation ventilation device here.

Now, Lin Xian finally understood where Einstein spent the money on decoration over the past seven years. It was all used to build this underground shelter!
"It seems that even great men have a cowardly side."

Lin Xian smiled helplessly.

If the world knew that the great scientist Einstein secretly built such an underground palace, I wonder how historians would evaluate him.

But great men are also human beings, so such behavior is more real.

Turned a few more times.

Lin Xian was sure that this was simply an underground shelter built to prevent nuclear war, and there was nothing suspicious about it. So he planned to take the elevator back to the ground and not stay here for long.

How should I put it? Although the facilities here are luxurious and the oxygen is abundant, I still feel depressed.

……

Return to the ground.

Lin Xian found a chair in the warehouse and sat down, planning to wait for Einstein until the evening.

The other party is a celebrity and a busy person. He might be delayed by something urgent. Just wait a little longer.

We waited until night fell, the full moon slowly rose from the eastern sky, and finally the sound of cars roared outside.

It must be Einstein who finally came to keep the appointment.

Lin Xian walked out of the house.

I saw Einstein's old car parked in front of the door, the lights turned off, the engine turned off, and the arm in the tweed sleeves opened the car door...

"Einstein, you are late."

Lin Xian said with a smile, looking at the old man who walked out of the car and straightened up:

"you……"

moment.

He stood there in a daze, the smile frozen on his face.

He saw clearly.

Just like the way Einstein looked at him at this moment——

Both of them stared into each other's eyes.

The same brightness;
The same deep blue;

The same flowing galaxy.

Two pairs of blue pupils looked at each other, as if four fireflies were frozen in the air under the silent moonlight.

Lin Xian frowned:

"Einstein, your eyes..."

Einstein stepped forward with his lips pursed:

"Sorry, Douglas, I'm late. I think the same thing happened to both of us."

Lin Xian did not answer him directly, but continued to ask:

"What on earth happened to you?"

“It’s the cosmological constant.”

Einstein came over in a panic:
"I don't know exactly why, but that day, November 11, I was at home in Princeton. The hydrogen bomb explosion broadcast on TV gave me the inspiration to calculate the cosmological constant."

"Just when I calculated the final number of 42, two small electric balls flashing blue light suddenly appeared behind me. One of them hit me and made me faint immediately. The other small blue electric ball... It goes without saying, Douglas, it should have hit you as well, right? When did you wake up?"

Lin Xian listened silently.

The brain began to analyze quickly.

Cosmological constant, 42, space-time particles, millennium piles, blue eyes, Einstein...

These once mysterious keywords are finally all connected together at this moment.

original.

The space-time particle that hit CC and should have hit himself did not come from this farm, but from Princeton, which was farther away than he thought.

But coincidentally, it is actually related to Einstein.

Cosmological constant.

According to Einstein, two space-time particles appeared at the moment 42 was calculated... What is going on?
[Who is controlling the space-time particles and who laid the thousand-year stake? At present, it seems that both Einstein and CC are victims. ]

But the problem is...

Why is it that when both were hit by space-time particles, CC turned into blue stardust and dissipated, while Einstein seemed to be fine, with no other changes except his eyes turning blue?
It seems that as the mystery is gradually being solved, it becomes deeper and deeper.

Seeing Lin Xian's complicated expression, he remained silent.

Einstein continued:

"After I woke up this afternoon, my eyes turned blue, and... I, I don't know how to describe that feeling, but you must understand! You must understand, Douglas... There are countless time and space lines intertwined in my brain, and I, I can actually see every minute and every second of the future!"

"Douglas, you are in the same situation as me, you must know more than me, can you tell me...what is going on?"

boom!
On a sunny Brooklyn night, the moonlight is gentle and peaceful.

But in Lin Xian's mind, a sudden strong wind blew up and dark clouds gathered; a bolt of lightning struck the narrow kite, and the intense electric current spread along the kite string to Lin Xian, making his whole body numb and terrified.

He took a deep breath.

Lower your head:
"Tell me, Einstein."

Lin Xian whispered:

"What kind of future do you see?"

"In 1991, a global nuclear war broke out, and humanity was destroyed in countless mushroom clouds."

Einstein spoke very quickly:
"1991. This is the furthest future I can see, and it is also the furthest time mankind can go... Douglas, your previous idea was beautiful, but the reality... is so cruel. Humans will never learn lessons from history!"

"If we don't find a way to intervene and stop it, human civilization will come to an end! It will come to an end in self-destruction!"

……

Listening to Einstein's answer, Lin Xian closed his eyes.

It seems.

My previous guess with Zhao Yingjun was correct——

[The future that Einstein saw was indeed a false future. ]

In 1991, there was no nuclear war at all. Instead, because of the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the US-Soviet Cold War came to an end, and mankind ushered in an unprecedented era of rapid development.

If Einstein could see the real future.

What he should have seen was the white light of destruction at 00:42, or the super disaster in 2600, or as he said at the last gathering, the super Donghai City with a population of 4000 million...

No matter which of these three results he sees, it makes sense.

Can be biased.

The end of humanity he saw was actually a completely fictitious global nuclear war in 1991.

obviously.

Einstein was deceived by a false future.

The space-time particle that hit him was the culprit that caused all this tragedy!

"you……"

Lin Xian was about to speak.

There was an instant of lightning and thunder in my mind, illuminating the dark night sky into day; the kite flying in the sky was already in tatters, and the taut kite string began to tear under the violent pulling!
He quickly shut up and stopped talking.

This moment is a critical turning point in history and the limit of the elasticity of time and space.

His every word will change Einstein's fate and the curvature of space and time.

This is a consequence that Lin Xian cannot afford.

The current world line must be maintained stable to ensure that he can return to his original time and space smoothly.

So, Lin Xian kept silent.

Einstein looked up in confusion.

Come over here.

Holding Lin Xian's hand tightly:

"Douglas, why don't you say anything?"

"It doesn't matter! We are different now. If we knew about this disaster in advance, we could find a way to prevent it! We can correct these mistakes in advance!"

"Besides, is it the same for you? I haven't eaten for three days and three nights, but I don't feel hungry at all. It's as if... when we were hit by that little blue electric ball, we also gained the ability to live forever!"

"This means that we can protect the destiny of mankind for a long time, put the future of mankind back on the right track, and give mankind the best future!"

Say it.

He turned around and pointed to the farm warehouse:

"As you can see, I started building this underground shelter after 1945. My original intention was to avoid nuclear war. I invited you here today to tell you about this."

"But now I have changed my mind, Douglas. Let's save the world together! Save the future of mankind! This place is isolated from the world and deep underground... It can be our secret base."

"We are immortal and can fake a death and hide here or anywhere. We...we have so many things to do. This is such an exciting and great thing!"

however.

Facing the excited Einstein.

Lin Xian had no expression on his face and shook his head.

Unlike the calm sky over Brooklyn, his mind was still stormy, with the torn kite string in danger:
"Sorry, Einstein, I have to go."

"Walk?"

Einstein was stunned for a moment:
"You, where are you going?"

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and hurriedly used the time and space lines in his mind to check Douglas' future.

But found out!
One minute later, the other party turned into blue stardust and dissipated under the moonlight!

"No!"

Einstein held Lin Xian's hand tightly, until it hurt:
"No... Douglas, please, don't leave me."

"You gave me hope and strength... We are partners, and we are partners in saving the future of mankind."

"Don't leave, stay, okay? Stay, let's..."

Lin Xian broke free from his hand.

He took out a white square gift box from his coat pocket; inside was the watch that CC bought for him with all his savings.

He placed the small white gift box in Einstein's hand and said:

"Keep it safe for me."

Lin Xian raised his head and patted Einstein on the shoulder:

"[One day, I will come to you and take this watch back.]"

Say it.

Never looking back.

Walk towards the full moon that has just risen in the east.

Einstein could not accept this unexpected departure. He looked melancholy and reluctant:
"You won't come for the watch, Douglas... I can see the future, you won't come..."

"I will come."

Lin Xian put his hands in his pockets and walked further and further away.

His back was elongated by the moonlight, draped over Einstein.

then.

I raised my right hand high, extended my index finger, and pointed it straight at the "kite" in the sky, and my thoughts continued to climb up along the kite string.

Einstein stared blankly at Lin Xian's back.

The right hand raised high was reflected on the full moon in the night sky, forming a hand shadow pointing upwards.

next second.

wow——

The night wind blew away the crystal clear figure, turning it into countless blue stardust...

Disappear.

(End of this chapter)