Genius Playground

Chapter 40 Positron Cannon
squeak...

The bearing wood emitted an old, hoarse grinding sound, and a musty, stale smell wafted through the air.

Moonlight streamed in through the glass window.

This is the former secret base of the film club's activity room, but now there is no familiar trace of it.

The Rhinecat Legion did not occupy the entire room.

There were no screwdrivers of varying lengths on the lab bench.

There was no neatly organized and fragrant bookcase.

Without erasing and rewriting the small blackboard filled with plans and questions,

There is no trace of the trio here.

A jumble of old cardboard boxes, a dusty coffee table and sofa, a few old photos clipped to a clothesline, and tattered pieces of paper lying on the floor...

This is what the film company originally looked like, just like when the three people in the original timeline first walked into this place, nothing has changed.

"this is normal."

Jiang Ran reminded herself.

On this new timeline, Qin Feng and Cheng Mengxue did not come to Donghai University, the trio no longer existed, and naturally they would not join the film club, so there should be no trace of them here.

"Senior Yan Rui, you should have graduated and left school by now, right?"

He slowly walked into the room, his footsteps treading on the dust and sand on the floor:

"The film company should have been disbanded by now."

Without the trio's efforts to revive the film club, this once glorious organization would have ultimately become a relic of the past.

In a daze, in the hazy moonlight...

He seemed to see Cheng Mengxue on the sofa, embroidering clothes while holding the Rhine cat;

It's as if I can see Qin Feng hunched over the lab bench, fixing and modifying things here and there;

It's as if I can see myself sitting on the windowsill, counting down 5, 4, 3, 2, 1;

It's as if the laughter and arguments of that time are still vivid in my mind.

"Let's find the positron cannon first."

The positron cannon is the core of everything and the hope for saving everything.

Jiang Ran composed herself and began her search.

Fearing that it would attract the attention of the school security guards and cause unnecessary trouble, Jiang Ran did not turn on the lights, but instead explored by the dim light of his mobile phone screen.

This was the second time he had looked at these old items in the room, and he remembered most of them.

After searching around, I couldn't find the positron cannon, but I did find two notices on the bookshelf.

One is a "Notice of Withdrawal of Club" and the other is a "Notice of Personal Disciplinary Action" for senior student Yan Rui.

The disciplinary notice clearly stated that, just like what happened in the previous timeline, Yan Rui was given a warning by the school for using high-power electrical appliances and burning down the wiring in the activity building on the evening of March 17.

It seems that this history is consistent with the original history, with no changes.

"In other words, the positron cannon is not here."

Jiang Ran put down the admission notice and looked out the window:

"On this timeline, Senior Yan Rui is still being punished for activating the positron cannon."

"So now... the positron cannon should be confiscated by the student council and placed in the school warehouse."

Ok.

Although the positron cannon wasn't found directly, at least there was a clue, and we can try to get it back from the warehouse.

So it wasn't a wasted trip.

Jiang Ran felt relieved, and her tense nerves finally relaxed.

Ignoring the dust around him, he plopped down on the thick cardboard box, covered his face with his hands, and let out a long sigh.

The scent lingered, swirling and echoing in the room...

Just like his chaotic thoughts.

He desperately wanted to take out his phone and call Cheng Mengxue; if all else failed, he would at least call Qin Feng.

I sit alone in this solitary activity room.

He then realized that he didn't actually hate Qin Feng that much.

He knew that Qin Feng did not intend to kill Cheng Mengxue. It was the chaotic effect of the butterfly effect in spacetime, an accident that no one could have predicted.

The butterfly effect is a chaotic system; everything is unknown and unpredictable. Therefore…

Qin Feng, where are you now?

Did your father survive?

Do you know that Cheng Mengxue is dead?

A 70-character text message can contain much more than just the cause of your father's death.

With your genius, you wouldn't waste a single character; you'd definitely hide plenty of information in the time-space text message.

Then why not come to see me now, instead of in this world-line transition...?
Jiang Ran raised her head.

open one's eyes.

If Qin Feng were here now, everything would be much easier.

All you need to do is find the positron cannon and have Qin Feng repair it; then send a time-traveling text message to the day Cheng Mengxue died two years ago, and you can easily avoid the car accident and save Cheng Mengxue's life.

such.

In the new timeline, Qin Feng's father is alive, Cheng Mengxue is alive, and everything is happy.

Is it that the time is not yet ripe?
Jiang Ran shook his head.

Regardless of Qin Feng's reasons, and regardless of what Qin Feng is planning in this timeline, he has no time to wait for Qin Feng.

The longer it goes on, the more problems will arise.

The matter of using time-space text messages to save Cheng Mengxue must be decided decisively and without any delay.

He began to make plans in his mind.

Now that it is clear that the positron cannon is stored in the school warehouse, the film company is facing closure again, and the course of history is completely consistent with the previous timeline.

The solution can be found by following the same approach:

1. Tomorrow during the day, first find Xu Yan and use her connections to keep the film company afloat so that I can become the new president.

2. The president can retrieve the prohibited electrical appliances from the school warehouse and bring the positron cannon back by submitting an application and writing a guarantee.

3. The most difficult part is repairing the positron cannon and installing the control board, which is not my forte. However, fortunately, after observing the Qin Feng modification for so long, I have already memorized all the principles. With just a little mechanical knowledge, I should be able to complete the repair.

4. Once all preparations are complete, the positron cannon can be restarted to send a time-space message to the past, causing a shift in the world line... rewriting history!
……

That's the plan.

It's not difficult to implement.

Even though Cheng Mengxue died two years ago, his bond with Xu Yan as "childhood playmates" still exists, and that will not change.

Therefore, Xu Yan will definitely help him with this.

Huh?
Jiang Ran's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

[On this timeline... Xu Yan should still be alive, right?]

He wasn't really sure about this, and could only hope that Xu Yan would be lucky.

The plan has been finalized.

Jiang Ran propped herself up on her knees.

suddenly--

puff.

He stumbled and fell backward, bumping into the edge of the table.

someone!

He held his breath, staring at the half-open door to the activity room…

A dark figure leaned quietly against the door frame, arms crossed, staring at him without moving!
who is it?

When did you come?
"Jiang Ran, what are you looking for?"

A familiar and pleasant sound rang out.

The rustling of leaves outside the window was like a fuse about to explode, leaving Jiang Ran nowhere to escape.

Her curly, voluminous hair bounced with each step.

The girl walked with delicate steps from the darkness into the moonlight, her long pink hair sparkling with stars.

She put her hands behind her back and squinted her bright, sparkling eyes:
"Are you... hiding something from me?"

(End of this chapter)