Genius Club.

Chapter 227 Long time no see
Zhao...

Zhao Yingjun?
Lin Xian looked at the name on the base of the sculpture in some disbelief.

In memory of the builder of Rhine Sky City... Zhao Yingjun.

"Why is Zhao Yingjun's name here?"

"Then let's say..."

Looked up.

Lin Xian stared at the tens-meter-tall white jade statue in front of him.

From this upward angle, although the specific facial features and details cannot be seen, since the name Zhao Yingjun is written on the base... then this commemorative and praising statue should be his former boss, the president of MX Company, Zhao Yingjun.

Lin Xian lowered his head, stared at the words engraved on the base, fell into deep thought, and began to organize his thoughts.

According to his initial speculation.

This Rhine Sky City was most likely built by evolving from the Rhine Company he founded. Under this premise, it would be most reasonable for his future self to leave a backdoor and a gap in the air defense network for his past self.

Thinking further, where should this gap be located?
If there is a square with a statue commemorating the founder of Rheinland Company, which is also his own statue, then it would be perfectly reasonable to leave the hidden gap in the air defense net right above his statue. Everything would be so perfect.

therefore.

When Lin Xian landed from the air and saw the white jade sculpture on the ground, he intuitively knew that it should be his own statue.

however……

A strange combination of circumstances.

All the previous reasoning is valid, except for the final answer which is completely different.

"The builder of Rhine Sky City, the prototype of this statue, and even the person who deliberately left a gap in my air defense network..."

"Could it be Zhao Yingjun?"

Lin Xian was a little confused.

Why did Zhao Yingjun do all this?
What is her purpose in doing this, and what is the history of building Rhine Sky City?
Rhine is obviously his own company, so where has his existence gone?
……

Lin Xian believed that if Zhao Yingjun designed all this just to lure himself into the Sky City, then the answers to these questions could definitely be found here.

In his dreams during these days, he also talked a lot with Big Face Cat, Li Ningning and others, and had a general understanding of the situation in this world.

The history of this Rhine Sky City is not that long. From its launch to now, less than 200 years have passed.

But 200 years ago, the construction time of Rhine Sky City on the ground took more than 100 years... This is a real century project.

Based on this calculation, Rhine Sky City was built on the ground around 2300.

At that time, the residents had already started living here, and just like the New Donghai City, it was still isolated from the outside world.

The construction of the Sky City lasted for more than a hundred years, and then all the controlled nuclear fusion engines were ignited in an orderly manner, lifting this behemoth to a height of 2000 meters. Since then, it has been suspended in the air for 200 years, becoming a veritable city in the sky.

The emergence of radiation sickness also began to spread gradually from that time.

According to the descriptions of Big Face Cat and Li Ningning...

In fact, the living and technological level of these people on the surface is much better than that in the second dream, and there are many disciplines and many talents.

But since the emergence of radiation sickness, which has no cure and is 100% fatal, everything has changed in the surface world.

Survival has become the first factor that everyone needs to consider.

Gradually, education, science and many other things have become neglected.

There are many such sky cities all over the world, all pushed into the air by thousands or even tens of thousands of nuclear fusion engines.

This nearly inexhaustible source of energy lights up the night sky like stars, but also shrouds the earth like a nightmare.

Lin Xian also asked them how much they knew about Rhine Sky City, including who the founder was, the purpose of building the Sky City, etc.

As for these questions involving "history", they could not give clear answers, just like in the second dream.

Obviously, in this world, history has not been passed down either.

They can roughly explain what happened in the past hundred years, but they have no idea about anything before that.

Lin Xian naturally also asked about the issue of the black hand shadow in the Genius Club on the moon. Again, there were all kinds of legends, but no useful information at all.

Before coming to this sculpture, Lin Xian thought that this Rhine Sky City was just a new Donghai City in a different form. There must be no history in it, and it was heavily defended, so it would not make much sense even if he went in.

but.

He doesn't think so now.

Rhine Sky City is fundamentally different from New Donghai City.

Rheinland, the statue of Zhao Yingjun, and the invisible gap that happened to be 10,000 meters above the statue...

It’s like someone clearly knows that he will come again and again on the last day of the end of the world 600 years later;
She knew clearly that only she had the ability to keep trying and failing, and only she could find that gap in the air defense network;

She knew clearly how important the name Rhine was to her, and she couldn't help but come to such a big sky city;

She believed in herself even more... When people saw this statue that she had waited for 600 years to see, they would naturally understand all that she had carefully designed.

"There must be some special meaning behind Zhao Yingjun's building this city in the sky. Could he have left some clues behind? For me?"

Lin Xian raised his hand and touched the white jade statue...it was a little cold.

But it feels a bit warm.

……

this moment.

Lin Xian suddenly felt a little lonely.

This was a feeling he had never experienced in all his years of wandering in dreams.

In so many dreams before.

He had been scared, confused, angry, and crazy.

But I have never been lonely...

Even if you are close friends today, you will become strangers tomorrow; even if you don’t know anyone in your dream, you have no home, no relatives, no friends, and no place to stay...

He never felt lonely.

But at this moment, touching the white jade statue of Zhao Yingjun, an inexplicable sense of loneliness swept over from the depths of my heart like a flood.

Indescribable feeling.

Indescribable loneliness.

During these 600 years, everything I was familiar with no longer existed, and the only trace left was...

There is only this statue of the deceased.

From the word "in memory" in the inscription, it can be seen that Zhao Yingjun must have passed away at this time.

It is unclear exactly when he left.

However, in traditional concepts, it is rare to erect statues for living people, as this is considered a very unlucky act.

So it goes without saying.

In this world 600 years later, the name of Rhine is still there, the Rhine cat may still be there, and the Sky City is still there.

only……

Zhao Yingjun is gone.

She built a city in the sky, left a gap for herself to lead here, buried a secret, and then passed away at a certain time.

After loneliness.

Lin Xian seemed to feel a warm current flowing out from the cold surface of the white jade statue... flowing along his arm, slowly into his body, making him feel a sense of peace of mind.

Suddenly.

Lin Xian was a little curious.

The future Zhao Yingjun...

What does Zhao Yingjun look like when she is already middle-aged or even old?

Is she still wearing her proud earrings?

Are you still as heroic and imposing as ever?

Will I still be able to see that familiar face 600 years later?

With curiosity, Lin Xian kept looking up at the statue and slowly stepped back.

"Ouch."

Pfft!
Because he didn't look back at all, Lin Xian bumped into a very hard cylindrical object when he backed up, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

He propped himself up and looked at the object that had tripped him.

that……

It is a white-gray robot that resembles a cylindrical trash can.

Sweeping robot?
This was Lin Xian’s first reaction.

But probably not.

This robot, which is shaped like a trash can, is much more advanced in design than the sweeping robot of 2023.

Although it is shaped like a trash can.

But there are tracks underneath. At this time, because it was knocked over and fell to the ground, you can see that the tracks underneath it are very flexible, twisting left and right constantly trying to "stand up".

And at the same time.

Its two clamp-like mechanical arms were also waving left and right in the air, trying to find a support point to support its body.

Its "eyes" flashed green light, staring straight at a small piece of paper that had fallen on the ground in front of it:
"Garbage! Garbage! Found garbage!"

"Garbage! Garbage! Found garbage!"

(End of this chapter)