Genius Club.

Chapter 372 CC's Oath (Additional chapter for Alliance Leader Feixue Xiaoshu!)
"I go."

Lin Xian took down the banana leaf trumpet, took a step back, and looked at the girl who unexpectedly appeared in front of him:
"why you?"

When I think of the name I just shouted...

Wei Shengjin.

Or wrap yourself up in a loudspeaker and shout loudly.

It's really embarrassing.

CC frowned.

Look up and down...

No mistake.

It was indeed Lin Xian in his memory fragment.

But this vulgar and shameless behavior...is he really the same person as Lin Xian in my memory fragments?
Lin Xian in the memory fragments is decisive in his actions, quick in thinking, daring to act and take responsibility, and very charismatic.

But the man in front of me, shouting about sanitary napkins in the forest...

It can only be described as obscene.

If he didn't look exactly like Lin Xian in the memory fragment, she really wouldn't bother to pay attention to him.

"What the hell are you yelling about?"

Seeing that he didn't say anything, CC asked:
"Do you really need that thing? Who do you expect to send it to you? The current industrial level of the Earth is simply not capable of producing that kind of thing."

cough cough.

Lin Xian coughed twice and threw away the banana leaf trumpet:

"You misunderstood. I'm looking for someone, an old man. His name is Wei Shengjin."

Looked up.

Meeting CC's completely disbelieving gaze, a subtitle "Favorability -99" seemed to float above my head.

"Don't you believe it?" Lin Xian asked.

"Do you believe what you said?" CC asked back, "How could there be someone with such a name?"

Lin Xian chuckled:
"Don't tell me. Today I'll let you see what the cultural gap between Earth and Mars is."

Afterwards, Lin Xian and CC checked the information with each other.

There are no problems with communication and trust.

The two memory fragments from the first dream and the second dream were really useful. They saved Lin Xian a lot of steps and allowed him to skip the long plot and quickly enter a state of mutual trust among teammates... Of course, if it weren't for Wei Shengjin's farce, the favorability might have been a little higher.

Just can't help it.

Lin Xian was in the dense jungle and had no idea where to go.

Meet CC.

He looked in the direction CC came from:
"So, that's the direction of Rhine Village. At this point in time, you have just left Rhine Village."

Lin Xian remembered it clearly.

In his dream yesterday, CC told him that they would set out from Rhine Village at around 12 noon and go to Face Village to look for the safe.

Rhine Village is to the north of Lin Xian's birthplace, while Grandpa Wei Shengjin and Lian Village are to the south of Lin Xian's birthplace...

Lin Xian ran in completely the wrong direction today and missed Mr. Wei Shengjin, but by some unexpected coincidence he managed to snatch CC ahead of time.

"No, you didn't do it."

CC shook his head and explained:
"Your screams attracted me here. I was very curious about what kind of performance art this was, so I came to take a look... I didn't expect it to be you. It really opened my eyes and made me look at you with new eyes."

"Alright, alright."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"Let's not talk about this, let's get down to business."

"I've just explained it to you. It's too difficult to find the safe with my name on it. I don't have any idea."

"The only way is to either use Mr. Wei Shengjin's metal detector to find a needle in a haystack; or go to Lian Village first to see what's going on with Gao Wen's safe and what's inside."

"You told me before that you've been to Lian Village. Erzhuzi and Sanpang have been using exhaustive methods to crack the safe for many years. They may only need the last few digits to figure out the combination... We just need to open the safe before them, and then we can take over the fruits of victory."

"But first, we still have to go to the south and find Master Wei Shengjin. We really need the equipment he has. A lot of Martian technology is very powerful. At least... on Earth today, it can be said to be a dimensionality reduction attack."

……

In Lin Xian's eyes, Uncle Wei Shengjin is a treasure from head to toe.

Not to mention the pistol at his waist.

In the large backpack on his back are all kinds of survival supplies, tools and weapons. Just wielding that folding shovel is like Lu Bu in today's Earth, able to kill anyone who stands in his way.

"Let's go find Mr. Wei Shengjin first."

Lin Xian waved his hand, signaling CC to follow.

"..."

CC was speechless. He looked at Lin Xian's back and followed his steps:

"It's still hard for me to imagine that there would be someone with such a name, especially an elderly person... If I meet him later, how should I call him? I really can't say this name."

"Just call me Teacher Wei."

Lin Xian pushed aside a handful of vines and crawled over:

"Just call me Teacher Wei like I did. But the premise is... we have to find him. I'm completely lost now."

"Can you describe to me the reference objects next to him the last time you saw him?"

CC also bent down and crawled through the vines:
"I am very familiar with this forest. If there are trees with particularly special shapes, I usually know where they are."

Lin Xian briefly mentioned a few trees.

did not expect.

CC is really a human navigator. He immediately understood the general location and walked quickly in front to lead the way.

In her hand she held a large black machete.

He hacked left and right, cutting through vines and branches to make his way through the jungle.

Lin Xian looked at her back, thinking of Chu Anqing who had turned into a thousand-year-old pile and disappeared...

Lin Xian never dreams.

I won’t have those “false dreams”.

Sometimes he also envied other people who could have false dreams and dream about people they wanted to see but could not see.

After Lin Xian's grandmother passed away, he missed her very much.

His father told him many times that he would dream of his grandmother, and that his grandmother was still as kind and gentle as before... She herself was reluctant to spend money, but every time she saw Xiao Lin Xian, she would laugh and open the rolled-up handkerchief, pull out a few "big bills" from it and hand them to Lin Xian:

"My dear grandson, go buy some snacks. Buy more."

But these are all the scenes that Lin Xian’s father dreamed of...

When Lin Xian was a child, he also wanted to dream about his grandmother.

Even if he could only dream about her once, he had a lot of unspoken words he wanted to say to his grandmother, and he wanted to throw himself into her arms again.

However, he couldn't do what anyone could do.

Every time I fell asleep on time, I arrived at the unchanging square in the first dream, with the fighting Ultra Brothers, the noisy cicadas, the broadcasts day after day, and the unchanging crowds.

Everyone can see deceased people, people they miss, and people they want to see but cannot in their dreams.

Only Lin Xian doesn't have this "superpower".

Just like Tang Xin, Huang Que, and Chu Anqing who left me...

How nice it would be if I could dream about them, at least I could say thank you, at least I could apologize.

Even though CC and Chu Anqing in front of him were as similar as copy and paste, he understood deeply that they were not the same person, not at all the same person.

CC suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Lin Xian:

"You seem unusually quiet today."

Lin Xian raised his head:
"Wasn't it like this before?"

CC shook his head:
"In the fragments of my previous memories of you, you were always lively and cheerful, even... sometimes you were annoyingly pretentious, jumping around without any sense of seriousness."

"But now... you are too silent. It makes me feel a little uncomfortable. I feel like you have become a different person."

Ha ha.

Lin Xian chuckled, his tone somewhat helpless:

"After all, a lot of things happened."

The last time he met CC was before the third dream came. Lin Xian vaguely remembered that it should be May 2023.

Then Rheinland was founded.

He entered the third dream and the fourth dream and never saw CC again.

Today it is today.

Exactly one year has passed.

During this year, so many things happened, both in dreams and in reality, and I witnessed so many separations of life and death.

Lin Xian admitted.

It's true that I can't feel any more "joyful".

I have to say...

At least, I have to rescue Chu Anqing, right?
I clearly promised her that I would find her and she would never get lost;
He also promised Chu Shanhe that he would find his daughter and bring her home.

Hey.

It's not enough to just talk nice things, you have to do something practical.

But at present, the clues about the Millennium Pile are completely stuck. If we talk about the only breakthrough... it is probably right in front of me, CC, who is also a Millennium Pile.

“I had a lot of friends leave me.”

As Lin Xian walked, he said:
"There was another girl, exactly your age."

"Your girlfriend?"

click!
CC used his machete to cut off a vine blocking the road and stepped over it:
"Usually, only when a relative or girlfriend passes away will it be such a big blow to you."

Lin Xian looked at CC:

"She looks exactly like you."

“That’s the most clichéd pick-up line I’ve ever heard.”

CC was speechless:
"Can I take back my sympathy for you?"

Lin Xian followed closely and stepped over the vines:

"You already complained about this two years ago, but it just happened to not be in your memory fragments. Believe it or not, she jumped out of a plane at an altitude of 20,000 meters to help me obtain a very precious thing."

"Oh."

CC sighed calmly:
"She is so brave. I read a book in a certain memory fragment, which said that the dead Bai Yueguang is the real Bai Yueguang. Now, she died in front of you... I'm afraid you will never forget her for the rest of your life."

"Jumping from a height of 20,000 meters... there's no way we can find the body, right?"

Lin Xian shook his head:
"She just jumped out of the plane, and I jumped right after her. Then I grabbed her hand in mid-air, opened my parachute, and saved her... but I couldn't save her, and she disappeared."

CC stopped.

Turn your head.

Looking at Lin Xian in confusion.

She tried to tell from Lin Xian's expression and eyes that this was just a joke, a piece to liven up the atmosphere.

But I found out...

The other person's expression was serious.

It's sad.

It is true.

click!
She turned her head and chopped off several vines with her machete, snorting softly:
"Humph."

Keep going:

"Dare to jump out of the plane without hesitation..."

"[You are a man after all.]"

CC also let go of the prejudice he had against Lin Xian because of Wei Shengjin.

It seems.

I was not wrong about this man.

No wonder the emotions towards this man in the memory fragments were somewhat turbulent:

"I don't think you have anything to feel guilty about."

CC quickened his pace and whispered:
"From the moment you jumped out of the plane right after her, you had a clear conscience. No matter whether you saved her in the end... it doesn't matter at all. The fact that you dared to jump from 20,000 meters proves everything."

"No matter whether it's the relationship between you or the commitment you made, no one can say anything bad about you, and no one can say you haven't done enough."

Lin Xian chuckled.

Shake your head:
"Her father said the same thing, but after all, the person is gone. There is no point in saying anything. It cannot change the result."

"I do not think so."

CC turned around and looked at Lin Xian who was one step away.

Eyes facing each other.

Lin Xian saw the determination and firmness in CC's eyes.

"If there is a man who is willing to jump out of a plane for me and risk his own life to save me..."

CC looked at Lin Xian and said in a clear voice:
"【Then I am naturally willing to give everything for him, even death.】"

……

……

The sunlight of the Tyndall effect penetrated the floating dust in the air and hit the space between the two people.

It separates the two shadows, then illuminates and merges them together.

The momentary silence instead aroused even more enthusiastic cicada chirping.

Like applause,

Like cheers,

It also sounds like a wail.

The breeze in the jungle blows by, bringing with it the scent of moist soil and the sweetness of flowers.

Butterflies and dragonflies flew up from the sunlight between the two people, confusing and confusing people's eyes.

"[Is it the bearded man VV?]"

Lin Xian sensed the secret hidden in CC's words.

Said softly:

"I've asked you several times before, but I didn't get an answer... Why is it that a sentence from the bearded man VV is enough to make you chase the safe so desperately."

"There must be some story between the two of you. Either unforgettable or unforgettable. Is that right? You seem to be talking about me, but you are actually talking about the bearded man who changed the blueprint of your life with just one sentence, VV."

CC blinked.

Turn around and continue on your way:
"maybe."

Her voice was a little vague:

"But everyone is the same, and the principle is the same. There will always be things worth risking our lives for, and there will always be people for whom we are willing to risk our lives."

"Speaking of which..." CC paused, walked around a huge tree that required three or four people to hug, and changed direction:

"Come to think of it, I just observed you carefully, and you seem to be... a little older."

immediately.

She shook her head:

"To say old... may not be accurate. Is it growth? Or maturity? For your age, it is more appropriate to say that you have become more mature."

"In the two memory fragments about you, you were obviously a little younger than you are now. Not only in your expression and behavior, but also in your appearance."

Lin Xian didn't say anything.

That's not true.

When he first met CC in the first dream, he was only 23 years old, and CC was one day away from turning 20.

And now.

The two met again.

CC is still one day away from turning 20 and will never reach 20.

And I am already 25 years old.

The time in dreams never flows, but the time in reality never stops.

Will there ever be a day when...

The two would keep meeting in their dreams.

CC is still so young, while Lin Xian is getting older... 35, 45, 55, 65...

Thinking of myself getting old.

I think of 70-year-old Grandpa Wei Shengjin and 116-year-old Grandma Zheng Xiangyue.

Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh:

"Yes, I have indeed aged a few years. Maybe when we meet in the next world, I will be as old as the bearded man VV."

"cut."

CC snorted disdainfully and quickened his pace:

"You're really starting to act indecently again."

……

It turns out.

CC is indeed familiar with this forest.

Soon, she led Lin Xian to find familiar reference objects, and Lin Xian roughly knew the direction of Grandpa Wei Shengjin.

"over there."

Lin Xian pointed to the southwest, and the two ran quickly in the jungle.

as predicted.

soon.

From afar, I saw a figure hunched over, holding a metal detector and scanning the ground carefully.

"Teacher Wei!"

Lin Xian waved and greeted from a distance.

Upon hearing this, Wei Shengjin turned around cautiously and began to reach behind his waist with his right hand.

"Teacher Wei, don't get excited, just listen to me."

Lin Xian first kept his distance from Wei Shengjin, and then spoke the lines he had prepared in advance:
"We are also here to look for a safe, Mr. Wei. We are looking for safe No. 66. The things inside are also very important to us."

"Shall we look for it together? I know where a safe is buried. It's probably not yours or mine, but let's try our luck."

soon.

Uncle Wei Shengjin was moved by Lin Xian's sincerity and decided to follow Lin Xian to explore the place where the hafnium alloy safe was said to be buried.

He extended his hand, wanting to shake hands with the two:
"Young man, young lady, what should I call you?"

"My name is Lin Xian."

Lin Xian pointed at himself, then at CC:

"Her name is CC."

Wei Shengjin laughed:

"Okay... okay... I'll remember your names. My name is——"

"Teacher Wei!" "Teacher Wei!"

Lin Xian and CC were quick to shake Wei Shengjin's hand:

"I've heard a lot about you, Teacher Wei. Let's just call you Teacher Wei."

Huh?
Uncle Wei Shengjin looked confused.

Own……

He is just an ordinary university teacher, with no professional title and no important inventions.

Is your name really so well-known?

"Teacher Wei, let me carry your backpack for you. Just keep up with us."

Lin Xian turns on the speed pass mode.

He took Wei Shengjin's large backpack and put it on his back, then began to lead the way:
"The safe is buried over there. There's nothing along the way. Speed ​​up!"

Lin Xian and CC seemed to be in a hurry and turned around and ran.

This made Mr. Wei Shengjin start to get nervous...

Follow quickly behind.

"Hey, young man, why are you running so fast? We have plenty of time!"

He ran for a while, a little out of breath:

"Oh, I, an old comrade, can't keep up with you... Slow down, my friends, it's not the end of the world tomorrow, why are you panicking!"

finally.

The two men dragged Uncle Wei Shengjin to an open space.

Lin Xian put down his backpack.

Wei Shengjin started the metal detector and began to locate.

Beep beep beep beep!

Soon, he located the hafnium alloy safe.

A moment of joy:
"Oh my god! You're right! There really is a hafnium alloy safe buried underneath!"

"So exciting... I've been exploring here for two months and haven't found a single one. I didn't expect to actually find one today!"

"Lin Xian!"

Uncle Wei Shengjin turned around excitedly:

"Take out the folding shovel from my backpack, and let's do a big—"

He was stunned.

Eyes widened.

Looking at Lin Xian and CC who are already fully armed.

Both of them were holding a folding shovel each. Lin Xian also gave CC a pair of gloves and even a spare straw hat. A water bottle was also taken out. CC gulped down a few sips and handed it to Lin Xian.

"no……"

Wei Shengjin was stunned:

"You two, are you two a professional archaeological team? Professional is too much, right? How come you are so familiar with my backpack?"

He really couldn't understand.

My backpack is so messy and full of stuff.

How did Lin Xian find all the equipment and props and even open the kettle in such a short time?
"Don't worry, Teacher Wei."

Lin Xian patted his chest and abdomen:

"We two are professionals when it comes to dealing with safes."

Say it.

He bent down again, and took out a folding shovel as if he were taking something out of a bag. He assembled it skillfully and handed it to Uncle Wei Shengjin:
"Here, if three of us dig together, it will definitely be more efficient."

Say it.

He reached into his bag again and took out the photo of Mr. Wei Shengjin taken in the warehouse of Tam Bank from the inner pocket of his backpack.

Sure enough, nothing changed.

It’s still safe No. 724, and it’s still the familiar Weiruan elegant black font.

Anyway...

If you want to verify whether the change in time and space has occurred, you can only dig up the safe No. 1277 below and take a look.

He put the photo back skillfully, then took out a pair of work gloves from his side pocket and handed them to Wei Shengjin:
"Teacher Wei, please wear a pair of gloves, otherwise your hands will easily get blisters."

At this moment.

Wei Shengjin couldn't bear it any longer:

"Hey boy! You are too familiar with my backpack! You know it better than I do!"

He looked puzzled and tilted his head to look at Lin Xian:

"You make me feel insecure!"

however……

Lin Xian and CC are indeed professional safe handling experts. While Uncle Wei Shengjin was still muttering about feeling insecure, the two had already shoveled up several handfuls of soil.

"Hey……"

Uncle Wei Shengjin sighed.

I can only sigh that I am really old and can’t keep up with the pace of young people.

This young man and girl were the most decisive people he had ever seen. They did what they said without any delay, just like workers on an assembly line.

Forget it.

Anyway, he has no ill will towards me. Wei Shengjin is old and knows that many things cannot be thought about too carefully.

then.

He rolled up his sleeves and joined Lin Xian and CC's archaeological team.

Three people digging a hole is indeed much faster than two people.

The two men concentrated on digging.

One person was responsible for widening the area and transporting soil. It took less than an hour for the hafnium alloy safe to be dug out.

The moment of standing up.

The three of them couldn't help but squeeze together to look at the number and name on the safe.

No.: 1277
Name: Pang Ya

Indeed, neither the number nor the owner of the safe has changed.

but!

Lin Xian rubbed the nameplate with his gloves...

I was right!
This is the font with the name "Pangya" written on it...

It’s [Weiruan Yahei]!
Successful.

This shows that Lin Xian’s plan to proactively trigger tiny changes in space and time was successful.

He saved the safes of Wei Shengjin and Gao Wen, but at the same time changed the font of the name on Pang Ya's safe from Songti to Weiruan Yahei.

This is a trivial change though, with almost no impact on time and space or the future.

but!

However, it can provide valuable changing parameters for the study of [space-time curvature] and [space-time coordinates]!

After waking up from a dream in the early morning, you can infer the laws of space-time coordinates by observing the changes in the values ​​on the space-time clock.

Then, you can answer the first question of the Genius Club correctly.

Everything is ready.

Just wait until you wake up in the dream at night!

"What do we do next?"

CC sat on the safe, wiped the sweat off his face, and looked at Lin Xian:

"Want to go to Face Village?"

Lin Xian thought about it.

Indeed, to have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you should try your luck in Face Village, the base camp of the Big Face Cat.

Today's Lian Village has not been invaded by CC.

That is to say.

It is not yet on alert, which is very conducive to infiltration.

"Do you know much about Face Village?"

Lin Xian looked at CC who was sitting on the safe and swinging his legs:

"Have you ever been on a scouting expedition before?"

CC nodded:
"I've been there a few times. Usually at this time, Erzhuzi is patrolling the gate... They also patrol in shifts, and the specific rules are unclear."

"I originally planned to sneak in later in the afternoon, because they would change shifts later in the afternoon. A Zhuang would take over Er Zhuzi's patrol at the door, and then Er Zhuzi and San Pang would continue to use the exhaustive method to crack the safe code."

"A Zhuang's eyesight isn't very good, not as sharp as Er Zhuzi's... I suggest that we go investigate the situation first, but if we want to sneak in, it would be easier to wait for A Zhuang to take over Er Zhuzi's shift."

"Erzhuzi is on duty?"

Lin Xian thought of Cao Zei, the Jinchuriki who was as agile as a bird and as fast as lightning.

If he patrols...

Seems like there's more chance!

"Do not."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"Let's set off now, run fast, and sneak in when Erzhuzi is on patrol."

CC frowned in confusion:
"Did I not speak clearly enough?"

"Erzhuzi is very strong. He is fast and has good eyesight. He can see everything clearly and monitor every move from a long distance."

"Besides, the red tasseled spear in his hand is every inch longer and every inch stronger. It can be called the king of cold weapons. Why do you insist on fighting him head-on?"

Lin Xian stood up from the ground.

Hehe laughs:
"What are you afraid of? Who said we have to fight Erzhuzi head-on? Can't we just outsmart the enemy?"

"I've seen Erzhuzi's skills, he is indeed very strong. But at the same time..."

"Erzhuzi has a fatal weakness."

(End of this chapter)