Genius Club.

Chapter 518 Newton (Thanks to Xiaoyu Qi Zihua for the reward!)

Einstein propped himself up on the chair with his skinny arms and stood up:
"Rhine..."

His voice trembled.

The whole body is shaking.

"Do not……"

He pinched the "Sad Einstein" mask on his face with his right hand, slowly lifted it up and let it fall.

It was a face that Lin Xian was extremely familiar with.

Just now, 300 years ago, in 1952, he had met several times the most famous and great physicist in history -

Albert Einstein.

He really is immortal.

Time stopped for him.

Whether it's his appearance, his hair, or even the wrinkles on his face... they are all exactly the same as the old man in his seventies in 1952, without any difference.

before this.

No one could have guessed that beneath Einstein's mask, there was actually Einstein!
This is an extremely brilliant conspiracy.

at the same time……

It can also hide his bright blue eyes and not attract any extra attention.

at this time.

The pair of blue eyes that transcended time, stared at Lin Xian across a carpet of more than ten meters, across 300 years of time. His lips trembled in shock, and an incredible voice came out hoarsely:

"Douglas?"

Lin Xian nodded.

Smile slightly:
"Einstein, long time no see."

"I told you I would come back to get my watch back. Did you...keep it safe for me?"

Einstein bit his lip, covered his eyes with his hands, and fell back into his chair.

Lin Xian couldn't see his expression.

But I can feel...

【Einstein, it’s painful. 】

Compared to the excitement, nostalgia, relief, and joy of reunion... there is more pain.

Why was this great man suffering?

perhaps.

During these 300 years, Einstein was extremely looking forward to meeting Douglas again, but also extremely afraid of meeting him again.

Back in 1952, he did not see a future in which he would meet Douglas again; but Douglas insisted that there would be a day when they would meet again...

[In a contradictory future, one of them must be false. ]

in case.

all of these.

Everything he saw was fake... So what had he been doing all this time?
"No, Douglas, this is not right."

Einstein looked up.

The bright blue pupils are filled with melancholy:

"You were also hit by the space-time particles, but why... did your eyes turn back to black?"

Lin Xian shook his head:
"Remember the last question I asked you at the Genius Club gathering? I originally thought you were lying, but now it seems... you are not lying, but you simply cannot see that period of history."

"In 1952, there was indeed a girl who turned into blue stardust and disappeared; the other space-time particle did not hit me, but hit the girl; you can see the entire future, then it should be clear that I just came back from 1952 in a time-space shuttle."

"That's the reason. The history that you didn't see because you were in a coma seriously misled your judgment. Douglas was not an indigenous person in 1952, but a time traveler, that is... me."

"My blue eyes were not hit by space-time particles like yours, but were affected by space-time rejection. You are so smart, standing at the top of human IQ. After what I have said, you should have figured out a lot of things, right?"

……

Listening to the words of Lin Xian and old friend Douglas.

Einstein closed his eyes.

Lower your head.

Like a child who made a mistake.

Over the years, these 300 years, he has been looking forward to his reunion with Douglas all the time.

But no matter how many times the world line and future trajectory changed, there was never any shadow of Douglas in the future he could see.

It was as if this good friend had disappeared from the face of the earth and had never existed.

But he never gave up.

Just as Lin Xian said just now, he has renovated the farm on the ground many times, and each time he has strictly reproduced it according to the appearance when Douglas left in 1952, and he has ensured that every fence and every brick and tile are perfectly restored.

The purpose of doing this... is to worry that one day Douglas will not be able to find him and will get lost in the ever-changing Brooklyn.

Including the layout of each house, the location of the simple elevator, and even the scenery of the nearby roads, everything is like an old-fashioned movie, forever stuck in 1952.

Einstein knew clearly what it would mean if Douglas really appeared in front of him one day.

Just like today.

Lin Xian told him the invisible history and came back to get the watch back in the identity of Douglas.

Everything is self-evident.

"I've kept your watch very well for you."

Einstein sat in the dark wooden chair without getting up; he raised his weak arm and pointed to the oven on the table in the corner:
"I admit, Douglas, I didn't expect that you would come to retrieve the watch... But I never break my promise, even if I can't see this scene, I still keep my promise."

Lin Xian walked forward.

Looking at the oven that is covered in dust but still looks brand new.

This feeling is very strange.

This oven is very old in style and looks very old. The dust on it also shows that it has been here for a long time.

But why... is it still so new?

With doubts.

Lin Xian opened the not very big oven——

A fierce blue light shone on his face.

I saw...

There is a space-time particle suspended in the center of the oven!
This device looks like an oven, but it is actually also a space-time particle capturer; it has the same function as Liu Feng's rice cooker and Jask's small refrigerator.

He bent down and looked inside the oven.

Since this space-time particle is bound, it must be inactive, but the intense blue electric sparks on it show that it still contains energy.

I never thought that Einstein also had a space-time particle; I don’t know when he obtained it, but judging from the shape of the oven, it should be earlier than Liu Feng’s and Jask’s.

Because this space-time particle is in an "inactive but energetic" state, it cannot be detected using detectors or observatories.

Looking at it this way...

[No one is sure how many space-time particles exist on Earth, it’s just that they cannot be detected. ]

Simultaneously.

Lin Xian also noticed that in addition to the space-time particle, there was also a small white square gift box inside the oven.

It was the watch that the first generation CC bought for himself with all his belongings.

But the problem is that this little gift box is too “new”.

What kind of paper box can last 300 years without decaying?

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

Won't……

Is this also a "Theseus watch"?

He didn't want this kind of result. Even if the watch inside was rusted into a pool of black water, Lin Xian would still cherish it.

He just wanted the original $20 watch. It didn't matter whether it was intact or damaged, he just wanted the original one.

As if seeing Lin Xian's concerns, Einstein with blue eyes sitting on the black wooden chair said slowly:
"Don't worry, Douglas. This is one of the characteristics of ordinary space-time particles. As long as there is energy, it can keep the surrounding area in a [time-stopped state]."

"This is a small area, roughly the size of an oven, so I am not lying to you... I have indeed kept your watch in good condition and it is as new as ever; this watch is just as precious to me."

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Xian didn’t know this piece of knowledge before.

Because his ordinary space-time particle had always been kept in the safe of Tam Bank and had never been opened for confirmation.

Since there was indeed no problem with the watch, Lin Xian was not in a hurry to take it out and have a look. The most urgent priority... was to solve Einstein's problem first.

He closed the oven door.

Turning to Einstein:

"Einstein, tell me, what kind of future have you seen before?"

Einstein looked sad:

"In the futures I have seen, humans will destroy themselves due to various reasons... Without exception, they all stem from self-destruction; or they will gain control of uncontrollable forces, or some huge engineering projects will go out of control."

"I tried my best to avoid all this, to change all this... Together with the geniuses of the Genius Club, I could never find the most perfect future. Every world line ended with the self-destruction of mankind."

"Except for this world line. This world line is the most perfect world line. Humanity is unprecedentedly united, technology is unprecedentedly developed, and thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions of years later... human civilization will still thrive in the universe."

Speaking of which.

Einstein's voice became weaker.

The moment he saw Lin Xian, he already understood the answer:

"[Douglas, am I... seeing this wrong?]"

Lin Xian didn't say anything.

He understands.

The truth is so cruel for this old man who intended to save the future but was instead used by others to seal his future...

"I'm not sure."

Lin Xian said tactfully:

"I need to ask you a few questions to confirm."

He looked up and asked his first question:
"What is the cosmological constant 42?"

however……

Einstein shook his head:
"I do not know."

He said in a low voice:
"The closest I ever came to it was when I calculated 42. I just calculated the result, but I had no idea what 42 meant or what it was used for."

"I even couldn't understand why this constant, which should be infinitesimally small, was actually an integer?"

"Since then, for nearly 300 years, I have not made any breakthroughs in my research on the cosmological constant. But what is certain is that the cosmological constant——"

Suddenly, Einstein seemed to be muted, as if a pair of invisible hands grabbed his throat, making him unable to make a sound!
He staggered and nearly fell off his seat.

Eyes wide open, breathing heavily:

"How...how could it be...I..."

【Forced avoidance】

In this scene, neither Lin Xian nor Einstein expected that forced avoidance would actually happen to Einstein!

Einstein gritted his teeth, sweat beads on his forehead, and looked at Lin Xian:

"42————"

The same silence again.

It's like a phone call that is suddenly hung up, a mobile phone that is put on silent mode, or a network that is suddenly disconnected.

puff.

Einstein felt completely powerless, fell forward, and fell to the ground.

"Einstein!"

Lin Xian hurried forward and tried to help Einstein up.

But found...

transparent.

transparent!

Einstein's body became transparent!

Just like... the yellow bird that triggered the forced avoidance!
Einstein understood everything in an instant.

I feel so much pain inside.

Tears oozed from the corners of his eyes as he coughed violently; large clumps of blue stardust fell from his body as his body twitched.

But he still didn't give up.

He forced his eyes open, his pupils with a faint blue light, almost without any light, stared at Lin Xian closely, and said weakly:
"The white light of annihilation you mentioned... the thousand-year-old girl... I can't see any of it... I can only see——"

There was another abrupt silence.

Einstein, speechless.

His body also became as thin as a cicada's wing, and Lin Xian could hardly feel his weight as he supported him:
"No, Einstein, please don't say anything yet."

Lin Xian is too familiar with this scene... Don't trigger the forced avoidance forcibly, otherwise, the only outcome will be the inevitable dissipation.

Although many things are still unclear.

But Lin Xian could understand Einstein's difficulties, could understand that Einstein was a victim, could understand Einstein's kind heart and his fate of being cruelly manipulated:
"Don't say anything more. Wait a minute. We'll think of a solution later."

Lin Xian wanted to dissuade Einstein.

But he had no choice but to see... this old man who had been immortal for hundreds of years was now in tears and filled with regret.

Tears slid down his wrinkled face and turned into blue stardust and dissipated before they fell to the ground.

At this moment, Einstein understood everything.

He was deceived.

Not only that……

[He was used, induced, and did many irreparable mistakes... He is not the savior of the world and the future, but rather, the sinner of human civilization! ]

He was already extremely weak.

Still struggling to get up, he crawled to the side of the black wooden chair and pressed a button...

Bang.

There was a muffled sound as the current was connected.

The surrounding computers, screens, and servers began to flicker, as if something was being activated.

Einstein finally turned over and lay on the ground helplessly...

This was the last thing he could do, his last help to Douglas, and his last hope to save everything.

He looked at Lin Xian weakly and absently, the blue light in his eyes completely dimmed:
"I'm sorry...for everything..."

wow——

wow——

wow——

The only color left by Einstein turned into a ball of blue on the floor, shattered into stardust, drifted in the air, and disappeared...

Lin Xian squatted there in a daze.

All this happened too fast and too unexpectedly.

Before he could ask anything, Einstein disappeared due to forced avoidance.

There is definitely some conspiracy behind this.

Someone must have deliberately created all this!
Stand up.

Looking at the flashing network servers around.

This was the last clue Einstein left for him.

At the end of his life, Einstein struggled with his last bit of strength to start this program. There must be... there must be a purpose for him, there must be something he wanted to tell himself!

beep.

After two soft sounds.

All surrounding machines became stable.

Afterwards, countless holographic lasers shone down, using the air and walls as a screen, allowing the virtual images to shine into reality.

The originally dark and simple underground shelter disappeared, and colorful lights were spread, rendering the entire underground space into a golden palace.

【Genius Club Party Scene! 】

Lin Xian looked around at this familiar hall...

He knew that all of this was virtual imaging, similar to the naked-eye 3D effect, and it was not a new technology. It had been realized in the early 21st century.

only.

After 200 years of development, the technology has become more and more mature, and it is no longer necessary to wear VR helmets and VR glasses to achieve the effect of naked-eye virtual reality.

"But what's the point of this?"

Lin Xian looked at the eight black wooden chairs below.

Four on the left and four on the right, there once sat eight geniuses from different countries with different ideals and beliefs.

no doubt.

At this moment, the gathering of the Genius Club, which had been stopped for more than 200 years, started again.

Without Einstein,

No notification,

It's not yet the meeting time of 00:42.

Really...will anyone still come to the meeting?
Lin Xian looked towards the roof of the luxurious crystal chandelier and found that there were also several laser beams shining on his face, outlining a Rhine cat mask.

And these high-tech lasers will move as his body and head move, always keeping the virtual Rhine cat mask on his face.

Now, he is the 9th member of the genius club, NO.9 Rhine.

only……

What's the point of having a party with only him attending?

Lin Xian did not return to his own seat at the far right and back, but turned around and sat in seat No. 1 that belonged to Einstein.

sit down.

look steadily forward.

Facing the brown double doors at the end of the carpet.

“No one will come to the meeting.”

he said softly.

Copernicus, Leonardo da Vinci, Gauss, and Turing are all dead.

President Einstein also disappeared.

Newton, Galileo, and Jask are still alive, but if you suddenly turn on the party system without any notice... no one will come.

squeak-

Just when Lin Xian made this conclusion.

In front, the brown double doors were suddenly pushed open by a pair of strong arms...

Lin Xian raised his head.

I saw a young man wearing a Newton mask push the door and stride in.

It’s [NO.3 Newton]!
"Hahahahahaha..."

The young man wearing the Newton mask laughed loudly, and walked slowly on the carpet while looking at Lin Xian and clapping:
"I never thought that the Genius Club would get together again one day! Einstein never makes mistakes, so... since something beyond his predictions has occurred, there is probably only one possibility."

"Rhine, where is Einstein? And why are you sitting in Einstein's seat?"

Lin Xian let out a breath.

Looking at the old naughty boy Newton through the virtual Rhine Cat mask:
"Einstein has left this world."

"Oh?"

Newton walked on the cashmere stalls, his tone was not surprising:
"It seems that it is just as I guessed. Einstein died, and someone took his place and restarted the Genius Club."

"So... Rhine, is it you? You found Einstein, killed him, and are going to become the president of the new genius club?"

Lin Xian sat upright on the high platform.

Shake your head:
"I have absolutely no such idea."

"Hahaha, yeah, but...then why are you still sitting in Einstein's seat?"

Newton spread his hands:
"But it doesn't matter. In this case, I'll take this rare opportunity to change my position."

talking.

Newton changed direction and did not go to the seat No. 3 which originally belonged to him, but went to the opposite side... the seat No. 2 which belonged to his old rival, the tit-for-tat and long-time enemy Copernicus.

After he sat down.

He took off the mask with Newton's portrait on it and threw it on the chair opposite.

thump.

The mask hit seat number three, bounced twice, and fell to the ground.

Newton wiped his hair and pushed it back.

Then he crossed his legs and looked at the young man on the platform with a smile:
"Let's get to know each other again, Lin Xian."

"From now on you can call me... [Copernicus]!"

(End of this chapter)