Did the world end today?

Chapter 106 Time Nonlinearity

Watching the Olympic Games opening ceremony?!
What a niche term.

Lin Xu stared intently into Zhou Yue's eyes on the screen, then asked:
"So in your understanding, it's 2021 now?"

Zhou Yue, sitting opposite him, nodded slowly.

"Yes, isn't that right?"

Lin Xu didn't even know if he was faking it or if his memory was really stuck in 2021.

but.
He mentioned a very important point.

Through.

So is it possible that this was his first experience with a higher dimension?
Lin Xu frowned slightly and continued to ask:
Do you remember how you traveled to Mauritius?

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yue also frowned.

"I don't remember very clearly. I just remember that it was very strange at the time."

"I was watching the men's football team, and I bought some lottery tickets at the time."

"I'm very nervous; I need to keep my eyes glued to the TV."

"But suddenly, the TV picture became blurry."

"I thought I was seeing things because I had been looking at it for too long, so I stood up and rubbed my eyes, thinking I should go wash my face."

"I had barely taken one step when... everything was gone."

"I don't know how to describe it to you, but everything I saw was chaotic."

"There are many complex sounds and many strange images."

Everything is incomprehensible.

"But strangely, I could vaguely sense the direction."

"I drifted in that direction, and then suddenly, I came back to my senses."

"I found myself no longer in the room, and my clothes had completely changed."

"Then I found my phone, my passport, and then..."

"Okay."

Lin Xu interrupted Zhou Yue and then turned off the microphone.

He turned to look at Qin Feng and said:
"Two possibilities."

"Firstly, he's faking it; all his current narratives are lies he's made up."

"Secondly, he wasn't faking it; he really is from 2021."

"If it's the second one, then it's very likely that he experienced a higher dimension for the first time in 2021."

"And this experience transported him to the present, four years in the future."

After Lin Xu finished speaking, Qin Feng nodded slowly.

"Very reasonable"

"Based on the existing clues, it is more reasonable to say that it is not a 'faked' conclusion."

"Honestly, if even we can't find any flaws, if even the Coast Guard can't find any flaws, his ability to counter interrogate is truly beyond human limits."

He paused for a moment at this point.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he quickly gave the order:

“Retrieve all of Zhou Yue’s past records.”

"What I mean is, bring up the entire timeline of your life."

"By 2021!"

"clear."

The scouts, who were already prepared, quickly retrieved the previously compiled results, and even Lin Xu immediately noticed the problem upon seeing them.

Born in 1997, Zhou Yue's life trajectory was unremarkable until he turned 24 in 2021.

Studying, going to school, working, resigning, looking for a new job, being unemployed, getting involved in all sorts of shady businesses, being administratively detained, being released and behaving normally for a while before starting to play the lottery.
This thing is practically a standard downward spiral, representing the typical fate of many second-generation urban poor who are "insufficiently educated" and "have taken the wrong path."

However, starting in 2021, the situation changed abruptly.

His life suddenly began to go uphill; he accumulated a lot of wealth and even seemed to have mastered many skills.

The most typical example is his cyberattack on the FAST telescope workstation in 2024.

Although this only applies to front-end websites,
Is this really something someone who only attended a vocational college and whose major wasn't even related could do?
Prior to today, investigators simply defined such "irrationality" as individual differences.

But now, the situation seems to have changed.

Qin Feng took a deep breath.

Then, he spoke:
"this person"

"Or maybe he suddenly had an epiphany starting in 2021."

"Or he's just a different person."

It's a different person now.

Lin Xu was suddenly startled.

Yes. If Zhou Yue from 2021 were to arrive in 2025, where would Zhou Yue from 2025 be?

He returned to 2021, forming a closed loop?

This explains why he made such rapid progress in those four years, and why he was able to gain a deep understanding of higher-dimensional channels in such a short time, and even premeditatedly use higher-dimensional channels to escape from prison.

But how did he do it?
How did he manage to enter this world with such precision and exchange places with his 2025 self?

He was chasing after pollen.

So this so-called pollen
Is it possible that it's an anchor point we created ourselves?
Damn it.

Jiang Xingye?

She is clearly one of the anchor points.

However, Zhou Yue had previously stated clearly in the world of fitness trackers that "Huafen" is not a specific person, but rather an influence.

That means that the influence exerted on Jiang Xingye can be tracked by Zhou Yue?
Lin Xu had a vague feeling that he was close to figuring out the connection between the three.

He exerted influence on Jiang Xingye through higher-dimensional channels. Zhou Yue tracked this influence and used various higher-dimensional channels to rotate through different worlds. At the same time, each of his rotations had a reverse effect on the world he was in.

No wonder he calls himself a killer bee.

He really is a killer bee that chases butterflies!

Everything about him has become clear.

Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh.

Then, he looked at Qin Feng and said:

"I understand his logic now."

"This Zhou Yue is the same Zhou Yue from our original world."

"He's fine."

"However, between 2021 and 2025, he swapped places with Zhou Yue from other timelines, or rather, other worlds."

"And now, he has foreseen our actions."

"So the 2025 version of him, after entering the higher-dimensional channel from Cameroon, voluntarily broke away."

"He doesn't care about this physical body at all."

"What he wants to preserve is only the information!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Feng was dumbfounded.

"How is that even possible?? You mean he can predict the future??"

"No."

Lin Xu shook his head.

"He is not predicting the future."

"He went a step further."

"Time is non-linear for him; time is a plane."

"That's even more terrifying."

"Do you know what this means?"

Qin Feng remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:
"So, we'll always be meeting him 20 years from now?"

"Yes."

Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh.

"Whether it's 20 years ago or 20 years later, my opponent is always him at his strongest."

"We lost—at least in this world, we lost."

"He escaped, in a way that we cannot yet understand."

"And he may cause us new trouble in the future."

"You must keep a close eye on this Zhou Yue."

"He is both the carrier and the anchor."

"More importantly, perhaps one day we can use him to wipe out all the Zhou Yues from other worlds."

"understand!"

Qin Feng nodded emphatically, while Lin Xu continued:
"I can't wait any longer."

"Butterflies, pollen, and killer bees are strongly correlated."

"Now that the killer bees have appeared, I need to confront the pollen source."

"pollen?"

Qin Feng was slightly puzzled.

"who is it?"

Lin Xu looked at Qin Feng and solemnly replied:

"Jiang Xingye!"

(End of this chapter)