Did the world end today?

Chapter 110 Let's make an appointment by the way

Lin Xu didn't know if he was on the right track, nor did he know if he was doing the right thing.

But now, the entire world of the bracelet has been completely destroyed, and there is nothing behind him.

He could only keep flying towards the distant starry sky, hoping that the laws of "time" would allow him to survive in this starry sky for as long as possible, so as to discover more useful clues about the apocalypse.

The spaceship's speed continued to increase, and through the porthole, Lin Xu saw a huge meteor hurtling towards the spaceship's trajectory.

Its speed was astonishing, as if it were about to crash into us at any moment.

Lin Xu had no choice but to grit his teeth and charge forward.

He was almost prepared to be annihilated by the meteor, but the further the spaceship went, the slower the meteor seemed to slow down.

The rule that objects appear larger when closer and smaller when farther away doesn't seem to apply here.

That shooting star gradually hovered in the vast starry sky.

Everything in the universe seemed to have fallen into stillness.

However, the ship's indicators showed that it was still hurtling forward at top acceleration.

The fuel is about to run out.

Lin Xu turned around and glanced behind him.

There was only darkness and nothingness there.

The sun has long been swallowed up—but if that's the case, where did the light reflected by the meteor in front of us come from?
time.

But as one moves away from the gravitational core, time also gradually expands.

The next second, the light was completely swallowed up.

And that motionless meteor completely disappeared from the universe.

The lights in the cabin seemed to dim for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, everything inside the cabin began to distort.

The skull opposite him cast a long, trailing shadow across its face.

However, Lin Xu could still vaguely see that his mouth was opening and closing.

"Did we escape?"

Lin Xu slowly shook his head.

"Do not."

"We've been caught."

The next second, the skull's entire body slowly dissipated.

It turned into smoke and dust.

Next up was Lin Xu himself.

In the last second before he lost his sight, he looked back.

Everything behind me was completely still.

When the dust particles disintegrated by gravity are suspended in the universe, it resembles a frozen, vibrant watercolor painting.
Lin Xu knew that it wasn't true stillness.

However, the time that happened at my location was happening much faster than the time that happened in the dust.
When Lin Xu opened his eyes again, he was back in his room.

I am still exhausted.

He struggled to sit up, rubbed his slightly sore shoulders, then climbed out of bed and went to the kitchen. He took an ice-cold Coke from the refrigerator and gulped it down, finally feeling a little more alive.

He then returned to his desk and wrote down the clues he had just obtained.

[May 14, 2025, Subei Beishan Project Laboratory, Fourth Nuclear Power Institute, High-Dimensional Passage]

This information was a crucial step in verifying Jiang Xingye's theory about killer bees "musical chairs".

If we can successfully find the high-dimensional passage in the Beishan Project Laboratory and allow Zhou Yue to enter and return from it, it will not only be a major breakthrough in the "killer bee" problem, but also a significant boost to subsequent research institutions' exploration of the core secrets of high-dimensional passages.

He then continued writing down the clues about "butterflies" and "pollen" that he had obtained from Zhou Yue 20 years later.

Killer bees cannot directly observe butterflies or pollen; instead, they infer their presence through the "process of interaction."

In fact, although this clue seemed reasonable, it also really puzzled him.

What is the process of action?

The process of action refers to the pollen, or Jiang Xingye doing something that Zhou Yue noticed was abnormal, or is it simply that her "receiving high-dimensional influence" would leave a clear trace in the eyes of the killer bees?
It's hard to tell.

After all, everything in higher dimensions is far too difficult for humans to understand.

Only pure mathematical theories can describe it relatively clearly—even physics cannot.

Now, Zhou Yue is peering into a higher-dimensional space as a three-dimensional being, so the chaos presented in his description is only to be expected.
Lin Xu frowned slightly. He knew that to find a breakthrough in this matter, it all came down to the experiment he would be conducting at the Beishan Laboratory on the 14th, which was the day after tomorrow.

There's no point in rushing things now.

He then wrote down the third clue.

[Simply relying on spatial movement in three-dimensional space cannot escape the aftermath of the apocalypse, but it is confirmed that spatial movement is a key element in achieving time travel.]

This clue was discovered through his own experiments.

Recalling everything he had seen in the bracelet world, he clearly felt that the further away from the center of gravity, the greater the coefficient of time dilation.

If we can make good use of this "time distortion," we might actually be able to find a way to avoid the apocalypse.
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Wait a minute.

Doesn't this suggest that the planetary reincarnation organization might be correct?
Lin Xu suddenly felt a jolt.

But he quickly realized—I never said the Planetary Reincarnation Organization was wrong! They were indeed pathfinders, but their methods of exploration were rather bizarre.

If they continue with their organizational structure and development methods, humanity probably won't even survive until the end of the world; civilization will have already been wiped out due to infighting.

Therefore, the Planetary Reincarnation Organization must be contained, but the information and technology they possess should not be rejected.

The knife is a good knife; it all depends on who's holding it.
After writing down all the clues, Lin Xu then recorded several technical documents about ultra-long-range manned spacecraft that he had jotted down in his spare time.

This task was much more complicated, and Lin Xu spent a considerable amount of time on it.

But as he wrote, a somewhat absurd thought suddenly popped into his head:

So, if the key node is an ultra-long-range spacecraft, could it be that...
There is a world where humanity attempts to use this thing for ultra-long-distance interstellar travel to escape the center of the disaster and ultimately avoid the apocalyptic fate by utilizing the asymmetry of time in different spaces.

It seems quite possible?
Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

If that were the case, what kind of world would it be?

Starfleet?

Gee.
After he finished copying the last document and put down his pen, a great sense of exhaustion washed over him.

Lying down on the bed, Lin Xu first sent a message to Qin Feng to update him on the intelligence, asking him to arrange the relevant preparations for the Beishan Laboratory. Then, he closed his eyes and fell asleep in 0 seconds.
The first thing Lin Xu did upon opening his eyes the next morning was to turn on the secure machine and check Qin Feng's preparations.

As he expected, Qin Feng had basically arranged everything in one night.

The message he sent was very simple, just a few sentences.

"Beishan Laboratory is ready."

"All non-essential equipment has been removed and all personnel have been evacuated."

"Security personnel are in place, and monitoring equipment is expected to be in place before 6 p.m. on May 13, 2025."

"I have notified the relevant research departments to prepare for support, and Comrade Wang Yifan will lead the team there."

"If there is any other need, we can discuss it when we meet tomorrow."

Lin Xu breathed a long sigh of relief after reading the message.

What is efficiency?

That's what you call efficiency!

In less than ten hours, so many things have already been settled.

It's important to understand that Beishan Laboratory is not some random, unknown laboratory; it's a key laboratory specifically set up to verify fission reactors and the pollutants in nuclear fuel.

Many new fission reactors undergo shock resistance testing here, and the vast majority of nuclear waste is also processed and destroyed here in a closed-loop system.

It could be said that this thing is of a level comparable to a military base at times.

This one incident alone is enough to demonstrate the immense energy that can be unleashed when the authorities begin to mobilize.

And this is just the beginning.

Current official projects and work are still in the cold start stage, and most of the time they can only rely on their own information as a guide, which is suspected of being a matter of being moved only when prompted.

But Lin Xu knew that it wouldn't be long before the information was abundant enough and the cold start was complete, and the self-circulation of this massive machine would start rapidly.

By then, even if I stop intervening, it will continue to operate in an unstoppable way.

Thinking of this, the weight on Lin Xu's heart seemed to lighten a bit.
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With everything arranged, all that's left is to bring Zhou Yue over and start the experiment.

Lin Xu rubbed his eyes, put down the security device, and then took out his phone from under his pillow.

I opened WeChat, and Jiang Xingye's message had been sent quite some time ago.

Good morning!

"Why doesn't Mr. Lin come to work every day? When can I stop coming to work too?"

"We had a project discussion meeting today, and it was full of unfamiliar faces. Holy crap, some big shots have parachuted in!"

"But our previous flight control solution has been approved, so there should be no need for repeated development."

"Star Travel One is progressing very quickly. I saw at their meeting that they said the test flight date has already been set."

"Is this really a project that can be completed in 90 days?"

"Never mind. What should we eat for lunch?"

Lin Xu chuckled to himself.

It seems that no matter what topic Jiang Xingye talks about, it always comes back to "what to eat".

What's going on? Is this also a higher-dimensional influence?
Is there no food on Mars?
He shook his head with amusement, then opened his input method and typed:

"You should still follow up on the Star Travel One project, because I'm not sure if it's part of the milestone, and I don't dare to take the risk."

"Xu Jin and Bai Mo are also still following up on this project."

"I'm going to the company right away. You should finish what you're doing as soon as possible. I need to take you somewhere."

Jiang Xingye replied instantly after the message was sent:
"Where are you going? Is it a date?"

Lin Xu paused briefly, then typed:

"Go to Subei."

"Not a date."

"But if you want to make an appointment, you can do so at the same time."

(End of this chapter)