Genius club

"Sir, have you finished watching the movie? How do you feel?"

Private cinema hall.

When the waiter saw Lin Xian coming from the room, he stood up and greeted him warmly.

"Well enough."

Lin Xian replied:

"I watched it a long time ago. I suddenly remembered it today and watched it again."

"Then you must be a fan of science fiction too! Let me show you something!"

The waiter smiled and took out a poster from under the counter. On it was a hodgepodge of famous characters from various science fiction movies, with a lot of elements.

And on the background of the entire poster... there is a large, dark blue 42 written on it.

"Want to give it to me? Your service is really good, thank you." Lin Xian asked.

"How... how is it possible!" The little brother hurriedly folded the poster:

"This is a treasure! I just bought it at the Donghai Exhibition Hall yesterday."

Lin Xian tilted his head:

"The Donghai Exhibition Hall still sells this thing?"

"That's right." The little brother put the poster down, raised his head and said with a smile:

"To tell you the truth...I am also a science fiction fan. My favorite movie is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!"

It’s rare to meet a friend of mine. The waiter looked very excited:

"Since you came here specifically to watch Adams' movie...you must be a hardcore science fiction fan, right? Generally, people who come here to watch movies tend to order more romantic movies, funny movies, or some Hollywood blockbusters. "

"There are very few people like you who watch old science fiction movies like this, almost none. If you really like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", you really should go to the East China Sea Exhibition Hall to watch it."

"The World Exhibition of Excellent Science Fiction Works is currently being held there. There are many precious materials and first-edition manuscripts of famous works, including some manuscripts and creative notes of Mr. Adams, the author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," which are also on display there."

Um?

The young man's words successfully attracted Lin Xian's attention.

"Douglas Adams' manuscript? About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?"

"That's right!" The little brother looked at the date on his phone:

"Tomorrow is the last day of the exhibition. If you want to go, hurry up."

"Is there an explanation for 42?" Lin Xian asked.

"Haha, how could that be possible?" The little brother chuckled:

"The number 42 was obviously made up by Adams to pretend to be mysterious. It was purely a bad joke for the sake of plot twist and had no deep meaning at all."

"As you know... it became a popular science fiction meme because it was too mysterious. The main story of the Marvel movie takes place in the parallel universe No. 42, and the great inventor's lines in "League of Legends" also have the meme 42. ”

"By the way, it seems that there will be a movie "Spider-Man 2: Across the Universe" released in June this year. The mysterious spider that bit the protagonist in it seems to have traveled from universe 42. The number 42 is written on the back of the spider. Character."

"Anyway, everyone is just joking, and it has no practical significance at all. The author Adams himself has answered this question many times."

Lin Xian nodded.

It can be seen that this guy is indeed a die-hard science fiction movie fan. When it comes to various science fiction movies, there are countless treasures. He must like this job very much. …. .

"Thank you for the reminder. I will go if I have time."

"Since you like watching movies so much, get a membership card, buddy! Come here often in the future!"

"Definitely next time."

…

Get out of the mall and get outdoors.

Lin Xian looked up at the noon sun.

The stars move, the sun and the moon rotate.

It's a pity that the dream world and the future world 600 years later... are forever fixed on August 28, 2624.

There is no movement of stars, no rotation of sun and moon. Time never flows, it is forever imprisoned in this day. Destroyed on time at 00:42 minutes.

42 again.

Why is it always 42?

When I wasn't aware of it before, I didn't seem to realize there were so many 42s around me. But since I saw the strange phenomenon in the room of the big-faced cat’s father, and after knowing clearly that the cosmological constant is 42...

I feel like I have been surrounded by 42 for a long time.

“I feel like it’s still necessary to go to the East China Sea Exhibition Hall to see Douglas Adams’ manuscript when he was writing The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

Lin Xian knew it very well.

The guy who is a fan of science fiction movies just now was talking about Universe No. 42 in Marvel movies, Parallel Time No. 42 in Spider-Man, and the number 42 in the lines of the great inventor in "League of Legends"...

The number 42 in these film, television and game works are all jokes without any meaning. They are all playing on the jokes of "42" in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

but.

Douglas Adams wrote the number 42 when he wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"...

[Lin Xian felt that he was definitely not joking. 】

Because this meme was created by himself, who else can he use to make fun of it?

Obviously there are so many numbers that can be set at will.

Why did Adams choose the number 42?

Lin Xian feels this is worth it--\u003e\u003e

Suspect.

is it possible……

Did he hear 42 somewhere?

Or have you seen 42?

Or maybe he has been in contact with the genius club and knows about 42?

"I always feel like things won't be that simple, so let's go take a look."

Lin Xian reached out to stop a taxi and headed to the Donghai City Exhibition Hall.

…

Donghai Exhibition Hall, also known as Donghai Exhibition Center, is a very majestic group building with a very large area, a very long history.

It was built in 1955 and is one of the representative buildings in Donghai City. It was also the first large-scale building built in Donghai City in the 1950s. Like the Imperial Capital Exhibition Hall, it has a Russian classical architectural style.

Many international events have been held here and many great historical events have been witnessed.

When no important events are held, the various exhibition halls here will be rented out for various social activities.

Lin Xian had never been here before, and he was a little confused when he got off the car.

There are actually more than 40 large exhibition halls here, and most of them are holding events.

After some effort, Lin Xian finally found the exhibition hall that the private cinema attendant mentioned -

"World Excellent Science Fiction Expo"

Today is a working day, so there are not many people inside. Especially compared with other exhibition halls that we just passed by, there are even fewer tourists here.

Perhaps the audience for science fiction works... is still a bit small in China at present. …. .

Lin Xian looked at the index at the door and walked directly into the exhibition hall.

have to say.

The content of the exhibition inside is still very rich.

Many familiar science fiction works have special exhibition areas inside, including set collections, original films, shooting props, precious materials and images, etc... It is really a carnival for science fiction lovers.

There were many young boys inside shouting excitedly, presumably because they saw something they liked.

There are a few girls here and there, but most of them come with their boyfriends and are not interested in these science fiction works.

After going around several aisles, we finally arrived at the exhibition area for "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Compared with the previous IPs that are hot this year, this area is pitifully small.

After all, this movie is really not that popular.

That is to say, the 42 meme is relatively out of the circle.

Lin Xian went straight to the glass cabinet where the manuscript of author Douglas Adams was placed.

There are a lot of precious materials placed inside, and there are bound copies on the glass cabinet for reading.

Although the handwritten notes inside are all in English, Lin Xian's English level is pretty good and he can generally understand them.

After all, Adams is just a science fiction writer, not a scientist, so there is no professional vocabulary in the manuscript notes, which is easy to understand.

The contents of the manuscript are very interesting.

Just like Lin Xian's intuitive impression of Adams, he is a man with interesting thoughts and great imagination.

Soon, he found the manuscript record about the setting of "42".

Douglas Adams’s explanation is unremarkable…

He said generously that this was the number he randomly thought of [subconsciously]:

"I can't explain clearly. When I was writing the short story in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", the number 42 suddenly came to mind."

"This number has no special meaning to me, or even to anything. But this is the first number that comes to my mind subconsciously..."

"It's hard for me to describe that feeling. When I was creating this stage of the story, I was also thinking about what answer the supercomputer would give that would be the most dramatic, reversal, and convincing to the audience and allow everyone to accept it. Is this [the ultimate answer to the universe, life and everything in the world]?”

"When I thought of this idea... the first number that came to my mind was 42. I thought it was good, so I just wrote it down."

…

Judging from the description of this manuscript, the author Adams himself actually came up with the number 42 as the end of the plot of the unit play in a flash of inspiration and the creative need for reversal.

but……

Lin Xian still captured a key word very keenly——

【subconscious】.

He inexplicably remembered Gao Yang's boastful remarks:

"Do you understand the subconscious mind? Usually you are not aware of its existence at all, but it always affects your behavior, emotions, and...dreams in some subtle way!"

"Many times, you turn around and forget about the things you see and hear. But have you really forgotten? Actually, no! Your subconscious still remembers it for you. This is the feeling of deja vu and déjà vu that often occurs in life. feel."

…

Snapped.

Lin Xian closed the copy of the manuscript in his hand and placed it on the glass cabinet.

He looked up at the photo of Douglas Adams during his lifetime on the wall...

If we say that Adams really thought of the number 42 from his subconscious mind for the first time, as the ultimate answer to the universe, life and everything in the world.

So according to "Gaoyang Psychology":

"It is very possible that Adams himself actually heard about the cosmological constant 42 somewhere."

If so.

That means that the genius club has existed in the long history, perhaps longer than I thought before...

--\u003e\u003e

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

There seems to be a long, rolling river flowing eastward in my mind.

Its end point is at 00:42 on August 29, 2624.

So……

Where is it?

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