Genius club

November 2, 1952, 12:37 noon.

In the single-family house on Marshall Street in Princeton, Einstein had not slept all day and night.

Staying up all night to study for more than 24 hours was tantamount to challenging death for his 70-year-old body.

But……

He couldn't stop at all.

In the past 24 hours without sleep or food, he sat motionless at the desk in his study.

The pen that had absorbed ink several times was rustling and writing rapidly, and the scraps of paper used for calculations were flying all over the room. Now, one by one, they are still being thrown up from the desk and falling to the ground.

"Universe...constant..."

Einstein's voice was hoarse and he licked his lips that were peeled from not drinking water for a long time.

He was so excited.

So excited.

I never expected that one day, research that had been proposed and rejected would be picked up again to achieve breakthroughs!

His eyes were burning, staring at the line after line of derivation on the draft paper.

Before witnessing the explosion of the hydrogen bomb yesterday, he had never thought of this line of thinking and this method of derivation.

Now let’s see…

This inference should be correct! The cosmological constant does exist!

Under new ideas.

The process of calculating the cosmological constant was extremely smooth, with almost no lag. The unique beauty of formulas and equations made Einstein very clear... Only the right things can be so beautiful and exquisite.

Unimaginable.

I actually want to calculate the cosmological constant!

"What will be the result of the cosmological constant?"

Wow.

Einstein once again threw away a full piece of scratch paper and continued to deduce on the next piece of paper.

Soon.

Soon.

The equations are becoming more and more concise, and the final results are ready to come out.

What exactly is the cosmological constant?

What's the point?

What unique power does it have?

These problems that have troubled him for half his life...maybe gradually revealed after the specific results are calculated.

Soon.

Soon.

swish swish...

swish swish...

The piece of paper on the table was quickly filled with writing, and in the remaining blank corner, the final equation was extremely concise, and the result could be calculated in the next step.

Einstein was breathing rapidly.

His eyes widened and he couldn't believe it.

"A whole number?"

Although the specific answer has not yet been written, he has already calculated in his mind that the final number of the cosmological constant... is actually an integer!

"No, that's impossible!"

He panicked for a moment.

According to his original inference, the cosmological constant should be an infinitesimal, infinitesimal number that is even negligible on the scale of the entire galaxy.

It should be so small that it approaches 0 infinitely!

But why...

It turns out to be an integer?

"It's not a mistake, is it?"

Einstein shook his head, rejecting the idea for a moment.

All the calculations went so smoothly, just as they should be, so how could they be wrong?

Even if it goes against common sense.

But mathematics is so absolute, this answer cannot be wrong!

Wow.

Einstein threw away the piece of paper full of calculation steps and faced

Lift your pen.

Touch the pen tip to the paper.

With a few rustles, write down the final number of the cosmological constant——

【42】!

Buzz~~~~~~~~~~

The moment the pen tip left the paper, the space behind Einstein suddenly began to ripple; as if a stone was thrown into the water, it became twisted, rippled, and torn, accompanied by a sharp overfrequency buzzing sound!

The next second.

Two small blue electric balls the size of apples, flashing with intense electric sparks, floated out from the cracks, dyeing the entire room with faint blue light!

Einstein noticed something was wrong behind him and turned around suddenly!

However……

It's too late.

One of the small blue electric balls jumped to Einstein's chest with lightning speed, moisturizing everything silently, and just fused into it.

boom…………

Einstein only felt that a singularity exploded in his brain, white light swallowed everything, and everything he saw was nothingness. In an instant, his brain became empty, his limbs lost consciousness, his eyes rolled up, and he lost consciousness.

Plop!

He fell back into his seat, hit his head on the table and the manuscript paper with the number [42] written on it... and passed out, unconscious.

The other small blue electric ball did not pause at all.

As if it was chasing a predetermined target, several straight flashes jumped out of the house and flew straight towards the eastern sky——

…

at the same time.

On the roof of the clock tower of the Williamsburg Savings Bank, Lin Xian leaned against the railing and looked at CC, who was only a few feet away.

Below, at an angle invisible to the two of them.

The huge clock in the clock tower is clicking and turning, the hour hand is moving forward towards 1 o'clock, the minute hand has just passed the number 8 position, and the second hand is doing its duty without stopping and tirelessly, spinning in a circle.

On the open-air platform above the clock, a gust of cold winter wind blew by, ruffling the clothes of Lin Xian and CC.

"Did you lie to me?"

Lin Xian blinked:

"What is it?"

CC clasped her hands behind her back, a little embarrassed:

"Do you still remember... the first time we met, you stole a newspaper from that little black kid and asked me to help you advance the money, but I didn't have any money, so the two of us ran away together?"

Lin Xian nodded:

"Of course I remember. I just came to Brooklyn at that time and I was unfamiliar with the place, so I stole a newspaper to check out the situation."

"But haven't we settled this matter a long time ago? Later, after we made money at the balloon booth, we immediately found the little Hei boy and returned the newspaper money to him. And we gave him a lot more. The child looks quite happy.”

"So... where did you lie to me about this? I don't quite understand. You didn't have a penny on you at the time, so naturally you couldn't help me pay for the newspaper, so the two of us had no choice but to run away. "

CC pursed her lips.

He raised his head and looked into Lin Xian's eyes:

"This is what I want to apologize for, Lin Xian. I'm sorry that I lied at that time, actually..."

"[I had money on me, but I just didn't want to take it out at the time.]"

There was a pause.

She continued:

"When the grandmother in the orphanage passed away, I already expected that the orphanage would close down and the children would be kicked out."

"She knows very well that there should be many people willing to adopt those younger children. After all, they will still have feelings if they are raised from a young age. But... a teenager like me will basically not have a normal family. If you are willing to adopt, the only way to go is to live on the streets.”

"Grandma was very worried about us older children. Before she passed away, she called us one by one to the bedside and told us a lot of things. She told us to pay attention to safety, be careful of bad people, know how to distinguish right from wrong, be friendly, and not go down the wrong path."

"At the very end...she gave each of us [20 US dollars], which was the last money she had. She said that the war took away her husband and children, and she would not take anything with her when she left. I’m just worried that we’ll starve to death on the streets in the future.”

"These 20 US dollars are the last inheritance left by grandma to us older children; grandma told us that this is the last thing she can do to help us... She also warned us several times that this 20 US dollars is not a last resort. Never use it, this is the [life-saving money] she left for us.”

"Over the years, I have been sewing this 20 US dollar knife into my underwear pocket, and I have never dared to use it; no matter how hungry, difficult, or difficult it is... I have never been willing to use this 20 US dollar knife, and I have never even thought about using it. I didn’t dare to think about it.”

"Over the years, although I don't know what is considered a last resort and when I can use this money... I just don't dare to use it. These 20 US dollars are more important to me than my life."

CC stood on tiptoes and took a step forward.

The distance is closer to Lin Xian.

The voice became very soft:

"So...Lin Xian, when we first met that day, I did lie to you; I was obviously rich, and I could take out a piece of change to help you pay for the newspaper; but...I was not willing to take it out. ”

"This is also something I have been ashamed and regretful about these days. You have done so much for me, been so kind to me, taken good care of me, and fulfilled all my wishes."

"In fact, the moment you got the money, all you thought about was me, and almost all the money was spent on me. But I..."

CC pursed her lips and lowered her head:

"But I was not even willing to lend you two cents. I felt really guilty."

Listen.

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

It turns out that's all...

It made him nervous and nervous:

"What's this?"

Lin Xian chuckled:

"This kind of trivial matter is not worth mentioning at all, and I understand your behavior very well. On October 28, we just met. We didn't even know each other. We were complete strangers."

"You are not Jesus or the Virgin Mary, so why should you use the life-saving money that the old lady left you to help me? This in itself is unreasonable."

"Now that we are familiar with each other and are friends, of course we should help each other; but if you put it in the situation at that time, I was just a thief who stole newspapers, and no one would take their own money. Help me."

"Don't say it's you. Even if I think about it from my perspective, if I encounter such a thing, it must be nothing to do with me... So you have nothing to feel guilty about. CC, you were able to take me to escape, and you were willing to Thank you very much for taking me to the church soup kitchen."

CC was unwilling to take money to help him out, and Lin Xian certainly understood.

This poor Brooklyn girl calculated everything carefully and considered cost-effectiveness in everything she did. She even wished she could break a penny in half and spend it.

She was unwilling to take out the life-saving money given by her grandmother to help herself out. Why was she wrong?

"That's what I said..."

Hearing that Lin Xian didn't seem to blame himself, CC's tone became much more relaxed, and a familiar smile appeared on his face again:

"But you are so kind to me, I must repay you!"

"Even if you don't blame me for the newspaper money, I can't accept your kindness with peace of mind and take it for granted. So...this morning, I deliberately didn't go to the fireworks shop owner with you."

"After you left the hotel, I immediately got up, washed up, and went to the Brooklyn Heights Commercial Street."

"Where are you going and what are you doing?" Lin Xian was puzzled.

CC chuckled.

Stepping forward again, the distance between her eyes and Lin Xian's eyes was only half a meter:

"When you took me to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, didn't you look at the window of the watch store for a long time? You said at that time that you needed a watch very much, and you also said that all you used to wear were Rolexes."

"Now that you are getting richer and richer, you can have anything you want. I think the only way I can repay you, and what you lack most now, is to give you a watch."

CC, who had been holding her hands behind her back, finally turned her hands in front of her.

In her delicate right hand, she held a white square gift box; then she held the edge of the gift box with both hands and handed it to Lin Xian's chest:

"I'm sorry, I can't afford a Rolex. The money I have... is only enough to buy this cheapest watch."

Lin Xian looked at the small gift box in front of him.

Holding my breath, speechless.

$20...

He clearly remembered that the cheapest watch in that watch store cost exactly $20.

20 US dollars is all CC has. It is the life-saving money left by the old lady to CC.

Now, CC spent all of it without hesitation and bought it as a watch for himself.

Lin Xian stretched out his hand forward, his arms shaking a little.

Even though the money in the suitcase now allows him to buy a hundred Rolex and the most expensive watch in the world, it is far less heavy than the $20 watch in front of him.

"Huh?"

CC looked behind Lin Xian and suddenly opened his eyes:

"What's that?"

She blinked.

That’s right.

There is a small blue ball of light, like a cannonball, flying towards this side quickly.

So fast!

He rushed behind Lin Xian in the blink of an eye!

"Um?"

Lin Xian was stunned and wanted to turn around and look back——

"Lin Xian, be careful!"

CC was shocked!

Seeing that the small blue electric ball was about to hit Lin Xian, she used all her strength to knock Lin Xian aside, and used her body to block the "blue cannonball" for Lin Xian!

"CC!"

Lin Xian shouted.

He saw it with his own eyes.

That's a space-time particle!

A space-time particle that sparkles with intense electric flowers, blooms with faint blue light, and possesses activity and energy at the same time!

[I saw the space-time particle grazing his ear as he fell, and then was intercepted by CC who rushed forward in an instant, and sank directly into CC's body! 】

In an instant.

CC's body became blue and transparent, almost blending into the blue sky.

"CC!"

Lin Xian quickly got up from the ground and wanted to support CC.

But.

CC's whole body became nothing, no matter how he waved his arms, he couldn't touch CC at all! It was as if the girl in front of me was like air!

The almost transparent CC looked at Lin Xian in shock:

"Lin Xian, you...your eyes!"

Lin Xian quickly turned to the glass next to him and looked at himself stunned in the reflection.

blue.

His originally black pupils turned into bright blue in the blink of an eye! The light in the pupils is like a river of stars! Exactly the same as the oriole’s eyes!

at the same time……

The shape of his face is also changing rapidly.

The cheekbones began to bulge, the pointed face turned into a square face, the bridge of the nose became steep, and the eye sockets gradually sunken.

Time and space are exclusive!

Time and space exclusion appears!

The laws of time and space, space-time particles, thousand-year stakes, blue eyes... Lin Xian instantly realized what was happening!

"CC!!"

He immediately turned his head.

But I saw...

Swish——

Swish——

Swish——

CC's nearly transparent body instantly turned into large clusters of stardust, scattered in the wind like loose sand, and flew away with the wind.

Lin Xian knelt down and grabbed several times, but couldn't catch anything. He just watched helplessly as the stardust floated into the distance and dissipated in the air...

Boom.

The white gift box containing the $20 watch fell to the ground and bounced open, and the watch inside also popped out.

Lin Xian lowered his head and looked at the slightly rough dial.

The hour hand, minute hand, and second hand interweave together to create a familiar time point——

12:42

Converted to Jackie Chan time, it happens to be [00:42]

"ah……"

Lin Xian's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart, and he clenched his fists.

He found that inside the small white gift box containing the watch, there was also a piece of handwritten paper with black writing on it.

The heartbeat is very fast and the mind is confused.

Lin Xian endured the emotional shock in his heart, picked up the handwriting paper, unfolded it, and looked at the beautiful fonts on it:

[Daylight saving time will end starting tomorrow, remember to set your watch back one hour~]

Boom.

Lin Xian punched the ground.

He held his head, closed his eyes, and felt cold all over.

He could see clearly...

The space-time particle that turned CC into blue stardust and dissipated was not directed at CC at all!

If CC hadn't pushed him away, the space-time particle would have definitely hit him!

"That is to say..."

Lin Xian's voice trembled.

He discovered that the current voice was no longer his original voice. While the time and space rejection caused his appearance to change, it also made his voice completely unfamiliar:

"The person who should have been hit by that space-time particle, who should have been turned into a millennium pile, who should have been turned into blue stardust and dissipated..."

Lin Xian gritted his teeth and took a deep breath:

"It's me."