Genius club

Einstein's skinny arms supported the chair and stood up:

"Rhine..."

His voice trembled.

The whole body is shaking.

"No……"

He held the "Sad Einstein" mask on his face with his right hand, slowly lifted it up and then dropped it.

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

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

Albert Einstein.

He really is immortal.

Time stopped for him.

No matter the appearance, hair, or even the wrinkles on his face... they are exactly the same as the ancient old man in 1952, exactly the same.

Before that.

No one would have guessed that under the Einstein mask, it was really Einstein!

This is an extremely clever conspiracy.

at the same time……

You can also hide his bright blue eyes so as not to attract unnecessary attention.

at this time.

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

"Douglas?"

Lin Xian nodded.

Smile slightly:

"Einstein, long time no see."

"I said, I will definitely come to you to get my watch back. Did you... keep it safe for me?"

Einstein bit his lip, covered his eyes with his palms, and fell back on his chair again.

Lin Xian couldn't see his expression.

But I can feel it...

[Einstein, it’s painful. 】

Rather than excitement, nostalgia, relief, and joy of reunion... there is more pain.

Why is this great man suffering?

perhaps.

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

Back in 1952, he did not see the future of reuniting with Douglas; but at that time Douglas insisted that there would be a day when they would meet again...

[One of the contradictory futures must be false. 】

if.

All this.

Everything he saw was fake... So what was he doing all this time?

"No, Douglas, this isn't right."

Einstein looked up.

The bright blue pupils are full of melancholy:

"Obviously you were also hit by space-time particles, but why...your eyes turned black again?"

Lin Xian shook his head:

"Do you still remember the last question I asked you at the Genius Club gathering? I originally thought you were lying, but looking at it now... you didn't lie, but you couldn't see that history at all."

"In 1952, a girl did turn into blue stardust and disappeared; another space-time particle did not hit me, but hit the girl; if you can see everything in the future, it should be clear that I just Take a time shuttle back from 1952."

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

"My blue eyes were not hit by space-time particles like yours, but due to the impact of space-time rejection. You are so smart and stand at the top of human IQ. Let me put my words here, You should have figured out a lot of things, right?"

…

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

Einstein closed his eyes.

Lower your head.

Like a child who made a mistake.

Over the past 300 years, he has been looking forward to meeting Douglas again.

But despite the world line and future trajectory changing several times, there was never a shadow of Douglas in the future he could see.

It was as if this friend had vanished from the world and never existed.

But he never gave up.

As Lin Xian said just now, he has repaired the farm on the ground many times, each time strictly replicating it as it looked when Douglas left it in 1952, and ensuring that every fence and brick is perfectly restored.

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

Including the layout of each house, the location of the simple elevators, and even the scenery of the nearby roads, they are all just like old-time movies, always 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 to get the watch back as Douglas.

Everything is self-evident.

"I kept your watch very well for you."

Einstein sat on the black 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 you would come to get the watch back...but I never break my promise. Even if I can't see this scene, I still keep my promise."

Lin Xian stepped forward.

The oven looked dusty but still brand new.

This feeling is very strange.

The style of this oven is very old, and it looks very old at first glance, and the dust on it also shows that it has been here for a long time.

But why... is it still so brand new?

With doubts.

Lin Xian opened the not very big oven——

A fierce blue light shone on his face.

I saw...

In the oven, there was a space-time particle suspended in the middle!

This device, which looks like an oven, is actually a space-time particle capturer; it is similar to Liu Feng's rice cooker and Jask's small refrigerator.

He bent down and looked into the oven.

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

I didn't expect that Einstein also had a space-time particle; I don't know when he obtained it, but judging from the style of the oven, it should be earlier than Liu Feng's and Jask's.

Because this space-time particle is in a "non-active and energetic" state, it cannot be detected by detectors and observatories.

So...

[No one is sure how many space-time particles exist on Earth, but they can't be detected. 】

At the same time.

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 was that this small gift box was too "new".

What kind of paper box could last for 300 years without decaying?

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

No way...

Is this also a "Theseus watch"?

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

He only 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, the blue-eyed Einstein on the black wooden chair slowly said:

"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 small range [time stopped state]."

"This range is very small, roughly the size of an oven, so I didn't lie to you... I did keep your watch very well and it is as new as new; this watch is equally precious to me."

Is that so.

Lin Xian didn't know this knowledge point before.

Because his ordinary space-time particle has always been in the safe of Tam Bank and has never been opened to confirm.

Since the watch is indeed fine, Lin Xian is not in a hurry to take it out for a look. The most urgent task... is to solve the problem with Einstein first.

He closed the oven door.

Turning to Einstein:

"Einstein, tell me, what kind of future did you see before?"

Einstein looked sad:

"The future I saw was that humans destroyed themselves due to various circumstances... Without exception, all of them were caused by self-destruction; or they mastered uncontrollable power, or some huge projects went out of control."

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

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

Speaking of this.

Einstein's tone became weak.

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

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

Lin Xian did not speak.

He understood.

The truth is so cruel to this old man who intended to save the future but was used to seal the future.

"I'm not sure."

Lin Xian said tactfully:

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

He raised his head and asked the first question:

"What is the cosmological constant 42?"

However...

Einstein shook his head:

"I don't know."

His voice was very light:

"The moment I was closest to it was the moment I calculated 42. I just calculated its result, but I have no idea what 42 means or what it is used for."

"Even more, I can't understand why this constant that should be infinitely small... is actually an integer?"

"Since then, for nearly 300 years, I have made no breakthroughs in the study of the cosmological constant. But what is certain is that the cosmological constant————"

Suddenly.

Einstein was like being muted, a pair of invisible hands strangled his throat, making him unable to make a sound!

He staggered and almost fell off the chair.

Eyes wide open, panting:

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

[Forced avoidance].

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

Einstein gritted his teeth, sweat oozing from his forehead, and looked at Lin Xian:

"42————"

The same silence again.

Just like a phone call that was suddenly hung up, a mobile phone that pressed the mute button, and a network that was suddenly disconnected.

Plop.

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

"Einstein!"

Lin Xian hurriedly ran forward, trying to help Einstein up.

But found...

Transparent.

Transparent!

Einstein's body turned out to be transparent!

Just like...the oriole that triggered the forced avoidance in the first place!

Einstein understood everything instantly.

The pain inside was endless.

Under the violent cough, tears oozed from the corners of his eyes; as his body twitched, large balls of blue stardust fell from his body.

But he still didn't give up.

He forced his eyes open, his pupils with weak blue light and almost no light, stared at Lin Xian closely, and said in a weak voice:

"The world-destroying white light you call...the thousand-year-old girl...I can't see it all...I can only see——"

There was another sudden silence.

Einstein, nothing could be said.

And his body became as thin as a cicada's wings. Lin Xian supported him and almost couldn't feel the weight:

"No, Einstein, don't say it yet."

Lin Xian is too familiar with this scene... Don't forcefully trigger the forced avoidance, otherwise, it will only usher in the inevitable ending.

Although many things are not clear yet.

But Lin Xian can understand Einstein's difficulties, understand that Einstein is a victim, understand Einstein's kind original intention and his fate of being cruelly played with:

"Stop talking, just wait a moment and we'll figure it out 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, now bursting into tears and filled with regret.

Tears slid down his wrinkled face, turning into blue stardust and dissipating before they fell to the ground.

At this moment, Einstein completely understood.

[He was deceived. 】

Not only that...

[He was even used, induced, and did many irreparable wrong things... He is not the savior of the world and the future, but rather a sinner of human civilization! 】

His body was extremely weak.

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

Bang.

There was a muffled sound as electricity was switched on.

The surrounding computers, monitors, and servers began to flicker, as if something had been activated.

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

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

He looked at Lin Xian extremely weakly and helplessly, the blue light in his eyes completely dimmed:

"I'm sorry...for everything..."

Wow——

Wow——

Wow——

The remaining color of Einstein turned into a ball of blue on the floor, shattered into stardust, floated in the air, and disappeared...

Lin Xian squatted there blankly.

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.

Look at the flashing network servers around you.

This was Einstein's last clue.

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

Beep beep.

After two soft sounds.

All surrounding machines become stable.

Subsequently, countless holographic images were laid down by lasers, using the air and walls as curtains to allow 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 Live! 】

Lin Xian looked around at the familiar auditorium...

He knew that all of this was virtual imaging, similar to the naked-eye 3D effect. It was not a new technology and had been implemented 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 a VR helmet and VR glasses to achieve the effect of naked-eye virtual reality.

"But what's the point of this?"

Lin Xian looked towards

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

There is no doubt about it.

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

No Einstein,

No notification,

It’s not yet the meeting time of 00:42,

Really...will anyone come to the meeting?

Lin Xian looked towards the roof of the luxurious crystal chandelier and found that several laser beams were 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 No. 9 member of the Genius Club, No. 9 Rhine.

only……

What's the point of a party like this where he's the only one attending?

Lin Xian did not sit back in his seat on the far right and at the very back. Instead, he turned around and sat in the No. 1 seat that belonged to Einstein.

sit down.

look steadily forward.

Facing the brown double door 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.

Although Newton, Galileo, and Jaske were still alive, they suddenly started the party system without any notice... No one would come.

Squeak——

Just when Lin Xian made this conclusion.

Ahead, the brown double door was suddenly pushed open by a pair of strong arms...

Lin Xian raised his head.

I watched a young man wearing a Newton mask push open the door and stride over.

It’s [NO.3 Newton]!

"Hahahahahaha..."

The young man wearing a Newton mask laughed loudly and stepped on the carpet slowly while looking at Lin Xian and applauding:

"I never expected that the Genius Club would meet again one day! Einstein never made mistakes, so...since something beyond his prediction has happened, there is probably only one possibility."

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

Lin Xian let out a sigh of relief.

Looking at the old naughty Newton through the virtual Rhine Cat mask:

"Einstein has left this world."

"Oh?"

Newton walked on the cashmere stall, his tone unsurprising:

"It seems like what I guessed is true. Einstein died and someone took his place and restarted the Genius Club."

"So... Rhine, is it you? Did you find Einstein, kill him, and then become the new president of the Genius Club?"

Lin Xian sat on the high platform.

Shaking his head:

"I don't think so at all."

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

Newton spread his hands:

"But it doesn't matter. In that case, I'll take advantage of this rare opportunity and change my position."

Said.

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

After he sat firmly.

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

Boom.

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

Newton wiped a handful of hair and smoothed the back of his head.

Then he crossed his legs and looked at the young man on the high platform with a smile:

"Let's get to know each other again, Lin Xian."

"You can call me... [Copernicus] from now on!"