Genius club

Lin Xian looked at the familiar yet strange beautiful girl in front of him.

She didn't know him.

He didn't know her either.

But...

In countless time and space and nights, they have met countless times at the beginning and end of the world.

And the most recent meeting was in Brooklyn in 1952.

The huge fireworks of ten large pickup trucks did not leave the first generation CC to take a second look. The other party was next to the clock tower on the top floor of the bank and turned into blue stardust and dissipated.

The girl in that scene.

She is exactly the same as Qin Xi who just finished the street performance in front of him.

It's like time is rewinding, the sun and the moon are moving eastward, pulling the prosperous city around them back to the ancient and poor Brooklyn... the girl sitting on the wooden box at the dock and looking at the skyscrapers in Manhattan.

Lin Xian didn't know what the chatterbox VV was thinking at this time.

But roughly.

She was also thinking about memories similar to his.

He had never seen VV so quiet and so sad before.

No.

Strictly speaking, there was one time.

It was at the end of the third dream that Lin Xian told the dilapidated trash can robot VV that the farthest distance in the world is when we don’t meet in life.

At that time, the stupid and old robot suddenly seemed to have a heartbeat, emotions, and a human heart.

The lights of the entire Rhine Sky City dimmed, like dripping tears, just like VV at this time.

…

The girl in the tunnel tilted her head.

Blinked.

Looking at the strange combination in front of her.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning. The public transportation station was no longer open. The crowds around gradually dispersed, and the tunnel was empty in the blink of an eye.

However, this panting young man stood there and looked at her silently; next to him was a trembling trash can robot that was about to fall apart... It also stared at her without saying a word, which made Qin Xi feel inexplicably terrified.

Could it be...

I met a psychopath?

Suddenly.

She had an idea and figured it out:

"You...you didn't come here specially?"

The panting man.

It seems that there is only this possibility.

That's so embarrassing. They finally ran over, but their performance was over.

But!

In this era, there are still people who like classical music so much that they ran over to watch the performance in the middle of the night. She couldn't help but feel a little surprised and relieved.

She smiled slightly, put her hands behind her back and looked at Lin Xian:

"Do you like classical music too?"

This question really made Lin Xian stunned.

Classical music...

Actually, I haven't come into contact with it yet, so I can't say I like it or hate it.

But then again.

For Qin Xi in 2504, what is classical music?

It seems that in terms of time span, music from decades or hundreds of years ago can be considered classical music; music from hundreds of years ago... should be called antique music, right?

But at least.

For an old zombie like him from the old times, he can't understand the music form in 2234. He is the kind of person who kneels down when he hears it.

Not to mention that it is 2504 now, and he probably can't accept the music of the new era.

I didn't expect it.

The trendsetter who used to be at the forefront of the times has now become a stubborn conservative with the span of hibernation.

No wonder British science fiction writer Douglas Adams once jokingly summarized the "Three Laws of Science":

1. All the technologies that existed when I was born are taken for granted and are part of the world order.

2. All the things invented between the ages of 15 and 35 are epoch-making and revolutionary products destined to change the world.

3. All technologies born after I was 35 years old are against the laws of nature and anti-human.

"I like it very much."

Lin Xian looked at the girl in front of him who looked exactly like Chu Anqing, Zhang Yuqian, the first generation CC, and CC 600 years later, and replied:

"I prefer things from the old times."

Puff——

The girl was amused instantly, and the fluffy ponytail behind her head bounced magically:

"I can see it at a glance! Because... you are originally from the old times!"

?

Lin Xian was a little strange.

He looked at his attire, which was no different from that of the students at Rhine University. It was all prepared by Gawain, and was a very common attire for this era.

His hairstyle was also okay. On the way here just now, Lin Xian didn't think his hairstyle was so different.

In this case...

How did the other party know that he was a human from the old era?

As if seeing Lin Xian's doubts, Qin Xi explained with a smile:

"Hehe, it's [expression and eyes]!"

"Don't you think it's strange? Why can we easily tell which people are from the old era even though they are dressed the same?"

"The reason lies in the expression and eyes. People who hibernate from the old era always feel unhappy, sad, depressed, lonely and resistant."

"You see, people in the new era are all energetic and full of hope for the future; and many hibernators in the old era, perhaps because they have no sense of belonging and no relatives and friends after waking up, always give people a feeling of being a walking corpse and unable to integrate into the new era...ah!"

Qin Xi suddenly realized that it was a bit offensive and impolite to say this, and quickly covered her mouth!

Really.

It was obviously a stranger meeting for the first time, so how could he not be defensive at all and suddenly start chatting like good friends without any hesitation?

The other party is a person from the old era. It is really inappropriate to say that he is a zombie.

"Sorry, sorry, I, I am also outspoken, don't mind."

Qin Xi sincerely apologizes:

"But I really have no prejudice against the old era... On the contrary, I like the old era very much! Whether it is the people of the old era, the romantic atmosphere, or classical music, I like them all very much!"

"Hey, if that's the case, then I'll give you an extra class!"

Said.

Qin Xi bent down, opened the covered guitar case, took out the acoustic guitar from inside, and hung it around his neck:

"What can I say? I can't let you come here in vain, so I'll sing an extra song for you~"

She plucked the six strings in turn, and after getting the notes right, she looked up at Lin Xian:

"Since you also came from hibernation in the old era, do you have any favorite songs? However, if you want a song, it must be a song that was particularly popular and classic back then. I can't sing every song. of."

"Anything is fine."

Lin Xian said softly:

"Thank you for working overtime. You can sing whatever you want."

after all……

[This is the last song in Qin Xi’s life. 】

Qin Xi put his index finger on his chin and thought for a while:

"In that case, let me sing a song I just learned."

Her eyes curved into crescent moons, and two small pear dimples appeared playfully at the corners of her mouth:

"This is a song I just learned this afternoon, but because I'm not very proficient and haven't memorized the score yet, I definitely won't dare to sing it when so many people are watching at night."

"But it doesn't matter now. Anyway, there are only two of us here, oh... and there is Mr. Trash Can. If I don't sing well, don't laugh at me."

The words fell.

A cool night wind blew.

He rolled up the brown hair by Qin Xi's ears and swept it over his fair face. He entered the musical state, pressing the five fingers of his left hand horizontally on the fretboard and plucking the strings with his right hand.

The notes are long and crisp, slow and elegant, but every melody is filled with a sense of desolation and regret.

This intro melody...

Lin Xian used to be a guitarist in a band in college, and he had a good sense of music.

VV is a super artificial intelligence, and the two of them immediately recognized the name of the "classical song" that Qin Xi was going to sing——

"Gulf of Alaska"

As the lingering sound of the vibrating strings continued to weaken, Qin Xi took a deep breath, and an ethereal and clean voice came out instantly:

"God...can't you see that I love her very much."

"Why do you want to break up two people who clearly love each other?"

"God...you must not tell her secretly."

"In countless quiet nights, someone was thinking of her."

…

Qin Xi's acapella singing was clear and bright, without any trace of secular smoke. This complete sense of purity instantly brought Lin Xian's thoughts back to 1952.

The girl who smiles brightly after taking a bite of a hot dog;

The girl who sat on the merry-go-round and embraced the world;

The girl who stood up on the back of a motorcycle and ran across the Brooklyn Bridge with tears streaming down her face;

The girl who stood on the top of the Empire State Building, with the falling snow spinning into angel wings, holding his hand tightly and promising her to become the true savior.

It's so clean and sacred.

The face of an angel, the kindness of an angel, the voice of an angel.

"You have to take good care of her in the days to come."

"You can't bully her when I'm not by her side."

"Don't let people come into her heart and leave her again in the end."

"Because I don't want to see her cry again..."

…

The song was gentle and intoxicating, but every word of the lyrics was like a needle, piercing Lin Xian's heart.

In the Manhattan cinema, CC looked at him with tears in his eyes and asked him if he would wake up and find that this was just a dream.

Chu Anqing, who was 20,000 meters high in the sky when she touched the space-time particles, burst into tears and burst into tears.

Lin Xian clenched his fists.

Every Millennium Girl brought him help, tenderness, and dedication.

And what he gave them back...

Everything is filled with regret, sadness, and farewell.

Qin Xi's fingertips danced, and between songs, he played a soothing and unforgettable solo. Then he took a deep breath and sang "The Gulf of Alaska" to its climax:

"Oh my God...are you secretly reading a joke?"

"Knowing that I am not capable of protecting her, let us meet."

"God...hasn't she been suffering from insomnia recently?"

"May the warmth in the world turn into a wisp of wind and hug her on my behalf."

…

Lin Xian had danced with every Millennium Stance girl he knew, but this was indeed the first time he heard them sing.

His vision was a little blurry.

Why doesn't he want to save these thousand-year-old girls, catch the mastermind behind them, and tear apart their plan to lock history?

But time and time again, we can only do what Liu Feng said, helpless and watch them destined to disappear.

On the bank clock tower in 1952, the first-generation stakes turned into stardust in the wind and scattered all over Brooklyn, but Lin Xian could not catch any of them.

In 2024, Chu Anqing jumped from a height of 20,000 meters. He jumped down without hesitation. He caught up with her and grabbed her hand, but in the end... after opening the space suit, there was nothing.

In 2624, CC, the two of them were bank robbers scheming against each other. They met in dreams one by one, and accumulated memory fragments one by one. They became friends and trustworthy partners. He promised to set off the most gorgeous fireworks for CC on her 20th birthday, but it has not been realized so far, and he can't even find CC in his dreams.

Just as Qin Xi sang.

In order to fulfill his promise, save the future of the world, save the fate of mankind, and save Chu Anqing who caught the first precious space-time particle for him, he hibernated twice in 2025 and came to the strange space-time in 2504.

Although he found Cheng Qian and saved VV, he could find Newton and Galileo... but facing the girl who was about to disappear, it was still too late.

The song "Alaska Bay" has been sung to the end.

Qin Xi and Chu Anqing are both very talented in art. They can easily immerse themselves in the performance, as if they were there.

In the silent tunnel with only two people in one bucket, Qin Xi's thin guitar accompaniment lingered and echoed, making the song, which was already full of regrets, even more heartbreaking.

After a few short notes, the song came to the finale. The guitar accompaniment became more and more, and was replaced by Qin Xi's clear voice, which gradually became a little sad and hoarse.

Her voice was very light, very light.

Like telling, like memories, like the past that can't be returned, like the distance that can't be reached.

"Oh God... what I said to you these nights..."

Qin Xi's voice became lighter and lighter, but more and more pious, just like CC in the church praying with his eyes closed; just like the angel making a wish with his life on the snowy roof of the Empire State Building.

"Don't tell her by mistake, I'm afraid I'll wake her up."

"Oh God... please don't tell her secretly."

"On countless quiet nights..."

The last time she swiped the strings.

Qin Xi raised her head and looked at Lin Xian, who was close at hand, with tears in her eyes:

"[I still... think about him.]"

...

Wow————

Wow————

Wow————

The sad girl's body turned blue, and then became transparent, as thin as a cicada's wing, and even the moonlight could shine through it.

In an instant, her body turned into large groups of blue stardust, which shattered like loose sand, and were blown by the night wind, floating into a starlight...

Flying on the streets of Chengdu, dissipating in the night.

June 18, 2504, 00:42.

The nightlife in the city center was prosperous, and colorful neon lights were flashing all over the sky.

No one noticed.

In this unnoticed tunnel of the traffic station, a young girl left this world singing, locking up another piece of history, but leaving nothing behind.

Boom.

A muffled sound.

The pure wooden guitar fell from the air, hitting the hard ground, knocking the neck crooked, and two strings broke, turning into the last trembling note of this story.

In the tunnel...

It lasted for a long time.