Genius Club

Chapter 357: Chapter 39: Historical Criminals Chapter 357: Chapter 39: Historical Criminals “It’s fine, Lin Xian, just say it!”

Dean Gao rose with a smile, boiled a kettle of water, and prepared to pour a cup for both of them shortly.

Seeing Lin Xian make a request immediately, he was very pleased.

Give and take is what makes a friendship, and he was more than happy to help Lin Xian.

“It’s like this, Dean Gao, I heard…

our Dragon Science Academy now has a project at the Guizhou Sky Eye, that world’s largest radio telescope?”

“Yes, there is one.”

Dean Gao nodded:

“It was the Astronomical Research Institute that applied for it, I approved the request at the time.”

“To be honest with you, Dean Gao.”

Lin Xian straightened up:

“I would like to borrow the Guizhou Sky Eye for a few months.

My laboratory has a project that needs it.

But normally, a general laboratory doesn’t qualify to apply for such a national project, and I would like to ask you for help.”

“Oh…

so it’s that matter.”

Dean Gao Yan laughed easily:

“That’s not a problem at all.

I was in contact with the director of the Astronomical Research Institute recently.

Their original application was for one year.

However, because their observation project went unexpectedly well, they have already completed it ahead of schedule.”

“They were just considering whether to return the Guizhou Sky Eye to the local authorities, reopening it for tourism business, or to ask other research institutes if they need it for a project.

But since you’re asking now…

there’s no rush to return it; the rental period initially approved by the state still has half a year to go.

Lending it to you for a few months is no problem.

I can assist with all the paperwork and procedures when the time comes.”

“Of course, you and I know what’s really going on, but we still have to go through the official process.

When the director of the Astronomical Research Institute comes back, I’ll arrange a meeting with you, and we can talk about setting up a collaboration with your lab at East Sea University.

Once you get the authorization, your lab personnel can use the Guizhou Sky Eye openly and legitimately.”

Lin Xian nodded:

“Thank you, Dean Gao.”

“Don’t mention it, no need for such courtesy.”

Dean Gao stood up and shook hands with Lin Xian:

“This little favor pales in comparison to the contributions you’ve made to the country…

It is almost negligible.

Lin Xian, I also wish you could achieve equally remarkable successes in the field of astronomy!”

…

After finishing a cup of hot tea and chatting idly for a while, Lin Xian and Dean Gao exchanged contact information.

Then they walked out of the lab together, heading toward Chu Shanhe’s office.

Both were chatting and laughing, very satisfied with each other.

In his heart, Dean Gao was already imagining the day when Cold Fusion Technology would become a reality, his face aglow with happiness.

Lin Xian, on the other hand, was planning to capture the Space-Time Particles as soon as possible so that Liu Feng’s research on the cosmic constant could continue.

The collaboration was very pleasant.

They both felt they had gained a great deal.

At the office door, Chu Shanhe had not been able to sit still knowing the two had disappeared for so long and had stepped outside to pace about.

However…

When he saw the two men coming back, chatting and laughing as if they were best buddies, clapping each other on the shoulder and back, he was stunned.

What was this all about?

Dean Gao noticed Chu Shanhe’s gaze and came over with a smile:

“Shanhe, this young man Lin Xian is indeed not bad, still somewhat sensible, but not very.

I just gave him a little guidance in the lab, and he quickly became aware of his mistake and decided to abandon the research project.”

With that, he looked at Lin Xian.

Lin Xian also nodded, understanding Dean Gao’s intention.

This was intentionally concealing the truth on his behalf and, also due to confidentiality requirements, he couldn’t reveal too much to Chu Shanhe:

“That’s right, I was indeed overly simplistic about controlled nuclear fusion.

I truly wasted Dean Gao’s time today.”

“Haha, it wasn’t a waste of time.

The young man is very insightful; I quite like him,” Dean Gao said.

Chu Shanhe, looking at the two pleased men, also realized that he must have misunderstood before.

Although Lin Xian’s manuscript was incorrect, from what Dean Gao said, there were still some merits acknowledged, which were not easy to come by.

He looked at Lin Xian with a smile:

“Since that’s the case…

it’s getting late.

Let’s not disturb Dean Gao any longer.”

Afterward.

Dean Gao was very polite in seeing the two men to the parking lot, shaking hands and saying farewell.

“Wait for me to contact you.”

Dean Gao whispered to Lin Xian after Chu Shanhe got into the car and waved goodbye.

…

After a day of running around, Lin Xian and Chu Shanhe did not take a flight back to Donghai that evening.

They settled into a nearby upscale hotel, where they enjoyed a few drinks in the restaurant, engaged in pleasant conversation, and then returned to their rooms for sleep and rest.

Lin Xian took a shower and lay on the bed.

Closing his eyes.

He was very clear in his mind…

At this very moment, an irreversible Temporal Flux anchor point had been established.

Cold Fusion Technology had descended upon humanity hundreds of years ahead of time.

Even if the current level of technology could not produce a finished product, it was only a matter of time.

The course of technological development over 600 years was bound to be disrupted and accelerated, and the future world of 600 years from now would undoubtedly be altered as a result.

This time, it was going to be the Fourth Dreamland.

What would it be like?

Lin Xian felt that everything was unknown.

What he found regrettable was…

Throughout the entire Third Dreamland world, he never once saw CC.

Where had she gone?

And where had Tem Bank gone?

And the Hafnium Alloy Safe?

He had asked VV in detail many times and had VV investigate, but all the results were the same—

[“Tem Bank has never existed in history, nor has any bank ever had a Hafnium Alloy Safe.”]

VV’s explanation was that using such a material for a safe was extremely wasteful and unnecessary, and no safe manufacturer would do such a thing.

If there was one…

it would surely go bankrupt quickly.

A product not needed by the consumer market is doomed not to go far.

Lin Xian deeply agreed with this point.

In the First Dreamland, Tem Bank was already showing signs of bankruptcy, old and shabby, many of its facilities had not been updated for years.

The Second Dreamland was even more drastic, with Tem Bank indeed going bankrupt, and the Hafnium Alloy Safe being transported to a junkyard.

So in the Third Dreamland, even if there was information about closure, Lin Xian could accept it, but why was there not a trace to be found?

The possibility of history being deliberately altered by the Genius Club had already been dismissed, so the only remaining reason was—

[Because of a certain action he had taken in reality, which he hadn’t noticed, a butterfly effect had occurred.

This prevented Tem Bank, which was supposed to be established in 2023, from ever being founded or existing in history.]

“What on Earth did I do to stop the establishment of Tem Bank?”

Lin Xian reflected on this from all angles but could not figure it out.

Such a clueless source of a butterfly effect…

It was exceedingly difficult to locate, and with bad luck, one might never find it in a lifetime.

“Since the emergence of the Third Dreamland began with the establishment of Rhein Company, could the disappearance of Tem Bank…

also be because of the founding of Rhein Company?”

It was hard to be certain.

Lin Xian felt that Tem Bank and Rhein Company were completely unrelated entities; how could they influence each other?

“Forget it, I’ll stop thinking about it.”

He turned over and closed his eyes:

“I might as well check out the Fourth Dreamland and see if I can find Tem Bank… find CC…”

…

…

Whoo…

Scorching heat, dryness, a breeze brushing the face.

The familiar summer wind had returned.

With it came the surrounding noises, the clamor, the honking.

This was the breath of the long-missed city.

Did this mean that isolationist cities like New Donghai City and Rhine Sky City had finally vanished?

Had Donghai City reverted to its original state?

Zoom.

Lin Xian opened his eyes!

The scene before him made him involuntarily take a step back—

Dozens of fully armed soldiers were neatly encircling him, each pointing an oddly shaped firearm at him!

They had him surrounded right at the center!

[This meant they had known he would appear at this location and had been lying in wait!]

Click.

He had barely taken half a step back when he felt a gun pressed against the back of his head:

“Raise your hands!”

A wise man adapts to circumstances.

Lin Xian slowly raised his hands.

As he did so, he looked up to take in the details of the futuristic cityscape.

This was a metropolis unlike any he had seen before.

Even more advanced than Rhine Sky City.

He could even see a space elevator shooting into the clouds in the distance, as well as floating islands in the sky, and even further out, unknown structures in space.

Was that Sky City?

Had the future world finally experienced a technological explosion, entering the interstellar age?

Whoosh.

Outside the ring formed by the dozens of soldiers, a person dressed as a captain walked in, fully armed, flourishing a fluorescent sheet of unknown material in front of Lin Xian’s eyes:

“Lin Xian!

You are now being lawfully arrested for crimes against humanity, endangering Earth, and disturbing the temporal flux!”

“What?”

Lin Xian listened in confusion to these strange charges.

Zzzt Zzzt!

There was a sudden sound of electricity from his neck.

A soldier behind him had used a taser on him!

Lin Xian’s vision darkened, and he fell forward.

Thump!

He hit the ground hard, losing consciousness.

…

…

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Darkness.

No light.

Lin Xian opened his eyes but could see nothing.

He moved his neck around.

He realized he was handcuffed to a chair, and a light-proof hood had been placed over his head.

This was treatment reserved for criminals.

But what had he done wrong?

He had only just arrived in this world 600 years in the future.

He hadn’t done anything yet.

“Hehehehe…”

Directly in front, he heard the dry laughter of an old man.

It sounded very pleased, very happy.

The laughter was growing closer.

The old man was now within reach.

He reached out, grabbed the black hood covering Lin Xian’s head, and yanked it off—

Clang!

Dazzling light.

The hooded room was so bright, so blazing, that it was hard to open his eyes.

Lin Xian squinted and raised his head to look at the blurry old man before him.

His hair was white, his frame emaciated, yet he was unnaturally excited and agitated, his dry eyes staring straight at Lin Xian:

“Now…”

The dry lips trembled as they formed a sinister smile:

“I see you.”