Chapter 413
Chapter 413: Chapter 56: Nowhere to Hide_4 Chapter 413: Chapter 56: Nowhere to Hide_4 …
Autumn passed and winter came.
The autumn went by quickly and tranquilly.
So tranquil that Lin Xian found it somewhat unbelievable.
In the blink of an eye,
it was already December 2023.
Since he noticed the anomalies in his dreams and the existence of the Genius Club, a whole year had unknowingly passed.
He hadn’t been idle during this time.
Rhein Company was gradually getting back on track, and Brother Wang had contacted a capable factory that was in the process of manufacturing a hafnium alloy safe.
Lin Xian also kept entering dreams at various points in time.
But…
Without exception,
he had failed to spot the airship in the sky in the Fourth Dreamland.
Every time he entered the dream, he could only gaze at the sky for a mere few dozen seconds before being zapped unconscious and tied to a chair,
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so, afraid of missing the moment when the airship would pass by, Lin Xian devised a meticulous plan.He would control the timing of his entry into the dreams each day.
Today at 12:42, tomorrow at 13:00, the day after at around 13:10…
Just like that, roughly pushing the entry time ten minutes later each day.
But the result was disappointing.
He kept trying until 00:42, sticking to the last time slot for entry, without even having the chance to see the mysterious old man, and yet he still hadn’t seen Tem Bank’s airship in the sky.
Not even once.
This meant…
VV was right; the changes in the Space-Time Butterfly Effect within his dreams were not in real-time, nor were they sensitive.
Thinking positively, this meant VV’s understanding of space-time was incorrect, and his own insights that included the concepts of space-time anchor points and Space-Time Elasticity were accurate.
But…
if taken in the worst direction,
perhaps his dreams were indeed artificially manipulated, fabricated, and simulated like a false studio.
He could only see what the enemies 600 years in the future wanted him to see.
What met his eyes was not real.
“Let’s just wait and see,”
Lin Xian hadn’t given up on the Space-Time Law:
“Until those safes are built and Tem Bank starts its trial operations, none of this is an irreversible anchor point.”
…
Regarding verifying the identity of the mysterious old man,
Lin Xian always approached it with full confidence, a crooked smile, calling out a different name each day to gauge the old man’s reaction.
“Jack Jones!”
The old man had no particular reaction.
“James Pete!”
The old man also showed no reaction.
“Harry Potter!”
The old man’s eyes widened, full of disbelief, as if looking at a fool.
“Sorry, that just slipped out, foreign names are really hard to pronounce.”
Lin Xian smiled slightly:
“See you tomorrow, I’ll test you again then.”
Boom!!!!!
Just like that…
He tried many different names on the mysterious old man.
It turned out that, aside from a particularly strong reaction—pupil constriction—to the name “Kevin Walker,” the old man seemed to care little about other names, showing no special reactions.
Lin Xian felt he could roughly determine—
[This mysterious old man is Kevin Walker in the year 2023!]
And as long as he could find Kevin in the present of 2023 and deal with him, he could save himself in the Fourth Dreamland and once again transform into the Outlaw, roaming freely through the Fourth Dreamland.
…
VV, on the other hand, kept evolving non-stop.
The most tangible feeling Lin Xian had was that VV had become smarter, more rational, and more…
a drama queen, more adept at playing jokes.
Indeed, children never grow up in the way parents expect.
Growing crooked and taking detours is the norm, and Lin Xian had come to accept this calmly.
He had thought that
the year 2023 would pass by quietly, welcoming New Year’s Day of 2024.
But who would have thought…
On December 17, 2023, a sudden and explosive piece of news was reported out of the blue—
“China’s Skyspace Aircraft successfully launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, completing its maiden spaceflight!”
The shorter the news, the bigger the event.
This maiden flight revealed no useful information beyond the few words in the headline.
The type of Skyspace Aircraft, launch time, purpose, pictures, objectives…
nothing was reported.
It was roughly equivalent to being too advanced to show.
Because it all came so suddenly, with no signs or warnings, Lin Xian was also taken by surprise.
Before December 17, 2023…
The Mi Country’s X-37B Skyspace Aircraft was the only spaceplane currently in operation in the world.
Yes,
the only one in the world.
A monopoly in the realm of space.
But from this day forward, China had broken through the monopoly and successfully tested its own Skyspace Aircraft.
Lin Xian twirled a pen in his office, looking at the few key words in this scarce news report.
Skyspace Aircraft…
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center…
The note left by Huang Que…
The Space-Time Particles that Liu Feng was searching for with the Guizhou Sky Eye…
Another turn of the year was upon them.
Thinking back to this time last year, the Rhein Cat suddenly made its appearance, a fake invitation to the Genius Club lay on the company’s reception desk, the Hibernation Pod changed the world, Professor Xu Yun lay dead in the snow on a street…
It gave Lin Xian an inexplicable feeling.
It seemed…
that this unnaturally peaceful period might indeed be the calm before the storm.
Plop.
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The normally unerring Lin Xian fumbled, and the pen slipped from his hand.
It landed heavily on the Rhine Cat Doll on his desk.
Knocking the adorable Rhein Cat off the desk to the floor…
“Something big is coming,”
Lin Xian whispered to himself.