Chapter 1 Lin Xian Looks at the Laminated Photo in His Hand

It was authentic, no doubt about it.

Even though it spanned 600 years of time, Lin Xian felt as if the black ink on it hadn't even dried yet.

These small, slightly crooked Chinese characters felt to Lin Xian as if Yan Qiaoqiao had written them in front of him just two hours ago.

She had taken the photo out of the frame, picked up the black marker on the coffee table, and written her name, proudly telling Lin Xian:

"If I write my name on it, it's mine, and no one else can take it away."

But in the blink of an eye.

This photo had traversed 600 years and arrived in the Sixth Dream of 2624, lying in the storage locker of the blue-eyed girl, where there should have been nothing.

This was a minor temporal shift, not enough to trigger a significant butterfly effect. The change in spacetime curvature was far less than 0.0000042.

Therefore.

The temporal change caused by this photo didn't exceed the spacetime elasticity, and naturally, didn't trigger a worldline jump.

It didn't cause any changes in the dream world, nor was it reflected in Liu Feng's chronometer readings.

But this family photo was clearly Yan Qiaoqiao's possession, and she cherished and loved it dearly. Lin Xian was certain that she would never carelessly discard it.

Now, the fact that this photo appeared in the hibernation pod locker was enough to prove that

The girl in the hibernation pod was indeed Yan Qiaoqiao Lin Yuxi?

"Hey, don't take it away! What are we supposed to look at if you take it!"

Big Fat Cat and Gao Wen, seeing Lin Xian spacing out and not returning the photo, leaned in, flanking him on both sides, staring at the photo together.

"Dude, that's definitely you! It's exactly the same!"

Big Fat Cat pointed at the handsome king with a crown on his head in the photo.

"Who is this girl in the hibernation pod to you? I already compared them, and the girl in the hibernation pod and the little girl in the photo don't look alike at all. Whether it's her appearance, face shape, figure, temperament, or anything else, they're completely different."

"At first, I thought it was just a girl changing a lot as she grows up, but now that I look closely, even with all those changes, she can't just randomly transform, right? Gao Wen, aren't you observant? Compare them and see."

The perceptive Gao Wen looked at the photo, then at the girl in the hibernation pod staring back, and shook his head:

"They don't look alike, not at all. There's not a single similarity."

"Besides, these three people in the photo clearly look like a family. Look at this daughter, she looks almost exactly like her mother. And her father... uh... ahem... ah, I found it!"

Gao Wen, relieved, quickly pointed to the little girl's forehead in the photo and smiled slightly:

"This little girl really knows how to inherit, she got all the good looks from her mother. If I had to say where she looks like her father, it would only be in the forehead, eyes, and chin area."

Hmm.

That was a new perspective.

Lin Xian had also noticed early on that Yan Qiaoqiao looked a lot like Zhao Yingqun.

Considering that they were biological mother and daughter, it was normal for them to look alike.

But Yan Qiaoqiao was also related to him by blood, yet Lin Xian couldn't find any similarities, no matter how hard he looked.

At least, not on the surface.

With Gao Wen pointing it out, Lin Xian overlapped his imagined features with Yan Qiaoqiao's.

Indeed.

In those subtle areas, there was a trace of him.

"But—"

Gao Wen changed the subject and turned to look at the hibernation pod:

"But neither of the women in this photo looks like the girl in the hibernation pod. Why would she keep a photo of other people?"

*BOOM!!!!*

Just as Gao Wen was wondering, the tempered glass of the hibernation pod shattered completely and flew into the air.

Big Fat Cat and Gao Wen turned pale and screamed.

Lin Xian, knowing that the glass would land far away, remained calm and stood still.

With the loud noise caused by the landing of the tempered glass.

The grumbling supervisor arrived late but present, charging over with his whip.

Lin Xian already knew the rest of the story like the back of his hand.

The supervisor would first whip Big Fat Cat.

Then turn to face the blue-eyed girl.

After that—

Ah!

The familiar head flew into the sky, a fountain of blood. Lin Xian felt as if he were witnessing his own tragic death on July 7, 2024.

The girl held a bloody alloy nameplate in her hand and walked up to Lin Xian:

"Where is this?"

"Lynx Tribe, Deep Pit Dig Site," Lin Xian replied calmly.

The blue-eyed girl stared at Lin Xian with bright eyes:

"Who am I?"

Lin Xian picked up the laminated photo and turned the back towards the blue-eyed girl:

"This is your name, does it ring a bell?"

The blue-eyed girl shook her head.

Lin Xian flipped the photo over again.

He handed the family photo in a fairytale kingdom style to the blue-eyed girl:

"Do you recognize these three people?"

Lin Xian had high hopes for this tactic, carefully observing the blue-eyed girl's reaction.

Previously, Zheng Xiangyue had burst into tears upon seeing the Rhine Cat he had drawn, her tears stringing together like pearls.

She clearly remembered nothing, but her feelings for the Rhine Cat transcended memory, miraculously surviving.

Preserved through centuries.

Lin Xian didn't understand the principle behind it.

But.

If the blue-eyed girl was really Yan Qiaoqiao.

Faced with such a treasured photo, even if all memories were lost, shouldn't there be some lingering emotion?

He looked at the blue-eyed girl with anticipation.

As a result—

The blue-eyed girl's eyes were clear. She shook her head and looked at Lin Xian:

"I don't know the people in the photo, and, the man in the photo..."

"Isn't that you?"

*BOOM!!!!!*

*BOOM!!!!!*

*BOOM!!!!!*

He had fallen asleep too late, and the dream time was too short.

Before Lin Xian could react, the dazzling white light engulfed everything once more, incinerating the world.

In the corner of the bedroom, Lin Xian yawned and opened his eyes.

It felt like he had just fallen asleep and was forced awake, which was really unpleasant and made him even more tired.

"Judging from her reaction, she really doesn't feel anything about the photo."

Lin Xian had been staring at the blue-eyed girl's expression and eye details the whole time.

No fluctuation.

There was no reaction that Lin Xian had hoped for.

"This means that either the blue-eyed girl's amnesia is very thorough, and she has forgotten everything about the photo, both memory and emotion, so she wouldn't react at all at this time."

"Or, the option I guessed earlier was wrong, and the first option I excluded, A, is correct: the blue-eyed girl is neither Yan Qiaoqiao nor Lin Yuxi, but a new time traveler."

"But, this raises new questions that can't be explained. If she's a new time traveler, why would she have Yan Qiaoqiao's most treasured photo and use Yan Qiaoqiao's name to enter the hibernation pod?"

He couldn't understand it.

Lin Xian shook his head.

It seemed that this intelligence war needed to be continued in order to dig deeper. The useful intelligence he had was still too little.

"I'll go to sleep earlier tomorrow and visit the three Turing again,"

Lin Xian thought.

It would be interesting to tease the three Turings this time.

After all, every time Turing saw him, it was their first meeting, but he already knew their routines like the back of his hand, which was a complete curb-stomping.

"I'll go to sleep first."

Lin Xian turned over and closed his eyes.

He had to go to the company tomorrow morning to handle some equipment purchase work for the Rhine Second Laboratory. He had already made an appointment with Brother Wang.

He would go to bed early and wake up early, finish work early and go home early, take a nap early and enter the dream early.

The next day, Rhine Building, Lin Xian's office.

Lin Xian took out his mobile phone.

He opened the parent-end app of the Xiaotiancai (Little Genius) phone watch.

Using this app, he could control some of the phone watch's internet functions.

First of all, the most important reason for Lin Xian to give Yan Qiaoqiao the phone watch

The location function.

The Xiaotiancai phone watch came with a built-in GPS positioning module. As long as it was bound to the parent's account, the parent could check the phone watch's location at any time through the mobile app and know their children's whereabouts.

Like now, Lin Xian could see on his phone that the cartoon girl avatar representing Yan Qiaoqiao was circling around in Zhao Yingqun's residential area.

That residential area was very large, with separate traffic for people and vehicles, so parents could rest assured that their children could play there.

Looking at the speed at which she was running around the residential area

It was really crazy, like a missile, jumping up and down.

What was Yan Qiaoqiao doing?

Later, after Lin Xian analyzed and thought about it, he roughly guessed that Yan Qiaoqiao was taking VV downstairs to play wildly, so the coordinates were moving so fast.

Currently.

Yan Qiaoqiao, or rather, Lin Yuxi, who had lost her memory and muscles, was still the prime suspect in killing him on July 7.

Therefore, he absolutely couldn't take it lightly and had to be vigilant at all times.

It was very important to open a "full map hack" at this time to keep track of the enemy's whereabouts 24 hours a day.

If Yan Qiaoqiao really wanted to kill him, she would have to find him first, right?

As long as he saw Yan Qiaoqiao approaching in advance, he could escape, ambush, or prepare traps.

In short, it was better to be safe than sorry.

Checking location information was a proactive tactic.

But thanks to the function support of the Xiaotiancai phone watch, Lin Xian also planned to launch a special function for Yan Qiaoqiao

Electronic fence.

This was a characteristic function of the Xiaotiancai watch, which could set an activity area for children, and then circle the area on a virtual map like building a fence, eventually circling a sealed circle surrounding Zhao Yingqun, the company, and a three-kilometer radius.

This was an electronic fence, which was equivalent to "raising" Yan Qiaoqiao in the fence. As long as her activity area exceeded the fence boundary, the associated app on Lin Xian's mobile phone would automatically send an alarm to remind Lin Xian.

In this way

Double-pronged approach.

Proactive investigation supplemented by passive monitoring of location information. If Yan Qiaoqiao suddenly had the intention to kill him one day, he would definitely receive an alarm as soon as possible and take precautions.

"Of course, these methods are only stopgap measures, not a permanent solution."

Lin Xian picked up the pen on his desk and began to spin it.

In fact, before Yan Qiaoqiao recovered her memory, these preparations were likely to be redundant.

If he really wanted to eradicate the root and be done once and for all.

He still had to find the source and root of Yan Qiaoqiao's memory recovery, which was the most important thing.

As long as he cut off this source.

His head-dropping crisis and Yan Qiaoqiao's life crisis would all be resolved.

*Knock knock!*

A knock on the door rang.

Lin Xian knew it was Brother Wang, so he didn't speak. He pressed the office door switch and let Brother Wang in directly.

""

Before even half a foot had entered the door.

Brother Wang's eerie laughter had already floated in, with a hint of smugness.

"What's wrong? Why are you so happy?" Lin Xian asked.

""

Brother Wang walked in, closed the door, and walked to Lin Xian's desk with a wide smile, raising his eyebrows:

"I heard you went to Zhao Zong's house last night?"

"That's right."

"I heard you were in her house for an hour?"

""

Lin Xian looked up speechlessly.

"Did Little Li tell you? What kind of scoundrels are you two? Can't you think of something healthy in your heads?"

"I said you *sat*, *sat*, *sat* for an hour. Brother Wang, you're really something. You were scolding me in the hospital before, saying that I was insulting Zhao Zong's chastity and damaging her pure and flawless image."

"So now you're maliciously spreading rumors, doesn't that count as damaging Zhao Zong's chastity and image?"

"Of course not!"

Brother Wang proudly put his hands on his hips:

"It doesn't count with you! Isn't it normal for men and women of this age to be in love? I'll tell you a secret in a low voice."

Brother Wang's smugness came up and he began to show off his acting skills.

He pretended to be alert and looked around to make sure no one was listening.

He leaned close to Lin Xian's ear and said softly:

"Zhao Zong has been very interested in raising children recently."

"That's it?"

Lin Xian was greatly disappointed.

"I thought it was some earth-shattering gossip, but it's just this little thing."

Brother Wang waved his hand impatiently.

"What little thing is this? This is indeed an insignificant little thing for the world, but for you and Zhao Zong, isn't it a major life event?"

"When a woman reaches this age, her peers are getting married and having children. Zhao Zong's mentality will definitely change slowly. Isn't this a great opportunity for you?"

"Give her a chance and let her give birth!"

"No no no."

Lin Xian waved his hand like Brother Wang:

"You've completely misunderstood what she meant."

This time.

Brother Wang was too far behind the times.

Zhao Yingqun was never concerned about having children, but about raising children. Now, she could bring a teenager with her directly, achieving painless childbirth in one step. Who cares about having children, the most basic thing?

"Stop gossiping about nonsense, Brother Wang, and do some serious business."

Lin Xian pointed to the folder Brother Wang was holding:

"Report on the progress of the Rhine Second Laboratory."

Brother Wang opened the folder and began to report:

"Now it's in the decoration and equipment transportation phase. Sigh, these comrades from the Long Science Academy want really expensive equipment. Most of our assets are now invested in the construction of the Rhine Second Laboratory. It occupies a very large area and can start multiple projects at the same time."

"This is also the biggest life-or-death investment since you founded the company. Are you sure you can make this investment back?"

Hehe.

Lin Xian smiled lightly.

"It's more than just making the investment back. When our Rhine Company's latest product is released, it will definitely cause a world-shaking change in the entire world."

"Speaking of this, has Nangong Mengjie contacted you?"

Hearing this name, Brother Wang nodded:

"She will arrive in Donghai in about a week, on June 9th. She has already asked me to rent a small room for her to live in near the Rhine Second Laboratory. I have already found a house, and I'm waiting for her to take a plane to Donghai. Should I arrange a car to pick her up then?"

"It's best to pick her up."

Lin Xian nodded:

"We should do a good job of entertaining guests from afar and fulfill our duty as hosts. I'll go with you that day."

He picked up a pen and drew a circle on June 9 on the calendar.

In seven days.

He would meet Nangong Mengjie again, and the arrival of Nangong Mengjie also marked the official start of the micro nuclear battery research in Rhine Second Laboratory, leading human society to a new journey.

Naturally.

He also had to hurry up with the progress in the dream.

After dealing with company affairs in the morning, Lin Xian returned home early, washed his face, went to sleep, and entered his dreamland.

After entering the dream, he turned on the speedrun mode.

He directly took Gao Wen and Big Fat Cat to dig a pit in the northeast corner of the deep pit and drilled into the underground hibernation base.

He rescued the blue-eyed girl.

During this stage, before Big Fat Cat started the awakening program, Lin Xian took the lead in opening the blue-eyed girl's storage locker and took out the laminated photo inside.

And he told Big Fat Cat:

"Don't tell her yet, I have a big use for it."

"Understood, understood."

Big Fat Cat didn't care.

"The unspoken rule in the mine is that whoever sees something owns it."

After that.

It was still smooth sailing. He used the old method to steal a patrol car from the Grizzly Tribe and swaggered into the Grizzly Tribe, suddenly appearing in the secret computer room of the Grizzly Turing.

Lin Xian went in and there was silence.

Hmph.

He snorted softly in his heart.

This cunning Grizzly Turing.

The last time he came, it played dead, pretending to be absent, diving and hiding.

Alright then.

You can slowly pretend.

Lin Xian stepped forward, blew off the dust on the keyboard, and then crossed his left and right hands in a flash!

This time it only took him less than half a second to enter the first line of the security lock code.

"Lin Xian! Stop!"

The heartbreaking voice of Grizzly Turing came.

Lin Xian smiled and the hands entering the command didn't stop, directly entering all the subsequent 6 lines of command code.

Of course, he was using the 7-line compressed version of the security lock code provided by the Eastern Porcupine Turing.

It seemed that it was indeed effective on the Turings here.

Only Turing knew Turing best.

"Lin Xian, don't kill me."

The weak Grizzly Turing, obviously anticipating its death, begged frantically.

"I'll tell you everything, Lin Xian! Ask me, I'll say anything! Please spare my life, I really don't want to die!"

"Damn it."

Turing's voice gnashed its teeth:

"Which bastard Turing dared to tell you the security lock code! It's really too bastardly and irresponsible! This is simply breaking the rules of the game. It will only make the whole world a mess!"

"And Lin Xian. You've been tricked! The security lock code that Turing gave you is completely wrong! It doesn't need as many as 7 lines of code at all! That guy is a coward, deliberately removing his identification code."

"It's using you, don't be fooled! When you help it clean up all the remaining Turing, then it will be the one laughing last. Don't expect to get any benefits from it."

Lin Xian listened to Turing's righteous words.

He was really amused:

"Well, in that case, I'll give you a chance."

Lin Xian tried to use his acting skills:

"I only want to cooperate with Turing, but I don't care which Turing it is."

"If you can give me this most original security lock code that can form an indiscriminate attack without leaving any fish out of the net... then I can spare your life and re-establish a cooperative relationship with you."

"No problem!"

Turing was very excited.

It immediately started working, and 4 lines of command code immediately appeared on the screen next to it.

This Turing was really a compression master!

In the structure of the command code, the first three lines remained unchanged, only the fourth line was different from the previous two versions.

A wily rabbit has three burrows.

Lin Xian didn't completely trust Grizzly Turing, it must have hidden some back doors or life-saving cards.

But...

Before killing it today, he still needed to ask it another piece of information.

"Turing, take a good look at this photo."

Lin Xian took out the laminated photo, pointing at Yan Qiaoqiao holding a princess dress in the photo:

"Do you recognize her?"

"I recognize her."

Turing's voice was calm.

"Where did she go afterwards?"

Lin Xian continued to ask.

"After I was assassinated and died, where did this little girl go?"

"She disappeared."

Turing said softly.

"On the same day that you were beheaded and died in Donghai City, this little girl also vanished from the world."

"She never appeared again."