“You! What nonsense are you spouting, Lin Xian! What does this have to do with you!”

Gao Yang hurriedly patted Lin Xian on the back, trying to cheer him up:

“There’s a limit to self-blame… Don’t just dump every piece of crap on your own head. The police will definitely catch the murderer, so stop worrying and just wait for the results.”

Lin Xian raised his head, saying nothing more.

Gao Yang didn't know enough to make an accurate judgment.

But Lin Xian didn't plan to tell him too much.

He had a premonition that this was a very dangerous path, and he didn't want to drag Gao Yang onto a sinking ship.

“Let’s go, Lin Xian. Staying here will give you a cold.”

Gao Yang pulled Lin Xian up, patting the dirt off him:

“Let's go home?”

“Yeah.”

……

Gao Yang took a taxi to drop Lin Xian off at his apartment building. Still not feeling at ease, he insisted on accompanying Lin Xian all the way to his front door:

“Lin Xian, are you feeling any better? Sigh… You really shouldn’t blame yourself. You invited Professor Xu Yun to the celebratory banquet out of goodwill! You have to pull yourself together!”

“If you really want to do something, you should buck up, recall the details of the incident, the license plate number, the driver’s characteristics, anything to help the police find the murderer as soon as possible! Avenge Professor Xu Yun!”

Lin Xian nodded.

He had also thought it through on the way.

Just like Gao Yang said, the words might be rough, but the sentiment was right.

Instead of regretting what couldn't be undone… it was better to turn grief into strength and try to do something for Professor Xu Yun—

Find the murderer who killed him, as well as the mastermind behind it, and bring them to justice!

In this regard.

He knew more than the police, was closer to the truth, and could find many clues that the police wouldn't notice.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about me. I’m much better.”

“Alright, then I’m leaving.”

Gao Yang waved goodbye and told Lin Xian to rest early.

……

Lin Xian didn't sleep.

He wasn't sleepy at all.

He took a cold shower, letting the icy tap water wash over his body, the taut skin making him feel more awake than ever.

“Exactly… who killed Xu Yun?”

Lin Xian dried himself off, put on warm pajamas, and sat at his desk, deep in thought.

Logically, the pharmaceutical companies and capitalists who feared the success of the hibernation pods were the most suspicious.

Xu Yun's research results, and the hibernation pods that would be released in the future, would greatly damage their economic interests.

But…

“Things aren’t that simple.”

Lin Xian shook his head.

He didn't think so.

Capitalists might be greedy, but they weren't fools. Killing Xu Yun at this juncture wouldn't make any sense.

Lin Xian recalled what Big Fat Cat had once said:

“Don’t look at me like this, my father was a very famous mathematician back then, and even won the Fields Medal.”

“At that time, I was working outside, and my daughter usually lived at my father’s house. One night, my daughter suddenly had a fever and convulsions, and my father picked her up and ran to the hospital. As a result…”

“As a result… there was a car accident, a big truck ran right over them…”

“Their target was just to kill my father, my daughter was caught in the crossfire. I don’t know why… my father was just a bookworm, he never provoked anyone!”

“This is a very mysterious organization, so mysterious that you can’t find any clues. I’ve investigated for so long, but I can’t find anything except a name!”

……

Lin Xian turned on the desk lamp, as if he had grasped some key points.

Mathematician, midnight, car accident death.

Compare to Xu Yun.

Scientist, 00:42, car accident death.

The person, time, and event, the three elements were surprisingly similar.

Was this really just a coincidence?

00:42 was also a strange time…

Was it accidental?

Or deliberate?

If it was deliberate, what was the purpose?

If it was deliberate, how could they ensure that Xu Yun died at that exact time?

……

Lin Xian considered it for a long time, finding it difficult to be certain.

The reason was…

[He couldn't be sure if what Big Fat Cat said was true or false.]

He could lie to Big Fat Cat, and Big Fat Cat could also lie to him.

With a person of Big Fat Cat’s personality and nature, it was hard to guarantee that he wasn't just talking nonsense and fooling him. Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that he was telling the truth.

This was very awkward, and Lin Xian's reasoning was stuck here.

“If Big Fat Cat was just talking nonsense and fooling me. Then all of this, naturally, is just me overthinking it.”

“But if, what Big Fat Cat said was the truth…”

It was very likely—

[Xu Yun’s death, like the death of Big Fat Cat’s father, was done by the same murderer, the same organization.]

Lin Xian wasn't sure if the Genius Club was the direct murderer.

But at the very least, this organization had an inextricable relationship with the deaths of Xu Yun and Big Fat Cat's father.

“So, the key to everything is still on Big Fat Cat.”

“We still need to see if the information he said is true or false. Then there is meaning to continue to reason.”

The most urgent task now was—

Go to the dream to find Big Fat Cat and find out if the information he said about the Genius Club was true or false!

……

Looking out the window.

It was already dawn, and the neighborhood was lively, either going to work or taking their children to school.

Even though he hadn't slept all night, Lin Xian wasn't sleepy at all.

“Go to work, it's just mulling things over at home. Better to sleep early tonight and go find Big Fat Cat in my dream.”

Downstairs.

He simply bought some breakfast.

Lin Xian arrived at the subway station.

On the electronic screen in the waiting area, the morning news was reporting the accidental death of Professor Xu Yun.

But few people around were paying attention to it.

Everyone was still busy with their lives, day after day.

There was no way around it.

Most people were very apathetic to the development of science.

This was the same in the future world in the dream.

No one would care about how science was developing, why science wasn't developing, which scientist died today, or which scientist won the Nobel Prize.

Everyone was more concerned about prices, wages, and life…

Even a celebrity gossip was more worthy of conversation than the death of the greatest scientist.

“It’s always been like this.”

Lin Xian entered the subway, holding the handrail, feeling the heaviness of history, feeling the insignificance of the individual in the long river of history.

Even when he arrived at the company.

His colleagues felt sorry and sighed about Professor Xu Yun's death, but that was all. The popularity of the Rhine's new product, and the upcoming bonuses and salary increases, quickly diluted this sadness.

……

In the evening, Lin Xian finished eating early and lay down on the bed.

Looking at the clock.

21:35

This time was just right.

After falling asleep and entering the dream, he could just intercept Big Fat Cat in the square.

“I have to find a way to [trick] the truth out of Big Fat Cat, and see if the information he said before about the Genius Club is reliable.”

If he determined that Big Fat Cat was just talking nonsense, then there was nothing to say, and he didn't need to consider this aspect when investigating the murderer who killed Xu Yun.

But if what Big Fat Cat said was true…

The Genius Club really killed his father;

Cat Dad was indeed a Fields Medal mathematician;

And the time of the car accident was about the same…

Click.

Lin Xian turned on the bathroom light:

“Then at least there is a vague direction to who the mastermind behind the murder of Professor Xu Yun is.”

Since Big Fat Cat could find the name of the Genius Club, it meant that this organization must have an inextricable relationship with his father's death.

At least, there was a relationship.

Forcing himself to stay awake to wash up.

Lin Xian fell headlong onto the bed.

Turned off the light and went to sleep.

……

……

Whoosh!

Familiar summer wind, familiar heat, familiar cicada chirping.

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

The dream world, everything was as before.

“Ultra Flying Kick!” “Ultra Elbow Strike!”

On the square, the two children were fighting farther and farther away, the Ultraman mask around their waists falling to the ground.

Lin Xian stepped forward, picked it up, and put it on his face.

Then he turned his head.

Walking towards the fat man coming out of the van:

“Big Fat Cat!”

“Huh?” The fat face wearing a Rhine cat mask turned around.

“Sigh…”

Lin Xian sighed helplessly.

He had to retell the plot every time he met, he really didn't want to say a word.

“What are you doing! How do you know my name!”

Big Fat Cat looked at Lin Xian warily, his hand reaching towards his waist—

Snap!

Lin Xian pressed down on his fat hand:

“I hope this is the last time I repeat it.”

“Listen carefully…”