Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 61 Your Sea of Stars (Bonus Chapter for Votes!)
"If you really don't tell me about this, I won't blame you."
Lin Xian took a step forward and hugged Zhao Yingjun!
"Actually," he whispered, "I hesitated too."
"When I first heard the news, all I could think about was you and Yuxi. I even thought about just getting infected with the virus and staying in this era, doing my best to save this world!"
Zhao Yingjun shook her head, "If you really don't tell me about this, I won't blame you. But! In that case, Huang Que would have sacrificed in vain!"
"The space-time particle that Chu Anqing captured for you by jumping from a plane ten thousand meters high would also be meaningless!"
"[If we had wanted to give up saving the future and ignore that apocalyptic white light, why would we have held on until now only to give up?]"
"You can give up whenever you want; it's just a matter of convincing yourself. It's the most difficult thing to persevere without fear of hardship or sacrifice. I'm also very reluctant to part with you, Lin Xian!"
She buried her head in Lin Xian's chest and hugged him tightly, "But… there are always some things in this world that only you can do, only you can accomplish. No one can replace you!"
"Yuxi can lack my company; I can make it up to her. I won't let her lack love more than any other child. Without your support, I will also work hard to manage MX Company, Rhein Company, and Shanhe Group. And I have Brother Wang and the others to assist me!"
"But only you can save humanity's future and stop the apocalyptic white light! I'm very reluctant for you to leave, but your existence and your abilities are a miracle. I don't want this miracle, the only hope to save everything, to be ruined by me!"
Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun were very close!
He could feel that the little Yuxi in her belly seemed to be much calmer than before, probably having fallen asleep again, transmitting a heat even warmer than the sun through the thin pajamas, offering hope!
*Yuxi wouldn't blame me, would she?* Lin Xian's voice was a little hoarse, "The choices we make from an adult perspective, Yuxi may not be able to understand or accept."
"Don't worry, Lin Xian!" Zhao Yingjun said, "I will educate her well!"
"Parents are a child's best teacher. The best education is to lead by example. Our Yuxi will definitely become a brave, strong, and responsible girl like you!"
"She will become our pride, just like you are forever our pride!"
Lin Xian let go of Zhao Yingjun, looking at her slightly misty but resolute eyes, "I will go back to Hang City these next two days to tell my parents about this decision. I know my parents very well. They are small-minded farmers. Although it will be difficult to accept at first, they will definitely understand in the end!"
"Actually, my father, if he knew what I was going to do, he would definitely support me! He's always been like that, educating me that way since I was a child. As for your parents' side!"
Zhao Yingjun rubbed her eyes and smiled sweetly, "You don't have to worry about my parents' side. Although there will definitely be a lot of pulling and tugging, I'm not a child anymore. This is our matter, and our decision!"
She raised her head, looking at Lin Xian: "My man, I make the decisions!"
East Sea University, Rhein Joint Laboratory!
Liu Fengxin rubbed his nose after listening to Lin Xian's story, "Although I knew she would say such things and make such a decision with Huang Que, I still feel very admiration and emotion when I actually hear you relaying these words!"
"You two have sacrificed too much for the sake of the whole world, for the future of humanity!"
"It can't be put that way!" Lin Xian said, "There are many people working hard for the future. If we're talking about sacrifice, then Huang Que, Chu Shanhe, and Chu Anqing have sacrificed far more than Zhao Yingjun and I!"
"So, even though this road is very reluctant and sad, we still have to keep going! Otherwise, as Zhao Yingjun said, 'If we give up now, then Huang Que and Chu Anqing, and many, many people, will have sacrificed in vain!'"
Liu Feng looked at Lin Xian silently for a while, then lowered his head and said, "Actually, I feel very sorry. I've spent so much time and haven't been able to figure out the secret and truth of the cosmological constant. Even though I know its value is 42, just knowing the result is meaningless. I don't even know how to use 42!"
"If I could have figured out the cosmological constant *42 earlier, perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation!"
Lin Xian shook his head, "Don't blame yourself, Liu Feng. You've helped me enough. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known there were space-time particles in the world, and I wouldn't have been able to catch that space-time particle. I'm very grateful to you, and I'm very happy you're willing to come with me!"
Liu Feng chuckled and pushed Lin Xian, "You're being too polite. You saved my life. Qiqi even wrote on the little card she left me, 'Let me go with you. You are my shooting star, coming specifically for me to take me back to a more dazzling starry sky.'"
"No matter which era we wake up in, I will still do my best to research the cosmological constant 42 for you!"
"With multiple approaches, I believe we will definitely figure out all the secrets and truths, rescue Chu Anqing, and even save humanity's future, allowing humanity to truly see the sun of a new day!"
"Alright!" But! Caught! "Oh, how should I put it? There are still regrets!"
He turned his head, looking at the [arithmetic sequence] written on the blackboard, with the names of the girls who had been to this laboratory, arranged in order of age difference: Yan Qiaoqiao, Chu Anqing, Su Su, Zhao Yingjun, and Huang Que!
The arithmetic sequence was still not complete!
Liu Feng said regretfully!
Lin Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're still thinking about your arithmetic sequence? I never thought this would become your regret!"
Liu Feng walked to the blackboard, pointing to the space between Yan Qiaoqiao and Chu Anqing's names, "There should be a 7-year-old girl in this place. But, for so long, no girl of this age has ever come to the lab. This time, the arithmetic sequence will really become a regret!"
He closed his eyes!
His five fingers spread out, pressed tightly against the blackboard, "When we get to the future, the final arithmetic sequence will probably be completed!"
"There probably won't be a chance to complete it, right?" Lin Xian said, "These next two days, you should pack up the data. We'll go to the capital! I've already contacted the Academy of Sciences, and they will provide us with the latest type of hibernation pods. Yingjun also plans to give birth in the capital, so we can have more time together until 4:17 AM on April 17th!"
"You don't have to worry about the lab here. Zhao Yingjun will take care of everything, including MX Company, Rhein Company, Shanhe Group, and other research institutes and laboratories! Zhao Yingjun will pave the way for us with her whole life, waiting for us to wake up!"
After saying that, he glanced at his watch and walked out of the lab, "I'll go first. I also have an appointment with Musk at the Tesla Gigafactory!"
Liu Feng was stunned, "Is Musk also going into hibernation with us?"
"Yes!" Lin Xian nodded, "He is also a person with ideals and beliefs, who doesn't want to die in this era and wants to go to the future with us to witness everything!"
Liu Feng gave a nod. "That's good. When we wake up in the future, the surrounding world will be completely unfamiliar, and all the people we know will die during the 2025 virus outbreak. It's naturally better to have another companion!"
"Don't worry, Liu Feng!" Lin Xian walked to the door and turned back. "We have more companions than you think! This is also what makes me feel so warm! In this world, there are still many idealists. We are very lucky to have so many such people around us!"
Tesla Gigafactory, Lingang New Area, East Sea!
"Hmm," Musk and Angelica listened to Lin Xian's detailed account. Musk stroked his chin, "So that's how it is. I never thought that the ordinary, dull Gauss would hide such a big plan. However, I feel that Gauss only made up his mind to implement this plan not long ago!"
"Why do you say that?" Lin Xian asked!
"Because Gauss asked a lot of questions before, each one varied and involved various fields!"
Musk spread his hands, "If Gauss only asked questions about viruses and late blight at the party, we would have guessed it long ago. But in reality, he should have thought of many other solutions before, but they didn't work out, so he finally chose this trick of suppressing hibernation viruses!"
Lin Xian didn't say anything. Recalling that in the previous eight dreams, there was no mention of the hibernation suppression virus at all, this was a unique historical event in the ninth dream. Thinking about it this way!
"The time point when Gauss really made this decision and decided to realize equality in life and death should have been after he joined the Genius Club! Could it be that some of my actions influenced his decision?"
Thinking about it, the biggest change after joining the Genius Club was the successive deaths of the club members! First, Kevin Creek and Turing, then Musk's fake death, then Copernicus, and then Da Vinci!
Considering the timeline, if it was really the death of a genius that made Gauss make up his mind, it must have been Copernicus!
"Could it be that after Copernicus' death, Newton asked if scientists would still die at 4:44 and got a negative answer! Gauss suddenly figured it out?"
"It's possible!" Lin Xian thought! If Copernicus were given a hibernation pod and a chance to survive for hundreds of years, he would definitely continue to murder scientists and mathematicians! But because he died, this killing stopped. In Gauss's eyes, this should be a great thing! "Therefore, he decided to inject the virus, so that equal death would come to the world, returning the most equal link since the birth of mankind to the world!"
"Are you sure Gauss himself injected himself with the virus too?" Angelica asked!
"Probably!" Lin Xian nodded, "If Gauss is really a person who knows this and pursues equality, then he should not open a small stove for himself and leave a back door!"
Angelica hugged her arms, leaning against the door, "If that's the case, then Gauss is also a person who does what he says!"
"Actually, listening to what you guys said, I don't have any objection to Gauss. First, I personally agree with his point of view that equal death is indeed the most normal social form. Second, since he set an example by infecting himself with the virus and dying according to normal natural laws, he is indeed a person with principles. This is true equality!"
Musk clapped his hands, interrupting the two people's chat, "No matter what, things have come to this point. I think Lin Xian's plan is feasible! After all, only by avoiding the virus taking effect in 2025 and going to the future will we have more possibilities! Instead of just living for a few more decades and dying with regret!"
"My idea is still the same as before I came. I want to go into hibernation with Lin Xian. However, I have my own separate hibernation base, so I won't be with you physically. See you in 2234!"
"Angelica, are you still going with your original plan?"
Angelica nodded, looking at Lin Xian, "Musk and I have already discussed it. He's going to hibernate, and I'm going to take over T Company and his other industries!"
"During these 200 years, you guys will be sleeping, but there must be someone outside to manage the foundation for you 200 years later! So that you can have the corresponding strength and enemies to fight when you wake up in 2234!"
"After I get infected with the virus, I definitely won't live to see you in 2234. I can only pray that I can find a good family and have a few outstanding children to continue SPT Company until Musk wakes up and takes over!"
"If it really goes bankrupt, don't blame me, Musk! There are countless glorious and instantly bankrupt great companies in this world. A good era is like this. Royal power is not eternal, and neither is a rich man!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Learning from you," Musk burst out laughing, "Don't worry, don't worry! Believe me, Angelica, my life has been full of ups and downs, several times of sinking and being on the verge of bankruptcy! Even if I wake up in 2234 and become a penniless pauper, it won't prevent me from becoming the richest man in the world again. Do you believe me?"
Angelica replied coldly, "If you can still become the richest man in the world, then are the humans in those 200 years all eating shit? Do you think technology won't develop in those 200 years? The knowledge in your little brain is probably learned in elementary school textbooks after 2000!"
"[If the knowledge learned in universities after 2000 is still the same as it is now, then there will be big problems in this world!]"
Musk didn't care at all, shaking his head, "So what? At worst, I'll start learning from elementary school again. No one is more looking forward to technological take-off than me. I always maintain the heart of a student!"
Lin Xian interrupted the two of them and walked to Angelica, "Then Angelica, I'll leave the matters of these 200 years to you! We'll meet in the capital later. You and Zhao Yingjun should meet and get to know each other. In the future, she will be one of your few partners in this era!"
"All my affairs in China will be taken over by Zhao Yingjun. Of course, there are other friends, but if you have any difficulties, contact her directly. She is very excellent and very capable, and she can help you in all kinds of matters!"
After saying that, he waved his hand and left, "I should go to the next place!"
Brain Research Institute, subordinate to the Dragon Academy of Sciences, East Sea!
Lin Xian sat in a chair, watching Du Yao, who was busy in front of the lab table, "The work on the brain nerve electrostimulation device has been completed, but the Dragon Academy of Sciences has to wait eight years to confirm the product's effectiveness before it can be released! This is something I didn't expect!"
"However, I will pay you the patent fee I promised you in another way! I'm still quite rich at the moment, and I plan to go into hibernation. Who knows if the world 200 years from now will have too much inflation? So I'll pay you in advance!"
"I'll give you enough money to realize your ideals and ambitions for what I promised you before I brought you back from Africa! So! What are your next plans? Are you still going back to Africa?"
Du Yao nodded without hesitation, "I'm definitely going back. This is what we agreed on from the beginning! My boyfriend died there, and that's also where I can realize my life's value. I want to save as many people as I can, even if it's just one more! I will feel very comforted!"
Lin Xian stood up!
Walking to the opposite side of the lab table, "I didn't mean to stop you. I just wanted to say that your talent far exceeds your own imagination. Just like the success of this brain nerve electrostimulation helmet, you should also realize, right? You are a super genius that is rare to come by! I think in this world, in this time and space, there is a more important responsibility and mission waiting for you than just humanitarian aid in a small area!"
"Lin Xian, you're joking!"
Du Yao turned her head and smiled, "Africa is not small! It's the largest continent on Earth!"
Lin Xian smiled slightly, "Compared to the river of time of hundreds of years, the lives of tens of billions of humans, and the continuation of Earth's civilization, Africa in 2025 is really too small!"
"Du Yao, if you were just an ordinary student and an ordinary person, I wouldn't tell you this! But you really are different. You have talents and abilities that far exceed ordinary people. Now there are people in Africa waiting for you to save them, but in the distant future, there are also more lives, even the survival of the human race, waiting for you to save!"
"This is not a trolley problem of whether the present or the future is more important. A friend once told me that the meaning of genius lies in responsibility and mission. Since we have intelligence and abilities that others cannot match, we should do things that others cannot do!"
"Believe me, I'm not lying to you. If you really want to join my plan, and I'm not exaggerating at all, then come to this place before April 17th!"
After saying that, Lin Xian put down a piece of paper with a secret address written on it. Afterwards, Lin Xian went to Chu Shanhe and explained the upcoming outbreak of the hibernation suppression virus and the plan.
Chu Shanhe was very shocked by Lin Xian and Zhao Yingjun's determination and admired them even more. "I understand. I will go to the Dragon Academy of Sciences with Xiuying as soon as possible to complete hibernation before April 17th!"
Finally!
Lin Xian came to the car city and found Gao Yang in the office of the 4S store!
"Hi, you two?" Gao Yang widened his eyes. "No way, brothers! Are you two serious? What are you thinking?"
Gao Yang stood up excitedly and walked to Lin Xian's side. "It's not that I'm narrow-minded, but what does the end of the world hundreds of years from now have to do with us? Can you live to see it? Just let the virus infect you. Anyway, it's not harmful to your health. Do you really want to live as long as heaven? Isn't it good enough to live for seventy or eighty years?"
"Besides, you and I are not the same. You have a family, and your daughter is about to be born. Are you two out of your minds? Why bother? Brothers, just leave the end of the world hundreds of years from now to the people hundreds of years from now. How do you know there won't be someone more powerful than you?"
"How are you so sure that only you have superpowers? You have to believe in the strength of your descendants, brothers. Each generation is stronger than the last. Tell me, who will remember you, Lin Xian, hundreds of years from now? You're worrying about things you shouldn't be worrying about! Like..."
Lin Xian smiled calmly, "Then what would you do if you were me?"
"With so much money, money that I can't spend all of, I would definitely enjoy my life!"
Gao Yang patted his chest. "Haven't you read those dragon king novels online? There's not a single one as stupid as you. If you had told me earlier that your dreams were real, I would have bet on the World Cup with you, and then continued to bet on the European Cup, betting my way to becoming the richest man in the world!"
"And then?" Lin Xian asked!
"Then buy a yacht, buy an island, and invite all the Victoria's Secret supermodels to the island to party. After getting tired of that, I would wave my hand and enter the entertainment industry for another round, then go wherever I want in style, becoming a big shot, someone with power. That's what's awesome!"
"Finally, I can get on the country's good side and become a national hero, winning fame and honor before and after my death, enjoying all the splendor in the world, even if people are still singing your praises hundreds of years later."
"Then look at you, what a hard life you're living. You're being played all day long, you can't sleep peacefully, and you're always hiding. Do you know what it means to be forgotten? You, Lin Xian, are still someone in 2025, but when you wake up in 2200, you'll be nobody. If you don't have knowledge, you'll only be able to work hard."
"Letting you set up a street stall to sell grilled noodles..."
Lin Xian still maintained his smile!
He had indeed read similar god-level rich man black technology novels, and what Gao Yang said was exactly the same!
"Alright!" Lin Xian waved his hand, not planning to say much to Gao Yang. "I came today to say goodbye to you! We've been brothers for more than ten years, and we've known each other the longest. I'm really reluctant to part with you, hey!"
"My god, Gao Yang, what are you doing? Why don't you listen to advice? Do you hate money? If you really have too much money, let me spend it for you!"
"Alright!" Lin Xian smiled. "Anyway, I'm going to hibernate. I'm not comfortable handing over the company to someone else, so you can go to Rhein Company and be the boss. Mess around as you like. Anyway, I've already separated Taim Bank, so it doesn't matter if you run Rhein Company into the ground!"
"No way, are you serious?" Gao Yang became anxious, "What exactly are you going to do? Don't be reckless!"
"Alright, stop nagging!"
Lin Xian stood up, preparing to say goodbye. "Yingjun and I have already decided on this matter, and it won't change! And it's not just about saving the world, saving humanity's future. Chu Anqing jumped from a ten thousand-meter plane for me to catch the space-time particle. Can I rest easy and just leave her alone?"
"What?" Gao Yang was stunned. "It's related to Chu Anqing? Have you found a way to save her?"
Lin Xian shook his head. "I haven't found it yet, but! Only by going into hibernation and going to the future can I understand the truth of the thousand-year situation and find hope!"
"This is also a promise I must fulfill. And it just so happens that Chu Anqing's situation, the thousand-year situation, the apocalyptic white light, and the human extinction conspiracy, these four things may very well be [the same thing]. [The same root cause]!"
"So, saving the world is saving Chu Anqing; saving Chu Anqing is saving the world!"
After saying that, Lin Xian turned and walked towards the office door!
"Alright, you're busy!"
Suddenly… *snap!* With a muffled sound, Gao Yang grabbed Lin Xian's arm and pulled him back!
"Huh?"
Lin Xian turned his head!
But saw!
Gao Yang's face was serious, earnest, and full of struggle and hesitation!
"What's wrong?" Lin Xian asked!
Gao Yang's face turned red!
Finally! He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, you should have told me about Chu Anqing earlier!"
His voice was low! Recalling the time they spent together at the astronaut training center, recalling the time on the aerospace plane, recalling that the lovely girl whose face was covered in blood, but still bravely left the cabin, recalling the helpless look back on the plane wing, recalling the yin and yang separation, but still jumping without hesitation. Gao Yang gritted his teeth. "Damn it, Chu Anqing jumped off the plane right in front of me! We were partners on the mission, and I even went to dig up graves with you for her!"
"If you said you were simply going to save the world, save humanity's future, I really wouldn't be interested in that kind of fake and empty thing!"
"But… if you said you were going to save Chu Anqing!"
He swallowed!
He raised his head and squinted his eyes, "I'll consider it..."