Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 50 Lying (Bonus chapter for Alliance Master Henghengjiji Zhazha)
Einstein sat quietly opposite him.
The flames dancing in the corner fireplace cast his shadow on the side wall, flickering on and off. He seemed to be listening to Gauss's soliloquy, or perhaps he wasn't. He was just patiently waiting for Gauss to ask his question. Gauss took a deep breath.
Stroking his left arm, he said softly:
"Thank you, Einstein. You are the only one in the club who never interrupts me."
"But I also understand that the others don't mean any harm; it's just that I speak too slowly."
Opposite him.
Einstein smiled slightly and shook his head: "That's unimaginable."
Einstein's voice suddenly echoed in the spacious hall:
"If I could ride a time machine and see August 29, 2624 with my own eyes..."
"194 years," Gauss said emphatically, "Not bad, not bad."
"It's not to say that the virus will be effective for so many years. After so many years, its toxicity and transmission will become so strong that it can no longer infect humans." Even information from the real Einstein in history would be refused. Currently, the questions I want to know the answers to are as follows: "Yes, that's what I mean."
Including Pei Congshun's questioning opportunity, I can only choose two. "Copernicus, it's your turn, come in."
"I once asked you when humans will be able to completely improve their immunity and be immune to all viral invasions. You told me that it's impossible. You said that viruses will continue to evolve, and new viruses will continue to emerge. The flesh and blood structure of the human body is destined to coexist with viruses in the long term, with their rise and fall."
The most suitable plan is to let Chu Anqing ask questions to verify the authenticity of the future Einstein sees; while I will ask about the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) and Tesla.
Chu Anqing is right; I have many core questions to ask, and one questioning opportunity is indeed not enough. A full dozen seconds passed.
"41,122,581 people. I'm telling you, Donghai City 600 years from now will have over 40 million people!"
The voice of the old man broke the silence:
From the perspective of the ultimate outcome of human civilization, these two possibilities are not essentially different.
This kind of weird feeling...
The future that Einstein sees is indeed the same as my dream.
"Eventually, every virus will eventually lose its toxicity and transmission. It will become so weak that it cannot break through the human immune system, cannot infect the human body, and will completely lose its effect."
Difficult.
Pity.
2. The meaning of the cosmic constant 42. Intuitively, this question should be refused.
Sure enough, good people get good rewards; giving roses leaves fragrance on the hand.
Let's take it one step at a time.
Similarly, the 4th question is also excluded. The priority is not high, and it involves Einstein, so it is likely to be refused. Don't take risks; it should be steady.
So.
The red wooden door slowly opened, and Einstein's majestic voice echoed in the hall: "Unable to verify."
How should I choose? It goes without saying.
"Of course."
Chu Anqing smiled:
Gauss stared at the mask of sorrow on the old man's face:
He also refused to answer any questions about the Genius Club itself.
40 million people's daily garbage is enough to flood a small county, and the necessary supporting facilities and food and water resources are a huge number.
Einstein slowly raised his head, his voice low:
"Super metropolis! Now in 2024, the total population of Donghai City is only over 24 million, and it will almost double in 600 years!"
There is no way to verify it.
Chu Anqing nodded and pointed to the mahogany door: "This time, it's like sending charcoal in the snow. This gift is really unexpected."
So, if the reference objects are all real, how to determine whether the future Einstein sees is real?
"So, my question will be..."
Either Einstein saw a false future; I really didn't expect Chu Anqing to be so generous. My question is easy to ask; just ask directly. Is it necessary?
Sit down.
Which one is real, the future Einstein sees or the future I dream of?
At the same time, Pei Congshun will also have nightmares. I need to think quickly.
Choose one out of seven.
"Okay, let me think carefully and make a plan."
"That means that the virus you created is still very powerful. The 194-year duration is enough, enough..." Einstein nodded and stopped speaking. Gauss blinked.
"Elements will eventually decay, stars will eventually go out, and the universe will eventually turn into empty silence and death. That is true equality." "Don't bite off more than you can chew."
It's like something is penetrating time, seeing through people's hearts, and being transmitted. He glanced at Einstein's shadow dancing on the wall in the firelight, then turned his gaze back to the old man wearing the sorrowful Einstein mask in front of him. He stood up straight and waved to the old man opposite: Facing the excited Chu Anqing.
"The days of gathering at the Genius Club are the happiest times of my life."
1952.
Only subsequent methods can be used to verify it. Isn't this a joke? What can be confirmed now is...
I eagerly want to know the answers to these seven questions.
Then, by the way, I can also verify whether there will be a world-destroying white light in the future Einstein sees. Having said that.
"He's different from us; he has all the time in the world."
The total population of the world should exceed 10 billion, or even 20 billion.
When I left the dream at 00:42 on August 29, 2624, Donghai City was still a barren land.
"In 1952, there was no girl anywhere in the world who turned into blue stardust and disappeared out of thin air."
"Indeed."
In the fourth dream, Donghai City was razed to the ground.
"Is this precious solo questioning opportunity that you still plan to give to me?" "The most important thing is that the current Gauss has no way to guarantee that his dream is necessarily real."
So, there are two possibilities. Too precious. It goes without saying. "Equal death is the most fundamental equality for everything in every living world and even in the universe."
Even if Einstein refuses to answer, it doesn't matter. Gauss frowned.
"Although it has been weakening from about 180 years ago, the virus you created has greatly weakened in terms of toxicity and transmission, but there will still be people with weaker constitutions who are infected." This means that the world-destroying white light at 00:42 did not happen, so people can still survive at 10 in the morning.
And it can also show that the future Einstein sees is roughly the same as the future I dream of. Donghai City is so large, there is a high probability that there are a dozen survivors that I failed to discover and missed. Next month, I will do another carpet search. "Come in, it's your turn to ask questions."
Worldwide.
1952, such an ordinary year. Sad Einstein, Musk's dream, the cosmic constant 42, the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) disappearing... are all related to 1952. He cleared his throat and said in the slowest possible voice:
Since Einstein said he was going to conduct a solo question, Pei Cong had no intention of taking up Pei Congshun's questioning opportunity.
Musk's dream and my dream are definitely not aimless.
Differences appeared.
Finally.
Will also dream of a version of myself with blue eyes.
I couldn't help but resist.
Gauss breathed a sigh of relief, seeming very satisfied:
"At 10 a.m. on August 29, 2624, what is the population size within the scope of Long Country's Donghai City?"
My suspicion and vigilance just now were not groundless.
"Actually, I've been looking for opportunities and ways to repay you, but I can't help you much. If you don't mind, let me use this questioning opportunity as a thank you for the last incident."
"In the past, because I was afraid that others would see through my future plans and real intentions, everyone was hiding and not daring to ask in-depth questions. Although I am not afraid of everyone knowing my future plans, there are many times when I still don't want them to hear the answers to my questions, so there are many questions that I don't dare to ask." Chu Anqing answered very naturally:
After Gauss and Chu Anqing entered the room, they no longer needed to pretend to be strangers and began to talk directly.
Einstein leaned back in his soft chair and said:
"That answer makes me very at ease. I also know very well that any virus, no matter how strong its toxicity is at the beginning, but as time goes by and the number of infections continues to increase, its toxicity and transmission will inevitably become weaker and weaker."
"And if Einstein's answer is no, then my question is also a waste. So do you understand? For you at this stage, whether to ask or not, in addition to making you feel at ease or depressed, you can't get any valuable information, so why waste such a precious questioning opportunity?"
So, this question can only be asked by myself. "Come in, it's your turn to ask questions."
Then, the first question is Pei Cong's main goal. Out of responsibility for Tesla's safety, even Chu Anqing Gauss is unwilling to share the intelligence of Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake).
"Since you've said that, I'm looking forward to it. You said that 600 years from now, will there be super-super-large cities with a total population of less than 100 million?" "Copernicus, tell me, what is your last question?"
9 hours later.
Einstein is still so calm, and without thinking, he says a number:
Inside the secret living room, separated by a door, the golden hall.
If there was one thing that Gauss was powerless about, it was this. Sitting in the leather chair across from the tea table.
"The surprise!"
"So, are you sure you still want me to help you ask how many people there are in the world in 2622? Isn't that a worthless question?" What should I do?
"You have to leave here? Can I go out for a while and say goodbye to Rhein?" He looked at Chu Anqing with some surprise:
"This opportunity is really too rare. Except for a few members who joined the Genius Club early, none of us latecomers have ever had this opportunity."
"In 1952, there was a 20-year-old boy who disappeared into blue stardust at 00:42 local time. Please tell me the reason why he disappeared out of thin air."
The old man wearing the sad Einstein mask still looked at Pei Congshun as usual:
Einstein is indeed lying!
First of all, let's rule out the second one. One is that it is relatively low in weight, and the other is that the probability of being refused is very high, so don't waste precious opportunities. Ask a more audacious question.
Step by step, walk into the living room. Gauss adjusted his sitting posture.
"Einstein doesn't care about your little actions at all. He is still the same as before, not caring about anything or caring about anything."
This is the first time Einstein has hesitated for so long when faced with a question.
Not only is there no world-destroying white light, but humans are developing in an unimaginably prosperous way, so that the population of Donghai City has soared to more than 40 million.
There is no way to find the hafnium alloy safe in the fourth dream and check the small note Tesla left for me, so as to judge the reality of the dream;
Chu Anqing nodded to Gauss, got up and walked in. Creak...
He made a gesture of taking off his VR glasses, and the virtual image became transparent and gradually disappeared.
Close the door.
And the Genius Club.
The future Einstein sees and the future I dream of are not the same thing at all.
"Surprise!"
"So, are you sure you still want me to ask him questions about things that have no value, such as how many people there are in the world in 2622?" What should I do?
"Copernicus, your question has already begun, and you need to leave." Think carefully.
In fact, it has been accumulating slowly for a long time. If, in 1952, the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) really didn't disappear, then it must be unusual and something big must have happened in that key year.
In fact
At the same time, it is also the solo question that I have never had the opportunity to ask.
Chu Anqing pulled open the red wooden door, strode out, came to Pei Cong's side, and shook hands with him:
But found that
Chu Anqing is also a person with ideals and beliefs. He has also had many questions that he didn't dare to ask. Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? If he refuses, it can only prove that there is something fishy!
Sort out my thoughts. Einstein was silent.
I looked at Einstein's despairing, regretful, and lifeless eyes under the mask. I don't want to ask questions about the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) or about Tesla. Einstein made a gesture to leave:
Where did more than 40 million people come from out of thin air? I feel... Gauss started walking. "Enough, enough." Right now, I can't do that at all." My question is..." Einstein was silent for a while: Gauss nodded.
Finally.
4. What do the montage scenes in Musk's dream, and the blue-eyed self in the dream, mean?
Either, it's the same as what I just thought...
"I must leave here? Can I go out for a while and say goodbye to Rhein? " I looked at Chu Anqing with some surprise:
"This opportunity is really too difficult to come by. Except for a few members who joined the Genius Club in the early days, none of us who came later have ever had this opportunity."
"In 1952, a 20-year-old boy disappeared into blue stardust at 00:42 local time. Please tell me the reason why he disappeared out of thin air."
The old man wearing the sad Einstein mask still looked at Pei Congshun as usual:
Einstein is indeed lying!
First of all, let's rule out the second one. First, it is relatively low in weight, and second, the probability of being refused is very high, so don't waste precious opportunities. Ask a more audacious question.
Step by step, walk into the living room. Gauss adjusted his sitting posture.
"Einstein doesn't care about your little actions at all. He is still the same as before, not caring about anything or caring about anything."
This is the first time Einstein has hesitated for so long when faced with a question.
Not only is there no world-destroying white light, but humans are developing in an unimaginably prosperous way, so that the population of Donghai City has soared to more than 40 million.
There is no way to find the hafnium alloy safe in the fourth dream and check the small note Tesla left for me, so as to judge the reality of the dream;
Chu Anqing nodded to Gauss, got up and walked in. Creak...
He made a gesture of taking off his VR glasses, and the virtual image became transparent and gradually disappeared.
Close the door.
And the Genius Club.
The future Einstein sees and the future I dream of are not the same thing at all.
"Surprise!"
"So, are you sure you still want me to help you ask questions about things that have no value, such as how many people there are in the world in 2622?" What should I do?
"Copernicus, your question has already begun, and you need to leave." Think carefully.
In fact, it has been accumulating slowly for a long time. If, in 1952, the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) really didn't disappear, then it must be unusual and something big must have happened in that key year.
In fact
At the same time, it is also the solo question that I have never had the opportunity to ask.
Chu Anqing pulled open the red wooden door, strode out, came to Pei Cong's side, and shook hands with him:
But found that
Chu Anqing is also a person with ideals and beliefs. He has also had many questions that he didn't dare to ask. Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? If he refuses, it can only prove that there is something fishy!
Sort out my thoughts. Einstein was silent.
I looked at Einstein's despairing, regretful, and lifeless eyes under the mask. I don't want to ask questions about the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) or about Tesla. Einstein made a gesture to leave:
Where did more than 40 million people come from out of thin air? I feel... Gauss started walking.
"Enough, enough." Right now, I can't do that at all." My question is..." Einstein was silent for a while: Gauss nodded.
Finally.
4. What do the montage scenes in Musk's dream, and the blue-eyed self in the dream, mean?
Either, it's the same as what I just thought...
"I must leave here? Can I go out for a while and say goodbye to Rhein? " I looked at Chu Anqing with some surprise:
"This opportunity is really too difficult to come by. Except for a few members who joined the Genius Club in the early days, none of us who came later have ever had this opportunity."
"In 1952, a 20-year-old boy disappeared into blue stardust at 00:42 local time. Please tell me the reason why he disappeared out of thin air."
The old man wearing the sad Einstein mask still looked at Pei Congshun as usual:
Einstein is indeed lying!
First of all, let's rule out the second one. First, it is relatively low in weight, and second, the probability of being refused is very high, so don't waste precious opportunities. Ask a more audacious question.
Step by step, walk into the living room. Gauss adjusted his sitting posture.
"Einstein doesn't care about your little actions at all. He is still the same as before, not caring about anything or caring about anything."
This is the first time Einstein has hesitated for so long when faced with a question.
Not only is there no world-destroying white light, but humans are developing in an unimaginably prosperous way, so that the population of Donghai City has soared to more than 40 million.
There is no way to find the hafnium alloy safe in the fourth dream and check the small note Tesla left for me, so as to judge the reality of the dream;
Chu Anqing nodded to Gauss, got up and walked in. Creak...
He made a gesture of taking off his VR glasses, and the virtual image became transparent and gradually disappeared.
Close the door.
And the Genius Club.
The future Einstein sees and the future I dream of are not the same thing at all.
"Surprise!"
"So, are you sure you still want me to help you ask questions about things that have no value, such as how many people there are in the world in 2622?" What should I do?
"Copernicus, your question has already begun, and you need to leave." Think carefully.
In fact, it has been accumulating slowly for a long time. If, in 1952, the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) really didn't disappear, then it must be unusual and something big must have happened in that key year.
In fact
At the same time, it is also the solo question that I have never had the opportunity to ask.
Chu Anqing pulled open the red wooden door, strode out, came to Pei Cong's side, and shook hands with him:
But found that
Chu Anqing is also a person with ideals and beliefs. He has also had many questions that he didn't dare to ask. Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? If he refuses, it can only prove that there is something fishy!
Sort out my thoughts. Einstein was silent.
I looked at Einstein's despairing, regretful, and lifeless eyes under the mask. I don't want to ask questions about the Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake) or about Tesla. Einstein made a gesture to leave:
Where did more than 40 million people come from out of thin air? I feel... Gauss started walking. "Enough, enough." Right now, I can't do that at all." My question is..." Einstein was silent for a while: Gauss nodded.
"Enough, enough." Right now, I can't do that at all." My question is..." Einstein was silent for a while: Gauss nodded.
"You're my life saver, of course. If it weren't for you giving me intelligence in advance and letting me know that the female secretary was Pei Congshun's mole... Now where would I have the opportunity to sit here with you to have a meeting?" "I think Newton should have left the gathering immediately after asking his question. But in my case, I will walk out of this red door after Einstein answers the question, tell you the answer, and then you can weigh your last question based on the answer."
What is the truth?
Having said that.
Those three keywords, could there be some connection between them? This is the last time to ask a question. Start analyzing.
"Ouch!" "What's your question?" I know.
"To be honest, the reason why I was able to make up my mind to carry out this plan was entirely because of Pei Congshun's death, and Newton's question and his answer."
"Thank you, Pei Congshun." "Goodbye, Einstein."
"But if you think carefully about this question, it doesn't really have any meaning. If humans really fly out and have the ability to survive outside of Earth, then of course I'm very happy. But that would be equivalent to wasting a questioning opportunity. Because the fact is right there, whether I ask or not, it doesn't affect humans' voyage into space."
Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake).
This question can be said to verify two questions at the same time.
"Nowadays, Donghai is already crowded enough. If the population doubles, we may have to open up new areas, or develop super high-rise buildings or underground space." "Chu Anqing conveyed Pei Cong's words unchanged: "I've thought it over." I closed the red wooden door.
Pei Congshun waved his hand:
I suddenly had a strange premonition - Pei Cong had just finished explaining to Chu Anqing.
He is your savior, but you can't do anything about it. This is the powerlessness that Gauss now possesses.
"You must think carefully, cherish this opportunity, and change to a more meaningful question. Let me ask Einstein for you."
"So, the price of asking the question is 194 years of time. 194 years later, this virus will completely lose its toxicity and transmission, and become unable to infect and transmit to any human being. It will disappear from the world forever."
And.
Gauss was very surprised.
Einstein still said a number so calmly without thinking:
Walking out of the largely open door of the private living room and looking at the cool fireplace and Einstein sitting steadily in the leather chair inside.
"Although I don't know what his future plan is, I think it's pretty good that no one knows his future plan. He may just be the final winner! Now, my road has come to an end. I'm willing to support him."
"A few days ago, I personally injected myself with this virus. How many years will it take for humans to be completely uninfected by this virus and for it not to work?"
What is the reason for that Musk would dream of that year and remember it so vividly, even setting it as the password for his diary?
Type one is that humanity is indeed extinct; the other is that the world-destroying white light at 00:42 on August 29 destroyed humanity. Gauss looked at Chu Anqing: "Are you sure?"
Pity.
"Are you sure you want to give it to me?" Pei Cong asked.
"Thank you, Einstein, and thank you Zhang Yuqian."
"Goodbye, Einstein."
"As Chu Anqing said.
Such a tolerant and strange rule"... He did succeed."
Just like what Chu Anqing said.
Then you have to "savor" what Einstein calls "the most beautiful future."
Chu Anqing, wearing the Copernicus mask, turned his head: "Hmm?"
Pei Congshun exclaimed:
So.
As a Qiannian Zhuang (Millennium Stake), Musk would dream of Einstein for no reason? If Einstein's answer is 0, Pei Cong closed his eyes.
"I'm leaving, see you." Einstein.
"The specific number is 41,122,581 people." Gauss inexplicably felt a sense of security and vigilance.
Step by step. Silence.
That subtle feeling, the more I think about it, the weirder and more terrifying it becomes.
"He thinks badly", "After all, it's the future world 600 years ago. It is possible to develop into folded cities or hierarchical cities, and it is understandable to accommodate more than 40 million people." Chu Anqing originally planned to say Pei Cong's words: "I have thought it over."
Einstein is lying.
Looking at the open door of the private living room, looking at the cool fireplace inside and Einstein sitting steadily in the leather chair.
"He thought badly".