Chapter 45 Hello, I'm Galileo

As expected.

Lin Xian sighed softly.

He had been mentally prepared for this answer, but the moment of the actual "verdict" still left Lin Xian with a hint of disappointment.

Since the future virus was brought from the future, it must have come from the hand of some future genius.

In this era, Kevin Walker is already the strongest hacker on the planet.

Even he can't do anything about the super artificial intelligence v, so to find someone who can solve the problem...

He can only ask for help from a future computer genius.

Cheng Qian.

Without a doubt, he should be a super computer genius even more outstanding than Kevin Walker.

It's just that he was born too late, in 2482, exactly 300 years later than Gao Wen's birth date.

So.

Reasoning like this.

Many previous events can be sorted out.

After he copied the super artificial intelligence vv back in 2023, Kevin Walker...

Discovered its existence. No.

To be precise, it shouldn't be Kevin Walker who discovered v, but a higher level of life form—

Digital life, Turing.

This is a completely new life form between humans and artificial intelligence. It cleverly exploited a bug, so that it could neither be detected by vv nor be killed by conventional computer viruses.

Therefore, Kevin Walker began to plan from that moment, preparing to kill the current era's vv through future technology.

The first step was that he raised this question to Einstein and obtained relevant information about Cheng Qian.

The second step was that Turing, who could live forever in the network world, found a way to kill Kevin Walker, spent more than 400 years, successfully found the super computer genius Cheng Qian, and had him develop a virus sufficient to erase super artificial intelligence.

The third step was to have the fake Yu Xi hand the virus over to Jask through a biological USB drive, falsely claiming that the virus inside could be used to kill Kevin Walker's artificial intelligence, but in reality, it was using Jask's hand to kill the super artificial intelligence vv.

The fourth step was that the fake Yu Xi left Jask, came to Lin Xian's side using Yu Xi's name, and used Lin Xian's hatred for Jask and his desire to avenge vv to kill Jask by borrowing a knife.

This interlocking, insidious plan...

Was the conspiracy of the digital life Turing on the fourth dream, the 0.0000000 world line.

Here.

The clever digital life Turing exploited another bug.

As the most special member of the Genius Club, he was restricted by Einstein with a lock, unable to disclose information about other members or harm them.

However, Lin Xian in 2023 was not a member of the Genius Club, and could just become a tool for the future Turing and fake Yu Xi to kill by borrowing a knife.

He was indeed deceived by the acting skills of the fake Yu Xi at the time, and coupled with the hatred of vv being killed, he had already listed Jask and Kevin Walker as his number one imaginary enemies.

The fake Yu Xi only needed to add fuel to the fire to allow the future Turing to complete a double kill with one stone.

Of course.

Fortunately, this plan ultimately failed, and the farce of the real and fake Yu Xi was also cleverly and unexpectedly cracked by the real and fake Jask, which was a substitute drama.

Now, whether it is Kevin Walker or Turing, they are already dead; plus, the world line has also changed many times, so discussing these "outdated" things is meaningless.

The thing that is more troublesome for Lin Xian now is—

Cheng Qian, this super genius who can kill vv and also save vv; who can create viruses and also kill viruses, is too far, far away from him on the time scale.

A time span of more than 400 years is unattainable for Lin Xian's mere decades of life.

Could it be...

Is vv really hopeless?

Is it really only able to hide in a robot vacuum cleaner and pretend to be an artificial idiot for the rest of its life? Lin Xian was very helpless.

He couldn't imagine that if vv knew this bad news, it would definitely jump up and smash his knee with a flying kick. Tsk.

Lin Xian clicked his tongue.

It's really annoying. There are clearly solutions to many things, but because the time span is too long, the current self in 2024 is at a loss and has no way out.

"Thank you, Miss Da Vinci." Lin Xian thanked politely.

Regardless of how much this intelligence can help, Miss Da Vinci is indeed kind enough to tell him the truth. "You don't have to be so polite, Rhine." Miss Da Vinci smiled:

"As you said at the beginning, this is a fair exchange of information, and we can be considered to have gotten what we needed. To be honest, I really like polite young people like you."

"Although I can't completely guess your purpose for joining the Genius Club and what kind of future world you want to achieve, I think it must not be bad."

"If my future plan is destined to fail, then I really hope that you can become the ultimate victor and bring a better and happier future to mankind."

After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Xian looked at Da Vinci:

"You just said that you plan to ask Einstein about his future plan at the next gathering."

"Yes." Da Vinci nodded. "Forget it, you'd better not ask." Lin Xian advised:

"Your previous two questions have already revealed too much information, energy nuclear batteries, global disasters... I personally think that although other smart geniuses can't guess your specific plan, if you continue to ask or ask for details, they will probably be able to find clues."

Lin Xian couldn't tell Da Vinci that he could see the future world 600 years later.

This world line now belongs to Da Vinci's future. Then.

If someone else asks a question about the future, Einstein will definitely refuse to answer. But if Da Vinci herself asks, then Einstein will tell her everything without any concealment.

What Savior Company, mechanical cyborgs, role model leadership, and personal rating system will directly expose her privacy and plans. After the exposure, what is the next step? Obviously.

She will inevitably face life-threatening dangers. "Hehe."

Da Vinci smiled slightly:

"I understand what you are worried about, Rhine, you are really a kind person." "Don't worry, I have been holding meetings in the club for decades, and I also have many skills in how to ask questions and how to restrain Einstein's answers."

Lin Xian nodded, stood up, and prepared to leave the venue: "Then, good luck, Miss Da Vinci." Da Vinci also stood up quickly:

"You too, Rhine. But can you allow me to be a little more greedy?" Her Da Vinci mask looked at the Rhine cat on the mask:

"According to you, you actually know something about the question I raised today."

"That is the question of the global disaster I raised. Although Einstein refused to answer, in this case, refusal is also a kind of affirmation, which means that at some point in the future, a certain member will definitely cause a global disaster artificially."

Her voice was very soft and her thinking was very clear:

"In fact, it is not difficult to locate which candidates are possible through the elimination method, so I first tested the most likely Galileo."

"I have been dealing with Galileo in the Genius Club for many years, and I know him much better than you, and I have been holding offline meetings for more than 20 years."

"The degree of understanding between people is nothing more than more contact, more chatting, and more communication. Acting, playing along, and saying one thing but meaning another are naturally very common, but over a period of decades, people are not machines and cannot fail to show their true selves."

"Galileo's performance just now, I don't know if he fooled you, but he doesn't seem to have fooled me, or he may have fooled me even more cleverly."

"In short, whether you tell me the answer to this question or not, just treat it as me talking to myself——"

"Is Galileo the one who will cause the global disaster in the future?" Lin Xian did not say a word.

Indeed, as Jask said, the Genius Club does not support idle people. Many times, through a small reaction and a few words, they can deduce the truth of the entire puzzle.

Since Miss Da Vinci first tested Galileo and is now asking this name, it shows that she actually already has an answer in her heart. It's just.

This question.

Lin Xian doesn't plan to answer her.

Was the super disaster in 2400 caused by Galileo?

Currently, it just looks like it, it's likely, but there is absolutely no real evidence. It is not ruled out that there may be a misunderstanding of him.

Lin Xian doesn't want to say things that are not 100% certain to mislead people. At the same time, he doesn't want Da Vinci to know too much about his background.

"Then I don't know." Lin Xian shook his head and smiled:

"As you said, this is only my fourth time attending a club gathering, and I don't know that much about Galileo; or rather, I don't know that much about any of you."

"It's true that I also have my own intelligence channels, but more of my ideas come from speculation and reasoning. I can only say that I advise you to be more careful, because..."

"You know Galileo very well, which means that Galileo also knows you very well." This is the truth.

Understanding is mutual.

While you are gazing into the abyss, the abyss is also gazing into you. "Goodbye, Miss Da Vinci, good night."

Lin Xian took off the vr glasses.

The vision became brighter.

In front of him was the quiet Donghai night and the clean study of Zhao Yingjun's house. Da Vinci's matter was just a small episode.

Since he has not received Liu Feng's call and the reading of the space-time clock has not changed, it means that the space-time butterfly effect has not occurred and the world line has not shifted. ""Perhaps it has not reached the point of no return." Lin Xian said softly.

His words are unsubstantiated, and Miss Da Vinci will definitely not completely believe him.

The next gathering will be on the 1st of next month when she knows the truth and makes the final decision. "I should solve my own problems first."

He leaned back in his chair, frowned, and looked at the ceiling light.

The current state is like falling into a swamp, struggling desperately, but unable to move, and all things are making no progress and are in a stalemate.

Closed his eyes.

Rubbing his temples:

"What will be the next breakthrough point?"

The next day.

Donghai University Rhine Joint Laboratory. Lin Xian held a chalk and tapped the blackboard:

"The current situation is that we are stuck in many places, unable to move, and even have no way out."

He turned his back to Liu Feng and began to write on the blackboard:

"What is holding back our progress is not anything else, but time! Currently, there are three key time nodes that can solve the problems we face." "But the tragic reality is that these three time points are too far away from us, and they are also related to each other, making us helpless in the face of the unattainable river of time."

"The first time point is..." Da da da da.

The sound of chalk hitting the blackboard, Lin Xian wrote the first time point on the blackboard:

"1952, something important must have happened, not only related to Einstein, Millennium Pile, and the Doomsday White Light, but also hiding many secrets and truths." "This is the first."

Lin Xian pointed to the number 1952 and looked back at Liu Feng:

"Zhang Yuqian's diary password is 1952, and she also dreamed of this year in her dreams;" "The sad Einstein in the corner was drawn in 1952;" "The date when a certain Millennium Pile turned into blue stardust and disappeared was 1952;"

"The author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, who first mentioned the concept of 42 in science fiction works, was also born in 1952;"

"Such a coincidental year, the source of almost all things points to 1952, and even the cosmic constant 42 can be involved in 1952."

"I just thought of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Douglas Adams, so you see, the new discovery..."

"The cosmic constant 42 may also be related to the mysterious year of 1952!" Sitting upright in his chair.

Liu Feng, who was as serious as a listening elementary school student, looked serious and was facing a formidable enemy: "So you didn't discover the key point, Lin Xian?" "Key point?"

Lin Xian was stunned and looked at Liu Feng with anticipation: "Liu Feng, have you found a blind spot?" "That's right."

Liu Feng raised his head, looked into Lin Xian's eyes, and said solemnly, word by word: "The law of Qiannian Zhuang is that it dissipates every 24 years. This is also an arithmetic sequence!"

Lin Xian looked at the resolute Liu Feng. Feeling very speechless:

"So, is arithmetic sequence the truth of the universe?" "Lin Xian retorted sarcastically:

"Is arithmetic sequence more important than the cosmic constant? Liu Feng, I always thought you were a serious mathematician, how are you becoming more and more like a comedian?" "Give me some strength, buddy! There are people in this world who can calculate the cosmic constant with a pencil and a piece of paper; there are people who can develop a time machine without any space-time particles. Can we not be entangled in this junior high school mathematics knowledge point of arithmetic sequence?"

"Then, the second key time point is..." Lin Xian turned around and continued to write with chalk da da da ——

"In 2234, a comet from outer space collided with the Earth, bringing isotopes that should not exist, astatine-339."

"This problem is old news and does not need to be explained in detail. Astatine-339 is an essential substance for manufacturing time machine calibration modules. Without it, time travel cannot be carried out no matter what." Liu Feng nodded.

With his arms crossed:

"So, the time point of 1952 and the time point of 2234 are actually bound together."

"It is impossible to time travel to 1952 until the comet arrives in 2234, and without traveling to 1952, there seems to be no other way to know those sealed secrets and truths."

"That's right."

Lin Xian turned around again and wrote the third key time point on the blackboard——

"In 2482, the super computer genius Cheng Qian was born. Only he can remove the future virus from the Internet and liberate the super artificial intelligence v."

"This is also a desperate time point." Lin Xian rubbed the chalk in his hand:

"If vv can be revived and given enough time to develop, many problems will not be problems, and many hardships will not be difficult."

"But 2482, this is too far away. No wonder this future virus is so powerful that it can kill vv. The devil is one foot tall, and the road is ten feet high. Only future technology can kill future technology."

"Therefore, for the same reason, the one who tied the bell must untie it. Without finding Cheng Qian, vv cannot be saved; and to save vv, Cheng Qian must be found in 2482 and asked him to develop an antivirus software." Da.

Lin Xian threw the chalk head towards the podium and hit the chalk box directly without missing. Liu Feng shook his head:

"In this way, all roads to solving the problem are currently blocked." "That's right." Lin Xian was also melancholy. Impassable.

All the roads are impassable.

Not to mention that the engineering drawings of the current time machine have not been copied yet, even if they are copied and given to Liu Feng, it will be useless.

There are still 53 years before humans discover the comet's trace, and 221 years before the comet arrives on Earth. Before this, any efforts on time travel are in vain.

As for...

Hoping that Cheng Qian could sleep in a hibernation pod and wake up in 2624 waiting for him is too Arabian Nights, and even ssr-level beautiful dreams would not do this.

Moreover, it is not clear where Cheng Qian is from.

If he is far away from Donghai City, even if he really lives in 2624, Lin Xian will not be able to trek to find him with a dream that only lasts 12 hours at most.

"So, the only hope lies in Du Yao." Lin Xian said:

"When Du Yao successfully develops the brain nerve electrical stimulation helmet, and the world line changes, perhaps some breakthroughs can be found."

Liu Feng turned his head and looked at the space-time clock on the middle experiment table:

"Since July 1st, the reading of this space-time clock has been dancing wildly. Three months have passed, and it has remained motionless."

"Sometimes it is easy for the world line to jump, and sometimes it is difficult. The key is to find a fulcrum sufficient to break through the space-time elasticity." He got up.

He came to the laboratory window and pulled open the curtains vigorously.

Dazzling sunlight shone in.

Liu Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the blazing sun in the sky:

"When will the next world line change and the future trajectory change?"

At the same time.

The junction of two provinces, the Wuyi Mountains. Surrounded by green mountains and rivers, the scenery is pleasant.

"Children, don't run outside, it's time to come back and read."

A kind old woman waved her hand and called out to the children running and playing in the fields.

This is a school built in the mountains, sheltering left-behind children from surrounding poor villages.

From time to time, some college student volunteers come here to teach. But most of the time, it is the old woman alone.

One after another, the children ran back to the classroom, and a little girl ran over with a large bunch of fresh branches and leaves:

"Grandma, look! The tea we picked!" The old woman smiled slightly and rubbed her hair:

"It's this month, these tea leaves are already old. If you really want to fry tea leaves, you should pick them in April and May." "Ah?"

The little girl was very disappointed:

"Then these tea leaves are useless?" "Um..."

The old man thought for a while: ""You can weave a garland, or insert it in a water bottle as a decoration. Although you can't drink tea, the fragrance of Lapsang Souchong is really something you can't smell enough for many years." Then, the children entered the classroom one after another, and the old woman also turned around, preparing to leave.

Suddenly.

Behind him, a foreign old man with a cane, wearing a black top hat, and dressed like a gentleman of the last century slowly walked over.

His hair was gray, but very neat, especially the sideburns under the brim of his hat, which were shiny and had obviously been carefully taken care of.

His skin was fair and his nose was high. He should have been a handsome young man when he was young.

It's a pity.

Time waits for no one.

The traces of time are like a sharp blade, carving many wrinkles on his face. The old woman raised her head and blinked: "You are?"

I saw

The old gentleman smiled slightly, took off his top hat solemnly, bowed slightly to the woman, and said in standard English: "Hello, Miss Da Vinci, I am Galileo."