Einstein became melancholic.

In those intricate timelines, he clearly saw that humanity's future was doomed by the global nuclear war of 1991.

He saw it clearly:

[Douglas predicted many things correctly. In the coming decades, more and more countries will possess nuclear weapons, forming a nuclear deterrent. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was also signed in 1968.]

[But in the end, the war between the Misu did break out. As the first nuclear weapon ascended, all the world's nuclear counterattack systems were activated instantly, a nuclear chain reaction spread across the globe, countless hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs exploded everywhere on Earth, and thousands upon thousands of mushroom clouds completely polluted the atmosphere...]

This was the prelude to humanity's demise.

Einstein lowered his head heavily:

"How I wish the future I see is wrong, is false; how I wish Douglas is right; but..."

He stood up, walked to the living room, and looked at the fish tank that hadn't been cleaned for three days.

There were a total of 12 fish in the tank, and now 7 were floating upside down with their white bellies exposed. The remaining 5 were devouring the corpses of their companions.

He had just seen this scene.

Before he walked out of the study and into the living room… he clearly knew how many fish had died.

Subsequently.

He returned to the study.

He drew back the curtains, looking at the warm sunlight outside.

"Tonight, it will snow."

Einstein said softly:

"Little Tom next door will fall in 7 seconds, the ball in his arms will bounce out and hit Mary's dog..."

"Ouch!"

His voice had just fallen when a little boy running with a ball tripped on a stone step, fell face-first to the ground, and burst into tears. The ball in his arms bounced and skipped towards the opposite side of the road, hitting a sleeping corgi with a thud.

*Shua*—

Einstein drew the curtains.

Clearly, the future he could see was real and accurate.

At least… the things that could be verified at the moment all proved that these futures were correct.

"Douglas."

Einstein raised his head:

"That's right! Douglas! We agreed to meet at the farm in Brooklyn today, and I'm late!"

He scratched his head:

"Damn, where is Douglas now? He doesn't think I've broken the appointment, does he?"

Closing his eyes.

Einstein began to use the [timelines] in his mind to find Douglas, to find his figure and location, to peer into his future.

But he found…

He couldn't find him at all!

The reason was that he had no idea what Douglas looked like, and he couldn't even match his voice.

Einstein opened his eyes helplessly:

"If I could see the history before I awakened, I could follow the clues to find Douglas, and naturally know his true appearance… But now, my ability to see the future started from the moment I awakened, and I can't see any of the previous history."

"The only impressions I have of Douglas in my mind are that giant gorilla mask and that hoarse, cold-stricken voice. I don't even know his nationality."

"However, maybe I can take a look at my farm in Brooklyn. Although I'm late today, maybe Douglas will be willing to wait for me at the farm."

Having just acquired this ability to see the future, Einstein was not very skilled. He closed his eyes again and awkwardly sorted out the timelines...

Soon.

He found his farm in Brooklyn and discovered that there was indeed a black figure wandering around the farm.

It was a Nordic-looking man, but mixed with some Asian features. It seemed that Douglas should be a "Eurasian mix."

Then.

Einstein held his breath, unable to believe it—

He saw it.

Douglas's eyes... were also a bright, azure blue! Exactly the same as his eyes at this moment!

Thinking back.

At the moment he calculated the cosmological constant 42, there were two small blue electric balls behind him. Since one hit him, then the other... must have hit Douglas, so the other party's eyes turned blue like his!

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is!"

Einstein suddenly realized.

This was fate! This was a bond—

[Douglas, like him, can see the future!]

"I understand, Douglas."

Einstein narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists:

"Now, despairing of and disappointed in the future of humanity... is clearly too early."

"Our ability to peer into the future is precisely the opportunity that heaven has given us to change the future."

"As long as we see the ending of failure and destruction in advance, we can find ways to avoid it, change it, and guide the future of human civilization in a new direction."

"Let's join hands, Douglas, let's work together..."

"[To forge a better future for humanity!]"

After figuring it out, Einstein was very excited. No matter how dark the future of humanity was, he and Douglas could save everything!

"I must find Douglas as soon as possible."

Einstein stopped peering into the future, put on his coat, and rushed out of the study.

But quickly.

He turned back again.

He picked up the blank piece of paper on the desk with only the number [42] written on it.

This was the origin of everything. He wanted to discuss this with Douglas, so he should take this piece of paper with the final result of the cosmological constant with him.

He folded the paper.

Put it in his coat pocket.

Einstein rushed out, started the old car parked in the yard, and drove at full speed to suburban Brooklyn.

……

At the same time.

Western suburbs of Brooklyn, inside the abandoned farm.

Lin Xuan had already gone around to the back of the house and started a carpet search.

"Found it!"

Under his feet, there was a hidden steel flip door.

Sure enough.

Just like he expected.

There was indeed a hidden underground space in this farm.

It took some effort.

Lin Xuan used force to pry open the heavy hidden door and looked down.

"What… is this place?"

He didn't climb down rashly.

It was dark and gloomy, not very safe. And this passage looked more like an emergency escape exit. Lin Xuan didn't believe that Einstein, at the age of seventy, could climb up and down such a vertical passage.

"There must be other entrances and exits."

With a goal, the search was much faster.

Soon.

He found several vents, and also found a hidden periscope. Seeing these devices, he finally understood what was hidden underground in this farm—

"Underground bomb shelter."

In an instant, enlightenment.

Lin Xuan recalled the advertising paper he once saw beside the streets of Brooklyn:

In this special era when everyone fears nuclear war, many rich people are indeed starting to prepare bomb shelters, even underground fortresses, in advance.

He never expected…

That even Einstein was a member of this foresightful group.

So far.

The mystery about Einstein's frequent visits to the Brooklyn suburbs could be roughly explained.

He was indeed more cautious than normal people.

After the atomic bomb exploded in 1945, Einstein must have been worried about nuclear war, so he bought this wasteland in the Brooklyn suburbs early on and started building an underground bomb shelter, an underground refuge.

With a full 7 years of construction time, Einstein's investment must have been huge.

This also indirectly shows how desperate he was about the future war situation.

The reason why CC and the others often saw Einstein driving past the front of the orphanage was self-evident. He must have come to this farm to supervise the work.

Such a big project, he couldn't completely leave it alone, he always had to come and keep an eye on it.

"That is to say, there should be a more convenient entrance, which can directly reach the underground shelter."

Intuition told Lin Xuan that this entrance should be located inside a certain house to be reasonable.

Finally.

He found the formal entrance to the underground shelter in the warehouse.

There was even a simple elevator:

"Even an elevator... How deep did Einstein dig this underground shelter?"

Lin Xuan got on the elevator.

Turned on the lights and pressed the down button.

In the sound of steel cables rubbing, the simple elevator slowly went down. Lin Xuan stared at the solid concrete walls around him, wondering where he would go next.

Einstein…

Would be at

Then that would be too impolite. At least give a hint, otherwise who could find such a hidden place.

After about ten seconds, the simple elevator stopped, the fence opened, and Lin Xuan came to a brightly lit underground fortress.

The space was large, with all kinds of equipment and facilities, water and electricity lines were all laid out, and there were various kinds of furniture.

"Too luxurious."

Lin Xuan walked in and strolled around, marveling at the extravagance of Einstein's handwriting.

It was just a bomb shelter, but Einstein built it according to villa standards, which shows that he had long been mentally prepared to live in it for a long time.

He looked around the underground space.

Lin Xuan found that most of the space was transformed into storage boxes and storage compartments, and filled with various canned foods and emergency supplies; at the same time, there were also diesel generators, strategic materials, and so on.

He took a few deep breaths.

He found that the oxygen content was very sufficient.

This shows that there was a special gas circulation ventilation device here.

Now, Lin Xuan finally understood where Einstein had spent the money on the 7 years of renovation, all of which was used to build this underground shelter!

"It seems that even a great man has a cowardly side."

Lin Xuan smiled helplessly.

If the world knew that the great scientist Einstein had built such an underground palace behind his back, I really don't know how historians would evaluate him.

But great men are also people, and this kind of behavior is even more real.

He turned around a few more times.

Lin Xuan confirmed that this was just an underground shelter built to prevent nuclear war, and there was nothing suspicious about it. So he planned to take the elevator back to the ground and not stay here for long.

How should he put it.

Although the facilities here were luxurious and the oxygen was sufficient, he couldn't help but feel depressed.

……

Back on the ground.

Lin Xuan found a chair in the warehouse to sit down, planning to wait for Einstein until the evening.

The other party was a celebrity, a busy person, maybe something urgent was delayed, so he should wait a little longer.

He waited until night fell, and the round moon slowly rose from the eastern sky. Finally, the roar of a car engine came from outside.

It should be Einstein arriving late, finally coming to keep the appointment.

Lin Xuan walked out of the house.

He saw Einstein's old car parked in front of the door, the headlights turned off, the engine turned off, and an arm wearing a woolen sleeve opened the car door...

"Einstein, you're late."

Lin Xuan said with a smile, looking at the old man who got out of the car and straightened his back:

"You…"

Instantly.

He was stunned there, the smile frozen on his face.

He could see it clearly.

Just like the look in Einstein's eyes at this moment—

The two of them were staring at each other's eyes.

The same brightness;

The same azure blue;

The same flowing galaxy.

Two pairs of blue pupils faced each other, as if four fireflies were frozen in the air in this silent moonlight.

Lin Xuan frowned:

"Einstein, your eyes..."

Einstein pursed his lips and walked forward:

"Sorry, Douglas, I'm late. I think the same thing should have happened to both of us."

Lin Xuan didn't answer him directly, but continued to ask:

"What exactly happened to you?"

"It's the cosmological constant."

Einstein walked over with a slightly flustered expression:

"I don't know exactly what caused it, but that day, November 1st, I was at my home in Princeton. The footage of the hydrogen bomb explosion broadcast on TV gave me the inspiration to calculate the cosmological constant."

"Just as I calculated the final result of 42, two small electric balls flashing blue light suddenly appeared behind me. One of them hit me, causing me to pass out immediately; and the other small blue electric ball… goes without saying, Douglas, it should have hit you too, right? When did you wake up?"

Lin Xuan listened silently.

His mind began to analyze quickly.

Cosmological constant, 42, space-time particles, millennium stakes, blue eyes, Einstein…

These key words of the past mystery were finally connected together at this moment.

So.

The space-time particle that hit CC and was supposed to hit him did not fly from this farm, but flew from Princeton, a little farther than he thought.

But coincidentally, it was really related to Einstein.

Cosmological constant.

According to Einstein, the two space-time particles appeared at the moment when 42 was calculated… what was going on?

[Who is controlling the space-time particles, and who drove down the millennium stakes? From the looks of it, it seems that both Einstein and CC are victims.]

But the problem is…

Why was CC turned into blue stardust and disappeared after being hit by the same space-time particle, while Einstein seemed to be fine, with no other changes except that his eyes turned blue?

It seemed that while gradually unraveling the mystery, the mystery was digging deeper and deeper.

Seeing Lin Xuan's complicated expression and silence.

Einstein continued:

"After I woke up this afternoon, my eyes turned blue like this, and… I, I don't know how to describe that feeling, but you must understand it! You must be able to understand it, Douglas… There are countless timelines intertwined in my mind. I, I can even see the future every minute and every second!"

"Douglas, you are the same as me. You must know more than I do. Can you tell me… what exactly is going on?"

*Hong!*

A sunny and breezy Brooklyn night, the moonlight was gentle and peaceful.

But in Lin Xuan's mind, a storm suddenly broke out, and dark clouds covered the sky; a bolt of lightning struck a narrow kite, and the fierce current spread along the kite string to Lin Xuan's body, causing him to feel numb all over and terrified.

He took a deep breath.

He lowered his head:

"Tell me, Einstein."

Lin Xuan said in a low voice:

"What kind of future… did you see?"

"1991, global nuclear war, humans, humans are destroyed in countless mushroom clouds."

Einstein spoke quickly:

"1991, this is the farthest future I can see, and also the farthest time that humans can reach… Douglas, your previous ideas were beautiful, but the reality… is so cruel. Humans will not learn from history at all!"

"If… if we don't find a way to intervene and stop it, human civilization is going to come to an end! Come to an end in self-destruction!"

……

Listening to Einstein's answer, Lin Xuan closed his eyes.

It seemed.

That his previous guess with Zhao Yingjun was correct—

[The future that Einstein sees is indeed a false future.]

In 1991, there was no nuclear war at all. On the contrary, due to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Misu Cold War completely ended, and mankind ushered in an unprecedented era of rapid development.

If Einstein could see the real future.

He should have seen the 00:42 doomsday white light, or the super disaster in 2600, or, as he said at the last gathering, the super Donghai City with a population of 40 million…

Any of these three results would be acceptable for him to see.

But instead.

The human doomsday he saw was actually a completely non-existent global nuclear war in 1991.

Clearly.

Einstein was deceived by the false future.

The space-time particle that hit him was the culprit behind this whole tragedy!

"You…"

Lin Xuan just wanted to open his mouth.

His mind was instantly filled with lightning and thunder, turning the dark night sky into daylight; the kite flying in the sky was already tattered, and the taut kite string began to tear in the violent pulling!

He quickly shut his mouth and stopped abruptly.

At this moment, it was the key turning point in history, and also the limit of space-time elasticity.

His every word and every sentence would reverse Einstein's fate and reverse the space-time curvature.

This was a consequence that Lin Xuan could not bear.

Therefore, Lin Xuan remained silent.

Einstein raised his head in confusion.

He walked over.

He tightly grasped Lin Xuan's hand, gripping it painfully:

"Douglas, why aren't you talking?"

"It's okay! We are different from what we used to be now. We know about this disaster in advance, so we can find a way to stop it! We can correct these mistakes in advance!"

"Moreover, are you in the same situation? I haven't eaten for three days and three nights, but I don't feel any hunger at all. It's as if… at the same time as being hit by that small blue electric ball, we have also gained the ability to be immortal!"

"This means that we can protect the fate of mankind for a long time, correct the future of mankind to the right track, and give mankind the most beautiful future!"

Having said that.

He turned around and pointed to the farm warehouse:

"You have also seen that after 1945, I started building this underground shelter, intending to avoid nuclear war; I invited you here today to tell you about this."

"But now I've changed my mind, Douglas. Let's save this world together! Save the future of mankind! This place is isolated from the world and deep underground… It can just become our secret base."

"We who are immortal can forge a false death, and then hide here, or hide anywhere. We… we have too many things we can do, this is such an exciting and great thing!"

However.

Facing the excited Einstein.

Lin Xuan was expressionless and shook his head.

Unlike the calm sky in Brooklyn, his mind was still raging with storms, and the torn kite string was precarious:

"Sorry, Einstein, I'm leaving."

"Leaving?"

Einstein was stunned for a moment:

"You, where are you going?"

He had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly used the timelines in his mind to check Douglas's future.

But he found!

The other party would turn into blue stardust in one minute and dissipate under the moonlight!

"No!"

Einstein held Lin Xuan's hand tightly, squeezing it painfully:

"No… Douglas, please, don't leave me."

"You gave me hope, you gave me strength… We are partners, we are partners who will save the future of mankind together."

"Don't go, stay, okay? Stay, let's together…"

Lin Xuan broke free from his hand.

From his coat pocket, he took out a small white square gift box; inside, there was the watch that CC had bought for him with all her belongings.

He put the small white gift box in Einstein's palm and told him:

"Keep it safe for me."

Lin Xuan raised his head and patted Einstein on the shoulder:

"[One day, I will come to you and take back this watch.]"

Having said that.

Without looking back.

He walked towards the round moon that had just risen in the east.

Einstein could not accept this sudden departure. He looked melancholic and reluctant:

"You won't come to take the watch, Douglas… I can see the future, you won't come…"

"I will come."

Lin Xuan walked further and further away with his hands in his pockets.

His back was lengthened by the moonlight and draped over Einstein.

Then.

He raised his right hand high, extended his index finger, and pointed straight at the "kite" in the sky, his thoughts constantly climbing along the kite string.

Einstein stared blankly at Lin Xuan's back.

The right hand raised high happened to be reflected on the round moon in the night sky, forming a shadow of a hand pointing upwards.

The next second.

*Hua*—

The night wind scattered the crystal clear figure, turning it into countless blue stardust…

Disappeared.

(End of this chapter)
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