Genius club

"I see."

In a small conference room at Rhine University, Liu Feng rubbed his chin and nodded.

There were only three people in the conference room, Lin Xian, Gao Wen, and Liu Feng.

Just now.

Lin Xian rushed to the United States in a hurry, and after returning to Donghai City in a hurry, he summoned Liu Feng and Gao Wen to tell the two think tanks what they had seen in 1952, the Genius Club, and the disappearance of Einstein, and asked them to assist in analysis.

It is said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang.

What's more, with the participation of a genius of the level of Emperor Gawain, maybe some overlooked blind spots can be discovered.

…

After Liu Feng listened in detail, he stood up and looked at Gao Wen who also lowered his head and thought:

"Teacher Gao, the amount of information is relatively large. I suggest you sort it out in chronological order. What do you think?"

Gawain was flattered:

"Teacher Liu, please do as you please, I will obey your command!"

Liu Feng was in the middle of a brainstorming session and was no longer modest. He walked to the electronic blackboard, picked up a special electronic chalk, and wrote down a year——

1952.

"According to Lin Xian's time travel experience, 1952 was the origin of all incredible things."

"This should have been an ordinary and ordinary year in human history, but because Einstein calculated the answer to the cosmological constant, 42, two space-time particles tore space and time out of thin air and came to our world, completely changing the future. A century of history and the future.”

"One of these two space-time particles created the millennium pile; the other made Einstein immortal, which in turn led to the formation of the Genius Club."

"It is worth mentioning that the Genius Club had good intentions and was founded by Einstein to save the future of mankind; but it was his obsession that was used by the 'mysterious power', and he did bad things with good intentions and saved the world... Instead, it has destroyed the world and pushed human civilization step by step into the abyss of eternal destruction.”

Gawain nodded and continued to add:

"Things that happened over a thousand years can be analyzed later. Now let's just talk about what happened to Einstein..."

"Why does the calculation of the cosmological constant result of 42 arouse the attention of the 'mysterious power' and immediately intervene?"

"This shows that, just like the so-called nuclear deterrence and nuclear counterattack, it seems that the 'mysterious force' is also afraid of the cosmological constant 42, so it has set up a feedback mechanism like this -"

"Once someone calculates the cosmological constant 42, they immediately send out two space-time particles. One will lay a thousand-year stake to lock history, and the other will control the genius who calculated 42, allowing him to see a false future and preventing him from continuing to discover. The truth of 42.

However.

Lin Xian shook his head:

"Gawain, there are three things that don't make sense about your idea——"

"1. If you are really afraid of the cosmological constant 42, wouldn't it be a simpler and more convenient solution to directly kill Einstein who calculated the answer to the cosmological constant, or even directly destroy the earth? I believe that the so-called 'mysterious power' is Now that they can control space-time particles, direct destruction is a piece of cake for them.”

"2. Let me tell you something you don't know. Einstein is not the only one who calculated 42, but the only ones who were actually hit by space-time particles were Einstein and the first generation pile... Since then, there has been no immortality. People who can see the false future appear forever, and there will be no second Millennium Stake."

"3. According to your explanation, there is no strong connection between the Millennium Pile Mechanism and Einstein's behavior. But I think this is unreasonable. It is impossible for the two space-time particles to appear at the same time and perform their respective duties... The purpose is completely unrelated, right? I believe that the functions of these two space-time particles should complement each other, and there must be a connection."

Boom, boom, boom.

Liu Feng knocked on the blackboard and showed Gao Wen and Lin Xian the lines of text he had just written:

"My thoughts are the same as Lin Xian's. There must be some key logic that we have overlooked. I have listed the important facts and mysteries that happened in 1952 so that we can think together in series."

Lin Xian and Gao Wen turned around and looked at the words listed on the blackboard:

[1. The second space-time particle itself was aimed at Lin Xian, but accidentally hit the first-generation pile. 】

[2. Huang Que once said that the function of the Millennium Pile is to lock up history. Facts have also proved that history is indeed locked from the moment the thousand-year pile disappears. 】

[3. Locking up history and allowing Einstein to see a false future are a combo of "mysterious power" and should have a deeper connection. 】

[4. It is easy to overlook that Newton and Copernicus have been hunting scientists and mathematicians who study the cosmological constant 42. They must know more clues about 42, but there is no doubt that these clues still come from seeing false The future Einstein. 】

[5. For the "mysterious power", which priority is to lock down history? Or is it a higher priority to prevent humans from calculating the cosmological constant 42 and grasp the truth about 42? 】

[6. Einstein was clearly able to say a lot of things before, but after Lin Xian revealed his identity as Douglas, Einstein was forced to trigger forced avoidance as if he had been artificially arranged. What is the reason behind this? 】

[7. The "mysterious power" obviously has the ability to directly kill humans and the earth instantly, so why bother to beat around the bush? What is their purpose? What do you expect to gain from this? 】

…

These seven questions really get to the core.

It always feels like there is a hidden thread hidden among the messy clues, connecting all the mysteries... But, what is it?

Gawain looked at the first question and raised his hand:

"As for the first question, I have some opinions. I think the reason why the space-time particles are heading towards Lin Xian is the most reasonable thing."

"In that era of 1952, the first-generation pile was the same as everyone else. There was no difference or anything special. There was no reason for the target of the space-time particles to be her."

"But Lin Xian is different. In 1952, Lin Xian was the only time traveler in the world. I think-"

"The space-time particle itself is aimed at obliterating Lin Xian. It will obliterate Lin Xian and then turn Lin Xian into a thousand-year-old pile!"

"This is not only conducive to the stability of time and space, and kills the time travellers who are most likely to disrupt time and space, but also does not prevent the 'mysterious power' from driving down the thousand-year pile. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

"It's entirely because the first-generation stake rescued Lin Xian, causing the space-time particles to deflect and mistakenly turned into a thousand-year stake... Although the impact is not big, anyone can do the thousand-year stake; but for the 'mysterious power', it cannot It should be a pity to eliminate the time traveler conveniently. "

Regarding Gao Wen's conclusion, Liu Feng nodded:

"I think so too. Although I don't fully understand the mechanism at the moment, things like time and space, and things with time and space attributes, always seem to attract each other."

Lin Xian held his chin.

Looking at the fifth question on the electronic blackboard:

"The fifth question is very interesting. We have never thought about the priority of these two things before. This is exactly the purpose of the two space-time particles."

"But according to my guess...compared with locking up history and the cosmological constant 42, it seems that the 'mysterious power' is more afraid of the cosmological constant 42."

"It can be said that using the Millennium Pile to lock up history should be their main purpose. Even if they fail, it will have little impact. They may be able to build other Millennium Piles."

"As for the cosmological constant 42, the 'mysterious force' is obviously much more cautious. Looking at the two issues together, it is not difficult to find... Copernicus and Newton seemed to have been misled by Einstein to kill them. Those scientists who studied the cosmological constant 42; and after Einstein realized that he had been deceived by the false future, he wanted to tell me some truth about 42, but was directly silenced and forced to dissipate.”

Lin Xian changed his sitting position, paused, and continued:

"Under normal circumstances, there is no need for Einstein to dissipate so quickly. He understands the laws of time and space better than anyone else. He can't say it even if he knows it. After trying twice, there is no need to continue talking."

"This is also true. After Einstein was forced to avoid silence, he only tried it once, and then he shut up and never spoke again."

"At the beginning, Huangque also demonstrated forced avoidance to me, and also forced expression in a mute state, but the result was that it only became transparent and weak, and did not disappear at all because of a few more words... According to this rule, Einstein said Those words should never disappear."

"But even so...Einstein turned into blue stardust and disappeared, which means-"

"[Einstein knew in his heart that his dissipation was inevitable. Even if he kept silent, he would not be able to change the fate of his dissipation... because there was a 'mysterious power' that forced him to dissipate and unreasonably destroy him. he.】"

The more he thought about it, the clearer Lin Xian's ideas became:

"I see, no wonder... No wonder Einstein looked so sad and helpless when he was lying on the ground in the end. I originally thought he might be feeling guilty and self-blame, but now looking at it, it's completely helpless and unable to resist... He didn't want to Disappeared, but there was nothing he could do to stop it."

"At that moment, he knew clearly that he had been deceived, used, and was forced to disappear. He could not change this fate or make up for any mistakes, so he finally said with regret... 'For everything. , I'm sorry.'"

"But it's not like he didn't do anything. Einstein brought Newton to me at the last moment before disappearing. It seemed that he wanted to tell me that the priority of the cosmological constant 42 is far higher than anything else and is much more important."

…

Liu Feng listened to Lin Xian's analysis and paced in place.

Then.

Shaked his head:

"Lin Xian, your analysis does make sense, but there are also some flaws in your judgment."

"Don't forget, Einstein said something to you. He said that he could not see any of the world-destroying white light and the thousand-year-old girl we talk about."

"This shows that Einstein did not know enough about the Millennium Pile. It is even possible that he did not know as much about the Millennium Pile as we do, and he would naturally make wrong judgments."

Gawain stood up.

Walked to the electronic blackboard and pointed to the last question:

"I think the key question is still here. The seventh question is that when we think about the intentions of the 'mysterious power', we still have to reason from their purpose and what benefits they can get."

"At present, murdering human mathematicians, or preventing humans from calculating the cosmological constant and understanding the truth of 42, has no substantial benefit to them. As Lin Xian said, if they are really afraid, they will directly destroy them. Isn’t it better for humans?”

"But...[locking up history] is the real benefit and benefit they can get."

"But."

Liu Feng spread his hands:

"Is it locked?"

He looked back and forth between Lin Xian and Gao Wen:

"This is also what I have always been puzzled about. They keep saying that the thousand-year pile can lock history, but what exactly is it locked? To use the outdated words of 200 years ago... it is to lock loneliness."

"Thousands of years of piles have been laid continuously, but isn't history also changing? And it's okay if we don't drive piles. We can't travel back to the past; this pile driving gives us the time and space cracks to travel back to the past. This is not moving by ourselves. Shooting yourself in the foot?"

Lin Xian also stood up and shook his index finger:

"There are two possibilities."

"One is that the Millennium Pile locks a single world line. It is true that we did change the future before, but at the same time as the change, our world line also jumped... In other words, we just jumped to a new world line. In fact, it doesn’t really change the original world line.”

"The second one is... is it possible that the history of being locked up for thousands of years is not the history of our humanity at all, but the history of the 'mysterious force'?"

He proposed a new idea:

"I still remember our earliest discussion, saying that the oriole has traveled through so many years, trampled to death many ants, and eaten many chickens, ducks, fish and geese. This is actually an interference with history, but it does not break through the elasticity of time and space."

"Let me make a hypothesis here. If I fill all the ant nests in Donghai City with hot water and kill thousands of ants, do you think I can break through the elasticity of time and space?"

Liu Feng shook his head:

"Even if you kill all the ants in the Dragon Kingdom, I guess you won't be able to break through the elasticity of time and space."

In an instant, Liu Feng suddenly realized:

"You mean..."

"[From the perspective of the 'mysterious power', perhaps our human civilization is like ants! Our impact on the curvature of space and time and the world line is simply insignificant when viewed on their scale!]"

Lin Xian nodded:

"Look, the biggest change we have made to the world line so far is from 00000000 to 00001764. In fact, this value is really very small. Even if we try our best, we can't affect the space-time curvature before the decimal point. digits.”

"Is it possible that our struggling with all our strength is just like an ant's meaningless struggle in the eyes of the 'mysterious power'? Only the world-destroying white light and the cosmological constant 42 are the only answers to the 'mysterious power' In other words, the flexibility of space and time is really worth caring about.”

"From the normal development of human civilization to total extinction, it is only 00000000 to 00001764... Liu Feng, have you ever thought about what the world line looks like before the decimal point?"

"World Line 42, World Line 4,200,000, what kind of world is that?"

Listening to the debate between Lin Xian and Liu Feng.

Gawain closed his eyes.

The image of an ant nest that was poured into hot water and completely destroyed kept flashing through his mind.

Hot water, to the ant colony, isn't it the white light that will destroy the world?

And look at the entire universe.

Human beings are so insignificant that they are far less than an ant or even a grain of dust... There are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand in the desert, and the earth is just one of the planets in the remote star called the sun.

"history……"

He read softly.

What is history?

Does the history of ants count as history?

So does human history count as history?

Is the history of ants worth locking up?

So is human history worth locking up?

instantly.

Gao Wen opened his eyes wide and scanned the seven questions listed by Liu Feng from top to bottom.

It was as if he had found a knitting needle.

Like threading a needle and threading a thread, connect all the question marks in the seven questions in series to form a line and form the only answer!

"I...I thought of it."

Gawain's voice was trembling.

He grabbed the electronic chalk from Liu Feng's hand and wrote down the next time——

August 29, 2624 00:42.

"This is the arrival time of the world-destroying white light!"

Gawain's voice was excited:

"At the same time, this is also the time Lin Xian and Gao Yang calculated that the last Millennium Stake's 20th birthday should have dissipated!"

"The dissipation of the millennium pile and the white light of annihilation are both futures that Einstein could not see, but they arrived at the same time by coincidence... No, this is definitely not a coincidence, it is connected!"

"It seems that all of this, in turn, serves the Millennium Stake! Even the arrival of the world-destroying white light is because of the Millennium Stake!"

He frantically clicked on the third question on the blackboard with electronic chalk:

"Now, let's go back to the original question...the two space-time particles cast the Millennium Pile and Einstein respectively. What is the connection and secret of this set of moves?"

Gawain took a deep breath and turned around:

"I seem to understand the purpose of the 'mysterious force' deliberately showing Einstein a false future... To put it bluntly, they are so powerful that they will not take this little trouble of us humans at all."

"In their eyes, the sum of all our values ​​is not as good as a thousand-year stake; the sum of all our threats is not as good as the secret of the cosmological constant 42. The 'mysterious power' is not afraid of the explosion and rapid development of our human technology at all. …They are only afraid of the cosmological constant 42, which is the only thing that can threaten them!”

He swallowed and said solemnly:

"I guess..."

"[What the Millennium Pile must lock up is not our history, but their history.]"

“[The real purpose of deceiving and using Einstein is not to destroy humanity, which is extremely simple... but to hide something deeper, to prevent humans from understanding the truth of the cosmological constant 42, so as to ensure that the millennium pile can be successfully driven and history can be locked!]”