Genius Club

Chapter 1378: Chapter 39: Advance (Begging for monthly votes!)

"But there’s still a problem."

Jask immediately asked:

"There’s no problem if you continue to hibernate, I’m planning to continue hibernation too, because the current development of science and technology can’t support my ideas, so... sporadically hibernating until the era of advanced technology is indeed the most reasonable research method now."

"But you’re different, your goal isn’t for scientific research. If you do hibernate until the era of the genius programmer Cheng Qian in the year 2500, are you sure you’ll still be able to wait for Newton?"

Jask chuckled lightly:

"He was a person from the same era as Copernicus. Even if Newton was just a young man back then, if he managed to live until 2025 to enter hibernation, and woke up several times in the 200 years since, he wouldn’t be young anymore."

"It’s very likely that by the time you awaken from hibernation in the year 2500, Newton would have been dead for many years, and you wouldn’t even find him for revenge."

Lin Xian nodded:

"If that’s the case, it would indeed be a pity. But there’s nothing we can do about it. What is most important to us now is [the secrets and intelligence about the cosmic constant 42]."

"Even if Newton doesn’t live until the year 2500, just like how he carried on Copernicus’s legacy, someone will definitely carry on Newton’s legacy and continue the secret of 42."

"No matter who this successor is, as long as we can revive the super artificial intelligence VV, finding him will be a piece of cake, and by then we can obtain intelligence from the successor."

"However..."

At this point, Lin Xian smiled slightly:

"But, I think there’s an eighty percent chance Newton won’t die so early."

"Oh?"

Jask became interested:

"Why do you say that? Did you lay some trap or bait for him?"

"That’s right."

Lin Xian nodded:

"Last time, right here, when I met with Newton’s virtual image, I told him that in the future, there will be many scientists who can calculate the cosmic constant 42."

"In his eyes, since I could even kill Einstein and know some things about 42, he shouldn’t doubt what I say."

"With Newton and Copernicus’s persistence... they will probably figure out a way to live a few hundred more years to ensure their plans can be smoothly implemented."

"In a world without hibernation pods before, there was no way to live for a long time, so choosing a successor was helpless; now with hibernation pods, who would be willing to end their life early?"

"According to my thoughts, if Newton trusts the successor and is willing to die early, he wouldn’t have bothered hibernating with us until the 23rd century."

Jask bowed his head, seemingly deep in thought.

"Hmm..."

He thought for a while, nodded:

"What you say makes sense, but you can’t deny, during the 200 years, someone must have been doing dirty work for Newton. After all, Gauss’s Hibernation Suppression Virus was only recently resolved. Newton most likely also slept for 200 years, just woke up earlier than you did."

Lin Xian stood up from his chair, stretched his arms:

"So, let’s go at it from both ends—"

"[On one hand, we’ll strive to find traces of Newton, on the other hand, we should prepare for the worst and hibernate until the era of Cheng Qian.]"

"By the way, there’s something else I need to tell you."

Lin Xian told Jask about the World-Ending White Light:

"The speed of light is the limit of the universe, in theory, there’s no possibility of early observation, but can you think of another way?"

Jask heard this.

And helplessly smiled:

"This request is a bit difficult, no matter how skilled I am, I can’t exceed the speed of light! You’re right; if this World-Ending White Light is really coming from a very far distance to destroy the Earth... then humanity is doomed to be helpless and can only wait to die."

"It might not necessarily come from outer space."

Lin Xian explained:

"It could also be an explosion triggered on Earth, there are various other possibilities. I believe when verifying ’what exactly the World-Ending White Light is?’ we should consider a broader perspective."

"In any case, we need to first find out the truth about the World-Ending White Light, whether it exists, what it is, why it was generated, and then we can think about how to stop it."

Jask scratched his head.

For a moment, he had no clue:

"Well, I’ll try to research it, after all, there’s plenty of time, we have time to trial and error."

"But I have a feeling, you say this World-Ending White Light comes for the Millennium Stakes, then since the Millennium Stakes is due to Space-Time Particles, could it be... "

"[That this World-Ending White Light is also triggered by Space-Time Particles?] "

He raised his head.

Looking at Lin Xian:

"Do you remember that blue snow covering all of Donghai City 200 years ago?"

"Of course I remember."

Lin Xian said softly:

"I definitely remember... because I was right there, witnessing with my own eyes a Space-Time Traveler self-detonate, creating a [Temporal Explosion]."

"But this Temporal Explosion only harmed the other Space-Time Traveler; everything else in this timeline was unharmed."

"Oh, if you insist, this Temporal Explosion did successfully charge two Space-Time Particles. But anyway, a temporal explosion resembling blue snowflakes and an instantly arriving World-Ending White Light are very different."

Jask rubbed his hands:

"It’s just a thought, since right now we have no clue about the World-Ending White Light, maybe we should start researching it through Space-Time Particles."

"Alright, I’ll accept this task you gave me. As for Liu Feng and Gao Wen, let’s have them focus on researching the cosmic constant 42, while I figure out the World-Ending White Light and Space-Time Particles."