Genius Club

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Chapter 1128: Chapter 25 I’m Going to Start Lying Now_3

“Truly a mastermind; let me be the fool then. Stop hiding and hoarding, Einstein. My question is…”

She turned her head to look at the old man in the Mask on the stage:

“I won’t ask a lot of this and that, nor will I set any conditions. I just want to know one answer—”

“[In the future you’re able to see, the exact day, minute, and second of humanity’s first time travel.]”

Da Vinci fell silent.

The slender Gauss stood up straight, with solemn respect:

“His…impressive… Miss Da Vinci! You’re… directly…”

“Hehe, interesting.”

Across from him, Newton couldn’t help but clap, interrupting the slow-talking Gauss:

“I like your style, Miss Da Vinci. If it wasn’t for the restriction on detailed inquiries, I’d really like to know who figured out time travel.”

“I just hope that if some genius from the future succeeds in traveling back, they’d tell the younger me not to go easy on that bastard Copernicus. Just let me know to take him down right after the offline meeting of the Genius Club.”

“Hehehe…heh…”

Copernicus chuckled dryly:

“Of course, my dear Newton, I’ll pass on your message. But first… shouldn’t you tell me who you are? Otherwise, where will I find you?”

On the stage.

Einstein raised his hand, halting the idle chatter, then looked at the woman wearing the Da Vinci Mask and spoke softly:

“Caution and rigor are indeed excellent, but perhaps the answer will disappoint you. Humanity is very weak in the face of spacetime, thus, no other means can be used to traverse time and space; relying on the Time Shuttle Machine is the only method.”

“Now, I will precisely answer your question. In the future I have seen, the exact time of humanity’s first time travel is—”

“[Dragon Country time, 2234 December 11th, 21:47:21.]”

Galileo hummed softly:

“Why is it that in our club, everything is based on Dragon Country time?”

“I have asked this question before.”

Newton spread his hands:

“But Einstein refused to answer. Including the times he describes for our meetings, all are expressed in Dragon Country time… I don’t know what it means, but evidently, it has something to do with the Genius Club itself.”

“Because when I first asked this question, there were only Copernicus and I in the entire club, neither of us Dragon Country people, and neither was Chairman Einstein a Dragon Country person. So, I conjecture… It probably has nothing to do with the members of the Genius Club but involves a secret of the Genius Club itself.”

…

Lin Xian listened to everyone’s casual conversation.

While thinking about the answer Einstein had just given.

Miss Da Vinci’s question, indeed, lifted the veil on humanity’s first instance of time travel in history.

Perhaps she’d thought that Copernicus and Galileo were misleading people, drawing everyone’s attention towards the year 2234, and then using the opportunity to try time travel earlier, in a diversion strategy.

But the answer was unexpected.

Even when specified to the minute and second, the date remained 2234 December 11th.

It seems

This is truly a dead end.

Regardless, with human capabilities, it’s impossible to complete time travel before this date.

What Lin Xian found more intriguing was…

Who?

Who will be this first time traveler in human history?

And to where?

What is their purpose?

But the current Lin Xian didn’t have the luxury to care so much.

The previous few questions had completely blocked the possibility of earlier time travel.

What to do now?

Could it be…

That she should just give up on the Time Shuttle Machine and let Copernicus do as he pleases hundreds of years into the future?

Subsequently, Einstein looked towards Gauss, the slender man:

“Gauss, it’s your turn.”

Gauss, evidently prepared, immediately responded:

“My question is, by which year will humans entirely enhance their physical resistance, making it so they won’t get sick, won’t contract viruses, and can even cure all diseases, becoming immune to all viruses?”

“Never possible.”

Einstein replied:

“The human flesh is inherently flawed, and human evolution and mutation have not stopped to this day. Nothing remains unchanged, including humanity itself; as long as there is change, there will always be new challenges, new flaws… This is the law of nature, which humanity can never avoid.”

“Naturally, this includes the viruses you asked about. There is no virus that cannot be eventually overcome, and there will always be new viruses emerging… Viruses, like humans, are both continuously evolving and mutating.”

“The good news is that nearly all viruses will become less lethal and less contagious over time and with the number of infections; the bad news is, during transmission and reproduction, new strains of the virus will inevitably be created.”

…

Lin Xian watched Gauss.

This slender man had received another negative answer.

Moreover, he believed that this question wasn’t even worth asking Einstein, any medical expert or virology expert could provide the same answer.

Even Lin Xian could answer this question for Gauss.

None of the people who could enter the Genius Club were fools.

So, why did Gauss always have to ask questions to which the answers were negative…

What was he really expecting?

Ultimately.

Einstein’s gaze shifted to Lin Xian’s face, onto the comical Rhine Cat Mask:

“The last genius, Rhein, what is your question?”

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

His brain quickly worked through thoughts.

In fact, he had no more questions; Copernicus and Miss Da Vinci had already asked everything he wanted to know.

Now, the biggest crisis he was facing was…

After this gathering, Copernicus was going to enter the Hibernation Pod for hibernation.

When he woke up again, the world would have changed, and it was highly likely that he himself would no longer be in this world.

[I can’t let him go into hibernation!]

Lin Xian solidified this core idea.

Once Copernicus entered the Hibernation Pod, Lin Xian would be too passive, effectively equivalent to directly losing this battle.

He must find a way to stop him!

But…

What could he do?

To keep Copernicus in the year 2024, it was necessary to throw out sufficiently tempting chips.

Think hard.

Think hard.

Lin Xian initiated a brainstorming session.

Suddenly.

He recalled a sentence that Einstein had said just moments ago—

“I will not answer any subsequent questions from you, nor will I correct any mistakes in your statements.”

[Mistakes!]

That is to say, even if one lied or produced an erroneous conclusion while asking a question, Einstein would not correct it!

This was an obvious rule.

Otherwise, asking the same question and getting Einstein to correct it before answering would be like giving the questioner two questions for free… A genius wouldn’t allow such a BUG to exist.

That’s great!

Lin Xian thought of an excellent plan!

Now, he had five advantages:

1. Copernicus has already asked a question at this meeting, and to further confirm the truth of a certain fact, he would have to wait at least until next month, September 1st, at the next meeting!

During this blank month, Copernicus couldn’t verify the facts at all.

2. Einstein only answered questions and didn’t correct statements, which allowed room for manipulative lead-ins between the premise of the question and the final inquiry!

3. Jask and Angelica have probably already managed to deceive Copernicus with their ruse, perfectly setting up a pincer move from inside out!

4. He knew exactly what Copernicus wanted the most, and that… was in his own hands!

5. The manner of questioning by Gauss and Galileo had taught Lin Xian some routines for misleading others, and now… it was his turn to put them to use!

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

Lifted his head.

Now, he was going to start lying!

He was about to use Einstein to deceive Copernicus!

“Einstein.”

Lin Xian said calmly:

“My observatory has noticed that, in just over half a month, on August 24th, an Entangled State of Time-Space Particle will pass through Earth’s atmosphere, but the difficulty of capturing it is incredibly high.”

“[My question is—]”

“If during the capture process the Space-Time Particle loses energy due to excessive contact, becoming invisible, is there any way, using a detector… to recapture its signal?”

The elderly man wearing the Einstein mask nodded:

“The key lies in ‘activity’.”

“For Space-Time Particles, activity and energy are two separate concepts and exist independently of each other, without interference.”

“A Space-Time Particle that has lost energy indeed becomes invisible and undetectable. But if you can find a way to make it lose its activity again, then it will reappear, become visible, and detectable.”

“I see.”

Lin Xian gave a slight smile and nodded:

“Thank you for the answer, I’ll be careful.”