Chapter 3 VV, Jask, and Chaos (Monthly Pass Plus)
"Fuck!"
Gao Yang thoughtfully placed his palm on Lin Xian's forehead:
"Do you have a fever? Or are you mad because of the oriole? Who are you going to dig a grave for?"
"Besides...even if you want to dig a grave for Chu Anqing, you have to go back to the East China Sea to dig! Why go digging in Qufu, Shandong! That is the place of Confucius, the holy land of Confucianism!"
Lin Xian took off Gao Yang's hand:
"I can't explain many things to you right now, but this matter is closely related to Chu Anqing. Perhaps... the answer to the reason why Chu Anqing disappeared, the truth, and where she is now can be found in Qufu, Shandong."
Gao Yang nodded blankly.
He didn't understand, but he chose to believe Lin Xian:
"Okay, since I'm going to space with you anyway, what's there that you can't go to in Qufu, Shandong? You can go wherever you want, and I'll just follow you. So when do we plan to go?"
Lin Xian glanced at his watch.
It is now six o'clock in the evening. If we go to the airport to go to Shandong now, we will definitely have time.
But the problem is...
He didn't know where Zhang Yuqian, who looked the same as Chu Anqing and died in 2000, was buried.
If you don’t know where the grave is, how can you dig it up to find DNA?
Therefore, the key right now is to get the middle-aged and elderly couple first and find out from them where Zhang Yuqian is buried.
Although this is very immoral and uncivilized.
But it must be done.
Not only for Chu Anqing, but also for herself, and to find out the truth. At the same time...if the mysteries surrounding Chu Anqing, Zhang Yuqian, and CC can be clarified, perhaps it will not be a bad thing for the two sad old people.
Since Chu Anqing might not be dead.
What if their daughter Zhang Yuqian... didn't die either?
The secret of the millennium pile.
Maybe it’s in Zhang Yuqian’s grave!
"Let's go to Xidan first and find a place to stay."
Lin Xian said:
"Let's take a rest today. We haven't slept for a long time. Tomorrow I will find a way to contact acquaintances in the imperial capital to find out what happened more than 20 years ago."
…
Subsequently.
The two packed their luggage, left the space base, and got on a special car heading to the Xidan Shopping Center in the imperial capital.
Liu Feng took the space-time particles and returned to the Tunghai University Research Institute first, preparing to start calibrating the space-time clock and conduct related research to see if any breakthroughs could be made.
Lin Xian was distracted now.
He just wanted to find out what happened to Chu Anqing.
The sooner the better…
Eventually.
Return to the East China Sea.
Give Chu Shanhe an explanation?
In the back seat of the vehicle, Gao Yang tilted his head back and snored.
Lin Xian finally had time to calm down.
Start organizing your thoughts...
For now.
My situation is the worst moment since I discovered the truth of the dream.
so terrible.
First, there is the problem of VV disappearing.
He had always thought that something might have happened temporarily that caused VV to withdraw from the aerospace plane, so it wouldn't disappear completely, right?
It is so powerful and smart, so it must have some trump cards and back-ups, right?
Lin Xian has always trusted VV.
Even though it has never really demonstrated its skills, it is the most powerful super artificial intelligence in human history. Logically speaking, in the current era, it should never have a comparable opponent.
So after returning to the ground and connecting to the normal network, he immediately started calling VV.
He knows.
If VV is here, he will definitely respond.
Unfortunately……
This time.
No matter how he called, VV never responded.
He can't really die, can he?
VV is so arrogant in the current era of the Internet that he can chase after Kevin Walker.
You belong to the type of internet bully who says, "Don't let me find you, I'll kill you if I find you!"
Such strong strength.
Who can kill it?
The first suspected murderer Lin Xian eliminated was Kevin Walker.
If Kevin Walker can really kill VV so completely, there is no need to wait until now to kill him. Everyone understands that villains die from talking too much. Due to both emotions and reasons, it would be too dangerous for Kevin Walker to allow VV to develop for so long, which would greatly increase uncertainty and risk.
This is not something a cautious hacker would do.
What's more, if you leave VV, your combat effectiveness and intelligence gathering ability will be reduced by at least 98%, and your strength will be greatly reduced. So when he himself poses no threat to Kevin Walker, what reason does he have for not killing VV immediately?
If you want to understand this logic, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion——
[The person who killed VV was not Kevin Walker, but someone else. 】
That's good.
I thought that I only had Kevin Walker as my enemy at the moment, and it was hard to distinguish between Jask and Copernicus as friends and foes, but I didn't expect that there would be another enemy out of thin air.
in the end……
Who killed VV?
as well as.
Is VV really dead?
Lin Xian shook his head, he still didn't quite believe this.
VV is a data flow in the network world. It has no entity and does not require hardware. Therefore, the enemy's attack on him must also be launched from the online world.
So, since VV has so many fancy skills...
Can't it just do the same thing again, like the first time it jumped out of the laptop, and move to a device that is not connected to the Internet and hide along the wires, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves?
"No..."
Lin Xian quickly denied his own view:
"If the opponent has the super strength to kill VV head-on, then the opponent must also have all the skills that VV can use, and the place where VV can reach through wires, electromagnetic waves, and sound waves, the opponent can definitely reach."
"Then there is no solution at all... VV is really going to die."
Lin Xian sighed lightly, leaned back, and leaned on the headrest of the vehicle seat.
Suddenly a little sad.
Where VV can go, the thing that killed VV can also go;
Since the "murderer" can kill VV, it means that its technological level must be above VV;
Where VV lives, there must be electricity, and where there is electricity, the "murderer" can invade-
"Ah!!!!!!!!!!"
The sleeping Gao Yang suddenly let out a howl!
Because Lin Xian punched him in the thigh, it hurt.
"Oh, what are you doing!" Gao Yang complained.
However...
Lin Xian ignored him completely.
He thought of something! An item!
Something that is not connected to the network, cannot be hacked into, is not connected to the wires, and is even out of power -
[The computer with the source code of VV! ]
The moment he thought of this breakthrough point, he couldn't help but punched Gao Yang's thigh.
"Great..."
Lin Xian suddenly woke up.
The laptop ran out of power soon after it was brought back from the United States.
Because this laptop was originally bought to bring VV back from the future, and it was not used on weekdays, Lin Xian didn't charge it or plug it in, and just threw it on the bookcase and didn't care.
He used this laptop to write the original code of VV. And when he took VV abroad to the United States, it also hid in it, relying on his own body to climb over the wall to enter and exit.
[That is a place that the murderer who killed VV can never enter! 】
The power cord was not plugged in, the network cable was not connected, and the wireless network card and Bluetooth module were also removed by myself.
The most important thing is...
It has no power!
Even if it is the most powerful hacker, the most powerful artificial intelligence, even the most powerful network attack, or even the most powerful computer virus... as long as there is no power, it is nothing!
"It's okay, you continue to sleep."
Lin Xian rubbed Gao Yang's thigh and coaxed him to continue sleeping.
Gao Yang mumbled in a daze and began to snore again.
On Lin Xian's side, after thinking about Kevin Walker, he began to think about Jask.
This person is also difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.
When Kevin Walker controlled the US X-37B space plane to crash into it, it was Jask who used its rocket to stop the attack, which completely shattered Kevin Walker's long-planned plan to snatch the space-time particle.
Although I don't know what his specific purpose is...
But at least, from this matter, he helped me. Jask didn't want to see himself get into trouble, but hoped to capture this space-time particle.
What is his identity?
What role does he play in the Genius Club?
Is he in the same group as Huang Que? That's why he sent a rocket to support him halfway?
This is indeed a problem, but it's not urgent, so we can wait for a while.
The current urgency.
We still have to figure out the mysteries of Chu Anqing, Zhang Yuqian, and CC first.
By the way...
Lin Xian thought of the [mirror puzzle] Huang Que had given him.
It's been too long.
For more than half a year, he hasn't solved this puzzle.
But he really tried his best.
He looked at the mirror in reality again and again, many times.
Every day when he washes and goes to the toilet, he can't help looking at it several times.
Including the mirror in the car...
Thinking of this, Lin Xian raised his head and looked at the rearview mirror in front of the vehicle.
From this small mirror, he also saw his tired self.
Obviously, Huang Que was not talking about the mirror in reality.
As for the mirror in the dream, he has looked at it many times over the years, especially in the first dream, from childhood to adulthood, he understood the fact that he was gradually growing up in the dream from the mirror.
In the second dream, he looked at it several times in the house of Big Face Cat, and even in the room of Big Face Cat's father, he looked at the mirror with 42 written on it several times. The figure reflected in it was no different from him, exactly the same.
In the third dream, he also looked at the reflection of the space suit helmet, the rearview mirror when driving, and the smooth mirror-like decorative metal plates in the Rhine Museum... He looked at it many times.
Because when Huang Que told him the mirror puzzle, he was in the third dream, so of course he would look at it a few times when he found a mirror, but still did not find anything abnormal.
Forget about the fourth dream, there was no chance to look at the mirror at all.
However, the electronic wanted poster that the soldier captain took out would still be difficult to see the font on it due to reflection at noon when the sun was the strongest, and it could be used as a mirror even if it was black.
He also looked at it...
It was still the same, nothing unusual, not even a little bit.
Therefore, regarding this mirror puzzle, Lin Xian really felt that he had tried his best.
At this point, he naturally believed Huang Que's words:
"In the mirror, there is what you want."
He also wanted what he wanted in the legend...even if he didn't know what it specifically meant.
He even firmly believed that what was in the mirror must be a key point that could break the situation.
but……
I can’t untie it!
This puzzle is completely unsolvable.
Whether they asked VV or Zhao Yingjun himself, what they said was to tell themselves to look in the mirror honestly... Not only did he look in the mirror, but he also looked in the mirror many times, but it was of no use.
Lin Xian scratched his head.
He now had an inexplicable feeling of being cornered and having no way out.
There are pits everywhere,
There are walls everywhere,
No clues found,
Can't figure it out.
Ever since I became more and more involved with the Genius Club and learned more and more, this feeling of confusion and powerlessness became stronger and stronger.
"It's still a cliché..."
Lin Xian smacked his lips:
"When can I get an invitation letter to the Genius Club?"
I am afraid.
Only when you truly get an invitation, join the genius club, and sit on the same round table as Oriole, Copernicus, Jask, and Kevin Walker... can you stand at the same starting point and height with them and examine this world. Everything right?
squeak----
Brakes.
The driver in front turned back:
"Mr. Lin, the hotel you booked has arrived."
Lin Xian nodded, pushed Gao Yang to wake up, and checked into the hotel.
After eating at the hotel buffet, the two went directly to the suite. After Gao Yang took a shower, he jumped onto the bed and fell asleep instantly.
"..."
Lin Xian has envied Gao Yang's ability to fall asleep instantly since he was a child.
Although I don’t fall asleep very slowly either.
This period of time has indeed been too stressful and tiring, especially after experiencing so many incredibly stressful events in space. Now that we have finally come to the ground, it is normal for us to relax and feel tired and drowsy.
Lin Xian also finished washing and lay on the bed.
Open your phone:
"VV, are you there?"
he whispered.
Sure enough, there was no response.
Even if I had known this, hey... I could only wait until I got home and hope that my laptop, which had already run out of power, could perform miracles.
Opening the news software, Lin Xian browsed several hot news items.
The hottest news ahead is definitely about Starlink satellites, aerospace planes, Jask, and Kevin Walker, occupying almost the majority of the top ten hot searches.
Today, most countries around the world have issued wanted orders for Kevin Walker, including the Dragon Kingdom.
This time, Kevin Walker hijacked an American aerospace aircraft and collided with the Dragon Aircraft. It was of a very bad nature and with extremely bad intentions.
The Dragon State aerospace plane is not only performing secret missions, but it also has national astronauts on board. The only aerospace plane and the only ace pilot of this company were really going to be hit by Kevin Walker, and the damage would be completely immeasurable.
Therefore, after Wei Cheng landed in his aerospace plane and reported the matter to the country, Dragon Kingdom officials immediately issued the highest level red notice for Kevin Walker.
After checking his phone for a while, Lin Xian felt sleepy.
"Let's contact Director Liu An of the National Security Agency tomorrow and ask him to help investigate the address of the middle-aged and elderly couple."
He yawned and rolled over.
VV immediately found out that the names of the middle-aged and elderly couple were Zhang Shi and Yan Qin. With these names, it was not difficult to find out their addresses.
"Go to sleep first."
He closed his eyes...
In less than two days, so many thrilling things happened.
Anyway.
This fourth dream won't change at all, right?
What's more, he also captured space-time particles.
In everyone's eyes, this is a vital and extremely important thing.
Repeatedly emphasized.
Fight desperately.
Such a key thing, now that it is in my hands, will inevitably trigger some butterfly effects visible to the naked eye, right?
Huang Que and Chu Anqing both said that if they don't grab this space-time particle, the future will be very bad.
The current fourth dream is bad enough, right?
I can't move even an inch.
So now that I have grabbed this space-time particle, will the bad future finally change?
Is the fourth dream going to change?
Can we directly break through this elasticity of time and space and go directly to the fifth dreamland?
gradually……
The head becomes very heavy.
…
…
call……
The familiar hot summer wind and the familiar bustle of the city.
Lin Xian opened his eyes and looked at the sky.
"hehe……"
He couldn't help but laugh.
A dozen brightly lit huge airships were still slowly floating in the sky.
There are huge advertisements on the side of each airship to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the founding of Thame Bank.
own investment bank.
Place your own safe in a bank.
Close at hand, but out of reach.
Lower your head.
He was surrounded by dozens of soldiers as always, and the leader of the team threw out an electronic wanted notice:
"Lin Xian! Now you will be arrested in accordance with the law for crimes against humanity, crimes against the earth, and crimes against time and space!"
Lin Xian stared at the text on the electronic paper...
these crimes.
In 2024, except for the last crime of disrupting time and space, the remaining two are also written on the wanted warrant against Kevin Walker.
this moment.
He seemed to understand something.
"Kevin Walker."
The laughing old man heard the voice, and the smile solidified on his face.
He ripped off the hood of the man who was handcuffed on the chair in front of him!
The young man in front of me.
His eyes showed exhaustion.
But it is calm, profound, cold and dark.
"Come kill me, Kevin, you know where I am."
The young man spoke in a low voice and stared at him as if he could see through time:
"[If you don't come to kill me, then I will kill you!]"
The old man's pupils contracted——
boom! ! ! ! !
boom! ! ! ! !
boom! ! ! ! !
00:42 The white light burns everything.
On the bed in the hotel suite, Lin Xian opened his eyes amidst Gao Yang's roaring snoring.
"The fourth dream has not changed."
He sat up from the bed.
Open the glass door of the balcony and let in the early spring breeze.
Go to the balcony.
He leaned on the stone railing and looked at the night sky.
In the real world, so many changes have occurred, including the space-time particles that everyone regards as treasures, which have changed hands.
But there is still no change in the fourth dream!
That says a lot.
Lots of important things.
There are two possibilities.
1. The simplest thing is that the dream is false. The enemy has not had time to modify it, and it has not yet been calculated. Now that time and space particles have changed hands, how will the world change in the future... In other words, the new studio has not yet been Build it up.
2. If the dream is a real future world, it means that the importance of this space-time particle is not as great as everyone thinks!
[In other words, space-time particles are indeed very important, but it is not this one that is important, but one of the others! 】
In short, there must be some conspiracy inside, making everyone mistakenly think that this space-time particle is very important, and getting all parties involved in the fight, including Kevin Walker, Huang Que, himself, and the thousand-year-old Chu Anqing!
And the real man behind the scenes... doesn't care about this space-time particle at all. He sits on the mountain in the distance and watches the tigers fight, and enjoys the results!
The evidence is that if this space-time particle is really so important, so important that all forces are trying to defeat it, why has the dream not changed at all now that I have obtained the space-time particle? This makes no sense at all!
…
This is also the reason why Lin Xian just said harsh words to the mysterious old man suspected of being Kevin Walker.
He was doubtful now.
That mysterious old man is not Kevin Walker at all!
That catchphrase of "i see you"... is more like deliberately pretending to be Kevin Walker to allow yourself to be misunderstood.
At least on the bright side, Kevin Walker is a complete loser in the battle for space-time particles in 2024. Not only did he not reap any benefits, he was wanted all over the world and fell into a very passive and dangerous situation.
No matter how talented you are.
As long as you still live on the earth, can you still be an enemy of 6 billion people?
This is absolutely impossible.
That's why... Lin Xian just deliberately said harsh words to the mysterious old man, trying to usher in some changes in the real world and make this stagnant water come alive!
Anyway, he is completely exposed now.
Kevin Walker even knows how to catch space-time particles himself, what else doesn’t he know?
The same goes for Jask. He can accurately use rockets to stop a space plane falling from high altitude. What else can't he stop?
In the second dream, the big-faced cat’s younger brother A Zhuang once said:
If you change, you will succeed; if you don't change, you will perish.
Regarding the predicament I am currently in, a pool of stagnant water will only slowly drive me to death.
We must seek change!
If things can't get better.
Then muddy the waters and make the situation even more confusing!
Only by changing can you have a chance.
Only through chaos can you take the opportunity to seize the enemy's weaknesses!
For this battle, we don’t even know who the enemy is, where the enemy is, and what we are playing against...
So many people died.
Chu Anqing disappeared.
It seems that time is running out for the oriole and her life is in danger.
I must also move from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.
He's forcing Kevin Walker's hand.
Also testing whether Kevin will take action.
If you don't take action, then your provocation is in vain, which means that the enemy did not take the bait and you have found another way.
So what if Kevin Walker takes action?
Will Jask still help like sending rockets?
What about other hidden forces?
What about the other genius club members? What's the attitude?
confusion.
It's a stagnant water with no way out now, so it's better to let it become chaotic!
"Muddy the waters."
Lin Xian looked at the moon in the sky to understand this.
I want to hide comfortably in the dark, quietly investigate the enemy to obtain intelligence, and then kill them all like the seven deadly sins...
This idea is too naive.
The current opponent is a being that is far more powerful, powerful, smart, and insidious than the Seven Deadly Sins.
We can no longer be so naive and have such simple ideas.
Want to go deeper.
Lin Xian felt more and more... maybe that mysterious old man was really not Kevin Walker, which made it more reasonable.
If it's really someone else.
Could it be that the person in his second guess, the one who deceived everyone, involved various forces, snatched an unimportant space-time particle... and then sat back and enjoyed the fruits of his labor?
Lin Xian began to recall.
Who...
In this battle for space-time particles, the biggest gainer?
Himself?
At present, it is definitely not. Liu Feng has made it clear that the space-time particle has been tossed to waste and has no use except for locating the space-time clock.
The yellow bird?
It doesn't look like it either. In addition to letting herself get the space-time particle, she also looks very bad, and the current historical trend has long deviated from the history she knows, which is also an unknown that is difficult to distinguish between good and bad for her.
Kevin Walker?
Not even that. He is even worse. He lost miserably and became a wanted criminal worldwide.
So...
Who else?
He couldn't help but think of the tall man who shook hands with him with a smile at the Science Charity Dinner and completely predicted the outcome of this battle for space-time particles.
"Jask."
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes, looking at the white full moon in the sky, and recalled the huge black hand on the moon that spanned the North and South Poles in his future dream...
"Is it you?"