Chapter 34 Zheng Xiangyue's Boat Ticket

Sure enough.

“No way to tell” again.

Lin Xian snorted.

Since there is no decisive denial… then it is likely that Yu Xi’s crossing here is still related to the Genius Club.

But what kind of relationship is unknown, this relationship can be positive or negative.

The current situation is confusing.

Lin Xian feels that the mystery around him is getting bigger and bigger… He must break it as soon as possible!

“Then I’ll go to sleep first.”

Lin Xian closed his eyes and told Yu Xi:

“If you are tired, wake me up.”

“Okay.”

Yu Xi’s answer was short and powerful.

“Has that time-space assassin caught up again?” Lin Xian opened his eyes again.

Yu Xi shook her head:

"She is still hanging around in Princeton. Don't worry, although there are many mysteries about her, she is just a human with flesh and blood after all."

"She can't fly, can't resist bullets, and I can sense her position. She is not as scary as you think. Go to sleep peacefully, I will wake you up if there is any situation."

Lin Xian nodded.

Only by getting a good rest can we face a better battle tomorrow.

He looked down at his watch.

It is 01:23 in the morning of US time, which is equivalent to 13:23 noon of Dragon Country time.

If you fall asleep at this time, you will definitely fall asleep.

But after you fall asleep, unless you wait until 00:42 in Dragon Country time or die in the dream, the outside world will never wake you up.

This happened once when I was a child. My parents couldn't wake me up no matter what, and they were so scared that they sent me to the hospital.

The doctor checked it and found nothing wrong, so he could only judge that I slept too deeply... Although it is rare to see such a deep sleep, facts speak louder than words.

But in this situation, sleeping to death is not allowed.

If he really encountered any danger, Yu Xi couldn't wake him up by shouting or even beating him, and he might die.

So...

He had to think of a way to die quickly, wake up once, and then continue to sleep.

The fourth dream was different from other dreams, and there were not so many opportunities to commit suicide.

His range of activities was very small, and once he missed the first opportunity, he would be electrocuted and fall into a state of disconnection between reality and dream... It was like real death.

His eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.

Gradually...

Lin Xian fell asleep.

...

...

Huh...

Familiar summer breeze, familiar noise.

Lin Xian opened his eyes quickly.

As always, dozens of soldiers surrounded him, and more than a dozen balloon airships printed with advertisements of Tam Bank hovered in the sky above his head.

All the soldiers nervously picked up their rifles, released the safety, and faced the young man who suddenly appeared like a magic trick.

The soldier dressed as the captain was about to step forward...

"Hehe."

Lin Xian chuckled and rushed towards the target he had chosen -

a soldier who was not very skilled in gun operation and was half a beat slower than others.

He rushed directly to the muzzle of the gun, aimed at his forehead, stretched out his right hand and suddenly pressed the trigger!

Bang!

A gunshot that shook his head, and Lin Xian's eyes went black.

...

...

...

Teng!

Lin Xian jumped up from the co-pilot seat of the vehicle.

His heart rate soared, and he was breathing heavily.

Yu Xi looked over in confusion:

"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Lin Xian calmed his breath and looked at Yu Xi.

It seems that.

This time traveler who traveled back from the future to protect himself did not know the secret of his dreams.

This is probably the ironclad evidence that she did not know Huang Que.

Huang Que knew everything about him, including but not limited to the fact that he could travel through time in dreams.

But looking at Yu Xi...

, he seemed to know nothing about his dreams.

That's fine.

Lin Xian himself had no intention of sharing this matter, his most precious secret.

"A little bit."

Lin Xian casually perfunctorily said.

Then he turned over and continued to sleep.

Once death "pops up" in a dream, there will be no dream before the next dream cycle.

Now he can sleep peacefully.

A dreamless night.

...

The next day, I woke up, almost noon.

Yu Xi was still driving in the same posture, and there was no sign of fatigue.

Lin Xian yawned and sat up.

He stood up the flat seat and looked out.

Sure enough, it was flat.

The highway in front of him was straight and led to the horizon without any turns. It's no wonder that so many people say that you can lock the steering wheel and sleep when driving on the highway in the United States.

"Let me drive."

Lin Xian looked at Yu Xi:

"You take a rest for a while and eat something. When you wake up, we will almost be in Texas."

Yu Xi didn't hesitate and stopped the car directly.

Then he exchanged seats with Lin Xian, letting Lin Xian sit in the main driver's seat while he went to the back seat to sleep and rest:

"The time-space assassin is probably still in Princeton and has not followed us. Because we are far away from her now, my perception has become vague and I don't know her approximate location."

"But don't worry, even when I'm sleeping, I can feel the distance between the time-space assassin and us. Once she gets close, I will wake up immediately."

After saying that, Yu Xi squinted her eyes and began to sleep.

Lin Xian turned down the radio volume so as not to disturb Yu Xi's sleep.

He leaned his left elbow on the window frame, supported his chin, and held the steering wheel with his right hand, which did not need to be controlled at all... Looking through the rearview mirror inside the car, he looked at Yu Xi who was sleeping quietly in the back seat.

He just remembered that he had never cared about anything about Yu Xi.

How old is she? Specifically in her teens?

What kind of life does she live? What kind of life does she have?

Is she an only child? Are her parents still alive?

After completing this protection mission... can she go back?

Even in the future, drug enhancement and gene editing can make everyone smart, beautiful, and powerful.

But that is only in terms of physical fitness and appearance.

Real skills and knowledge can only be mastered through practice and learning.

Yu Xi looks like she is only fifteen or sixteen years old at most, or maybe even younger.

At this age, her vehicle driving skills are so superb, and she can also use a pistol. Not only can she suppress the strong recoil, but her shooting skills are also very accurate.

It is hard to imagine how many years of her time in the past ten years have been devoted to agent training.

Clang.

Clank.

The old sedan, with its inferior shock absorbers, drove over a railroad track that crossed the road, and once again bumped Lin Xian and Yu Xi, who was sleeping in the back seat, up and down.

The girl in the rearview mirror rubbed her eyes in her sleep.

Changed her position.

Turned over.

Turned her back to Lin Xian and continued to sleep.

…

After the two arrived in Cameron County, Texas, they did not immediately go to the address given by Angelica, but found a hotel to rest for a night.

The next morning, they came to a suburban villa complex according to Angelica's arrangement.

One of the villas was the residence of Jask's female secretary. Angelica said that she had taken care of everything and asked Lin Xian to go directly into the house to find her.

"I won't go in. I'll stay outside."

Yu Xi said after watching Lin Xian get out of the car:

"I can feel that the time-space assassin has started to move. She is approaching this side, very fast... I guess she saw that we have been here for a long time and didn't move, so she chased us directly."

"Help me get a gun. If there is a chance in close combat, I can use a gun to get rid of her. As long as there is no one else around, I still dare to use a gun, so that the bullet will not trigger the forced avoidance rule."

Lin Xian nodded and closed the car door:

"Then you will stay outside the villa. I told Angelica that she will prepare two pistols for us. I will go to see her first."

After that, Lin Xian walked to the front of the villa and knocked on the door.

Dongdongdong.

Very soon.

Angelica, wearing loose pajamas, opened the door.

She didn't wear makeup, her eyes were a little tired, and her seaweed-like hair was tied behind her head.

"Where is the female secretary?" Lin Xian asked.

"Asleep." Angelica replied calmly.

Lin Xian felt funny for some reason:

"How can she sleep so well?"

Angelica raised her eyebrows:

"This time... I used some special means. I guarantee that she will not wake up until the evening."

"Come in quickly, we should discuss the next plan."

Lin Xian walked into the house and Angelica closed the door.

She first took Lin Xian to the bedroom and let him see the female secretary sleeping soundly on the big bed.

She was indeed sleeping soundly.

"Although I am sure she will not wake up in a short time, there are always accidents. So Lin Xian, help me keep an eye on her here. If she wakes up early, you control her and don't let her inform Jask and ruin our good deeds."

As she said that, Angelica patted a black suitcase placed on the dining table.

Lin Xian opened it.

Inside was what he needed, two black pistols, magazines, and bullets.

Then, Angelica pointed to a corner of the living room.

There stood two familiar huge suitcases, which naturally contained Angelica's "disguise props".

"My driver brought these things and left. Today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Jask sent a work message to the female secretary, asking her to meet him at the Starship Rocket Launch Center and the Observation Tower at 10 o'clock this morning."

"This is also the opportunity I have been waiting for. In the past two days, I have been with the female secretary day and night. She also took a leave and did not go to work. We have been sticking together. I have figured out her speaking habits, colloquialisms, standing postures and gaits... In addition, my figure is very similar to hers, so there is no problem in pretending to imitate her."

Angelica said as she opened the suitcase:

"It just so happens that this is the female secretary's home. There are a lot of her clothes and jewelry to choose from, which can be completely indistinguishable from the real thing."

"But what about the voice?"

Lin Xian spread his hands:

"Even if you can imitate the appearance, body, temperament, and even the walking posture exactly, can you imitate something like voice?"

Angelica smiled slightly.

Cleared her throat and pressed it again.

Then she spoke in a completely different female voice:

"Mr. Jask... why do you always come up without your phone!"

It was the real thing.

It was the voice of a female secretary!

"You know so much."

Lin Xian sighed sincerely:

"It seems that the Oscar for Best Actress was given to you too late. No wonder you acted so well as a female agent in the movie... It was completely true to yourself."

"I'm curious, where did you learn these skills and who taught them? Serious Hollywood wouldn't train these things, right?"

Angelica put her right index finger on her lips and made a shushing gesture:

"Secret~"

She changed her voice to someone who didn't know who it was, and it was still easy to control:

"I have no problem imitating a normal speaking voice like this. But if you speak loudly, the secret will definitely be revealed. So let me tell you a little trick... If you want to know a person's real voice, let her raise her voice. Just shout a few times or say a few words loudly."

really.

Lin Xian thought of the bubble sounds and clip sounds that were once all the rage.

These two sounds that make one's scalp numb and crawling with ants all over the body... can only be achieved when speaking in a low voice, or in other words, can be pinched out.

Now that the disguise, clothing, detailed jewelry, and voice are all done, it seems that Angelica's success rate is still very high this time.

Lin Xian believed in her acting skills. Even if she couldn't answer Jask's questions, she should still be able to fool him.

Angelica took off her pajamas:

"Okay, I'm going to start putting on makeup to disguise myself. You go to the bedroom and look at the female secretary and avoid it."

…

Two hours later.

When the bedroom door was pushed open again.

Lin Xian saw a twin who was exactly the same as the woman sleeping on the bed walking in!

"looks like?"

Angelica asked in a voice that was not hers.

"picture."

Lin Xian sincerely agreed:

"It really looks like it."

He turned around several times to compare the two faces.

It's just like copy and paste...

Angelica's disguise skills are really amazing.

The female secretary in front of me pushed open the door and looked very real. She had a tall figure, a black professional skirt, slightly reflective stockings, and high-heeled shoes. The charm of a professional woman was before her eyes.

Look at the face part again.

Angelica's hair has been dyed the same color as the female secretary's hair, straightened, and tied up behind her head, using the hairpins commonly used by female secretaries.

Lin Xian looked at a magazine cover on the desk in his bedroom.

The photo on the cover is a photo of Jask and the female secretary. The headline of this issue is an interview with Jask and the private secretary.

Lin Xian picked up the magazine.

Then stand it in front of your eyes.

Compare the exquisite and capable female secretary on the cover with the brand-new Angelica in front of you...

Perfect.

Every detail is the same:

"Except for a pair of red-rimmed glasses."

Lin Xian just finished speaking.

The perfectly disguised Angelica took out a pair of red-rimmed glasses from behind and gently put them on the bridge of her nose.

Wink:

"Isn't it exactly the same now?"

"really."

Lin Xian nodded affirmatively:

"Looking at this female secretary's face shape and eye habits, she should wear glasses every day."

"That's right."

Angelica replied:

"I have seen photos of her at work, and she was always wearing this pair of red-rimmed glasses. But in the two days she was with me, she never wore them once. She always wore contact lenses."

"Maybe... she thinks wearing glasses affects her appearance, right? Or maybe she thinks wearing glasses is more inconvenient~ In fact, I still like the way she looks wearing glasses... That would make her look more elegant and make her more aggressive. ”

Angelica looked at the small gold watch on her wrist, which also came from the female secretary’s jewelry box:

"It's almost time. It's time for me to set off. Jask is a very punctual person. It's not good to be early or late. Whatever time he says is what time it is."

"Ah, I want to tell you one more thing." Lin Xian said suddenly.

He asked Angelica to pay special attention to the girl with blue eyes. Although the time and space assassin is still far away from here, it is always right to pay more attention:

"If that girl with blue eyes appears, you must stop the action immediately. She can see through the disguise."

"Got it." Angelica walked over to the bedside table.

Picked up the female secretary's cell phone.

He shook his head at Lin Xian:

"I took away her mobile phone. You can see work messages in it. I saw it when she entered her password in the past two days. I know her well now."

"Besides, I also have my mobile phone with me. If anything happens, please send me a message instead of calling me. I will find a chance to reply to you after I see it."

"Then Lin Xian, I'll leave this to you. Watch her carefully. The dose of medicine is sufficient. Generally speaking, you won't wake up, but if you really wake up... Anyway, I have given you the pistol. All you need is Just control her for the time being, and when I come back... I will tell her that this is part of the game, and she will believe it."

"Is she so stupid?" Lin Xian couldn't believe it.

Angelica chuckled lightly, followed the steps of the female secretary and went out, looking back for the last time:

"When a woman is in love, everything she looks at is romantic~"

boom.

The door is closed.

Lin Xian looked through the window at the Tesla car outside the door being driven away by Angelica.

This time, everything is fake from the inside out.

Coupled with Angelica's Oscar-level acting skills, voice imitation, and in-depth communication with the female secretary in the past two days, she has a very good understanding of the communication method between the female secretary and Jask——

Never asks, only orders and answers.

This is also the reason why Angelica decided to take the risk...

Jask has always been very confident. He makes his own decisions on everything and never asks his secretary for his opinion.

This greatly reduces the difficulty of Angelica's imitation.

In fact.

Now, for Lin Xian, it doesn't matter whether Angelica contacts Jask or not.

He has already obtained the information he wants, knows Jask's position and attitude towards himself.

But Angelica's goal has not been achieved yet.

She wants to know more about the Genius Club, the true identity of Copernicus, and the murderer who killed Ji Lin's parents.

That's why she has to take the risk to try her luck;

Go and see what Jask has hidden on the observation tower;

And... Will Jask tell his secretary about the Genius Club in normal times?

If he doesn't, Angelica won't ask questions on her own initiative, and this time it will be a failure at best.

But if Jask really trusts his female secretary, doesn't treat her as an outsider, and often tells her some information about the Genius Club... then Angelica's trip into the tiger's den will be a big gain.

Buzz...

The battery-powered Tesla drove out of the door. Except for the low warning sound, there was no noise and the driving was extremely smooth.

The Tesla drove out of the villa yard and headed for the town of Boca Chica, the Space-T Starship Launch Center.

...

[Observation Tower].

Jask raised his head.

The sun was blazing in the sky.

It is now late April, the weather is getting hotter, and the whole world has become full of vitality.

He looked at the rocket launcher in the distance.

On the horizontal road below, a huge carrier was slowly erecting a brand new Starship rocket.

It is time for the next test launch experiment.

Its Starship rocket has exploded many times. At the beginning, the first explosion, the whole world regarded him as a joke and laughed at him.

But now.

More and more people are afraid of his rocket exploding.

Because everyone knows...

The more his rocket explodes, the closer he is to success.

The experience gained from failure is far more than success.

He is never afraid of failure.

So he can achieve such success now.

Today, his Starship rocket is undoubtedly the most powerful launch vehicle in the world.

Reusable models can carry 150 tons of cargo at a time.

And those disposable models can carry 250 tons at a time.

Looking at the world, this is a rather exaggerated number.

But for his grand ambitions, this is far from enough.

Mars is just the first step of his sight.

He also has to look to the farther universe, the farther future... and, farther and farther existence.

Dada da da da da da.

The sound of hurried high heels stepping on the steel plate.

Jask knew that it was his anxious and easily flustered secretary.

He looked down at his watch.

Very punctual.

10 o'clock.

"Jia... Mr. Jask..."

The female secretary wearing red-framed glasses was panting, holding a folder and bending over:

"Can't we meet somewhere else? Why do I have to climb so high in high heels every time?"

He smiled.

As always, every time the secretary ran up to the observation tower and came to the observation deck, she would complain like this:

"I'm going to Longguo at the end of this month to attend a meeting in the imperial capital."

The secretary straightened up and blinked:

"Is there anything I need to tell you? I'll write it down."

Jask leaned against the iron fence of the observation deck and shook his head:

"Nothing, the schedule is still the same as before, I will attend the meeting on April 28, and I will also meet with Longguo officials."

"I like Longguo very much. When they invited me, I agreed immediately. I also told Longguo staff that it was my honor to attend Longguo Trade Promotion Council. I'm not being polite, but telling the truth... Longguo has always been very helpful to me. It can even be said that without the help of Donghai officials and Longguo, there would be no Tesla today."

"The schedule of the Trade Promotion Council has been set, so let's go as before. What I want to tell you today is... We will go to Longguo one day earlier. I want to give a girl a boat ticket."

"Boat ticket?"

The secretary smiled inexplicably.

But he still opened the folder and started recording:

"Tell me, what kind of ticket? I will record your leisure and elegance. Do I need to notify the media and reporters in advance?"

"No, no, no."

Jask waved his hand:

"It's not what you think. This is not hype. It's what I should do and what I must do personally."

He turned around and tilted his head to look at the female secretary:

"I thought you could understand what I could think. It seems that we are not in sync this time. Since we are talking about giving a ticket to the little girl in Dragon Country...it must be Zheng Xiangyue!"

"Didn't I call her personally before? She probably didn't watch the live broadcast and didn't know that she got a ticket to the moon. I had to explain it to her for a long time."

"The little girl was quite happy in the end, but I always felt...she seemed to think it was a joke, or she didn't particularly believe it. Later, I asked friends from Longguo to investigate, and this little girl named Zheng Xiangyue …Really, I like her name very much, it’s so beautiful.”

"Zheng Xiangyue has been suffering from congenital heart disease since she was a child. Her health has always been poor. She has spent most of these years in the hospital. From time to time, she would have sudden heart attacks. She almost didn't survive several times."

"Actually, to be honest, I really want technology to develop faster... Faster, maybe we can cash in those ten tickets for traveling to the moon within a few years. But that's not what I said. Forget it, if it were really me who had the final say, I would want the fleet to fly to Mars to set off tomorrow.”

"So please help me record and arrange the itinerary. There is no need to make any announcement or notify any media about going to the hospital to deliver the ferry ticket to Zheng Xiangyue. We can just go and leave quietly. Zheng Xiangyue is not in good health. That’s not good, we can’t disturb him too much. The reason why I want to give her this ticket in person is mainly for two reasons..."

"First, I want her to believe that even though she bought the ticket with a bearer check, it is real and valid and will always be real and valid! If one day she cannot hold on anymore and sleeps in a hibernation cabin. Then we Guarantee her that her ticket to the moon will never expire. When she wakes up, we will send her a replacement flight to the moon as she wishes."

"I will give her a guarantee that even if she is the only one on the flight to the moon, I will take off for her as promised; even if by the time she wakes up from the hibernation cabin and is cured, I will no longer be there. , our Space-T company will always honor her ticket.”

"Wow even."

The female secretary sighed, nodded slightly, picked up the pen and wrote it down on the folder, and then said:

"What about the second consideration?"

"The second point... is a little more pessimistic."

Jask turned his head and looked at the female secretary:

"I'm afraid that Zheng Xiangyue's heart will one day fail and die before she can move into the hibernation cabin... There's really no way she can do it. Not only did she not wait until we build a spacecraft that can land on the moon, she also can't Wait until the hibernating cabin enters mass production and is put into use.”

"This is the most pitiable situation and the last thing I want to see...but what if, thinking about the worst, this really happens?"

"Although I have no choice, I think that if this kind of thing really happens, I will regret extremely that I did not hand-deliver this ticket to the moon to Zheng Xiangyue. So just in case, just in case , during this trip to Long Country, I am going to meet Zheng Xiangyue in person."

"After all, I want to encourage her, give her motivation, and let her believe that as long as she persists in fighting the disease, one day she can go to the moon and realize her wish. Just like her name, Zheng Xiangyue... This is so simple and beautiful , and it’s such an evocative name...don’t you think so?”

The female secretary scribbled down the itinerary on the folder, then raised her head:

"Write this down and I will arrange it. Is there anything else?"

"You can't...you send me a message so far in advance and ask me to run to such a high tower just for this trivial matter, right?"

Hehehe...

Jask opened his mouth and smiled, shaking his head with a smile on his face:

"Of course it's not just this little thing, there are more important things. But before that..."

Jask stretched out his finger and pointed at the female secretary’s left calf:

"Your stockings are torn."

"ah?"

The female secretary was startled and hurriedly looked down at her left calf:

"Oops! When did it break? It was really..."

She placed the folder on the floor, squatted down, and began to straighten the scratched stockings with her hands painted with red nail polish.

Click!

The cold muzzle of the gun pressed against the back of the female secretary’s head!

The female secretary felt a chill...

She turned back tremblingly and opened her eyes wide.

The pitch-black muzzle was right between the eyebrows!

Jask held the silver pistol in his right hand and looked at the female secretary squatting on the ground:

"Tell me, who sent you?"

"Jia...Mr. Jask..."

The female secretary has shortness of breath:

"You, this is what you are doing?"

"I admit, you are really pretending to be very similar...I didn't notice anything wrong at all. Your voice, pace, expression, and tone are all exactly the same as my secretary's."

Jask smiled and said:

"[It's just...you forgot to put on your glasses.]"

He tapped the red-rimmed glasses on the female secretary's nose with the heavy and cold muzzle:

"My female secretary can't say more than three sentences before her red-rimmed glasses will slide down; on average, she will push them up once every 10 seconds."

"There were several times when I couldn't stand it and yelled at her to change her glasses to a pair of the right size and stop letting them slip off all day long."

"But now...I am extremely grateful to that stubborn and disobedient female secretary. Even if she would rather resign, she is not willing to replace these annoying red-rimmed glasses. I swear, I will never blame her again in the future. Maybe It was these annoying red-rimmed glasses that saved my life.”

The muzzle moves forward.

Pressing the female secretary's forehead tightly, it felt cold to the touch:

"I don't like wasting time. I only give you 5 seconds to tell me who sent you."

Jask put away his smile, as cold as the muzzle of a gun, and looked at

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Goodbye."

Just as his index finger was about to exert force-

Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling!

The cell phone in the female secretary's pocket rang at an inopportune time, interrupting Jask's execution.

Angelica, who was found pretending to be a female secretary, did not dare to move...

She did not even dare to lower her head and look at the ringing cell phone in her pocket.

Jask pursed his lips:

"Take it out."

He said sternly.

Angelica obediently took out two cell phones from her pocket.

One was the real female secretary's cell phone.

The other, which was ringing, was her own cell phone.

She took the opportunity to glance at the number displayed on the caller ID on the phone screen.

It was a completely unfamiliar number.

It was not Lin Xian, not anyone she knew.

Jask took the phone, pressed the answer button directly, and put it to his ear.

"Jask..."

But I didn't expect it!

The voice of an old man on the other side said his name!

Jask narrowed his eyes and took a half step back into the observation tower:

"Who are you?"

The old man on the phone cleared his throat:

"Let her go... Jask, give me some face."

"Hahahaha!"

Jask was amused:

"It seems that no one can have such a big face. Say your name, let me see if you have enough face."

On the phone, the old man laughed dryly twice, his voice hoarse:

"I am... [Copernicus]."