Genius Club
Chapter 1347 - 28: The World Opened Its Eyes

Chapter 1347: Chapter 28: The World Opened Its Eyes

Boom!

It was like a bolt of lightning streaked through his mind, illuminating his entire brain cavity while simultaneously striking the swaying kite, making the "kite string" at the back of Lin Xian’s head on the verge of breaking.

Ji Xinshui...

Lin Xian never expected that in such a distant time and space as 1952, he would encounter an enemy he knew in the real era, even interacted with!

He clenched his fist.

Ji Xinshui was not only his enemy but also the heinous leader of the Seven Sins, Copernicus’s lackey, the culprit who took the lives of Xu Yun and Tang Xin.

Therefore, when Lin Xian deceitfully killed this eighty-year-old man, he didn’t feel a shred of hesitation, even thinking that a death by lethal injection was too merciful for his sins.

Now, however, Lin Xian couldn’t believe...

This man, already dead in 2023, had "resurrected" in front of him in the form of a teenager in 1952.

Boom!

Another bolt of lightning struck the kite, causing the kite string linking the back of his head to the future time-space to shake violently, increasingly showing signs of breaking.

Lin Xian understood.

[This was the world line sending a warning, a pre-alert.]

If the kite string broke, it would inevitably mean breaching Space-Time Elasticity, a change in space-time curvature, a world line leap...

In that case, history and the future would embark on brand-new and unfamiliar paths.

And he, too, would forever lose the ability to return to the time-space of 2234, becoming a ghost not belonging to the old times, a space-time drifter trapped in unfamiliar time-space and world lines, going with the flow.

He quickly calmed his intense emotions.

Gradually, his clenched palm relaxed.

Now.

The moment he learned that little Johnny’s real name was Ji Xinshui.

This was a crucial choice point probing the edge of Space-Time Elasticity—

[He now held the ability to change Ji Xinshui’s fate, and as soon as Ji Xinshui’s destiny and life trajectory were altered, it would inevitably trigger changes in the world line.]

Lin Xian started thinking from the beginning.

He had previously read Ji Xinshui’s dossier at the Donghai Public Security Bureau.

This old man from the old era, born in 1938, went to sea with his parents to escape war during his childhood, returned to the country as a repatriated scientist during the reform and opening up period, and took a position in a laboratory at Donghai University.

Now in 1952, Ji Xinshui should indeed be thirteen or fourteen years old, highly matching little Johnny in both life and age.

So it goes without saying...

Little Johnny was Ji Xinshui, precisely the future man known as the "Arrogance" mad old man.

Lin Xian, having come through utilizing the Entangled State of Time-Space Particle, could ignore Forced Evasion, arbitrarily rewrite history, and change the world line at will.

He could kill child Ji Xinshui with the gun in his pocket, eradicating this harm from the root; or he could use his admiration to alter his life direction, making sure he stays in Mi Country forever, never returning to China.

In this way, he could naturally prevent the formation of the Seven Sins and spare Xu Yun and Tang Xin from death.

But...

The cost?

This would shift the historical trajectory to a completely new world line, causing the kite string at the back of Lin Xian’s head to snap instantly, never allowing him to return to his original time-space.

The price was too high.

Besides, even if he could save Xu Yun and Tang Xin, it would be the two of them on the new world line, having no relation to the Xu Yun and Tang Xin who had already died in the world line Lin Xian experienced.

Simply saving the new Xu Yun and Tang Xin doesn’t resurrect the already deceased Xu Yun and Tang Xin.

These logical and Space-time Laws, Lin Xian had understood long ago.

Only by letting the future trajectory advance on its original path could he safely return to 2234 and proceed with the series of plans thereafter.

Thus.

Now at this crucial choice node.

He must tread cautiously.

"Is that so."

Lin Xian remained unmoved, lightly brushing it off.

He lowered the brim of his black hat, casting a last glance at the little boy with his bright blue eyes:

"Goodbye, Ji Xinshui."

He said not another word.

Lin Xian opened the car door, sat in the yellow taxi, and handed a small note to the driver:

"To the west suburb of Brooklyn, this location."

The bearded driver took the note, glanced at it, and nodded:

"Alright, sir, I’m very familiar with this area."

With that, he started the vehicle and drove away.

Through the right-side rearview mirror, Lin Xian saw the child Ji Xinshui gradually watching the car recede, seeing him off.

Angelica had once said.

Every winter, Ji Xinshui would go to Brooklyn to mourn his best friend he once had.

Looking at it now...

Could this friend be himself, be Douglas?

Regarding this conclusion, Lin Xian wasn’t very sure.

He merely had a few accidental meetings with Ji Xinshui, exchanged a few words, and gave some money.

Perhaps, it was precisely these few casual remarks... that changed Ji Xinshui’s future life, making him remember the "Mr. Douglas" he admired the most for life.

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

His hand pressed against his eyelids.

Is this the locked history?

Unknowingly, he originally thought he was an accidental visitor of space-time, yet surprisingly... he was also a part of history.

"No matter what, I must ensure I can safely return to 2234."

Lin Xian emptied his thoughts, feeling the kite string at the back of his head.

Ever since leaving Ji Xinshui.

The sky seemed to clear up, with fine weather and sunshine, and the kite string also became stable and flexible, with none of the previous signs of snapping.

Admittedly, this warning mechanism was quite good.

He was not sure whether Yu Xi and No. 17, who had similarly used the Entangled State of Time-Space Particle for travel, understood Space-time Laws, or knew the trembling of the kite string indicated an emergency of Space-Time Elasticity.