Jia Sike?

Lin Xian squatted down, trying to find a suitable angle to look at the polarization on the LCD TV screen.

That's right...

He moved to the side, watching the sunlight shining on the LCD screen of the TV. The burn marks were noticeably less reflective, showing black strokes; while the areas without burn marks reflected sunlight evenly due to their smoothness, revealing a white background.

Black characters on white paper.

vv cleverly used these burn marks on the LCD screen to write a will on the TV screen:

Jia, Si, Ke.

Lin Xian pulled up a chair and sat in front of the TV, propping his chin up as he looked at the familiar name.

This was the name of the world's richest man, known to everyone. For this period of time, and even for a long time before, his news had been all over the headlines of major media outlets, never stopping.

At the beginning of the year's science charity dinner, he made a special trip to see him, donated a $500 million meeting gift, shook hands with him, and sent a Genius Club wax seal, revealing his identity.

Since then, Jia Sike had no further contact with him.

Until the day of the Space-Time Particle Capture operation, when Kevin Walker hijacked the US X-37B space plane and crashed it from space, Jia Sike launched a Starship rocket to destroy it, turning danger into safety and saving Lin Xian and the others.

Therefore, from that moment on, Lin Xian's positioning of Jia Sike was four words—

[Difficult to discern friend from foe].

He couldn't tell whether Jia Sike was a friend or an enemy.

Even if Jia Sike launched a rocket to save them in a life-or-death situation, seeming like a great benefactor.

But in the treacherous, scheming, and self-serving Genius Club, who could guarantee that this wasn't a part of Jia Sike's plan?

Even an organization like the Seven Deadly Sins knew to have Ji Lin approach him first as a Rhine cat enthusiast, and then seize the opportunity to collect information.

Not to mention Jia Sike, who was even better?

There was no evidence to show that Jia Sike and Kevin Walker were in cahoots. Kevin threw Jia Sike's satellites around like toys all day long. Lin Xian felt that even for the best of brothers and friends, there should be limits to this kind of thing.

Therefore, from this point, it was not difficult to see that Jia Sike and Kevin Walker shouldn't be on such good terms, at least... Jia Sike and Kevin Walker didn't seem like partners with a common hatred.

After that extremely thrilling space battle.

These two geniuses seemed to be double losers, gaining nothing.

But Lin Xian didn't believe that things were as simple as they appeared on the surface.

They were geniuses from the Genius Club... How could such extreme geniuses lose so easily?

Although on the surface, they seemed to have suffered heavy losses.

But that was only on the surface.

Behind the scenes, in the shadows, in the darkness... who knew whether they had gained or lost? Maybe they had both won, a win-win!

So.

All along.

Lin Xian hadn't defined Jia Sike's position of friend or foe so clearly.

Subconsciously, he did consider Kevin Walker as an enemy, after all, the other party had really used force against him, throwing Starlink satellites at him and hijacking the US space plane to crash into him, which could definitely be defined as an enemy.

Conversely, Jia Sike not only didn't have any actual attacks against Lin Xian, but also wasted a big rocket to help him out of trouble, which seemed more inclined to be a friend or ally.

But now...

After seeing the will left by vv on the TV and the burn marks of Jia Sike's name, Lin Xian had to rethink this issue.

"In the final, urgent life-or-death moment, vv did three things in total."

Lin Xian summarized softly:

"First, he destroyed all the communication network equipment on the Dragon Country space plane to prevent Kevin Walker from hijacking the plane."

"Second, he burned all the wires and appliances in the house, forming an absolute defense of power and internet outage, to protect the final laptop."

"Third, he burned Jia Sike's name on the TV to remind me of something, to make me pay attention to this person."

In comparison, it could be found that the first two things were crucial and related to life and death. Then it was not difficult to guess that the third thing was of the same weight class.

Otherwise, vv wouldn't have left him this reminder in a life-or-death situation, perhaps with only a few milliseconds of time, risking being erased.

"Looking at it this way..."

"[The person who killed vv... is very likely Jia Sike!]"

Lin Xian stood up.

He paced back and forth in the room.

He closed his eyes, feeling the faint smell of burnt wire insulation in the air, and began to deduce Jia Sike's motives and think about the deep meaning of all of Jia Sike's actions.

Da da da.

Da da da.

Lin Xian's leather shoes rubbed against the floor, causing bits of floating dust to bounce up and scatter.

More than ten minutes later.

Lin Xian stopped.

He looked back at the burn marks on the TV.

He understood.

Combining all the clues so far, he could roughly deduce that Jia Sike's actions had two possibilities:

"[The first possibility is that Jia Sike has a long-planned plan, but vv's existence is too powerful and will hinder the implementation of his plan. Therefore, Jia Sike used some equally advanced means to eliminate vv. And Jia Sike's real target may not be me, not the space-time particles, but Kevin Walker. Regardless of whether I go to capture the space-time particles or not, he will launch a rocket to interfere with Kevin Walker's actions.]"

This was the first guess.

Since Huang Que (Oriole) was also a member of the Genius Club, she also came from the future.

Then, guessing from a broader perspective, Jia Sike might be able to get some advanced technology to eliminate vv.

At this moment, recalling what vv had said, Jia Sike was not afraid of being monitored 24 hours a day, and others could see his playboy life at will.

But he only went to the observation tower to admire the rocket, without bringing his mobile phone, and there were no wires or electronic equipment on the tower.

This was very suspicious.

It showed that Jia Sike went to the observation tower not simply to admire the rocket.

The power and internet outage at the tower was a natural shielding room, and an absolute defense against hackers like Kevin Walker and super artificial intelligence like vv.

He must be plotting something on the tower, or even hiding something. Also because of the power and internet outage, both vv and Kevin Walker would be kept in the dark, completely unable to see through Jia Sike's conspiracy.

Under this assumption, Jia Sike killed vv, it was true, but he was not targeting himself, but just wanted to interfere with Kevin Walker's plan.

This was the first guess. Then, there was a second possibility guess:

"[Jia Sike hopes that I can capture the space-time particles, but he doesn't want this space-time particle to be complete. So he wants to kill vv to prevent me from capturing complete space-time particles; then he has to clean up the mess for me and block Kevin Walker's attack, so that I can continue to capture space-time particles without vv. It's just that under this disadvantage, the energy of the space-time particles will soon be exhausted by contact, and even if I finally catch the space-time particles, it will be a useless cripple.]"

The second guess was much more complicated than the first guess.

Lin Xian also stood at the perspective of a post-event Zhuge Liang (wise person), forcibly combining these key events together to hard deduce this possibility.

If the second guess was true.

Then Jia Sike was too terrifying.

This meant that everything, everything, was under his control and knowledge.

He was even more powerful than Huang Que.

Huang Que also said in person that the history after boarding the space plane had deviated from her cognition and was unknown to her.

Then why would Jia Sike know all this?

He was obviously not a time traveler from the future, and his life experience was known to the world.

Jia Sike was born in South Africa. He began learning programming at the age of 10, developed his first game at the age of 13 and earned his first pot of gold. Later, he dropped out of Stanford University to start a business. At the age of 28, Jia Sike became a multimillionaire; and at the age of 30, he had already risen to be a billionaire.

From the perspective of his life experience, he was undoubtedly a genius of the times.

But such a complete life experience also destined him not to be a time traveler, so how did he know all these scripts?

Could it be...

He also had a time traveler like Huang Que by his side? Guiding him like Huang Que guided himself?

Or rather...

Was it because he joined the Genius Club that he was able to know the future like Huang Que?

Time traveler or Genius Club.

The answer should always be one of these two options, right?

"Anyway."

Lin Xian walked forward, stroking the burn marks on the LCD TV screen with his palm:

"Better safe than sorry."

Afterwards.

Lin Xian simply cleaned himself up.

He changed into a light set of clothes, went downstairs, got into the Elfa car, and prepared to go to Liu Feng's laboratory at Donghai University.

It was not particularly difficult to figure out the mystery of Jia Sike.

It just depended on when he could get an invitation to the Genius Club, and really meet these geniuses face to face.

Huang Que said when she first met him that it was not difficult for him to get an invitation to the Genius Club.

This showed that in Huang Que's known history, he had a high probability of joining the Genius Club, which was a established fact.

When would the invitation be sent to him?

And where would he receive it?

Lin Xian instinctively felt... it should be soon.

He could feel it.

He was getting closer and closer to the core of this mystery.

Bang.

With a soft sound, the electric door of the Elfa business car closed, and Lin Xian sat and lay on the back seat.

"Go to Donghai University, Liu Feng's laboratory."

……

An hour later.

Inside Donghai University campus.

Rhine Joint Laboratory, second floor.

Lin Xian picked up the unremarkable rectangular silver electronic clock, the numbers on which were as steady as an old dog, still showing 0.0000000.

This was the [Space-Time Clock] named by Liu Feng.

It was built on the basis of basic theories of different universes, different time and space, and different Planck constants, and was used to measure the [space-time curvature] when the space-time butterfly effect caused space-time changes, that was... the deviation angle of the world line, a device used to observe the magnitude of space-time changes.

"Are you sure that this time it has been calibrated to zero? Is it really zeroed?" Lin Xian asked.

Liu Feng nodded:

"This time there is definitely no problem, I guarantee it!"

He pointed to the rice cooker in the corner of the experimental table, which was binding the hard-won space-time particles:

"I used that space-time particle as a reference object to reset the reference frame of the space-time clock to zero. Don't look at it still showing 0.0000000 now, but it is qualitatively different from the previous 0.0000000."

"I won't tell you the complicated theory, in short, from now on, if the space-time we are currently in changes, causing the future development trajectory to deviate, the space-time butterfly effect causes changes in the future space-time, and the world line jumps to a new future..."

Liu Feng came over and patted the space-time clock:

"Then the numbers on this space-time clock will definitely change! Believe me this time, Lin Xian, there will definitely be no mistakes, the numbers on it must, definitely, surely, and must change!"

"And the changed value is the basis for our further research on the universal constant. So... now let's wait and see what happens, and see when the numbers on the space-time clock will change, and I will tell you as soon as possible."

Lin Xian looked down at the space-time clock.

Looking at the eight zeros on it that seemed to be eternal...

He had really seen this string of zeros for too long, so much so that he couldn't believe it, would this thing really change? Would the numbers really jump?

If these eight zeros suddenly turned into other numbers one day, Lin Xian would really have the surprise of seeing an iron tree bloom.

Recalling the last time, when the second dream world turned into the third dream world, the space-time clock did not change at all.

That was because there was no reference object outside the current space-time to calibrate it.

Including the later third dream world becoming the fourth dream world, and the rise of Thym Bank in the fourth dream world from scratch, none of them caused the numbers on this space-time clock to change.

But now, this [Space-Time Clock] has been calibrated to zero.

Waiting for the next space-time change to occur, or even for the fourth dream world to become the fifth dream world...

The numbers on the space-time clock will definitely change.

Then, the space-time curvature can be tested!

In short.

Although slow.

But the advancement of various things still had results.

"Liu Feng."

Lin Xian pointed to the eight zeros on the space-time clock, seven digits after the decimal point:

"Why must the space-time curvature be a decimal less than 1, or even much less than 1? Is it not possible to be an integer?"

Liu Feng shook his head:

"Impossible, unless it's earth-shattering."

"But in fact, from our observation within the light cone, we can't even realize or observe the occurrence of space-time changes."

"If the change in space-time curvature, the jump of the world line, and the change in the future can be seen with the naked eye... then why do we need a space-time clock?"

"It is precisely because this change in space-time curvature cannot be observed or realized, so its value must be small enough."

Lin Xian nodded.

This was also reasonable.

The reason why he could observe every space-time change was because his observation point was 600 years later.

If there was no verification from the dream world, he would really not be sure when the space-time change would occur.

Like Ke Ke Cat becoming Rhine Cat, and the sudden appearance of Thym Bank airships.

These space-time changes cannot be observed in the current time. Only by going to the dream world 600 years later to verify can we know that the changes have occurred.

This was also very reasonable from the perspective of mathematical chaos theory.

600 years of the space-time butterfly effect was enough to turn any extremely small number with seven digits after the decimal point into an earth-shattering astronomical number.

This was what people often say, a hair's breadth difference, a thousand miles astray.

An extremely small angle deviation, as long as the distance traveled was long enough, would eventually lead to a completely different direction.

"Then what do you think... if one day, the numbers on the space-time clock change..."

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at Liu Feng:

"How much do you think it will change to?"