Chapter 17 Indeed

Indeed.

Fake Musk is fake Jiasike (Musk).

He was also the body double who impersonated Tesla in the abandoned warehouse, initially deceiving Lin Xian.

If the people led to Mars in the Seventh Dream were Fiske's body double, not the real Jiasike, then many strange things could indeed be explained. "Come in and talk." Angelika was very rational and didn't act like the crazy woman in the legends. She stepped aside to let Lin Xian and He Zi walk into the house. Then, she looked at Da Lian Mao (Big Face Cat) with a puzzled gaze, staring at the strange man who was hugging a bear head and sucking on a bear tongue. "And this is?"

"Ah, him..."

Lin Xian really didn't know how to introduce this gluttonous ghost. It was too embarrassing. Fortunately, he didn't let him be the village chief: "Brother Lian, we've found the place, so we don't need you anymore. Go back to the buffet and keep eating your lamb skewers."

"Got it!"

With that, Da Lian Mao ran off with the bear head. Indeed, the happy world has a happy Da Lian Mao. He doesn't care about the end of the world, the situation on Mars, or real or fake information. He only cares about whether the lamb skewers are cooked or not. After Da Lian Mao left, Angelika led the two into the house, closed the door, and turned on the lights. Donghai City still didn't have a centralized power supply, and each household used its own nuclear battery, which was enough to meet daily consumption needs. This was what Lin Xian was talking about – the negative effects of nuclear batteries led to people generally becoming somewhat laid-back, and so far, no super-large factories had emerged. It was hard to say whether this was good or bad. Sitting on the sofa, Angelika took out a memory notebook from a drawer and handed it to Lin Xian. "When I entered the hibernation pod, it was obviously very urgent, and there wasn't time to prepare so much, so I only wrote this one memory notebook. It mainly describes matters related to you, Ji Lin, and Jiasike. As for other memories! I don't know anything about them. I don't even know what kind of life I had."

"The people in this city call me a crazy woman because the aftereffects of losing my memory made me anxious and constantly worried, and I couldn't even distinguish between reality and fantasy. I felt like I was being stripped from this world. I never thought that I would care so much about memory... During that time, the more I couldn't get back the lost memories, the more I overthought; I guess I caused a lot of bad influence on the surrounding residents at the time, but that's really not what I intended. I really couldn't control myself at the time."

"I understand."

Lin Xian nodded, taking the notebook. Everyone values memories differently. Some are willing to give up their memories, some think memories don't matter, but others think memories are the foundation of life and soul. "Your emotional breakdown is completely reasonable. I feel like if I woke up without any memories at all, and the memory notebook was full of trivial things that had nothing to do with me, I'd probably react similarly to you."

He said this mainly to soothe Angelika's emotions. But in reality, unless you've been through it, don't advise others to be kind. He was just talking from a position of comfort. Lin Xian couldn't understand the inner conflicts, panic, and resistance that Angelika had felt back then. Lin Xian opened the notebook. The first thing he saw was two laminated photos of himself and Ji Lin in the first layer. Because they were completely laminated, the photos were very well preserved. Ji Lin's photo was just a little boy. Lin Xian didn't know why Angelika specifically chose this one to save. Lin Xian's photo was much more casual; it was a very common media photo. Then, Lin Xian looked at the handwritten content in the notebook. Just like Angelika said, she was probably in a hurry to enter the hibernation pod, so not only was her handwriting messy and scrawled, but also some of her words were incomprehensible, making it difficult to read.

However, Lin Xian still understood. This time, the records about himself were finally ahead of Ji Lin's. The notebook first wrote about the fact that he died on July 7, 2024, still beheaded with his head separated from his body, and the murderer was unknown. Then Angelika attended his funeral. These things were all the same as the previous version, with no changes. Then, Angelika met Jiasike at the funeral, and the two returned to the United States together and communicated about some things. At that time, Jiasike told Angelika that he would help Lin Xian fulfill his promise.

"Since Lin Xian has passed away, then when I find out who killed your younger brother's parents in the future, I will tell you the murderer." And Lin Xian.

At the time, Angelika emphasized without hesitation: "Now, I'm not only going to avenge my younger brother Ji Lin, but I'm also going to avenge Lin Xian. If you can find out who killed Lin Xian, you must tell me the name of the murderer."

Everything was normal up to this point. Half a month later, Angelika met Jiasike again. She only felt horror. The other party was exactly the same as Jiasike. Obviously, they had undergone exquisite imitation and disguise, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake. If she hadn't personally put makeup and disguise on this body double... she probably would have been tricked as well. During this conversation, the other party was obviously trying to trick her into revealing information. This was the fake Jiasike, disguised and played by Jia Sike (Fake Musk). The other party seemed very confident in this replacement role, and didn't realize that Angelika had already discovered the flaw. As Hollywood's chameleon and Oscar's best actress, Angelika's acting skills were beyond doubt. She also pretended not to notice that Jiasike had been replaced, putting on a relaxed and carefree appearance, meeting with an "old friend", not revealing any information or exposing any secrets. After this... Angelika confirmed that Jiasike must have been murdered, most likely killed in a premeditated manner, and then supporting the fake Jiasike to take over, replace him, and continue to deceive the whole world. After facing the bizarre deaths of two friends one after another, Angelika sensed danger. So she quickly came to Long Guo (Dragon Country), and through connections, got a volunteer spot for a hibernation pod, and entered the hibernation pod to hibernate. She didn't set a specific hibernation awakening time for herself, only saying that she should be awakened after Jiasike's Mars immigration plan was completed and he left the Earth.

"But later, I don't know what went wrong, I was never awakened." Angelika sat across from Lin Xian at the coffee table, explaining, "When I woke up again, I had already been dug out from the underground hibernation base by the residents of Donghai City. I was lucky. At the time, in the underground hibernation base, most of the hibernation pods were damaged for various reasons, and the hibernators inside also died."

"And my hibernation pod miraculously worked well... It was also thanks to the later invented miniature nuclear batteries that upgraded and改造 the hibernation pod, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have survived the 2400 super-disaster."

At this point, Angelika's story was clear, and Lin Xian also understood many of the strange things in the Seventh Dream. Ultimately, it was because after Jiasike died, he was replaced by a body double, the fake Jiasike, and the entire Mars immigration plan became a show, a meaningless performance. Who killed Jiasike? And who supported the fake Jiasike to take over and continue to deceive the whole world? Lin Xian didn't know. But now, in 2024, Jiasike's biggest opponent, the digital life Turing, had been eliminated by him.

Who else would kill Jiasike? Galileo? Copernicus? Or perhaps... other members of the Genius Club? It had to be said that this move was really ruthless. The murderer wasn't satisfied with killing Fiske, and also wanted to use the fake Jiasike to continue carrying out a series of Mars immigration plans step by step. Behind this painstaking arrangement... what kind of secret was hidden?

Flipping through Angelika's memory notebook, the following pages recorded matters about Ji Lin, Angelika's private affairs, in short, nothing related to himself or Jiasike. *Pa*. Lin Xian closed the notebook and returned it to Angelika on the opposite side. He felt as if there was a black-robed Grim Reaper behind the sofa, holding a scythe and preparing to chop off his own neck, cutting him in two with one blow. It seemed that even though the world line had changed so much, directly taking off by six gears, the fact of his death on July 7th still hadn't been changed or avoided. Even more surprising was that this time, because he eliminated Turing in advance, he unexpectedly dragged Jiasike along the road to the Yellow Springs, sacrificing him as well. He swore that this was really an accident. Indeed, those who play with time and space will eventually be played with by time and space. The butterfly effect and the changes in time and space are so ruthless. It was just that Lin Xian didn't expect that he was the one playing with time and space, but the scapegoat who was played with became Jiasike. It was truly tragic.

Jiasike's death shouldn't be that difficult to avoid, right?

For both emotional and rational reasons, Lin Xian felt that he should remind Fiske in advance. After all, this was his rare ally, and moreover, the other party not only sent him an entangled state space-time particle that had lost energy, but also saved him from the danger of being kidnapped by Lin Yuxi. Now, it was time to return the favor. After this dream ended, Lin Xian planned to contact Jiasike by phone to arrange a time to talk about this matter in person. Talking face-to-face was more reliable than talking on the phone. Because Lin Xian considered that the other party could not only kill Jiasike, but also perfectly replace Jiasike without being noticed by the whole world, which meant that the murderer was most likely someone close to Jiasike, or at least Jiasike had an inside accomplice around him, otherwise all of this would never have been so easy. So, with a mole around him, who could guarantee that Jiasike's phone wasn't being bugged? It's hard to guard against a domestic thief. For safety, Lin Xian decided to invite Jiasike to Donghai City to meet and talk in detail to ensure nothing went wrong. "Don't worry, Angelika."

Lin Xian looked up and guaranteed to Angelika, "This battle is not over yet. You've also seen that I haven't died, and there is still hope for Jiasike to be saved. So... thank you very much for persevering in this world for so long. The information you've brought me is very valuable, and perhaps our comeback battle will begin now."

"At the same time, I promise you that the agreement between us has not ended either. I will definitely keep my word." His expression was serious, and his right hand pressed against his chest, looking at Angelika, "Since I promised you that I would find the murderer who killed Ji Lin's parents, then I will never break my promise. I will definitely drag him out, tell you, and even avenge you together." Speaking of this, Lin Xian smiled inexplicably, "You definitely don't remember, you asked me a similar question back then, saying whether I would avenge Ji Lin... I directly refused at the time, because Ji Lin's actions were not worth me doing anything for him. This was his just desserts."

"But... now I make this promise, not because of Ji Lin, but because of you, Angelika. You have indeed helped me with many things, whether in the past or now... I will remember this kindness."

"So, wait patiently, I won't let your efforts be in vain. I will enter the Genius Club soon to fulfill the promise between us."

After listening, Angelika finally felt relieved after decades of anxiety. Her emotions calmed down, but two lines of hot tears silently fell. "Thank you, Lin Xian... Your appearance makes me feel like my waiting hasn't been in vain. For years, I've been living in a daze, not knowing what I should do or what I was waiting for... But what you said today makes all my waiting meaningful."

"I believe you, believe everything you say. Just like what I wrote in the memory notebook, you and Ji Lin are the two people I trust most in this world... I thought I would never have the chance to avenge you in this lifetime, but I didn't expect that this moment would finally come. I often think, how great it would be if I could regain my previous memories, how much I wish we could still chat like old friends, like we did hundreds of years ago. It's just a pity that my mind is now very vague about many things, including the things between us, most of which don't feel real."

Lin Xian nodded, expressing his understanding. In the previous Fifth Dream, Angelika left behind many memory notebooks and memory videos, because she woke up on a developed Mars, so after waking up from hibernation, those video memories could be directly viewed in her mind. But the current Seventh Dream was different. She wasn't taken to Mars by Jiasike. Also, this hibernation was very rushed, and she only had time to leave a notebook; naturally, most of her memories were missing. To this day, Angelika was able to rely on self-suggestion and self-hypnosis to imbue these fragmented memories with emotion, which was quite remarkable. Memory. Lin Xian looked at another memory notebook in his hand. This one came from Emperor Gao Wen (Gawain), and was obtained in Gao Wen's campus office before the Fire Dance Party. This time, what surprise would Emperor Gao Wen give him? With anticipation, Lin Xian opened the notebook cover. "Conquer the side effects of hibernation amnesia, let sleeping memories recover, brain nerve electroshock helmet!"

"Heh."

Seeing the familiar title on the title page, Lin Xian was amused. *Ai*. Who could he complain to about this? He didn't expect that Emperor Gao Wen in this life was still researching brain nerve electroshock helmets, and the progress was still stuck on the fact that there was no key breakthrough in brain nerve science. All the details were the same as in the Sixth Dream.

"So, this also means that I died on July 7th before I had time to publish this manuscript." According to Lin Xian's original plan, he really didn't plan to publish this manuscript, nor did he plan to establish a related laboratory for research so early. Because... the key figure, Ms. Du Yao, still hadn't found any clues. From Gao Wen's manuscript, it was enough to see that in the next few hundred years, there had never been a genius in the field of brain nerves like Du Yao. Therefore, to make the brain nerve electroshock helmet, there was only one way – find Du Yao, change her life, don't let her participate in any African peacekeeping aid operations, but instead concentrate on staying in the laboratory to do research. In this way, as long as she could make a key breakthrough, the brain nerve electroshock helmet could be made according to this manuscript.

"Ms. Du Yao, the brain nerve electroshock helmet, these are all key to changing the future world, and must be put on the priority agenda."

Lin Xian admitted that before the crisis of beheading on July 7th was resolved, he was indeed slow to make progress on other matters. Now, only the miniature nuclear battery had gotten on the right track. The remaining two manuscripts, the space-time shuttle and the brain nerve electroshock helmet, had not made any progress in 2024 at all.

"I must hurry up, otherwise... Emperor Gao Wen won't have any wool to shear." Lin Xian felt very heartbroken. He finally found Emperor Gao Wen again, wanting to stand on the shoulders of the giant and jump around, but he found that the progress was stuck. He knew very well that unless he found Ms. Du Yao in reality, even if he encountered Gao Wen in the dream again next time, the next time, or the next time, the notebook he gave himself would definitely still be writing about the brain nerve electroshock helmet, without any updates. Unless he solved the problem of this helmet as soon as possible, then the next life's Gao Wen could continue to work hard, break through the obstacles, and create brilliance again.

"I can't delay Gao Wen's progress..." Lin Xian deeply reflected. After leaving this dream, he must find Ms. Du Yao. He must not be a stumbling block on Gao Wen's path to progress.

After all, his busy work in reality and in dreams to change this world and the future was actually not as good as one finger of Emperor Gao Wen. Science is the primary productive force, and it is the foundation for changing the world. This principle was vividly reflected in Gao Wen. Afterwards, Lin Xian and He Zi left Angelika's house, bid farewell to this old woman known as a crazy woman, and strolled again in the town in the early morning, heading towards the still lively square. He Zi breathed a long sigh of relief, and lamented, "It seems that this world is not as beautiful as we just imagined. We were too optimistic." "That's right."

Lin Xian nodded, "We only saw the surface phenomena, but beneath the surface, so many conspiracies and darkness were hidden." No wonder the Seventh Dream looked not much different from the Sixth Dream, but directly jumped six levels in space-time curvature.

"So it was an undercurrent."

"Ai."

Lin Xian sighed lightly, and thought of the third question of the Genius Club. What kind of future is the best future? It was increasingly difficult to find a correct answer. Seventh Dream. Since Jiasike also died in 2024 before or after him, then it goes without saying that he also lost very badly on this future and this world line. Too badly. He lost both his wife and his army, and the fruits of victory and even his own existence were all seized by the enemy. What exactly was the situation on Mars now? Lin Xian felt that it should be very pessimistic. After all, Jiasike really loved Mars, and was a person with dreams, so he was able to manage and develop Mars. If it were other rulers, it was hard to imagine what kind of dire straits Mars would be in, or even self-destructing. "Think about it after leaving the dream."

Lin Xian and He Zi walked back to the square, which was already late at night, and even the crowded buffet area had fewer people. Everyone had gone home to sleep. Anyway, the buffet was set up for three consecutive days, and for them, who had no worries, coming to eat again tomorrow wouldn't affect them.

"Here! For you two!"

Da Lian Mao, who had already eaten into a ball, rolled over, grabbing a large handful of lamb skewers with red willow branches in his hand, "I specially saved them for you two! Eat them while they're still hot!"

That's right. After rushing around all the way after coming to Donghai City, it was indeed a bit hungry at supper time.

"Then let's eat some."

Lin Xian and He Zi took a few lamb skewers. The lamb on them was large and rosy, and the lamb fat was bright and shiny, reflecting the moonlight and emitting a tempting aroma. Really fragrant. Lin Xian opened his mouth wide, preparing to bite into the juicy lamb. *Boom*!!!

*Boom*!!!

*Boom*!!!

The white light at 00:42 evaporated the supper that was about to reach his mouth and everything in front of him in Donghai City in seconds, leaving only a piece of darkness and a void taste. Corner of the bedroom. Lin Xian opened his eyes, sniffing his nose. He cursed inwardly. It was so unlucky. He was just about to bite into the meat, but the dream ended.

"Damn white light." Lin Xian sat up from the bed, feeling really hungry, as if the aroma of lamb fat still lingered at the tip of his nose, fragrant but not greasy. However, let's do the right thing first. Lin Xian took out his phone, pressed the international long-distance code, and dialed Jiasike's American phone. Soon, it was answered.

"Lin Xian, it's rare to receive a call from you."

"Jiasike, do you have time to come to Donghai?"

Lin Xian went straight to the point, "I have something very important to talk to you about." "Oh?"

Jiasike on the other side of the phone chuckled, "Are you encountering any difficulties that you need my help with? Let me guess... Could it be that a certain test question has stumped you?"

"If that's really the case, then I can't help you. Although I look forward to you joining the club more than anyone else, and I'm already prepared to applaud you warmly, the rules are the rules, and I can't give you any hints."

Lin Xian smiled slightly, denying his guess, "Don't worry, Jiasike, it's not about this. The thing I want to talk to you about is much more important than this kind of small thing. After all, I've actually solved these small things, and if you don't pay attention to the things I want to talk to you about... you may not even have the chance to applaud me at the club gathering." As soon as he said this, the other side of the phone immediately fell silent. The atmosphere became serious. Jiasike naturally knew that Lin Xian wouldn't joke about this kind of thing. He had left his phone number to Lin Xian long ago. But until today... Lin Xian dialed his phone for the first time. This was enough to show that the thing Lin Xian wanted to talk about was very important! And for some reason, it couldn't be discussed in detail on the phone. Fiske immediately thought of several situations. Walls have ears? Phone monitoring? Something to show him? In short, whatever the reason, it was right to listen to Lin Xian.

"Okay, I also have some things to arrange these two days. I will arrive in Donghai three days later, and I will contact you in advance then." After agreeing on the time, the two hung up the phone. Lin Xian looked at the electronic alarm clock on the bedside. It was now 00:47 on June 17, 2024, exactly 20 days away from Judgment Day on July 7. Jiasike would arrive in Donghai City in three days, and the two could have a good exchange of views on many things. So before that, what should he do in these three days? Recalling what happened in the dream just now, Angelika's collapse and fear of losing her memory, and the research on the stalled progress in Gao Wen's notebook.

"Du Yao. This key figure is the key to developing the brain nerve electroshock helmet; and once this magical helmet that can restore the memory of hibernation amnesiacs is released... the future world will inevitably usher in another huge change. Many people who hibernate to the future are troubled by lost memories. Zheng Xiangyue, Wei Shengjin, Angelika, Gao Wen. And so on. If this amnesia side effect can be completely eradicated, will the future of mankind take a broader path? Lin Xian felt it was necessary to try. "Du Yao... This name, I really have seen it somewhere." He closed his eyes and racked his brains.

He was very sure.

This was definitely not an unfamiliar name, he must have seen it somewhere!

"Du Yao."

Lin Xian frowned, "Where exactly... have I seen this name?"