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In those smiling eyes, the 00:42 white light came crashing down, incinerating everything.

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In a corner of his bedroom, Lin Xian opened his eyes.

He didn't get up.

His eyes were fixed on the lightless ceiling lamp, as if those two shallow, smiling crescents were still before him.

"CC."

Lin Xian whispered.

He couldn't tell if it was the joy of reunion or the sense of security of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

In short.

He had seen CC again.

The future world of the Second Dream had indeed changed, changed a lot.

Many things had changed, and many things hadn't.

He didn't know how to explain it from the perspective of the laws of time and space. Perhaps... all the "rules" and "regulations" were hidden in those undiscovered laws of time and space?

Actually, it wasn't hard to guess why CC would appear at that waste disposal plant.

Because her goal had always been the same...

Still to open the safe with Lin Xian's name on it.

"She truly doesn't forget her original intention; she's this persistent in every dream."

This was enough to show that, for CC, that safe was definitely not just simple curiosity or wanting to know the truth.

She must have some special past,

Some special experiences,

Some special stories,

So much so that she was willing to bet her life to open that safe.

CC.

Still as mysterious as ever, still as unreadable as ever.

How did she know so accurately that those safes would appear at this garbage plant tonight?

Lin Xian scratched his head.

Whether it was her impersonating Li Ningning, or seizing the opportunity to use Da Lian Mao Er Zhuzi and their human ladder, everything was premeditated, prepared, and planned.

So...

Unlike Da Lian Mao and the others.

CC must have some intelligence related to Xin Donghai City in her hands, so she could accurately know that the safe would appear at this garbage plant tonight.

"And, there's one more thing..."

Lin Xian recalled the sentence CC said with a smile after taking off her mask, before the 00:42 white light arrived:

"As expected, it's you!"

That tone had a sense of familiarity, like old acquaintances meeting after a long time.

In other words, for the CC of the Second Dream, Lin Xian's face was familiar, she had seen it before.

This was a bit intriguing...

Even a little terrifying.

Lin Xian lifted the quilt and sat up.

Where had CC seen him?

Logically speaking, this should be the first time the two had met in the Second Dream; she shouldn't be familiar with his face.

But why...

Why would CC in the Second Dream say, "As expected, it's you!"?

Then, to reason in reverse.

Since she could say this, it meant that CC had indeed seen his face somewhere before.

A chill ran down his spine.

Could it be...

In the Second Dream, there was another man who looked exactly like him?

This...

Lin Xian scratched his head, feeling a deep sense of unease.

Although this idea was incredible, with CC and Chu Anqing as precedents... it was hard to say!

"Forget it, forget it... After entering the dream tomorrow, I'll just ask CC to clarify."

Rather than thinking wildly here.

It was better to connect with CC earlier after entering the dream next time, reveal his identity, and directly ask CC to clarify everything.

Lin Xian had too many questions to ask CC...

Including whether she and Chu Anqing were the same person,

When exactly she had seen him,

And information about Xin Donghai City.

"CC has many mysteries, but understanding these mysteries is also of great value and very necessary."

Lin Xian stood up and stretched.

This dream was really long...

He slept from five or six in the afternoon until 00:42 in the morning. He was very energetic now and not sleepy at all.

To be honest, the harvest from this dream was very, very big. It could be described as an information explosion, and he had figured out many things.

The biggest harvest was definitely the cosmic constant 42.

Although Lin Xian currently couldn't understand why the cosmic constant was 42, or what the meaning of 42 was.

But undeniably, this was definitely a crucial clue.

Even...

The white light that arrived promptly at 00:42,

The Genius Club hidden in the long river of time,

His own peculiar cycle of dreams,

And even the laws and secrets of time and space...

Perhaps they were all related to this mysterious number!

"Da Lian Mao's father researched the *Introduction to Cosmic Constants* for so many years without anything happening, but soon after calculating 42, he was taken away by the people of Xin Donghai City."

"So... this number is definitely not simple."

Just like he considered before.

The Genius Club killed Xu Yun, but didn't care about his research results.

But on Da Lian Mao's father's side, it wasn't just about killing people; they didn't even dare to leave a single scrap of paper behind.

Lin Xian felt that if they weren't afraid of alarming the snake and exposing their purpose... the people from the Genius Club probably couldn't wait to burn down Da Lian Mao's father's house.

But they definitely wouldn't do that.

Now the whole village knew that Da Lian Mao's father was chanting "42 is everywhere" every day. If you burned his house now, it would be like saying "I'm hiding something", fearing that everyone wouldn't know why you wanted to burn the house.

This wasn't the style of the Genius Club. Concealment, hiding, and not exposing themselves were their primary goals.

Currently...

Lin Xian didn't have a single clue about the mystery of 42 and needed to continue exploring later.

Fortunately, he had not only connected with Da Lian Mao, but also joined Li Cheng's team.

In the Second Dream, Da Lian Mao and Li Cheng had become partners of justice, trying to steal history and knowledge from Xin Donghai City in every possible way.

This was still very gratifying.

Although Lin Xian and Da Lian Mao, Li Cheng had been fighting and killing for many years.

But those were all past events in the First Dream. In the Second Dream, everyone had been completely renewed and become accomplices with the same goals.

Da Lian Mao's father's book *Introduction to Cosmic Constants* was stolen from the waste disposal plant. It was because of this that he was able to access such profound knowledge.

But undeniably, Cat Dad's talent was still very strong. Perhaps this book was just a catalyst; it couldn't be ruled out that he was already researching this area.

After all, mathematics as a discipline was different from other engineering subjects. It was purely a race of intelligence and thinking.

Mathematics is the foundation of all sciences.

This was a field that only true geniuses could set foot in; the threshold was just that high.

But unfortunately...

Judging from Lin Xian's search in the garbage plant, the residents of Xin Donghai City really rarely read books; they must have more advanced equipment to read.

This trip to the garbage plant found neither the book *Introduction to Cosmic Constants* nor the *X Company's Information*.

"It's really too difficult to find these two books in the garbage plant; it's like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Lin Xian decided to connect with CC first after entering the dream next time, to see if he could get some information about infiltrating Xin Donghai City from CC. It was more reliable to find these two books in Xin Donghai City.

Thinking of Xin Donghai City, Lin Xian immediately had an image of the X Twin Towers, like a sea-stabilizing needle, in his mind.

This was also one of the most surprising facts in the Second Dream for Lin Xian... even more unbelievable than the cosmic constant 42.

Because the cosmic constant and the Genius Club were, frankly speaking, very far away from him and had no substance.

But X Company was different.

He had been working at this company for more than half a year and had even become a vice president.

Now he suddenly learned that not only had X Company not gone bankrupt in 600 years, but it had also become stronger and stronger, directly becoming a super giant capable of independently building a steel science-fiction city.

"It's really hard to describe."

Lin Xian's mood was truly indescribable.

What's more, there was still one terrifying thing that always lingered in his mind...

Could it be...

That the president of X Company 600 years later was still Zhao Yingjun?

Considering that she had received an invitation from the Genius Club and become a member, and considering that hibernation pods had indeed been successfully developed at some point in the future... it wasn't impossible for Zhao Yingjun to hibernate until 600 years later.

"Moreover, the establishment of the steel science-fiction city, Xin Donghai City, is also a mystery."

Lin Xian spun his pen and thought deeply with his eyes closed.

Why build such a city isolated by high walls?

And why was X Company building this city?

What about other similar cities like New Emperor City and New Hangzhou City? What were their situations?

There was still a lot of information in the world of the Second Dream waiting for him to explore.

But it had to be said that CC's appearance was indeed an unexpected breakthrough.

Lin Xian really didn't expect to see CC in the Second Dream... Although he had hoped for it, he intuitively felt that the world was so big, how could it be so coincidental to meet?

As a result... many things were unclear, but it was just that coincidental.

It was as if there was really a certain inevitability, a certain node of necessity, in time and space and history. And these nodes of necessity, like threading needles, weave the future world into a completely new picture on a certain foundation.

Lin Xian guessed.

The safe with his name on it... may have existed for a long time in history.

And because its material was strong enough, it could be undamaged and not lost in 600 years of history, still as new as ever.

"It's also possible... that the construction time of this safe is not far from my current 2023."

"This safe was deposited by me in a few years, or even more than ten years."

Lin Xian turned his pen again, thinking about this possibility.

It wasn't impossible.

But if it was really a safe deposited by himself in the future, then the password shouldn't be so difficult to guess.

Everyone was on the same side; why make things difficult for himself?

Even if he didn't set the most commonly used 19990320, he should set a password related to himself, right?

"If this safe really had something deposited in it by the future me and a password set... there's actually a way to know the password by thinking in reverse."

Lin Xian looked down at the white paper on the table with various harvest summaries written on it.

He first put this white paper aside and then picked up a new one.

He decided...

To write a letter to his future self!