Genius Club Chapter 31 The Dark Hand Lurking in the Future (1/5)

Genius Club Chapter 31 The Dark Hand Lurking in the Future (1/5)

The bright moonlight shone in the dense jungle.

Lin Xian and CC set out from Queen's Town and walked for about an hour and a half to the Rhine Village by the river.

The oil lamps of every household in the village have been extinguished, leaving only a charcoal fire still burning in the middle of the village, with a pot of steaming hot water burning on it, surrounded by night watchmen in twos and threes talking softly.

Normally at this time, Zheng Xiangyue, who is already the village chief's grandmother, would not sleep;

CC said that Zheng Xiangyue usually takes advantage of the quiet time in the early morning to sort out the materials for the next day, correct the children's homework, and then plan the future plans of the village, etc. He is a very competent and serious person.

The two of them crossed the river and prepared to enter the village to find Zheng Xiangyue, but they accidentally discovered that

"Village Chief Grandma?"

CC saw the old white figure at the entrance of the village from a distance.

It was Zheng Xiangyue, but why was she still out so late?

Zheng Xiangyue heard CC's voice. Turn your head.

Then he smiled and breathed a sigh of relief: "CC, you're back."

CC nodded and stepped forward:

"Grandma, village chief, why are you guarding me here?"

She suddenly reacted:

"You're not waiting for me, are you?"

"Hehehe."

Zheng Xiangyue, who was called grandma, smiled kindly:

"You have never come back so late before. I was also worried that something might happen to you outside, so I came out to take a look."

"As long as it's okay, there are often wild beasts in the forest outside. It's best not to come back so late in the future. Is there anything you can't do during the day? Right?"

Say it.

She looked behind CC and the young man who came with her:

"Who is this?"

CC turned sideways and introduced her:

"Village Chief Grandma, this is my friend, Lin Xian."

Hear the name.

Zheng Xiangyue couldn't help but open her eyes:

"you you are"

"That's right."

Lin Xian stepped forward:

"I am Lin Xian, the person on your wish list. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long."

He looked at the centenarian and smiled slightly:

"Xiangyue, I'm here to find you."

Next to the stone well in Rhine Village.

It was quiet and warm. As the bright white full moon gradually climbed up in the night, the chirping of cicadas in the distant forest became a little weaker, and everything returned to calm.

Lin Xian and Zheng Xiangyue were sitting on the stone steps aside, holding in their hands the wish list that Zheng Xiangyue had collected for hundreds of years and had existed in this world for six hundred years:

What you must do after waking up from hibernation!

1. Bury your brother on the moon.

2. Repay brother Lin Xian well.

3. Be a kind and caring person.

"This is what you wrote before entering the hibernation chamber."

Lin Xian looked at the plastic-wrapped paper in his hand and said softly.

"You were very young at that time, your actual age was a little more than fifteen years old, less than sixteen years old. But your mental age was probably only about eight or nine years old, and you were extremely simple and naive."

"So at that time, you didn't have any specific concept about amnesia, and you didn't think it was that bad. Naturally, you didn't make any preparations, and you didn't leave as many notebooks and videos like others."

Zheng Xiangyue listened silently and closed her eyes: "That's it."

"I've always wondered why other people who wake up from hibernation get a lot of notebooks and video materials, but I only have this piece of paper, causing me to know nothing about my past self. Only when you said this did I understand. It turns out that That's the reason."

"For so many years, I have been thinking, why didn't I leave any memory records before hibernating? No matter how you look at it, there may be only one reason, that is, I must have lived a very miserable life before hibernating, so I thought You have to forget your past and start over, so you don’t leave any memories."

"Haha, it seems that I thought it was complicated."

Lin Xian was silent for a while.

continued:

"Actually, the blame is not all your fault. There were many adults around you who cared about you at the time, but before you hibernated, almost everyone silently shut up. No one deliberately reminded you to leave a memory diary."

"How should I put it? It's hard to tell whether this behavior is an imposed good intention or a superfluous kindness. But at the time, I actually had the same idea. I know very well that the wish list you wrote will not have any effect at all, because These wishes are written too simply and vaguely, and you will definitely not be able to understand them when you wake up from hibernation. "

"But even though I knew this, I still held back my words at the time. I thought the same as the doctors. We all thought it was better to just forget about this tragic and pitiful memory, because you had nothing at the time. If you wake up from hibernation, you will still have nothing. What’s wrong with starting over? "

Zheng Xiangyue slowly opened her eyes and turned to look at Lin Xian:

"So Mr. Lin, have you changed your mind now?"

"Are you willing to tell me my past, my real life before?"

Lin Xian nodded:

"I met a friend today, who is also from Mars, and who is also looking for memories --\u003e\u003e

Remember, find yourself. "

"His name is very strange, but what happened to him is amazing. He used to hate his name, then he forgot his name, and then he doubted his name, and even doubted himself. But in the end he liked it own name."

"Because that name sounds ridiculous. In the heart of a girl who has loved him for more than two hundred years from ignorance to growing old together, she is as great as Ultraman Tiga, as the light that illuminates the world, and as great as a hero. name."

"It sounds funny, but this is the fact that just happened. So my thoughts have indeed changed. A person's life and even memory cannot be smooth and perfect; but memory itself is by no means a forgettable movie clip. But there are emotions in it, the ups and downs, and the essence of life."

"Are you ready to miss the moon?"

Lin Xian also turned around, held the plastic paper in his hand, let the side with the words face the old man, and let the moonlight shine on the three wishes:

"Behind these three wishes are hidden sad and heart-wrenching cruel realities, but at the same time, they also contain three different expressions of love, enthusiasm, and kindness."

"If you're ready, I'm going to start talking. It was a past event that happened 600 years ago. Even if 600 years have passed, many things have not been smoothed out."

Zheng Xiangyue stared at the plastic-sealed piece of paper. Staring at those childish words.

finally

nodded:

"Mr. Lin, please tell me"

"The life I have experienced, and what happened around me."

Lin Xian told everything.

The parents of the brother and sister died, Zheng Chenghe was bitten by a dog, and the two of them left their hometown and came to the East China Sea to depend on each other.

Later, Lin Xian did not say anything about Zheng Chenghe's joining the Seven Deadly Sins, but only told Zheng Xiangyue that her brother had found a generous boss and was able to earn enough money to hospitalize her for treatment.

According to the news report, it means that it was a car accident. After all, the original teenage Zheng Xiangyue also knew this. The law did not convict Zheng Chenghe, and Lin Xian certainly did not.

Lin Xian also told her everything including the ticket to the moon, the agreement between Jask and her, and the ogo that disappeared on the moon.

"Finally, you agreed to enter the hibernation cabin to hibernate."

Lin Xian handed the plastic paper in his hand back to Zheng Xiangyue:

"You wrote these three wishes on your hospital bed. At first you only had the first two, but then I told you that goodwill needs to be passed on. You can re-spread your gratitude and gratitude to me. If you have the ability, Just serve the motherland and build your hometown if you can't."

"I really didn't expect that even if you lost these memories, you would still travel hundreds of millions of kilometers from Mars to Earth, and once again establish the Rhine Village on the East China Sea ruins."

Lin Xian finished his story.

As he thought, Zheng Xiangyue didn't have a big reaction.

Even if these stories are told again, Lin Xian's personal feelings are greater than Zheng Xiangyue's.

Because he has experienced these things himself.

But for Zheng Xiangyue now

What I heard was nothing more than an outdated movie from 600 years ago.

How many people still go see early black-and-white films today?

How many people would go to see Chaplin's earliest mimes?

It is understandable that Zheng Xiangyue has no empathy.

Because the period of life just described was too far away from her and she couldn't relate to it at all.

The reason why Angelica feels revenge;

It was because of her constant self-suggestion and self-hypnosis over the past few decades that she was able to give her memories emotions and gradually become real.

The reason why Uncle Wei Shengjin was moved to tears by past memories;

It is because the name Liu Shiyu has become a bridge between the past and the present.

That.

What about Zheng Xiangyue?

What does she have?

She has nothing.

Several chirping birds flew over the Rhine Village and landed on the wooden waterwheel bucket outside the village.

He lowered his head, drank water, then gradually rose up and down along the rotating waterwheel, flapped his wings and flew up again, disappearing into the moonlit forest.

"Why"

Zheng Xiangyue sighed and shook her head a little lonely:

"I have guessed a lot about the stories you told me over the years. I can also roughly guess that the ticket to the moon was given by you, so I wrote it on the second wish Please repay brother Lin Xian well."

"But how much I want to empathize with these things, both for my brother who I have never met and who has no memory of me; or for you who helped us so much, bought me a boat ticket, and sent me to sleep in the hibernation cabin. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, but I don’t want to be like this and can only express my gratitude without empathy. "

Lin Xian smiled slightly.

Shaking his head:

"You have done a great job. Even if you don't mention the fact that you let the perfect moonlight shine on the earth, you voluntarily returned to Earth from Mars to build your hometown. This kindness and greatness are enough to move and gratify me."

"I never thought I was such a powerful person,

But I didn't expect that an unintentional word could actually build a Rhine village on the earth 600 years later. This is your biggest and best reward for me, and it can also be regarded as the highest moment of my life. "

"Ah, I just forgot to mention about the Rhine Cat. When you were a child, you liked the Rhine Cat doll very much. Your oversized Rhine Cat doll was my birthday gift to you. And you know why Jask has been looking for it for so long. I can’t find the same model as this doll, even announced--\u003e\u003e

Send pictures? "

"Because the oversized Rhine Cat doll itself is not for sale. After only two samples were produced, the project was shelved due to cost reasons, and there was no follow-up. One of the only two samples was given to the little princess who once lived up to the name of Donghai City. The other one is in your hand."

Hear this explanation.

Zheng Xiangyue suddenly realized:

"No wonder"

"Mr. Jask told me that when I woke up from hibernation, the 600-year-old Rhine Cat doll had completely exploded, and the cotton wool inside was black and rotten, not to mention that the wrapping cloth outside was all faded and dry. , broken into powder."

"So, it's very difficult to repair. There's no place to start, so we can only search for the same model based on the few clues. But as you said, there is no similar model on the market, and there is no such model in history. Promotional picture Who would have thought that an ordinary little girl like me could own the only Rhine cat in the world? "

"In the end, there was no other way. Mr. Jask asked the restorer to use only a few colored fragments to awaken the original doll appearance and then repair it. In the end, a Cat of Theseus was formed. I always carry that cat doll with me. By my side, I brought it to the earth."

"But I'm still sorry, Mr. Lin, I still can't recall the feeling of liking this cat. I can feel how important this cat is to me, and I can also feel how much I liked this Rhine cat before, but I didn't No way, I can't remember the feeling of liking it."

Zheng Xiangyue's words were filled with helplessness.

Lin Xian could understand the contradiction in her heart.

She kept the cat of Theseus with her for more than a hundred years, sewing and repairing it; she never left it when she came to the earth, and she even named the village Rhine Village. This shows that she is really trying to like this cat. But when it comes to memories and feelings, humans can never deceive themselves.

"I've seen your cat before." Lin Xian said with a smile:

"But that cat doesn't look like the one I originally gave you. Of course, this is not the restorer's fault. He has obviously tried his best. Without the prototype and the original drawing as a reference, it will inevitably be repaired in a wrong direction."

"It turns out that the doll I gave you, the Rhine Cat, puffed out its cheeks angrily, was angry and cute; and the one you are holding now has been repaired into a squinting smile, so strictly speaking, it cannot be called The cat of Theseus should be called the other cats."

"Do you have a pen and paper here?" Lin Xian stretched out his hand and asked:

"Since I promised you to tell you all the truth, that also includes your favorite Rhine cat."

"If you have a pen and paper, I will draw you the original appearance of the Rhine cat. The design of the Rhine cat itself is from my hand. I remember every cat I have drawn clearly. Chu."

Afterwards, Zheng Xiangyue returned to the room and brought Lin Xian two pieces of thick rough paper pressed using traditional papermaking techniques, as well as a charcoal pencil tied with a rope.

Lin Xian took it happily.

Strong people never complain about the environment and tools.

The earliest sketch masters in history used charcoal.

Before I was at MX Company, I didn’t know how many Rheinland cats I had drawn. The memory engraved in my muscles and bones made Lin Xian get into the mood the moment his pen tip touched the paper and began to outline the round Rheinland cats. What a silly face.

The Caiyin cat in Chu Anqing's hand and the one in Zheng Xiangyue's hand are the only two in the world and have never been publicized to the outside world. Lin Xian is probably the only person in the world who can draw them.

It only took ten minutes.

A vivid sketch of a green cat with an angry expression and a bulging face appeared on the paper.

Lin Xian was very satisfied with this creation and handed the thick rough paper to Zheng Xiangyue:

"Look, this is" suddenly.

He froze.

The moment he raised his head after finishing the painting, he found two lines of unknown tears on Zheng Xiangyue's cheeks, staring blankly at the sketch in his hand.

She kept watching.

Lin Xian has been looking at it since he started sketching the first stroke.

She was sure it was a strange Rhine cat. I have never seen this style of Rhine.

Not the one in her hand, not any one seen on Mars, this is a brand new Rhine cat that has never been seen before, never seen in the world!

But

Why do tears remain?

Zheng Xiangyue didn't even understand it herself.

Very good.

Why are you crying?

"Have you remembered?"

Lin Xian looked at Zheng Xiangyue who was crying and asked softly

"Do you remember playing with this Rhine cat, leaning on it, lying on it, holding it and talking to it?"

"No."

The old Zheng Xiangyue shook his head, but tears still kept pouring out:

"I don't know why and I don't know what's wrong with me."

"Obviously I have never seen this Rhine cat, and I am obviously not touched in my heart, but why can't I control my tears?"

She took the sketch from Lin Xian.

Staring at the Rhine cat above that he had never met before and had no familiarity with him, but it made him shed tears instantly:

"Too strange"

She wiped her tears, but another stream of tears came out from behind.

Blurred vision.

Keep flowing.

"But I seem to understand something."

Zheng Xiangyue raised her head from the sketch and looked at Lin Xian:

"Mr. Lin Xian, can you please close your eyes?"

Lin Xian nodded.

--\u003e\u003e

Close your eyes completely.

He heard the sound of thick rough paper being placed on the stone bench, and then two big wrinkled, dry hands held his left and right hands respectively.

Because Lin Xian is in a state of closing his eyes, other senses will become more sensitive and clear.

He could even clearly feel the pain on Zheng Xiangyue's hands.

There are wrinkles, a trembling that seems to be absent, and the warmth of my hands is cooler than my own.

The hands of old people, the hands of young people, the hands of children.

He once held Zheng Xiangyue's hand and even hugged her.

So tender, so light.

But now 600 years have passed, and the teenage Zheng Xiangyue has become a centenarian, but it is her hand that holds Lin Xian.

"Thank you for giving me a birthday gift"

Zheng Xiangyue's slightly hoarse voice came, and Lin Xian suddenly remembered the sick girl on the hospital bed who couldn't hold the Rhine cat for the first time.

"Thank you for taking care of me and my brother"

Zheng Xiangyue's voice was choked with sobs, and Lin Xian couldn't help but think of the skinny little girl who tried her best to pick up the urn, forced a smile and said, "Look, I can hold my brother."

"Thank you for buying me a ticket to the moon."

Zheng Xiangyue's voice was so soft and ethereal that Lin Xian couldn't tell who was talking to him. It was the childlike Zheng Xiangyue, smiling and saying, "My dream is to be buried on the moon after I die!"

"Thank you for letting me live a happy life without regrets"

Lin Xian did not open his eyes.

He felt that the hands in his hands seemed to be gradually becoming delicate, soft and smooth, and Zheng Xiangyue's crying voice became one with the strong and lonely little girl 600 years ago:

"Thank you, brother Lin Xian."

He opened his eyes suddenly!

boom! ! ! ! !

boom! ! ! ! !

boom! ! ! ! !

The white light arrived on time at 00:42, burning everything in the world and blurring the smiling faces in front of you.

In the corner of the bedroom, Lin Xian opened his eyes. He looked at the ceiling above his head.

He didn't get up for a long time.

The reason why Zheng Xiangyue asked him to close his eyes was probably because at her age, it would be a bit scary to call her brother Lin Xian in front of her face, right?

but

Why did she yell in the end?

Obviously he had told her all about the past, and she had known that he was her brother Lin Xian, but she always called him Mr. Lin.

Has she regained her memory? Definitely not.

But why did Zheng Xiangyue shed uncontrollable tears when she saw the correct sketch of the Rhine cat?

That's "emotion"

It is true that her memory has not been restored, but it seems that her emotions have taken the lead and transcended time and space.

Lin Xian suddenly thought.

Since memory can exist independently of emotions. So is it possible that emotions can exist independently out of memory?

nowadays.

One fact recognized by scientists is that the memory loss caused by hibernation is irreversible.

In other words, the memory lost during hibernation is absolutely irrecoverable, and the side effect of memory loss cannot be avoided.

However

Is it really so absolute?

Zheng Xiangyue's incident gave Lin Xian a little doubt about this generally accepted conclusion.

"There is really no way to recover the memories lost during hibernation.

? "

He thought about what Angelica had said.

Jask obviously hasn't lost any memories, but he looks a little too young.

This is a very contradictory thing.

Being young in appearance means long hibernation time, and it is impossible not to lose memory;

The memory is not lost, which means that the hibernation time is very short and very frequent, so it is impossible to look young.

These are two things you cannot have at the same time.

Three more doubts come to mind:

1. No one can tell the truth about the super disaster on earth in 2400.

2. After the hibernating humans on Mars woke up, the forced history education obviously avoided the important and neglected the trivial.

3. The Earth, Fire and Space Bus only runs once every two years, completely cutting off communication between the Earth and Mars; and you have to wait two years to go back once, which directly kills people's idea of ​​​​traveling to the Earth. This is obviously the result of deliberate human control.

seem....

"What important truth was deliberately hidden, deliberately concealed."

"Let humans with real memories die, and then let the surviving people hibernate and lose their memory, and then fill them with false memories... Wouldn't it be possible to turn false history into real history?"

Think of this.

Lin Xian felt that the super disaster in 2400 and Jask's unknown success or failure of the Mars immigration plan seemed to be far from as simple as what he saw and heard in the fifth dream.

Lin Xian sat up from the bed. Open the curtains.

Looking at the moonlight hanging high outside the window:

"Who could be Jask's enemy?"

"To completely destroy human technology, completely isolate the Earth from Mars, and degrade the Earth to a primitive era without even electricity... Who are you afraid of?"

Lin Xian closed his eyes.

Try to summarize ideas and find clues.

Human "technology" is completely destroyed,

End of Earth and Mars--\u003e\u003e

Totally "isolated\

,"In the primitive era when there was no "electricity\

,"Wait a moment.

This feeling.

Why is it so familiar?

Just like the siege and escape against the super artificial intelligence VV!

There may be only one "person" worthy of this kind of extermination.

Lin Xian opened his eyes.

I think of Kevin Walker who died from a headshot in the abandoned campus in Mississippi, and the digital life that filled the room vowing to be fair and just forever.

"Turing."