Genius Club

Chapter 1040: Chapter 67 Genius Club (Two-in-One Finale Chapter)_7

“Why can’t I ever get through?!”

Liu Feng was really anxious.

What on earth was Lin Xian’s phone busy with all the time?

Those old-style beepers?

“Pick up, pick up!”

Liu Feng shouted.

But amidst the irritating busy tone, Lin Xian still did not answer the call.

With a snarl, Liu Feng glared at the dial of the Space-Time Clock.

The timeline was still falling!

0.0000126,

0.0000084,

0.0000042,

0.0000000…

“It’s completely plummeted back!”

Liu Feng yelled out loud.

Finally.

The reading on the Space-Time Clock dialed stabilized, no longer changing, and locked at—

[-0.0000042]

“Just pick up the damn phone!”

Liu Feng was beside himself with anger.

Right fist clenched, he pounded on the lab bench!

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Thud!

In Zhao Yingjun’s house, in the bathroom.

It was like a muffled punch to the chest, making Yan Qiaoqiao stagger and nearly lose her balance.

She had gotten up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night.

She had just turned on the tap and was about to wash her hands when her heart suddenly felt gripped… sharp pain made her stumble forward.

Fortunately, her hands managed to steady herself on the washbasin in time.

“What’s this…”

She was just about to say something:

“Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!”

The severe cough made her eyes water.

Rubbing her eyes, she looked up at the Mirror in front of the washbasin:

“My eyes!”

She wide-eyed in shock as she saw her pupils turn blue! A gleaming blue!

But the blue flashed away in an instant, flickering just for a moment before returning to black, and at the same time, a flood of memories that didn’t belong to her surged into her mind!

“Ah!”

She clutched her painfully throbbing head and squatted down in the bathroom.

Biting down, enduring the pain of her brain being forcefully stuffed with memories, those were, some, both familiar and foreign scenes—

On the neatly organized drill ground, a group of young girls, wearing heavy training uniforms, stood straight, while an instructor loudly berated in front of them:

“You bear an important mission in space-time! This is your duty! It is a unique honor! And it is taking responsibility for mankind’s past and future! To capture and bring to justice history’s number one criminal!”

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In a classroom illuminated by White Weave Lamps, there were half as many girls training as before, but still enough to fill half the classroom.

The instructor pointed to a photo of a young man on the screen, eyes full of anger:

“This is the greatest criminal in human history! Crimes against humanity, endangering Earth, disrupting space-time! These charges are only the limit of the legal terms, not of his evil deeds!”

“How many families were shattered because of his actions, how many innocent lives were lost! Why do you not have parents? Why are you orphans? It is because your parents, most likely, fell to his wanton crimes!”

“You have already passed the initial selection of drug enhancements… You are the strong ones who can withstand the enhancements! But what’s coming next, is even more rigorous and cruel training waiting for you! With rage! With hatred! Become stronger!”

“Widen your eyes, take a good look at the face of the biggest criminal in human history! Remember his name well—”

“Lin Xian!”

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Muddy paths, the scorching sun overhead, a forest swarming with insects.

They, a group of robust and powerful young girls, traversed the terrain effortlessly, climbing high and low, like wild rabbits, like cheetahs.

“Keep up!!”

The instructor bellowed:

“Lin Yuxi! What are you doing lagging behind! Stand up!”

“Everyone else can run, why can’t you?”

“Useless!!”

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“There are many Time Shuttle Machines, but there is only one Entangled State of Time-Space Particle.”

The female scientist in a white lab coat, observing dozens of fully armed girls in the room:

“Entangled State Time-Space Particles, unlike ordinary space-time particles, are extremely precious, extremely rare… Since the moment humanity learned of the existence of space-time particles, until now, there have been dozens of space-time particles captured, but entangled state space-time particles… there’s just this one.”

“To capture the biggest criminal in history, Lin Xian, only the Entangled State of Time-Space Particle will be effective. Otherwise, using any other ordinary space-time particles to traverse back will not only be futile but also turn you into the target.”

“This is what I need to tell you today, even though you’re already excellent, but still… only the most excellent one among you will be able to travel back to the past to undertake this glorious and arduous mission.”

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The girl landed a heavy punch, knocking another girl to the ground.

The instructor blew the whistle, separated the two, then lifted the winner’s hand:

“Stop! You’ve won!”

“Next match, the last one! Against Lin Yuxi!”

“The two of you will fight. Whoever eliminates the other will be promoted to level three agent and qualify to travel back in time for missions! Now… begin!”

The two girls fought amidst the dust, pulling out all the stops. Through the haze, a powerful punch aimed straight for the forehead—

Thud!

Yan Qiaoqiao leaned back, opening her eyes wide, gasping for air as she stood up from the ground.

She looked at herself in the Mirror.

Blood was streaming from her nose, unstoppable.

Blinking her eyes, they were still black pupils. The crystal blue light from just now seemed like an illusion, disappearing in a flash.

“I…”

She looked at her hands covered in blood, at her reflection in the Mirror, much thinner than she remembered.

Thin arms and legs.

No signs of training or muscle definition.

“Who am I?”

She hugged herself, recalling the instructor’s teachings, the photos on the classroom screen, the purpose of the grueling training, the unforgivable historical criminals.

“I am…”

She stood up straight, looking at her blood-covered face in the Mirror.

“I am…”

She furrowed her brows, enunciating slowly:

“Lin, Yu, Xi.”

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Creak—

Inside the virtual castle, Lin Xian had reached the end of the red carpet, his hands on the brown double doors, pushing them open with force.

The golden hall inside was blindingly bright.

Lin Xian squinted his eyes, focusing on the luxurious and old-fashioned blackwood chair situated in the center of the hall, like a throne, with a silhouette against the light seated on it.

Beneath this chair, along the red carpet, four wooden chairs of the same design were arranged on each side, eight in total, on which sat figures of varying heights and builds.

Lin Xian stepped through the doorway, onto the carpet, and continued forward.

Eventually adjusting to the brightness, he could see everyone’s Masks and couldn’t help but gasp…

As required by the “Genius Club Charter.”

Every member wore a Mask on their face.

But!

Their Masks were not toys, not anime characters, not animals, and certainly not random Patterns.

Instead…

[Actual humans!]

[Human face Masks!]

[Each Mask depicted a renowned historical figure!]

On the four chairs to the left, from farthest to nearest, four individuals all looked towards Lin Xian, their Masks representing:

[Copernicus]

[Galileo]

[Gauss]

[Turing]

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On the right, three of the four chairs were occupied, while the last remained empty. Those three turned their heads uniformly towards this side.

From far to near, the Masks on their faces were:

[Newton]

[Da Vinci]

[Tesla]

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Then, the figure seated on the solitary elevated platform of the chair slowly stood up.

He was a slightly hunched-over old man.

Against the dazzling golden light behind him, the Mask on his face was lifted—

[Albert Einstein]!

“Welcome… the ninth and final genius…”

The old man wearing the Einstein Mask slowly rose from the classical blackwood chair.

He slowly raised his right hand, extended his index finger leisurely, and pointed towards the sky:

“Welcome to join…”

“The Genius Club!”

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Volume Five “Genius Club”, to be continued.