Genius Club

Chapter 157: Chapter 5 Full of Errors Chapter 157: Chapter 5 Full of Errors Lin Xian didn’t say much and did not deny it.

Everyone was no longer teenagers, and there was really no need to play dumb in matters of the heart.

Tang Xin had been so straightforward about her enthusiasm for him, and for him to deny it without cause would just seem coy.

“Come on, Lin Xian!

What on earth did you do to make yourself so unforgettable to her?”

“Do you have the nerve to ask?”

Lin Xian looked at Gao Yang irritably:

“If it weren’t for your incessant interrupting, Tang Xin would have spilled the beans when Zhou Duanyun arrived…

I want to know the answer even more than you do.”

“Oh well, now that you guys have made it to the East Sea, I guess you’ll continue to be all lovey-dovey.

There’s still time to ask later!” Gao Yang’s face flushed red, he laughed heartily, and came over to throw an arm around Lin Xian’s shoulders:

“Let’s go home, the reunion is over!”

“Yeah, let’s go back.”

…

February 8, 2023.

China, Shanxi Province, Xi’an City, Beilin District, Friendship Road.

Lin Xian stood at the entrance to Shanxi University, watching the students coming and going back to school.

He had specifically waited until after the Lantern Festival to come to Shanxi.

Firstly, there had been a lot going on at home, and now that he had some money, even though his parents objected, Lin Xian still arranged for some things to improve their livelihood.

Secondly, the only information he had about Liu Feng, the original author of “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant,” was his educational background, so to find this person, he had to continue his search at Shanxi University.

Of course, he had to wait until the school term started; otherwise, with the library closed, where could he look?

During his free time these days, Lin Xian often went online to search for information about “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant” and Liu Feng.

He searched very meticulously.

But he really couldn’t find any relevant information.

He didn’t understand where the problem lay…

Because some details were indeed contradictory.

[If “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant” wasn’t published in the real world of 2023, then from where did that ancient book 600 years later come?]

It couldn’t be a mere coincidence, being published in 2024 and then buried in a coffin that same year?

That would be too convenient.

There’s another point of contention:

[If this book was considered by experts 600 years later to be of no value and full of errors, it probably faced a similar situation in 2023.

Which publisher would publish such a worthless book?]

So.

Where did this book come from?

And why was it placed in a coffin?

Why, being full of errors and regarded as worthless, did Big Face Cat’s father manage to discover something real in it?

The answers to all these questions…

Probably all hinge on finding the original author, Liu Feng himself.

Lin Xian picked up the little piece of paper in his hand.

It had information he had carried out from the dream.

Liu Feng, born in April 1996 in Shanxi, entered Shanxi University in 2014, and graduated with a master’s degree in 2021.

Liu Feng, at this point in time, should be 28 years old, actually a very young age, four years older than Lin Xian.

author 600 years in the past through an ancient book from 600 years in the future…

indeed is a rather interesting matter.

Blending in with the flow of returning students, Lin Xian successfully infiltrated the campus and made his way to the library.

The school library keeps an “Alumni Commemoration Album” for each year, generally compiled by college, complete with detailed student names, photos, and teacher information.

Because there are fewer postgraduate students, their commemoration albums contain even more information, and that’s why Lin Xian came to the library.

Soon, Lin Xian found the “2021 School of Mathematical Sciences Master’s Graduates Commemoration Album.” After flipping through just a few pages, she easily located Liu Feng’s name and the photo of his mentor group.

There weren’t many people in the photo.

Apart from the smiling mentor standing in the middle, there were several students in their master’s gowns surrounding him.

Lin Xian spotted Liu Feng at a glance.

He wasn’t tall and didn’t smile carelessly, clutching his diploma, standing at the edge.

He looked almost the same as the photo she saw in her dream.

With glasses and an ordinary side-parted hairstyle, he looked exactly like a top student, albeit a bit unsociable—quite fitting with Lin Xian’s stereotype of academic researchers.

Lin Xian took out her phone and snapped a photo of the page.

Then, she looked at the mentor’s name:

Vice Dean of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Qi Yan.

“Hmm…”

Lin Xian pondered for a moment.

If in 2021, this mentor Qi Yan was still serving as vice dean, then now, just into 2023, he most likely hadn’t retired yet.

Finding him to learn about Liu Feng would be the best option.

With some luck, she might even get Liu Feng’s address or contact information and could go directly to him.

…

After arriving at the teaching building of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Lin Xian indeed saw Qi Yan’s official photo on the notice board on the first floor.

He didn’t look very old, certainly not 60 yet.

Following the clues to Qi Yan’s office, she found he happened to be inside, reviewing documents.

After Lin Xian knocked on the door and explained her purpose…

Unexpectedly.

The vice dean warmly invited Lin Xian inside for a chat.

Lin Xian had thought that he might not pay much attention to an outsider like her…

Perhaps it was because she was a recent college graduate, and older teachers naturally felt a closeness to students.

“Liu Feng is a very talented student, I’ve been his teacher since his undergraduate days,” said Qi Yan as he took a sip of tea and sighed,

“It’s quite a pity about this kid.

I told him that currently, there isn’t much of a future in mathematical research, especially for an orphan like him with a poor family background…

The best thing he could do was to engage in applied mathematics research, settle down early, and stabilize his life.”

“But this kid, clutching onto the cosmological constant all day, insisted on exploring in this area…

even Einstein in his later years denied the existence of the cosmological constant.

Nowadays, the academic world is unclear about whether the cosmological constant even exists, everyone has their own different views.”

“So you see, for something whose existence isn’t even certain…

what’s the need to research it?

If Liu Feng had actually discovered something noteworthy, that would be another story, but in fact, I indulged him for three years during his graduate studies and he still came up with nothing.”

“Teacher Qi, what exactly is the cosmological constant?

Is the thing Liu Feng was studying the same as what Einstein denied back in the day?” Lin Xian asked curiously.

“[Absolutely not the same thing.]”

Qi Yan shook his head helplessly and took another sip of his tea,

“That is also what frustrates me the most; I have no idea what he was researching.”

“Not just me, even Liu Feng himself doesn’t know what the cosmological constant is.”

“However, that’s actually not important.

The most crucial thing is…”

Qi Yan turned his head, looking at Lin Xian, eyes full of regret,

“Liu Feng’s theory…”

“Was entirely incorrect.”