Genius Club

Chapter 999: Chapter 58: The Best of Times (Extra chapter for monthly votes!)

What kind of future…

is the best future?

Lin Xian stared at the final question that popped up, momentarily speechless.

Just now, when faced with the multiple-choice question of whether humanity still had a future, he was decisive and clear-headed, firmly believing that humanity definitely had a future.

But now.

Following the latter part of this question, Lin Xian felt as though his soul was being interrogated, unable to produce a single word in response.

Indeed…

[What kind of future is the best future?]

Lin Xian truly couldn’t summarize a precise answer.

Up to today, he had experienced a total of six dreamlands, effectively witnessing the future of six different world lines.

In the future of The First Dreamland, although the level of technological development was severely restricted, at least urban life continued, and people lived in peace and happiness.

In the future of The Second Dreamland, despite the huge disparity between the rich and poor, with Old Donghai City and new Donghai City separated by high walls, people on both sides did not interfere with each other and lived their lives without conflict, which was also quite peaceful.

At that time, Lin Xian felt that the futures of The First Dreamland and The Second Dreamland were not good, as if they were being controlled by an invisible historical Black Hand…

But compared to The Third Dreamland, The Fifth Dreamland, and The Sixth Dreamland, it was easy to see which were better, with no comparison there is no harm, only through comparison can one realize how fortunate humanity’s future was in the first two dreamlands.

So.

Returning to the final question from the Genius Club.

What kind of future really counts as the best future?

Lin Xian exhaled through his nose.

He paced back to the sofa, sat down, and began to close his eyes and imagine.

He himself couldn’t come up with a specific future at the moment.

But.

He was clear about the futures Jask and Kevin Walker hoped for.

For Jask.

He believed the best future would probably be for humanity to migrate to Mars and then use Mars as a stepping stone to further develop interstellar travel technology, gradually leading humanity away from Earth and into the vast universe.

For Kevin Walker.

He believed the best future was for all of humanity to transform into digital life forms, stored in a server the size of a city, maintaining the existence of human civilization with minimal resources, with everything living in the virtual world.

How the other members of the Genius Club answered this question, Lin Xian was not sure, but Jask’s and Kevin Walker’s answers were roughly as such.

But Lin Xian.

So far.

Had not thought deeply about this matter.

His original plan was to wait until he joined the Genius Club to find out what these people were really up to, what their purpose was, and then set a direction for his own future battle.

He didn’t expect that he would have to answer this question before joining the Genius Club.

“A bit caught off guard.”

Lin Xian said softly.

He knew that this third question was a subjective one, with no standard answer required, as long as it was rational and could express one’s thoughts.

It could even be said.

The real test questions of the Genius Club were only the first two, and the third was indeed a freebie.

But perhaps…

This third question was the most important one for members of the Genius Club.

Because.

The first two questions were answered for the “examiners,” to prove the applicant’s strength and qualifications.

While the third question was answered for “oneself,” with the aim of allowing every member who joined the Genius Club to face their inner self and solidify their beliefs.

From this perspective.

Lin Xian had to admit, the three questions set by the Genius Club each had their own purpose, each had their own significance.

Speaking broadly.

Lin Xian actually felt that, relatively speaking, the future of The First Dreamland was the best.

Although there had been no technological development for over 600 years.

For everyday life, it was in fact sufficient.

People in the squares and cities all had satisfaction and happiness on their faces, they did not care much about whether technology was advancing rapidly, for the vast majority, their focus was on the day-to-day essentials such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Matters that were too distant and high-end were, to them, illusory and intangible.

And since bringing the Hibernation Pod Filling Liquid into reality, the basic fairness of birth, aging, sickness, and death had been disrupted, and the future world became worse one after another.

“So it seems… that it all actually originates from the appearance of the Hibernation Pod.”

Lin Xian opened his eyes on the sofa.

Take Jask and Kevin Walker for example.

Even though both were true geniuses with grand goals and dreams.

However, the limitation of human lifespan is there…

Restricted by the speed of technological development.

Without the emergence of the Hibernation Pod, Jask was destined not to be able to set foot on Mars himself, and Kevin Walker would absolutely not live to see the day a super server emerged.

Death, for humans, is the most equitable cruelty, and also the cruelest equity.

“But is the development of technology wrong?”

Lin Xian questioned himself in reverse.

The advent of the Hibernation Pod did bring some unavoidable social issues.

But it saved many lives, allowing people like Zheng Xiangyue and Wei Shengjin, who were supposed to die from diseases, to be completely healed; at the same time, it also provided for great scientists like Gao Wen the possibility of traversing time to support the future of scientific research.

The existence and emergence of anything is two-sided, with no absolute right or wrong.

This made Lin Xian’s choice all the more difficult…

If.

One really had to set oneself a “closed loop,” set a “goal,” set a “future to achieve”…