Genius Club-Chapter 1220 - 53: Breaking Through the Fog (Filling the Gap Mega Chapter Combo)_3

"[If at some point in 1952 there existed numerous space-time rifts, then it could be confirmed... 1952 must have been when a Millennium Stakes girl transformed into Blue Stardust and vanished.]"

...

Zhao Yingjun blinked.

This indeed.

Was a critical breakthrough.

She complained as she looked at Lin Xian:

"Why are you only remembering such an important matter now?"

"The information in my head is just too chaotic."

Lin Xian was also helpless:

"Ever since I joined the Genius Club, the amount of information I receive daily is overwhelming. In reality, I have to travel constantly, and in dreams, I still have to explore. These scattered little clues are sometimes really hard to connect."

"But when you talked about Huang Que today, it suddenly clicked for me. Moreover, I now understand when that so-called No. 17 Time Assassin traveled from."

He began to recall:

"On the early morning of July 1, 2024, Jask had his double, Fake Sike, playing VR games in his office. Then Copernicus’s undercover female secretary burst in and killed him."

"This whole drama of ’the prince swapping with the civet cat’ disrupted the original trajectory of the civet swapping with the prince. People who should have died didn’t, and those who shouldn’t have died did. So the worldline shifted dramatically, jumping to the -0.0000042 worldline."

"And it’s precisely at that moment, the instant the worldline transitioned and folded, that a space-time rift was created. The No. 17 Time Assassin traveled back from that future era of the -0.0000042 worldline to come kill me."

"When I think about it, No. 17 is such an irritable and aggressive person. If she had traveled back earlier, there’s no way she would have waited or lain in ambush. With her personality, she would definitely have come to kill me the moment she arrived in 2024. Thinking it through like that, the logic finally makes sense."

"And what about Huang Que?"

Zhao Yingjun asked:

"You said that the transition from The First Dreamland to The Second Dreamland, this worldline shift, happened in January 2023, right after Professor Xu Yun’s death and the successful announcement of his research by the state."

"Logically speaking, only at that point in January 2023, during the worldline transition, would a space-time rift enabling travel be generated. So here’s the problem... In December 2022, Huang Que had already placed the fake invitation letter for the Genius Club at the reception desk of MX Company."

"So how did Huang Que travel further back in time before the space-time rift even existed? Could it be..."

Suddenly.

Zhao Yingjun also realized this unbelievable truth.

She tightened her lips and took a deep breath:

"You said that since your birth, your dreams have never changed. That means from as early as March 20, 1999... all the way until January 2023, not once in those twenty-plus years was there any worldline transition, and consequently, there were no additional space-time rifts."

"Except..."

Zhao Yingjun furrowed her brow slightly and spoke softly, revealing the harsh truth:

"Except on January 21, 2000, when Millennium Stakes Zhang Yuqian transformed into Blue Stardust and drove stakes into the ground... creating numerous space-time rifts in the process. If Huang Que wanted to catch your attention about the Genius Club earlier, this was her only option, the only point in time."

"My God... It’s unimaginable, Lin Xian... Huang Que came to this timeline so early—she waited for you for over twenty years."

The two walked hand in hand.

Silently covering a long stretch of road.

Neither said a word to the other.

Finally.

Lin Xian spoke slowly:

"That’s why I said, how could I let down Huang Que, or let down you, or let down Yu Xi?"

"She must have come to see you."

Zhao Yingjun looked straight ahead and said softly:

"She must have secretly seen you many times, in many places, at many points in time... watching you grow step by step from a child to studying, graduating, working... You just didn’t notice."

"I’m quite sure if it were me, I would definitely secretly come to see you."

At that moment.

She inexplicably chuckled.

Although the thought felt tragic, being able to see Lin Xian as a child, watching him slowly grow into an adult—how could that not be... a kind of consolation for the regret?

"Maybe, Huang Que even held you."

Zhao Yingjun let out a small laugh and shook her head:

"This could also count as, besides growing old together... another form of reverse companionship."

"That’s probably not likely, right?"

Lin Xian scratched his head:

"Would she come all the way to Hang City, Chun’an County, to find me as a child? If she really did, it could only have been when I was very little—otherwise, when I got older and could remember things, I should’ve had some memories related to it."

"But then again, who’s to say for sure."

Lin Xian pursed his lips, pondering the swaying sapphire earring, pondering the dazzling flash of blue light in the sunlight:

"We meet countless strangers every day, most of them fleeting encounters, mere moments. If you don’t take special note of them, you certainly won’t remember these passing strangers..."

"So it’s possible that Huang Que truly did meet me, and I truly did meet her... but just... don’t remember."

Zhao Yingjun turned her head.

Looking at Lin Xian’s profile:

"That’s probably for the best."

She said softly:

"When you were young, your mind wasn’t mature or stable enough. If someone intervened too early and made you aware of your mission and the uniqueness of your dreams... it might have backfired instead."

"Huang Que must have carefully weighed her options before choosing the most appropriate, most fitting time to appear in your life and guide you."

"Speaking of which..."

Zhao Yingjun suddenly thought:

"The Genius Club’s gatherings and individual plans started as far back as the last century. Then why did The First Dreamland last so long, remaining unchanged for over twenty years without any developments?"