Genius Club-Chapter 1144 - 30 Something’s Wrong (Extra Chapter for the 37th Silver League champion, Unrivaled in the World!)_2

[I always feel like something is not quite right.]

First of all.

Everything has gone too smoothly with the plans.

While this isn’t exactly a cause for suspicion, and it’s not to say that every battle in life must be full of twists, difficulties, and multiple reversals.

But still, I feel...

It’s somewhat unreal that Copernicus was killed so easily.

This is a very inexplicable feeling.

Now that I’ve killed my enemy and avenged my deceased friends, I should be happy and joyful.

It’s exactly this strange feeling that keeps Lin Xian deeply worried, feeling as if he’s overlooked something very important.

Next.

In the Fourth Dreamland, that mysterious old man, in both his appearance and voice, was completely different from the Copernicus I just killed.

Before today, Lin Xian had never truly heard Copernicus’s voice.

Jask and Angelica both have spoken to Copernicus on the phone, but not Lin Xian; he had no way to compare.

As for the voices heard in the Genius Club...

They were entirely based on a virtual image; whatever age you set for your virtual avatar, that’s the voice you’d hear, so it’s not at all reliable.

Take Newton, for instance. His voice was young and booming, but in reality, he’s definitely an old man; it’s the same with Da Vinci, who should be grandmotherly in age, yet her voice, like her virtual image, is that of a clear, young woman.

Of course, Lin Xian has never taken the appearances seen at the club meetings seriously.

His voice too was not his own, altered by the system to sound like a naive middle-aged man.

But today, when I heard Copernicus’s voice for the first time upon arriving here, there was clearly a problem.

Lin Xian believes that the future’s cosmetic surgery technology might indeed change one’s appearance, but can a person’s voice... also change?

The mysterious old man in the Fourth Dreamland, as well as the elderly man I just shot in the head, indeed both had a habit of chuckling dryly.

But the difference in their voices was significant, obviously not the same person upon listening.

If we exclude the possibility that a facial reconstruction surgery could also change the voice, then, the mysterious old man from the Fourth Dreamland and the dead old man here, are definitely not the same person.

It can’t be... that there are two Copernicuses in this world, right?

So, this is the second point of suspicion.

Lastly.

The third point of suspicion.

The physical condition of this old man right here was much worse than Lin Xian had expected, giving off a feeling of being on the verge of collapsing, feeble and nearing his last moments.

Could such an old man really endure for two hundred years until awakening, extending his life and remaining vibrant?

It’s not that Lin Xian doesn’t believe in medicine, doesn’t believe in science.

It is precisely because he believes in medicine and science that he finds this all too incredible.

Perhaps in a few hundred years into the future, with various technologies, a healthy young person might live several decades longer; but as for an old person who’s already frail with all bodily functions deteriorating... how can he be rejuvenated?

From this point of view, Lin Xian truly does not believe that this dying old man will have a second spring in life in the future.

Add to that, in the current world, there are no means to avoid amnesia after cryosleep.

In order for Copernicus not to lose his memory and to hibernate into 200 years later, the only way is to awaken every ten years for half a year to consolidate his memory.

This intermittent hibernation method causes tremendous damage to the body.

Given this old man’s constitution, he might have perished in the first decade.

And if he were to forget all his memories and wake up 200 years later in a single breath... with only a Memory Notebook and memory recordings, could he really inherit his memories perfectly, without losing his initial resolve?

In The Future World, countless people have told Lin Xian that human memory is vast and carries emotions, and just a few Memory Notebooks and recordings are simply not enough for one to retrieve their former self.

This is a contradiction.

Many things are contradictory.

...

Jask seemed to notice Lin Xian’s concerns and patted him on the shoulder:

"I know what you’re thinking, this has all gone too smoothly, but then... why do you think smooth is not good?"

"Is it natural for the enemy to kill us easily; yet, when our plans go somewhat smoothly once, it’s a trap? That logic is too strange."

"Indeed, Copernicus is a tough and smart one, but we are not bad ourselves. If you hadn’t informed me with the undercover information in advance... how could we have had the chance to turn the tables and kill Copernicus?"

"It’s understandable that there’s no security here, Lin Xian. A cautious person like Copernicus, how could he let others know the location of his hibernation site? I even suspect that if my secretary and body double really did come today, Copernicus might not have let them return alive."

"Wait, look what I found."

Angelica was rummaging through the old man’s clothes and took out a golden badge.

On the front of the badge, the logo of the Genius Club was engraved, clearly the credential for a member of the Genius Club, as well as a secret key index for attending club meetings.

Lin Xian took it, examining it closely:

"It’s real, at least I can’t tell if it’s counterfeit. It’s just like mine."

Jask took another look:

"Whether it’s real or fake, you have to cut it open to know. I made a fake badge for my body double while he played games in the office with VR glasses on. You can’t tell if it’s real or fake without cutting it open."

"I thought that when my secretary came to kill me, she would use that badge to verify my identity, so I was well-prepared. But maybe she was too confident, or perhaps at that time, Copernicus didn’t trust her enough... so he didn’t tell her about the Golden Badge."