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The white light that destroys everything still arrives on time, not a second off.

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In the corner of the bedroom, on the bed, Lin Xian opened his eyes.

He turned his head to look at his right shoulder.

0.01 seconds before the white light arrived—almost simultaneously with the white light—it felt like a hand had landed on his shoulder.

The speed at which the white light incinerated everything was too fast. He didn't see anything clearly. Before he could even lift his head, everything was destroyed.

Who could it have been?

Lin Xian sniffed, as if he could still smell that hint of camellia.

He worked in the cosmetics industry, and although he wasn't in R&D, he was very familiar with various scents and could recognize them with a single sniff.

"From the looks of it, this dream still has the white light, still destroys everything, and humanity is still completely unaware of it."

Gao Yang had said it before.

He said that humanity's astronomical observation methods were already very advanced, and things like gravitational waves and extraterrestrial crises could be observed.

Whether they could be prevented was another matter, but at least they wouldn't be as unaware as in the dream world.

Now, in the second dream, 600 years of rapid technological development has led to the emergence of Neo-East Sea City, a cyberpunk metropolis, with cars flying in the sky and robots crawling all over the ground…

Under this premise of technological explosion, humanity has made no progress in the field of astronomical observation?

"Unrealistic."

Lin Xian shook his head in denial.

The eerie black handprint on the moon shows that humans in the future world had mastered the technology to land on the moon and carry out construction on a large scale at least several hundred years ago.

Logically speaking, if they could leave such a miracle on the moon hundreds of years ago… wouldn't it be a bit of a deviation in the technology tree if, after hundreds of years, humans haven't flown out of the solar system in starships or built space cities in outer space?

"Hmm…"

Lin Xian pondered, resting his chin in his hand:

"On closer inspection, even after the space-time shift, the technology of the future world has developed rapidly, but the level of development is still too low."

Is it difficult to build a science fiction city like Neo-East Sea City?

Or is it difficult to put a giant black handprint on the moon?

The latter is undoubtedly more difficult.

"But it's hard to say."

Lin Xian's thoughts were somewhat contradictory.

Although in 2023, humanity has lost the ability to land on the moon, it is undeniable that the United States had already successfully landed a man on the moon as early as 1969.

Colonel Armstrong's words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," still resonate to this day.

In recent years, many countries have successfully launched lunar rovers to the moon.

So, from this perspective, building a huge complex on the moon using light-absorbing materials may only be a matter of cost and effort, not a matter of technical difficulty.

"Forget it, forget it, I don't want to think about it."

"If I have the chance, I'll go directly to Neo-East Sea City to look at history books, or ask astronomical scientists in reality. That's more reliable than racking my brain."

Lin Xian decided not to trouble his brain.

He got up to go to the bathroom.

Splash, splash…

The faucet in the bathroom was running, and Lin Xian scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face, rubbing it.

He had slept from five in the afternoon until one in the morning, and he was very energetic and not sleepy at all.

Back in the bedroom, he sat down at his desk.

Lin Xian decided to summarize the gains from the dream and formulate a plan for future exploration.

First, the definite "gains" are:

1. After Professor Xu Yun's paper was published, the level of technology in the dream world did indeed improve rapidly. The level of technology in Neo-East Sea City is at least decades ahead of the present.

2. The Genius Club still exists in that era, and has even become more rampant.

3. Da Lianmao's (Big Fat Cat) father is unexpectedly still alive. He is researching "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant," and this research result may also be the reason he was murdered in the "first dream."

4. After the space-time shift, not only did the entire future world undergo earth-shaking changes, but everyone's destiny also changed. Large or small, there were changes, but they seemed to have a certain inevitability.

5. Whether it's knowledge or history, to further understand this completely new dream, you must find a way to enter the walled Neo-East Sea City. Only there can you find relevant books and records.

……

"Okay, that's about it for the gains."

Lin Xian opened his eyes and turned on the desk lamp.

Overall, this is the second dream entry in the new dream. Not much information and intelligence can be gathered, but at least there is a direction for investigation.

So, next...

is the next exploration plan.

Lin Xian ranked an exploration "plan" from important to less important, according to urgency and his own curiosity:

1. Most important of all, I must have a good chat with Da Lianmao's (Big Fat Cat) father. Understand what "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" is, figure out what he has been talking about, and try to find out the secret and purpose of the Genius Club.

2. Find a way to sneak into Neo-East Sea City to find true historical records and understand what happened in this brand-new dream… that is, how the future world after the space-time shift developed into what it is now, step by step.

3. When I have free time, I can play with Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) to see what he is hiding from me and what he is secretly doing. Who is his boss? Where does he go and what does he do at night? All of these can be understood as side quests.

……

"The main quests of the new dream are pretty much these two or three. The third one is purely a side quest and not important at all."

Lin Xian is actually very happy that Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) is living a happy life now.

Although Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) is meeting Lin Xian for the first time, in Lin Xian's eyes, the two are old acquaintances, and he has long regarded this honest and righteous bandit as an old friend.

"I really don't know what Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) is hiding from me, but I guess it's probably not anything petty."

Because on the way Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) took Lin Xian home, the villagers and Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) had a pretty good relationship. The uncle selling roasted chicken even asked Da Lianmao (Big Fat Cat) to fix his light bulb when he had time.

That's why Lin Xian suspects... this guy clearly charges property fees, but insists on calling them protection fees.

"Let's go to sleep. I have to go to East Sea University tomorrow to see the counselor."

Lights off, get into bed.

Sleep.

……

The next morning, Lin Xian took the latest design materials for the Rhine Cat peripherals to report to Zhao Yingjun.

The previous dream disappeared, and the toy store where Lin Xian got his creative ideas is gone… The stock in my head is in danger.

"Not bad, your design skills are as high as ever."

Zhao Yingjun took a quick look, smiled, and nodded, her eyes full of approval:

"Because of your cute cat... our Rhine brand has also become popular among teenage girls, which is an unexpected gain."

"Although they don't have much spending power now, they will in the future. We can be said to have identified customers in advance. We have to thank this cute cat."

"The copyright royalties for Rhine Cat are settled quarterly, and must be consistent with the settlement with the factory channel. You have to wait a while for the first batch of dividends."

"That's okay." Lin Xian replied indifferently.

Perhaps he hasn't adapted to his current nouveau riche status. Lin Xian always feels that he has so much money that he can't spend it all, and the speed at which he spends it is far behind the speed at which he earns it.

Moreover, dreams, the Genius Club, Xu Yun's death, Introduction to the Cosmological Constant, CC, and Chu Anqing...

All kinds of mysteries are entangled around him. He just wants to find the answers now and really doesn't have any other thoughts.

He even promised Gao Yang to pick up a car from him a long time ago, but he hasn't done it yet.

"Actually, this cat is also very popular among college students." Lin Xian explained that he was going to East Sea University in the afternoon:

"So our counselor begged me to give a small lecture to the younger students and share my design experience."

"That's a good thing." Zhao Yingjun replied:

"Promote our company at the same time. If anyone aspires to work in our company, you can give priority to looking at their resumes."

"Because of you... I still have high expectations and a good impression of the high-achieving students at East Sea University. We need more outstanding talents like you."

With that, she got up and picked up her coat:

"Then you can go to the university in the afternoon. Just arrange the company's affairs. Coincidentally, I won't be in the company this afternoon either. I'm going to attend a gathering."

"Gathering?"

Lin Xian raised his head and thought of the black handprint covering the entire full moon in the dream world…

"Well, an afternoon tea gathering for a small group of musicians." Zhao Yingjun put on her high heels and went to the cloakroom to choose a scarf:

"I want to talk to one of the composers and ask him to design a theme song for the Rhine Cat music video."

"The influence of this cat continues to ferment, and now it has far exceeded our imagination. Any related peripheral products are immediately sold out once they are put on the shelves. The supermarket distributors in various places have been urging us to ship the goods, and several factories are working overtime to produce them, but they still can't keep up."

"The main reason is that I don't want to ruin such a good Rhine Cat IP, so the toy factories I chose are all of high quality. Not many of them meet my requirements."

Zhao Yingjun picked up a blue scarf and returned to her desk, looking at Lin Xian:

"Aren't you going to give a lecture at East Sea University? Then just notify the logistics department to pull a car of Rhine Cat dolls from the warehouse and give one to each student who attends the lecture. It's like you didn't go empty-handed."

She smiled:

"After all, you are returning to your alma mater as an alumnus. It's more like it if you bring some small gifts for your younger classmates."

"No, no, really no need." Lin Xian waved his hand:

"This is just a small lecture organized by our counselor... At most, there will be dozens of people. What are you going to do with so many dolls?"

"Just take them with you since you're going. You don't have a car either. Let the logistics department arrange it." Zhao Yingjun tidied up her desk and picked up her handbag:

"Although you're not going on behalf of the company, your company's image must be taken into account. A business car will pick you up and a small box truck will pull the Rhine Cat dolls. Just think of it as advertising. Just give them away for free."

It was difficult to refuse such kindness.

In addition, Zhao Yingjun was in a hurry to leave, so Lin Xian was forced to accept this kindness.

Bang.

The double-layer password door of the office closed.

Lin Xian also returned to his office, took the black notebook with the outline of his speech, and went downstairs.

……

Sitting in the business car, looking at the scenery along the way.

He had traveled this road many times recently, going back and forth every time he went to see Xu Yun.

It's just a pity...

He would never have the chance to see Xu Yun again.

Whenever he thought of this old friend, Lin Xian missed him very much.

He was really a good person, although many people misunderstood him, it didn't prevent him from being a pure scientist.

To this day, the murderer who killed Xu Yun has not been found.

There was an uproar of scolding on the Internet.

The pressure on the East Sea police was also great, but they just couldn't find it. There was nothing they could do. The two cars had disappeared as if out of thin air. No one knew how they did it.

This is East Sea City, where there are surveillance cameras everywhere…

Lin Xian supported his chin, unable to figure it out:

"How did those two cars... disappear?"