Chapter 32 Zhang Yuqian's Videotape - Bonus Chapter for Silver Alliance's Peerless in the World for 37 Days!

Before.

Lin Xian and Gao Yang made a special trip to Qufu, Shandong, to dig up the grave of the previous Qiannian Zhuang, Zhang Yuqian.

As one might expect, there were no remains in the coffin, which gave them an initial understanding of the Qiannian Zhuang.

Together, they took three things from the coffin:

A photo album,
A diary with a combination lock,
An old-fashioned videotape.

Lin Xian looked through the photo album from beginning to end, which recorded Zhang Yuqian's growth trajectory from childhood to adulthood.

It could be said that, aside from the different background and parents, Lin Xian really felt like he was looking at Chu Anqing's photo album.

The two girls really looked exactly alike, without the slightest difference.

Because the photos were static, Lin Xian couldn't tell any difference between Zhang Yuqian and Chu Anqing.

Unlike Chu Anqing, who was alive, had her personality, her individuality, her speaking habits, and micro-expressions.

Even if someone looked like Chu Anqing, Lin Xian could easily distinguish between the two.

Zhang Yuqian only had photos, which made it difficult.

In the end, after flipping through the photo album, they didn't obtain any useful information. The diary with the combination lock, although the content inside was also worthless, the password set for the combination lock was intriguing: 1952.

According to Lin Xian and Gao Yang's calculations, 1952 should have been the year when Zhang Yuqian's previous, great-great-grandmother Qiannian Zhuang disappeared.

Every Qiannian Zhuang girl would turn into blue stardust at the moment of her 20th birthday. After a four-year gap, the next Qiannian Zhuang would be born, and so on. In 1952, the great-great-grandmother Qiannian Zhuang disappeared.

Four years later, in 1956, the great-grandmother Qiannian Zhuang was born.

Twenty years later, in 1976, the great-grandmother Qiannian Zhuang disappeared. Four years later, in 1980, Zhang Yuqian was born. In 2000, Zhang Yuqian disappeared. In 2004, Chu Anqing was born.

In 2024, Chu Anqing turned into blue stardust and disappeared.

All the timelines were exceptionally precise. But the problem was that Zhang Yuqian, who clearly didn't know about the Qiannian Zhuang, was particularly fond of the year 1952.

Lin Xian also wanted to dig deeper into this clue, but unfortunately, the trail of the Qiannian Zhuang ended there, and there was no way to delve deeper. He thought joining the Genius Club would give him another opportunity to obtain information, but who would have thought it was just a club of scheming old foxes!

Asking a question not only had many restrictions, but it was also broadcast to the entire club, so all the members could hear the answer.

This required Lin Xian to act cautiously and avoid making irreparable mistakes due to momentary negligence.

Therefore, the only remaining way to continue learning about the Qiannian Zhuang and Zhang Yuqian was the mysterious videotape.

Gao Yang had volunteered to handle this matter, but it turned out to be delayed for so long.

"Never mind, it can be considered a problem solved, one way or another," Lin Xian said, looking out the window at the receding street scene.

Although it was a little late, he would be able to see the contents of the videotape tonight.

But thinking about the past few months, he hadn't been idle either. His daily schedule was full, and he even escaped two trans-temporal assassinations. "It's too difficult."

Lin Xian sighed.

He truly felt what it meant when heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a certain person, it must first subject his mind to suffering, and his body to toil.

"Xiao Li, don't take me home, go to the company," Lin Xian said, turning his head.

Since he was going to Gao Yang's house to watch the videotape at seven or eight o'clock tonight, there was no need to enter the dream tonight. A few short hours wouldn't be enough for him to complete the previous fixed procedures.

Therefore, he would go to Rhein Company.

Once he was in his office, he could calm down and think carefully about how to cleverly use the questioning rules at the club gathering on September 1st to confirm whether Copernicus was really dead. "Okay, President Lin."

After driver Xiao Li responded, he turned on the left turn signal and merged onto the elevated expressway.

Rhein Company, Lin Xian's office.

He closed his eyes, quickly twirling a ballpoint pen in his fingers, and his brain rapidly pondered. Actually, if you simplify the complicated problem, the truth about whether Copernicus was dead boils down to his own safety and the safety of the time-space particles. "No."

Lin Xian shook his head: "Actually, to put it simply, it's just my safety."

"After all, the reason I'm worried about Copernicus stealing the time-space particles is that I'm afraid he'll send time-space assassins back from the future to kill me in 2024." The train of thought became clearer and clearer.

He stopped twirling the pen, took a piece of white paper from the printer, and quickly wrote down three questions:

1. Ask again, what is the specific date of my death?
2. Ask, will the time-space particles in my hand be stolen by others?
3. Who is the next mathematician to be maliciously murdered at 00:42? These were the three questions Lin Xian came up with.

They all seemed to have nothing to do with Copernicus, but in fact, they were all directed at Copernicus. Based on Einstein's answers, he could verify whether Copernicus was really dead or still alive.

But Lin Xian tapped the first question with his pen and frowned.

"It seems like this question is useless. Even if Einstein gives me an accurate date, I won't be able to analyze any key information."

"No matter whether this date is far or near, I can't verify whether the murderer is Copernicus. It could be an accident, it could be a disease, it could be a natural death. In short, according to Einstein's answer, I can't determine whether Copernicus killed me, so let's scrap this question."

As he spoke, Lin Xian swiped the pen and crossed out the first question.

Looking at the second question again, this question was more targeted.

If Einstein answered that the time-space particles would still be stolen, then it could be eighty percent certain that Copernicus had a backup plan and would steal his entangled-state time-space particles again to disgust him.

If Einstein answered that the time-space particles would not be stolen, it would indeed make people feel more at ease. But the price would be that all the members of the Genius Club would know that he had obtained a time-space particle, which would undoubtedly make him a very unsafe target.

Newton and Galileo didn't seem like simple characters, and perhaps once they got involved, they would be more difficult to deal with than Copernicus.

"This question is good, but the risk is too high."

Lin Xian shook his head, feeling that Copernicus didn't have that much face, and it wasn't worth taking the risk of exposing his identity and attracting enemies to verify his life or death. Then looking at the third questioning method, this one seemed more perfect.

Neither the question itself nor the answer involved Copernicus or the Genius Club itself, so Einstein would definitely not refuse to answer.

Moreover, the question set very harsh conditions. The time must be 00:42, the cause of death must be malicious murder, and the identity must be a mathematician. This basically locked the mastermind behind the scenes as Copernicus.

If Einstein answered with any name, it would mean that Copernicus was definitely not completely dead, or that he had successors or accomplices.

If Einstein refused to answer, it would mean that the question involved a member of the Genius Club itself, which would mean that Copernicus himself was not dead at all, but had faked his death or had a substitute die in his place.

If Einstein said that in the future, no mathematician would die at this time, then everyone would be happy and he could open champagne with Jask. "Yes, this question is almost perfect."

"Whether Einstein answers or not, whether he says yes or no, the corresponding answer can be obtained."

"Then, it's decided, it will be this one."

Lin Xian put a checkmark on the third question, clarifying the question he would ask when the Genius Club gathered again in a few days.

By the way, he also realized that he still had many questions he wanted to ask Einstein.

So, according to the order of importance, he listed them one by one:

1. Ask for a method to clear the future virus in the network and revive V.

"The last time, the cleaning robot V was already urging me, bumping into my ankles twice, presumably complaining about why I haven't started to solve the future virus. If the next gathering can confirm that Copernicus is dead and the current crisis is resolved, then it's time to address V's problem."

"V is my most powerful weapon, especially now that Kevin Walker and Turing have been killed by me. As long as V can be resurrected, my combat power will increase hundreds of times. Moreover, as long as V is given enough time to develop, maybe even the Genius Club's trump cards can be revealed."

"Of course, when asking Einstein questions, you can't be so direct. You have to hide V's existence and not reveal the future virus. When asking questions, just be a little roundabout."

2. Ask about the truth of Qiannian Zhuang and the method to save Chu Anqing. "This is my primary purpose for joining the Genius Club. The reason it's listed second is entirely because I don't know how to ask."

"Ying Jun and I think the same way. While ensuring that Chu Anqing is rescued, we must pay more attention to Chu Anqing's safety and prevent Qiannian Zhuang from being exploited and destroyed by other geniuses with ulterior motives."

"Therefore, this question cannot be easily asked to Einstein until the right time. It is best to find a suitable opportunity when only I am present, or as few people as possible, to ask this question to Einstein."

3. Ask about the truth of the doomsday white light at 00:42 on August 29, 2624. "I always wanted to know what the doomsday white light was. Unfortunately, there has never been a suitable opportunity, and I can't find suitable wording to ask."

"After all, once this question is asked, it will expose my ability to foresee the future, which will inevitably bring danger to me."

"But then again, if I don't ask Einstein, I really can't find a second way to figure out the truth about the white light. After all, when I saw the white light, everything was destroyed. If this attack does come at the speed of light, there is no way to predict, prevent, analyze, or know in advance."

"This is a question that can only be answered by asking Einstein. Like the previous question, it's best to wait until the next time only I attend the meeting before asking it." "Alas, I really envy Copernicus. He has so many opportunities to ask questions alone. And at that time, he was the only member, so no matter what questions he asked, they didn't involve other members. Almost any question could be answered by Einstein."

4. Ask for accurate information about Du Yao.

"I really can't remember when, where, or how I saw this name. To create the brain nerve electrocution helmet, Du Yao is an indispensable key, so this question can only be asked to Einstein."

"However, there is no hurry to ask this question. Let me finish copying the blueprints of the time-space machine first. Otherwise, once the answer is asked and the world line changes, Gao Wen and the time-space machine will be gone, and that would be a huge loss."

"The dream collaboration between Emperor Gao Wen and Emperor Chen Heping will definitely not be achieved every time in the future, so it is a miracle to be able to copy complete and correct time-space machine blueprints this time, and it must be cherished." "And I also promised Xu Yiyi and Li Ningning that I would give them a better future world. I hope that after I find Ms. Du Yao and create the brain nerve electrocution helmet, the new world line and the new Ninth Dream can make them, can make every human being, live a happier life." Click.

Lin Xian closed the pen cap and looked at the four questions listed in order.

Let it be like this.

The plan for the next few months will be like this.

Hope everything goes smoothly.

He stood up, walked to the huge French window, and looked at the 22nd floor of the opposite X Building.

Zhao Yingqun was working inside. Of course, along with the baby in her belly.

"After I ask the questions above and arrange all the things, the baby should be born, right?"

Thinking of the warm moment of a family of three, Lin Xian couldn't help but smile. Although he had spent a lot of time with Zhao Yingqun and Lin Yuxi, and they had gone to Disney together and taken family photos.

But at that time, none of the three had made their relationship clear, which was a bit of a pity. And this time, there would be no more regrets.

In the evening, a messy pigsty. Ah, no.

It was Gao Yang's home.

"No." Lin Xian pinched his nose: "You're going a bit too far, right? You're still the manager of a 4S store, your salary isn't low, why don't you move to a cleaner house?"

"Hey, I've only been the manager for a few months, and I'm so busy every day that I don't even come home at night, so where would I find the time to deal with renting a house and moving?" Gao Yang swept his leg and swept all the clutter on the sofa to the ground: "Besides, is it the house that's dirty and messy? It's me who's dirty and messy, okay!" "Heh."

Lin Xian looked at Gao Yang in incomprehension: "Why are you so proud? What's there to be proud of?"

"Okay, okay, stop grumbling." Gao Yang reached out to stop Lin Xian: "You're a satisfied man with a girlfriend who doesn't know the hunger of a single man. When I have a girlfriend, I'll definitely clean up the house, but there's no demand now! No demand means no motivation!"

"Speaking of which, a waterfront pavilion gets the moonlight first, you let Zhao Yingjun take a look for me. There are so many beautiful women at X Company, can you introduce me to a single one!" "Let's watch the videotape."

Lin Xian sat on the sofa and stared ahead: "Start quickly."

"Hey, no! Your transition is too abrupt!" Gao Yang roared: "I'm seriously talking to you about introducing me to someone, how can you smoothly transition to the videotape? We clearly agreed not to forget each other when we got rich, but you turned your head and secretly got someone pregnant, and you're not willing to help your brother solve the major event in his life!" "It's mainly because there's no suitable one." Lin Xian complained, looking at Gao Yang: "Your requirements are too high."

"Where are they high!" Gao Yang counted his fingers: "I just sent Zhao Yingjun a WeChat message, just two simple lines. 'Doll face, big breasts, glasses girl, smart and intelligent top student.' Is that too much to ask?" Sigh.

Lin Xian sighed and didn't bother to talk nonsense with him: "So, hurry up and watch the videotape. After watching it, hurry up and sleep, everything is in your dreams."

"Hey! Don't underestimate me!" Gao Yang turned his head unwillingly as he walked towards the TV: "Do you think I can't find one? You can find a wealthy female president, why can't I find a doll-faced, big-breasted top student?" "Go find one, go to the Dragon Science Academy." Lin Xian perfunctorily said: "Can you stop talking nonsense? Hurry up and play the videotape."

Next to Gao Yang's TV was an old-fashioned video recorder with a yellow shell, engraved with the Panasonic logo, which should be a dedicated model.

"I found a fan to study that videotape, and he recognized at a glance that it was a dedicated videotape for the Panasonic NVS250EN camera."

"In the 1990s, this was a very advanced and very luxurious home-use handheld camera, but it's reasonable for Zhang Yuqian's family to be so rich to use this kind of thing." "This kind of camera videotape can only be played on Panasonic's special machine, here, this one."

Gao Yang turned on the switch, inserted the videotape taken from Zhang Yuqian's coffin, then pressed the play button, jumped back to the sofa, and sat next to Lin Xian, rubbing his hands like a fly: "Don't tell me, I'm really looking forward to it! There's a kind of excitement of peeking into the private life of a teenage girl!" "Can you be serious?"

Lin Xian was really speechless to Gao Yang. He had previously complained that Gao Yang's existence was polluting the human gene pool, but now it seems that it may really be an alien conspiracy.

The sound of rewinding came from the old video player.

Finally, as the rewinding ended, the curled magnetic strip began to slowly rotate, and at the same time, the picture finally appeared on the TV.

The picture was slightly blurred and the colors were somewhat distorted.

But it could be roughly seen clearly. After all, this was a videotape from more than 20 years ago. Limited by the times and technology, it was good enough to be able to watch it.

At least it was much better than the full-screen mosaic of those ancient online videos. The electronic products of Sakura Country in the last century were still remarkable.

"Hehe, I have a camera"

A very familiar girl's laughter made Lin Xian and Gao Yang involuntarily straighten their bodies and hold their breath.

Chu Anqing.

The voice in the videotape was exactly the same as Chu Anqing!

It really felt to them as if Chu Anqing was sitting with them in the living room!

On the TV screen was a home scene in the style of the last century, but the various mahogany furniture and the indoor spiral staircase were enough to show the wealth of this family. "Qianqian, don't just film the house."

A young middle-aged man smiled slightly on the living room sofa. Lin Xian and Gao Yang looked at each other.

They had seen this man before. Although he was too much younger than in reality, the two recognized him at a glance. This was Zhang Yuqian's father! The man waved at the camera lens, with a doting smile on his face: "Qianqian, the reason Dad bought this for you is to let you record more of the beautiful moments in your life, so you can have a memory when you grow up."

"So don't just film the house, you can go out, to the park, and film something meaningful with your friends."

The recording stopped abruptly, and then immediately jumped to another recording. "This is how cassette videotapes are." Gao Yang explained: "All the videos are connected together, using one tape, unlike digital cameras."

"Do I need you to explain that?" Lin Xian interrupted Gao Yang: "Watch carefully, don't make a sound."

Next were all kinds of video clips. It could be seen that Zhang Yuqian was a carefree girl who loved life very much. She took this camera and filmed a lot of spring scenery, beautiful scenery, friends, and pets. Her photography skills were also getting better and better.

Of course, there were also many beautiful selfies in the video.

Accompanied by a silver bell-like laughter, two crescent-shaped eyes, a shallow dimple at the corner of her mouth, beautiful features, and an energetic smile. This was the real Chu Anqing.

It was even more like Chu Anqing.

Even in terms of personality, she was ninety percent similar to Chu Anqing. "It's amazing."

Gao Yang exclaimed in amazement: "I didn't realize the seriousness of it when I just looked at the photos. But now that I see the video, this is completely a copy of Chu Anqing! I would believe it if you said that Chu Anqing traveled back to 2000!"

Instantly, the TV went dark and went to the next scene. It was Zhang Yuqian's bedroom.

In addition to Zhang Yuqian wearing pajamas, there was also a girl who had appeared in the video before, who was Zhang Yuqian's best friend, also wearing pajamas. Lin Xian and Gao Yang opened their eyes wide! This.

Could the rest of the content still be watched?

"Hehe, I plan to do something very challenging!"

In the picture, Zhang Yuqian was facing the camera placed on the table, smiling and said: "I want to try to record my dream!" "Ah?"

The girlfriend next to her looked at Zhang Yuqian in confusion: "Qianqian, didn't you say that you often have nightmares, but you don't remember the content of the dream every time you wake up? Then how are you going to record it?" "That's why I called you here today!"

Zhang Yuqian smiled and pulled her good friend into the camera screen to explain to her: "Indeed, I often have nightmares, but once I wake up, I will forget everything in one or two seconds, I won't even remember that I was dreaming. I often suspect that I actually have nightmares every day, but because I forget so cleanly, I feel that I didn't dream at all some days?"

The girlfriend looked disgusted: "Isn't that normal? What's worth recording? Sometimes I don't remember what dreams I had at night, I can't remember no matter how hard I try."

"Can't you remember it at least once?" Zhang Yuqian spread her hands: "I can't remember it once, I can't recall any dream details. So, if I have to say it, I may not have had any dreams from childhood to now. It's true, I don't remember the content of any dream, even a fragment."

"But I can feel that it must be a very terrible nightmare, but I forget it too quickly, I forget everything in an instant when I wake up." The girlfriend scratched her head: "Then what do you want to do? What can I help you with?" "Hehe."

Zhang Yuqian leaned towards the camera, picked up the camera, and handed it to her girlfriend: "I have already figured out a plan! Look, can't I still remember the content of the nightmare for one or two seconds after I wake up?"

"Then we will use this camera to record that moment!"

"Tonight, don't sleep, you hold this camera, yes, here is the switch to start recording, you hold the camera next to me and wait for me to fall asleep and dream." "Once you feel that I am about to start dreaming, you shake me awake. Then turn on the camera and point it at me, ask me loudly what I dreamed of, and let me say it right away!"

Zhang Yuqian was very satisfied with her plan, and she was very proud when she talked about it: "How is it? Is it perfect? You must be quick, you know? Once I wake up from a nightmare, the speed at which I forget the dream content is very, very fast. You may be a second late, and I won't even remember the fact that I was dreaming, let alone the content of the nightmare!"

Then, the screen went black. Obviously, it was paused. Gao Yang scratched his head in confusion: "What, it doesn't make sense." However, Lin Xian looked serious. He remembered.

At the New Year's Eve banquet of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce in early 2023, when he was dancing with Chu Anqing, the two had a casual chat about dreaming. At that time, Chu Anqing said:

"I really envy you, senior, you only have good dreams. I can't do it, I'm afraid of dreaming, because I always have nightmares."

"But I don't remember the content of the dreams after I wake up, but sometimes I'm really scared, I wish I could have good dreams like you."

At that time, Lin Xian just thought it was a casual chat and didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, for normal people, having black dreams is too normal.

Lin Xian's way of dreaming was an exception among exceptions. But he didn't expect that Zhang Yuqian and Chu Anqing were exactly the same in terms of having nightmares! This shows that it is not simple.

From the current point of view, there must be a problem with the Qiannian Zhuang's nightmare! Soon, the videotape screen lit up again.

Zhang Yuqian had obviously been asleep for a long time, frowning, and the content of the dream didn't seem very pleasant.

The girlfriend held the camera and slowly approached, and then!

She shook Zhang Yuqian crazily: "Qianqian! Wake up! Wake up! Tell me quickly! What did you dream of!" Zhang Yuqian opened her sleepy eyes, as if she hadn't reacted yet. The girlfriend continued to shake, patted Zhang Yuqian's forehead, waking her up: "Quick, say! What did you dream of!" "Exploding white light mushroom cloud." Zhang Yuqian said blankly with confused eyes: "Newspaper...1952...burning love..." "Einstein!"