Chapter 1259: Chapter 63 Waiting for You

A nuclear battery-powered, self-driving four-wheeler sped swiftly down the road.

Lin Xian gazed at the towering skyscrapers piercing the clouds, and the massive electronic screens on their exteriors, lost in thought…

An advertisement for the latest mobile phone was playing on the electronic screen.

It was thin enough to fold freely, could be combined into a transparent strip worn in front of the eyes, turning into smart glasses.

But.

It couldn’t change.

It was still a phone.

Communication technology had not advanced; it had merely become faster and more convenient;

The way of interaction hadn’t progressed either; it just became more varied;

Looking back at cars, it was the same, autonomous driving had matured, but they still ran on the ground, and nuclear batteries were outdated tech that existed 200 years ago.

“Is this normal?”

Lin Xian withdrew his gaze from the window, turning to look at Liu Feng and Gao Yang beside him:

“In 200 years, on this journey, I haven’t seen any breakthrough technological progress. All the technology is merely a refinement of 200 years ago. Essentially… what’s the difference from 200 years ago?”

Gao Yang shook his head:

“Don’t ask me. I just awoke a month earlier than you; besides, I came to the future with you to save Chu Anqing, I can’t concern myself with anything else.”

“Moreover, isn’t it better this way? The technological changes aren’t significant, making it easier for us to adapt to the era! Look, in just a month, I’ve perfectly integrated into the environment, and the basic lifestyle hasn’t changed much compared to 200 years ago.”

“That’s exactly the problem!” Lin Xian exclaimed.

He suddenly thought of…

The words Angelica and Jask said before entering hibernation:

“If you truly become the world’s richest person again, then were humans in these 200 years just muddling through? Do you think technology hasn’t advanced in these 200 years?”

“That bit of knowledge in your belly, it’s probably all covered in elementary school textbooks by then in 200 years.”

“If, 200 years later, the knowledge learned in universities is still the same as now, then the world is really in big trouble.”

But looking at it now…

“Liu Feng.”

Lin Xian looked at Liu Feng:

“Has Jask awakened? Is he still the world’s richest person now?”

Liu Feng smiled slightly:

“He woke up a bit later than me; I woke seven years ago, Jask woke up four years ago. That’s right, Lin Xian, just as you thought… Jask is still the world’s richest person now.”

“Angelica’s descendants have run SPACE-T very well, even better than ever. Now, Jask is even richer than before.”

“However… Jask expressed regret and anger about it. He said he would have preferred to wake up from hibernation to find that a more formidable company had put SPACE-T out of business and that he would be thrown back to elementary school for retraining by more advanced technologies.”

“But, so many years have passed, can you believe it? Humanity is still only at the level of launching probes to Mars. There’s no talk of immigrant ships, space cities, or even more advanced spacecraft.”

“After waking up, Jask came to China to find me, and he sighed—”

“[I never imagined that this old zombie from 200 years ago could keep up, even maintain the leading edge in the technology field; I could even go to university to teach without a problem, they’re still teaching the set from 200 years ago.]”

…

Indeed.

Lin Xian squinted his eyes.

It was exactly as he had speculated before.

The Ninth Dreamland bore the shadows of many geniuses; it was built by them together.

Although Copernicus was dead.

But his methods hadn’t died, his spirit hadn’t died… and this had led to technology remaining in a state of semi-stagnation.

Humankind was still squeezing the last drop out of Moore’s Law, yet couldn’t break out of this fortress to seek newer, broader paths.

So.

Where does the problem lie?

“Are there still scientists, mathematicians, scholars dying artificially at 00:42?” Lin Xian asked.

“No.”

Liu Feng shook his head:

“Upon waking, both Jask and I immediately began investigating this. We examined all the available data, and found no scientists murdered at 00:42.”

“Though there were a few lesser-known scholars who coincidentally died at that timestamp, for example… a bearing expert was stabbed by his wife due to an affair, later losing his life despite hospital treatment… ultimately succumbing at 00:42.”

“Another one worked at a rather ordinary research institute, studying microorganisms, and when drunk, parked his car at the roadside to urinate but thought the viaduct was a flowerbed… fell off and died, coincidentally at 00:42.”

“In these 200 years, only these two scientists died at 00:42.”

Lin Xian waved his hand:

“That certainly doesn’t count.”

“But with technological progress so limited in 200 years, it’s evidently manipulated by some Black Hand, have you and Jask found any leads in your investigations over the years?”

“We have.”

Liu Feng nodded:

“Firstly, some key scientists have died, but without a common link, it’s challenging to determine if they were due to former Copernicus’s methods or merely coincidental accidents.”

“The death methods, timestamps, and identities lack commonality, leaving us with no clues… Jask believes Copernicus’s successors might have become stealthier.”

“Yet that explanation is equally elusive, as numerous leading figures in cutting-edge fields are still alive and active in academia, striving for scientific progress and breakthroughs.”

“What about the advancements and breakthroughs?”

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