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The girl was quite young, and to Xiao Qiang, she didn't seem much older than Xiao Wu Yi. She was a clever girl with big eyes and a round face, her long ponytail swaying behind her head.
"Qiangzi, don't you think she looks like someone?" Wu Yi said, staring at Lin Yu in disbelief before glancing back at the girl, his expression one of surprise.
Wu Yi was always either silent or suddenly bursting out with unexpected comments. However, there seemed to be some truth in his words. Xiao Qiang focused on the girl and compared her features with Lin Yu's. "Hmm, they do share some similarities in their eyebrows and eyes."
Lin Yu's gaze shifted, and pointing at his own nose, he scoffed, "Like me? Where? I don't think she looks like me at all." With that, he shot a glare at Wu Yi and turned to leave.
With Lin Yu around and the addition of the girl, this mismatched group gained a bit of liveliness. Xiao Qiang's previous misunderstandings and complaints about Wu Yi dissipated in an instant.
The girl refused to reveal her name, which puzzled Xiao Qiang and the others. According to her story, she had been brought down from the mountains by someone who had been bitten by something strange along the way and never stood up again. Alone, she had been hiding and running around aimlessly, intending to sneak in here for food but froze in place when she saw so many unfamiliar faces looking fierce.
She mentioned that she only had foster parents who had died from a strange plague. Because of this, she didn't know who had sent someone to fetch her. To make it easier to address her, Xiao Qiang decided to name her Jianjian.
Jianjian seemed to rely heavily on Xiao Qiang and kept her distance from everyone else, including Lin Yu. This somewhat displeased someone but they couldn't express it; after all, how could an adult argue with a child who was unfamiliar with the world?
As they were preparing to set off, Wu Yi suddenly brought up a controversial topic with Xiao Qiang. He said, "Lin Yu is acting strange."
Xiao Qiang snapped back, "What's strange about him?"
"Did she tell you how she got here?" Wu Yi felt that Lin Yu was deliberately avoiding him and was suspicious about it.
"...What the hell do you want to say? She came through a portal," Xiao Qiang replied.
"But isn't the Reincarnation Card on you?" Wu Yi asked, puzzled. The Reincarnation Card was hanging around Xiao Qiang's neck; it had been brought along when he arrived. Lin Yu's presence couldn't explain the bizarre events that had unfolded.
"It's Matt," Lin Yu suddenly entered from outside, his expression cold as he locked eyes with Wu Yi. The intensity of his gaze forced Wu Yi to look away, and he then softened his tone as he gazed at Xiao Qiang. "After Matt healed me, he used a time machine to simulate black hole energy and pinpoint your location before sending me here."
"A machine for time travel?" Xiao Qiang was astonished that Matt had actually developed such futuristic technology.
Ability, in essence, was the power generated after a person evolved; it was impossible to harness the forces of nature. That was a forbidden zone for humanity. The mental strength required for effective control was beyond what any individual could achieve through evolution, let alone the constant time and space of the universe—something even gods could not grasp—if gods existed at all.
"One could argue it's not exactly time travel," Lin Yu said with a smile. "There’s a classic line in Einstein's theory of relativity from the 19th century: when a person's speed exceeds that of light, they can return to the past. The machine Matt created possesses that ability, which makes it possible."
Although Xiao Qiang hadn't read much, as an Ability user, he couldn't be ignorant of Einstein.
On the surface, Einstein was a great scientist, but in reality, what he studied wasn't just science; it was 'theology'—a science capable of creating 'gods.' Relativity was merely a byproduct of this theology, while its primary product was Ability.
Theology wasn't researched by an individual but by an entire race. The power generated from their findings was immense; it could serve as military strength and create economic effects that made this race one of the wealthiest in the world.
The Nazis recognized this and sought to recruit members of this race, especially those skilled in theology. However, they soon understood the terrifying implications of theology and feared such horrors might befall them. Thus began their ruthless extermination of this race, leading to catastrophic consequences.
Afterward, Einstein fled abroad and continued his research in theology with substantial financial backing. The country that accepted him applied these findings extensively and quickly dominated the globe. To cover up their secrets, they attributed everything to extraterrestrials.
However, such tactics could only deceive ordinary people; every nation had its secrets. Naturally, they were also deeply interested in uncovering others' secrets. Over time, this became a hidden truth. In secretive studies of theology, Ability users were born.
The primary subject of theology—or perhaps its only truth—was that gods were also human! They were simply humans who had evolved. Due to their immense abilities and humanity's ancient ignorance that revered the strong, they were bestowed with the title of 'gods.'
However, due to the lack of successors, the subject of 'theology' could no longer surpass Einstein, leading various countries to pursue their own research paths: Biochemical Weapon, Bioengineered Human, and Ability users were the results of these investigations.
Before arriving, Xiao Qiang had not heard that Matt was developing these cutting-edge traversal machines. In the future world, he might become the second Professor R, a genius in biochemical research. He did not believe in theology, but he could not outright deny it. After all, theology entered an uncontrollable phase after Einstein's death, making it impossible to cultivate Ability in a directed manner; it relied solely on luck, and one could never be sure that an existence capable of surpassing the speed of light would not emerge.
Even Xiao Qiang found it hard to comprehend, and for someone as single-minded as Wu Yi, it was even more confusing. He had no time to ponder or speculate about Lin Yu's origins; all that mattered was her safety. Engaging in pointless debates over this was simply a waste of energy.
Currently, there were two urgent matters: one was the life and death of Xiao Wu Yi, and the other was how to lead them safely through the Valley of Death.
Wu Yi, oblivious to the situation, kept asking, "What are you talking about? Ability? Einstein?"
Lin Yu shot him a cold glance, uninterested in engaging further, and pulled Jianjian out with her.
"She..." Wu Yi was at a loss for words, feeling increasingly frustrated. He thought Lin Yu wasn't someone who held grudges; why was she at odds with him? The more he thought about it, the more infuriated he became.
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