Genius Club

Chapter 523

Chapter 523: Chapter 90 Millennium Stakes (Three-in-One Finale) Chapter 523: Chapter 90 Millennium Stakes (Three-in-One Finale) Lin Xian rose from his crouched position and looked down at Chu Anqing, who was a head shorter:

“Are you okay?”

Chu Anqing nodded and then shook her head:

“Sorry...

I just failed to catch that space-time particle.

I should have been able to, but as I jumped, I was yanked by the tether.

Not only did I not jump up, but I was also pulled off course.”

“So, the space-time particle just brushed past the outer shell of the rice cooker, pierced through my palm, and then vanished in a flash.”

...

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

He caught the information in Chu Anqing’s words.

So that’s it.

...

The reason Chu Anqing reacted so intensely just now, screaming, bleeding from the nose, staring blankly, shaking all over, was all because she had come into contact with a space-time particle.

Lin Xian had not ruled out this possibility earlier.

But now, aside from Chu Anqing, no one else could see the space-time particle, so no one knew whether she had actually caught it or not.@@@@

Regardless, that space-time particle captor, similar to a rice cooker, had fallen from the sky right before his eyes, striking the Skyspace Aircraft’s outer shell before tumbling into the clouds below.

From this perspective, as Liu Feng had said, human contact with space-time particles could still cause severe injury.

At least it wasn’t silent and gentle like inanimate objects.

Only...

Lin Xian narrowed his eyes, recalling Chu Anqing’s desperate crying and pleading gaze directed at Huang Que, followed by her complete despair and her sobbing with her head in her hands after receiving an affirmative answer.

What had caused such a huge emotional stimulus for her?

What was it that made her desperately hope for a negative answer?

And what had allowed her to eventually calm herself and speak of the agreement about the note?

Back when he was celebrating his 25th birthday at the very first moment.

Chu Anqing had lured him to an empty, dark training room, and the moment the lights were turned on, she held up a birthday cake she’d made herself, wishing him a happy birthday.

It was also that early morning when he had confided in her the puzzle of the note that had been troubling him.

The puzzle was really too difficult.

Meanwhile, urgent reports from Driver Wei Cheng continued to transmit over the radio communications channel:

“The Skyspace Aircraft has descended below 40,000 meters!

39,000 meters...

38,000 meters...

Director Huang!

Please provide me with the next steps!”

The situation was urgent.

The capture of the space-time particle was hanging by a thread!

They were about to miss the last chance!

Therefore, Chu Anqing didn’t waste any time at all.

After receiving the paper and pen from Gao Yang, she rushed to the unoccupied corner of the equipment cabin.

That was just below the stairway leading to the Mechanical Arm Cabin above.

With no one to see her there and no cameras around, it was a blind spot for all eyes.

She crouched down under the steel frame of the stairway, turned her back to everyone, and knelt on the ground.

Shh –

She tore off a bank-card-sized piece of the A4 white paper and placed it on the ground, then picked up the space pen with her gloved right hand.

Scratch scratch scratch...

Scratch scratch scratch...

Amid the faint sound of the pen on the paper, Chu Anqing quickly wrote two lines on the small note.

Then she folded it up.

Folding it twice, she pressed hard on the fold to make sure the note wouldn’t unfold or spring open, and that the writing inside wouldn’t be exposed.

She then rose from the ground and walked over to Lin Xian.

Her expression was somewhat moved.

Her eyes were flickering a bit.

But still, she bit her lower lip, swallowing many words, lifted her head, and looked straight into Lin Xian’s eyes:

“Senior Lin Xian, this is for you.”

Using two fingers, she held the folded note and solemnly handed it to Lin Xian.