Chapter 554: The Theory of Time
A first-year appearing at the S-rank library area was absolutely a rare thing. The professors and researchers all had their suspicions, but they did not bother with him too much. Yet, when they occasionally heard Xiao Lin mumbling to himself, some of them could not hold back.
For instance, the fact that time could not be rewound was the same principle as the fact that the wall of time could not be broken. In the field, it was basically a universally-accepted theory. Xiao Lin could not help but let out a small laugh, even though he did not know which professor wrote that book; it was obvious that the theory had a ma.s.sive hole in it.
Coincidentally, a professor who researched time was next to him, and after glancing at the book Xiao Lin was reading, he asked curiously, “You can understand this book?”
“Somewhat.”
“That’s quite strange; even among graduates, there are few who can understand this book. You had a realization earlier?”
“Yes, the book is quite well-written, and the various explanations on time are very detailed, but there’s a little flaw,” Xiao Lin said, completely treating it as idle chatter.
As he said that, the man, who had a black shirt and thick gla.s.ses on immediately raised his voice, “A flaw? You said that there is a flaw in the book?”
“Yes, it’s not a big problem, but it’s just the theory that time can’t be rewound, but you can’t blame the author for that,” Xiao Lin explained.
“The fact that time cannot be rewound is something everyone on Planet Norma knows. I’ve researched time for over twenty years, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that theory!” the man argued, his head full of steam.
Xiao Lin looked around; their words had attracted the attention of others. He furrowed his eyebrows and said in frustration, “Even if that’s so, what does it have to do with you? Every reader can have their own understanding and views.”
“I’m sorry; I am the author of that book, and now you’re suspicious of my theory, so I obviously need to get an appropriate explanation.”
Xiao Lin was suddenly speechless. Even he did not expect that he would meet the author of a book he had just casually taken out from the drawer. He did not dwell on the problem, so he said, “FIne, forget what I said earlier. That’s just something I said while I was daydreaming. That’s it. Goodbye.”
Xiao Lin had already read most of the book, and he closed it and was preparing to leave. However, the man grabbed him; even though he was a researcher who looked into theory, anyone who could reach the level of a professor would have pretty good basic attributes. His hand had a lot of force behind it. Xiao Lin sighed and said, “What do you want?”
“Tell me clearly!” The man widened his eyes. “Tell me what is wrong with my theory, and don’t dismiss me.”
That put Xiao Lin in a difficult spot; he definitely could not say that he had changed history before, and that was during Atlantean times on Earth. He could not say that his own experiences had proven that theory false.
“No, you’re not wrong. It’s true. I just spouted some nonsense. I’m sorry, I still have cla.s.ses to attend, so please let me go.” Xiao Lin did not want to explain. Explaining would tax him mentally, and might even bring him more trouble.
However, the man had no intention of letting him go, which made Xiao Lin a little angry, and while the other party was not prepared, he suddenly entered his Ruin state. The sudden increase in his strength had caused the man to retreat in alarm. A small breeze could be felt in the narrow room, but two seconds later, Xiao Lin quickly deactivated his Ruin state and took the chance to flee.
When he got back to the dormitory, Xiao Lin looked for that book on the school’s internal Internet. Of course, there was no way to look at the contents of that book, but the basic information could still be found, such as information about the author.
Zhang Jieqiu, professor of time theory. One of the pioneers of the study of time at Dawn Academy. Dawn Academy never prioritized that field during the early days, so it has fallen behind the other academies in that regard. This professor has brought many theoretical systems to Dawn Academy.
In general, he really was a very capable person. Even the rare time-based spells had mostly been invented through his theories.
After reading that, Xiao Lin got a headache; men like him who obviously fervently and pa.s.sionately threw themselves in a subject were usually very stubborn. He did not want to interact with that man that much.
“You look very frustrated; do you need me to help you get rid of any information that can be used to find you?” A woman’s clear voice could suddenly be heard behind him.
Xiao Lin had always been alone in his dormitory, so with the sudden appearance of another person’s voice, every nerve in Xiao Lin’s body tensed. In the next second, he took out his Holy Sword from his spatial ring, and activated Miracle before entering his Ruin state.
Behind him, a girl in a white dress was floating in the air. Her bare and white feet were drifting around as her young face wore a teasing smile. “Your reactions are pretty quite quick, but it’s a pity that your actions were too slow. You used 2.5 seconds to retrieve your weapon and get ready for an attack. If I really was an enemy, that would have been enough time to deal with you.”
“It’s you!” Xiao Lin ignored the girl’s insults, sighing with relief before he withdrew his weapon.
“I bet you’ve already forgotten who I am.”
“The artificial intelligence, Bell, right? My memory isn’t that bad.”
“It’s ‘artificial lifeform’, not intelligence! Don’t keep making me correct your mistake!”
“Fine, fine, I got it,” Xiao Lin answered nonchalantly before curiously saying, “Hold on, I remember that you can only appear through virtual images, so how are you here?”
He tried to touch that girl’s arm, but his palm went right through it. She looked like a real person, but she obviously did not have a physical body.
“Hey! You pervert!” the girl muttered, her face looking aggrieved and irritated as she did. After that, she proudly explained. “In this academy, as long as I want to, I can appear anywhere.”
“So you mean that we’re being observed every second we’re here?” Xiao Lin could immediately tell what that meant.
“Don’t worry. unless it involves something sensitive in the academy, I don’t really care about all of you idling in your dormitories.” Bell understood Xiao Lin’s words differently.
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes, deciding not to continue with what that conversation could entail. He then asked, “You said you could prevent my information from being found? What do you mean?”
“That Professor Zhang from earlier could fervently be looking for your information.”