Genius Club-Chapter 255 - 72: Copernicus

Ji Xinshui’s eyes widened, and his breath came in short gasps.

He stared incredulously at the dark red invitation on the table before him!

This...

This dark red cardstock,

This wax seal with its engraved pattern,

This is the unmistakable "Genius Club invitation"!

In his entire life, he had only glimpsed the Genius Club’s invitation once.

Just once.

And it was that single glance, that had haunted him for a lifetime and remained vividly in his mind to this very day!

Particularly that logo on the wax seal of the Genius Club... a right hand with the index finger extended straight towards the sky; this image had profoundly shaken him at that time, making him acutely aware of the mysterious club’s power, a power that scorned all else!

This symbol was his deepest secret for so many years.

No one else had ever spoken of it.

Even when Ji Lin had tried every trick in the book to extract the name "Genius Club" from him, he had never revealed the existence of this logo.

He himself had never dared to draw this image he had only seen once, instead, he buried it deep in his heart, dreaming about it night after night; it was his eternal aspiration.

And he had never expected...

Today,

To come across this seal again, in the most unbelievable place!

To see this—

The long-coveted—

Genius Club invitation!

It was the second time in his life that he saw this invitation...

And he was absolutely certain!

It was real! This was a genuine invitation!

Ji Xinshui raised his head excitedly.

His pupils shook violently, his face was filled with excitement, and he looked at Lin Xian in a fluster:

"Is... is it ’Copernicus’ who sent you... Yes, everything Copernicus said was right! I, I, I’ve done it! I’ve passed!"

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Copernicus?

At this moment, Lin Xian maintained his usual smile, yet felt a strange mix of familiarity and foreignness hearing this unexpected name.

Copernicus.

Was it the great astronomer Copernicus from history books?

Lin Xian mulled over the name inside.

It was so resounding, yet felt so distant and unreal.

Nicolaus Copernicus.

He was a famous astronomer and mathematician from Poland during the European Renaissance.

He was the proponent of the great "heliocentrism," an uncontested scientific genius in human history.

It was just a pity...

His knowledge and understanding were far too advanced for his time; until the day he died, the society controlled by the devotees who firmly believed in geocentrism never accepted "heliocentrism," which was a theory too progressive to be believed and even considered heretical.

As a result, Copernicus spent his later years in gloom, passing away with his "heliocentrism" having sparked not even a ripple.

It was not until 20 years after his death,

That another renowned scientist, Galileo, cautiously brought Copernicus’ "heliocentrism" to light.

But...

The dawn of understanding did not come with it.

No one still believed in heliocentrism, and in his later years, Galileo was sentenced to life imprisonment because of it.

Not until much, much later...

Did the popes finally acknowledge the correctness of "heliocentrism" and posthumously vindicated Galileo, hundreds of years after the fact.

Such tales sound incredibly fantastic now.

But in fact, before the eighteenth century, such occurrences were all too common and not at all rare.

The tragedy of great minds transcending their time is humanity’s greatest sorrow.

Countless pioneers, who should have shone like brilliant pearls, faced persecution or even death for proposing hypotheses ahead of their time in that stubborn and benighted era.

However...

Lin Xian’s thoughts quickly returned from his textbook memories.

Every student educated in compulsory education knows the story of Copernicus and "heliocentrism."

But the critical question now was...

Why would Ji Xinshui suddenly blurt out the name Copernicus?

Who does he mean by this Copernicus?

Could it possibly be the Nicolaus Copernicus who died a full five hundred years ago?

That would be utterly nonsensical...

It could practically be considered a paranormal ghost story.

But, this matter could be pondered more slowly later.

At least for now, his plan had succeeded.

The fact that Ji Xinshui became so flustered upon seeing the invitation proved that the counterfeit invitation fabricated by Huang Que had successfully deceived Ji Xinshui and lured him in.

That was Lin Xian’s plan...

As long as the invitation was not opened to read its contents, this fake invitation was no different from a real one.

Huang Que was already a member of the Genius Club, naturally possessing an actual invitation, which made forging as easy as copy-pasting.

A product from Huang Que was bound to be exquisite.

Lin Xian looked at Ji Xinshui with a smile.

Since the other party had taken the bait and fallen into the trap... he could confidently proceed with the next part of the plan.

...

As Lin Xian was briefly contemplating, Ji Xinshui’s wide eyes remained fixated on the Genius Club’s seal, staring at the embossed English words of the Genius Club on it, his expression shifting variously while still brimming with tears:

"I understand now, I truly understand... this is indeed a test! An examination!"

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He looked up, his demeanor entirely transformed from before, his gaze filled with respect and awe as he looked at Lin Xian:

"You are the final question! At the same time, you are also the final examiner!"

The current Ji Xinshui had completely seen the light!

The Genius Club.

It was his lifelong pursuit, his lifelong dream!

From the initial moment he saw Copernicus, he had always dreamed of becoming someone like him.

And now...

That moment had truly arrived!

The person who came to deliver the invitation was the last person he would have expected, someone who had disrupted history!