Genius Club-Chapter 611 - 25: Zhao Yingjun and the Young Girl (Monthly Ticket Bonus Add-On!)_3

"Speaking of that,"

Lin Xian suddenly remembered the rainy night when he first met Huang Que in Zhao Yingjun’s office.

Back then, Huang Que’s eyes were indeed brighter than they are now but only to a certain extent, definitely not as bright as a girl assassin or a space-time assassin.

The eyes of the space-time assassin were as bright as LED lights, just like those exaggerated anime contacts you’d see at comic conventions, the kind that come with their own illumination.

Actually, being that bright, it should have already affected normal life, right?

"Liu Feng."

Lin Xian called out to Liu Feng, busy with his experiment, and asked:

"What do you think the blue glow in Huang Que’s eyes, as well as those of the other space-time travelers, actually signifies? Is it possible that it’s like the brightness of space-time particles, not only representing the length of time they have left but also like a battery indicator, representing the strength, amount, or perhaps the level of energy within their bodies?"

"I always feel like my description sounds like I’m talking about robots. But the way Huang Que’s eye glow changes really does remind me of a robot, like a battery indicator light."

"Suppose there’s another space-time traveler out there, let’s call her Red Que or Green Que, and her eyes are several times brighter than Huang Que’s, as bright as blue light bulbs. In that case... what do you think such brightness signifies?"

Liu Feng stopped the experimental equipment in his hand.

Lifted his head.

Looking at the ceiling thoughtfully.

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"Hmm...,"

he pondered:

"This is hard to say, because Huang Que herself hasn’t shown any supernatural abilities, has she? She’s just someone who knows a bit more, a bit more enigmatic, that’s all. She doesn’t have any superpowers, nor does she have any energy-draining special moves. So... I think maybe the eye color is just a pure indicator of remaining time?"

"After all, the reason space-time travelers’ eyes turn blue is because of space-time exclusion, right? I remember you saying that you thought the blue eyes were due to space-time itself rejecting these foreign entities, and also instinctively detecting danger, so they specifically turn the opponent’s eyes blue to alert creatures from this time to be careful."

"When I first heard your analysis on the skyspace aircraft, I thought you were thinking too fancifully. But after thinking it over carefully... it might not be impossible! This exists in the animal kingdom and even in human genetics; it’s called the alertness amplification response."

"It manifests specifically like this: for example, humans find the smell of cooked pork, roasted beef, or stewed lamb very fragrant, but find the smell of roasted human flesh extremely nauseating and pungent. In fact, from a physics standpoint, there’s no particularly distinctive difference between these smells; even to a dog, they’re all pretty much the same."

"This is the innate alertness amplification response in humans, which is extremely sensitive to and repelled by the scent of their own kind being harmed, thereby also sensing danger and fleeing from it. So if we consider space-time’s innate alertness, then the change to blue, glowing eyes... is really too ingenious!"

Liu Feng smacked his lips, marveling:

"Do you know where the ingenuity lies? The eyes are sensory organs for light; they must be exposed in order to see, so there is no possibility of hiding. You might say, you can wear sunglasses or colored contacts... That’s true, it can cover up some color, but it would also indirectly affect the field of vision."

"Now, let’s get back to your question. If there are other transmigrators and their eye colors are much brighter than Huang Que’s! It means that even if they wear sunglasses or colored contacts, they can’t hide the brightness. It’s okay during the day, but once it’s night, people with eyes as bright as light bulbs are simply unable to hide; wherever they go, they would be the first to catch the eye, the first to be discovered."

"So... I think, if there really is a space-time traveler whose eyes are very blue and intensely bright, to the point that they can’t be ignored, then from the perspective of space-time’s innate reaction, it could only mean one thing—"

Liu Feng turned back to look at Lin Xian, his expression serious: Read the latest on novelbuddy

"[It means that this particular space-time traveler is extremely dangerous! That’s why space-time exclusion has adjusted the brightness of their eyes so high, just like cooked human flesh, to alert people from afar to detect the crisis and quickly flee.]"

...

Lin Xian twirled the water pen he had picked up from the experiment table, watching it spin between his fingers.

Liu Feng’s understanding was intriguing.

Linking brightness with danger levels, saying that the space-time exclusion instinct deemed this space-time assassin very dangerous, hence the extreme brightness of her eyes.

This was indeed a novel interpretation.

He had always believed it was linked to energy.

When the opportunity arose, he would definitely study this further to see what exactly the brightness of the space-time travelers’ blue eyes was related to.

Knowing oneself and the enemy is the key to winning every battle.

Lin Xian then turned his head to glance at the Space-Time Clock on the central experiment table.

As usual.

It was still displaying the quiet eights zeroes, 0.0000000.

"Hope it changes soon,"

Lin Xian murmured.

"I hope so too,"

Liu Feng spread his hands:

"It’s only when it changes that we can continue our research into the cosmological constant and space-time coordinates for further breakthroughs."

"But... when exactly is this thing going to change? It must take some earth-shattering, pivotal event that affects the course of space-time’s future, right?"

Lin Xian nodded:

"Don’t worry, it’ll be soon."

The swirling water pen came to a sudden halt between his fingers; he deftly flicked his wrist—