I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 592 - 583: Bewitchment_2

He Xiuyu thought that if he didn’t ask, Chen Tianliang would be stuck wondering for who knows how long. It wasn’t that he disliked the man; he simply didn’t have much time.

Chen Tianliang looked at He Xiuyu and finally began to speak slowly. "Chief Engineer He, do you believe that time can travel backward?"

He Xiuyu was initially taken aback, as he hadn’t expected Chen Tianliang to ask such a question.

He smiled, "Such a question involves many factors, it’s not as simple as believing or not believing."

Chen Tianliang got up from the sofa and started pacing back and forth in the room. Ordinarily, he was a calm and composed person, but at that moment, he couldn’t sit still because the statement he was about to make was utterly bizarre. He had gathered enough courage to speak. freēnovelkiss.com

"Chief Engineer He, I’ll get straight to the point. Do you remember when I first joined the inspection team and encountered you and Comrade Qiao Qingyu halfway to Xichuan?"

He Xiuyu paused for a moment to remember, then nodded. "I remember."

"...During that trip, I fell asleep in the car and then I dreamed about many things from the future." As Chen Tianliang spoke, his eyes displayed both eagerness and confusion. "You might think I’m spouting nonsense here, but I’m speaking the truth. I remember many of those visions quite clearly. You—Chief Engineer He, the foremost scientist in China—you invented a machine that could traverse time and space..."

He Xiuyu’s demeanor turned serious and his eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Brother Chen, don’t you think that’s an absurd dream?"

A machine that traveled through time and space—if such a research project succeeded, it couldn’t possibly be common knowledge. Such research would definitely need to be carried out in secret. How could Chen Tianliang know about it if it were real?

Moreover, He Xiuyu wasn’t in doubt of his own capabilities, but he thought that researching time and space travel was unnecessary at present.

His goals lay elsewhere, which meant he wasn’t likely to spend a lifetime on such a scientific endeavor.

To his knowledge, many were secretly conducting this kind of research. The purpose was merely to unlock the mysteries of the universe, ultimately aiming to make people’s lives more efficient and usher in the era of technology.

The ultimate purpose of technology should still be to serve humanity, not without conditions or limitations.

It can’t be said that everyone harbors the thought of returning to the past, but it can certainly be assumed that more than 90% of people have harbored some form of regret over their past years.

If such a machine really were invented, the implications for the world would be unimaginable. The desires to mend, to save, to change—even the desire to become overnight billionaires...

It wouldn’t be a beneficial scientific outcome. Even if discovered, it certainly would not be made public.

That could lead to the collapse of social order, and with the collapse of social order, humanity might not be far from extinction.

Such a basic truth should be understood by anyone with a semblance of intelligence.

"I’ve always thought it was an absurd dream, yet occasionally I still dream of such episodes; they seem so real." Chen Tianliang paused and then looked intently at He Xiuyu. "I don’t know whether you are conducting this research, but I can tell you this much: you will be much younger when you invent the machine that travels through time and space, only about seven or eight years older than you are now, you..."

He Xiuyu interrupted Chen Tianliang, asking sternly, "Brother Chen, even if such research existed, in what capacity would you be privy to it?"

Chen Tianliang was momentarily taken aback, his brow furrowed.

Indeed, how could he have known about it? Initially, he had some memory of it, but then it faded.

He was sure, however, that he indeed knew about it.

"I don’t know what I did in the world of my dream, of course it wouldn’t be my current job, but you know about my family connections, so if necessary, it’s still possible to find out..."

He Xiuyu softened his tone and spoke gently, "Brother Chen, whether it’s a dream or even if you foresaw the future, if it’s really researched then it needs to remain classified and not be known to outsiders. However, I can assure you, Brother Chen, that we are currently not conducting this kind of scientific research."

There are simply too many things he wanted to do.

Now, the situation has just begun to improve, but we still have a long way to go to catch up with developed countries. Not to speak of leading or keeping pace, but just reducing the gap requires the dedication and hard work of countless people.