Did the world end today?

Chapter 146 Humanity's Desperate Situation

After waking up in bed, Lin Xu fell into a long daze.

He vaguely sensed that he had grasped the so-called "truth of the apocalypse".

However, we still cannot explain the essence behind this "phenomenon".

Clearly, he entered a universe completely unfamiliar to humankind through a higher-dimensional channel.

Within that space, all the physical rules known to humankind are likely in chaos.

Gravity? Confusion.

That's why those spaceships were instantly compressed into spherical shapes.

Electromagnetic force? Confused.

The change in the fine structure constant inside the matter caused the spacecraft to disintegrate directly into a gaseous state.

Thermodynamics fundamentals? Confusing.

That's why the temperature on the landing ship he was on rose so rapidly, and that's why he felt a bone-chilling cold before he died.

Even the mass-energy equivalence equation is chaotic.

This is probably the reason for the nuclear thermal engine explosion?
shit
How to fight this?
Tell me how to play this?

Honestly, if the so-called doomsday is just a spacetime disorder caused by an "abnormal gravitational region" that triggers secondary disasters, even if this thing is connected to a higher-dimensional channel, Lin Xu feels that everything is still salvageable.

After all, it's a span of twenty years. Who knows, humanity might be able to unify the four fundamental forces, solve the Grand Unified Equation, freely manipulate the laws of the universe, and become the master of the universe within 20 years?
Although the hope is slim, there is still hope.

But now?

If even the basic rules of the universe are wrong, and the laws of nature are chaotic, then what is the point of human exploration?
All knowledge can only confine humanity to a corner of the world.

But this "corner" is destined to be destroyed.
This is a truly desperate situation.

What's even more absurd is that the "truth" he had been searching for seemed to be completely irrelevant from beginning to end.

Is the end of Mars really the end of the world?

no!
Judging from the monitoring matrix of Project Skyfire, this thing seems to be just an exit!

You could even say it's just a sewage pipe!
Chaotic rules from another universe were transmitted to our tiny solar system through a higher-dimensional channel, and then, humanity was easily destroyed.

It may not even come from any form of "malice".

It was nothing more than a "disaster" in the natural development of the universe.

Such disasters may be happening every moment in every corner of the universe.

How to do?
Lin Xu frowned deeply.

Humanity in the "Starship Age" proposed three action plans.

Two of them are related to "survival," and one is related to "information."

The escape plan from higher dimensions has nearly failed, but
Is there another option to develop for the active channel solution?

If humans can actively widen passageways, why can't they actively close them?

If the disaster was originally an aftershock that traveled from a region of chaotic order to the solar system via a higher-dimensional channel...
Theoretically speaking, if all higher-dimensional channels are sealed off, the solar system could be saved from disaster, right?

you can!

In an instant, all the chaotic thoughts and chaotic attempts shrank to a single point.

Lin Xu instantly realized what was happening.

The next time Lin Xu entered the bracelet world, he knew what he had to do.

He rushed to the desk and solemnly wrote down four characters.

[Closed passage]

The premise for closing the passage is
[Understanding the Channel]

Humanity in the Starship Age used their entire world to conduct a trial and error process for their past selves 20 years ago, eliminating an answer that was destined to be wrong.

So what I need to do is use this last hour to try to optimize the only promising solution.

The results obtained there will feed back into the real world, allowing that "real world" to move toward its goal at an even faster pace.

Plan passes.

It was already midnight, and Lin Xu didn't stay up any longer; he went straight to sleep.
The next day was a workday, and Lin Xu was woken up by his alarm clock at 8 a.m.

He was still a little drowsy. He raised his hand to look at the bracelet, and the number on it had barely recovered to "1".

He originally intended to enter the bracelet world again to figure out the key points of the "Active Channel Project".

But then I realized there wasn't enough time.

I have to fly to Chang'an today!
The high-dimensional channel will appear the day after tomorrow. We need to arrive in Chang'an in advance to make preparations for humanity's first "matter transformation experiment"!
After a quick wash and breakfast, Lin Xu took Jiang Xingye in a private car straight to the airport to board a chartered plane to Chang'an.

The process was the same as last time, and the plane was filled with relevant experts and scholars.

However, since Wang Yifan wasn't there, no one introduced them, and Lin Xu didn't recognize any of them either.

Fortunately, he and Jiang Xingye were seated in first class, which avoided unnecessary embarrassment.

He hadn't had much rest to begin with, so he put on an eye mask and planned to go straight to sleep.

But just then, footsteps sounded behind them.

Then, a man wearing glasses and a loose-fitting shirt that appeared to be made of cotton or linen walked in.

Lin Xu glanced at him twice, feeling that his face looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen it before.

The man clearly recognized Lin Xu—he must have seen intelligence and information related to Lin Xu beforehand.

Unlike other scholars, he didn't show much special behavior. He simply nodded to Lin Xu in greeting and then sat down in his seat to read quietly.

Lin Xu glanced at it; the book was entirely in Russian, and he couldn't understand a single word.

As the plane began to taxi, Lin Xu put on his eye mask, intending to take a nap, when his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

He took out his phone and saw that Jiang Xingye had sent a message.

Jiang Xingye:
Do you know who this person is?

Lin Xu:

"Who? Do you know them?"

Jiang Xingye:
"Zhang Liming works on heavy ion experiments. He started at RHIC and later moved to the ALICE project. He was in Europe for a long time and only returned to China two years ago."

"He is the youngest chief scientist in this field and will soon be transferred to Lanzhou to take charge of the HIRFL laboratory."

Lin Xu:

"??? How do you know everything? Where did you get this information from?"

Jiang Xingye:
"Are you stupid? His name is on his work ID; I just looked it up online."

Lin Xu:

"Damn, I can't even see his work ID from this angle."

"What's wrong with him? Is there anything unusual about him?"

Jiang Xingye:
"There's nothing special about him, except that many of his statements are quite outrageous."

"To put it bluntly, he's a bit eccentric." "He mainly works on quark-gluon, but you know, many of the articles he publishes are practically charlatanic."

"And he's a believer in Taoism, isn't that outrageous?"

"He was also disciplined for this, but he made significant contributions to the ALICE project and his technology was cutting-edge, so it was eventually dropped."

Lin Xu:

"???"

"Are you kidding me? A research institute specializing in high-energy physics has a religious community? What kind of ridiculous high-tech novel setting is this?"

Jiang Xingye:
"Who knows, he's pretty weird anyway."

"I just found some news about him online. Do you know what the British call him?"

"The Tao of Higgs".

"That's really interesting—why don't you want to go say hello?"

Lin Xu:

"Never mind. I don't understand high-energy physics either."

"Go to sleep! I didn't sleep well last night, I need to catch up on some sleep."

Jiang Xingye:
"Is it because there's no one around? Shall I squeeze in with you?"

Lin Xu rolled her eyes at Jiang Xingye next door, put down her phone, and ignored her.

At this point, the aircraft had entered the taxiing phase, and the flight gradually became stable.

Lin Xu was already a bit tired, and he fell asleep in the blink of an eye.

The sound of the airplane was very loud. He kept dreaming that he was trapped in a Martian dust storm, and even though Jiang Xingye was right in front of him, he couldn't reach him no matter what.

Suddenly, he felt someone pull him, and he instantly regained consciousness.

When I took off my blindfold and opened my eyes, believe it or not, someone was actually pulling me.

It's Zhang Liming.

He seemed to have just come back from the restroom, and because of the turbulence on the plane, he lost his balance and instinctively reached out to steady himself.

"excuse me."

Zhang Liming smiled apologetically at Lin Xu, then naturally extended his hand.

"Lin Xu, Engineer Lin, right?"

"I am Zhang Liming, nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you."

Lin Xu, slightly bewildered, grasped Zhang Liming's hand. The latter sat back down in his seat, but then turned to Lin Xu and asked:

"Professor Lin, you were the one who proposed the quantum spacetime foam explanation for high-dimensional channels, right?"

what?
Did I suggest it?
Lin Xu always felt that Zhang Liming seemed a little out of touch with the situation.

I did report relevant clues about quantum spacetime foam to the high-energy physics research group led by Wang Yifan, but this thing...
It was verified by experiments 20 years from now!

What does this have to do with me?

You don't want to discuss the rationale behind this with me, do you?

Thinking of this, Lin Xu decisively shook his head and said:

"It wasn't my idea."

"I was just citing some experimental results that have already been verified."

"so."

Zhang Liming nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"So that means this theory is actually correct?"

"It is theoretically correct—at least based on the clues we have so far, it should be correct."

Lin Xu's answer was very conservative.

Because he didn't know what Zhang Liming wanted to ask.

But just as he was puzzled, Zhang Liming suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he suddenly lowered his head and said in a low voice:
"Blessings and blessings are immeasurable."

Good guy.

You truly believe!
Lin Xu was both amused and exasperated, and was about to continue explaining when Zhang Liming spoke up first.

"Professor Lin, do you know which theory the quantum spacetime bubble theory will ultimately lead to?"

"Cosmic inflation".

"The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three. Sorry, sorry."

"What I'm trying to say is that if we had a basic Higgs-like field as a scalar field, inflation theory could be solved."

"Not only can the theory of inflation be solved, but the observation of quantum spacetime bubbles may even explain the problem of local inflation."

"This can completely explain the unevenness of the universe, and it can also explain why the objects we see returning from higher-dimensional channels now exhibit a disorder of the four fundamental forces."

"Because these things may have already passed through higher-dimensional channels and reached another locally inflated universe with 'chaotic rules'."

"But this theory is too radical; I need it."

"wait."

Lin Xu raised his hand to interrupt Zhang Liming.

Is the universe uneven?

The rules are all messed up?!

Are you kidding me? ?

I encountered this problem just last night!

And today, you're giving me this assumption???

What do you mean?
I took a plane and pulled out a gold card?
He stared at Zhang Liming in disbelief, and after a long while, he finally asked:
"So, what do you need me to do for you?"

"I need you to help me verify this theory. I need to know whether this universe is truly like that."

"no need."

Lin Xu interrupted Zhang Liming again.

"I have verified that the universe is indeed uneven."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Liming stood up abruptly.

His lips trembled slightly.

Then, he asked:
"Are you serious??"

(End of this chapter)