The lights were shining in the mountains and fields, and Ji Renrui, Director Lu and several of his subordinates were dealing with the aftermath. After the doctor's examination, Chu Tianle and Yu Leshui only had some minor injuries, and only scratched a few skins in the rolling of the wheelchair. The killer and the life-saving benefactor, Chu Tianle's biological father, were completely blown to pieces, leaving only a few slightly intact stumps. It can be seen that the ** wrapped around the killer's waist is powerful, and he came with the determination to die.

The frightened grass was tired of crying, and Sister-in-law Xu carried her back to the house and fell asleep. Tianle's mother sat near the scene, looking at the bloodstained place in distraction, and kept chanting:

"Tianle Daddy...... Le Er will recognize you...... His father...... Your daughter-in-law and granddaughter will recognize your ......"

Yu Leshui knew the origin of the matter from her scattered narrative.

In the afternoon of the same day, 73-year-old Tianle Dad walked up the mountain and came here. More than 40 years ago, when Tianle was terminally ill, he became a deserter. He went out to work and never had the face to return to his hometown. He was very unhappy in his life, and he never got married again. Now that he is old, he has long known that his son has become a world celebrity and a top genius, and he is very guilty and regretful. He always wanted to come to see his wife and son, but he didn't have the face, and he also knew that his wife was married to Mr. Ma and had a daughter. Not long ago, I learned that the whole universe is shrinking, and humanity has reached a dead end, and it is the discovery made by the son! He made up his mind that, no matter what, he wanted to see his two relatives in his lifetime.

When he came, Tianle's mother received him, but she was very troubled in her heart. Decades have passed, and Tianle's mother no longer hates him, after all, this is her own husband and Tianle's biological father. But would Tianle like to see him? Would you like to take him home? It should be possible in the nature of her son and daughter-in-law, but she must obtain the consent of her son and daughter-in-law in advance. The man knew why she was in trouble, and said with low self-esteem that he didn't want his son to recognize him, nor did he want to be accepted by them, but just wanted to come and see them. Now that he had seen his wife and granddaughter, he begged to call his son back and let him hide outside and take a look at him quietly, and then he would go down the mountain and not disturb them again.

So, Tianle's mother made that call. When his son was about to come back, Tianle's father wanted to hide out, Tianle's mother wanted to do this, let him avoid it, and let him come in after the mother and son had spoken thoroughly. Maybe he was hiding for a while and found the killer. Tianle's mother never saw the killer, and she didn't know when the killer touched it. Afterwards, the police found out his identity based on the killer's DNA and knew that his name was He Xing, 27 years old this year, a local, and married. He was originally a devout worshipper of Chu Tianle and Yu Leshui, and he had come here on foot twice to secretly admire the idol in his heart, so he was very familiar with the path here. He was studying hard to sign up for the qualifying exam for the crew of the next spaceship, but his spirit broke down when he suddenly learned that there was nowhere to run from the universe. Later, he used his professional knowledge to make his own vest**, quietly touched the mountain, lurked behind the tree, and waited to attack Chu Tianle.

Tianle's mother cried: "The two of them didn't say a word, and they didn't see each other in the end." ”

Ji Renrui's eyes were gloomy, and he gritted his teeth with hatred - he hated himself. "It's all my fault! I've anticipated the danger, arranged protection, and if it's just one day sooner, nothing will happen, I'm fucking damned! ”

Director Lu asked his subordinates to dig a grave in a secluded place nearby, and buried Tianle's father's stump in pieces. The killer's body was put in a plastic bag and handed over to his relatives. But it was inconvenient for the relatives to take it away, and after timidly asking the owner's consent, they were also buried nearby. Maybe Tianle's father's grave is also mixed with the remnants of the killer, this is a helpless thing, and the two can't be separated too clearly. Tianle's mother led her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter to make a memorial service in front of this tombless tomb. Chu Tianle and his wife bowed before the grave and said:

"Father, rest in peace."

Cao'er also saluted and said, "Grandpa, rest in peace." Grandpa is so brave. ”

Tianle's mother said: "Le Dad, you see, your son and daughter-in-law have recognized you, and your granddaughter has forgiven you." Now you can close your eyes. Le Dad, I have to confess to you in advance, and when I close my eyes, I have to accompany Mr. Ma, I can't take care of you, you can take care of yourself. ”

The people in the tomb were speechless.

On the way home, Cao'er asked strangely, "Mom, has this brave grandfather ever done anything bad?" Why do you say forgive him? ”

Yu Leshui touched her daughter's little head, "Cao'er, you'll understand when you grow up." ”

Ji Renrui immediately arranged a strong defense force for Chu Tianle. Lu Junding had retreated to the second line in Qi County, and he resigned from his position as a "deputy prefecture-level researcher" and took two of his subordinates to live in He's house. In the future, no matter where Chu Tianle went, there were two bodyguards with extraordinary skills standing beside him, and the gray-haired Lao Lu always glanced around the outer circle, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's falcon. Chu Tianle didn't like this tone, and he could even say that he had a headache. He pleaded with Ji Renrui many times, but Ji blocked it back in one bite, and there was no room for accommodation. Yu Leshui also likes the days of idle clouds and wild cranes, and does not like to be in the 24-hour staring, but thinking of the danger that her husband has encountered, she no longer disagrees.

2

On the second day of Chu Tianle's attempted assassination, the bad news came from Abikar. A Boeing 747 passenger plane from Shanghai Pudong to New York crashed and crashed in the center of the Pacific Ocean, leaving all the more than 300 passengers on board missing. The name of Ahmad Abikar is on the passenger list.

Ji Renrui immediately rushed to New York, where he would pay tribute to the deceased in his personal capacity and on behalf of the "Friends of Music" organization. When the passenger plane passed by the crash site reported in the news, Ji Renrui looked down at the sparkling sea under the white pale clouds, and his heart was full of pain. He thought that if he agreed to Abikar's proposal, Abikar would probably stay for half a day longer to discuss the specifics, so that he might not be able to catch the crashed flight. Of course, this self-blame is too harsh, and there is no direct causal relationship between the two. But another cause and effect relationship is clear and certain—it was his refusal to ruin the last karma of Abikar's life, and Aung above the Nine Heavens would not turn a blind eye.

Abikar's funeral hall is located at SCAC, and the funeral service is of a very high standard, which is compared to the treatment of the United Nations Secretary-General, and many heads of state have come in person. The condolences of the leaders were solemn and ritualistic, and as for the ordinary people and middle- and lower-level officials of the United Nations who came to mourn, Ji Renrui saw more heartfelt grief from them. Ji Renrui bowed in silence on the mourning hall, repeated his apologies to the senior in his heart, and then withdrew from the crowd. General Douglas of the SCAC stayed with him, and the general sighed and said:

"A great man is gone. Mr. Ji, maybe you're the last person to see him. ”

Ji Renrui knew that in the United Nations building, there were also some undercurrents of criticism in the mournful atmosphere, after all, Abikar's visit to the "Friends of Music" this time was not on official business, but a secret private trip. The latter-sentence of the general was certainly not unintentional. Ji Renrui said coldly:

"Yes, President Yu Leshui and I were the last people to see him. He made a special trip to meet me and wanted to move me to take over as Secretary General of the SCAC. "He's telling the truth, and of course he's not telling the whole story." Unfortunately, I didn't agree, and I explicitly refused to meet President Yu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left that day, and perhaps he would have avoided the disaster. Providence makes people. He sighed sadly, then added, "He told me that he didn't communicate to you beforehand. Because he reckons I'm not going to agree. He said, "If you can move me, I will recommend it to you." ”

Douglas said lightly: "Frankly, he has always been more assertive, and we are used to it. Mr. Ji, if you can take up the post of Secretary General of SCAC, of course, it will be undesirable. However, the Security Council has already revealed that it does not want to create this position again......"

"As I have already said, the 'Friends of Joy' have categorically rejected this offer, so there is no need to talk about it, and it is none of my business whether you have this position or not. It's just – Mr. Douglas, can you forgive me for being blunt? ”

"Mr. Ji, please speak up."

"Abikar went to me because he was worried that when he retired, SCAC would lose its current toughness, lose its vigorous execution, and become a talk club that takes turns to sit in the bank. Some people may say that he is too narcissistic, and I know that he is a strong and authoritarian person, which annoys many people. It's just that maybe you'll miss him after he's gone for a while. ”

Douglas looked at him and said dryly, "We're going to miss him now." Although he had some faults and often had some trouble with the SCAC Executive Committee, we all admitted that he was the real engine of SCAC, a 10,000-horsepower Caterpillar bulldozer. His tragic death is SCAC's heaviest loss, because no one has his inner strength, his prestige, tenacity, and toughness. But we will do our best, it is his cause, your cause, and ours. Mr. Ji, please rest assured, and please pass on these words to all the people of Friends of Joy. ”

His words made Ji Renrui's heart well up with a warm current, "Okay, thank you for your words." We look forward to maintaining good cooperation between the two sides. ”

The whip of God began to whizz at the headquarters of the "Friends of Joy" again. Ji Renrui said with an iron-clad face: Although the road ahead is already completely broken, we must also move forward! Squeeze out the last drop of potential to find a way to escape, so that you can find surprises along the way. Even if it still fails in the end, at least in the process of effort, the people will not go crazy out of despair!

The team that had stopped for a short time began to start again. The Academy of Friends of Music, as well as professional and amateur scientists from all over the world, are moving. Everyone first launched an attack on the "Chu Yi Pauli Discovery", but no one could overturn this theory, it was too hard, there was not a trace of gaps, and the repeated attacks on it proved its correctness more and more. So people changed the direction of their efforts, that is: on the basis of recognizing the "discovery of Chu Yi Paoli", they worked hard to find a way to move forward, and struggled to find life in the complete dead-end road.

On this day, Hawk Pauli, who had been living in seclusion on Renegg Island, suddenly called Ji Renrui and asked Ji Jichang and Kang Buming to be his assistants. Ji, Chu, Yu and the others were very pleased: it seemed that the hermit had an idea, and as long as this person moved, there was great hope. Ji Renrui immediately summoned his son. Ji Jichang smiled and said:

"That Bai Wuchang wants me to be an assistant? Accompany him bare-bottomed in the sun? ”

Ji Ren glared at him sharply, and Changchang was immediately silenced. He has always been used to being casual in front of his father, but seeing that his father has a bad temper today, he wisely dodged the gun. Ji Renrui said:

"He wants you to be an assistant, and that's a blessing for you. This person is a strange master in the scientific world, and even your Uncle Tianle admires him. ”

Chu Tianle next to him smiled and said, "Yes, I have always admired him." If you don't want to be his assistant, I'll go for you, as long as he agrees. ”

"Don't, I'll go, I'll go. But Daddy, I want Emma to go with me. ”

Yu Leshui teased him: "What, did you let her catch her, or did you catch her?" ”

Ji Jichang said with a smile, this is a profound philosophical proposition of the egg or the chicken, which is indescribable in one sentence. Ji Renrui thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you two can go." However, if Pauli still wants to be a 'celestial body,' be careful not to get in his way, so that he is still as free as he used to be. Geniuses are often eccentric, and perhaps in the 'celestial' state he has the quickest mind. ”

"No problem, Emma, that American girl, doesn't care about his bare ass."

Changchang left, and Ji Renrui called to inform Kang Buming, who was visiting the house, he didn't know what Pauli wanted an elderly science fiction writer to do, but he thought there was a reason for coming. Of course, to let the eighty-three-year-old Kang Lao be an "assistant", only a person like Pauli who does not understand the world can say it. However, this was not difficult for Ji Renrui, he changed his statement on the phone, saying that Pauli wanted to ask Kang Lao to be a "senior consultant" and asked Kang Lao's body if he could stand it. The promise over there was very refreshing:

"What's so unbearable about that, what can I do? It's nothing more than moving his mouth and talking nonsense to help him get some inspiration. Thank you Pauli for the lift, I'll be back tomorrow. ”

Kang Buming's visit to his home this time was because of his grandson's phone call. Twenty-year-old Kang Ping (the cow who was most attached to him when he was a child) said worriedly that some old ladies in the neighborhood were picking up their grandmother to go to Armenia these days. If they were traveling, that's a good thing, but what kind of mountain were they going to be on, the sacred mountain where Noah's Ark was anchored in Bible times. The Lord has told believers that when the universe falls, only there, the top of the hill where Noah's Ark rests, is the gateway to the new universe, and only the believers and blessed can be saved. Kang asked strangely:

"Your grandmother believes in this, too? She's not that kind of person. ”

"So, grandpa, you're no longer from our family." The grandson's words contained complaints, "You have been away from home for too long, grandma is too lonely, and when you are lonely, you have to seek spiritual comfort." In addition, when people are old, it is inevitable to be confused. In particular, even scientists believe that the universe is apocalyptic, and the 'Noah' that has already gone to the sky has nowhere to escape, let alone the common people? The old people in our family home, especially the old ladies, now talk about the Lord's oracle every day, and my grandmother can't believe it. Even many of my classmates at our university believe it. ”

"Niuniu, what about you?"

Niu Niu smiled and said, "I am too deeply influenced by you, an absolute atheist. But Grandpa, I'm about to lose my faith, because science I believe in can't save humanity. But grandpa, if you come to ideological education, try to persuade grandma first. The Ararat Snow Mountain is more than 6,000 meters high, and if a group of old ladies really go to climb the mountain, they will definitely leave the old bones there. ”

Kang Buming immediately went home. "Friends of Joy" is not far from his home, and he can go back by car. Although he is old, he can drive, but at a slower speed. When he got home, before he could interrogate, his wife said embarrassedly:

"What are you doing here, old man? Don't listen to. Su Fang and Feng Qin came to persuade me every day, but I agreed just for their face, and I didn't plan to go at all. ”

Niu Niu glanced at him, which meant that grandma's words could not be fully believed at this time. Kang Buming smiled and said: "It's okay to go if you want to, I'll accompany you on a trip, but you can only go to the foot of the mountain." With just our legs and feet, we can't climb the top of the 6,000-meter mountain anyway. ”

After dinner, Su Fang and Organ came immediately, they were worried that Kang Buming's return would make his wife change his hexagram, and they wanted to smash it, if they could talk about Kang Buming himself by the way, it would be more ideal. The two talked passionately in the living room, and Kang Buming couldn't help but sigh: Among the two, Su Fang used to be relatively sober, how can she be so pious now? Moreover, the theoretical level of these two old ladies has greatly improved, and they have quoted scriptures, such as: Noah's Ark anchored on the holy mountain of Ararat, there are many records in the Bible; It is also recorded in the clay tablets excavated in Nineveh, the world's earliest library, the capital of Assyria; In 1916, a Russian pilot saw the ark for the first time as he passed by the summit of Mount Ararat; In 1953, the famous explorer Navarre organized an expedition and found fragments of the ark on the top of the mountain, among other things. They never said why it was a gateway to a new universe, thinking that it was a matter of course for the Holy Mountain to have such a "saving function". They sincerely warned Kang that the end of the world was near, that the footsteps of death were clearly audible, and that hypocrites and unbelievers would soon be humiliated and suffered...... Kang's wife was a little embarrassed in the middle, neither agreeing nor opposing. In the end, Kang Buming said with a pleasant face: "What you said is very reasonable, I am also tempted, let's think about it and then say, okay?" Then he got up to see off the guests.

After the two guests left, the wife said, "I really won't go with them, don't worry." Then he complained, "You have been to the 'Friends of Music' for 20 years, and you should go home, what are the people in their eighties doing there?" Kang Buming said: "Okay, you are right, I was an idler there most of the time, and I should have come back a long time ago." I'll call tomorrow to say goodbye and accompany you on a trip for another honeymoon. But Mount Ararat is gone, let's change to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. ”

Before going to bed, Ji Renrui called and said that Pauli asked Kang Lao to be a senior consultant, Kang Buming readily agreed, and after agreeing, he was very sorry for his wife, and hurriedly turned around to explain:

"Don't worry, wife. That Pauli was just trying to get some inspiration from me, and I went and talked nonsense, and I came back in three days at most. ”

The wife pouted, "Then it's a word." Three days. If you don't come back in three days, I'll leave with Fengqin and them, and I won't come back as soon as I leave this time. ”

"Definitely, definitely. But you can relax a little bit and add the time back and forth, up to seven days. ”

Early the next morning, Kang Buming drove away. Seven days later, he did not return.

3

As Abikar had predicted, after the theory of the "total contraction of the universe" was tested, the United Nations did break off its cooperation with the "Friends of Joy" and devoted all its funds and manpower to its own projects. The first commercial hydrogen spacecraft, the Space Bug, was soon built, increasing its speed to Mach 1.8. It will provide raw materials for fusion power plants in countries around the world. This is a surprisingly lucrative business, because the faster-than-light spacecraft turned a trip to Jupiter into cheap intercity transportation, and Jupiter's hydrogen resources are extremely abundant, and they can't be used up in 100 million years, and there is no ** resource tax. Judging from this alone, human civilization has really taken a big step, and it has been accomplished in just over twenty years, and the boiling water of the cataclysm has indeed provoked the frog to jump hard—but unfortunately it has jumped into another, larger pot of water.

To use a no-name black humor: those science fiction writers who love to write about disasters are going to be collectively unemployed, because in reality they have hit the top disaster - there is no bigger pot of boiling water in the universe than the "collapse of the universe".

The hydrogen extraction industry will be monopolized by the "official family", just like the government-run coinage and salt industry in China's feudal society, and all profits will be handed over to the United Nations. This change is far-reaching, because for the first time, the United Nations has a stable and independent source of funding, no longer has to ask countries to pay their dues on time, and for the first time has the character of a political entity. After that, it will definitely be the development of space tourism. Opinions differ as to whether tourism should remain run by the government, with the prevailing opinion being that it should be left to the private sector, but that the United Nations should impose heavy taxes.

The first awning was also laid at the first Lagrange point of the solar-terrestrial gravitational system. At present, the increase in light has not yet reached the critical point of 5 parts per thousand, and this installation is only in the nature of a preliminary experiment.

So, although the frog is still in the second, larger pot of water, the water is not boiling at the moment, and the water is at the right temperature, so that it can live a small life with a good taste.

On the day of the maiden voyage of the "Cosmic Bug", the current chief executive committee of the SCAC, General Cao Dayuan of China, invited Ji Renrui to cut the ribbon together, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Halmahera launch site. At eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the two cut the ribbon and watched from the screen as the "cosmic bug" in the synchronous orbit burst out of a cloud of white light on its head, and then disappeared. It will travel to Jupiter at Mach 1.8 to extract hydrogen and return to Earth in a week – the main delay in the hydrogen extraction process.

The timing of the ribbon-cutting ceremony was deliberately chosen, and the awning at the first Lagrange point of the solar-terrestrial system was turned around (in fact, it should be said: the rotation of the earth turned the area into the shadow of the awning), turning the scorching equatorial sunlight into a warm vein. Due to the location of the awning, it only acts as a subtraction for direct sunlight, and as the Earth rotates, this subtraction acts evenly on the Earth's regression zone.

This kind of occasion is indispensable for reporters to interview, Xinhua News Agency reporter asked Admiral Cao:

"On the occasion of the maiden voyage of the 'Cosmic Bug', please talk about the historical significance of this maiden voyage of the Admiral."

Admiral Cao smiled and said, "It's a cliché, but I'll say it again." As we all know, hydrogen is the most abundant and basic energy source in the universe, and all energy in the universe, including light energy, fission energy, chemical energy, etc., can be traced back to the fusion energy of hydrogen, except for gravitational energy. Now, with the mature hydrogen fusion technology and the wormhole spacecraft, it is as convenient to go to Jupiter to collect hydrogen as to fetch water from the river outside the village. And at the current and predictable level of human energy consumption, a single shipment of liquid hydrogen would be enough for all mankind for a year! Humans are accustomed to living a poor life, and now they have suddenly become energy rich, and they really don't know how to spend their money. At the same time, hydrogen is the cleanest energy source, and the pollution of the earth will be reduced. What a brilliant prospect this is, human civilization is in an unprecedented heyday, and it is several orders of magnitude higher than the previous one! If it weren't for ......," he looked up, made a gesture to heaven, and said, "I don't want to say anything bad about today's festive occasion, so I'll stop there." It is hoped that with the incomparably abundant financial resources that mankind already possesses, there will soon be a breakthrough in science, and it will still be able to find a way out of complete despair. ”

The reporter smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency, your answer is full of the straightforwardness of a soldier." Does Mr. Ji of 'Friends of Joy' have something to say to the people? Everyone knows you as the famous whip of God. ”

Ji Renrui said briefly: "I will do my best to continue to spur the 'Friends of Music' forward." As we all know, the 'Friends of Joy' have taken the lead in making many breakthroughs over the years, including this latest Chu Yi Pauli discovery, which is an important step forward despite its bad news. ”

General Cao heard what he was saying, looked at him, and didn't say anything.

At the end of the ceremony, the two took General Cao's special plane back to China. The plane flew out of the range of the awning, and the mild sunlight immediately became dazzling, and the attendants pulled down the sunshades of the portholes. The general said:

"Brother Renrui, I know you have something to say. Just open it up. ”

Ji Renrui asked sharply: "Does the United Nations really want to stop the cooperation and financial support with the 'Friends of Music' from now on?" ”

The general smiled mildly and said, "How can it." But in the current situation, where all escapes have been cut off, we can only temporarily retract our tentacles, and first pick up our snail shell, so that it can last as long as possible. Because I think it's unlikely that we'll be able to find a new way to escape in a short period of time. ”

Ji Renrui agreed, "Yes, with fusion technology and wormhole hydrogen extraction spacecraft, human snail life can be quite comfortable, and you can be drunk and dream of death for two hundred years, so why bother with the sky falling in the future." General Cao laughed at his mean words. However, you won't forget where these two technologies came from – they were forced out in an effort to flee. He looked at the general, "The SCAC has provided astronomical grants to the 'Friends of Joy,' and we are mindful of that. However, the wormhole spacecraft technology is provided by us for free, and I think that alone will be enough to compensate for your investment. Or will we take back the wormhole technology, monopolize the hydrogen extraction industry, and then sell liquid hydrogen to other countries at a high price? ”

General Cao laughed, "It's late! You didn't apply for a patent beforehand, and it's too late to regret it. Then he turned to a straight face, "Brother Renrui, let me say something from the bottom of my heart: despite Abikar's death, SCAC will not interrupt its long-term and effective cooperation with Friends of Joy, but has made some adjustments in its focus. And – this is also a mild protest against the 'Friends of Joy'. The last time you announced the new Chu Yi Paoli discovery without informing us, you caught SCAC off guard. Ji Renrui was silent about this. General Cao looked at him, "I know that there are also different opinions within the 'Friends of Joy', and you are strongly opposed to rashly announcing it to the public. Now that it's over, let's not talk about it, we have to turn the page and look forward together. ”

"Good, look ahead. Thank you for your wisdom. ”

The general continued: "There are also differences of opinion within the SCAC and the United Nations – for example. I share your opinion, even though the situation seems completely hopeless, we have to move forward, desperately forward! Only by continuing to move forward will there be unexpected breakthroughs, as Magellan did, as we once did. We can't passively shrink into a snail's shell, even if it's comfortable at the moment. ”

"Thank you very much for your attitude. Why don't we make a secret agreement? ”

"Okay, secret, public. Our agreement is that you will strongly spur the 'Friends of Joy' to continue to move forward and make several more big breakthroughs for humanity. Once you find a new path, even if it's just a mirage, I can convince this side to continue to provide strong financial support. ”

The two smiled and shook hands tightly, as if they had signed and sealed the secret agreement.

Just a month later, Hawker Bubble had a new idea, and he asked for an immediate discussion, to which the Friends of Joy leadership happily agreed. The meeting was still presided over by Ji Renrui, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he looked at the participants. There are already many familiar faces missing from the venue, including the deceased Ma Lao, Alex and his wife who left the earth, He Zizhou, Barrow, James, etc. But at the same time, many new faces have been added, most of them are under the age of thirty, most of them once belonged to the Noah faction established by He Zizhou, and now Ji Jichang is the new leader. They may be more sensitive and passionate, but in general, they have not yet reached the level of the older generation of "Friends of Music" scientists, and Chu Tianle has long expressed concern about this. Ji Renrui leaned down and whispered a few words to Chu Tianle in a wheelchair, and then said:

"Let's get started."

Pauli has always been reluctant to speak, and today he also handed over his assistant Ji Jichang as the keynote speaker. He himself sat casually in the back row, looking out the window, as if today's events had nothing to do with him. Emma was beside him, holding his arm affectionately, leaning on top of him, like a father and daughter. Ji Jichang walked to the screen and made an opening remark first:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Chu Yi Pauli found that it showed a completely hopeless picture of the universe. The only way to break this dilemma is to use a completely new approach, no matter how deviant it may be. The plan I'm going to talk about next was proposed by Mr. Pauli, but it was actually inspired by a science fiction novel by Mr. Kang Buming, "Bubbles," he nodded to Mr. Kang on the other side. "In the past two days, we have also had an in-depth discussion with Kang Lao, so please ask him to say a few words first." He added, "I heard that at the first meeting of the Old Frontier Ridge, Mr. Kang said that one or two of the hundred times of nonsense by science fiction writers may be right, and it is the germ of a valuable idea, and I think it is. For example, Jupiter's hydrogen extraction, which has become a reality, was predicted in a science fiction novel thirty years ago. ”

Eighty-three-year-old Kang Buming has gray hair and age spots on his face, but he is still in good spirits. He smiled and said, "But I'm ashamed, I never predicted the collapse of the universe, nor did I predict the faster-than-light wormhole flight technology. Even the idea that Mr. Pauli proposed this time is basically at the level of nonsense in my novel, that Pauli found such a grain of golden sand from a large pile of gravel and carefully washed it out. So I don't have anything to brag about, so I'll give the microphone back to Changchang. ”

Ji Jichang took the microphone and officially began his discussion:

"As we all know, our universe is not a flat space, it is distorted by the mass and energy it contains. A well-known phenomenon – the light of a distant star bends as it passes near a galaxy cluster, turning it into a virtual image of multiple stars – is a classic example of local spatial distortion caused by a galaxy cluster. Extreme distortion can also cause local space to close itself off and separate from our universe, which is called a black hole. The above is a generally accepted theory, but Mr. Kang has further elaborated on it in his novel. He said that the black hole was not completely separated from the parent universe — otherwise it would not have remained in its original position and continued to affect its original space with its gravitational pull and particle evaporation. Mr. Kang said that this is because the closure of black holes is a kind of 'brute force closure', which tears apart the original three-dimensional space with strong gravitational pull, leaving wounds that cannot be healed, and it is through these wounds that the black hole maintains a broken connection with the original universe. So, is there a way to use the method of 'non-brute force closure' to easily and completely separate a small universe from the old universe? Like children blowing bubbles and blowing a closed spherical world with a light breath? He suddenly thought of something and made a gesture to Chu Tianle, "Ah, I remember, this is Uncle Chu's strength, I heard that he has been obsessed with blowing bubbles since he was a child." ”

Everyone smiled knowingly, and Chu and his wife couldn't help but smile at each other - thinking of their first meeting. Only Pauli in the back row remained expressionless.

The above is the content of Mr. Kang's novel, and the following is the development of Mr. Pauli. In Mr. Kang's novel, he proposes to use converging lasers to separate the baby universe, which is completely a child-level fantasy - Grandpa Kang, these are the original words of Mr. Pauli, don't blame me for being disrespectful. ”

Kang Buming smiled and said, "I know Pauli's stinky mouth, you can go on." ”

"It's a childlike fantasy because that little bit of energy is far from enough to cause extreme distortion of space to close itself off. I won't say much about this, but I want to say that after nearly a decade of technological explosion, we already have a very good way to blow out cosmic bubbles, but we don't even realize it! ”

He glanced at everyone with a blazing gaze, and the participants were all quick in their thinking, and many people suddenly realized after a moment of stunned and nodded slightly. Chu Tianle also nodded happily, and his admiration was beyond words.

"Yes, it seems that everyone has already thought of it - the stimulation of the vacuum hole, the basic technology on which the wormhole flight is based. This stimulated vacuum is called 'second-order vacuum' in academic terms. There was a whisper below, and Ji Jichang turned to the speaker, "Yes, you are right, since it is named a second-order vacuum, there may be a higher-order vacuum." But that's for later, so let's not talk about it today. Our current use of wormhole technology is to continuously dig in a dense vacuum, dig a continuous wormhole, and make the space and the spacecraft in the space glide unpoweredly along the long hole of this second-order vacuum. So, what if instead of making wormholes develop in a one-dimensional direction, we connect multiple simultaneously excited wormholes into a closed sphere? Undoubtedly, this 'empty' sphere will enclose a small spherical space, like a worm hollowing out all the flesh around the peach pit, separating the peach pit from the peach. ”

At this time, the young scientist Masaharu Komatsu happily interjected: "Then it will easily separate a small universe and let it close itself due to its own tension!" Thinking about it, he added, "And it won't leave a wound in the old universe!" Thinking about it, he said, "It's like a bubble blown by Mr. Chu!" ”

The crowd laughed, and the atmosphere immediately livened up. Ji Jichang nodded to the host and said happily: "Yes, this is the idea of Mr. Pauli, it can be called a baby universe." I just used the hollowed out kernel as a metaphor for it, but you should pay attention to an important difference: the peach pit is still trapped in the flesh after separation, but the baby universe will disappear from the original universe and enter the new universe after it closes itself, or, perhaps, it may expand into a new universe itself. ”

Attendees begin to whisper to those around them or immerse themselves in deep thought. After a while, Ji Renrui made everyone quiet and said with a smile: "It seems that you have understood, but I am illiterate, so I have to ask two more questions." Changchang, you say that this baby universe will be completely separated from the daddy universe, do you mean that it is completely unknowable to us? ”

"Yes. 'Information is incomprehensible' is the basic definition of the discretion of the universe. ”

"So, how do we know that there is a baby universe that has been successfully separated?"

"It can be done indirectly. For example, pre-place a block of radium with strong radiation in the space we intend to separate, and then maintain telemetry of it from a safe distance. If the radiation suddenly disappears after excitation, then of course it disappears with the space it is in. ”