The hall was awkwardly crowded with participants of different civilizations, and the multi-layered ring-mounted conference table was jumbled with simultaneous interpretation collars and mapping helmets—clearly disrupted by the restless feet of the red-faced Lave civilization scholar on the table.

"It's just nonsense," a shrill questioning voice came from the adaptive helmet, and a roar carrying a metallic reverb made everyone in the dome room uncomfortable, "If the universe is an atom, then why don't all civilizations observe the civilization of another universe when observing microscopic particles that are much smaller than atoms?" ”

"That's why we talk about the existence of a high-dimensional universe," Avesu, who had been silent for a long time, motioned to the restless Lave civilization quantum communications scientist Jerle to calm down, "Of course you can see the inside of one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional atoms, but what about four-dimensional and higher-dimensional ones?" You have no way of knowing, unless you, Lave, can put the development of the Quantum Universe Scope on the agenda as soon as possible, so that we can get a glimpse of the true face of the high-dimensional universe. Vesus pushed his eyes against the table, his limbs curled, the scales rustling across his body.

Jair understands that Avesu is still worried about the unilateral withdrawal of the 000-year-old Lave civilization from the cosmic scope project, which led to the miscarriage of the plan, but it is a little biased to blame the fault of the people above, Jair put his feet on the table and said jokingly: "Even if we really live in your so-called 'atomic universe', then how do you explain the expansion and stillness of the original universe?" Did the intelligent Cal civilization already think that atoms could grow and shrink with garbage and consumption like their natural satellites? "Cal's behavior of dropping garbage into its two natural satellites has been ridiculed by Lave civilization, which has stable black hole garbage disposal technology.

"If you can study the basic theory of the multidimensional universe, you will naturally know that black holes are the best passage from the civilization of the three-dimensional universe to the high-dimensional universe," Avisu's assistant took the microphone and adjusted his voice from a female voice to a deep male voice, "Your garbage is likely to be thrown into the high-dimensional universe, which will cause us unpredictable trouble," she paused, "Similarly, you can't understand how huge the gap between the laws of time between different universes is, The development of our universe for tens of billions of years may be just a moment of atom creation in the high-dimensional universe, and the current collapse corresponds to the decay of atoms, which is an extremely reasonable hypothesis, and I am puzzled by your strong rebuttal. ”

A burst of white light lit up on the presiding platform of the meeting, and the TIW civilization observer slowly got up, attracting everyone's attention, he turned on the synchronous channel, and the message slowly unfolded in front of the eyes of everyone involved: "Fellow citizens, in view of the current state of discussion, I do not recommend that the meeting continue, so far, there is still no sound to explain the phenomenon of indirectional energy loss in the universe, a simple atomic decay model is not enough to show the catastrophe facing the universe today, I hope you can calm down, organize your thoughts, and no longer be bothered by the past, What we need to face is the future of the entire universe," the text disappeared, and the tiw observer still stood behind the podium, "Tomorrow the meeting resumes at C time, and I hope to harvest valuable ideas." ”

......

Standing in front of the door of the observer's temporary room, Chen Jianzhou couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Obviously he is an observer of the highest civilization, but the accommodation conditions are the same as those from my earth, and the Celestial Army really doesn't know how to treat people." As soon as he stepped into the visitor waiting area, the door quickly opened, and what he saw made Jianzhou even more shocked:

There were no fabrics, no beds, no extras, only a large and striking floor-to-ceiling window connecting the four walls and an irregularly shaped, ever-changing luminous object in the middle of the room.

"Mr. Smart, are you there?" Jianzhou politely called out to the observer. With the call, the luminous body in the middle of the room continued to retract, converge and gather, constructing the form of the human skeleton, nerves, muscles, and various tissues and organs, and finally condensed into one, and a "human" composed of energy stood in front of Chen Jianzhou.

"It's more intimate to communicate with fellow creatures." Smart greeted Chen Jianzhou with a smile and led him to the huge glass window, "Mr. Chen, please take a seat." ”

Looking at the empty room, Chen Jianzhou smiled bitterly; "In the TIW civilization, people are used to sitting on the floor?"

Smart came to Chen Jianzhou, holding a cup in his hand—it seemed empty to Jianzhou—and stretched out his left hand to Jianzhou: "Mr. Chen, please have tea." ”

Jianzhou was skeptical, stretched out his right hand to take the "tea" in Smart's hand, and silently prayed in his heart that the representative of this advanced civilization would not treat himself as a monkey.

Just as Chen Jianzhou felt the touch of the real thing in his hands, everything in front of him underwent earth-shaking changes: countless branches and vines were pulled out of the space and grew wildly in the room, forming tables, chairs, and beds in a strange manner.

"This is really ......" Jianzhou was so excited that he couldn't speak, sitting on a wooden rattan chair and admiring it all.

"I hope you've made it worthwhile, Mr. Chen," Smart looked at Chen Jianzhou with a smile still and sat across from him, "Can you talk about the purpose of your visit to me?" ”

Chen Jianzhou came back to his senses, changed his usual serious expression, and put the cup on the wooden mat on the side: "The fortress informed me that it believes that antimatter research has a key role in the salvation of the universe, do you know about this matter?" ”

"I know a little bit about it." Smart took a sip of tea and stopped putting an expression on his face, "But what matters is your point of view, Mr. Chen. Since the antimatter disaster, the Tiw civilization has stopped all research topics related to antimatter, and even the military technology that has been put into actual combat has been banned," Smart handed Chen Jianzhou a luminous body, and a text appeared in front of Chen Jianzhou, "In-depth discussion of antimatter research is a crime for me. ”

Chen Jianzhou nodded, took a sip of tea, and prepared to start informing Smart of everything he had put on the show.

The door suddenly lit up red, and the holographic projection of Liu Yao and Todd appeared in the center of the room, Smart frowned and opened the door.

"Mr. Smart, this is the first time I've seen you appear in front of the world as a human being, can you take a picture of me?" Todd was very excited, and he didn't forget to make some requests: "It's good to be in this position, and I can also keep Mr. Chen in the memorial." ”

Smart didn't change his posture in cooperation, and his eyes were still looking directly at Chen Jianzhou: "Officer Liu, it's really a sudden visit, don't come unharmed." ”

Liu Yao's face changed from the uninhibited smile of the past, his face was rigid, and he reached out to pluck a bunch of branches and leaves: "Put away your tricks first." ”

Smart sighed and returned to her luminous form. Chen Jianzhou clearly felt that the rattan chair behind him began to collapse, and the cup also fell to the ground due to the collapse of the wooden cushion, and the originally vibrant room returned to a dead silence, and the lively creatures leaned sideways on the ground, and finally disappeared into nothingness, turning into a faint sigh in the universe.

A soft sigh.

"You still don't want to believe me, do you, Sir Liu Yao?" The luminous body lifted Chen Jianzhou up and floated towards Liu Yao.

"Yes," Liu Yao's expression did not change in the slightest, scattering the ashes in his hand, "just like when the Celestial Army exchanged my national honor for your dog's life, just like when you told us that the normal-class cannon brought to the universe was an energy revolution, I don't believe you." ”

"No one thought it would cause such a big ......," the luminary's retort abruptly halted and floated to the corner of the room, "I won't make any more mistakes." ”

Liu Yao looked at the magnificent stone tablet outside the window, signaled Chen Jianzhou to leave, Jianzhou looked at Smart, then at Liu Yao, and walked out the door accompanied by Todd.

"Looking forward to your speech tomorrow, Mr. Chen." Smart's voice sounded behind Chen Jianzhou, and when he looked back, he only saw Liu Yao's bloodshot eyes, and the door was closed.

Glowing fell heavily to the ground, surrounded by corpses, and he performed the funeral rites for them one by one, and returned to the corner, where the corpses turned into beams of light and swam towards the stone monument.

Outside the window, a cosmic gravel hit the stone tablet impartially, making a muffled sound, but no one could hear it, turning into a silent sigh in the universe.

Two soft sighs.

......

"I think you're hiding too much from me," Chen Jianzhou said he didn't want to put on the solid-state stability suit, "We have signed an information exchange treaty since we cooperated, and I have the right to have all our information." ”

Liu Yao motioned for Todd to wait, hugged Chen Jianzhou and walked to the window: "We can't tell you all the information in one universe, we will do our best to tell you everything," he took out a piece of Lesi, "Besides, with your EQ and IQ, it is not difficult for you to see how special Smart's identity is from the conversation just now, the Celestial Army doesn't want you to have too much time to be alone with him." ”

This time, Jianzhou didn't refuse, he threw Lesi into his mouth and pinched his nose: "Then there's too much you need to tell me, the copy plan, the disaster, and the real purpose of our mission......" Jianzhou said as he lost consciousness and went limp.

The two Todds changed into suits for Chen Jianzhou and carried them into the elevator, and Jianzhou heard Liu Yao standing outside the elevator in a daze and telling Todds: "Protect Jianzhou in real time, the people of the tiw civilization may have already targeted him." ”