"What do you mean?" Ge Wei became more and more confused the more he listened.

"I asked a private investigator to find out Tina's address, and I found her in person. But she didn't know me. ”

"I don't know you? What do you mean? Did you recognize the wrong person?"

"No, I'm not mistaken!" Monis shook his head, "This person, indeed, is Tina-Christina, but she is not my Tina-Christina." This Tina had never heard of Monis at all. In other words, in this world, I and Tina, do not know each other. ”

"......" Ge Wei was a little crazy, and he seemed to have caught something.

"I don't know for some reason that Tina, who is in this world, doesn't know me in this world. At that time, I was in a state of grief and loss. But that didn't stop me from making the right judgment and coming up with a preliminary conjecture about a parallel universe. ”

Monis lit another cigarette for himself, his eyes a little playful, as if he had thought of something funny:

"Later, in order to confirm my suspicions, I hired the private investigator and entrusted him to find me in this world. As expected, I found it. Monis of this world, also known as Nick Monis, is just that he has never been to Stanford, so he has never met Tina, who belongs to him. And that's not what makes me the funniest. The funniest thing is that the private investigator gave me information showing that this world Monis is not a physicist, but a dentist! Hahaha, can you imagine it? When I learned that I was in another world, I was so different from you. What a mood I was in! What a goddamn quantum theory!"

Ge Wei had already completed his gorgeous feast at this time. To be honest, he couldn't figure it out anyway. The average foreigner is so burly, but the amount of food they eat at each meal is very small, and it is not enough to eat at all. Ge Wei unceremoniously wiped out Monis's share of the roasted snails, and then began to think about what he really wanted to know.

"So, next, how did you become a professor in our school, and you said you needed my help, what specific help?" Ge Wei pulled out a delicately made paper towel on the table. He wiped his mouth and asked.

"It's not hard to explain. Monis smiled and said, "At that time, after I came to the conclusion that I had traveled to another parallel universe, I stopped feeling senseless loss and sadness, because my intellect told me that what I needed at this time was not those emotions, but actual action." Now that I have been able to successfully travel from my original world to this new world, then I have the opportunity to travel back again! Einstein's mentor taught me for many years. I was confident that I could come up with a whole theory of space travel and put it into practice! I was given new hope that Tina was still waiting for me at home, and that I had to find out why the Eldridge had failed. Make it up and go home!"

"Einstein was your teacher?" asked Gowe, surprised, already completely captivated by the bizarre story. "So, you succeeded?"

Monis gave a mysterious expression. did not rush to answer him, but continued to tell: "Because at that time. For this new world, I am a completely non-existent person, and my identity has been replaced. So, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I had to stay away from the United States and go abroad to conduct my theoretical research, and the farther away from the United States the better. Then I thought of China, which was the only country I could easily reach, and which was not Latin at all, and which was suitable for me to study quietly. I took advantage of the opportunity to get on a Navy ship between Malaya and the U.S. mainland, returned to Malaya, and then managed to sneak into China.

"It wasn't long before I realized that I couldn't age over time, didn't even feel tired and hungry, and I understood what was happening. This forced me to move out of my place every once in a while. I can't let people find out that I don't get old, and that would cause me a lot of trouble. Sometimes, when my research reaches a critical stage, I have to start dressing myself up in disguise to make myself older so that I can hide from others. When I think about it now, it was really funny.

"Because I have a theoretical basis, the research went very smoothly. Some of the theories I will draw have been tested and improved by experiments, and there is a saying in China that 'the emperor pays off', and I have finally completed the entire theoretical system in the 20th year of my arrival in China. The next thing I need to do is put my theory into practice and get ready to go home. However, at this stage, I encountered a problem. ”

"What's the problem?" asked Ge Wei.

"A puzzle that I simply couldn't solve. Monis said helplessly: "Because my theoretical system was too advanced, the material technology of the fifties at that time could not support my theoretical practice at all." For example, a hen knows how to lay eggs, but it is not mature. ”

Ge Wei was drinking water, and he was almost choked by Monis's somewhat outrageous metaphor. He pinched his nose with some difficulty and said, "Then what are you going to do, the lack of hardware can't be solved." This is a problem that we often encounter in our current research. ”

"There is no other way, the only way is to wait. Wait for the material technology of this world to mature, mature enough for me to use to build perfect crossing equipment. ”

"So you've been in China for 70 years?"

"That's right. Technology is surprisingly slow. Perhaps because of the excitement of the war, the speed of technological development during World War II far exceeded that of a long time after the war. During this period, I have not been able to find materials that satisfy me, and it is not until the gradual maturity of quantum well material technology in the last decade or so that I finally see the hope of final success. ”

"Quantum wells?" Ge Wei was all too familiar with the term. Quantum well is a new type of potential well with obvious quantum confinement effect composed of two different semiconductor materials arranged in a special form. This is one of the main directions that Ge Wei chose in his graduate project.

"That's how you found me. Why should I help?" Gowey seemed to understand.

"And that's not all. ”

Monis gave a gentle smile:

"The advent of quantum well materials has allowed me to solve the difficult problems in the theory perfectly. It can make the strong magnetic field from uncontrollable to controllable. And it's very stable. This makes it very safe to travel through parallel three-dimensional space. Even if the honey effect occurs again, there is no need to worry, because the controllable strong magnetic field can quickly get rid of the honey effect and complete the space transfer. ”

He continued:

And I came to you for help not only because I needed a qualified helper, but also because I needed a witness. ”

"Witnesses?"

"Yes. I need someone to witness what I've done. Don't you think, traveling through parallel three-dimensional space. Isn't that a remarkable feat for today's scientific community?" said Monis with some pride.

Ge Wei suddenly realized.

He felt that what Monis said was not wrong at all! Such technological achievements, which have completely surpassed the current level of science and technology, are enough to be described as "earth-shattering"! When those invincible scientists were still tearing their faces over whether the parallel universe theory was true and reliable, Monis had turned this theory into reality by himself, and this had to be said to be very shocking!

Everyone wants their work to be recognized, and Monis is no exception. On this premise, Monis needed someone to be a witness. The moment when he witnessed his miracle was obviously not difficult to understand.

"But why me?" said Ge Wei the question he had always wanted to ask. There are so many people on the earth, and there are too many people who are more talented and powerful than themselves. Ge Wei doesn't believe that he is the pride of the sky, and with his half-baked ability, he can stand out among these hundreds of millions of people.

Monis smiled good-naturedly: "Wei." I don't like you because of how solid your theoretical foundation is. How much help can you help me with experiments. Honestly, if I really just want to find a right-hand man. So there are so many physics wizards in the world, why don't I go to them? Wei, do you remember the three exam questions I gave you?"

Ge Wei nodded: "Of course I remember." I've never seen such strange questions, and they don't even touch on our research at all. ”

"That's right. That's because I don't need to find someone who is very talented, I need someone who is open-minded, open-minded, and able to accept all kinds of absurd things. Because this is the only kind of person who will not return in vain when I say, 'I'm from a parallel universe'. And the average person, when they hear these seemingly fantastical statements, they just think of it as an interesting story. And I don't need that kind of person. ”

"They can't be blamed either. As scientists, maintaining a rigorous scientific attitude is the first lesson they take. Ge Wei said.

His mood was a little complicated at the moment. In most of the people he came into contact with, their attitude towards science could be described as bordering on fanatical paranoia. The clear line between so-called "science and pseudoscience" makes these people seem to hold an inseparable hatred for "pseudoscience". Ge Wei didn't know whether to think this phenomenon was a blessing or a tragedy for the scientific community.

Monis sighed and said, "Most of the candidates' answers to the second question, 'What is science and what is the supernatural,' made me feel helpless. People have always had a deformed understanding of the word 'supernatural', and they think that 'supernatural' means 'beyond nature'. In fact, 'supernatural' should be classified as a philosophical word, made up by philosophers. In this world, there is nothing 'supernatural' at all, and everything that exists, as long as it happens in reality, should belong to the category of 'natural'. Human cognition is not yet able to comprehend the whole of nature. The vastness of nature is unimaginable to man. In the minds of these people, the so-called 'natural' is the ink in their chests, and whatever they cannot understand for the time being, they can use the word 'supernatural' to prevaricate. True scientific rigor as a scientist is to never think that what we know about nature is what nature is all about. The word 'supernatural' should be replaced by another word, for example, 'super-experience' or 'super-knowing'. ”

Ge Wei listened to Monis's words, as if he had found a confidant, and he couldn't help but feel a lot closer to Monis. He fully agrees with Monis's argument. The answer he gave in the morning exam was only one sentence, which was an advertising slogan, and perhaps it was this sentence that made Monis finally choose him.

"Anything is possible. Ge Wei said with a smile.

Monis gave Ge Wei an appreciative look: "I was very satisfied with your answer at that time. You are one of the few people who has both a foundation in quantum well theory and an open mind. ”

"Who else?"

"None of that matters anymore. Monis shook his head: "There is another person, he also shows a similar thinking as you, although not as receptive as you, but I am also satisfied." But in the end, I chose you because you not only have the conditions I want, but also have a good heart, which is a quality that is more rare than an open mind. ”

Ge Wei thought of the old lady and the sturdy young man. He asked in amazement, "You saw it all?"

"Yes. Maybe it was a perfect coincidence, but that morning, I happened to be driving by with a friend and witnessed the whole process. Monis smiled and nodded: "From what you did, I saw your trustworthy side." After all, my experiments are not allowed to leak out easily, and that would have unimaginable consequences. And an assistant with solid theory, an open mind, and a reliable person, I think, it will be difficult for me to find another person to replace you. ”

Ge Wei was a little flattered. He was glad he had decided to save the old lady in the first place. If I had made another choice at that time, I might not have been sitting here now.

"By the way, Professor, the guy in the police uniform just now, he seems to be very afraid of you. Why did his attitude change so much as soon as he answered the phone?" Ge Wei remembered all the things he had experienced today, and thought that he had been premeditated and framed, and he was almost powerless to resist at that time. If Monis hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid I would have been really unlucky.

"That person is just a small character. Monis said nonchalantly, "I called the mayor and told me about it." ”

"Do you know the mayor?" Ge Wei was a little surprised, he didn't expect Monis's background to be so deep. For a little person like himself who hardly knows anyone since he left the laboratory, the mayor, just like the emperor Lao Tzu back then, is rare for ordinary people to see, at most they can watch it on TV.

Monis laughed at himself with a somewhat self-deprecating smile, "You know, I'm almost a hundred years old. After living for so many years, there is still a little network. ”

"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Monis put on a solemn look again, looked into Ge Wei's eyes, and said in a very serious tone: "My only goal is to travel back to my own world and return to the people I love. And you, Wei, I now formally invite you as my assistant and witness. How about it, are you interested in joining?" (To be continued......)