Chapter 24: The Arrow That Never Shoots

Wang Yuetian, who lost his five senses in an instant, only felt that Deng Shi was shocked, although he knew that the situation was not good, but he did not panic excessively. After all, under the protection of Ling Yun Ling, he should be able to pass through this space-time mezzanine smoothly.

However, after Wang Yuetian waited for a while, his heart began to become a little uneasy. Because although he lost his five senses, an inexplicable feeling told him that in this space mezzanine, the time and space around him did not seem to flow, but became stagnant.

Thinking of this, the quiet environment around Wang Yuetian couldn't help but feel a little creepy. He really wanted to shout or make a move at this point. But now that he has lost all five senses, he can't do anything.

All Wang Yuetian could feel at this time was a tremor from the depths of his soul. In this rare helplessness, he suddenly remembered a philosophical dilemma in the previous world that had plagued him for generations.

The famous philosophical dilemma is called: Never shoot the bull's-eye arrow. The basic meaning is that if an off-string arrow wants to reach the bullseye 100 meters away, it must first pass half of the total distance, that is, 50 meters, and after that point, it must reach half of the remaining 50 meters, that is, 25 meters from the bull's-eye, and when it reaches 25 meters, it must reach the next remaining half. Since distance can be divided infinitely, there will always be half of the distance remaining for this arrow, and the cycle will be endless. In this case, the arrow should theoretically be in the process of chasing the remaining general distance forever, and thus never reach the bull's-eye.

The reason why this philosophical dilemma trapped a large number of people for a long time was precisely because for people at that time, their understanding of the concept of time and space was still very vague.

In the perception of human beings at that time, the concepts of time and space were often separate rather than unified. It is precisely because of this preconceived view of the world that this philosophical proposition is unsolvable.

In fact, the reason why this arrow will never reach the end is that they have unconsciously separated time and space when they simulated the scene of the arrow from the string in their minds. If the element of time were to be filled in the blind spots of their minds, the philosophical dilemma of generations would become incredibly clear and simple. The way to introduce the element of time is to clarify the concept of speed on that arrow.

For example, the arrow has been moving at a constant speed of 10 meters per second since it was fired. Then you can easily know that the total time it takes for the arrow to reach the bullseye 100 meters away is 10 seconds.

The reason why a considerable number of people mistakenly think that this arrow will never reach the end is that while they divide the spatial concept of distance into a period in their minds, they forget that the time corresponding to the spatial concept is actually divided at the same time.

In other words, when the bow and arrow of ten meters per second reaches the first half distance, it will naturally have fifty meters left to reach the end, but in fact, the time it takes to reach the end will also become five seconds. By the time it reached seventy-five meters, there were twenty-five meters left, and the time it needed was 2.5 seconds.

In other words, the arrow was supposed to hit the bull's-eye after ten seconds, and the reason why it seemed to miss the bull's-eye in the topic was that the distance of 100 meters was infinitely divided, and the time required to walk this distance was actually limited to 10 seconds!!

While the distance of 100 meters is constantly divided, in fact, the time corresponding to the distance of 100 meters is not the time of normal circulation, but the time that has been limited to ten seconds! As long as the time is divided within these ten seconds, then this bow and arrow will naturally not be able to shoot above the bull's-eye!

It can be said that for scientists of Wang Yuetian's generation, the word time and space has already become a concept of opposites and unity. Because in his opinion, once the concept of time and space is divided, then the whole world will become illogical and absurd.

But it is precisely because his understanding of time and space has reached a certain height that Wang Yuetian at this time will become more afraid than ordinary people.

Because Wang Yuetian, who is now trapped in the mezzanine of space, strongly feels that at this moment, he seems to have become the arrow that will never shoot the bull's-eye!!

Thinking of this, Wang Yuetian, who had lost his vision, still couldn't help but shrink his pupils, and his heart beat even more violently: space is interlayered, time and space are still!!

Ps: The concept of time and space has been introduced little by little, so let's try to look at it as much as possible to pave the way for the middle and late stages. The problem of archery is simply that if a person shoots an arrow at one o'clock, that arrow should hit the bull's-eye at one o'clock and ten seconds. It is naturally impossible to hit the bullseye before 1:00 seconds. When the distance of 100 meters is divided, the corresponding time is actually between 1 point and 1.00 seconds, which is an argument for the unity of time and space. According to this theory, time and space cannot be separated, because once the two are divided, there will be some logical dilemmas like arrows that can never be shot, and even the entire existing world will collapse due to the division of time and space.