Chapter 12 World Lines and Space-Time Clocks
The next day, morning.
Lin Xian took a commercial vehicle to the airport.
This commercial vehicle was assigned to him by Rhineland Company, as was the driver.
This is what Brother Wang means:
"Whether you come to work or not, whether you are the boss or not, you are always the president of RWE when you are away from home, representing the company's image. A car and a driver are a must. You are our company's business card."
Brother Wang originally planned to equip Lin Xian with one of the world's top commercial vehicles, but Lin Xian refused.
Why are you so high-profile when you hit the first bird with a gun?
Besides, Rheinland Company is not yet on the right track, and it has not even started business other than Rheinland Cat... It is mainly in cooperation with MX Company to jointly develop a series of Rheinland brand products.
What's more, the 4 billion in funds of my company were all given away for free by Zhao Yingjun and Chu Shanhe in the name of buying shares. How can I be embarrassed to drive the world's top vehicles before my company has started?
"Just normal."
Lin Xian told Brother Wang:
"I think Mr. Zhao's car is good. It's quite comfortable to sit in."
"It's very comfortable to do it!?" Brother Wang exclaimed!
Why.
Lin Xian sighed:
"Brother Wang, you are already a vice president, can you be more serious? Stop thinking about dirty jokes all day long. You said that I am the image of the company. Don't you, the only vice president, not be the image of the company? You should also pay attention. .
In the end, Brother Wang assigned Lin Xian the same commercial car as Zhao Yingjun as a special car.
On the airport expressway.
This commercial vehicle drives very smoothly and has good shock absorption and sound insulation. No wonder Zhao Yingjun loves this one.
Lin Xian sat on the comfortable seat, closed his eyes and rested, still thinking about the questions from yesterday's dream.
He also figured it out.
The existence of Taimu Bank in the third dream cannot be denied just because of the female clerk's words.
Just because you can't find it doesn't mean those safes have disappeared.
What if Thame Bank is annexed, acquired, or reorganized?
This is not unusual.
Since the Taimu Bank in the second dream can go bankrupt, it may not be impossible to change its name and be acquired by others in the third dream. It is very likely that the safe with my name on it is now stored in a certain bank's warehouse, but I don't. Just know the name.
Moreover, there is another possibility——
It is true that Taime Bank is not in Rhine Sky City, but it may be in the old East China Sea on the surface!
Because there is no new Donghai City in the third dream, there is no distinction between old and new in the East China Sea. It is collectively called the East China Sea, which is where the big-faced cat and Li Ningning live.
Lin Xian has not explored the surface area, so maybe Taimu Bank is somewhere on the surface.
Therefore, it is too early to conclude that CC has disappeared and cannot be encountered.
Lin Xian intuitively felt that CC would not disappear so easily.
Her physique is so special, and she can also possess memory fragments from other time and space, and other parallel worlds. She is the most buggy existence, and she is much more powerful than her own ability to only dream.
Based on the rule that CC in the second dream has memory fragments from the first dream...
If she meets CC in the third dream, there is a high probability that she will also have memory fragments from the second dream.
In the second dream, I still have a very deep relationship with CC. Basically, both parties have explained everything they can. They know one thing and the other.
Therefore, if we really meet in the third dream, there is no need to introduce ourselves. We will meet directly as old acquaintances, which really saves a lot of trouble.
"I'd better solve the mystery Zhao Yingjun left for me first. After I find out the answer she hid, I can then look for CC and the safe... I don't know when CC, this elusive woman, will show up."
Lin Xian took out his phone and looked at the date on the lock screen.
It's already mid-June.
Half of 2023 has passed in the blink of an eye
Time... According to the information found in Xindonghai City in the Second Dream, Taimu Bank will be established no later than 2024.
"There is not much time left for Thame Bank. It is expected to open in the second half of the year."
And as long as the Thame Bank opens in reality, he will truly open the bridge between reality and dreams, the past and the future, and... he can finally get a glimpse of the secrets hidden in the safe.
…
At the airport pick-up gate, Liu Feng was picked up smoothly.
He has a lot of luggage.
The driver moved all Liu Feng's luggage to the trunk one by one.
Lin Xian was very happy to see Liu Feng's current mental state. He had come out of his sadness, accepted the fact that Qiqi passed away with satisfaction and smile, and devoted himself to the study of cosmological constants.
"I can't just wait for Qiqi to fulfill my wish in the sky, right? If I really want the cosmological constant to be recognized by the world, I must first find a way to prove it is right and prove its value."
This is what Liu Feng told Lin Xian when he called Lin Xian to communicate about the current situation.
"Of course Lin Xian, you are my sponsor, so I also listen to you. All research results will not be disclosed to the outside world, and they will not be known to third parties except you and me. Although I don't know what you have always emphasized for safety. What do you mean...but many scientists did die accidentally some time ago, I trust your judgment."
This is what Lin Xian emphasized to Liu Feng before.
Regarding the murderer at 00:42, Ji Lin had the same judgment as himself——
There are two groups of people who killed people at this time, and one group is a poor imitation of the other group. 】
Now the result is obvious.
The real murderer at 00:42 was actually the Genius Club; and Ji Xinshui and his group were just a poor imitation of this murder.
According to Lin Xian's speculation.
Ji Lin's parents and Big Face Cat's father should have been killed by the Genius Club.
They all have a common identity-
mathematicians].
Therefore, Lin Xian came to a conclusion that has not yet been verified.
Is the real target of the Genius Club only mathematicians, and killing other scientists is actually Ji Xinshui's own judgment?
This conjecture is not guaranteed to be accurate, but now it seems that there is actually some evidence to support it.
First of all, the Genius Club is indeed related to the mysterious number 42 of the cosmological constant. They captured Big Face Cat's father in the second dream, and it is very likely that they were afraid of this number.
And the cosmological constant is obviously a mathematical problem.
So... even though the seven deadly sins are basically all dead now, Liu Feng is also a mathematician who studies the cosmological constant. His crisis is far from over, and he doesn't even know where the enemy is.
Therefore, it is better to be careful.
Regarding the cosmological constant 42, Lin Xian does not allow a third person to know except himself and Liu Feng.
...
After Liu Feng got on the business car, the car door was closed and drove towards Donghai University.
After successfully entering the campus and arriving in front of a brand new laboratory building, Lin Xian took Liu Feng out of the car and introduced him to the laboratory building as he walked towards the door:
"This is the laboratory building I prepared for you. This is the laboratory building that Donghai University just built last year. It has not been put into use yet, and everything inside is very new."
"The Rhine Company I just established has reached a cooperation agreement with Donghai University. I won't talk to you about the specific content. Anyway... Overall, we are losing money, but there is no way. If we don't bleed a little, how can Donghai University be willing to give us this new laboratory building?"
"Blooding alone is not enough. Chu Shanhe also came forward to coordinate. He promised to build a world-class first-class laboratory for Donghai University that is more luxurious and has more advanced equipment than this laboratory building, so Donghai University finally agreed to give us this laboratory building."
The two walked to the door of the laboratory, and Lin Xian pointed to the plaque next to it-
Joint Laboratory of Donghai University and Rhine Company.
"It's called a joint venture, but in fact, it's basically all handed over to us. Just concentrate on your research here. There are many rooms here, not only laboratories, offices, data rooms, storage rooms, but also single dormitories. If you concentrate on your research, you can live here."
"In addition, I have also bought the high-end equipment you listed for me before, and they will be installed one after another..."
Some time ago, after the establishment of Rhine Company, Lin Xian contacted Liu Feng and asked what level of laboratory and what kind of equipment he needed.
Liu Feng is also a real person.
After hearing Lin Xian's polite words "not short of money", he really regarded Lin Xian as a person who was not short of money, and wrote three pages of experimental equipment... Some of them were expensive and difficult to get.
But in the end, Lin Xian didn't say a word and started preparing directly.
In fact, according to his original expectation, it shouldn't cost much to study the cosmological constant.
Think about the big-faced cat father in the second dream...
He studied the cosmological constant thoroughly in the slums!
A broken book, no, it can't be called a broken book, after all, it is Liu Feng's book "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant".
Then, with some rough papers, after more than ten years of research, Cat Dad directly calculated the cosmological constant, and it seems that he also knows the true meaning of 42, so he was checked by the genius club.
In comparison, the equipment Liu Feng requested is too high-end and expensive.
However...
Every scientist has different research ideas and methods, so they can't be generalized.
The fact that Big Face Cat's father can rub out the cosmological constant with his bare hands doesn't mean that Liu Feng has such ability.
There are specialties in the profession, and there are priorities in learning. All roads lead to Rome. Lin Xian decided that as an outsider, he would not guide the insiders, and let Liu Feng give full play to his abilities.
Anyway, it's just a little more money, 4 billion yuan, as long as Liu Feng doesn't ask him for a particle collider, he can afford it.
Let's talk about it.
Big-faced cat's father finally achieved results, but it took more than ten or twenty years, and Lin Xian couldn't wait that long.
If he spent more money and got more equipment, it would be a good deal for Lin Xian to study the cosmological constant earlier. After all, money can be earned again, but time cannot be compressed.
"By the way, didn't you say you had a new invention to show me?"
After taking Liu Feng to visit the entire laboratory building, the two came to an empty laboratory, and Lin Xian asked Liu Feng this question:
"Did you bring it?"
Liu Feng nodded and took out a foam box from his backpack.
He carefully opened the foam box and took out something similar to an electronic clock from it.
It was rectangular and placed horizontally on the table. On the base was a transparent electronic screen with yellow highlighted numbers.
But... this thing was probably not a real clock.
Because the numbers displayed on its screen are not the regular six-digit numbers that keep beating like hours: minutes: seconds. Instead, it’s a row of zeros that don’t move at all—
0.0000000]
Counting the zero before the decimal point, there are eight zeros in total.
Lin Xian waited patiently for a while to see if there would be any change in the row of numbers.
result.
Absolutely not.
Is this a stopwatch?
Liu Feng shouldn't be so boring, right?
Lin Xian didn't find any buttons or switches on this strange device, so he looked up and asked:
"What is this? A clock? Or a counter?"
"I really haven't thought about what to call this thing... This is a measuring instrument calibrated by Planck's constant."
Liu Feng explained to Lin Xian:
"Since you left Shemsi,
I have been studying the cosmological constant at home. In fact, what you said to me touched me very much. Because, I also changed my thinking. As you said, is it possible that the cosmological constant is not a simple mathematical problem? "
"Once you break out of the framework of mathematics, countless possibilities are instantly added. I made many attempts, and also went back to the university to find a tutor to borrow a laboratory for experiments... although all the results were still wrong and unfeasible. , but I think it’s like what you said—”
"The reason why the cosmological constant is incorrect is not that it is incorrect per se, but that we have not discovered its correct usage!"
When Liu Feng talked about professional issues, he became energetic and talked endlessly:
"So, I think that the reason why the cosmological constant is incorrect in our conventional theory may be because it is not a constant in the conventional sense. In other words... because our world is correct and regular, it is wrong; and if our world is wrong and irregular, maybe the cosmological constant is correct!"
"You...can you understand what I'm saying, Lin Xian?"
"I don't quite understand."
Lin Xian shook his head decisively:
"Actually, you don't need to analyze it in such detail for me. Just tell me what this thing does."
"Okay, let me explain in another way."
Liu Feng paused and continued:
"You know the basic concept of Planck's constant, right?"
Lin Xian nodded:
"I know this. This is a concept proposed by the famous physicist Max Planck. It includes Planck length, Planck time, etc... The Planck length is recognized
It is the shortest distance in the universe and can no longer be divided or intercepted; and Planck time is recognized as the shortest time unit in the universe, and there is no time shorter than it. "
"That's right."
Liu Feng continued to add:
"The specific value of Planck's constant is 34. It is the smallest and most constant unit in the universe. The energy and mass of all matter in the universe are integer multiples of this value."
"I think that since everything in space and time, including the scale speed of space and time, is composed of Planck's constant... then if the Planck constant of a universe changes, does it represent the curvature of this space and time? Changes have occurred?]"
…
Lin Xian thought about what Liu Feng said for a while and said softly:
"You mean...as the space-time changes and the space-time butterfly effect occurs, the curvature of space-time will also change? And this change in the curvature of space-time will be reflected in the change of Planck's constant. Is this what you mean? "
"So, your clock-like thing, to put it bluntly, is essentially an instrument that detects changes in Planck's constant."
"You understand correctly, that's probably what you meant." Liu Feng explained with a smile:
"If one day, the numbers on this thing you call a clock change...it means that Planck's constant has changed and the curvature of space-time has changed, which proves that my conjecture is correct!"
Liu Feng said categorically:
"Then it proves——"
"The curvature of space-time does exist, and it is very likely related to the cosmological constant!"
"Of course, we have to wait until the numbers on the clock change to determine what the specific relationship is with the cosmological constant. Since you think this thing looks like a clock, I thought about it, then we will use this to measure the curvature of space-time] Let’s name the instrument the Time and Space Clock!”
Time clock.
curvature of spacetime.
Hearing these two names, Lin Xian thought of a cartoon he had watched before, "Steins Gate." These two concepts were also mentioned in this cartoon.
However, the setting in this animation uses the term "world line" to explain the curvature of space and time.
The two concepts of world lines and space-time curvature were originally proposed by physicist Albert Einstein
, was not originally intended to describe parallel time and space or timeline changes.
But later, it was given a new meaning due to its widespread use in animation and film and television works.
In the current common understanding, the world line can be understood as time and space and the future development line. The curvature of the world line, like the curvature of space-time, has become an adjective to describe the amplitude of changes in space-time.
According to the world line theory.
From the past to the future, it is a straight line.
If something triggers the butterfly effect of time and space, causing changes in time and space, causing the future world to change...then at this node, the world line will shift, commonly known as world line change.
It's like your own dream world.
The first dream has turned into the second dream. This is a change in the world line, and the curvature of space and time has changed.
It doesn’t even have to be this large-scale change.
At first, the name of the Koko cat changed to the Rhine cat, which was also a change in the curvature of space and time, but the value of this curvature was very small, obviously much smaller than the curvature of the first dreamland into the second dreamland.
"Now I finally understand."
Lin Xian raised his head and looked at Liu Feng:
"In other words, as long as an event that affects the original future direction occurs and the future space-time changes due to the butterfly effect, the value on your space-time clock will change, and this changed value is the so-called curvature of space-time, or It’s what everyone often calls world line curvature.”
Liu Feng nodded and gave Lin Xian a thumbs up:
"You are really smart."
"Then why is the number above still 0.0000000?" Lin Xian asked.
"That means the curvature of space-time has not changed yet. It's such a simple thing." Liu Feng spread his hands.
"No, no, how could the curvature of space-time not change."
Lin Xian held his chin and thought for a moment:
"When was this time clock of yours made?"
"It was built last month."
"Be specific about the time, before May 20?"
"That's for sure, it will be done in early May." Liu Feng replied affirmatively.
Lin Xian smiled slightly and patted the lovely time and space clock:
"That means... your time and space clock is not accurate. It cannot measure changes in space and time at all, nor can it measure the curvature of space and time."
"How is that possible!" Liu Feng's expression instantly became serious:
"This measurement method is absolutely correct! I can guarantee it for you."
Lin Xian shook his head:
"But on May 20, the world line and the curvature of space and time must have changed, and the changes have been huge. If your time and space clock is accurate, it is impossible not to detect it."
Lin Xian knows this better than anyone else.
On May 20, after he established the Rheinland Company, time and space changes occurred, and the time and space butterfly effect set off turned the future world 600 years later upside down. The earth was replaced by the human world, and an extra city was added in the sky.
If Liu Feng's time and space clock could not detect some small changes in time and space due to accuracy issues, Lin Xian could understand.
There is such a big change in time and space in the third dream. The world line and the curvature of time and space have taken off at 45 degrees. If your clock can't detect it, there is definitely something wrong.
However……
Liu Feng was determined that his time and space clock was fine.
Less than two hours after the two met, they were already having a heated debate.
"Listen to me, Lin Xian."
Liu Feng was stupid and blushed when Lin Xian argued:
"I'm telling you something profound and you can't understand it, but I really swear to you that there can be no problem with the measurement of my space-time clock! I have completely compared the Planck constant of our current space-time and calibrated it. is 0, therefore, as long as space-time changes and the curvature deviates from the current space-time, my space-time clock will definitely...will..."
As he spoke, Liu Feng's voice became smaller and smaller.
He himself also noticed something was wrong!
Lin Xian chuckled:
"You understand now what the problem is, right Liu Feng? You found the wrong reference object. They say they don't know the true face of Mount Lu, just because they are in this mountain. You use the current time and space as the reference object, and then measure the curvature of the current time and space. Then you will be 0 for the rest of your life! What is the difference between this and searching for a sword?"
"It's like the two of us are looking at each other stationary right now. But in reality? If we use the moon as a reference, both of us are moving with the earth at a super high speed of 400 meters per second.
The ball rotates together; if the sun is used as a reference object, the two of us are actually revolving around the sun with the earth at a speed of 30 kilometers per second. "
"But now, if you choose yourself as the reference object and then measure your own speed, wouldn't it mean that the measurement will be 0 for the rest of your life?"
Listening to Lin Xian's words, Liu Feng blushed a little.
Really are……
Dark under the lamp.
How could I have made such an obvious mistake?
If you want to measure the changing curvature of the world line in this time and space, you must find an object outside this time and space in another time and space as a reference! 】
"But……"
Why does Liu Feng:
"Finding an object in other time and space outside the current time and space as a reference... This kind of thing is simply impossible to do."
"Haha, why is it impossible?"
suddenly!
A soft female voice came from the laboratory door!
Lin Xian and Liu Feng turned around suddenly——
A graceful and plump woman was leaning on the door frame of the laboratory, looking at the two people with a smile.
Her round face is very cute and age-reducing, making her look like a woman in her thirties with both the mature charm and the youthful beauty of a young girl.
Her azure pupils are deep and charming, like crystal clear glass, making people unable to help but sink into them.
The drop-shaped earrings, which are also crystal blue, are swaying, reflecting the slender sunlight into colorful colors.
"Yori!"
Lin Xian was very surprised when he saw this uninvited guest!
Why is she here?
Huang Que smiled slightly, stood up from the door frame she was leaning on, and walked slowly on her clicking high heels:
"Lin Xian, long time no see."