Chapter 1145 The Secret of Hyperspace

After getting the observation data, Lu Zhou spent a whole day and a night, almost looking through the data, but still did not find any clues about the strange drop.

"From the memory of the Jialan civilization, it can be inferred that the advanced civilization that has mastered the singularity - let's call it the 'void' civilization, should have mastered some kind of hyperspace technology, which can allow matter and information to travel beyond the limit of the speed of light .”

After closing the notebook in his hand, Lu Zhou rubbed his sore brows, and said to himself with a headache.

"But how did they do it?"

FTL.

It seems easy to say, and it can be said to be a standard feature of various sci-fi blockbusters, but in fact, it is extremely difficult to achieve this.

Unlike controllable fusion, which was proved to be feasible by physicists decades ago, not only imaginative high-energy physicists can't think of how to make objects move faster than light. From which angle to achieve it, it has even been proved theoretically that it is impossible.

Regarding this theory, it can be traced back to the end of the last century.

As early as 1992, Professor Stephen Hawking, who is often criticized by folk scholars, proved through mathematical methods that in general relativity, if the topology of space changes in a bounded region, then the There is a closed timelike curve in the space-time range of occurrence.

Translated into the vernacular, in the general theory of relativity, things like wormholes violate the law of causality. (But it is very interesting that Einstein, the creator of the theory of relativity, supported the theory of wormholes, and proposed that "it is a thin tube of space and time connecting the distant regions of the universe". It can be seen that even if one person is always correct, there is absolutely no lack of persistence Opponents, and similar examples are too numerous to enumerate. After all, academics do not serve authority, but serve truth.)

According to the memory of the Jialan civilization, the way they achieve faster-than-light navigation and communication is to use the gravitational bond between star systems—that is, a naturally formed thing similar to a hyperspace channel—to realize star system Faster-than-light movement between them.

In an abstract sense, this seems to fit Einstein's theory.

As for the specific principle, it was not mentioned in that memory, and Lu Zhou only made some possible assumptions based on limited knowledge and a few words of information.

For example, the huge gravitational field tore a crack in a higher dimension, and entering this crack through a special method can realize the movement between stars.

To put it bluntly, it's like playing checkers.

But no matter what kind of technology it is based on physical theorems that are not known to human civilization, it can only be attributed to the miracle of the universe itself, not a miracle created by man. At most, a group of smart people took advantage of it.

However, the "void" civilization is different.

Lu Zhou understood why everyone in the conference hall was so panicked.

Not only the man-made strange drop, but also the way of moving and communicating that completely ignores the hyperspace channel, no matter what it is, it is impossible to do it with their technology, and they can't even understand it.

"...But the problem is, if this broadcast is for the whole galaxy, and the gravitational waves ignore the distance scale of light-years by some means, it doesn't make sense that no 'voice' can be heard on the earth, right?"

Could it be that the broadcast has ended?

Or, as he guessed at first, everything about that broadcast and the Jialan Empire was buried in the long river of time, and what he saw might just be a past that was farther away than he imagined.

Tapping his index finger on the table, Lu Zhou finally shook his head, stuffed the closed notebook into the drawer, stood up from the chair, took out his mobile phone and called Wang Peng.

"Hello?"

"Take me to Jinda."

"receive."

...

One hundred thousand bonus.

For a student, it can be said to be a huge sum of money.

No, not just students.

According to the average salary in Jinling, even ordinary wage earners can keep busy for more than a whole year.

However, compared to how to spend this "huge sum of money", Duan Siqi is worrying about more troublesome things at the moment.

His intuition told him that the increasingly mature virtual reality technology must be full of unlimited business opportunities in the future, and now he is one of the first batch of people to eat crabs.

Although he has always regarded himself as a guinea pig, he used to do this as a part-time job, but after tasting the sweetness, he obviously won't be satisfied with it anymore.

Do you want to change majors?

More than once, he had such an idea.

In fact, he did consciously or unintentionally read some books and literature on programming, composition, and VR technology in his spare time.

Although learning these things took up a lot of his spare time, it unexpectedly made him feel happy.

Unlike mathematics, at least to learn this thing, there will not be an awesome roommate next to him to destroy his self-confidence every day. And no matter how much you have learned, whether or not what you have learned is helpful for the exam, the sense of accomplishment brought about by the continuous accumulation of this kind of knowledge is still very pleasant.

One day, on the way to the library, suddenly someone stood in front of him, stopped him, and spoke to him.

"Are you... the player who cleared the level?"

Duan Siqi who stopped walking subconsciously raised his head.

When he saw the person blocking him, his expression was shocked.

Fuck?

God Lu? !

This feeling is probably like walking into a convenience store and getting a bottle of mineral water, only to find that Jay is buying milk tea next to him.

In fact, this probability is about the same.

Although Lu Zhou offered a number theory course at Jinling University, even the students in his class would never see this elusive Professor Lu for a year, let alone anyone else.

Duan Siqi subconsciously planned to nod, but suddenly thought that he had obtained the ID casually, and his expression suddenly became awkward.

"Don't get me wrong...that, I picked up the ID at random, the real fan is not me—"

"Let's stop this topic," Lu Zhou quickly raised his hand, coughed dryly and said, "It's too embarrassing."

With an embarrassed expression on his face, Duan Siqi nodded quickly.

"Okay, okay...do you have anything to do with me?"

"Nothing special, just want to chat with you about the last dungeon... If you are free, I can buy you a cup of coffee."

"Availability is a must," Duan Siqi said with a shy smile, "What do you want to know?"

joke.

This guy is even more awesome than the principal.

Don't talk about fawning or anything, even if you say a few more words to get acquainted, it will be of great help to his future development. Such an opportunity might not be met by others, so he naturally couldn't let it go.

Seeing the expression on the student's face, Lu Zhou smiled.

Although he could see the nervousness that he deliberately concealed, but with his experience, he could still tell what this kid was thinking.

However, even if he could see it, he didn't say much, but said in an easy-going tone.

"I know there is a good coffee shop in front of the school. Someone used to take me there when I was in school... let's talk while walking."

Looking at Lu Zhou who turned to lead the way, Duan Siqi hurriedly followed.

Along the way, the two of them chatted one after another, and the topic of conversation was really just about "games". This was really beyond Duan Siqi's expectation. On the one hand, he didn't expect Academician Lu to be so approachable, and on the other hand, he didn't expect them to have so many common topics.

Perhaps it was because the gap in status was so great that he selectively forgot that Lu Zhou was not much older than him...

"What do you think about that game?"

"The difficulty is too BT, and there is no save mode, so many places have to be repeated dozens of times to pass the level. It is almost obsessive-compulsive disorder."

Duan Siqi couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought of what happened in which dungeon.

Just for the level of the drone, he swiped it no less than twenty times, and even accurately moved the position after getting off the car to the second level, before he barely got through.

Regarding Duan's statement, Lu Zhou nodded in agreement.

If it weren't for the difficulty of this BT, he felt that he would not need to hire a "power leveling" to reach the end.

"What about other aspects?"

Duan Siqi thought for a while and said: "I think the world view can be dug deeper. What I am most curious about is not the ring world, but the border planets mentioned by the Jialan population... I feel that if we expand the world view, for example, make Multiplayer games or online games like EVE will definitely be more interesting than pure stand-alone games.”

Lu Zhou nodded.

"I will mention your opinion to the product manager... In contrast, I am more curious about your thoughts on the plot."

Duan Siqi was stunned for a moment: "The plot?"

"Yes," Lu Zhou nodded, "Aren't you curious about the oracle and natural disasters?"

"The games are all the same..." Scratching the back of his head, Duan Siqi said with some confusion, "It's really curious to say that it's curious, but the plot is gone halfway through, and I'm helpless."

Lu Zhou: "...According to the clues in the game, what do you think the natural disaster might be?"

"Maybe it's a catastrophe sweeping the entire universe, bug swarm? Out-of-control AI? But I feel that this level of threat doesn't seem to threaten them... Sorry, my imagination is really limited, and I can't guess what's coming next." What is the plot? Can you give me a spoiler?"

Looking at Duan, who looked curious, Lu Zhou smiled and shook his head.

"Unfortunately, the script is automatically compiled by AI, and the follow-up part is still being written. Even I don't know the follow-up. It may take a while before I can announce it to you."

"It's still being written..." A trace of regret appeared on his face, Duan Siqi continued, "I really suggest that you change this game into an online game, it's best to expand the degree of freedom a little, the plot will end when it reaches the Imperial Conference Hall, When the alien scholar was first taken away, I thought the next plot was to save him, but it just ended. Not to mention anything else, I think at least it can be a free mode after customs clearance, right?"

Suddenly hearing something unusual from this sentence, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.

"it's over?"

"Yeah," Duan Siqi gave Lu Zhou a strange look, "Don't you know?"

Lu Zhou: "... After clearing the customs, follow General Saines back to the barracks, and after returning the equipment, didn't you unlock the free mode?"

"What barracks?" Duan Siqi looked at Lu Zhou in a daze and said, "Didn't the screen go black after being taken away?"

Lu Zhou: "You didn't inherit Dr. Ryan's property?"

Duan Siqi: "...???"

Seeing Duan's stunned expression, Lu Zhou instantly realized what was going on.

When arriving at the meeting hall, if the dialogue with Dr. Ryan is not triggered, and his favor is obtained during the dialogue, then in the following plot, there is a high probability that he will not inherit his inheritance.

In other words, what he saw was actually the "true ending"?

Thinking of this, a strange expression appeared on Lu Zhou's face.

In this way, is he the only one who saw the true ending?

It's really hard to say who is the real Gao Wan...

Duan Siqi has been observing the changes in the expression on Lu Zhou's face, and asked nervously in a low voice: "I don't know... Actually, I didn't pass the level?"

Will the bonus be taken back?

What he really wanted to ask was this, but he didn't have the nerve to say it.

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou was slightly taken aback, then smiled.

"No, this copy is over, forget about it."

Without giving him time to continue thinking, Lu Zhou changed the subject without a trace.

"What copy do you want to experience next, I want to hear your opinion."

Hearing this sentence, Duan Siqi's eyes lit up immediately.

"How about The Matrix? When it comes to virtual reality, there is no such classic action blockbuster!"

"The Matrix? Sounds very interesting," Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "I'll let the technicians of the project team study it later..."