Physics was the study of the most general laws of the movement of matter and the basic structure of matter.
The universe was like an infinite series of numbers like [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 …], and physics was the study of the laws of this series of numbers.
In the early days of science, when people were still arguing about 1 and 2, a physicist sitting under an apple tree was lucky enough to count to 3. Thus, he came to the conclusion that this series of numbers was composed of 123456 natural numbers.
However, with the advancement of technology, observation methods also improved.
When it came to Einstein, the physicist of the new era, he quickly discovered that starting from the fourth digit, it was not 4, but 5. The law summarized by Newton was only applicable to the first three digits, which were the so-called macroscopic conditions.
In order to make his theory seem more convincing, he observed the seventh digit, which was the number 13. Then, based on the phenomenon that he observed, he came to this conclusion:
[In this series of numbers that describe the universe, other than the unique number "1", the following numbers should be made up of prime numbers like "2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 …"]
Smart kids should have already discovered that the theory of relativity, the standard model, quantum mechanics, and a series of other mysterious theories were actually like this.
It described the world after the fourth digit that ordinary people couldn't see. Only with the help of professional equipment could one observe the world after the fourth digit.
That was, what people usually referred to as the "microscopic world".
Einstein was much luckier than the scholar sitting under the apple tree. Due to the limitations of the era, Einstein only saw the seventh digit in this series of numbers. However, his theory worked all the way up to the ninth digit.
Based on the "law" that he concluded, which was the so-called "standard model", people successfully observed the two numbers 17 and 19. One after another, a series of treasures such as the Higgs particle and gravitational wave were kept in their pockets.
Everything was so beautiful.
Unfortunately, this kind of luck had its limits.
As science and technology continued to advance, the Lunar Hadron Collider allowed people to see numbers larger than 19, broadening their horizons to more microscopic worlds and even other dimensions …
Suddenly, people were surprised to find that in this series of numbers describing the universe, the tenth digit after 19 was not 23. Even the eleventh place after that was not number 29.
Even the numbers 23 and 29 did not appear in the sequence at all. Instead, they were replaced by a string of numbers that did not follow any rules or logic.
In fact, it wasn't even a number at all, but something like ABCD.
Can you find a pattern in all the sequences?
That was not the case.
Just like a string of irrational numbers.
If he wanted to describe its rules, he would probably need as much information as it itself …
Although Professor Miro's theory of the "spirit of the universe" sounded like the nonsense of a fraud, in fact, he did not describe an omniscient and omnipotent God.
What he really wanted to express was that there was such a consciousness in this universe, and it had arranged everything in the universe according to its own subjective consciousness.
It was like a child holding a branch, humming a song that only he could understand, and writing a string of meaningless numbers on the beach.
As for the ants on the ground, according to their own behavioral logic, they thought about what the number on the ground meant and why it appeared there.
Rather than saying that he was promoting the theory of the "soul of the universe."
Rather, it should be said that the universe had a spirit …
…
For the physics community, this was definitely the darkest day.
The collision experiment in the energy zone above 5 TeV was like a black hole, confiscating the efforts of Earth's civilization physicists over the past century. Whether it was string theory or the Big Bang theory, they seemed to have been swallowed by this black hole.
Professor Witten looked at the image on the computer and pondered for a long time. He then suddenly sighed and spoke.
"It feels like we spent half a century studying the laws of the universe, but in the end, we only proved that the things we studied actually have no laws."
Lu Zhou still stared intently at the seemingly strange data as he replied casually.
"It's hard to accept?"
Witten teased in a serious tone, but no one knew if he was joking or joking.
"It's not just hard to accept, I even want to retire."
Lu Zhou: "Don't think that way, this is not enough to defeat us, but if you retire, it will definitely be a loss for us."
"Why would I? There are many excellent young physicists out there, and in my opinion, their future achievements will not be inferior to mine. "
Professor Witten smiled. His voice suddenly had a hint of emotion.
"Not to mention that I'm getting old. I was thinking about this problem about three or four years ago. If it weren't for you inviting me to help at the ILHCRC, I might have been fishing on a small island in Hawaii."
"Really? I'm really sorry. "
"Haha, don't be sorry. In fact, I should thank you. If it weren't for your invitation, I would have missed a lot of interesting things."
Professor Witten noticed the calculations written on the draft paper by Lu Zhou, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows with interest.
"Are you still obsessed with the theory of extra dimensions?"
"Sort of."
"With all due respect, this doesn't seem to be fundamentally different from the spirit of the universe."
"There are still a lot of differences." Lu Zhou held the pen in his hand and paused on the paper for a while. He thought for a while and said, "At least, I can prove its existence in the mathematical sense."
This time, a surprised expression appeared on Professor Witten's face. His eyes seemed to be saying, "How is this possible?"
However, Lu Zhou didn't make any more comments about his confusion. Instead, he spoke with a hint of meaning.
Instead, he said, "Normally, it is impossible for us to see the world outside of the box. But there is an exception. Remember Schrödinger's cat? "
"Schrödinger's cat? Wait a minute, you mean — "
Professor Witten's turbid pupils suddenly widened. His confused expression suddenly lit up with a strong sense of excitement.
"That's right, you might have guessed it." Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "You can think of us as the cat in the box. For the world outside the box, everything about us is a chaotic superposition state. But now, someone has opened the box and observed us.
"None of this was planned in advance."
"But because of the observation from outside the universe, the superposition state we are in has collapsed, so it has become the reality we see now."
Professor Witten frowned and was lost in thought. Lu Zhou continued.
"We don't know if there is a spirit in the universe, and no one has the right to define its existence.
"But one thing I can almost confirm is that something outside the box is waving at us."
Witten: "But it … Or rather, why are they doing this?"
"I don't know, maybe only it knows." Lu Zhou shook his head gently and continued, "Maybe it's asking us for help, or maybe it's just declaring its existence to us.
"But no matter what they want, for us who are in the box, this should not be a disaster, but a great opportunity."
"An opportunity to understand the Void."
At this moment, there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside the office.
After hearing these footsteps, Lu Zhou and Witten both stopped talking and looked in the direction of the door.
There was a knock on the door. Before Lu Zhou could say "come in", the door was pushed open.
"Sorry! Something very, very serious has happened! "
Lu Zhou looked at Luo Wenxuan, who appeared behind the door with a nervous expression. The expression on his face hesitated for a moment.
"What happened?"
"It's Professor Miro!"
Luo Wenxuan took a deep breath and stabilized his breathing.
Looking at the two people who were staring at him, he said the words that made everyone's mood fall to the bottom of the valley.
"… He's dead."
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