Pi didn't understand why it was Pi, and Zhang Zian didn't understand why it was Pi either.
Yes, he had guessed the origin of Pi a long time ago. There weren't many thought experiments about monkeys, so it was easy to guess. But the question was, what did it have to do with the untitled book? What did it have to do with Pi?
He wasn't sure about the answer to the riddle, so he didn't say the answer. Just like a famous detective must provide solid evidence when he testifies against a criminal, he couldn't become a famous detective by guessing.
There was no doubt that there were many monkeys that could type. Why was Pi the one that stood out in the end?
Until today, he had been puzzled by the answer.
He now knew that it had to be Pi. Only Pi could do it. Other typing monkeys couldn't do it.
Zhang Zian saw that Pi had deleted the string of pi that it had typed out, and he also saw the disappointed look on its face. He didn't want it to continue to be disappointed, so he stood up. It was time for Pi to understand the reason.
Pi looked at him, confused, and pointed at the bed with its other finger. It meant, "It's so late, why aren't you sleeping? You'll be the only one in the shop tomorrow. You'll be busy, right? "
Zhang Zian shook his head, pulled a chair over, and sat down. He pulled over the lower left corner of the keyboard, and pressed Ctrl + Z with his little finger and ring finger.
As he undid the operation, the string of Pi that Pi had just deleted appeared in the Word document again.
"Pi, do you hate Pi?" he asked.
Pi blinked, thought for a moment, nodded, and then shook its head.
At first, it didn't hate Pi. In fact, it liked this endless string of numbers. But when did it start to hate Pi?
It probably started in the Binhai City Library.
In the library, the pi it typed was seen as a prank by the others. They couldn't see it and didn't understand its call for help. From their impatient typing and low muttering, it knew that they hated it because of the series of pi.
Later, Zhang Zian appeared. He was the first person that could communicate with it seriously. Unfortunately, he couldn't understand the meaning of Pi, and felt that the string of numbers was unnecessary. It liked him very much and didn't want to lose the only person who could communicate with it normally, so it hated Pi even more.
After that, it began to write novels. When it typed in a Word document, it would involuntarily type pi, which confused its few readers. It could not completely control itself, but it did not want to lose its readers. Every time it saw this string of numbers, it would feel annoyed. It even wished that this string of numbers would disappear forever, so that it could control its own words freely like other authors …
From the moment it wrote the first word, Zhang Zian had been watching it write a novel. He could not read minds, so he could not see what was going on in its mind, but he could at least guess its mood from the changes in its facial expression when it typed. Every time it unconsciously typed out a string of pi and anxiously deleted it, he knew that it hated this string of numbers more and more.
But it really shouldn't hate pi.
It exists because of the existence of pi.
Because it used to like to calculate pi, it stood out from the countless monkeys and became the only molecule.
Therefore, he was going to resolve the misunderstanding that had existed for a long time.
Zhang Zian opened the drawer of his desk and took out a piece of white paper, a pen, a ruler, and the compass that he used when he was a child.
He spread the white paper on the desk and drew a circle with the compass.
Pi looked at his movements, not understanding what was going on.
Zhang Zian put down the compass, held the ruler in his left hand, and the pen in his right. He drew a straight line through the center of the circle made by the compass, and the two ends of the line intersected with the circle.
He looked at the circle and the straight line with satisfaction, as if he was looking at a bowl and chopsticks.
He put down the ruler and asked in a low voice, "Pi, do you know what pi is?"
Pi rolled its eyes and shook its head, indicating that it did not know.
It had never been to school. All its knowledge came from the untitled book, and it was limited to the knowledge that it wanted to know. It knew that pi was pi, but it did not know what pi was.
Zhang Zian smiled gently and said, "Well, I will tell you a story about pi."
Pi listened attentively. Like other elfins, it liked to listen to stories.
Zhang Zian pointed at the circle and diameter on the paper with the tip of the pen and said, "pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. But don't underestimate this seemingly simple string of numbers, because it is not simple at all."
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679
"This is the beginning. It is endless and never repeated."
He copied the string of numbers on the paper one by one according to the pi that Pi typed on the screen. He put the numbers under the circle and explained them in a calm tone.
"That is to say, in this string of numbers, every possible combination of numbers is included. Your birthday, locker password, your social security number are all in it somewhere."
He glanced at the untitled book lying quietly on the desk, as if he was looking at the boring and meaningless letter combinations in the book.
A, AA, AAA, AAAA …
AB, ABA, ABAA, ABAAA …
AC, ACA, ACAA, ACAAA …
…
Z, ZA, ZAA, ZAAA …
ZB, ZBA, ZBAA, ZBAAA …
…
ZZ, ZZZ, ZZZZ, ZZZZZ …
He already understood that the untitled book actually had a name.
Pulling his thoughts back to pi, he said, "If you convert this string of numbers into letters, you can get all the words and countless combinations. The first syllable you made when you were a baby, the name of your sweetheart, the story of your life, everything we have ever done or said, all the infinite possibilities in the universe … are all in this simple circle."
He had finished copying the first 100 digits of pi. He put down the pen and looked directly into pi's eyes.
"What you do with this information and what it can be used for is up to you."
This was the story of pi. This was the story of life, the universe, and everything else.
Pi stared at the circle and diameter on the paper. It had understood why it stood out from the countless other monkeys. While other monkeys were still excited about accidentally typing one or two meaningful words, the pi it typed contained all the books in the universe, whether it was the complete works of Shakespeare, all the books in the Paris Library, or even the unknown books of the unknown civilizations in the universe.
It reached out to hold the pen and continued to write after the number 0679: 82148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128 …
This was the first time it held a pen. The way it held the pen was very awkward, and it took a lot of effort to write. However, it seemed that there was infinite power in its body, and it kept writing.
The room was very quiet. Even the breathing sounds of the other elfins seemed to have disappeared. Only the sound of the computer fan and the rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the white paper could be heard.
Soon, the front of the paper was filled with countless numbers. Pi turned the paper over and continued to write on the back. It didn't stop until the back was completely filled with numbers.
It didn't hate pi anymore, because pi was itself. It existed in this world because of pi.
At this moment, the originally bare cover of the nameless book suddenly burst into a charming golden light. The golden light initially came from a point in the center, then extended to both sides in a straight line from left to right. After extending for a distance of about the length of a pinky finger, it again divided into two, extending up and down in an arc. The four arcs finally intersected with each other, forming a perfect golden circle. Zhang Zian had never seen such a circle. It was a circle that could not be drawn with any compass in the world.
A golden diameter ran across the center of the circle.
Pi was also attracted by this strange phenomenon. It reached out and carefully rubbed the cover.
The feel of the cover was no different from before. The golden circle and diameter were integrated with the cover itself. There were no bumps or bumps. It seemed that it had always existed there, and they just saw it now.
It turned to the first page of the nameless book. Looking through the pince-nez, the endless letters had all disappeared, and were replaced by —
3. 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 …
No matter how many pages it turned, the pages of the nameless book were filled with endless numbers that had no beginning and no end. For it, compared to the annoying combinations of letters before, these numbers were more familiar and easier to recognize, because they were numbers that it had spent an infinite amount of time in the nameless space. If they were converted into characters, they would be all-encompassing.
It understood why it couldn't exist in this world without the nameless book. It was because it had typed Pi and the nameless book, so it had defeated other monkeys and become a molecule.
Pi held the nameless book in its arms and pressed it tightly against its chest. This was a part of it, and it couldn't be separated or abandoned.
From now on, the nameless book was no longer nameless, but the Book of Pi!
Holding the book, Pi picked up a pen and sketched a flat oval on the paper. It circled a long string of numbers and showed it to Zhang Zian.
11610497110107121111117
This string of numbers was a section of Pi written by Pi. To be honest, Zhang Zian couldn't understand it, but he could guess that if this string of numbers was converted into ASCII code, it would probably be: thank you.
"You're welcome," he responded with a smile. "There's no need to be polite between friends."
Before he finished speaking, his phone suddenly rang, but he had muted it before the elfins went to bed.
He took out his phone and saw that the Pet Hunter game had started automatically.
[Navigation Elf]: Congratulations! Your Molecular Monkey's affection has been upgraded to friendly, and your real name is being unlocked!
[Game Tips]: Pet Attributes
[Known As]: Molecular Monkey
[Rarity]: Elite/Premier
[Features]: My life has limits, but books have no limits!
[Unlocked History]:
In 1909, the French mathematician Baudelaire proposed an interesting thought experiment in order to explain the randomness of letter arrangement in his monograph Principles of Probability — the monkey and the typewriter.
The content of the thought experiment was that if a group of monkeys typed on a typewriter, they might eventually type out all the books in the Paris library.
This thought experiment was further developed into the infinite monkey theorem. That is, if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite amount of time, there will always be a monkey that can type out the complete works of Shakespeare on the keyboard. Even if the probability is infinitely small, because there are infinite monkeys and infinite time, there will always be a monkey that can do it.
It was Pi. It was such a monkey. Instead of typing letters like other monkeys, it pressed the number keys on the keyboard, narrowing the typing range from 26 English letters to 10 numbers. Instead of typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, it typed out Pi.
Pi was the ratio of the circumference to its diameter. It was infinite and never repeated.
This string of numbers contained every possible combination of numbers — your birthday, locker password, your social security number, they were all in it somewhere.
If these numbers were converted to letters, you could get all the words and countless combinations. The first syllable you made when you were a baby, the name of your sweetheart, the story of your life, everything we have ever done or said, all the infinite possibilities in the universe … were all in this simple circle.
What to do with this information and how to use it was up to Pi!
After the advent of the information age, the originally unknown infinite monkey theorem gradually became widely known. With the blessing of the Strength of Faith, Pi became an elfin, bringing the infinite words it typed into the world. It had the ability to know about life, the universe, and everything else.
[Unlocked Real Name]: Baudelaire's Typing Monkey!
Zhang Zian didn't feel surprised or surprised. After all, he had already guessed Pi's real name and origin in advance. As described by the characteristics of Pi, the untitled book it typed contained infinite content, even more than the standard of this theorem — typing out the complete works of Shakespeare or the collection of the French National Library.
Its pince-nez was probably a reward from the game.
Pi could do this because it was smart and lucky. It chose to type numbers instead of letters, which slightly increased the probability of getting the right answer.
Zhang Zian was about to put away his phone, but a notification popped up in the game.
[Game Tip]: Congratulations! Because you guessed the origin and real name of the elfin in advance, the favorability of the elfin has greatly increased!
[Game Tip]: Congratulations! The favorability of the Molecular Monkey has increased to Trusted, and the ability to move freely!
The ability to move freely?
Zhang Zian smiled. For Pi, this ability was probably useless.
He glanced at the time on his phone — 0: 00, 0: 00. It was New Year's Eve.
"Pi, it's going to be published. Refresh the platform and see if the editor has granted you permission to be published," he reminded it.
Pi nodded and pressed F5 to refresh the page. It happened to see that the number of favorites had just reached 50000, no more, no less.
Zhang Zian's phone rang again.
His phone kept ringing in the middle of the night. He had a premonition that he was going to be unlucky. He could even feel the cold gaze from the direction of the princess bed.
[Game Tip]: Congratulations! Your Molecular Monkey has collected enough Strength of Faith, and has reached the standard to upgrade!
[Game Tip]: Your Molecular Monkey is currently at the elite/premier level, and will become a premier level after the upgrade.
[Game Tip]: Do you want to upgrade now? If you choose "No," you can upgrade it at any time.
[Yes/No, remind me later.]
...
Note:
Pi is the ratio of the circumference to its diameter … What you do with this information, and what it can be used for, is up to you.
This paragraph is from the 11th episode of the second season of the American TV series "Wanted."
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