IMCRC Headquarters.

In an office with whiteboards on the walls.

Facing one of the almost full whiteboards, Professor Wei Hong, who was holding a marker pen in his hand, pondered for a long time, and suddenly broke the silence and said.

"I thought of it!"

Professor Davik, who was standing next to him, hurriedly asked.

"What do you think?"

From just now, including Luo Wenxuan, the three of them are discussing the question of "the possible cause of the disturbance of Z particles on the gravitational field", and Wei Hong gave a possibility from a mathematical point of view on the whiteboard.

However, just as the other two were listening carefully, he suddenly stopped talking. The whole person seemed to be stuck in his train of thought, and stood there stunned for a long time.

Now that he had finally come to his senses, Professor Davik, who thought he had discovered some surprising idea, hurriedly threw him an inquiring look.

In the face of the partner's inquiry, Professor Wei Hong pondered for about two minutes, sorted out the ideas that came to his mind into simple and easy-to-understand language, and then spoke.

"The essence of gravity is the curvature of space-time by the mass of the object itself, and the Z particles moving from high to low dimensions do not interfere with the gravitational field itself, but change the curvature of space-time relative to the gravitational field."

As he spoke, he picked up his pen and drew two parallel circles on the whiteboard, connecting the upper and lower ends of the circles with two arcs.

"There is curvature in space-time, assuming that the curvature is x, and assuming that these two lines are gravitational field lines in conventional space-time, when the Z particles oscillate at both ends, the value of x will change, or even be reduced to infinitely close to zero, and these two arcs will be infinitely straightened, approaching a straight line——"

Looking at the two neat straight lines drawn by Professor Wei Hong between the two arcs, a hint of surprise gradually appeared on Luo Wenxuan's face.

"I see what you mean, but that sounds ...... It's kind of weird. That is, we only need two Lunar Hadron Colliders to be able to create a portal on the other side of the galaxy? ”

Wei Hong shook his head.

"It's a misnomer, more like a highway between two rolling mountain peaks."

According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, matter and time (space-time) bend due to the presence of matter. In the classical universe where matter is ubiquitous, that is, the universe that can be directly observed by human beings, it is clearly a "curved" universe.

In this curved universe, it is a straight line to move from A to B, but in fact, in the high-dimensional universe, it is a crooked journey.

If Wei Hong's conjecture is correct, it means that they may somehow "straighten" the curly space-time, directly following a real "straight line", through this curly universe, to where they want to go.

In the case of Mars, for example, the closest distance between Mars and Earth is 55 million kilometers, and it takes 182 seconds to cover this distance even at the speed of light.

However, if the curved space-time between the two is "straightened" – or even just the width of a highway – this distance may be shortened to 5.5 million, or even 550,000 kilometers.

In such a situation, even if you do not master the method of exceeding the speed of light, you can break through the limit of the speed of light in practical effect and travel through the universe in light-years in a very short time.

Frightened by the broad prospects shown behind this theory, Luo Wenxuan was stunned for a long time before he gradually showed a serious expression and asked.

"Is there a way to prove it?"

"It's difficult," looking at the equation on the whiteboard with a solemn expression, a bitter smile gradually appeared on Wei Hong's face, "Or to be more accurate, it's quite difficult." This involves both the difficulty of many-complexity and the complexity of the complex problem of high-dimensional differential manifolds and algebraic geometry in mathematics. It is no exaggeration to say that if this problem were abstracted into a mathematical problem, it would be no less difficult than the Poincaré conjecture! ”

Hearing this, Luo Wenxuan and Professor David looked at each other.

Even for the latter, who are not good at mathematics, they are aware of the seven millennial problems in mathematics.

The crown jewel of differential geometry, the Poincaré conjecture took nearly a century of effort by three generations of mathematicians to pluck it off the mountaintop.

If the solution to this problem is even more difficult than the Poincaré conjecture......

They have little chance of winning.

"If this conclusion can be proven, I am afraid that there will be no problem in history." With some envy, Professor Davik said,

Luo Wenxuan laughed dryly and said, "It's not just a name for history...... If it can be done, it will at least be placed in the same position as Einstein. ”

This is the key to the edge of the galaxy!

Whoever can find it is the father of the interstellar era.

Even a theoretical way of providing a viable idea of navigation between star systems is immensely significant. And if someone in the distant future really realizes hyperspace navigation through their theory, then I am afraid that even Einstein and Newton together will have to be compared to this supreme glory.

Also foreseeing this, Professor Wei Hong also sighed softly.

"It's a pity, but this theory is not something that ordinary people can accomplish...... At least it's beyond my capabilities. ”

"Where's Professor Witten?"

"If he was in his thirties, he might have been, but now he ...... It's basically impossible," after a pause, Wei Hong continued, "At present, the most promising solution to this problem may be Professor Lu. ”

Seeing that the two of them looked at him in unison, Luo Wenxuan was slightly stunned, and then sweated wildly.

"What are you all looking at me for?"

Professor Wei Hong said as a matter of course: "You have the best relationship with Professor Lu...... From the point of view of the success rate, it is more appropriate for you to ask him for help. ”

David nodded hurriedly in agreement.

"I think so too."

The last time he went to Jinling Airport and was detained, he really didn't want to experience it again.

"Even if you look at me like this, it's useless, although I am his senior brother, but ...... He is in retreat now, and it is almost impossible to get in touch with him. ”

As he spoke, Luo Wenxuan's face couldn't help but have a helpless expression.

To be honest, he, a cheap senior brother, may not have a high status as that guy's apprentice.

Professor Davik didn't give up, and tried to make a final effort to open his mouth.

"But...... How do you know if it works if you don't even try it? ”

"It's nothing, even if he contacts him after taking 10,000 steps back, it is unlikely that he will devote a lot of time to studying an idea that is not very likely to be realized...... Unless it's really worth it. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Luo Wenxuan continued.

"So, for us, the only way to do it now is to write our guesses and publish them in a paper. If it can arouse his interest, the problem will be solved. If you can't...... I think it's probably not worth too much time to spend on it. ”

It's the best way to do it.

According to Luo Wenxuan's understanding of Lu Zhou, although he will hardly reply to messages from the outside world during retreat, he will not completely disconnect from the Internet.

At least the latest research results, he will still follow up.

If there is no response......

That can only say that Lu Zhou is not optimistic about their speculation.

If that's the case, Luo Wenxuan feels that they can almost give up.

After all, warp speed sounded a bit unbelievable, and to be honest, he had been in a state of doubt until now, after all, there were more reliable explanations than the most unlikely explanation.

"That's all it can be......"

After a long silence, Professor Wei Hong nodded with difficulty, although he didn't like to wait for an uncertain thing, but now it seemed that there was no better way.

“…… I'm going to use mathematical language as much as possible to describe this guess a little more plausibly. ”

Luo Wenxuan looked at him and nodded.

"Then please."

The three were preparing to return to their previous discussion.

However, at this moment, the mobile phone in Luo Wenxuan's pocket suddenly rang.

"Wait a minute...... I'm going to answer the phone. ”

As the secretary general of the IMCRC, he always had a large number of work calls to respond to every day.

Although he also wanted to put these things aside, considering that a certain chairman of the board of directors didn't care about things, he could only resist the work that originally belonged to Lu Zhou.

There was no caller ID, Luo Wenxuan pressed the connect button and walked to the side.

Wei Hong and Davick also ignored him for the time being, stopped the topic of discussion, and waited for their teammates to come back in quiet thought.

However, at this moment, they did not wait for Luo Wenxuan's footsteps to come back, but waited for a strange cry from a distance. That voice is probably Professor Luo's, but it's very thin and long—

It's as if the curled space has been suddenly straightened.

Looking at Wei Hong with a confused face, David said stunned.

"What is he talking about?"

“…… I don't know. ”

glanced at the direction Luo Wenxuan left with a confused face, and just when Wei Hong hesitated to go over to see what was going on, he saw Luo Wenxuan with a trance on his face, and walked back as if he was sleepwalking.

Seeing this, Professor David quickly got up and looked at him and asked.

"What's going on?"

Wei Hong also stood up.

"Whose phone number?"

"Land Boat ......"

Answering the latter question, Luo Wenxuan swallowed his saliva and said in a voice as if he hadn't woken up yet, "Let's ...... just now Isn't there a discussion about whether a stably oscillating Z particle can cause a stable bend in space? ”

"Yes...... Don't?! ”

Looking at Professor Wei Hong, who looked shocked and suddenly reacted, Luo Wenxuan nodded with straight eyes.

"Yes."

"He's done with it."

"Just a few minutes ago."

“…… In a mathematical sense. ”

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