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"It's really hard to say."

Liu Feng shook his head rigorously:

"According to my speculation, the space-time butterfly effect should change and occur in real time. So... the specific number of the space-time curvature displayed on the space-time clock and the specific extent of the change must be analyzed in detail." "

"For example, if the changes in space and time are very small and have little impact on the entire world, then I think the changes in the curvature of space and time will be very small, and the changes in the numbers reflected on the time and space clock will naturally be very small."

"For another example, if time and space change greatly, and the impact of something is enough to shake up the world in the future and make it completely new...then the number on the space clock will definitely change a lot, at least I think so. Even At……"

Liu Feng stretched out his right index finger and pointed at the zero in front of the decimal point 0.0000000 on the space-time clock dial:

"Even if the curvature of space-time changes big enough, big enough, big enough! Maybe the zero in front of the decimal point will also change."

"However, there is no data for reference now, and it is meaningless to discuss these. After the first change of the time and space clock numbers, we will have a rough reference; then after observing a few more times, we will naturally be able to summarize the rules. Completely master the rules of space-time curvature!”

"Fine."

Lin Xian nodded:

"I came to you this time for nothing else. I just came to take a look at the space-time clock and see how you are doing. So let's do this for now. Don't stop studying the cosmological constant. We should take a multi-pronged approach. , and we cannot bet all our hopes on the space-time clock and the curvature of space-time.”

"in addition……"

Lin Xian stretched out his hand and pointed to the corner of the experimental table, the space-time particle trap in the shape of a rice cooker:

"Have the space-time particles been studied again? Are there any new developments or breakthroughs?"

Liu Feng sighed softly:

"No."

"Although I know that this result is difficult for you to accept, Lin Xian, this is the fact. Although cruel, it is the fact. When we capture space-time particles, we have too many useless contacts, and we have already Its energy is exhausted."

"This is also caused by our inexperience. No one knows that this thing cannot be touched at all. Even a few shallow collisions are enough for it to be assimilated into this time and space and become worthless."

"If there is another chance to capture... I believe I will do better. I will improve the capture device and capture mechanism to capture the space-time particles without consuming the internal energy."

"In that case, maybe we can get some other results by studying it. But this one... well, there is really no way. It really has no energy, no value, and no function."

…

Lin Xian felt inexplicably disappointed after listening to Liu Feng's words:

"Can I open it and take a look?"

"sure."

Liu Feng spread his hands:

"As I told you before, the current space-time particles have long been inactive. They will no longer flicker or jump, and they will also follow the mechanical laws of our universe and a certain degree of physical contact."

"Even if you touch it with your hands, nothing will happen... because I have already touched it. It has no entity, but it has a wonderful touch. And I have done experiments. Even if I put it on the table, On the ground, it won't penetrate."

"This is what I have been telling you, [Assimilation with this space-time]. At this point, this space-time particle is actually a thing of our time and space, so it has no value and no energy... This is A very simple logic.”

During Liu Feng's explanation, Lin Xian stepped forward.

Come to the corner of the experimental table.

He wiped the floating dust on the rice cooker with his sleeve.

On the small display screen, the two lines of words that seemed to have fixed time and space were still displayed——

[Space-time particles: captured successfully! 】

[Capture time: March 28, 2024, 00:42]

This is Chu Anqing's 20th birthday.

It was a desperate attempt to capture success.

Wipe the rice cooker clean.

Lin Xian stroked the stainless steel wall on the side of the rice cooker and felt it was cold to the touch.

He let out a sigh of relief.

Press the lid lift switch.

Click——

There was a crisp sound.

The lid of the rice cooker pops up directly.

Lin Xian looked inside.

A crystal blue space-time particle did not come into contact with any wall of the pot, and was just suspended quietly in the middle of the rice cooker's inner pot.

It's amazing.

Like magnetic levitation.

But of course this is not magnetic levitation, but the physical principles are similar, using fields to bind particles.

The space-time particles at this time have indeed lost their activity.

The intense lightning, violent core, and crackling spherical surface that I saw before all disappeared.

It's like it's asleep.

Not even bothering to snore.

So calm, so peaceful, so docile, so lazy.

It's really hard to associate with the difficult opponent in the sky before.

Lin Xian watch carefully--\u003e\u003e

Take a look.

Although this space-time particle now looks similar to a small blue electric ball, it no longer has intense electric sparks or a core that is crashing around.

Those blue filaments were spread evenly inside the spherical space, floating slowly... very slowly... seemingly motionless... not only did they not look aggressive, but rather timid.

This is what space-time particles look like after they lose their activity and energy.

From an extraterritorial overlord, he was recruited into a humble boy.

Lin Xian stretched out his right hand and reached into the rice cooker.

Since Liu Feng said that he had already touched it and there was no problem, he naturally had no worries.

Fingers sinking.

Touched the space-time particles.

That feeling...

It's true as Liu Feng said.

really.

With your eyes closed, you can feel as if you have touched something, a slight touch.

It was like a layer of cobweb falling and a breeze blowing by.

And when you consciously want to touch it, you won't feel this touch; but when you touch it unconsciously, you can feel this subtle contact that seems to be absent.

It's really a feeling that words can't describe. It's more appropriate to say it's...an illusion.

at this time.

Lin Xian's entire palm had entered the space-time particles, but the space-time particles were still so stable, as if nothing was wrong, almost lazily sleeping. Inside the uniform sphere, there were no ripples caused by Lin Xian's arrival.

He put his palms together and tried to hold the space-time particles.

Of course.

Lazy space-time particles will not cooperate with him. No matter how Lin Xian's palm stirred around inside the space-time particles, the space-time particles themselves remained motionless and did not care.

"It seems that ordinary people like us will not have any overreaction when exposed to space-time particles, nor will we awaken any memories or have some information stuffed into our brains like Chu Anqing."

"Of course." Liu Feng spread his hands:

"After all, we are not the Millennium Pile, and we will not react with space-time particles. I guess that nothing will happen to normal people and normal objects when they come into contact with space-time particles. That is, the Thousand-Year Pile, or other external space-time particles What happens when objects and space-time particles come into contact.”

"However, there is no proof. We can only draw the conclusion from Chu Anqing's incident. The thousand-year pile will acquire some memories and have overreactions when it touches the space-time particles. As for other things... there is no experimental data, so There’s no way to tell.”

"Speaking of which, haven't you always suspected that Oriole is a time traveler from the future? Logically speaking, she does not belong to this time and space. She is also an outsider. Why don't you let her touch the time and space particles? See if you can Something magical happened."

"forget it."

Lin Xian decisively refused:

"If Oriole felt it was necessary to touch the space-time particles, she would have definitely done so long ago. What she doesn't do is unnecessary. She is a very independent woman and does not need us to remind her of anything."

"And... her current physical condition seems to be very bad. I don't want to disturb her or trouble her too much. Huangque has already helped us with too many things, solved too many troubles for us, and also given us Many reminders... We can't rely on her for the rest of our lives, right? Liu Feng, we must also become stronger."

Liu Feng listened and nodded:

"That's right. You can't always trouble Huang Que. After all, space-time particles and cosmological constants are our business in the end. Huang Que has indeed helped us enough."

"And I thought about it carefully just now, and my inference is not rigorous. It does not mean that objects from outside space and time will react when they touch space and time particles, because you see, Chu Anqing, she is not an outsider in time and space, she The pupils of his eyes are normal and have never been rejected by time and space, which is enough to prove that Chu Anqing is a thousand-year-old native of this time and space. "

"I believe that the laws of time and space are absolute. No one or anything can transcend the laws of time and space. Therefore, Chu Anqing's eyes have not turned blue and she has not been rejected by time and space. This is also an ironclad proof that she originally belongs to our time and space. ”

"Based on this, it seems that the memory gained by touching the space-time particles, as well as those excessive reactions, should be the unique characteristics of the Millennium Pile, or it can be said to be... an accident. Unfortunately, now that Chu Anqing is gone, the space-time particles have been lost again. Without the activity, we can’t study it further.”

…

Listening to Liu Feng's analysis, Lin Xian took his hand out of the rice cooker and stared at the blue space-time particle seriously:

"Are you really sure...this space-time particle has no effect?"

Lin Xian was still unwilling to accept this fact and asked:

"Is it possible that our current cognitive level and technical level are not up to par, so we cannot discover the purpose of this space-time particle?"

Liu Feng was silent for a while and looked at Lin Xian meaningfully:

"From the perspective of scientific rigor, I cannot deny your view. I understand your feelings, Lin Xian, each of us has paid so much, even Chu Anqing sacrificed herself to catch this space-time particle... But In the end, it ended like this, which must be difficult for you to accept.”

"But as your friend, as a scientist who is assisting you behind your back, I can't lie to you or deceive you just for the sake of tenderness, right? That would harm you instead, and maybe make you deviate from the right path. Move in the wrong direction."

"Please believe me. At least, for now, this space-time particle... really has no value. It has really been assimilated with this time and space."

"What should I do with this thing?" Lin Xian raised his head.

He closed the lid of the rice cooker with a bang and resealed the space-time particles--\u003e\u003e

Seal, and then looked at Liu Feng:

"Such a hard-won thing...even if it can only be regarded as a souvenir as you said, it can't be left so casually, right? It's still too unsafe in this laboratory."

"Then... how about buying two safes for here?"

Liu Feng suggested:

"But this doesn't make much sense. It only takes up space, and the safe is not absolutely safe. Anyway, my current experimental research will not use this space-time particle at all. If you have a suitable warehouse or vault, It’s not a safe place, so why don’t you take it away and store it first.”

storehouse……

treasury……

Lin Xian immediately thought of Thame Bank.

Thinking of those hafnium alloy safes.

Thinking of the little note Chu Anqing wrote to herself.

Thinking of it, these are the space-time particles that Chu Anqing caught for herself.

Even though Liu Feng swore that this space-time particle had no value, Lin Xian was still reluctant to throw it away.

Then...

Put it together.

"I understand, I'll take it."

Lin Xian picked up the rice cooker and left the Tunghai University laboratory:

"If the value of the space-time clock changes and a change in the curvature of space-time is detected, notify me as soon as possible."

"Don't worry Lin Xian, I will keep an eye on you."

…

Alpha commercial vehicles drive on the elevated expressway.

Lin Xian sat in the back seat, holding a rice cooker in his arms and looking out the window at the bustling city.

Donghai City 600 years later.

It has gone through many changes and vicissitudes of life.

The first dreamland is standing still, the second dreamland is a century of regression, the third dreamland is the tragedy of the world, and then the fourth dreamland is the science fiction capital.

There are no rules, just like what I first realized, the changes in time and space are uncontrollable and almost illogical.

He had even begun to worry.

Really waiting for one day, the dream world changes again, and after arriving at the fifth dream...

Will the world become a better place?

He began to think again.

What kind of world is better?

At first, Lin Xian thought it was bad for a world where technology stood still, but now it seems that it is the best.

For the big-faced cat, the second dream of the backward Old Donghai is actually his happiest, happiest and happiest life.

What kind of world is good?

Lin Xian felt that perhaps there was no accurate answer to this question.

But anyway...

A world that requires sacrificing a 20-year-old girl every 24 years to drive a millennium pile is definitely not the best.

This is undoubtedly wrong.

"If the thousand-year-old problem is solved and these girls can live a normal life and grow old normally..."

Lin Xian couldn't help but think of the sudden white light that burned everything at the end of each dream.

If there were no thousand-year stakes in this world, would there still be white light?

In 600 years, will the world be able to spend the early morning of August 29 peacefully and see the sun rise on a new day?

Why lock up history?

Lin Xian couldn't help but feel disgusted every time he thought about this issue.

Why?

He must find out the real murderer behind the thousand-year-old pile and ask him why!

squeak--

Alpha commercial vehicle brakes smoothly.

The driver in the front seat turned back:

"Mr. Lin, Taimu Bank is here."

Lin Xian just got off the car.

Brother Wang, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came up to him with a full belly:

"Hahahaha Lin Xian! You're finally here! I've been waiting for you since the trial opening!"

Brother Wang, who had realized his dream in life, wanted to hug Lin Xian, but the rice cooker in Lin Xian's arms... became an obstacle to their embrace.

"What are you..."

Brother Wang blinked in confusion and looked at Lin Xian:

"Why did you bring a rice cooker here?"

Lin Xian smiled slightly:

"Brother Wang, this is what I want to put in the safe."

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!"

Brother Wang suddenly realized it and let out an excited goose cry:

"I understand! I understand! A time capsule within a time capsule! You can do this, but you can hide it more tightly! I just didn't expect the rice cooker trick... I really learned a lesson!"

"Come on, come on in, I can't wait to show you our bank."

Brother Wang enthusiastically pulled Lin Xian into Taimu Bank.

With its spectacular door and eye-catching signboard, everyone can see that Thame Bank has strong financial resources.

When I walked into the service hall, I found that there were many people queuing up to do business.

"These people are not here to buy safes, but to handle financial services."

Brother Wang saw Lin Xian's confusion and explained to him directly:

"Aren't you worried that our Taimu Bank will collapse because of its single business? So I listened to you, and with the help of Uncle Zhao, we opened up some long-term financial businesses, such as investments, funds, insurance, etc... which can be considered An income point for our bank.”

"Actually, there are not many customers who come to buy safes. We have only sold more than 50 safes in total, and there are still many people who have canceled their subscriptions. But we don't care about this, we just do a few things--\u003e\u003e

We have been in business for ten or hundreds of years, but our business has not yet reached its breaking point. "

"When will the hibernating cabins be officially mass-produced and put into use, our business will explode! By then, these hundreds of hafnium alloy safes will really not be enough to sell. Who can refuse to sell hundreds of hafnium alloy safes in the future? How about opening the time capsule that I buried hundreds of years ago?”

While talking, Brother Wang led Lin Xian into the warehouse behind.

Perhaps it's because Taimu Bank has too much financial resources this time... The security level of this warehouse is completely maxed out!

The entire wall is made of hugely thick alloy. Lin Xian is not sure if it is hafnium alloy. It doesn't look like it, but it is enough. C4 must not be able to explode it.

This made him a little embarrassed.

If in the dream world 600 years later, he and CC still need to sneak into Taimu Bank... How should they survive this level!

However, Lin Xian was relieved when he saw Brother Wang finally using the combination lock to open the metal door of the warehouse.

To put it bluntly, it is still an electronic password lock, so CC, a password expert, is enough.

"Come in Lin Xian, let me show you our hafnium alloy safe!"

Brother Wang excitedly urged Lin Xian to enter the warehouse.

Walking in, Lin Xian looked around.

Just like the photo that Brother Wang sent to him before, the concrete walls are covered with hafnium alloy safes.

Seeing it with your own eyes is truly spectacular.

Soon, Brother Wang led Lin Xian to the middle area and pointed to safe No. 66 with a smile:

"Look! This is what I left for you!"

"Actually, the size, material and craftsmanship of each safe are exactly the same, and there is nothing adjustable. However, some customers always like to pick numbers, so I will definitely leave the best to you!"

Then.

Brother Wang pointed around again:

"In order to protect the privacy of every customer, no surveillance cameras are installed in this safe warehouse. This is also necessary because our hafnium alloy safes use mechanical combination locks and can only set a one-time password , can never be changed.”

"So we can only sacrifice a certain amount of security for the sake of confidentiality. However, the security and defense level of this warehouse is so high and it is located in the city center. There will be no thieves to steal haha... Even if they want to steal things, they have to crack the hafnium The password for the alloy safe will work!”

"Otherwise, with the strength of these hafnium alloy safes, even large bombs cannot explode, and thieves will come in vain. In addition, many of the things we store here have no economic value, and are more of memory value. , It’s not worth the money. The price-performance ratio is really low if you come here to steal something.”

Zhila——

Brother Wang directly opened the safe with Lin Xian's name on it, removed the protective device from the lock, and told Lin Xian:

"I'd like to remind you again that the password lock structure of the safe is extremely sophisticated, so after setting the first password, it can never be changed! You have to think carefully before setting the password! It really can't be changed! "

"When you operate it later, first put the rice cooker in, then set the password on the eight password wheels outside, and directly cover the door of the safe! Then the password lock will be locked, and the password of the safe will be The setting is completed. The password of this hafnium alloy safe will never change for a lifetime, hundreds of years, or thousands of years."

Then, Brother Wang pointed to the door:

"Then I will wait for you outside the door. We also have regulations here. When customers access things and set passwords, the staff must avoid them and can only leave the customer alone. Once you are done, knock on the door from the inside. I'm waiting outside and will open the door for you when the time comes."

Say it.

Brother Wang left.

boom.

Thame Bank warehouse door closed.

In a huge space filled with safes...

A span of 600 years.

I was left alone again.

Lin Xian pressed the switch of the rice cooker, and the lid popped up with a bang.

The quiet space-time particles inside exude a quiet blue light.

Then.

Lin Xian held the rice cooker in his arms with his left hand, reached into the inner pocket of his shirt with his right hand, and took out the piece of paper... In the past few days, he had never left his body, never read it, and never had anyone know the content on it. note].

Even if the enemy sees the above content in advance and makes a copy, it doesn't matter at all.

Chu Anqing had absolute confidence, allowing Lin Xian to understand the truth and falsehood of the world the moment he saw the content.

And Lin Xian was absolutely confident that he would be able to understand what Chu Anqing wrote.

at the same time.

There is no fear that the enemy will replace the small note with other contents.

Because Lin Xian could roughly understand what Chu Anqing wrote for herself.

You are not afraid of others seeing it, you are not afraid of others changing it, you are not afraid of others changing it, you are not afraid of the enemy changing your package...

[This is a secret that belongs only to him and Chu Anqing. It is a code that the two agreed to deceive the whole world. 】

Lin Xian put the neatly folded piece of paper into the bottom of the rice cooker.

Put together with the blue space-time particles.

Then……

Bang.

There was a muffled sound.

Close the lid of the rice cooker and seal the space-time particles and small paper strips.

This letter... is a long 600 years.

Lin Xian suddenly felt that the rice cooker in his hand seemed to be a lot heavier, bearing the weight of promise and fate.

"I'll see you there."

Lin Xian whispered, holding the rice cooker in both hands and placing it inside the hafnium alloy safe.

--\u003e\u003e

Boom.

The stainless steel bottom case and the hafnium alloy inner wall make a crisp collision sound.

Suddenly.

Lin Xian took a deep breath.

Recalling what VV had said before.

At that time, Lin Xian smiled and told VV that he would set a new password for the safe of Tam Bank, but he was very curious about what the original password was and what was originally placed in it.

That time.

Super artificial intelligence VV thought for a few seconds, and then slowly said:

"Lin Xian, maybe there is no original thing or original password... The safe has the same password and the same thing from beginning to end. You don't know the truth now, just because you haven't waited until the moment of historical closure."

"That is, when you really want to use the safe to store things and set the password, it is not until that moment that the historical closure is truly formed. And at the same moment... You should understand that from the first time you saw the safe until you opened it 600 years later, it has not changed in this long time-"

"No matter how the history and future time and space change, the things you put in the safe will always be the same, and the password will always be the same."

...

[Closed Loop].

This moment.

Lin Xian seemed to really understand something.

He pushed back the thick front door of the hafnium alloy safe and looked at the eight shiny new combination wheels under the combination lock, emitting dazzling silver light.

Almost without hesitation, he turned the eight combination wheels to the first combination that came to his mind.

This is the small note Chu Anqing wrote to herself;

This is the time-space particle she risked her life to catch for her;

This is the answer she told to verify the reality of the dream;

This is a secret between her and Lin Xian, but in the final analysis, the small note still contains Chu Anqing's own secret...

Bang! !

A loud sound.

The heavy hafnium alloy safe was locked and closed for the first time.

The eternal combination lock.

As long as the long river of history, it will never change.

Time and years,

Time and space and the world,

History and the future,

Complete the closed loop at this moment.

Lin Xian took a step back and looked at the eight digits on the code wheel...

[20240328]

He will remember this day forever.