I just want to retire quietly

"Cough cough cough..." Liang Xian coughed and climbed onto the inflatable raft, and dragged Ah San up beside him.

"Cough, cough, cough... Bah!" Ah San also choked up a lot of water, and when she got up, she coughed violently, and asked, "What kind of water is this, why is it so smelly?"

As soon as they entered the different world, they were filled with water, and they didn't feel like falling into the water, but directly entered the water after being teleported from the void.

The three of them were inexperienced and directly inhaled water into their bodies while breathing, but Tan Yan held his breath and immediately used his powers before he felt the water. He floated on the water and took out the inflatable raft in his backpack.There is quite enough oxygen in this world. After filling up the air, he dragged the three of them up one by one.

"Bah, bah, bah!" Qin Li felt so disgusted that he spit water wildly on the raft.

"Why is it so stinky? It smells a bit like..." Ah San stopped in the middle of speaking, and patted Qin Li, who was vomiting violently beside him, to make him look up.

Qin Li looked up and saw that they were floating on the endless water, not far away was full of floating corpses.

Not just humans, but animals as well.

"Ouch..." Thinking that he had soaked in such water just now and accidentally drank it, Qin Li vomited it out.

Ah San and Liang Xian were better than him. Liang Xian had awakened the power in the real world and knew how to use it. He immediately tried to hold his breath when he felt water around him, but he didn't choke much because he was soaked in water.Ah San's psychological quality is excellent, she just spit out the water in her mouth, forcefully suppressing the feeling of nausea.

"Go and have a look." Ah San pointed to the corpses, "We must determine the cause of those people's deaths."

Tan Yan nodded, and was about to move the raft when Liang Xian stopped him.

"Let me try," Liang Xian said, "Didn't it be agreed before? You can't make a move if you don't want to. The reason why we didn't bring new people in this time is to exercise our strength."

"The truth is correct..." Ah San hesitated, "But you can do it?"

To be honest, Ah San has tried countless times in the real world since she awakened her powers. According to Tan Yan, she felt the special energy in the air, but unfortunately she found nothing.

"Almost." Liang Xian said confidently.

Moving the raft is mainly to control the water flow and wind speed. Now that there is no wind on the water, there is no need to consider the problem of tailwind and headwind, so it is easier to move.

Liang Xian took a deep breath, stared at the water, recalled the feeling of using his consciousness that day, and imagined that he could push the raft.

Gradually, he seemed to really feel the particles that Tan Yan said were constantly moving around him. The feeling was very mysterious, he couldn't see it, but he could feel it.It's like some energy that walks around you unconsciously can be used by yourself when you feel or observe it.

Liang Xian tried to push those particles, they began to rotate according to Liang Xian's intention, gradually gathered together, and finally turned into a force to push the raft.

"I'll go, can it really be done?" Ah San was shocked, "How did you do it?"

Liang Xian didn't have the energy to answer him, he was not as comfortable as Tan Yan, and he had to concentrate on controlling the raft.

The floating corpse was several hundred meters away from them. The distance of several hundred meters almost exhausted all Liang Xian's mental strength. When he arrived, his eyes were already blurred and his pupils could not focus.

Tan Yan supported him from behind, rubbed his fingers on Liang Xian's temples, and Liang Xian felt much more comfortable.

Just now he felt that his brain had become a mess, his thoughts were all entangled together, and a thought popped up in his mind for a while, but he couldn't catch it all, and it was difficult to concentrate his consciousness.And when Tan Yan's hand touched him, he felt that these thoughts separated and condensed again, and his head could think again.

After all, what exactly does "consciousness" rely on to exert its power?

Liang Xian doesn't believe in the so-called absorption of spiritual power or magical elements. He believes that everything in this world can be explained by science.

The energy particles floating around them must be energy that can be observed and perceived.Just like the wind energy, water energy, internal energy, electric energy, and light energy they usually use, it's just that humans haven't fully grasped it yet.

After Liang Xian felt better, he pushed the raft to the side of the corpses with another force.

Ah San took out a long gun from his backpack and poked at the corpse next to him.

The appearance looks like a human male, with black hair and yellow skin. He looks like a yellow race, but his face is so soaked that he can't distinguish it.Many black spots could be seen on the exposed parts of the corpse's skin, which made him look like he was suffering from some kind of plague instead of being drowned in water.

"Look forward." Ah San's expression was very serious. It would be terrible if the root of the end of the world was the disease. They just choked on water.

The more you walk forward, the more frightening you feel. Almost all the corpses have this kind of black spot, including some pets such as cats and dogs around, and they all died in a terrible way.

"Black Death." Liang Xian took out the equipment to extract the body fluids from the corpse and said solemnly.

The Black Death is one of the deadliest plagues in human history. It belongs to the Class A infectious disease—plague. The current medical level can prevent and treat this Class A infectious disease. At present, there is an EV non-toxic for plague Even though it killed tens of millions of people in the [-]th century, it is no longer considered a terrible plague, and it can never be the cause of the end of the world.

"Look at the clothes on them, they are very similar to ours," Ah San analyzed, "It shouldn't be impossible to cure the diseases hundreds of years ago, right?"

After knowing that it was the Black Death, he was not so nervous.Modern people are injected with many vaccines at birth to prevent and control many infectious diseases. The Black Death virus is currently considered extinct and basically does not pose a threat to humans.

"There are a lot of corpses here..." Qin Li looked back and forth. After they drove the raft here, there were almost corpses here, and the endless water surface was densely packed with corpses.

kind of like...

Several people suddenly remembered something, and their expressions were not very good.

When they traveled to another world for the first time, Ah San led everyone to walk a few steps towards the base, and they found a secret base.When representing the parallel world they traveled to, the geographical location is the same as the location they were in before crossing.But this time the hole appeared in the suburbs of City B again, but there was no hole in Ping County. They entered the "hole" from the suburbs of City B, which was clearly a plain, but appeared directly in the water.

Ah San's face was pale, and she pointed to the water: "Could it be..."

Just these corpses on the surface of the water will make the running water full of dead bodies?Why did the plains turn into rivers, lakes and seas?

Before coming to this world, their team has analyzed the causes of the end times countless times. The "void" research team has investigated the possible causes of the end times recorded by human beings, which can be roughly divided into four categories——

From the universe, from the earth, from other creatures, from human beings themselves.

Whether it is the lava world or the disappearance of the atmosphere, they are all classified as coming from the earth. Now this kind of landform change seems to come from the earth.

From the appearance of the corpse, they have been able to roughly confirm that this is the parallel earth, and through the changes in the landscape, they have probably guessed what the end of the world has experienced here.

"It's just a big flood, how could there be such a plague?" Ah San was puzzled, "And if it's just a flood, human beings shouldn't enter the end of the world all of a sudden..."

At least the government can immediately send a boat to rescue people. Maybe life will be more difficult, but so many people will not die.

Liang Xian didn't answer, he just stared at the water surface and said, "I have to go into the water to have a look."

Everyone understands the truth, but no one dares to move for a while.

Not only the smell of corpses in the water, the plague that can kill people, but also the fear of the unknown.

They are a little afraid of seeing things under the water.

Liang Xian took out his waterproof camera and said, "It stands to reason that we brought the camera, and all the substances belong to our world, so they should be able to follow us back through the void. If we can take photos or videos of this world, then the research team It also helps a lot.”

This time they were well-prepared, and the research team distributed a large backpack to each person, which contained not only food weapons, but also various instruments.After a compact reset, all instruments have been made as small as possible so as not to take up more space.

Liang Xian wanted to change into a waterproof suit, but Ah San stopped him: "You're already tired enough, I'm pretty good at swimming, I'll go down."

"But there might be viruses in the water..." Liang Xian frowned, "I can already use supernatural powers, maybe I can breathe underwater, let me do it."

"Then let me put it another way," Ah San said with a naughty smile, "you can't just let you exercise alone, give me a chance, I'm still your teaching assistant, if my ability is not as good as yours, how can I teach you a lesson in the future. "

He was right, the main purpose of them entering the last days was to exercise their abilities.Hollow Squad is tasked with not just one world, but countless worlds.If this world is really just a big flood, then it's actually quite simple. After all, they don't need to survive here, they just need to collect as much information as possible and leave.

Liang Xian didn't stop Ah San anymore, he just talked about how he felt about using the power.

Ah San and Qin Li, who hadn't found the trick yet, listened carefully and recorded it, but this feeling was too mysterious. Liang Xian had already grasped the principle, but his explanation was not much more obvious than Tan Yan's.

"Consciousness? Control with mental power? The kind that communicates with the world?" Ah San asked.

"Or affinity for magic elements?" Qin Li didn't understand either.

Liang Xian: "..."

"Throw aside the pile of novels in your mind," Liang Xian frowned, "It's 'consciousness' and 'observation', these energies are uncertain, and only when you observe them can you confirm their existence..."

In the middle of speaking, Liang Xian suddenly thought that what he said seemed a little familiar.

"Schrödinger's cat?" Ah San, who is fairly good at quantum mechanics, also noticed that Liang Xian's statement was very similar to the famous thought experiment of quantum mechanics.

This is a thought experiment about the superposition of life and death of cats. Suppose there is a cat and a small amount of radioactive material in a box. The radioactive material has a 50% probability of decaying and releasing poisonous gas to kill the cat, but there is also a 50% probability of Nothing happens, the cat is still alive.

In classical physics, one of two outcomes must occur inside the box, which an outside observer cannot know until the box is opened.But in the quantum world, when the box is closed, the cat is neither alive nor dead. Only when the box is opened and the matter is expressed in the form of particles can it be determined.

At this time, it is possible to create a parallel universe, which is the cat or the dead world. The parallel world appears in different observations and results.

Classical physics may not be able to understand how this kind of cat can be in a state of superposition of life and death. Our usual point of view is either life or death, but the world of microscopic particles is different from that of macroscopic particles. When electrons are not being observed, they have no definite state. This is one of the weird things about quantum mechanics.

"Have you ever thought about it? Newton's third law states that action and reaction are equal, and our consciousness can be changed by the influence of the external world. Everyone thinks there is no problem with this view. But why can't consciousness have an effect on the objective world? What about the influence?" Liang Xian finally understood the root of his ability, and explained excitedly.

Ah San, Qin Li and Tan Yan's face was numb, and Qin Li even said, "It's too idealistic..."

"No, it's not idealism." Liang Xian almost took out his book and taught the three of them directly. "Penrose and Hawking once discovered various characteristics of black holes. He has a book. I don't know if you have read it. It is called "The Emperor's New Brain" is about studying consciousness."

"I haven't seen it." The three of them shook their heads in unison.

It is already very difficult for them to study textbooks. Tan Yan can't pass the college entrance examination now, so how can he have time to read extracurricular books!

"According to Penrose's theory, there are a large number of entangled electrons in our brains, and our consciousness is formed by the collapse of these entangled electrons. That is to say, consciousness itself is not an invisible thing, it has quality and quantity. Yes, it's just too small for us to notice." Liang Xian said excitedly.

Three people: "..."

That is, Ah San kept up a little bit, he thought for a while and said, "You mean, our consciousness is composed of microcosmic particles in an extremely complicated and unimaginably entangled state, and in the external environment, there are also There are countless such particles. The reason why we can use supernatural powers is because consciousness can manipulate these particles, that is, to use quantum force, does that mean?"

"That's it." Liang Xian waved his fist and explained, "For example, with Tan Yan's strength, a punch may only knock off a few leaves from a towering giant tree. But he needs to directly discount this tree, so in At the same time as this punch goes down, the brain produces a strong "consciousness", and the electrons that make up the "consciousness" start from the particles in the external environment, and even say that the electrons of this tree are entangled, giving these particles a signal to break the tree. This kind of force acts on the tree trunk, and the trunk is broken, but what we see with our naked eyes is that Tan Yan punched a tree that is directly two or three meters away. We think this is Tan Yan's physical strength, but Actually not."

"So Tan Yan was able to lift hundreds of tons of meteorites, not because of his strength, but because through communication, the meteorites and the particles around it were subdued by Tan Yan's consciousness, and they were willing to be lifted by him?" Ah San said. "You fucking kidding me" emoji.

"Although it's unbelievable, it's true." Liang Xian looked relieved, he finally understood the source of strength.

Similarly, Tan Yan's "consciousness" believes that the real world cannot use supernatural powers, and his consciousness acts on all people who have heard him say these words. Tan Yan's "consciousness" formed this "concept", and unless the person with supernatural powers was stronger than Tan Yan, this "concept" would not be broken.

Ah San's expression was blank. He understood Liang Xian's theory, but he found it even more inconceivable.

After studying materialism for decades, it suddenly became idealism, and the power of this idealism is so powerful that it would be difficult for anyone to accept it.

"The focus is on 'observation' and 'communication'," Liang Xian continued to explain the abstract theory, "I think we can breathe freely in water, such as using particles to form an external respiratory system, similar to gills or something... "

Asan: "..."

He looked at Tan Yan: "You just understand this bunch of theories and then use the abilities?"

"No," Tan Yan shook his head dumbly, "I suddenly felt energy around me, practice using them, and then I'll be able to use them."

Ah San looked relieved: "Then I'll communicate with the world."

Although he is also a high-achieving student, he really can't understand such an abstract thing. Let Liang Xian figure out the theoretical ability. Anyway, there is Tan Yan's example before, so he can use it if he doesn't understand it.

Liang Xian: "..."

So lonely, I really miss Cui Heyu at this moment.

Ah San put on her waterproof suit and put her hands in the water, "I'll try to feel it first."

Although he didn't understand much, what Liang Xian said gave him some inspiration.His brain is pre-developed, very active, and he feels things differently than other people.After putting her hands in the water, Ah San felt the water flow, and quickly discovered something different.

Those things circled around his fingers along the water flow. Although Ah San didn't want to admit it, he could really feel that these particles came from his "consciousness", or to change the line in the second point, they came according to his call .

"Be careful, take it easy," Liang Xian reminded, "You may get a headache the first time you use it, it should be a manifestation of excessive use of 'consciousness'."

Ah San strangely didn't feel a headache, he felt that these things in the water seemed to be very obedient, more obedient than those in the air.

He slowly submerged himself in the water, without the use of oxygen equipment, and dived a little bit.

It would be great if I could breathe in the water without touching it, Ah San thought, there might be viruses in the water.

As he was thinking like this, he felt that those particles were gradually condensing at the chin, connecting the mouth, more and more particles, and the thing was getting thicker and forming gradually.

In the eyes of outsiders, Ah San's chin has grown a pair of transparent gills!

Moreover, there is a transparent membrane covering his head and face. This membrane seems to be waterproof. It can not only allow him to open his eyes and see things in the water, but also protect his skin from touching the water.

Both Liang Xian's and Qin Li's jaws dropped in shock. Seeing Ah San's appearance, they were still very adaptable, and they didn't even feel a headache at all.

"So that's how it works," Ah San proudly gave Liang Xian a thumbs up, "I'll go down."

He took some waterproof weapons and dived into the water. As soon as he entered the water, he felt as if his legs were wrapped by something. Looking back, he saw a transparent fish tail!

Hahahaha, I really became a mermaid.Ah San thought with an ordinary face.

Liang Xian: "..."

He was heartbroken, and was so angry that he almost hammered the raft with his hand: "I was almost out of breath just pushing the boat, and almost passed out. How could he be so relaxed?"

Obviously Ah San's brain development is not as good as her own!

Thinking of the terrible headaches when using abilities in the real world, I suddenly felt that I was even more useless.

"I'm not as comfortable in the water as he is," Tan Yan said, "I didn't know how to swim before, and it's better with my abilities, but I'm always uncomfortable in the water."

Most of the landlubbers in the north, Tan Yan didn't have the conditions to learn swimming at that time, when he first entered a different world like water, he fainted to death due to water sickness.

After being annoyed, Liang Xian thought for a while and said, "I suddenly thought just now that everyone is born with a different physique, and everyone is good at different fields. Could it be because of this reason that even if the consciousness is also awakened, our abilities The direction of development is also different? Ah San has entered her field of expertise, so she can easily conjure gills and fish tails, but I am not the type to push a boat...or I am not good at controlling the wind, so it is extraordinarily difficult?"

"It makes sense," Tan Yan understood a little this time, "I'm not good at studying."

Liang Xian: "..."

It seems that studying has become a pain in Tan Yan's heart, and he has to help him with tutoring when he goes back.

"Then what am I good at?" Qin Li looked desperate.

Last time, everyone in the other world was useless, and they struggled forward under the protection of Tan Yan. This time, Liang Xian and Ah San showed different strengths, but he still couldn't feel anything, and was a little sad.

"Why don't you try pushing a boat next time? Maybe you have a destiny with wind energy?" Liang Xian comforted.

"Then wait for Assistant Teacher Chai to come up." Qin Li said without hope.

Tan Yan was very happy, even though they were surrounded by floating corpses and endured the smell of corpses, they were different from before.

Young people are not afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and they can still spread their wings and fly in such a desperate scene. Seeing their progress, I feel very comforted and warm, and I am no longer alone.

For a long time, although Tan Yan was tired, he was always tough and able to persevere.But at this moment beside Liang Xian and the others, he really realized that he was already an old man...

The three sat on the raft back to back, looking around vigilantly, but Tan Yan was very relaxed when he leaned against Liang Xian.

With so much energy on the young man's shoulders, it seems like he could really take some of the burden off these guys.

After about an hour like this, Ah San emerged from the water, and he climbed onto the raft, the transparent film dissipated by itself, and not a single drop of water touched Ah San's body.

Everyone wanted to congratulate him, but Ah San's expression was not good.He took out the digital camera, turned on the small display screen and showed the pictures to the three of them.

Ah San pointed to the water: "Under here is a city."

Flipping through the photos, the expressions of the three of them became serious.

As the capital of China, City B has many landmark buildings, which can be seen at a glance.These buildings are very clear in the photo, but now they are all underwater.

The geographical location they crossed has not changed, but at this time city B has become a vast ocean, and under their feet are countless historical buildings and... tens of millions of people in city B!

The author has something to say: Descartes: What did I say before?

Quantum Mechanics: Alright, I've taken the blame, I'm invincible!