Genius Club.

Chapter 144: Errors throughout
"At present, there are still many side effects of hibernation..."

Tang Xin smiled and said:

"It's just that now major research institutes around the world seem to have reached a consensus. Out of respect for Professor Xu Yun and to prevent ordinary people from misunderstanding him, they basically evade the main point and perfunctorily talk about the side effects."

"As a pioneer in a completely new field, it is normal for Professor Xu Yun's invention to have some imperfections. Otherwise, what is the use of scientists like us? It's just that it's hard for ordinary people to understand this truth... People always like to hear some success stories and deify people like Professor Xu Yun."

"In general, the biggest side effect of hibernation is in the [brain]."

Tang Xin pointed to his head and continued:

"You should also know that long-term hibernation will cause brain signals to become inactive due to the lack of continuous stimulation of the cerebral cortex, nervous system, and nerve centers, resulting in varying degrees of amnesia."

"But... in fact, this side effect is more serious. It's not just as simple as amnesia. Because hibernation is different from dreaming. It is an unnatural behavior that forcibly reduces life efficiency. If the nervous system and brain structure lack stimulation for a long time, they will undergo irreversible degeneration and atrophy."

"So... I won't explain it to you in detail, Lin Xian. I'll just tell you the result. If a person hibernates for more than ten years, he will not only lose his memory. He will most likely become a——"

"[Mental retardation]."

Lin Xian opened his eyes wide:

"Mental retard?"

This was a result he had never expected.

Even Professor Xu Yun did not consider this side effect at the time. Perhaps it was because he died too early and no in-depth research was done.

But he was right about one thing.

Long-term hibernation and lack of electrical signal stimulation to the brain's nervous system can cause some irreversible damage.

If something like muscles atrophy, they can be restored through rehabilitation training, but things like nerves and the brain... are really not that easy to restore.

Nerve cells and brain cells, unlike other body cells, do not regenerate.

When a person is born, he or she has only so many brain cells.

One less dies, and there is no way to repair or regenerate.

Perhaps the biggest side effect of hibernation that Tang Xin mentioned... is the irreversible damage to brain cells and neuron cells.

"In fact, mental retardation is not the biggest side effect."

Tang Xin looked up at Lin Xian and said with a smile:
"If the hibernation period is longer... about 20 years, then the hibernating person will most likely become a—"

"[Vegetative state]."

……

vegetative.

These three heavy words sobered Lin Xian up half way.

He thought of Xu Yiyi.

Professor Xu Yun's main purpose in researching the hibernation chamber is to revive his daughter Xu Yiyi, who is in a vegetative state.

But fate plays tricks on us...

Now Tang Xin said that if the hibernation period is too long, the person will not be able to wake up and will become a vegetable.

This……

Lin Xian really didn't know what to say.

But fortunately, seeing how relaxed and cheerful Tang Xin seemed, it is highly likely that her research results will solve these side effects.

"He will become a vegetable... This sounds like really bad news."

Lin Xian smiled softly:

"Many people use hibernation chambers just to be cured decades or hundreds of years in the future. Many of them are already in a vegetative state. This is really a joke that fate has played on them."

"But... can your research perfectly solve these side effects?"

"It's still just a theoretical stage at the moment." Tang Xin grinned.
"But I think there is no problem. In fact, I have been doing research on drugs in this area before, with the goal of treating Alzheimer's disease, but there was no therapeutic effect... My thesis is a problem for me to graduate."

"But Professor Xu Yun has created a whole new field, which has made my research results, which were originally useless, now valued. So I am really grateful and admire Professor Xu Yun."

"I see." Lin Xian nodded.

Now I basically understand Tang Xin's research.

All I can say is that life is like a drama.

"I wish you success in your research soon."

Lin Xian raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

00:53
It was long past 00:42 and he finally let go of his worries.

During this time he was keeping an eye on the conditions on both sides of the road.

There were no extra vehicles coming and the taxi driver was still bored and scrolling through his phone in the car.

Maybe I'm too sensitive.

Just as Tang Xin said, scientists and scholars all over the world are now studying the field of hibernation... If everyone is killed, will they be able to finish them all?

Today, the world's scientific community is advancing with each passing day due to Xu Yun's inventions, and new results are born every day. Tang Xin is just one of them, a very ordinary one.

Lin Xian and Tang Xin walked to the side of the taxi together, opened the door for her, Tang Xin got in, rolled down the window and waved at Lin Xian:
"Then I'm leaving, Lin Xian, see you in the East China Sea~"

"Okay, see you in the East Sea."

Buzz…………

The taxi started to turn at a moderate speed and disappeared around the corner of the road.

"Cough cough!!"

Gao Yang's deliberate cough came from behind him.

Lin Xian turned his head.

Seeing Gao Yang with a smirk on his face.

"Hehehe, we had a good chat, Lin Xian! You're very charming! This Tang Xin definitely likes you!"

Lin Xian said nothing, nor did he deny it.

We are not teenagers anymore, there is no need to play dumb about emotional matters. Tang Xin has expressed her passion for him so openly, if he denies it without any basis, it would seem awkward.

"Tell me, Lin Xian! What did you do to make others remember you so unforgettably?"

"You have the nerve to ask?"

Lin Xian looked at Gao Yang unhappily:

"If you hadn't interrupted her, Tang Xin would have told her when Zhou Duanyun came... I want to know the answer more than you do."

"Well, now that you two are in the East China Sea, I guess you'll continue to be affectionate. It won't be too late to ask then!" Gao Yang's face flushed, he laughed, walked over and hugged Lin Xian's shoulders: "Let's go, let's go home! The class reunion is over!"

"Well, go back."

……

2023 2 Month 8 Day.

Longguo, Shemxi Province, Zion City, Beilin District, Youyi Road.

Lin Xian stood at the gate of Shanxi University, watching the students coming and going.

He came to Shanxi specially after the Lantern Festival.

Firstly, there were a lot of things going on in his hometown, and now that he had money, even though his parents objected, Lin Xian still bought some things for his parents to improve their lives.

Secondly, the only information he had about Liu Feng, the original author of "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant", was his academic information. So if he wanted to find this person, he had to come to Shanxi University to continue his search. He would have to wait until the school started. Otherwise, where would he go to search if the library was closed?
When he has free time these days, Lin Xian often searches the Internet for news about "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" and Liu Feng.

He checked very carefully.

But I couldn't find any relevant information.

He didn't understand what the problem was...

Because some parts are indeed inconsistent.

[If there is no published book "Introduction to the Cosmological Constant" in the reality of 2023, then where did the ancient book come from 600 years later? 】

It can't be that the time is stuck and the book will be published in 2024 and buried in the coffin in 2024?
What a coincidence.

And there is another contradiction:

[Even after 600 years, this book is still considered by experts to be a worthless and wrong book. I guess it will be in a similar situation in 2023. Which publisher will publish such a worthless book? ]

and so.

Where did this book come from?
Why was it placed in the coffin?
Why is it that something completely wrong and worthless was researched and turned into something real by Big Face Cat's father?

The answer to all these questions...

I'm afraid we have to find the original author, Liu Feng himself, to reveal it.

Lin Xian picked up the small note in his hand.

It records the information brought out from the dream.

Liu Feng was born in Shanxi in April 1996. He entered Shanxi University in 4 and graduated with a master's degree in 2014.

Liu Feng should be 28 years old this year, which is actually still a very young age. He is four years older than Lin Xian.

It is indeed an interesting thing to look for the original author 600 years ago through an ancient book published 600 years later.

Following the flow of students returning to school, Lin Xian successfully blended in, entered the campus, and came to the library.

The school library keeps an annual "Graduate Yearbook", which is usually compiled by college and contains detailed student names, photos, and teacher information.

The graduate student yearbook contains more information because there are fewer students, which is why Lin Xian came to the library.

Soon, Lin Xian found the "2021 School of Mathematical Sciences Master's Degree Yearbook". After flipping through a few pages, he successfully found Liu Feng's name and the photo of his tutor group.

There aren't many people in the photo.

In addition to the smiling tutor standing in the middle, there were several students wearing master's gowns surrounding him.

Lin Xian saw Liu Feng at a glance.

He was short and serious, standing at the very edge with his diploma in his hand.

The appearance is similar to the photo I saw in my dream.

Wearing glasses and with his hair parted in a very ordinary 3:7 style, he looks like a top student, but seems a little unapproachable, which fits Lin Xian's stereotype of academic researchers.

Lin Xian picked up his phone and took a picture of the information on this page.

Then look at the instructor's name:
Vice President of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Qi Yan.

"Um……"

Lin Xian thought about it.

Since Professor Qi Yan is still serving as the vice president of the college in 2021, it is only 2023 now, and he probably has not retired yet.

It would be best to ask him to learn about Liu Feng. If you are lucky, you can directly ask for Liu Feng's address or contact information and go to his home directly.

……

After arriving at the teaching building of the School of Mathematics, Lin Xian did see Qi Yan's job photo on the bulletin board on the first floor.

He doesn't look very old, definitely under 60.

Following the clues, they found Qi Yan's office and discovered that he was reviewing documents inside.

After Lin Xian knocked on the door and explained his purpose...

Very surprised.

The vice-dean tutor was so polite that he invited Lin Xian to come in and chat.

Lin Xian originally thought that the other party would not pay much attention to an outsider like him... Perhaps it was because he was a recent college graduate, and older teachers naturally had a sense of closeness to students.

"Liu Feng is a very talented student and has been his teacher since undergraduate days."

Qi Yan took a sip of tea and sighed:

"It's a pity for this child. I told him that there are no good career options in mathematics research now, especially for an orphan like him who comes from a poor family... The best thing he should do is to do research in applied mathematics, get married and start a family as soon as possible, and stabilize his life."

"But this kid keeps talking about the cosmological constant and insists on doing research in this area... Let alone Liu Feng, even Einstein denied the existence of the cosmological constant in his later years. Now the academic community is also ambiguous about whether the cosmological constant exists or not."

"So you see, if it's something whose existence is uncertain... what's the point in studying it? It would be fine if Liu Feng really came up with something, but in fact, I indulged him for three years when I was a graduate student, and he still didn't come up with anything."

"Teacher Qi, what exactly is the cosmological constant? Is what Liu Feng is studying the same thing as what Einstein denied back then?" Lin Xian asked curiously.

“【It’s totally different.】”

Qi Yan shook his head helplessly and drank another sip of tea:
"That's what bothers me the most about him. I have no idea what he's researching."

"Not only do I not know, in fact, even Liu Feng himself does not know what the cosmological constant is."

"But this is not important. The most important thing is..."

Qi Yan turned his head and looked at Lin Xian, his eyes full of regret:

"Liu Feng's theory..."

“It’s all wrong.”

(End of this chapter)