Abnormal crossing

Chapter 171 Entropy Reduction! (Thanks to Wangwang's All-Around Dad for the generous donation!!)

The golden light, on the contrary, has a problem.

Upon hearing Jin's reply...

Gu Wei couldn't help but take a deep breath, his expression becoming somewhat somber.

Sure enough
In fact, Boko III had already had a vague suspicion about this after learning that his 'abnormality' was not a malignant disease.

Because this is a very simple logical or mathematical addition and subtraction problem:

The appearance of the golden light restored Boko III's mech from its ascending state to normal, so this thing must be a kind of negative value decay buff.

However, when Jin officially confirmed that this guess was correct, it would more or less bring some psychological shock to everyone.

After all, the truth is completely opposite to what the naked eye sees—anyone in that situation would probably think that Boko III had a bad health problem, and that the golden light was performing some kind of healing act.

But who knew that the golden light was actually a form of restraint, and more importantly...
Boko III does not seem to be opposed to this kind of constraint.
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Jin paused for a moment, then continued scrolling down the table in front of her: "The equipment sampling report shows very clearly that the relevant values ​​in the area through which the golden light passed returned to normal almost instantly."

"But this recovery did not come without a price—after the golden light disappeared, Boko III's surface cell activity decreased significantly, or to put it more realistically, he overdrawn about two years of his lifespan—of course, it can be made up for by means of means."

Milo glanced at the enormous palace outside the spaceship and pondered for a moment: "What about the golden light? What is the essence of the golden light? — Don't tell me you blinked so many times like a camera shutter and still couldn't analyze its material properties."

“Not really. I’m not the Yuange that Gu Wei knows. I still have this much technical skill,” Jin said, waving her hand. “But you might not believe it, but that golden light is actually a kind of crystal.”

"Note that I mean that it is a single crystal on a macroscopic scale."

Gu Wei, Milo, and the others were immediately taken aback.

Good guy.
That thing is actually a macroscopic single crystal?
To know.

From a technical point of view

It is not difficult to assemble many tiny crystals at the microscopic level into a macroscopic 'state'—the technology here does not refer to the Star Sea, but rather that the Earth before Gu Wei's time travel could do it.

For example, aluminum alloys or steel, which are common in daily life, are essentially macroscopic polycrystalline materials formed by countless tiny single crystals connected by grain boundaries.

In addition, piezoelectric ceramics, lithium-ion battery cathode materials, and hydroxyapatite also belong to this type of structure.

But macroscopic single crystals, especially those that behave like light, are a different concept altogether.

This means that it must not only extend in four-dimensional Minkowski space, but also exhibit fluid-like optical properties in three-dimensional projection, while strictly satisfying the long-range order condition of a single crystal.
At least within Gu Wei's cognitive framework, it is indeed a bit hard to imagine the existence of such a structure.

And the other side.

The shock brought by Hibiscus did not stop: "At the same time, besides its special structure, you probably can't imagine how it 'reduces' Boko III's physical abnormalities—not through the restriction of cells and pores, nor through the interruption of nerve transmission, but through something much more brutal."

Speaking of it.

Jin paused for a moment before uttering a single word:

"Entropy reduction".

This time.

Even Li Zi and Qiao Kewen were surprised: "Entropy reduction?"

Gu Wei almost popped his eyes out.

Oh my god.
Entropy reduction?
This is way too brutal!
entropy.

This is a thermodynamic concept, but in the course of history, various factors have created a very rich connotation for it, bringing it into the view of many disciplines.

This concept is very complex to define, involving Shannon, Clausius, Boltzmann, and others, as well as thermodynamic entropy, information entropy, chemical entropy, and so on.
But it can actually be explained in a very simple way:

Simply put, entropy represents the degree of disorder in matter.

Those of you who have bedrooms should know this.

If someone lives in your bedroom, it will become increasingly messy if you don't tidy it up.

At first, clothes might become a mess, then books, papers, pens, data cables, and delivery boxes start appearing in various places, eventually turning into a doghouse.

The definition of chaos in a room is entropy. The higher the degree of chaos, the higher the entropy, which is also known as entropy increase.

If we expand the room to represent the universe, when the entropy of the universe reaches its maximum, all the energy in the universe will be converted into heat energy, ultimately leading to the destruction of the universe—this is the previously mentioned theory of cosmic heat death.

Since there is entropy increase, there must also be entropy decrease as its antonym.

It refers to the phenomenon in a closed system where the entropy of the system decreases over time—something that would be impossible under normal circumstances.

Using the example above, it means that unless you manually clean your bedroom, the house cannot clean itself.

Concise and clear.JPG.

"Of course, while the concept of entropy reduction is relatively simple in terms of words, it presents another challenge in terms of technology," Jin said, crossing her arms in front of her chest as she summarized what she had discovered: "This single crystal with light-like properties can restore the body, or rather reduce it to an ordered structure, through the drive of energy flow, and then compress this ordered structure into a special shielding effect, ultimately filtering out the highly ordered negative entropy flow."

"Furthermore, if my judgment is correct, Boko III's thalamic reticular nucleus and hyaluronic acid chains may also have been affected to varying degrees. In short, this is a field that only advanced civilizations would touch upon, and there is no possibility of it being traded to lower-level civilizations like a superior mech. It is a bit of an exaggeration for it to appear in Boko III."

Gu Wei narrowed his eyes.

Technology at the level of advanced civilizations
But it makes sense when you think about it.

Before his time travel, no technology on Earth could overcome the global entropy increase caused by the second law of thermodynamics. Ignoring simple actions like freezing water into ice, at the physics level, the most that could be achieved was significant entropy reduction on a local spatiotemporal scale through energy input and information regulation.

For example, by capturing and sorting microscopic particles with lasers, the local entropy can be degraded—the magnitude of ΔS is around 10 J/K.

Therefore, in the Star Sea civilization, entropy reduction is definitely not a technology that can easily achieve macroscopic benefits.

Otherwise, if technology were widely disseminated, the universe would not have to suffer heat death due to entropy increase.

So, just as Jin said.

Entropy reduction is indeed a way to lower the quality of an organism, but it went too far in Boko III's case.

This is like having a narrow river only 20 centimeters wide in front of you, and you want to slow its flow—normally, you could just pile up a few large stones and that would solve the problem, but Boko III built a Three Gorges Dam.
Milo listened quietly to Jin's explanation and roughly understood the situation: "So you mean that a higher civilization was involved in this?"

“The probability is high, but it may not be a specific civilization,” Jin shrugged, her tone not revealing much panic. “The accurate description would be some kind of high-tech power. In short, I suggest we raise our mental preparedness level.”

Milo nodded thoughtfully.

First there was the inexplicable information pollution, and now entropy reduction technology that a fourth-order civilization could not possibly master has been unearthed.
There is another point.

The appearance of the golden light only explains the logical reason why Boko III returned to normal after the mutation. Why he mutated in the first place is still unknown - how can a normal human body produce such a strong increase in efficiency?

Even in the vast universe, achieving this requires some thought—there are plenty of options for a sudden burst of power followed by death or crippling injuries, but finding one that is stable and without significant side effects is quite difficult.

all in all.

The water in Bosca seems much deeper than it appears.
"By the way," Milo then remembered something and asked Jin, "Jin, what about that Boru? Have you found any information about him?"

According to information provided by Lynn.

Three months ago, a man named Boru visited Boko III. Boru was said to be Boko III's classmate from his school days. After their contact, Boko III began to exhibit this abnormal behavior, which seemed to be the awakening of the power of the Dark Flame.

Therefore, this mysterious person seems to be a good starting point.

“You’ll have to ask Meimei about this,” Jin said, looking at Meimei’s projection. “Meimei, how’s it going? Have you found the file for that guy named Bolu yet?”

“It’s Boru,” Meimei corrected Jin’s pronunciation, then flew around the group like an elf. “The file has been located, but it doesn’t seem to have anything particularly special about it.”

Jin raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Tell me more?"

“Alright,” Meimei said, sending out a set of data. With the help of the Khan AI, it had high authority in the control room: “Boru, a humanoid carbon-based life form, was born in the early fourth-order civilization of Lannick. The population of its race is 93.6 billion. Both of its parents are ordinary people within the civilization.”

"Seventy years ago, Boru was admitted to the Civil Engineering Department of Hera Academy in the late-stage fourth-order civilization of Sanlia. He was assigned to the same dormitory as Boko III, who was hiding his identity and was ostensibly the son of an ordinary merchant, so he did not live in the noble district. The two got along very well."

"Bru's performance during his studies was mediocre. Apart from receiving a few third-tier scholarships from Hera College, he didn't have many outstanding records. After graduation, he went to work for a bridge company. After working as a supervisor for a few years, the company went bankrupt due to overdue payments. After running away, Bru sold insurance, delivered packages, and did fruit business. It was a very typical career path for a civil engineering student."

“That sounds a bit tragic,” Milo said, stroking his chin. “So what is he doing now? And why did he come to Boska? Was it Boko III who invited him, or did he propose the visit himself?”

“Eight years ago, he switched to the industrial sector and is now a junior manager in the purchasing department of a metallurgical company,” Meimei quickly replied. “According to the backup records I found, his last purpose in coming to Boska was to negotiate a type of ore unique to the Boska territory. This ore is quite efficient in remapping ion turbulence and is a type of resource that is very marketable in fourth- and fifth-order civilizations—as for more advanced civilizations, they don’t really value it.”

"Of course, Boru's desire to meet with his old friend Boko III is also one of the reasons. After all, for beings at that level, a monarch of an early-stage fourth-order civilization who can be considered a close friend is a top-tier resource in their social circle."

"In the end, Boru stayed in the Bosca civilization for four days, signed a preliminary cooperation agreement, and then left the labyrinth zone. I also confirmed this in the entry and exit records of the veil layer monitoring station."

Milo nodded slightly.

indeed.

Just as Meimei said.

Although the Boska civilization was only an early-stage fourth-order civilization, Boko III was, after all, the leader of the civilization, and was vastly different from ordinary civilization members.

Just like the peninsula next door before Gu Wei traveled through time.

If you're an ordinary citizen, you can only serve as an emoji, and there's always the risk of receiving a 7.62mm intravenous injection.

But if you're the one being O'ed, the situation is different.

If Boko III were to actually find his way out of the maze and lead other civilizations to visit, at least a high-ranking official of foreign minister level would be present to receive him.

So, looking at it purely from the surface...

This guy named Boru is actually the most normal one.
As a result, the atmosphere in the control room subtly became somewhat delicate.

To be honest, today's analysis has compiled a lot of valuable information and intelligence, but the frustrating thing is that almost every piece of information contradicts its actual manifestation in reality.
Of course.

Again.

These are the current public situations; whether there are any hidden stories behind them requires further investigation.

“By the way, Ms. Jin,” just as the atmosphere was getting a little somber, Qiao Kewen suddenly looked at Jin and asked, “Could I do you a favor?”

Jin turned her head and met his gaze: "What's up?"

Jokowen glanced at Adele and Ophelia, then moved closer to Jin and whispered something.

Jinliu frowned slightly, her expression showing some surprise, but she quickly relaxed her brows: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Qiao Kewen nodded slowly but firmly:
"sorry to bother you."

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