Did the world end today?

Chapter 186 The Walls of Physics

Chapter 186 The Walls of Physics
Good morning, Comrade Lin Xu.

Zhiyun's voice rang out above him again, but Lin Xu ignored it and walked straight toward the bridge command room.

Butterfly Contingency Plan, activated!
Quantum computer, start!

This time, Lin Xu didn't inject any "destructive elements" again, but instead directly entered the names of everyone on the death list, along with their identities and statuses.

Bai Mo and Shen Li watched his actions with curiosity. When Shen Li saw his name listed, he stared in astonishment.

"what?"

"Am I dead too?"

You are truly dead, utterly and completely dead.

Lin Xu typed in all the names and then replied:

"In another world, you are indeed dead."

"He was hacked to death by a mentally ill person—of course, that was also part of the assassination plan."

"Just like that failed assassination attempt you once suffered in this world."

"What I need to do now is to input the list of people who were assassinated like you, and see what changes their deaths will bring to the world twenty years from now."

"Their deaths will not completely halt the development of that world, but theoretically, they should still bring about some differences."

"Now we'll see if the system can detect these differences."

"clear."

Shen Li nodded thoughtfully, and at this moment, Bai Mo suddenly spoke up:
"Did you miss a step?"

"Instead of just listing the dead people in your world, shouldn't we also include the list of dead people in our world?"

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment after he finished speaking.

But then he shook his head and said:
"Not very good."

"In this world, we have no way to pinpoint the exact list of people killed by Zhou Yue."

"The Western Alliance in this world is still too strong; we..."

Why is positioning necessary?

Bai Mo interrupted Lin Xu.

"If we follow your line of thinking, only the death of specific individuals could potentially cause a 'world lockdown,' then the status of other people should have no impact on this outcome."

"So, if we just import the list of all people who died unnaturally within a certain period—say, within 5 years—wouldn't we achieve our goal?"

"what?!"

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

Yup!

Why do we need to differentiate?

The development of this world has not been locked down. In other words, none of the "death events" in this world over the past twenty years have led to a "world lockdown".

The relationship between these deaths and "special deaths" is like the relationship between the whole set and its subsets.

Or to put it more vividly, it's like a pill where the active ingredient makes up only a very small part, and the majority is starch, fillers, and the like.

But you don't necessarily have to separate the active ingredients to consume.

Swallowing them together is the same thing!

Depend on.

My mind is completely blank; I didn't even think of that.

Lin Xu nodded gratefully to Bai Mo, then immediately issued instructions to Zhiyun to adjust the strategy.

Thanks to his current high level of authority and the "intelligence gathering work" that China has already completed since the advent of quantum computers, this adjustment is not difficult.

After the information was input, the quantum computer quickly began matching and generating data. While waiting, Lin Xu opened the document on "gravity monitoring technology" and began to memorize it.

Every time he enters the world of smart bracelets, he is just as busy as he is now.

An hour was far too short a time; it was so short that he didn't have much time to think.

Fortunately, the others were highly proactive and had strong execution capabilities.

While waiting for the quantum computer to output its results, the others were also busy.

Bai Mo mobilized Project Skyfire, trying his best to obtain more information about the higher-dimensional passage, even if it was just a little bit.

Shen Li maneuvered the Vermilion Bird No. 1 toward the designated entrance to the higher-dimensional passage, intending to enter at the last moment and see if he could cross over to a "new universe".

Qi Yuan, on the other hand, had already broken away from Zhuque-1 and was rapidly descending towards the surface of Mars using a forced orbital descent method. His plan was to storm the Ares ground station, find David Julius, and try to get more clues from him.

Everyone was doing their best to do what they could, and not a single second was wasted.

A few minutes later, the results of the quantum computer simulation were successfully output.

The moment Lin Xu saw the result, he frowned.

The result is very clear, even clear enough to be immediately obvious.

As required, the quantum computer output "death" as a variable, and obtained the results of changes in "science, society, and various disciplines".

The most significant and relevant result is the M-theory research.

In this world, the AdS/CFT holographic dual part of M-theory has made considerable progress. After being combined with quantum computing, they have verified the conservation of information entropy at the horizon and theoretically confirmed the "existence" of high-dimensional influence.

Instead of relying solely on direct observation in reality.

but.
The process was slowed down after those selected by Lin Xu "died".

The overall process was affected by 4.5%—although the number may seem small, the impact was quite significant.

So, is Zhou Yue's chosen "target" the cutting-edge theory of quantum physics?
No, does he even have the brains for that?
Even if he had it, he shouldn't know how it affects the world!
Let alone him, even I myself can't understand how this theory could possibly lock down human technological development.

But it's okay.

You can try and fail directly!

With 26 minutes remaining, there's plenty of time to conduct another simulation.

Even after the simulation is complete, it is possible to drive Zhuque-1 into a higher-dimensional channel.

With that in mind, Lin Xu immediately began to operate.

This time, the instructions he gave to Zhiyun were...
Completely erasure AdS/CFT holographic duality theory and deduce the development of the world.

This time, he got the result in less than 10 minutes.

Because the quantum computer crashed.

"Insufficient energy! Insufficient energy!"

"The cooling system has reached a dangerous threshold!"

Good guy.

This quantum computer is not a CTC machine. Given its limited energy and cooling system, it is ultimately just a "relatively powerful" computer.

It cannot provide answers to the most complex and unsolved problems!

But at least Lin Xu can now pinpoint a direction.

Zhou Yue's targets were related to advanced physics. Indeed.

Ultimately, this is the fundamental driving force behind the development of the human world.

Whether it's materials science, biology, or even sociology.

Ultimately, it all comes down to "physics".

After all, this world is made up of matter.
Lin Xu let out a long breath.

Then, he turned to Shen Li, asking with a "what the heck" attitude:
Have you heard of holographic duality theory before?

He didn't actually think Shen Li would have heard of such a thing.

Because his major and the industry he works in are actually more "application-oriented".

The holographic duality theory is a far cry from any real-world application.

If high-energy physics and aerospace engineering overlap to some extent, then when we delve into the most cutting-edge part of frontier physics...
Then they really have absolutely no connection whatsoever.

But to his utter surprise, Shen Li actually nodded.

"I have heard."

"Have you heard of it?"

Lin Xu was stunned for a moment.

"Have you only heard of it, or do you know about it?"

"I have some initial understanding of it."

Shen Li replied:
“I have participated in several major projects before, such as the determination of long-lived quantum entangled states in microgravity environments, the deployment and preliminary testing and verification of the Tianqin Project, the deployment of GOHEPA, and the observation of microwave background radiation at Lagrange points, etc.”

"These projects are all related to holographic duality theory, so I've learned a little about them."

???

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

"You've been involved in so many big projects??"

"Why didn't you say so before?"

"You didn't even ask!"

Shen Li looked at Lin Xu innocently and said:

"I thought you already knew—that I was a key figure in the Butterfly Project and the captain of the Vermilion Bird One. I've participated in major projects, isn't that a given?"

indeed.

Lin Xu wished he could slap himself.

That's absolutely right!
I had been wondering how Shen Li, an "application-oriented talent," could be compared to Zhang Liming, a pure theoretical scholar.

However, it now appears that their logic of forming a pair is not "mutual substitution," but rather complementarity.

Scholars like Zhang Liming represent the "talent" aspect of technological development.

Engineers like Shen Li represent the "foundation" or "soil" of technological development.

Even if the soil isn't up to standard, development can still continue if talented people can fill the gap.

Even if the talent pool isn't up to par, as long as the environment is fertile enough, the next generation of talent will always emerge.

Therefore, in Zhou Yue's view, if we want to lock down the world's development, we must eliminate these two factors at the same time.

Depend on!
It's that simple!
I knew I shouldn't have overcomplicated things!
Once this relationship is established, Lin Xu can basically pinpoint the range of that trump card.

It must be a part of cutting-edge physics, or more precisely, M-theory, holographic duality theory, or an extension of that theory.

But what exactly?
The answer to this question can never be found in the real world.

Because the "soil" of the real world has not yet developed to the point where scholars can find the answers.

The only way to solve this problem is to start with the world of fitness trackers!
At this point, there were 23 minutes remaining.

Lin Xu decisively issued new instructions.

"I need to gather scholars from all fields of high-energy physics."

"I need to know what kind of results the research on holographic duality theory will lead to!"

"Get Wang Yifan up here first!"

"understand!"

Bai Mo nodded immediately, and then, Zhuque-1 established contact with the Earth command center in the shortest possible time.

Wang Yifan's aged face appeared in the holographic projection, and when Lin Xu explained his problem and the crisis of the so-called "locked world," Wang Yifan's eyes instantly became serious.

Then he began to speak:
"You don't need to look for anyone else."

"Go directly to Zhang Liming."

"He mentioned a similar concept before he died."

“But he did not assert that it was ‘locked down’.”

"He just said that our progress could be severely slowed down."

"His remarks had not received enough attention before, after all, for physics research, fast and slow are actually unpredictable relative concepts."

"But now if you're certain that this theory is related to 'lockout'..."

"Then he has most likely already obtained a crucial clue!"

Zhang Liming!
Lin Xu subconsciously clenched his fists.

I knew this person wasn't as simple as he seemed!
Where are his belongings kept?

"He must have left something behind. Where is it? I need to see it now!"

"There's a video recording!"