Did the world end today?

Chapter 246 Big Bang

A temporary separation is for a future reunion.

How far away is this future?

Lin Xu could not possibly know the answer to the question.

All he knew was that he couldn't stop.

The logic of the entire Alliance era world has become completely clear, and the path of technological development is also fully defined. Next, we will enter a period of rapid development and advancement.

Sitting at his desk, Lin Xu opened his notebook, turned to a new page, and then wrote a summary of the world during the Alliance era.

[Archives of the League Era]

In the "Destiny Stone II" world, researchers led by Zhang Liming triggered a piping effect, causing a massive shift in the world's rules, propelling rapid technological advancements, and ushering humanity into a false "golden age."

A group of people who had experienced higher dimensions gathered around Zhang Liming. Through fragmented information obtained from higher-dimensional channels, they pieced together a vague truth about the apocalypse, butterflies, pollen, and the goddess of memory.

Zhang Liming foresaw the ultimate fate of the Destiny Stone II world and was unwilling to use a world from a golden age as nourishment for the true Destiny Stone world. Therefore, he founded the Correctors organization and began hunting pollen in an attempt to eliminate the pollen's guidance of this world.

Meanwhile, through Ayana's information, Zhang Liming found He Qijun and obtained vague information from him about higher dimensions and space travel technology.

Using this type of information, Zhang Liming began to promote the "Dimensional Ascension Project," attempting to build a "Dimensional Ascension Device."

However, after the plan began, Zhang Liming judged that it would be impossible to complete the full form of the dimensional ascender within a limited time, because the humans in his world would make mistakes, and the optimal path was not found during the first attempt.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Liming transformed the "Dimensional Ascension Plan" into the "Reboot Plan." Utilizing the technological commonalities between the Dimensional Ascension Device and the Limiter, he constructed the "Heavenly Gate" device, attempting to use the eternal superposition state world and the butterfly as the observer to achieve the goal of restarting trial and error.

The original purpose of the Tianmen device was to achieve a "regular" restart, but due to imperfections in the device, the "restriction" part was not, or could not be, fully realized. Therefore, the restart after interference ultimately exhibited an "irregular" characteristic.

It was precisely this uncontrollable "irregularity" that limited the implementation of the butterfly plan, thus achieving Zhang Liming's initial goal.

This is the "chronicle" of the entire Alliance era world.

Looking at the whole thing, Zhang Liming doesn't seem to have done anything wrong.

At every crucial juncture, he made the right choice.

Extreme, but correct.

Even though he was gambling, every time he placed a bet, he precisely placed it on the point with the highest odds.

this person.
Horror!
Unfortunately, he was destined not to succeed.

However, what he couldn't do, he might be able to do in his own world, the world of the Destiny Stone Master.

People in the Bracelet World make mistakes, but people in the Destiny Stone World...
It allows us to bypass the mistakes they've already made and solve problems they can't solve.

Or rather, it can solve problems they cannot solve more quickly.

With that in mind, Lin Xu turned to a new page in his notebook.

[Destiny Stone World - Alliance Era World Development Path Verification Project]

[First, construct the Zhuzhou Particle Collider within three years and complete the preliminary technical conditions for limiters and dimension enhancers.]

Second, by leveraging Jin Xiaochuan's expertise, we will construct a comprehensive mathematical system for the failure of the choice axiom, laying a mathematical foundation for the development of dimension-upgrading devices.

Third, advance the piping effect experiment, construct a complete holographic dual theory, and explore the problem of disordered edge mapping.

These three plans represent the most important directions for technological development in the world today.

The first two are relatively clear, but the third depends on more extensive experiments.

Its progress will not be too fast, but its importance is even greater than the previous two.

Because once the problem of disordered edge mapping is solved, humanity may be able to truly grasp the secrets of "dimensional ascension".

Instead of being like humans in the Alliance era, who could only rely on randomness and stumble around like headless flies.

After finishing writing all the plans, Lin Xu casually submitted the intelligence report.

Only then did he finally feel that immense exhaustion.

Even to the point of feeling dizzy.

No more shower.

What's the point of washing it?!
He lay back on the bed and fell asleep almost the instant his head hit the pillow.

Another day of falling asleep in 0 seconds.

But this time, he was dreaming again.

In his dream, he seemed to be in a lush, green forest.

His identity appears to be that of a forest fire prevention worker?
The mountain range in front of me is covered with dense coniferous forests, and further away, on the horizon, you can vaguely see some snow that has not yet completely melted.

The scene was beautiful, especially for a southerner like him; it was a rare and stunning sight.

But soon, he discovered something unusual.

At first, it was just a faint blue light at the edge of the forest, like a vortex formed by a swarm of fireflies.

He thought he was seeing things, or that it was a hallucination made up of uncontrollable images in his dream.
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Until the halo suddenly expanded, emitting a high-frequency buzzing sound.

The air began to distort, and the more than ten-meter-tall red pine seemed to be twisted into a pretzel by an invisible hand, with the trunk fibers breaking apart and wood chips spraying out like a torrential rain.

A cloud of silvery-blue, foamy substance seeped out from the void, and wherever it passed, geometric patterns resembling circuit boards appeared on the bark of century-old trees.

Then came the explosion.

There were no flames, only shockwaves—the entire spruce forest was disintegrated into basic particles in a fraction of a second, transforming into a purple-white beam of light that shot straight into the sky.

The watchtower beneath his feet was not ignited, but melted into a translucent colloid like a wax figure, with countless dazzling, complex, yet meaningless phantoms appearing on its metal surface.

Nearby, a herd of startled wild deer suddenly froze, their pupils reflecting the ever-split and collapsing starry sky.

This disaster has exceeded Lin Xu's comprehension.

It's as if what's burning isn't "matter," but space itself.

A deep crater was left on the ground, and everything within a spherical area with a diameter of two kilometers was destroyed.

Including Lin Xu himself.

His consciousness faded, and before he completely fell asleep, his last thought was...
Could this explosion be related to the spacetime symmetry breaking experiment?
Meanwhile, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Inside the LHC Large Hadron Collider, a travel-worn Wang Yifan stood opposite Joanne Hewitt, holding the latest report in his hand.

He still had the U-shaped pillow he wore on the plane hanging around his neck, and even his carry-on suitcase was left aside.

The moment he got off the plane, he went straight to the lab without even eating or drinking a bite of food.

“Ivan, you don’t have to be in such a hurry.”

"The experiment here is going very smoothly. We are operating exactly according to the instructions you provided."

"You can rest assured that no one can pull any tricks here."

"You know, I'm not on the same side as those stupid politicians."

After Joanne finished speaking, Wang Yifan shook his head and replied:

"You're certainly not on the same side as those politicians, but sometimes you're in more danger than they are."

"Your mind is always filled with all sorts of crazy and radical ideas, which could easily lead to disaster."

"Also, don't call me Ivan anymore, it sounds like a Soviet name."

"But didn't you study in the Soviet Union?"

Joanne asked curiously:
"Didn't you give yourself a Russian name?"

"No."

Wang Yifan replied:

"When I was in the Soviet Union, our country's relationship with them was not good."

"That experience wasn't exactly pleasant for me either."

"Understood." Joanne didn't ask any more questions, nor did she interrupt Wang Yifan, who was reading the experimental records.

The two stood silently in the control room, and the other researchers around them could only wait quietly. No one dared to speak, for fear that if they did, they would disrupt the train of thought of the world’s most important high-energy physicist.

The silence lasted for a full 15 minutes.

When Wang Yifan finally put down the experimental records, his expression finally softened a bit.

"It seems you did complete the experiment according to the procedures we provided, and the results were good—although it was useless."

Joanne was both amused and exasperated.

"Yifan, you didn't need to add that last sentence. It's a blow to us."

Wang Yifan finally remembered to remove the pillow from his neck, casually tossing it aside. He sat down in the chair in front of the control panel and then said:

"This is not a blow, but just a reminder that we still need to keep working hard."

"Come on, let's start a new round of experiments."

"I brought what we needed."

"what?"

Joanne immediately became interested.

"A new collider material?? A canister of hydrogen??"

"That's right, a canister of hydrogen."

Wang Yifan replied with a smile:
"However, there is only a very small canister of hydrogen."

"Based on its quality, it should only be enough for us to conduct three to five experiments."

"That's enough!"

Joanne was overjoyed.

He is a world-leading high-energy physicist, so he naturally has certain rights to share information within his authority.

He knew that the most important part of the spacetime symmetry breaking verification experiment was "particles carrying high-dimensional information entropy", but due to insufficient understanding of high-dimensional channels, they did not have enough consumables to carry out the experiment.

It should be said that, until the next available high-dimensional channel appears, only China currently possesses a small amount of consumables in the entire world.

And now, they are actually willing to put it out for testing at the LHC, which proves that they have truly put the rule of "global sharing of technology" into practice.

"Yifan, thank you."

"no need to thank me."

Wang Yifan's entourage had a suitcase that was heavily protected and handed it to Joanne.

Joanne then handed the suitcase to the operator, giving them instructions:

"Pour this hydrogen into the storage tank, don't waste a single bit."

"Re-tuning the Linac 3 control system to avoid the same over-injection problem as last time."

"The hydrogen in here is the most precious material, and we absolutely cannot allow any problems to occur!"

"no problem."

The staff member turned and left. Joanne let out a sigh of relief, then turned to Wang Yifan and asked with a smile:
"Yifan, do you think it's possible that our experiment today will make history?"

"It shouldn't be that simple."

Wang Yifan shrugged.

"To be honest, the energy level of this LHC is still not high enough. If we really want to make a breakthrough, we still have to wait until our Zhuzhou Ring is completed before we can have any hope."

"However, even so, it is good to have achieved some preliminary results."

"At the very least, it can provide experience for our subsequent formal experiments."

“That’s true.”

Joanne didn't continue, but changed the subject, lowering her voice to say to Wang Yifan:
“Now I’m starting to understand why you say ‘people from another world’ are unwilling to cooperate.”

"People are always selfish. Just like now, even though we have a deep cooperative relationship, I still hope that the first results will appear in LHC, not your Zhuzhou Ring."

"You are quite frank."

Wang Yifan shook his head with amusement. At that moment, the ion source was ready, and the green light indicating that the experiment could be performed lit up on the main control panel.

"Shall we begin?"

Wang Yifan looked at Joanne.

"This could be a historic moment. Should I press the button, or should you?"

"If you allow me—I'll do it."

Joanne smiled slyly and said:

"Anyway, you don't need this little achievement, so just give it to me."

"what ever."

Wang Yifan stood up from the chair.

Joanne took a deep breath and pressed the start button.

The next moment, the massive device began to operate rapidly.

The hum of the radiator, mixed with the slight noise of hydrogen being ionized and compressed, swept through the air. Invisible particles swept through the 27-kilometer-long pipe at incredible speeds before colliding with each other.

The two watched the screen intently, focusing their attention on the asymmetric angular distribution characteristics of the muon pairs.

This is the most likely evidence to reveal clues about the breaking of spacetime symmetry.

But, in the very next second after the data is displayed.

"boom!"

A loud bang suddenly came from a distance.

Immediately afterwards, the LHC shut down.

The intense tremors nearly knocked everyone off their feet in the control room. Wang Yifan's first reaction was...
An earthquake?

But clearly, this was not an earthquake!

He quickly ran out of the control room, went outside, and looked in the direction from which the explosion had come.

There, thick smoke was billowing up from the edge of the city.

Half the city lights had been turned off, and even standing here, they could almost hear screams coming from inside the city.

The explosion occurred on the shore of Lake Geneva.

The lake water was thrown into the air and then turned into a torrential downpour.

"What...what happened?"

Joanne followed behind.

His face was full of confusion, and a hint of fear.

Terrorist attacks?
No.

Not like.

This is simply like
A nuclear bomb exploded on the outskirts of Geneva!
What exactly is it?

Wang Yifan took a deep breath.

"I don't know what that is."

"But I have a hunch that this might be related to the experiment we're currently conducting!"

(End of this chapter)