Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

I'm not going anywhere today; I'll rest where I am.

Su Bai didn't know how He Chuan communicated with those ordinary people, but on their side, Luo Zheng only said one sentence: "I'm resting today and not leaving," and no one asked why.

The weather is great, sunny and warm.

After the sun rises, you should seek shelter in the shade.

Everyone dispersed to rest, hiding in shady places, but not far apart.

"What exactly did Luo Zheng say to He Chuan when he asked you to come over?"

Old Zhou looked at Su Bai with great curiosity.

Su Bai then told Lao Zhou the news he had gotten from He Chuan. Lao Zhou's eyes widened when he heard about the folding space.

"Does that mean if we find the same point, we don't need to take the middle path to go east or west; we can just jump over it in one step?"

Su Bai smiled and said, "What you said is not wrong. It's like folding a piece of paper in half; one end of the two pieces of paper can touch each other."

Everyone understands what folding means, but this is the first time I've heard of folded space.

Old Zhou, however, became interested: "If it's a folded space, then we should know that we're in the east, which means we're also in the west. If we're in the west, why aren't we in the Western Regions? Instead, we're here in the ruins? The ruins are in the east, so I don't think this folded space makes much sense."

Su Bai was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding what Lao Zhou meant.

But after thinking for a while, I immediately understood what Lao Zhou meant.

He sat up and looked at Lao Zhou with a serious expression.

Yes, they hadn't thought about this problem, but Lao Zhou's words really made it clear.

Now that we know this is east, where is west?

Did the two spaces fold together? Or did they fold together and then separate, leaving these people behind in the east?

Old Zhou asked Su Bai what she was thinking, and Su Bai told him what she had just been thinking.

I thought to myself, even though Lao Zhou often talks nonsense, sometimes he hits the nail on the head with just a few words.

Old Zhou said, "If we were left in the east, under what circumstances did this fold occur? If we figure out this fold, can we return to the west and get back quickly?"

Su Bai said, "Although He Chuan didn't say how the two spaces overlapped, I think it's unlikely. Because he only confirmed the spatial overlap when he discovered it was in the East, which only means we encountered spatial overlap, but we don't know when we encountered it or how it was triggered."

Old Zhou sighed deeply: "I never imagined that I, a private detective who usually spyes on other people's privacy, would one day discover these kinds of physics principles."

Su Bai: "..."

Old Zhou looked at him and asked, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Su Bai said, "You have a very clear understanding of your original profession!"

Old Zhou chuckled: "Let me tell you, our industry is all about making quick money. A lot of people come to me asking me to help them locate people in our city. We have a rule here: if you want to get things done, you have to pay first. It's a 1000 yuan consultation fee, but whether I actually find them or not is anyone's guess."

Su Bai said, "Looks like you've done this kind of thing quite a few times!"

Old Zhou said, "This is someone else, not me. I really dislike these people who tarnish the reputation of our industry."

Su Bai: "..." Doesn't seem like it!

He was too lazy to talk to Lao Zhou any further. He had been talking quite seriously just now, but the more he talked, the more inappropriate it became.

Seeing that Su Bai remained silent, Old Zhou leaned closer and said, "If what He Chuan said is true, this is a folded space that brought us to the East. Does that mean that when we came out of the Otherworld, we were already in the East? But when we came out, we were still in the same place, and nothing special happened afterward, except for that blue stone tablet."

Su Bai's eyes paused for a moment: "Old Zhou."

When Old Zhou heard him call out to him, he turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Bai said, "I think you really have the talent to be a physicist."

Old Zhou said, "Old Bai, don't laugh at me. I was just bragging."

Su Bai sat up with a smile: "Do you know how physicists view strange phenomena?"

Old Zhou looked at Su Bai without saying anything, but he shook his head.

Su Bai said, "To them, those are physical laws, physical principles that advanced civilizations can use at will, but they are high-dimensional technologies that human cognition can never touch."

Seeing that Lao Zhou still looked confused, Su Bai said, "It's like three-dimensional space and four-dimensional space. We humans live in three-dimensional space, but scientists know that four-dimensional space also exists!"

"But those are things we can't reach yet."

Old Zhou shook his head, then nodded: "I understand some things, but not all of them. But I roughly understand what you're talking about. Those things are too high-tech; we humans can't understand them yet."

"Yes, our understanding hasn't reached that level yet."

Old Zhou asked疑惑地, "Then what does all this have to do with what you just said?"

"You just mentioned the blue stone inscription. You said that after we came out of the other world, nothing happened except that blue stone inscription appeared many times and seemed to move."

Su Bai paused, then continued, "If we consider it from a physics perspective, what if that Qing Dynasty stone inscription wasn't just a stone, but a higher-dimensional coordinate system?"

"We've been walking around these past few days, but we've only been around this coordinate, which remains unchanged."

Old Zhou opened his mouth: "So each time we pass through different ruins, it's like those grids on the coordinates; the environment of each grid is different, is that what you mean?"

Su Bai nodded: "Of course, this is just my understanding. But in physics, they also like to explain it this way."

Old Zhou's expression turned serious: "Old Bai, you said you have amnesia and that you're an orphan. But you know a lot of things. You know the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and now you know the laws of physics."

Su Bai paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "I'm also very curious about my own identity, but all I remember is that I'm an orphan. As for what I just mentioned, I don't know why I know these things."

Old Zhou said, "I'm curious, what kind of work did you do before you lost your memory?"

Su Bai smiled and said, "Then let's look forward to it together, to the day when I can remember my identity."

Su Bai stood up: "I'll go find Luo Zheng and tell him about the situation we just analyzed. If it is a folding space, then that cyan inscription should be very important; it might be a clue."