I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

"That feels good," the boy exclaimed.

The girl frowned. "Please don't misunderstand. I just think that on this planet, only you, Cheng Feiyu, are somewhat trustworthy. Although you're nothing special, please don't interpret this as anything else. I absolutely don't mean to suggest that our relationship is going any further. After all, you are my servant, and you should be there for me when I need you. So it's perfectly reasonable for us to be like this now."

"Even at a time like this, he can still deliver a hundred-word essay in one go. He truly lives up to his reputation as my teacher, Mr. Shen."

"Shut up, it's just a necessary explanation to avoid your aquatic mammalian brain being unable to understand the situation."

"Okay, then I suggest we hug each other tightly now, it should make you feel better, is that alright?"

The girl paused for a second, then said, "It's barely acceptable."

As soon as they finished speaking, the boy and girl tacitly adjusted their posture slightly, and a rustling sound rang out.

Then, it remained still like that.

At the height of the 36th floor, all was quiet outside the window, without any light.

Neither of them spoke, and the world seemed to vanish into nothingness.

The close-knit young men and women could even clearly feel each other's heartbeats, their rhythms gradually synchronizing, creating a fleeting illusion that even their souls were one.

"Teacher Shen, why does your hair smell so good?"

"A stupid question, of course it's because of the shampoo."

"I've used your shampoo before, it's not this kind of faint floral scent."

"That's your stupid brain beautifying the taste of the human body."

"Only the most beautiful girls would have their scent romanticized; people usually refer to this as body odor."

"That doesn't negate the fact that it's stupid; it's all due to the pathetic hormonal changes caused by the instincts of the sexes."

"Teacher Shen, don't forget that the great Protoss also have a binary gender."

"So the Protoss also have a foolish side, otherwise they wouldn't have ended up in a situation where a large-scale rebellion occurred and their civilization suffered heavy damage."

"Teacher Shen, it turns out that you despise not only Earth, but the entire multiverse as well."

"Don't get me wrong, this is just stating the facts. In the entire multiverse, you are the only one I despise."

"Okay, I didn't expect I to be so special in your eyes. By the way, Ms. Shen, have you been influenced by your pathetic sexual instincts, and thus feel that I have a rather special flavor or something?"

"Is it not enough for you to just hug me to satisfy your ever-growing, ugly desires? Do you have to keep talking about these disgusting topics to be satisfied?"

"Just assume that's how I am, so Professor Shen, please answer directly if possible."

The girl hugged him tightly, buried her face in his hands, and took a deep breath. "Yes, that's why I'm like this now. Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied. It turns out we like each other, Teacher Shen."

"Here comes his clumsy rhetoric again. If it weren't for special circumstances, I would never indulge in such a meaningless illusion."

The boy hugged her tightly, without thinking, "It wouldn't be bad if life were full of such illusions, since absolute reality is something we can never reach anyway."

"Niophistication aside, I advise you to wake up and not lose the last bit of ambition that Cheng Feiyu has left."

The young man smacked his lips. "Shen Xi, I really do have to marry you."

"Why are you suddenly spouting nonsense over there? Has spending too much time with me this time caused your brain to completely lose control?"

"I just realized that your sharp tongue is indeed a good thing. I was just thinking that it would be nice to hold you like this for a lifetime, but what you said made me realize that this won't do. I have bigger goals to achieve."

"Ha, as expected of Cheng Feiyu, who has no ambition. If I hadn't kept him in check, he probably would have remained a so-called realist who just wanted to find a good job and live a life of leisure."

"Well, maybe. But without me by your side, you'd probably just be a chuunibyou internet addict. So we're definitely a good match."

"Enough with your self-righteous delusions. I'll find the corridor even without you."

"Finding the corridor is definitely not a problem."

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing, just say whatever you want."

In the darkness, the girl with her face buried in her hands suddenly sharpened her eyes. "So that island really is related to you."

"Teacher Shen, why is your waist so thin?" The boy's tone suddenly became frivolous.

The girl trembled violently, releasing a chilling aura. "Cheng Fei, please, please don't go any further. I don't want the trust we've worked so hard to gain to disappear."

"Ok."

"Secondly, could you please answer my question from earlier?"

"Teacher Shen, your shoulders are so small. How can you be so cute from head to toe?"

"Cheng Fei!" The voice suddenly rose.

"Not even going up? I'm sorry."

"You're hopeless trash, let me go!" the girl cried, writhing.

"I was wrong, Teacher Shen."

"I want to go downstairs for dinner! What do you want to do to me?"

"You should have said so earlier. I thought you were angry."

"I'm angry right now!"

"Your Highness, please calm down."

"He won't tell me the truth, and his mind is filled with filthy and vulgar thoughts about me. I don't know how to calm down!"

"Then calm down with strong self-control."

"That's enough! I must be crazy to have spent the whole night hugging someone like you!"

After some back and forth, they ended up going downstairs together for dinner.

……

261. Two people discussing the Protoss mythology

In the dead of night, Cheng Fei took a shower, stood on the edge of the bed and carefully straightened his pillow, then pulled back a corner of the blanket and crawled in, leaning against the headboard and letting out a comfortable sigh.

Shen Xi, who was standing next to him, glanced at him with disgust.

"Teacher Shen, what kind of look is that?"

"The way you look at me is disgusting."

"reason?"

"Uncertainty may be a kind of aversion that comes from the soul."

"You care about me from the bottom of your soul? That's way too much love for me, Shen Xi."

"Enough with the nonsense. I'm going to sleep. Please turn off the light." The girl glared at him, then burrowed under the covers, leaving only her head sticking out.

"Okay, little cutie."

Cheng Fei stared at the girl's face for a moment, admiring her under her gaze. When she frowned and was about to scold him, he snapped the light off and lay down next to her.

"Teacher Shen, is there really no regular meeting today?" The boy stared at the dark ceiling.

"No." The girl also stared at the dark ceiling.

"It seems you've been slacking off this week; you haven't produced any results."

"Stop talking nonsense. I've been studying Protoss physics this week, but I figured you wouldn't understand it anyway, so there's no need to explain it to you."

“Teacher Shen, let me emphasize again, numerically speaking, our intelligence is the same, it’s just that you may have some special talents.”

"reason."

"What reason?"

"The reasons why you've always thought that way."

"I made it up. I didn't expect you to investigate further. I'm sorry."

"..."

"Aren't you going to say something, Professor Shen?"

"The Protoss believed that there exists a fundamental particle that constitutes fundamental particles, called virtual particles or virtual energy."

"Lingxuzi? Why are you suddenly talking about Journey to the West?"

"As expected, Cheng Feiyu is not only not smart, but also hard of hearing. He is simply a failure of the evolution of life on Earth."

"Don't say that, Teacher Shen. I was just joking. Please continue. So, what about virtual energy? Is this thing matter or energy?"

"It is neither matter nor energy. Virtual energy arises from the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the vacuum. It has complex intrinsic properties and constitutes all the basic particles in the universe, thus constituting the entire material world. Can you understand?"

"I understand completely, and the universe is like a series of tiny bubbles floating in a void filled with illusory energy."

Where did you hear that from?

"I've read online novels before."

"Please get rid of all that nonsense, otherwise I can't talk to you."

"If there is no void, then what lies beyond the universe?"

"There is no outside of the universe, nor is there any small bubble or the void outside the small bubble. Everything exists in the vacuum in front of us. There is only this one space from beginning to end."

"How could this be? I can't accept it."

"What's so unacceptable about it?"

"Doesn't that mean there are no ever-changing physical rules, no wonderful otherworlds, and we're still trapped in this damned solar system, dominated by the slow speed of light, dark and cramped, like a gradually drying-up pond..."

"This is just ordinary reality, why are you expressing it with such despair?"

"From the Xiling Empire to the Trisolaran Empire, aren't you desperate?"

"And what are these?"

"You haven't read any science fiction novels, Professor Shen?"

"..."

"Teacher Shen?"

"Go to sleep, Cheng Fei."

Why the sudden disappointment?

"It's wrong of me to explain these things to someone who builds their worldview based on science fiction."

"I'm sorry, Professor Shen, I was just trying to lighten the mood. Let's continue. If there's only one universe, then what's this about the Protoss ruling the multiverse?"

"I didn't say there's only one universe."

"You were just saying..."

"I'm talking about a single space, not the kind of void you imagine that contains many bubble universes or a larger, more complex universe."

"Okay, so what is the multiverse?"

"Strictly speaking, there is no multiverse; there are only different dimensions."

"So the Protoss's dimension and universe are not the same thing?"

"The key lies in directionality. Directionality is one of the intrinsic properties of phasic energy. Each phasic energy particle has a random directionality. The Protoss interpret directionality as a string of numbers, like a factory serial number."

"and then?"

"Matter composed of virtual energy naturally possesses directional properties."

"I understand. So what is the relationship between directionality and dimension?"

"In short, different orientations do not interfere with each other, and orientation determines dimension, do you understand?"

"I understand. Could you please explain in more detail?"

"Since you understand, what's the point of explaining?"

"Professor Shen, what I mean is, I understand this point but I don't understand this one: why does orientation determine dimension?"