Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1575: One Physical Rule is Missing

With the target set, the location identified, and the parameters adjusted, the Lyra spacecraft, just as scientists had calculated, successfully jumped from the vast universe into the pixel space in a microscopic state.

Upon entering the pixel space, the Dream Lyra detected that it contained a vast universe. Just as the scientists had predicted, each pixel was a vast space, only the entrance was as small as the pixel itself.

In other words, the Lyra could have reverted to its macroscopic form at this point, but due to a lack of understanding of pixel space, it did not do so as a precaution.

Humans are cautious about unfamiliar spaces. The Lyra spacecraft is not in a hurry to emerge from its microscopic state, but instead transforms into a Calabi-Chou manifold and observes quietly.

Of course, they didn't just observe. Various departments on the Tianqin also used sensors or third-person driving mode to perceive everything around them. Their first task was to test how the physical rules of this space differed from those of the universe.

According to reliable sources, this pixelated space is related to the Dayan civilization, but the Star Guardians have not said that it was left by the Dayan civilization. Judging from the situation from the time it was discovered to the time people entered it, it may not actually have been left by the Dayan civilization.

Of course, it is too early to draw conclusions, after all, the Lyra Dream has only entered the first pixel.

The pixel space is composed of countless tiny entrances, each like a door. The Dream Lyre is currently only entering one of these doors to explore a portion of the pixel space. To uncover its secrets, it's likely necessary to find traces left by the Dayan civilization, which is the very purpose for which the Dream Lyre has come.

However, this space did not seem to be anything special. The Dream Lyra, which was in a microscopic state, quickly measured its various physical properties. First of all, like the universe, it was an eleven-dimensional spacetime consisting of macroscopic three dimensions, microscopic six dimensions, and a time dimension.

Yes, 3D + 6D + 1D = 11D, that's correct. So where did the last dimension go? It didn't go anywhere; it's contained on the left side of the equals sign—that's the zero dimension. Spatial dimensions go from zero to nine, which is ten dimensions. Add the time dimension, and we have eleven.

In other words, the spatial structure within this single pixel is the same as that of the universe, and the physical rules are no different.

Before long, the Dream Lyra quickly obtained some basic information, and the next step was to explore this space.

If the rules are the same, then the motion pattern must also be the same, but the Lyra doesn't need to perform regular warp speeds because it can also use microscopic high-dimensional jumps here.

With the aid of this rapid movement method, combined with third-person observation mode and various detection methods, humans quickly completed the scan of this space.

First, it can be determined that it is not large, with a diameter of only 15 light-years, and it is fixed at 15 light-years. Obviously, it is a closed space, at least as it appears now.

At the same time, because it is a closed space, it does not expand like the universe, and its expansion coefficient is zero.

Apart from that, the Lyra spacecraft detected nothing else.

There is only a quiet space here, without planets, dust, or light, it looks like a dead place.

In such a region, time seems to lose its meaning, because no particles are vibrating, and therefore there is no concept of time moving forward.

Just as if only space exists, the movement of the Lyra spacecraft seems to have given it a scale of time, but only seemingly. In reality, at its core, there is still a time dimension. The Lyra spacecraft, capable of discerning changes in the cosmic membrane, measured that hidden time dimension within the cosmic membrane. It is like a dimension of underlying logic, quietly waiting there, awaiting activation by the movement of matter.

"Wait, something's wrong. There's something there."

Having searched the entire space without finding anything, and just as they were about to leave and return to the greater universe to enter another space through another pixel entrance, the driver, in third-person observation mode, unexpectedly made a discovery.

"They are discrete particles, mostly microscopic particles such as protons, mesons, and tau particles. They exist as single particles and appear to be stationary, meaning they do not exhibit wave-like behavior."

Matter waves are a phenomenon where all matter has a wave-like form, and particles are no exception. However, the particles detected so far do not exhibit a wave-like form, which has greatly intrigued the scientists aboard the Tianqin spacecraft.

To clarify the situation, at the suggestion of scientists, the Lyra spacecraft transitioned from a microscopic state to a macroscopic state and conducted some experiments in this space, such as the classic double-slit interference experiment.

The experimental results tell humanity that experiments conducted under the protection of the rules of the Dream Lyra were fine, but they became problematic when conducted in this space.

The beams of light created by humans, once they reach this space, become light in the form of particles. When they are exposed outside the protected area of ​​the Dream Lyra, they immediately lose their wave form, and the photons truly become photons.

The loss of wave shape also led to the failure of the double-slit interference experiment.

Then, humans placed normal matter into this space and observed it. The result was the same: the matter wave properties that were originally manifested at the microscopic level of matter disappeared, leaving only the particle form.

Matter here seems to be made up of a pile of particles, and amazingly, its quantum properties still exist in the microscopic particle state.

Strangely enough, particles that do not exhibit wave-particle duality also exhibit quantum effects, although these quantum effects are somewhat different from those of the larger universe.

After numerous explorations and studies, humanity has finally managed to record the relevant data, as well as the phenomenon of the disappearance of the matter wave properties in this space.

Of course, humans do not know the reason for the disappearance of the matter wave property; they simply record various phenomena as a reference for modifying certain rules.

Yes, humanity is recording everything in this space and trying to incorporate it into its own rule-modifying system, because in the process of exploration, humanity has confirmed that the material wave properties of this space must have been deleted by some entity through unknown means.

This space looks like it was created by deliberately deleting a physical rule, and I don't know what it's for.

Unable to explore the underlying reasons for the time being, humanity can only mark this pixel space and then return to the greater universe to share this detection information with the Galactic Center, Daya, and the Awakener civilization, letting them use their brains to analyze it.

After that, the Lyra Dream entered the microscopic state again, jumping from another pixel entrance to another pixel space to continue exploring the entire pixel space group.

(End of this chapter)