Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1618 Miraculous Life

Interestingly, these two-dimensional creatures also have internal and external structures. From a three-dimensional perspective, their exterior appears as a sealed ring wrapped in lines, while their interior is not empty as one might imagine, but rather composed of numerous curled lines.

From a three-dimensional perspective, their internal structure is made up of lines arranged in a certain pattern, densely packed, looking like a maze made of countless interwoven threads.

Their brain structure is incredibly complex. Even from a three-dimensional perspective, it still feels like a precision circuit board, delicate and intricate, with winding and twisting lines that intertwine, connecting end to end or curving into different shapes, as if assembling countless square mazes.

Well, if that complex internal organ is the brain.

In order to figure out what this thing was, scientists from various civilizations of the Great Voyage Organization observed it for a long time and found that the most complex organ in this structure was indeed the brain.

What's most interesting is that their brain structure is not static, but changes depending on the intake of external information and their own behavior.

Specifically, some originally closed maze structures become open, and some open structures become closed. This change is like a toggle switch in a computer screen, which can be flipped from one connector to another to connect the other end of the circuit.

Scientists believe this is the underlying logic of two-dimensional human brain thinking. When people think or act, information in their brains flows through these "doors," thus achieving the effect of information transmission.

Interestingly, this information transmission is also a type of micro-electrical signal.

One very noticeable change was found in the dialogue between two-dimensional beings.

At that moment, Yue Yuan was also observing their conversation from both two-dimensional and three-dimensional perspectives through the detector.

Two two-dimensional figures were seen facing each other on the surface of the "star circle". One of them emitted a vertical S-shaped mechanical wave from its gourd-shaped body. The mechanical wave collided with the other two-dimensional figure in the air and was received by the latter's skin.

Then something amazing happened. After the two-dimensional person received the mechanical wave, the surface of their skin seemed to become a sensory organ. The curved strands under their skin began to break and close in a series of ways. At the same time, the microcurrent generated formed an electric current channel inside their body under the action of the breaking and closing of the strands, and was then perceived by their brain.

The way of perception is also the breaking, closing, sticking together into thick lines, separating into thin lines, or opening and closing like a flat switch on a drawing paper, etc.

After a series of internal changes, the two-dimensional being that received the mechanical wave information understood the meaning expressed by the other and responded in the same way.

As for their eating, drinking, and relieving themselves, these were all clearly observed by people from various civilizations within the Great Voyage Organization.

From a two-dimensional perspective, these two-dimensional people... well, because their body lines are somewhat like gourds, humans call them gourd people.

From a two-dimensional perspective, these gourd figures are just vertical line segments, but the feedback of different wavelengths of light on their surfaces allows each other to know what kind of curves they are.

When they eat, they simply put the "food" into the "mouth" located in the hollow at the top of their gourd-shaped body.

It's worth noting that, under normal circumstances, their mouths are simply a depression, not an unobstructed opening leading to the excretory orifice. When eating, the depression enlarges and deepens. Once food enters, the outer surface of the depression closes, while the internal passages open one by one like valves. Through the peristalsis of the internal coils, the food is transported to the "digestive organs."

This process can be clearly seen from a three-dimensional perspective.

The excretion process is similar; their bodies have internal switches that open and close at any time, so there's no situation where the entire body splits in two because the inlet and outlet are connected. Interestingly, their architecture is also a two-dimensional structure, like drawing on paper; when opening a door, they push the lines representing the door upwards or downwards.

Similarly, the question of "how two-dimensional beings can travel on the surface of the star system," which has intrigued people from various civilizations within the Great Voyage Organization, was also answered in this observation.

In summary, if two two-dimensional gourd figures are facing each other on the same horizon and want to move behind each other, there are two ways. The first is for one of the two figures to jump up and leap behind the other. The second is for them to "bump" together face to face, and after a certain speed decay, they can swap positions.

The first type is unremarkable.

The second type is more interesting because they can actually pass through each other's bodies, which is obviously impossible from a two-dimensional perspective.

Out of curiosity, the three-dimensional beings in the Great Voyage Organization observed them for a long time. They discovered that the two-dimensional beings most often used this method of avoiding each other by passing through each other's bodies.

In order to find out the reason, both the human and the awakener civilizations used the third-person observation mode, and the Galactic Heart civilization also brought in advanced equipment to observe the two-dimensional people.

The result was unexpected.

This two-dimensional human-like behavior is actually a form of quantum tunneling, or more precisely, a quantum macro-tunneling effect. When their bodies are pressed together, their bodies seem to tunnel over short distances as if by their own will, thus achieving the effect of avoiding each other.

After discovering this phenomenon, scientists from various civilizations who observed them finally understood how these two-dimensional people were able to move from one side of their "trees" on the horizon to the other.

Yes, the world inhabited by two-dimensional beings also has their own "trees." These trees stand like pillars on the surface of the "star ring." When the two-dimensional beings walk, they can magically move from one side of the trees to the other. At first, scientists were puzzled as to how they did this, but now they know.

It's actually quantum macrotunneling.

However, this quantum macro-tunneling seems unable to pass through very thick objects, and it is also related to the material. For example, they cannot rely on macro-tunneling to cross the towering peaks on their home planet. Instead, they can only build roads and slowly climb over them. Of course, they can also fly over them in spacecraft.

After discovering this phenomenon, people noticed that the walls of the two-dimensional creatures' houses were also very thick. They didn't know why before, but now they understand that the reason for making the walls so thick is to block the quantum macro-tunneling that every creature possesses.

As for the doors and windows of their house, they are not thick, but the material is different from the walls and such. It seems to be a two-dimensional material that can block quantum macro-tunneling.

Such materials seem quite common, after all, they've been used by the two-dimensional gourd figures to make doors and windows.

This discovery excited various civilizations that had previously only shown some interest in observation. It was quantum macro-tunneling! That thing was a unique technology of the Pioneers. Something that only a level six civilization like the Pioneers could create with their racial talents had become something that any two-dimensional being could do.

Moreover, it's an instinct of theirs.

Oh no, it seems that it's not just two-dimensional humans who can do it, but all two-dimensional creatures on this two-dimensional planet. This seems to be the most basic setting of their entire biosphere's evolution, and the most basic ability possessed by life forms in this biosphere.

(End of this chapter)