I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 1195 The Strange Cube
When the screen paused on that strange photo, Director Wang turned his head slightly and looked at the cube placed on the table.

Mo Ling stared at the photo, stunned, because the square in the photo was exactly the same as the one that had trapped him.

"Ten years after the abyss was sealed, inspectors from the entrance defense department discovered a conspicuous cube during a routine inspection of the Abyssal Iron Layer. Unlike the other small cubes, it was not connected to the Abyssal Iron Layer and was completely detached from it."

“Initially, when we received the report, we thought that this cube was the same as the previous samples, provided to us by Yuan Tie for our experiments. But after seeing the cube with our own eyes, we judged that this cube had another purpose.”

"The cube is one meter long, wide, and high. Even with our most advanced equipment, it is still one meter without any deviation. It is an extremely standard cube."

"The cube was only in contact with the iron layer, not attached to it. After conducting a safety inspection, we transported the cube to a temporary storage point near the entrance, where we conducted a series of physical measurements on the cube."

"The cube is made of roughly the same material as the iron abyss, but some inexplicable phenomena have emerged. When we conducted microscopic observations, we found that we could not see the microscopic results of this cube. Unlike the previous samples, where we could observe square atoms and electrons, we could only observe a void in this cube."

"Whatever color the background is, that's the color we observe. This proves that the cube is either 'transparent' or 'empty' at the microscopic level."

"Based on these two hypotheses, we conducted an electric current experiment on the cube. When the current passed through the cube, we detected the current signal and observed electrons passing through the metal surface. However, the electrons did not become square like the iron sample; they simply passed through an 'unobservable' path."

“At first we thought this pathway was transparent, but we couldn’t see it with our current observation methods. However, after repeated experiments, we discovered something strange: the electronic pathway had a small deviation each time.”

"Logically speaking, if the energizing point and the magnitude of the current are fixed, the current path should not deviate. This phenomenon can only mean that the electron is subjected to some kind of interference when passing through the cube. In order to study the specific mechanism of this interference, we set the energized electron as a single electron. As long as we record the trajectory of this electron, we can see the direction of the interference."

"But after the power was turned on, a phenomenon occurred that was difficult for all of us to understand—"

"The electrons traveled directly from the negative electrode to the positive electrode."

"There is no trajectory... There is no trajectory of electrons on the cube. The electrons arrive directly. At the moment the electron is released at the negative electrode, the positive electrode also receives the electron. The electron is directly transmitted to it!"

"Then why were there current traces before? We immediately reviewed the results when the power was applied, and that's when we realized we'd been fooled by the cube..."

“In the previous experiment, there was no real ‘electricity’ and the electrons did not actually pass through the metal surface. The electrons were just continuously transmitted along a fictitious trajectory and appeared at multiple points in a short period of time, forming a false ‘movement path’. Because there were too many electrons, we could not track them one by one, so the result was ‘successful electricity connection’.”

"In reality, this movement of electrons is a fabricated result. High-speed point transmission is used to simulate the trajectory of the movement, transporting electrons one by one from the negative electrode to the positive electrode. From a macroscopic perspective, it is exactly the same as the trajectory of a successful energization."

“This cube has no properties of normal matter at all; it has simply disguised itself as a normal object. We immediately realized that this cube was completely different from the previous Yuan Iron sample; it was something entirely new.”

"The temporary storage site can only conduct too few experiments. In order to better study the cube, after applying for a transportation permit, we sent the cube back to the research institute..." Director Wang continued to switch between photos. The later photos were finally much clearer. The cube was indeed exactly the same as the one Mo Ling was in now, in terms of size and material. However, because the cube was placed outdoors, it was covered with some dust and looked a bit dull.

The cube was placed on a transport vehicle and sent to a temporary storage site. Then came some experimental photos. Many researchers in white coats surrounded the cube, their eyes filled with curiosity.

Ten years after the abyss was sealed off, an unexpected event occurred in the once peaceful and stable Abyss Iron Layer, which was hard not to worry people. Therefore, not only research institutes, but also some of the highest-level departments were attracted to the attention.

Under tight security, the cube was transported to the research institute by a heavily guarded convoy, and then sent into a laboratory with multiple layers of protection.

With approval from superiors, the experiments on the cube resumed.

"We first repeated the experiment conducted at the temporary resettlement site to confirm the results, and then carried out a new round of physical experiments on the cube..."

"The first experiment was a heating test. We heated the cube evenly, and the temperature of the cube did indeed rise, and it continued to rise."

"During the experiment, the temperature measuring equipment showed that the temperature of the cube continued to rise and reached the temperature we expected."

"Through heat calculations, the specific heat capacity of the cube is not much different from that of 'iron', a common metal..."

"All of this seems perfectly normal, but after the last power-on experiment, we were careful and conducted microscopic monitoring of the cube."

"What we find strange is that, even though we can't observe its microstructure, why does its temperature still rise? And why does it behave exactly like normal matter on a macroscopic scale?"

"After repeated experiments and adjusting the observation angle, we discovered the truth."

"We've been fooled by the cube again..."

"The temperature rise is not caused by the acceleration of molecular motion, but rather by the active choice to accelerate molecular motion in order to simulate the macroscopic phenomenon of temperature rise!"

"We observed that when a cube is heated, it 'steals' some molecules from other places and then uses these molecules to cover its surface. The molecules are constantly being transported and collided to accelerate, creating a phenomenon where the speed of molecular motion increases. From the perspective of temperature measuring equipment, this can be detected as an increase in the temperature around the cube."

"Just like in the electric current experiment, the cube is doing its utmost to fake the appearance that it is normal matter..."

(End of this chapter)