Genius Club.

Chapter 230 World Line and Space-Time Clock

The next day, morning.

Lin Xian took a business car to the airport.

This business car was provided to him by Rhine Company, and so was the driver.

This is what Brother Wang meant:
"No matter whether you come to work or not, or whether you are a hands-off boss or not, you are always the president of Rhine Company when you are away from home. You represent the image of the company. You must have a special car and a driver. You are the business card of our company."

Brother Wang originally planned to equip Lin Xian with the world's top business car, but Lin Xian refused.

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot, so why be so high-profile?

Besides, Rhine Company is not on the right track yet, and has not even started any business other than Rhine Cat... It is mainly cooperating with MX Company to jointly develop Rhine series brand products.

What's more, the 40 billion yuan of funds for his company were all given to him for free by Zhao Yingjun and Chu Shanhe in the name of investment. How could he feel embarrassed to drive a world-class vehicle when his company hasn't even been established?
"Anything normal will do."

Lin Xian told Brother Wang:

"I think Mr. Zhao's car is pretty good. It's quite comfortable to sit in."

"It's quite comfortable doing it!?" Brother Wang exclaimed!
Hey.

Lin Xian sighed:
"Brother Wang, you are already the vice president, can you be more serious? Stop thinking about dirty jokes all the time. You said I am the image of the company, but aren't you the only vice president also the image of the company? You should pay attention too."

In the end, Brother Wang provided Lin Xian with the same business car as Zhao Yingjun as his private car.

On the airport expressway.

This business car drives very smoothly, and has good shock absorption and sound insulation. No wonder Zhao Yingjun loves this model so much.

Lin Xian sat in the soft chair, closed his eyes and rested, his mind still thinking about the questions in yesterday's dream.

He also figured it out.

We cannot deny the existence of Tam Bank in the third dream just because of what the female clerk said.

The fact that they cannot be found does not mean that the safes have disappeared.

What if Tam Bank is merged, acquired, or restructured?

This is not unusual.

Since the Tam Bank in the second dream went bankrupt, it might be transformed and acquired by someone else in the third dream. It is very likely that the safe with my name on it is now stored in the warehouse of a bank, but I don’t know the name.

Moreover, there is another possibility——

The Taim Bank is indeed not in Rhine Sky City, but it may be in the Old East Sea on the surface!
Because there is no New Donghai City in the third dream, there is no distinction between new and old Donghai. It is collectively called Donghai, which is where Big Face Cat and Li Ningning live.

Lin Xian has not explored the surface area, so it is possible that Tam Bank is somewhere on the surface.

Therefore, it is too early to assert that CC has disappeared and can no longer be encountered.

Lin Xian intuitively felt that CC would not disappear so easily.

Her physique is so special that she can also possess memory fragments from other time and space and other parallel worlds. She is the most buggy existence and much stronger than myself who can only dream about it.

According to the rule that CC in the second dream possesses memory fragments from the first dream...

If I meet CC in the third dream, then she will most likely also have memory fragments of the second dream.

In the second dream, I and CC still have a very close relationship. Basically, we have explained everything that can be explained from both sides, and we know each other well.

Therefore, if we really meet in the third dream, there is no need to introduce ourselves. We can just meet as old acquaintances, which really saves a lot of trouble.

"Let's first solve the mystery Zhao Yingjun left for me. After we find the answer she hid, we can then look for CC and the safe... We never know when this elusive woman CC will show up."

Lin Xian took out his cell phone and looked at the date on the lock screen.

It's already mid-June.

Half of 2023 has passed in the blink of an eye... According to the information found in the New East China Sea City in the second dream, the establishment time of Taim Bank will not exceed 2024 at the latest.

"Time is running out for Taim Bank. It is estimated that it will open in the second half of the year."

As long as the real Tam Bank opens for business, he will have truly built a bridge between reality and dreams, past and future, and... he can finally get a glimpse of the secrets hidden in the safe.

……

At the airport pick-up point, Liu Feng was picked up smoothly.

He has a lot of luggage.

The driver moved all of Liu Feng's luggage into the trunk one by one.

Lin Xian was very happy to see Liu Feng's current mental state. He had come out of his sadness, accepted the fact that Qiqi died with satisfaction and a smile, and devoted himself to the study of the cosmological constant.

"I can't just wait in vain for Qiqi to fulfill my wish in heaven, right? If I really want the cosmological constant to be recognized by the world, I must first find a way to prove that it is correct and prove its value."

This is what Liu Feng told Lin Xian when he called him to discuss his recent situation.

"Of course, Lin Xian, you are my sponsor, so I will listen to you. All research results will not be announced to the outside world, and no third person will know except you and me. Although I don't know what you mean by "for safety"... But there were indeed many scientists who died accidentally some time ago, and I believe in your judgment."

This is also what Lin Xian had emphasized to Liu Feng before.

In the matter of the murderer at 00:42, Ji Lin and I have the same judgment——

【There are two groups of people killing people at this time, and one group is a poor imitation of the other group. 】

Now the result is obvious.

The ones who actually committed murder at 00:42 were actually the Genius Club; Ji Xinshui and the others were merely poor imitators of this act of murder.

According to Lin Xian's speculation.

Ji Lin's parents and Big Face Cat's father should have been killed by the Genius Club.

They all have a common identity.

【Mathematician】

Therefore, Lin Xian came to a conclusion that has not yet been verified.

Is it true that the real target of the Genius Club is only mathematicians, and killing other scientists is actually Ji Xinshui's own judgment?

This conjecture is not guaranteed to be accurate, but now it seems that there is some evidence to support it.

First of all, the Genius Club is indeed related to the mysterious number 42, the cosmological constant. They captured the Big Face Cat’s father in the second dream, most likely because they were afraid of this number.

The cosmological constant is obviously a mathematical problem.

So...even though the seven deadly sins are basically all dead now, Liu Feng is also a mathematician who studies cosmological constants. His crisis is far from over, and he doesn't even know where the enemy is.

Therefore, it is better to be careful.

Lin Xian did not allow anyone else to know about the cosmological constant 42 except himself and Liu Feng.

……

After Liu Feng got into the business car, the door was closed and it drove towards Donghai University.

After successfully entering the campus and arriving in front of a brand new laboratory building, Lin Xian took Liu Feng out of the car and introduced him to the laboratory building while walking towards its gate:

"This is the laboratory I prepared for you. This is a laboratory building that Tunghai University just built last year. It has not been put into use yet, and everything inside is very new."

"The Rhine Company I just founded has reached a cooperation agreement with Donghai University. I won't go into details about the details, but... overall, we are losing money. But there is no other way. If we don't pay a little, how can Donghai University be willing to give us this new laboratory building?"

"Blood loss alone was not enough. Chu Shanhe also came forward to coordinate. He promised to build a world-class first-class laboratory for Donghai University that is more luxurious and has more advanced equipment than this laboratory building. So Donghai University finally agreed to give us this laboratory building."

The two walked to the door of the laboratory, and Lin Xian pointed at the plaque next to it -

Joint laboratory of Tunghai University and TUV Rheinland.

"It's called a joint venture, but in fact, basically everything is handed over to us. You just need to concentrate on your research here. There are many rooms here, including laboratories, offices, data rooms, storage rooms, and single dormitories. If you want to concentrate on your research, you can live here."

"In addition, I have also bought the high-end equipment you listed for me before, and they will be installed one after another..."

Some time ago, after Rhine Company was established, Lin Xian contacted Liu Feng and asked him what level of laboratory and what type of equipment he needed.

Liu Feng is also a real person.

After hearing Lin Xian's polite words "I'm not short of money", he really took Lin Xian as a person with plenty of money and quickly wrote three full pages of experimental equipment... Some of them were very expensive and difficult to get.

But in the end, Lin Xian didn't say a word and started preparing directly.

In fact, according to his original expectations, studying the cosmological constant should not cost much money.

Think about the big-faced cat father in the second dream...

He studied the cosmological constant thoroughly in the slums!
A crappy book, no, it can’t be called a crappy book, after all, it is Liu Feng’s work “Introduction to the Cosmological Constant”.

Then, with some research, after more than ten years of study, Cat Dad directly calculated the cosmological constant, and it seems that he also knew the true meaning of 42, so he was checked by the Genius Club.

In comparison, the equipment Liu Feng requested was too high-end and too expensive.

but……

Every scientist has different research ideas and methods, so they cannot be generalized.

Just because Big Face Cat’s father can rub out the cosmological constant with his bare hands doesn’t mean Liu Feng has that ability.

Every profession has its own specialties, every knowledge has its own sequence, and all roads lead to Rome. As an outsider, Lin Xian decided not to guide the insiders and just let Liu Feng give it his all.

Anyway, it just costs a little more money, 40 billion yuan. As long as Liu Feng doesn't ask me for a particle collider, I can afford it.

Say.

Big Face Cat's father finally achieved results in his research, but it took him more than ten or twenty years, and Lin Xian couldn't afford to wait that long.

If he spent more money and got more equipment, it would be a good deal for Lin Xian if Liu Feng could study the cosmological constant earlier. After all, money can be earned, but time cannot be compressed.

"By the way, didn't you say you had a new invention to show me?"

After taking Liu Feng to tour the entire laboratory building, the two came to an empty laboratory, and Lin Xian asked Liu Feng this question:

"Did you bring it?"

Liu Feng nodded and took out a foam box from his backpack.

He carefully opened the foam box and took out something that looked like an electronic clock.

It is rectangular and placed horizontally on the table. On the base is a transparent electronic screen with yellow highlighted numbers displayed on it.

But... this thing is most likely not a real clock.

Because the numbers displayed on its screen were not the usual six-digit numbers of hours, minutes, and seconds that kept jumping. Instead, they were a row of motionless zeros - [0.0000000]

Including the zero before the decimal point, there are eight zeros in total.

Lin Xian waited patiently for a while to see if there would be any changes in this row of numbers.

result.

Absolutely not.

Is this a stopwatch?
Liu Feng shouldn’t be that boring, right?
Lin Xian didn't find any buttons or switches on this strange device, so he looked up and asked:

"What is this? Is it a clock? Or a counter?"

"I haven't really thought of what to call this thing... It's a measuring instrument calibrated by Planck's constant."

Liu Feng explained to Lin Xian:

"Since you left Shanxi, I have been studying the cosmological constant at home. In fact, what you said to me touched me deeply. Because I also changed my mindset. Just like you said, is it possible that the cosmological constant is not a simple mathematical problem?"

"Once you step out of the mathematical framework, countless possibilities will increase instantly. I tried many times and went back to the university to ask my supervisor to borrow a laboratory to conduct experiments... Although all the results were still wrong and unfeasible, I think it's just like you said-"

"The reason why the cosmological constant is incorrect is not that it is incorrect in itself, but that we have not discovered the correct way to use it!"

When it comes to professional issues, Liu Feng becomes more energetic and talks nonstop:

"So, I think the reason why the cosmological constant is incorrect in our conventional theory is perhaps because it is not a constant in the conventional sense. In other words... it is wrong because our world is correct and regular; and if our world is wrong and irregular, perhaps the cosmological constant is correct!"

"Can you...can you understand what I'm saying, Lin Xian?"

"I don't quite understand."

Lin Xian shook his head decisively:

"Actually, you don't have to analyze it in such detail. Just tell me what this thing does."

"Okay, I'll change my way of thinking."

Liu Feng paused and continued:

"You must know the basic concept of Planck's constant, right?"

Lin Xian nodded:
"I know this. This is a concept proposed by the famous physicist Max Planck. It includes Planck length, Planck time, etc. Planck length is considered to be the shortest distance in the universe, which cannot be divided or intercepted; and Planck time is considered to be the shortest time unit in the universe, and there is no time shorter than it."

"Yes."

Liu Feng continued to add:
"The specific value of Planck's constant is 6.626*10^-34. It is the smallest and most constant unit in the universe. The energy and mass of all matter in the universe are integer multiples of this value."

"I think that since everything in space and time, including the speed of space and time, is made up of Planck's constant... [If the Planck's constant of a universe changes, does it mean that the curvature of space and time has changed?]"

……

Lin Xian pondered over what Liu Feng said for a while, and said softly:

"You mean... as space-time changes and the space-time butterfly effect occurs, the curvature of space-time will also change? And this change in space-time curvature will be reflected in the change of Planck's constant, is that what you mean?"

"So, this clock-like thing of yours, to put it bluntly, is actually an instrument for detecting changes in Planck's constant."

"You understood it correctly. This is probably what you meant." Liu Feng explained with a smile:
"If one day, the numbers on this thing you call a clock change... it means that Planck's constant has changed, and the curvature of space-time has changed, proving that my conjecture is correct!"

Liu Feng said decisively:
"That proves—"

"[Spacetime curvature does exist, and it is likely related to the cosmological constant!]"

"Of course, we have to wait until the numbers on the clock change to determine what the specific relationship is with the cosmological constant. Since you think this thing looks like a clock, I thought about it and decided to name this instrument for measuring the curvature of space-time the Space-Time Clock!"

Time and space clock.

The curvature of spacetime.

Hearing these two names, Lin Xian thought of an animated film he had watched before, "Steins;Gate". These two concepts were also mentioned in this animation.

However, the setting in this animation uses the term "world line" to explain the curvature of space-time.

The concepts of world line and space-time curvature were originally proposed by physicist Albert Einstein, and were not originally intended to describe parallel space-time or changes in timelines.

But later, due to its widespread citation in animation, film and television works, it was given new meaning.

In the current general understanding, the world line can be understood as the development path of space-time and the future. The curvature of the world line, like the curvature of space-time, has become an adjective to describe the amplitude of space-time changes.

According to the world line theory.

From the past to the future, there is a straight line.

If something triggers the butterfly effect in space-time, causes changes in space-time, and changes the future world... then at this node, the world line will shift, commonly known as a world line change.

It's like your own dream world.

The first dream becomes the second dream, which is a change in the world line and the curvature of space-time has changed.

It doesn’t even have to be this kind of large-scale change.

At the beginning, Koko Cat's name changed to Rhine Cat, which also changed the curvature of space-time. However, the value of this curvature is very small, obviously much smaller than the curvature from the first dream to the second dream.

"Now I understand it completely."

Lin Xian raised his head and looked at Liu Feng:

"That is to say, as long as an event occurs that affects the original future direction and the future space-time changes due to the butterfly effect, the value on your [space-time clock] will change. This changed value is the so-called space-time curvature, which is what everyone often calls the world line curvature."

Liu Feng nodded and gave Lin Xian a thumbs up:

"You are really smart."

"Then why is the number here still 0.0000000?" Lin Xian asked.

"That means the curvature of space-time has not changed. It's such a simple thing." Liu Feng spread his hands.

"No, no, how could the curvature of space-time not change?"

Lin Xian held his chin and thought for a while:
"When was this space-time clock of yours made?"

“It was made last month.”

"Can you be more specific? Is it before May 5th?"

"That's for sure. It was produced in early May." Liu Feng answered affirmatively.

Lin Xian smiled slightly and patted the cute time clock:

"That means... your space-time clock is not accurate. It can't measure the change of space-time, nor the curvature of space-time."

"How is that possible!" Liu Feng's expression suddenly became serious:
"This measurement method is absolutely correct! I can guarantee it to you."

Lin Xian shook his head:
"But on May 5, the world line and the curvature of space-time must have changed, and the change was huge. If your space-time clock is accurate, it would be impossible not to detect it."

Lin Xian knows this better than anyone else.

Just on May 5, after he founded Rhine Company, changes in time and space occurred. The time and space butterfly effect that was set off turned the future world 20 years later upside down. The earth was replaced by a human world, and a city was added in the sky.

If it was that Liu Feng's space-time clock could not measure some small changes in time and space due to accuracy issues, Lin Xian could still understand it.

The third dream contains such huge changes in time and space that the world line and the curvature of time and space both rise by 45 degrees. If your clock cannot measure this, then there must be something wrong with it.

however……

However, Liu Feng was convinced that there was nothing wrong with his space-time clock.

Less than two hours after they met, they had already started a heated debate.

"Listen to me, Lin Xian."

Liu Feng was tongue-tied and blushed at Lin Xian's rebuttal:

"I'm telling you something profound, and you don't understand, but I swear to you that there can't be any problem with the measurement of my space-time clock! I have completely compared the Planck constant of our current space-time and calibrated it to 0. Therefore, as long as space-time changes and the curvature deviates from the current space-time, my space-time clock will definitely......"

As Liu Feng spoke, his voice became lower and lower.

He himself also realized that something was wrong!

Lin Xian chuckled:
"Now you understand where the problem lies, right, Liu Feng? You have chosen the wrong reference. It is said that one cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because one is inside the mountain. You use the current space-time as a reference, and then measure the curvature of the current space-time change. Then your measurement will be 0 for your entire life! What is the difference between this and looking for a sword on a boat?"

"It's like the two of us are both stationary now. But what is the reality? If we take the moon as a reference, we are both rotating with the earth at an extremely high speed of 400 meters per second. If we take the sun as a reference, we are actually revolving around the sun with the earth at a speed of 30 kilometers per second."

"But now, you choose yourself as the reference point and measure your own speed. Wouldn't that mean that your whole life will be zero?"

Listening to Lin Xian's words, Liu Feng blushed a little.

Really are……

Dark under the lamp.

How could I have made such an obvious mistake?

[If you want to measure the curvature of the world line change in this space-time, you must find an object in another space-time outside of this space-time as a reference! ]

"But……"

Liu Feng said in embarrassment:
"Finding an object in another time and space outside of the current time and space as a reference... This kind of thing is simply impossible to do."

"Haha, why is it impossible?"

suddenly!

A light female voice came from the door of the laboratory!

Lin Xian and Liu Feng turned around suddenly——

A curvaceous woman was leaning against the door frame of the laboratory, looking at the two of them with a smile.

Her round face is very cute and makes her look younger, with the mature charm of a woman in her thirties and the youthful beauty of a young girl.

Her azure blue pupils are deep and charming, like crystal glass, making people unable to help but sink into them.

The teardrop-shaped earrings, also in crystal blue, swayed as they reflected the fine sunlight into brilliant colors.

"Yellow bird!"

Lin Xian looked at this uninvited guest and was very surprised!

Why is she here?
Huang Que smiled slightly, stood up from the door frame, and walked slowly towards me in her high heels:
"Lin Xian, long time no see."

(End of this chapter)