Genius Club.

Chapter 529 Entanglement
Lin Xian and VV looked at each other with flickering eyes, and no one spoke.

VV is the trash can robot of this era. It certainly won’t be forced to evade anything, and no one can control its mouth. It can speak freely.

But even in this case...

VV is still unwilling, and Zhao Yingjun does not allow it to speak out, which means -

[What they are hiding together is very important time and space information. Once it is exposed in advance, it will inevitably cause changes in the world line... or it will have a counter-effect on their future plans. ]

Therefore, he planned to keep it a secret from himself along with "Yu Xi's Letter".

"I understand."

Lin Xian nodded:
"It's the same as the letter Yu Xi wrote to me, right? Or, these two things are actually the same thing, both written in 'Yu Xi's Letter'."

"However, you hinted to me before that Yingjun didn't intend to keep the letter Yuxi wrote to me secret from me forever. So when will you let me read it?"

VV turned back and looked at the moonlight passing by at high speed in front of the fighter plane. His eyes flickered twice:
"When it's time to show you, I'll show you."

……

Returning to the University of the Rhine, the round table meeting started again.

As the most powerful fighter, VV naturally has a seat.

But it was so heavy that no one could lift it onto a chair; what's more, the wooden chair could not support its tonnage of hafnium alloy.

and so.

resignedly.

VV still can only hold meetings standing on the ground. The stubborn trash can is only a little higher than the conference table to prove its existence.

"Where's Gao Yang?"

Lin Xian looked left and right, but didn't see the familiar fat man:
"This is the first official meeting after waking up from hibernation. Why don't we invite him? I suddenly realized that Gao Yang seems to be absent from every confidential meeting."

Although Gao Yang has limited intelligence, he is still a companion who has accompanied me across 500 years of time and space. I cannot isolate him.

"He won't come on his own."

Liu Feng spread his hands:
"Gao Yang said that what we were discussing was too profound. He could follow his thoughts before, but now he can't even understand them. So he decided not to come and focus on taking over the position of Minister of Security at Rhine University."

"In fact, the people of Gaoyang are quite nice."

VV held up the hafnium alloy clip and said:
"I've seen more than you. Gao Yang has actually been trying his best to help you, but he found that he seemed to be only causing more trouble and really couldn't help much."

"But to be honest, Gao Yang's loyalty to Lin Xian is beyond doubt. He really thinks about Lin Xian all the time. He originally planned to quit his favorite job and go to space with Lin Xian, and later gave up everything to accompany Lin Xian into hibernation into the future."

"He is different from you. He has no abilities, responsibilities, or missions. But he is still willing to fight for the future of mankind... Well, although rescuing Chu Anqing is his first driving force, the result is the same."

Lin Xian waved his hand:
"Let him do whatever he wants."

He and Gao Yang grew up in the same family compound and knew each other very well.

Just as Qin Xi said not long ago.

People who hibernate from the old era always have a look of emptiness and loneliness in their eyes.

Now this new and prosperous world means almost nothing to these hibernators, like a ghost that should not be here.

What specifically can Gao Yang do?
Lin Xian didn't know.

No one knows.

Gao Yang doesn't have Liu Feng's wild imagination, nor does he have Gawain's IQ that stands at the top of humanity, nor is he as knowledgeable as Du Yao and Jask, nor is he as omnipotent as VV.

He is a completely ordinary person.

An ordinary person who was supposed to be a salesperson in a 4S store, get married and have children, live in the 21st century and die in the 21st century.

Now this heavy burden of saving the world and the future was imposed on the little fat boy entirely because of himself.

So, let him be.

"Fat people are born to be useful. Every magnificent story in history cannot be separated from a fat person."

Lin Xian concluded:
"Maybe Gao Yang will also have such a highlight moment."

"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Let's continue the meeting that was interrupted before and report on the situation in this era."

……

Liu Feng and Gao Wen continued their lengthy report until dawn.

In general, there was nothing that surprised or delighted Lin Xian.

Technology has indeed developed, but it has not been revolutionary.

In cutting-edge frontier fields, humans have suffered many losses because of wasting huge amounts of resources and time going in the wrong direction.

Controlled nuclear fusion and spacecraft capable of leaving the solar system have been achieved.

However, the planets outside the solar system that are suitable for human habitation are too far away. Taking into account the long time it takes for a spacecraft to accelerate and decelerate, it will take at least thousands of years.

The universe is too vast and humans are too small.

For a journey of thousands of years, even if there is a hibernation chamber for hibernation, who can guarantee that there will be no problems with the spacecraft itself, including the various circulation equipment and electronic equipment inside?
Interstellar travel is a complex subject in itself, and endless investment often does not bring even a single inch of result.

not to mention.

For ordinary people around the world, they prefer life on Earth and are satisfied with everything they have now. Interstellar travel itself is a false and empty proposition without demand.

As for the cosmological constant, Liu Feng and Gao Wen have also found a way to calculate the final result of 42.

but.

That’s all there is to it, there’s no way to go any deeper.

Because we have no idea why it is 42, what 42 means, what is the significance of 42...the research on the cosmological constant 42 has completely reached a dead end.

Newton and Galileo are still hiding deep, maybe even in hibernation, and no clues have been found at all.

The only exciting thing is that -

[Jask has made a major research breakthrough in space-time particles! ]

"You're going to the United States anyway, so why not let Jask tell you directly."

Gao Wen explained:
"The last time I met Jask was 60 years ago. I woke up and served as the rotating principal for two years. I had contact with him once."

"I don't know if he has made any new breakthroughs in his research in the past 60 years. As far as I know, he just woke up from hibernation not long ago... We are always like this, hibernating on and off. After all, technology may change everything, but it can never extend our lifespan of just over a hundred years."

"Limited lifespan is the biggest enemy hindering the development of human civilization."

Gao Wen said in a deep voice:

"I heard from Professor Liu Feng that in the era when you were born, top scholars generally only needed to learn all the knowledge in the current cutting-edge field by the age of 30, and then start to conduct innovative breakthrough research."

"In the 23rd century when I was in college, if you want to finish learning the knowledge in your current field, you have to be at least 40 years old before you are qualified to enter the Academy of Sciences to study new fields."

"By 2504... even if elementary school textbooks already include physics, chemistry and biology, junior high school students learn calculus, and high school students start to choose a single major for further study..."

"Do you know, Lin Xian? How old do today's scholars need to be to fully learn the current technology?"

Lin Xian twirled his pen and thought for a moment:
“I don’t think he’ll be over 50.”

Gawain nodded with a worried look on his face.
“Average academic graduation age, 55.”

55 is old.

When Lin Xian heard this number of people on the verge of retirement, he truly felt the upper limit of humanity.

perhaps.

The biggest drawback of the development of human civilization is that——

[The memories and knowledge of the previous generation cannot be passed on. No matter how great a genius is, he must start from 1+1.]

In the era when Lin Xian's parents lived, technical secondary school graduates could find good jobs, and college graduates were the best of the best.

Because technology was not so advanced at that time, radio was considered high-tech, and people did not need to learn too much to contribute to society.

By the time Lin Xian graduated from university, the place was already full of master's students. Even if you had studied hard for twenty years, you would still be rejected with just a resume.

Imagine.

In the 500 years of development of human society, countless sub-disciplines and cutting-edge knowledge have been accumulated. However, when a baby is born, it is impossible for him to skip the simple part and go directly to learn the most cutting-edge knowledge. He will definitely not be able to learn it.

There are only two ways to solve this problem:

1. Memory can be passed on or inherited.

2. Lifespan is greatly extended.

If memory can be inherited, although it would be detrimental to social development and would lead to class stratification, it would definitely be a great thing for the overall development of human civilization.

For example, a great genius like Gawain could directly pass on his full head of academic knowledge to his son.

Then Gao Wen's son would not need to study all the way through elementary school, junior high school and high school. After he is weaned, he can take over Gao Wen's research topic and continue to devote his youth to a group of "heirs" wearing diapers.

Either.

That is, we can find a way to significantly extend human life.

If human life span could be extended to 500 years, then let scholars study for 100 years and master all knowledge, and they would still be young people.

“But these are all delusions.”

Lin Xian stopped spinning his pen and opened his eyes:

"In fact, this theory has been mentioned in science fiction novels in the past, saying that human potential and upper limit have long been locked by human lifespan." "But in those days, everything was booming and thriving, and Moore's Law had no end in sight, so this drawback was not reflected; but now with the development of science and technology, knowledge is accumulated... It is true that there is no end to the sea of ​​books, and there is really no end to learning."

"But even so, isn't there still a young and promising genius like Cheng Qian who writes in an unconventional way? We still have to believe in miracles. After all, the fact that humans can evolve from a single cell and an amino acid to the current form is a miracle in itself."

Then he stood up:
"I'm going to take a rest. Please prepare a flight for me tomorrow. I'm going to the United States to meet Jask."

……

the next day.

United States, west of old Brooklyn, a dilapidated farm, an underground shelter.

"Die, bastard!"

Hafnium VV lunged forward and clamped Jask's ankle tightly with the clamp.

"Ouch, please be gentle."

Jask, whose hair was completely gray, whose body was thin and slightly hunched, laughed and said:
"I almost forgot about you, but you still remember the grudge so clearly."

"nonsense!"

VV yelled:

"I'm the one who's been pretending to be artificially retarded for 500 years! Not you!"

"You should also respect the elderly... How can you touch them as soon as you meet them?" Jask said weakly.

Lin Xian was a little surprised.

Looking at the old and frail Jask in front of him.

This……

This was a scenario he had never imagined.

The energetic playboy and the muscular world's richest man in our impression has now... become a wrinkled old newspaper in the passage of time.

"What's wrong with you?"

Lin Xian hesitated to speak:

"Why are you so old?"

"hehe."

Jask smiled slightly:
"This is the price of learning...There is so much new knowledge and new fields emerging every year. How can you stay at the forefront if you don't spend time learning?"

"What's more, I didn't trust you to assign the task of researching space-time particles and the world-destroying white light to others, so I have been doing it secretly all along."

"Including the secret base here... no, the underground shelter as well. I bought all the land in Brooklyn, and I have the final say on the planning here. The purpose is to better protect this underground shelter and prevent it from being discovered by others."

"So now this is called Old Brooklyn, which belongs to me; to the north they have established New Brooklyn, which is a formal administrative district."

See the elderly Jask.

Lin Xian became increasingly aware that perhaps Gao Wen's concerns were not unfounded.

If one day.

Human technology has just developed to a critical point——

A scholar needs to spend more than 100 years, a whole life, to learn all the knowledge of a certain subject and every branch, and then continue to study backwards...

That human being.

Is there a future?
Lin Xian stopped thinking about such distant things for the time being and looked at Jask:
"I heard that you made a breakthrough in the study of space-time particles. What exactly is it?"

Jask nodded:

"Do you remember the question you asked me before hibernation? You said that on the one hand, we need to verify whether the world-destroying white light really exists; on the other hand, we need to find a way to uncover the truth about the world-destroying white light."

"The biggest problem at the time was that the fastest speed in the universe is the speed of light. No speed can exceed the speed of light, including the speed of observation and the speed of information transmission. The fastest is also the speed of light, so this is an impossible proposition."

"Unless... [our observation speed and information transmission speed can exceed the speed of light.]"

Beyond the speed of light?
Lin Xian narrowed his eyes.

Just now you said the speed of light cannot be exceeded, now you say it can be exceeded.

Isn't this contradictory?
But since Jask dared to say this, it means that he has found a way.

"Is it possible?" Lin Xian asked.

"It was the entangled space-time particle that gave me the inspiration."

Jask pointed at Lin Xian:
"Think about it, Lin Xian. You traveled to 1952 and then returned to 2234. Does the information observation and information transmission you brought with you count as an act of exceeding the speed of light?"

Lin Xian felt that there was some truth in this:

"In theory, yes. It would take nearly 1952 years for light from 2234 to reach 300, but I did it in an instant, bringing the information from 1952 to hundreds of years later."

"However, entangled space-time particles no longer exist, and observing the world-destroying white light and time travel should be two different things, right? Is there any connection between them?"

Jask chuckled and shook his finger:

"It's not the same thing, but it's the same idea. What really inspired me is... [entanglement]."

"You must have heard of the ancient concept of quantum entanglement, right? It is the original hypothetical experiment of superluminal communication and even communication across the universe."

"The entangled space-time particle you used did show us the possibility of instantaneous synchronous transmission of information. Now that the only entangled space-time particle has disappeared...but, can we artificially entangle two ordinary space-time particles?"

Jask held out his left and right fists.

They opened their mouths together, and clenched their hands together, staring at Lin Xian with sharp eyes:

"I did it."

Lin Xian took a deep breath:

"You created an entangled space-time particle!?"

What kind of Creator technology is this!

"No no no."

Jask said rigorously:
"I am making two ordinary space-time particles entangled, not creating an entangled space-time particle. There is a big difference between these two statements."

"Entangled space-time particles are entangled together and are a whole that cannot be separated; while two ordinary particles that have achieved an entangled state can be separated at will, which makes it possible for superluminal communication over ultra-long distances."

"The most valuable thing is that this entanglement can be a one-to-many mode! A space-time particle can be entangled with many other space-time particles and can receive multiple pieces of information simultaneously!"

Lin Xian understood.

This is similar to the walkie-talkie mechanism. After entanglement is completed, a space-time particle is a walkie-talkie.

but.

This kind of walkie-talkie communication is instantaneous and far faster than the speed of light.

Even if the two walkie-talkies are at opposite ends of the universe, calls can be made without any delay.

"I understand your plan."

Lin Xian guessed what Jask was thinking:

"You think that the world-destroying white light did not come from the interior of the earth, but... from outer space."

"So, [instead of waiting for the arrival of the world-destroying white light in 2624, you plan to launch a probe towards the white light and contact it in advance in order to verify and study it.]"

Snapped!
Jask is old but not old at heart. He snapped his fingers and struck a naughty pose like in an old movie:

"Yes, you understand me! This is a crazy plan! I want to observe the world-destroying white light in advance from several light years, dozens of light years away!"

"Although I am not sure whether the world-destroying white light came from outer space, as long as this experiment is carried out, it can be verified."

"The rockets carrying the space-time particle observers are unmanned, so there is no need to worry about deceleration and safety. Just accelerate at full speed! Infinite acceleration! At least 50% of the speed of light can be reached!"

"In this way, we only need to wait for these rockets to be launched for 10 years, and then we can use the entanglement of space-time particles to instantly communicate and observe the universe 5 light years away in real time. Similarly, 40 years later, we will be able to observe the universe 20 light years away; 100 years later, we will be able to observe the universe 50 light years away!"

Jask became more and more excited as he spoke, and he almost wanted to make his old body jump up.

This is indeed a crazy plan.

It's really his style.

but……

The idea is good, but is it feasible to implement?

Lin Xian raised the most concerned issue:
"The universe is very large. We don't know whether the white light of annihilation is coming from the universe or not, nor do we know from which direction it is coming. So... in which direction should your rocket be launched?"

"all!"

Jask's eyes were firm, and he answered without hesitation:

"Since we need to investigate and verify, we have to launch in all directions! Over the years, I have been detecting and capturing space-time particles. Thanks to the development of aerospace technology, including the one in Einstein's oven... I have a total of 23 space-time particles."

"Except for one that is left on Earth as a receiver, the remaining 22 will all become entangled with this receiver and then be loaded into the rocket as detectors."

He raised his hands high.

Looking at the bright ceiling of the underground shelter is like looking at the brilliant Milky Way:
"[22 probes carrying space-time particles will head to deep space from 22 directions!]"

"[If that world-destroying white light was really an attack from outer space... we would have definitely seen it in advance!]"

(End of this chapter)