Falling into the Cretaceous

Chapter 83 Three Formulas

"Damn it, what the hell is this thing?"

Mike panicked and reached out to grab those things and pull them out.

"Don't move!"

Shen Ye immediately stopped him.

"Everyone, check yourselves to see if you have it!"

Shen Ye immediately shouted nervously to everyone.

Shen Ye and Zhou Jian had their feet bound on the road, so they definitely didn't have these things on their legs, but there were quite a few on the tendon dragon under their crotches. They were small, and if you didn't look closely, you could easily mistake them for some kind of plant fruit stuck to them.

"Brother Ye, what is that thing? It's terrifying!"

Ningbo stayed on the dragon's spine the whole time and didn't see these things on her legs, but Jack had quite a few on his legs, and they even climbed up to his thighs.

"This is an ancient tick! It may carry some kind of bacteria, and its digestive tract is full of pathogens. If you pull it out forcefully, the pathogens from its digestive tract will be sprayed into the wound and infect you. This can easily lead to meningitis or Lyme disease!"

Shen Ye immediately explained.

"What should we do then?"

Zhou Jian quickly asked.

"I have tweezers in my bag. Let's go down to the open area with the rocky terrain to handle this! Don't be careless; this could be fatal."

Shen Ye said with extreme seriousness.

Mike and Jack both felt like crying.

Just thinking about my legs being covered in this stuff gives me goosebumps, and I wish I could get rid of it right away.

Shen Ye knew that it was still his own problem.

I hadn't even thought about the problem after the rain. These ancient ticks had been hiding in the soil, and the humidity after the rain was just right. They would sense the vibration of the ground and crawl out to climb onto the dinosaur's feet.

And since humans walk on the ground, this is naturally unavoidable.

Before long, they finally arrived at a rocky, open area where no trees grew.

Shen Ye immediately jumped off the tendon dragon and took out three pairs of tweezers.

It was given to Mike and Jack.

I also used a pair of tweezers to remove the ticks from the dinosaur, but the ticks were well-fed, their bodies were round and swollen, and they were very hard.

"Grab its mouthparts close to its skin and pull it out like a nail!"

Shen Ye reminded him.

Mike hated these things so much that he pulled them out with tongs, threw them on the smooth stone surface, and stomped on them until they were crushed.

It took the group ten minutes to deal with the ticks, and they even took off their clothes to carefully examine them.

After finishing, they immediately headed back to the camp.

The campsite area is rocky and soil-rich, so there should be very few ticks there. However, there might be ticks in the woods on the edge of the camp, and someone might get bitten.

Therefore, Shen Ye immediately used a walkie-talkie to notify Cui Zhengxi at the camp, telling everyone to be careful not to get bitten by ticks, and to remove them with tweezers if they did.

He Yun knew that Mike and the others had been bitten, so she immediately prepared amoxicillin and disinfectant.

After Shen Ye and the others returned, they checked their bodies again and fortunately found no new ticks.

He Yun immediately gave Mike and Jack amoxicillin and sprayed disinfectant on the wounds.

I only felt at ease after handling it carefully and repeatedly.

The afternoon passed quickly, and Shen Ye went to check on the work results of each group.

Today, Zhang Qiming and his team managed to clear one barricade, but that wasn't enough; naturally, the more of these things the better.

Blacksmith Li and Wang Hao made more than thirty tire spikes today. The material is aluminum alloy, and they come in various shapes. The main thing is that they can stand up when you throw them. Cui Zhengxi asked them to make these tire spikes because he believes that the feet of dinosaurs and savages are fleshy pads. As long as these things are scattered around, even a Tyrannosaurus Rex would cry and faint in the toilet.

Shen Ye was also very impressed when he saw these things.

"These things are very useful, but you must remember the exact number. You can't lose even one, or it would be bad if it hurts your own people."

Shen Ye said to Cui Zhengxi.

Cui Zhengxi nodded.

"Brother Ye, how's your research on those characters going?"

Cui Zhengxi asked.

Shen Ye patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother Cui, I know you really want to take your daughter back, but this is something that can't be rushed. I haven't figured out much yet; I only just understood three words in the last few days."

Shen Ye was initially unwilling to discuss this matter with anyone.

But thinking about it, Cui Zhengxi has quite a vivid imagination. He has proposed many plans and conjectures before, so he might be able to help in some way.

"Which three words?"

Cui Zhengxi pressed for more information out of curiosity.

Shen Ye took out the small notebook he always carried with him and pointed to the three pictographs on it.

"What do you mean?"

Cui Zhengxi asked.

"The first one is sleep, or rather, sleeping inside that sphere, or there is a person inside the sphere. Because there is no other supporting evidence, it cannot be specified to a specific meaning, but you can understand it."

"The second one refers to the time, which is certain. The numbers above use the solar altitude, the clock shows twelve o'clock, and there is no minute hand."

"The third one is looking straight ahead, represented by a dotted line. This can only mean the future. If it were a solid line, we would have to see what the next character is."

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Cui Zhengxi frowned.

He seemed to have thought of something, but his eyes immediately calmed down again.

"Brother Ye, what does the rest mean?" Cui Zhengxi asked.

"What follows isn't hieroglyphics; it's probably some formulas, but they don't use letters to represent them, so it looks a bit strange."

After finishing his sentence, Shen Ye added, "If that physicist were still alive, he might be able to understand these formulas."

Cui Zhengxi was taken aback again upon hearing this.

"You mean these are formulas?" Cui Zhengxi asked.

"Yes, it's a formula, but I don't understand it," Shen Ye nodded.

"That physicist has an assistant who didn't die, or she might understand!" Cui Zhengxi said excitedly.

"Who?"

Shen Ye also became excited.

"I'll go bring her here!"

Cui Zhengxi said, and immediately walked to the woman's campfire. He found a blonde woman in her early twenties. She had shoulder-length short hair, bright eyes, some freckles on her face, and looked very delicate.

"Hello, what's your name?"

Shen Ye reached out to greet him.

"My name is Vivian," the woman said.

"Are you Roosevelt's assistant?" Shen Ye asked.

"Yes." Vivian nodded.

"Then take a look and see what these formulas mean?" Shen Ye quickly handed over the notebook.

The woman sat down with the notebook and looked at it again and again.

Her hand kept drawing in the air. About half an hour later, she finally looked up at Shen Ye and Cui Zhengxi.

"The first is the mass-energy equivalence equation, the second is the Dirac equation. Both of these describe the transformation and symmetry between matter and antimatter. The third is the law of conservation of energy."

Cui Zhengxi and Shen Ye looked at each other in bewilderment.

What exactly is this trying to express?

When civilization develops to a certain level, it will definitely discover this formula, otherwise it will not be able to develop. So, what kind of information will future humans leave for this parallel universe?

"I think you might not understand."

Vivian stood up and said.

Cui Zhengxi and Shen Ye looked at each other with the curiosity of two elementary school students looking at their teacher.

"These formulas are used to tell us that the sphere was made of antimatter and it was transported to our world—this is simply a miracle. In our original universe, antimatter is almost impossible to find, yet they were able to use it to create such a large sphere—we are most likely in an antimatter world."

Vivian's eyes were filled with surprise.

Only physicists know how shocking what she was talking about is. Shen Ye also understands a little. Simply put, during the Big Bang, both matter and antimatter were produced at the same time. For every billion pairs of matter and antimatter, there is one extra matter particle. These extra matter particles make up our universe, while symmetry and partial annihilation are transformed into the cosmic microwave background radiation.

When an antiparticle encounters a particle, they are instantly annihilated.

Therefore, it is possible to collect so much antimatter and create such a thing without annihilation.

The reason they didn't annihilate is exactly what Vivian said: they live in an antimatter world!

"I don't understand the antimatter world you're talking about. Could you explain it simply?" Cui Zhengxi asked.

"Actually, there's nothing special about it. Our original universe was a matter universe, and this is an antimatter universe. In reality, there's no difference in perception. They're just two symmetrical universes, and they're also one."

"Why is he telling this to the world?"

Cui Zhengxi asked again, but he no longer cared about the matter. He had a guess in his mind that the inside of that sphere could hibernate and then take them to the future world.

This was a guess he hadn't told Shen Ye.

If that's the case, then the space inside the sphere might only be enough for one or two people to hibernate, and if this gets out, the opportunity will be lost.

Vivian shook her head.

"It doesn't mean much to us; it's just something they're giving to future generations for research."

Did they mention how to operate that sphere?

Cui Zhengxi asked again.

"I'm just using these formulas to make inferences; I don't understand anything else," Vivian said, shaking her head.

Shen Ye sighed. It seemed that the content after this was irrelevant to him. Although he could not fully understand all the hieroglyphs, judging from the content of the patterns, it was clear that there was no mention of traveling back through the wormhole.

Therefore, Shen Ye no longer intends to continue his research.

Let's be more pragmatic and build up the camp. Once it's developed, he can use the pterosaurs to fly out when the wormhole reopens, just like in that dream.

Shen Ye asked the blacksmith Li for the collar.

It was an aluminum alloy frame that had been removed from a kitchen cabinet. Blacksmith Li rolled it up, joined the ends together, with the larger ring fitting over the smaller one. The lock was an aluminum nail. Once it was installed, he pressed it down with pliers and it locked immediately.

The savage himself could not possibly solve it.

Shen Ye took it to the savage and put it on him directly. The savage did not resist; his stomach was rumbling with hunger, and he had no strength to resist.

After putting the collar on him, Shen Ye gave him a piece of meat.

The collar cord was in Shen Ye's hand.

Shen Ye decided to let him sleep with the dinosaur tonight, otherwise leaving him here would make him a midnight snack for wild animals.

Just as Shen Ye was about to unlock the savage's handcuffs, Jack ran over.

"Brother Ye, Mike has a fever and is vomiting badly!" Jack said hurriedly.