Chapter 800 Chapter 799 · "Grandmother Paradox, Klein Bottle, Cosmic Program Theory (Part 2

The content of the civilized bet is: [The person performing the contract, Su Mingan, must restart the Dawn System within twenty days. 】

Then, as long as the "Performer Su Mingan" is never able to reach the twentieth day, this civilized bet will become a piece of paper.

　　When Su Mingan arrives on the nineteenth day, he will meet Akto, who will ask him to go back to the past and hand over his identity as a "performer" to himself on the first day.

Analyzing only from the causal level, when "Su Ming'an in the past" has experienced nineteen days and meets Akto again, Akto will let "Su Ming'an in the past" go back to the past and hand over the identity of the "performer" Give the next self on the first day, that is, the "Su Ming'an of the past", to achieve infinite recursion.

 The time in the ruined world is a grid-like time. As long as Su Mingan exists in this world, he will leave traces in the system, regardless of the past, present, or future. Although only the current Su Ming'an is the real "player Su Ming'an", he in the past can also be counted in the definition of "Su Ming'an".

This is a loophole in the text of "Performer: Su Ming'an". The text can only refer to one "object" and cannot refer to "Su Ming'an" on a specific timeline.

The present Su Ming'an can boldly move towards the future, while the past "Su Ming'an" has the "back to the past Su Ming'an" to help him reach the nineteenth day.

 —In this way, it becomes an ouroboros with no beginning or end of cause and effect.

The identity of "Performer Su Mingan" will cycle back and forth in the handover between the past and the present, from the 19th day back to the first day, from the first day to the 19th day, and from the 19th day back to the first day. . The twentieth day is never reached.

　　　…”

In the white light, Su Mingan clenched the chocolate in his hand. His heart was beating very fast, and the ladder of thinking was built in his mind, gradually building a complete temple.

 He felt a little dazed in his thoughts, and a layer of cold sweat had formed on his back.

"Su Ming'an, the cause and effect of Ouroboros are directly connected. It is impossible for 'no cause and effect', or 'cause and no effect', because once you lose one of them, you will not be able to stand here. We can The basis of the conversation here is that you have linked this cause and effect at a certain point in time, maybe in the past, maybe in the future." Akto said: "That is, if there is a cause, there must be an effect, and if there is an effect, the cause must be inferred. .”

"I understand." Su Mingan's voice was hoarse, and the impact of this information was too great for him. Without Akto's explanation, he wouldn't have been able to figure it out.

It's like the grandmother paradox - if you go back in time and kill your grandmother. Without your grandmother, you would not have been born into the world. But the question is, if you were not born, who killed your grandmother?

 The current situation is similar to that of Su Mingan, who is in a Schrödinger state of "killing his grandmother" and "not killing his grandmother". Only if "his grandmother had not been killed" could he successfully reach the nineteenth day. If "his grandmother had been killed", he would not have been able to reach the nineteenth day and would not have heard these theories.

 When he stands here, this cause and effect has already existed. His "grandmother" must be alive now. What he has to do is to go back to the past and stop himself from "killing his grandmother".

He cannot measure this three-dimensional battle in terms of linear time. Time here is just a network. You can jump the chess pieces to one grid, or jump across parallel lines to another grid. You can even fold this network in half. Four copies, one for 1 year, one for 32 years, one for 72 years, and one for 102 years.

In other words, all normal definitions of ‘time’ must be thrown away. Normal definitions will not work in a ruined world.

 Time must be understood in terms of space.

Just like a Klein bottle - there is a hole at the bottom of a bottle. Now the neck of the bottle is extended to pull it into the bottle and connect to the hole at the bottom. Unlike the cups we usually use to drink water, this Klein bottle has no " Edge”, its surface never ends. A butterfly can fly directly from the inside of the bottle to the outside without crossing the surface, that is, there is no distinction between inside and outside of the Klein bottle.

Now, Su Mingan is like that butterfly. As long as he passes through the Klein bottle composed of three dimensions, he can return to the original program and type in the letter that Akto has filled in beforehand, so that the causal link becomes Ouroboros.

 In the field of mathematics, a Klein bottle is a non-directional plane, a concept in which the inside and outside are completely indistinguishable. If the universe is compared to a higher-dimensional Klein bottle, the universe is also boundless.

Although humans think they are in the universe, they may also exist outside the universe. The boundaries between "inside" and "outside" are not clear. No matter how humans explore, they may eventually return to the same starting point, just like The never-full Klein bottle.

The Möbius strip is very distorted in two-dimensional space, but it is very reasonable in three-dimensional space. In the same way, although the Klein bottle looks very strange in three-dimensional space, it becomes perfect in four-dimensional space. No directionality.

Since reality is a three-dimensional space, using real-world theories to explain the Klein bottle belonging to the four-dimensional space will appear awkward anyway.

  But this is reasonable.

The world of ruins is like a Klein bottle in terms of cause and effect, and distinction between inside and outside.

　　… “…have you figured it out?”

 Under the pure white light, Akto drank tea again. His posture is particularly leisurely, like a mentor waiting for his students to understand.

The fragrance of tea filled the air, and Su Mingan stared blankly at the Ouroboros pattern swimming in the air. After a moment, he said: "I still don't understand, I'm sorry. But after the world copy is over, I will continue to discuss it with Noel and others. "

 These theories of Akto have gone far beyond the scope of the ruined world, and even touched the level of cosmology. Su Ming'an recorded all these words so that they could discuss them in secret when they celebrate the New Year with Noel and the others.

Perhaps there will be new ideas to confront the organizers.

Su Mingan's eyes darkened a little, and the tower of thoughts was about to be submerged by the flood.

The previous simulation is superimposed on the current simulation. The end of this simulation may also be the beginning of the next simulation. Time is like a Klein bottle in high dimensions. Time in the eyes of high dimensions is more commonly used as 'dimension'. Expressed with 'cause and effect' rather than simply 'linear time'.

This kind of thinking may help him fight against high dimensions.

Su Mingan put his hand on his chest and felt his heart pounding. A new window had opened in front of him, and theories he had never seen before were poured into his mind.

On the first day when the dungeon was opened, he would never have imagined that the nature of the ruined world would be so complicated—four timelines were not enough, and a three-dimensional firewall theory was needed. The firewall theory was not enough, and a bunch of connections were also needed. Snakes, Möbius strips, Klein bottles, the grandmother paradox, and even the theory of cosmic programming.

 This is much broader than the battle between the two gods in the sky. Clues upon clues, theories upon theories, it’s a huge mystery made up of a whole world.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just do as I say." Akto put down the tea cup: "After all, you are still young and have not even had in-depth exposure to mathematics and physics. Many theories are difficult for you to understand. I believe that if you can With enough life and your will, you can do better than me."

"How can I compare to you?" Su Mingan shook his head.

 It is difficult for him to even understand these theories, how can he compare with the founder of the theory.

 “So specifically, what should I do?” Su Mingan said.

　　Actor stood up.

Flower-like white light surrounded him, and he walked in this pure white space:

"Su Ming'an, the Central City Laboratory in Catastrophe 72—that's where you started. It is a 'transfer station' used to store the real Dawn system. The Central City Laboratory does not belong to any one dimension, it does not belong to the third dimension. The 1st year does not belong to the 32nd year of 2D, nor does it belong to the 102nd year of the city of measurement. It is independent."

 “That’s it.” Su Mingan understood. It seems that the real Dawn system is protected in this 'transit station'.

"The time in the Central City Laboratory has been repeated within five days because we need to constantly reset the coordinates of this 'transfer station'." Akto said: "Otherwise, if the time in the Central City Laboratory continues, It’s easy to be locked into coordinates by [other dimensions] just like the other three dimensions.”

Su Mingan nodded.

 No wonder no one in the Central City Laboratory was invaded by [Tavi]. It turns out that it is absolutely safe.

“But the only hidden danger is you.” Akto said:

"At the beginning of the dungeon, you were a person who frequently entered and exited the City of Measurement and the Central City Laboratory. [Tai Wei] probably targeted your coordinates and locked the location of the Central City Laboratory within five days. Even if it was only once. If cause and effect breaks, we will all cease to exist.”

"What I need you to do is to lure the 'past you' into the ruined building in the City of Measurement, which is the 'future state' of the Central City Laboratory - let the past you be located in 102, and let the present you Located in the year 72. This makes the coordinates of the Central City Laboratory coincide with the 72nd year and the 102nd year at the same time, using one-dimensional coordinates to confuse the vision of [other dimensions] and prevent the laboratory from being locked."

Hearing this, Su Mingan's back was already wet with cold sweat.

This kind of operation of "the past belongs to 102 years, and the present belongs to 72 years. The past belongs to the future, and the future also belongs to the past." is too shocking and unheard of.

 “I know.” He said:

“The past has not yet become an established fact, I must erase the hidden dangers of the past.”

 “Ding dong!”

System prompt sounds:

  【You have accepted the new main quest "Ouroboros"】

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　tle 的东西': Jumping through grid-like time, guiding 'past you' into the ruined building, and delivering the identity of 'performer' of the civilized bet to 'past you'.

 Task reward: a Dawn Code. 】

 …

“Have you ever picked up Tredia’s pocket watch?” Acto said.

Su Mingan took out the bronze pocket watch.

　　Actor stared at his pocket watch, as if he was missing that bright woman. A stream of data snaked down from his fingertips and entered the pocket watch.

"Each of the nine seats has some administrator rights. Xiaobei's is a USB flash drive. Xi's is the chip on the back of her neck. As for Theredia, her authority is represented by this pocket watch." Tuo whispered: "Give this pocket watch to you in the past. I stored the source of civilization in it. As long as you give him the pocket watch, the source of civilization changes hands, and you can hand over the identity of the person who performs the contract to him." "

Su Mingan held the pocket watch tightly: "Why do I have to give him the pocket watch? What if I want to give him Xiaobei's USB flash drive?"

Akto was startled for a moment, then laughed: "Of course you can. You can give him Xiaobei's USB flash drive. You still don't seem to understand what the cause and effect of ouroboros means. You were able to pick up the pocket watch because of the previous one 'Karma' gave you a pocket watch. If you give 'past you' Xiaobei's USB flash drive, then the next one you will have will not have a pocket watch, but Xiaobei's USB flash drive."

Su Ming'an exhaled, his heart filled with shock: "I understand, send me there."

Akto stretched out his hand: "After completing the mission, you go to the Central City Laboratory and I can send you a message back."

White light flickered between them, and long horizontal and vertical lines passed before Su Mingan's eyes. They were intertwined and surrounded, forming a parallel grid.

The whole space turned upside down in front of his eyes, as if a Klein bottle without a surface rose at his feet. He was pushed forward by the white turbulence, gradually submerged in the endless gaps—

 At this moment, he became the "grandmother" itself.

 …

  【In order to avoid confusion between cause and effect, "Su Ming'an" with the same essence is not allowed to come into contact with the same timeline, and we are temporarily assigning another identity to you...】

　　【The simulation is successful, it is detected that the "Lu Shu" emotion module is contained in the Dawn system, and you will be temporarily assigned the "Lu Shu" identity. 】

  【You will be equipped with an AI Hico bionic body to assist you in your actions. 】

 …

 In the white light, Su Mingan opened his eyes.

 In front of us is a vast desert.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

The sea of ​​sand is vast and far away, with distinct hills and mountains, and quicksand like pouring water. The scorching warm wind slapped his face. Oasis and yellow sand accompany each other, and birds dance with camel bells.

Countless folds of sand and gravel are like golden waves, spreading from afar, seemingly endless.

Vendors shouting loudly, travelers carrying large bags... People gathered in the medium-sized gathering place in front, rubbing shoulders and gathering in crowds.

“—Emotional Needle! 5 Coles per injection, you don’t have to worry about emotional overload after just one injection! Travelers, the city of measurement is ahead of you! Keep an emotional injection at hand!”

  “—Hotel, accommodation! 3 Cole Baotian!”

Su Mingan stared blankly at the scene in front of him, as if time and space were intertwined in front of his eyes. Every time he looked at it, he felt extremely wonderful. A heavy feeling of weightlessness evaporated in my chest, getting worse by the second.

 Time, space, dimension, universe.

 Ouroboros, Möbius strip, Klein bottle, firewall theory, grandmother paradox…

 “Ruined World.” He muttered the name of the world in a low voice, as if a torrential flood surged in his heart, and he was shattered by the shock.

He was about to take a step, but he staggered and almost lost his balance. At this time, a blond and blue-eyed android appeared next to him. She held his shoulders and put a black robe on him.

“During this period, please remember not to expose your face to prevent the Klein bottle from breaking.” She held his hand, her beautiful eyes reflecting his stunned expression.

Hiko helped him straighten his hair under the black robe, and smiled gently at him:

"let's go."

"PhD."

 (End of this chapter)