The imprint of the universe and the return of all things

Parallel universes refer to different universes and time-spaces that exist in parallel and are very similar but also different. This concept first originated from the many-world interpretation theory proposed by American physicist Everett in the last century. In the many-world interpretation theory, Everett explains various strange phenomena in the microscopic quantum world by assuming the existence of countless parallel worlds, such as the famous"Schrödinger's cat" thought experiment.

Parallel universe is a very mysterious existence. In different parallel universes, some people and things are the same, some historical developments are the same, and some future trends are the same. At the same time, some people and things are completely different. Some historical developments are very different, and some future trends are very different. Therefore, the state displayed in a certain parallel world is often"plausible" to people who exist in another parallel world.

The fictional stories told in this book are set in a parallel universe that is different from the world we live in. Therefore, all plots and characters in this story are inconsistent with the reality of our real world, and readers are advised not to take it seriously.

Section 1. Mysterious Experiment

The starting point of the story takes place on Christmas Eve in 2025, in Tokyo, Japan.

Ice-cold snowflakes were dancing in the sky, people were immersed in the joy of the festival, and there was a warm and peaceful scene everywhere.

Kenichi Ito, a 27-year-old doctoral graduate from Tokyo University, was standing outside the laboratory door, taking a break while drinking hot coffee, while quietly admiring the moving scenery of snowflakes dancing in the sky, immersed in it, and thoughtful.

After standing there for a while, he sighed helplessly, turned back to the laboratory, and once again threw himself into the intense work.

The laboratory where Kenichi Ito currently works is called the"Ama no Kakuya" laboratory, which was established with huge funding from an anonymous Japanese chaebol. It is built next to a large thermal power station on the outskirts of Tokyo and covers a very large area. The main part of it is built underground. About 100 meters underground, there is a Large Hadron Collider with a total length of 12 kilometers of circular tunnels. It is very large in scale.

Kenichi Ito reluctantly returned to the operating room in the laboratory and began boring experimental operations again, repeating certain actions mechanically like a factory assembly line worker.

Looking at the repeatedly beating numbers on the big screen and the constantly flashing test failure reminders, a strong sense of loneliness surged into Kenichi Ito's heart uncontrollably. In his heart, he longs to be like other young people and have time to date and fall in love with girls, and spend this romantic night together. But the reality is that he has to spend all his time and energy on this experiment. Because this experiment is so important to him. Whether his dream can be realized depends on the success of the experiment. Moreover, if this experiment succeeds, human life will be completely changed, and human technological civilization will reach a new level.

So, what exactly is this important experiment?

"Next, we have to start experiments and create a miniature wormhole!"

A year ago, Kenichi Ito's mentor, Director of the Cosmic Ray Research Institute of Tokyo University, Yagami told Ito in the office with excitement.

At that time, Yagami, with the help of Ito, had just made a breakthrough in the world of physics. In order to solve a major problem, they used a physical experiment designed based on the Casimir effect to successfully extract stable negative energy from the quantum fluctuations in the vacuum. This scientific achievement made the two masters and apprentices instantly famous internationally. He became a big star in the world of physics.

However, the master and the apprentice were not satisfied with their academic success. They also had a more lofty ideal. And successfully obtaining stable negative energy is only the first step to realize this ideal. Their ultimate goal is still a long way off

"Could it be that you have calculated the precise parameter values ​​for injecting negative energy into a miniature black hole?"Ito Kenichi asked suspiciously. He looked around the Yagami Valley office and saw scattered books scattered everywhere.

"I haven't figured it out, and I can't possibly figure it out. I have studied all mathematical theories during this period and found that there is no mathematical theory that can be applied to our theoretical model."Iori Yagami said helplessly.

"However, if precise parameter values ​​cannot be calculated, how can a micro wormhole be generated? You also know that a wormhole can only be created by injecting the right amount of negative energy into the singularity of a black hole. No matter if too much or too little negative energy is injected, the black hole will collapse at an accelerated rate and cannot be transformed into a wormhole."Ito said

"We can use experiments. Find the most appropriate parameter values ​​through constant experimentation."Iori Yagami looked at Ito and said seriously

"Please, how many times does this need to be tried before it can be successful? This is simply looking for a needle in a haystack! Even if we spend our entire lives, we may not be able to complete it, okay?"Ito said a little excitedly,"Isn't there any other more reliable way?"

"Until the scientific community creates more new theories about wormholes, black holes, negative energy, etc., this is probably the only way. He touched his bald head and continued,"I am 58 years old and all my hair has fallen out." In my lifetime, I will probably never see a wormhole again. But you are still young and will have a chance to see it"

"Even if I could really see it, I would probably become a bald old bachelor like you by then."Ito said frustratedly.

Iori Yagami was not angry because of Ito's teasing. Although he was older than Ito and was Ito's mentor, he had always maintained a relationship with the young man as both a teacher and a friend. Because he admired him very much. Ito, Ito is the most talented student he has ever taught.

Yagami patted Ito's shoulder and said deeply:"Listen, Ito, dreams come with a price. Any dream requires a lot of sacrifices." accomplish. It is not something that can be easily grasped, but needs to be pursued diligently. What's more, our ideals are loftier and more magnificent than others, and they are worth sacrificing everything for. So, don’t be discouraged, cheer up and let’s work hard! Ito said helplessly:"Okay, okay, since you said this is the only way, then it must be the only way." In order to realize my ideal, I will go all out and work hard to do it well. You should stop pretending to be a life coach to encourage me. This is not your style."

Then, Ito sighed again and said with a wry smile to himself:"It seems that I am destined to be alone in my life."

Seeing that Ito agreed with his method, Yagami showed a satisfied smile and said to Ito,"Then, starting from tomorrow, we will start doing some preparations before the experiment. In about four months, we will move to a new laboratory and officially start experiments. Ito listened and said in surprise:"Wait, you mean the new laboratory can be built within four months?" How is this possible? It is a huge project. It is not easy to find a piece of land with such a large area, not to mention installing huge machines such as a hadron collider and a negative energy generator deep underground. In addition, super-powerful power facilities must be built to provide sufficient energy for the hadron collider. To accomplish this in such a short period of time, even government agencies do not have such strong financial resources and superb effectiveness.

Yagami explained:"This matter sounds a bit unbelievable." But we may actually have a new lab soon. A few days ago, a young man named Ryu Muto came to my office to see me. He claimed to be a representative sent by a Japanese consortium. As for the specific name and background of the consortium, he has never revealed it. He told me that their consortium is very optimistic about our wormhole transmission technology research project, and hopes to cooperate with us, fund us to complete this research, and then share the technology patent of wormhole transmission technology with us after it is completed.

Out of caution, I didn't agree to it right away. I told him frankly that our project requires a super large laboratory to complete. The money, manpower and material resources required to build this laboratory are very huge, no less than building an aircraft carrier, but the results of the experiment may take It won't happen until decades later. I asked them to carefully consider the risks and benefits before deciding whether to invest in the project.

Unexpectedly, the young man didn't take it seriously. He told me that their chaebol had strong financial strength and wide connections. Building such a laboratory was more than enough for them, and insisted on investing in us no matter what. Seeing his confident look, I was a little moved, so I promised him that as long as they could build a good laboratory within two years, I would agree to cooperate with them. Then, I gave him the design drawings of the laboratory. After he carefully read the design drawings, he actually said that it would not take two years, but only four months to complete the construction of the laboratory. He asked me to wait for his news. Then he left without saying anything more"

"Do you believe what that guy says? Don't you think it's suspicious?"Ito asked

"It's a bit suspicious. But, no matter what, as long as they can build the laboratory, that's enough. I don't care about anything else. You know, it is difficult to find investors for high-risk, low-return scientific research projects like ours, and even government agencies are reluctant to provide support. Nowadays it is rare for someone to be so determined to join, which is ultimately a good thing. Yagamiya said with a smile.

"You are too optimistic. No wonder you looked happy just now. Alas, forget it. Anyway, I just need to do my part of the work well. As for the construction of the laboratory, you, the"boss", should worry about it. Ito said with a shrug.

Four months later, the laboratory was indeed completed! Seeing those large high-end instruments being installed accurately and the professional and skilled logistics personnel working tremblingly, Iori Yagami and Ito Kenichi were both shocked. Dumb. Yagami was very satisfied with this, so he decided to fulfill his promise and agreed to cooperate with the anonymous consortium.

From then on, Ito Kenichi started his boring new life, staying alone in the operation room day and night to conduct experiments. Eight After Kamiya is busy with external affairs, he often comes to the laboratory to take over Ito's experiments so that he can rest and relax.

In addition, the anonymous consortium sent a man in his forties named Shibata Sho as a contact person , responsible for the management of the entire laboratory and daily tracking and reporting of the progress of the experiments. Since both parties signed a project confidentiality agreement, communications and personnel activities in the laboratory are strictly controlled. Kenichi Ito can basically only contact Shibata alone. They are not allowed to have contact with other staff in the laboratory. Shibata is a serious and old-fashioned person, usually unsmiling. Ito and Shibata have no communication except work. This makes the already boring work even more boring.

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Section 2. Surprise.

To date, Kenichi Ito has conducted more than 55,000 experiments.

He remembered the story of Edison's invention of the electric light and the famous saying"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." He thought:"If I succeed in the future, I must modify this sentence to"Genius is 0.01% inspiration plus 99.99% sweat", and tell everyone that I, a genius, actually spend most of his time... Do manual labor."

He looked at his watch and saw that it was almost twelve o'clock. After he planned to do one more experiment, he would go back to the dormitory to sleep and spend this Christmas Eve quietly.

He operated on the console skillfully and quickly, and the giant instrument outside began to operate again as he operated. Then, he quietly looked at the data on the big screen, waiting for the test results to appear in a few seconds. He didn't have too many expectations for every experiment, including this one. After all, the probability of success in a single experiment was lower than the probability of winning the lottery jackpot. He originally thought that this experiment should also end in failure, but the results that appeared on the screen made him unable to believe his eyes.

The experiment was successful! After injecting an appropriate amount of negative energy, the micro black hole is transformed into a stable micro wormhole!

Faced with such a result, Ito was a little overwhelmed and his mind went blank. After"freezing" for a few seconds, he immediately began to check the accuracy of the data. Happiness came so suddenly, he couldn't believe it was true. It was not until after three data checks that he was finally convinced that he had indeed created a micro wormhole. He found the key parameter value that injects negative energy! He was so excited that he couldn't help but start dancing and shouting for joy, like a child who suddenly received a huge gift. After reveling uncontrollably for a while, he finally calmed down a little.

Then, Ito immediately retrieved the live camera footage generated by the wormhole and observed the wormhole with the naked eye. Ito saw a spherical"thing" appearing among several large instruments. This"thing" was about ten centimeters in diameter and was still expanding slowly. It appears to be black, with no obvious borders around it, and seems to blend in with the surrounding space. In addition, the entire scene seen through the camera presents a slightly distorted concave state, just like looking at a distorted mirror.

Ito knew that the reason why the scene before him looked like this was because the internal structure of a wormhole was similar to that of a black hole, and it also had a strong gravitational field. On the one hand, this gravitational field would distort the outer space and time where it was located, and on the other hand, On the one hand, all matter and energy (including light) that enter it (the event horizon) cannot escape, but can only pass through the wormhole, and then be released from the space at the other end connected to the wormhole.

While admiring the"miracle" in front of him, Ito collected and analyzed the precious data and information generated by this experiment. According to the theoretical model he and Yagami previously imagined, he calculated the specific location of the exit at the other end of the wormhole. As long as he goes to this location to investigate another day and confirms that the corresponding"anomaly" has occurred nearby, it will prove the correctness of their theoretical model and allow them to further understand the characteristics and manufacturing mechanism of the wormhole.

After all the data was collected and analyzed, Ito decided to close the wormhole because he was worried that the continued expansion of the wormhole would create uncontrollable risks. He stopped injecting negative energy into the center of the wormhole, and the wormhole instantly turned into a black hole. He then injected negative energy into the edge of the black hole, and the black hole stopped expanding and began to shrink. When the black hole shrank to a certain extent, he stopped injecting negative energy into the black hole, but the shrinkage of the black hole accelerated, and at the same time, a faint light emitted from the edge of the black hole. These lights are the visual effect of Hawking radiation produced by the black hole's evaporation process. Eventually, the black hole completely disappeared in a short period of time, the light completely disappeared, and the surrounding space returned to its original state.

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