Earth Era

Shen Qingyuan has enough confidence in the speed of scientific and technological development of human civilization. Shen Qingyuan also firmly believes that as long as humans are given enough time, things that were originally impossible to do and phenomena that cannot be understood will one day be solved. This time is no exception. As long as there is time, we can always find a way to understand the impact of the Bread Nebula on living organisms and how to defend against this impact.

But the crux of the problem is that Shen Qingyuan doesn't have that much time.

Fifty years is considered extremely fast to solve a major scientific problem. If it can be resolved within five or ten years, then there must be someone who is genius enough to promote the development of science on his own. But even if this incident can be resolved within five years, Shen Qingyuan cannot wait any longer.

The special treatment method allowed Shen Qingyuan to endure a longer period of hibernation, but all things considered, his remaining lifespan would only be enough to reach the earth, and that was assuming everything went well. If it were delayed for another five years, Shen Qingyuan might have died before the fleet even reached the solar system.

In this case...if I endure so much pain and even reduce my life span by half, what's the point of all this?

In a daze, it seemed as if a pillar supporting his life had disappeared. Shen Qingyuan raised his head, and everything in front of him seemed to have double images, making it blurry and unclear. They seemed to be quarreling, but the sound of the quarrel seemed to come from an extremely distant place and could not be heard clearly at all.

"Führer, Führer?"

It felt like someone was calling me. Shen Qingyuan closed his eyes and tried to calm down for a long time before coming back to his senses. Then he saw an anxious face in front of him.

That was his new medical team leader. He is solely responsible for his own physical health.

"Well, what's wrong?" Shen Qingyuan tried hard to control himself, trying not to make his voice too different from before. But to the ears of the medical team leader, the voice sounded weak and hoarse.

The medical team leader said anxiously: "You seem to be in some condition now. I recommend that you undergo a comprehensive examination by the medical team immediately."

"Oh, oh, okay, let's go." Shen Qingyuan murmured, stood up unsteadily, ignored the surprised looks of the scientists, and walked out with the help of the medical team leader. The accompanying secretary sighed and said to the scientists: "You continue to discuss and make sure to find out the truth of the matter in the shortest possible time. Well, the head of state just didn't have a good rest yesterday and will recover soon. If anyone dares to spread rumors about the head of state, Rumors about one's physical condition will be severely punished by the law."

No one would think that the matter was that simple, but equally no one would treat matters concerning the Führer's health as a trivial matter. The warning from the secretary of the head of state still rang in their ears. The scientists immediately withdrew their eyes and continued to look at the information and data in their hands, as if nothing had happened, but the discussion gradually disappeared.

After more than ten minutes, a middle-aged scientist tentatively said, "Shall we continue?"

"Continue. I think it is irresponsible to conclude under the current circumstances that there is some unknown force in the Bread Nebula that can interact with life forms and certain elements. We did not detect it with the most sensitive detectors. There is no place for this magical force in our theoretical system."

"Professor Feng, it is useless to hide one's ears and steal the bell. The experimental results have clearly predicted the existence of this force. What we should do now is not to deny it, but to explore its nature, study its source, and finally find the isolation The way it interacts with living things.”

"It may also be some unknown reaction based on the conditions we know. If we want to explore its nature, we should start from this aspect."

"If there are too many coincidences, it can't be a coincidence. I don't think Wang Hao can make the right experimental device by accident, and the experimental results are completely consistent with the calculations. There must be some connection behind this, maybe we should Start with these connections.”

Everyone knows that arguing in a conference room without experimentation and calculations will never lead to correct results. But the significance of the quarrel does not actually lie in this, but in that it can synthesize the wisdom of scientists and collide with new ideas. Only when there is a direction can subsequent research be carried out.

Dr. Huang Yuan did not participate in the quarrel among the scientists. From the beginning of this meeting, he sat quietly. Although colleagues asked him for his opinion several times due to his status, he never spoke.

He just kept sketching with pen and paper and virtual keyboard, not knowing what he was thinking. Next to him, the same was true for his student Mo Xiangsheng.

Generally speaking, students like Mo Xiangsheng who are still in the learning stage and are learning cutting-edge knowledge and ideas from a knowledgeable scientist are not qualified to attend such a meeting, even if Huang Yuan is recognized as a well-known scholar in recent decades. So do the most eminent theoretical physicists. But when Mo Xiangsheng followed his teacher here, no one raised any objections.

Because everyone knows that Mo Xiangsheng has this qualification. Although this young man is not good at talking and often makes jokes because of his lack of common sense in life. There are also rumors that this young man is not mentally normal and is suspected of being a psychopath, but no one can deny his talent in theoretical physics. At only 49 years old, he has even assisted Dr. Huang Yuan in proposing several influential theories, and has published more than a dozen papers on his own that have attracted widespread attention.

Not sure how much time had passed, Dr. Huang Yuan raised his head from the numerous calculations and looked at his student next to him. Mo Xiangsheng also raised his head at this moment, looked at the teacher, and nodded gently.

Dr. Huang Yuan cleared his throat and was about to speak when he saw Mo Xiangsheng stand up and walk out the door. So he immediately shouted: "Image, where are you going?"

Mo Xiangsheng's fat body stopped, turned his head, and said expressionlessly: "I'm hungry, I need to eat something."

All the discussion disappeared instantly, and then there was a roar of laughter. The slight tension that originally enveloped the conference room immediately disappeared.

Huang Yuan reprimanded with some embarrassment: "What time is it now, do you still want to eat?"

Mo Xiangsheng said seriously: "Eat when you're hungry." After saying that, he completely ignored the teacher's extremely angry look and left.

Dr. Huang Yuan was angry for a while, then suddenly smiled bitterly: "I've taught this guy so many times, but he still doesn't remember to bring his own food."

An elderly scientist with gray hair said with some envy: "Old Huang, you should be contented. If I had such a talented student, I would be willing to let the chef carry kitchen utensils everywhere."

Another scientist sighed: "It seems that since ancient times, geniuses have always been different from other people. Old Huang, you don't have to be angry. It doesn't matter if you lack common sense in life. It doesn't matter if you have mental problems. Wait for us old guys After they are all dead, the future of science may still depend on this kid."

This evaluation has reached a certain level, but Dr. Huang Yuan is not modest at all. He smiled bitterly and said: "When I brought this kid out of the orphanage, I only thought about having a child, but I didn't expect that he would have such an outstanding talent. Well... let's not talk about that. . I just did some calculations and some verification with onomatopoeia, and I have an idea."

Back to the topic, the atmosphere in the conference room immediately became serious again.

"I have the same idea as Lao Wang, and I also believe that we should start from the coincidences that exist. Just like Lao Wang said, if there are too many coincidences, they must not be coincidences, but there must be some kind of pattern behind them. So, I re- After verifying the calculations that Professor Li gave to Wang Hao, I discovered one of the errors."

"What's wrong?" People looked at each other, somewhat confused.

"This error actually doesn't have much impact, at least it won't affect the results. However, this error caused us to study the wrong object. Yes, our study object should not be the Bread Nebula - no, or The Bread Nebula is just one part of it. Our research object should be...dark matter."

"What? Dark matter?"

Several scientists were so shocked that they even stood up on the spot: "We have not confirmed the existence of dark matter yet, and we cannot even incorporate dark matter into our theoretical system. Do you have any basis for this?"

"This is my calculation process. Of course, I did not find any evidence that can prove the existence of dark matter. I just found that modifying that error and introducing the constraints of dark matter can produce exactly the results that we previously thought were coincidences."

Dr. Huang Yuan said, sending the calculation process in his portable computer to everyone in the conference room. As a result, everyone's attention was instantly attracted by these complex formulas.

"The Bread Nebula has undergone some special changes for some unknown reason - I noticed that at a specific point in time, two neutron stars not far from the Bread Nebula collided, and their magnetic poles happened to be facing the Bread Nebula. I suspect that it was this gamma ray burst that caused the special changes in the Bread Nebula. And the stardust after this can have some kind of reaction that we have not confirmed yet with the dark matter that is almost everywhere in the universe. It is exactly This reaction releases a special kind of dark matter particles, which then react with the human body, leading to the emergence of that strange disease. The result of Wang Hao's accidental collision may not be a coincidence, but opens a door for us. The door to understanding the world of dark matter..."