The End of Technology

Tim Cook was one of the first people to sign in today.

The organizing committee did not give this big shot any unusual treatment, so he could only sign in with the invitation letter and come to the lounge like other scholars. However, as the CEO of Apple, he still keeps the excitement around him.

After all, many scientific research activities still require money.

Especially for basic physics and astronomy, whether it is various instruments or massive data analysis work, financial support is needed. It is the consensus of the whole world that Apple is rich.

In fact, Tim Cook's participation in today's event is a surprise to many scientists. If a big boss who can control a huge amount of money is interested in this direction, maybe he can use the project at hand to attract an investment?

After all, money is the basis of scientific research in this era. The physical research that can be carried out without too much cost has basically been done by the predecessors.

Being popular is of course a good thing, at least it makes the waiting time less boring.

Especially for those whose curiosity is aroused, the waiting time will become longer and longer.

Time passed quickly during various conversations. Tim Cook politely listened to the introduction of some cutting-edge academic research, and then did not give too many conclusions as usual. The time finally came to 9:30 in the morning, and the staff began to notify everyone that they could enter the arranged venue in an orderly manner.

Well, the mystery is about to be revealed, and Tim Cook is calming down both physically and mentally.

He just hopes that what Ning Zi said may change his view of the world and even determine Apple's future development direction will not disappoint him. At least I won’t feel that staying in China for half a month is a waste of time and energy.

In the past two days in the hotel and Ningyuan, he had also met many well-known figures in the academic world. He roughly understood that they would come to participate in the astronomy forum convened by Ning Zi, mainly because of Ning Zi's review in "Science" .

When Tim Cook asked these scholars to speculate on how Ning Zi’s upcoming theory might be related to Apple, most of them fell silent.

It’s true that Apple is a high-tech company, but Apple’s business development direction is indeed difficult to connect with astronomy.

Even in the field of basic communications, Apple is not strong.

At least for now, Apple's biggest achievement is that the iPhone has redefined smartphones and allowed people to transition from the Internet to the mobile Internet in a logical way. Even now, many brands of smartphones still have design traces of the first generation of Apple.

As for achievements in astronomy, probably zero. Not in one direction at all.

Therefore, it is really difficult for these scholars who do not understand business logic to guess how this forum will help Apple's business.

Including Tim Cook himself, he has considered countless possibilities these days, but he has rejected them all. Because even if Ning Zi could make some things, he probably wouldn't pay attention to them.

But fortunately, the mystery can finally be revealed.

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More than a hundred scholars from all over the world, led by staff, walked into the playground in an orderly manner to display the latest discoveries of the laboratory. To the surprise of many people, they were not taken to the stands to sit down, but were taken to the center of the playground, where Ning She was.

A small display stand has been set up there, with a large black curtain in the middle covering a long object about the size of a car in mid-air.

Obviously, the thing covered by the black curtain is today's protagonist, and many people can't help but take a few more glances. However, this geometric shape is too ordinary, and it is really difficult to guess what it is just based on the black curtain.

Tim Cook stood at the front of the crowd so he could see more clearly. This angle is of no use. The curtain is tightly covered, and from the outer outline... well, it can't be seen.

Anyway, I don’t understand why this thing is placed on a high platform built on the football field and made so mysterious.

But the mystery would be revealed soon, and he didn't want to waste his brain cells. It’s just that the former physics Nobel Prize winner Colin Drost next to him doesn’t seem so calm.

"Tim, do you think that's weird?"

"Huh? What's weird?"

"Look at the way the curtain falls, the wrapped thing... seems to be hanging in the air."

Tim Cook looked at it carefully and found that it was indeed the case, but after all, it was a black curtain, so he gave a possibility: "Maybe it's just that the shelf is smaller than the objects on it. You can't put a hydrogen-filled cushion there..."

"Maybe, but it's still a little strange. It shouldn't be that simple."

The two chatted briefly, and the young figure appeared on the makeshift rostrum.

Well, the real master is here, there is no need to guess anymore, and the brief discussion is over.

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"Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad that you are invited to attend the First World Astronomy High-end Forum in Ningyuan. I know that it is not me who attracts you to this forum, but the recent The latest discoveries made by Professor Lucius Rudy and his friends are the ultra-bright stars that are constantly moving near the center of the Milky Way."

After Ning Jie's relaxed opening remarks, the audience burst into applause. Lucius Rudy, who was also standing in the first row, also took a step forward, then turned around and waved casually to his colleagues behind him.

Of course, the professor knew that these people did not come here because of the discovery of those stars. Everyone's purpose was to know for the first time how Ning Zi analyzed through pure mathematics that there would be stars there, not just one. Giant black hole.

Yes, even if the existence of those stars is now discovered, it does not mean that the theory of the existence of black holes in the centers of galaxies has been overturned. Because there is a lot of evidence to prove this, and there is also evidence during this period that these stars are moving much faster than they imagined. This seems to mean that these stars know that if they run slower, they may be swallowed by the black hole.

Of course, this does not mean that these stars have minds, it just means that the universe is so magical.

Of course, these did not prevent Lucius Rudy from becoming familiar with the more than 100 people present at this time.

This can also be regarded as a sense of ritual.

Ning Zi, who was standing on the stage, smiled and watched as Lucius Rudy finished waving, turned around and returned to the team, and then continued: "I know that everyone is very interested in the previous theoretical derivation process. But what everyone doesn’t know is that in fact all the derivation processes at that time were based on a space structure conjecture, which I called Ning’s space conjecture.

In this conjecture, the space we can observe is embedded in another space. Under the premise that the theory of relativity is absolutely correct, there is a macroscopically circular high-dimensional space. The structure of this space is affected by our observable space and another energy space, so it cannot be a regular sphere. Its interior may present an irregular and asymmetrical hollow structure.

Yes, the black hole we often call is one of the manifestations of this heterogeneous space. "

After Ning Ji finished speaking, there was a burst of whispers from the audience.

In fact, these remarks did not reveal much specific information, but there is one thing that Tim Cook can understand, and that is that Ning Zi's paper published in "Science" is based on a hypothesis.

This is somewhat unexpected.

Although science, especially the study of the universe, hypothesis is indispensable. It can even be said that most of the current theories about the universe are hypotheses, but whether it is the big bang theory or the white hole theory, they are all based on observed reality.

Like Ning Zi, he first imagined a space and then used this hypothesis to make theoretical deductions. It was extremely rare to be so accurate.

The discussion soon stopped because everyone was more curious about what Ning Zi continued to say.

Ning Zi also spoke again quickly: "Having said this, I would like to thank Professor Rudy again. It was they who found the evidence of the existence of those stars at an extremely fast speed and allowed me to do further research based on this hypothetical theory. Work. The work I have been doing during this period is to conduct research on another imaginary media space.

Research still starts from microscopic quantum mechanics. We all know that the Schrödinger equation describes everything in the microscopic world. We also know that there are many counter-intuitive things in the microscopic world. We also know that the position of a particle at a certain time in the quantum world can only be calculated with probability through the wave function. I don’t want to overturn all this, because from the macroscopic perspective From a perspective, this is all proven.

I just verified another possibility. Although the position of the particle is from a macroscopic point of view, it can be both here and there. Without observation, it is impossible for us to know the result. So from a macroscopic point of view, Is it possible that the unsolvable intermediate state process is related to the imaginary space? Finally, it was verified through experiments that my conjecture was correct and such a space did exist. "

As soon as Ning Zi finished speaking, it was no longer a whisper this time. Many people in the audience raised their hands.

Someone even shouted directly in the audience: "Oh my god, for the sake of God, Ning, stop being so pretentious and hurry up to the lecture hall to explain your experimental process!"

Okay, this is obviously not polite, but this sentence probably echoes the sentiments of many people.

When the environment became noisy, Ning Zi could only raise her hand slightly to calm down the mood of everyone in the audience.

"I know that everyone wants to know what this hypothetical space looks like, because this may explain the origin of the universe more scientifically. But before that, I hope everyone can see what I am going to show you today, or Evidence of the existence of this space in my mouth.

That's right, there is no need to repeatedly show and explain the experimental verification process. I have found some ironclad evidence of the existence of Ning's medium space. It seems a bit incredible, but after showing it to everyone, I hope everyone can abide by the order. Follow the instructions of the staff responsible for maintaining order on site to ensure that everyone can have close contact with it.

I still want to emphasize that during the subsequent exhibition and contact process, any behavior that does not comply with the order will be directly dissuaded, no matter who it is. Do you understand? "

Everyone in the audience fell silent.

Countless people's eyes once again focused on the object covered by the black curtain.

There is no other location to display here, it can only be this object wrapped under a black curtain next to the rostrum. According to Ning Zi's description, this object is very likely to come from another space, which has indeed aroused great curiosity among many people.

No one is ignoring discipline. In fact, any delay in the upcoming exhibition activities at this time may cause public outrage.

Ning Zi did not continue to whet the appetite of everyone present, and nodded directly to the staff standing in front of the podium. Soon two people stepped forward, stretched out their hands and pulled down the curtain in a ceremonial manner.

The next moment, a long hexagonal object with silver metallic luster was displayed in front of more than a hundred scholars present.

Everyone looked at this scene in stunned silence, because this thing was really suspended steadily in the air, very intuitive, at least the source of its power could not be seen.

"As you can see, this piece of matter is the product of space exchange of some substances through experiments. After the exchange, the electrons at the microscopic level of the substance are exchanged. It is probably this wonderful reaction that makes this piece of matter Matter has negative mass and possesses antigravity and other wonderful physical properties."

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As an experienced and insightful excellent photojournalist, Luo Kezhang controlled the camera at this moment to slowly scan the faces of more than a hundred scholars under the rostrum. In fact, the timing was indeed perfectly grasped. In the footage fed back by the camera, he saw all kinds of surprised and inexplicable expressions.

Some were in a daze with their mouths half open, some had their heads in their hands, some raised their hands to cover their cheeks, and some were so dazed that they seemed to be out of their minds.

Although Luo Kezhang is not a scientist, he has been a reporter on the science and technology channel for more than ten years. He is still sensitive to some terms, such as "negative mass" and "anti-gravity". It is no exaggeration to say that these terms are not used in papers except Among them, it probably appears the most in science fiction novels.

Of course he was also surprised, even excited. Being able to capture these scenes really relied on his professional habits. He thought this would be the most shocking time for these scholars, but obviously, he miscalculated this time.

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"Anti-gravity, I don't need to demonstrate it. You can now see that this piece of material can float autonomously in the air, and you should also be able to see that it carries a total of 76KG of metal weights. Now I want to give you Let’s show another physical property of it, which is also rare to see in our space, solid fusion at room temperature.”

With that said, Ning Zi took a long strip-shaped object also wrapped in a layer of black cloth handed over by the staff.

Ning Zi uncovered the black cloth, which was a stick-shaped object that also had a silvery metallic luster. Ning Zi first gently let go of his hand, and then saw that the stick-shaped object obviously violated the known laws of physics, quietly suspended in the air, and slowly rotated counterclockwise.

The atmosphere was tense and silent, and the sound of people breathing could even be heard at the scene.

The shock that this moment brought to the more than 100 scholars in the audience probably cannot be described in words.

Ning Zi glanced around the audience, and then said: "As you can see, these are also negative mass and anti-gravity materials with the same properties obtained through space exchange. From a macro perspective, they seem to be the same. There is no interaction of forces.”

After saying that, Ning Zi reached out and took the stick-shaped object in his hand again, took a step forward, took this special stick and knocked it against the large piece of anti-gravity material floating in the air, and then made a "click" sound. The sound is very muffled, not as crisp as ordinary metal knocking.

There are no obvious signs of collision at the parts where the two objects come into contact when struck.

After completing this step, Ning Zi didn't say anything else. Instead, he placed the stick-shaped object directly under the large piece of anti-gravity material, and then lifted the metal stick so that it was tightly attached to the large piece of anti-gravity material. .

Then Ning Zi took a step back and looked quietly at the position where the anti-gravity stick-shaped object was attached to the large piece of anti-gravity material.

His solemn expression clearly affected everyone at the scene. Everyone stared at the fitting position. Many people even couldn't help but take two steps ahead until the staff responsible for maintaining order in front of the makeshift rostrum began. Stop people from coming forward again.

But in fact, everyone at this distance can see clearly. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the cylindrical metal-colored antimatter material with a diameter of at least 2CM just fell into the large piece of anti-gravity material little by little without any external interference. , the whole process lasted for about ten minutes, until finally the entire stick was integrated into the piece of antimatter material.

Two objects that were originally separate have become inseparable from each other.

Many people began to look at each other in confusion, and Tim Cook could hear the people around him muttering to themselves: "God, what did I see? Is this witchcraft?"

Well, Tim Cook simply can’t describe how he feels at this time.

It was as if he didn't know what kind of power could make the former Nobel Prize winner in physics around him suspect that the phenomenon happening in front of him was witchcraft.

His thoughts began to become confused, and he began to understand the reason why Ning Zi asked him to stay for this meeting.

Everything he valued before was probably not worth mentioning in the eyes of the young man on the podium.

At this time, Ning Zi probably doesn't care at all about how much money Faster can make, let alone whether Faster should be used to control their companies, because it's not necessary.

To put it bluntly, the tracks of both sides are no longer on the same level.

make money?

If Ning Zi wanted money, just that piece of antimatter material could probably buy an entire apple, right?

control?

With everything at his fingertips, what else does Ning Zi need to control?

Tim Cook didn't know what other scientists were thinking at this time, but he had a strong feeling that the world was going to change from today on!