Chapter 136: Manipulating Your Mind

Inside Room 808 of the faculty dormitory at Tsinghua University.

The elder sister, Zhou Qing, and the younger sister, Zhou Qingqing, grabbed Professor Zhuang's arms in disbelief.

"Professor, did you know Jiang Zhe's answer from the very beginning?"

"Professor, how did he manage to stay on the same wavelength as you?"

The two of them were clearly feeling incredulous.

If Jiang Zhe had said it alone, that would be one thing, but the Professor had actually stated the answer in advance.

This directly indicated that Jiang Zhe possessed the level and thinking of a gold-medal professor!

Professor Zhuang grinned. "It's not that he is on the same wavelength as me, but rather that I am on the same wavelength as Jiang Zhe based on his previous Universe Cyclic Theory; you have it backwards."

"Professor, even so, do you really approve of this composite universe model?" Zhou Qing asked, still incredulous.

Professor Zhuang pondered for a moment. "The [Composite Universe Model] he newly proposed indeed applies to the research evidence of positive curvature and negative curvature..."

"In other words, it satisfies the condition that the universe is a sphere while also satisfying that the universe is a plane."

"Yes, I agree; but the [dark energy] in this universe model would then lose its function."

"However, in the current scientific community, there is still a great deal of skepticism regarding the detection of dark energy."

"dark energy acts as a repulsive force in the universe; neither it nor Dark Matter will absorb, reflect, or radiate light."

"Currently, some scholars in the scientific community already believe that dark energy does not exist."

"If you ask me..."

At this point, Professor Zhuang shook his head. "This composite universe model is based on the Theory of Cosmic Circulation; involving the Theory of Cosmic Circulation, then dark energy and Dark Matter do not need to exist; it can exist or not exist; it is irrelevant."

As his words fell, the two academic prodigies couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Even the Professor had said as much...

The truth of the matter was, nine times out of ten, just as Jiang Zhe had predicted!!!

...

Inside the leadership conference room.

Station Manager Zhao, Broadcasting Minister Wang, Xiao Shiyi, Wang Lin, and others stared at the dense barrage of comments.

If Jiang Zhe hadn't proposed that the universe is shaped like an onion.

They would likely have been kept in the dark for their entire lives.

To this day, Wang Lin's expression remained one of disbelief, his gaze horrified.

Until relevant experts sent the answer into the live broadcast room, the comments became even more explosive.

"Hiss~~ An onion? The universe is an onion!?"

"Damn, it really is the shape of an onion, spreading outward circle by circle, never stopping."

"A completely infinitely growing onion, what a sharp answer, I highly approve!"

"I kneel to Jiang Zhe; if you hadn't told me, I probably would never have known the truth of the universe in my entire life."

"But if that's the case, there's no need for dark energy and Dark Matter to exist."

"Damn, you theoretical scholars are all crazy, especially you, Jiang Zhe; my perfectly fine worldview has been shattered into a mess by you."

"Oh my god, ignorance is bliss. I don't want to watch this live stream anymore; it's as if everything in the world has no secrets. If I keep watching, I'll go crazy."

"+1!"

"..."

Even though the audience said this, the number of people in the live broadcast room actually increased instead of decreasing.

At this moment, on the big screen.

Jiang Zhe held his headset, listening to the director's broadcast of the comments, then nodded and began to speak with a smile.

"Yes, as you all guessed, our universe is indeed an infinitely growing onion model."

"This universe model is actually a universe model derived from my previous 'Theory of Cosmic Circulation'."

"In this model, what is outside the universe?"

"Naturally, it is—the insurmountable fundamental particles, equivalent to the [Universe Dark Zone]."

"This [Universe Dark Zone], as the name suggests, is a dark region; it is the [Dark Gap] before the Big Bang Theory."

"You can understand this [Dark Gap] as the residue after the previous Big Bang Theory → the endpoint for the birth of the next universe."

"To put it simply!"

He pondered for a moment, then gave the answer.

"The universe is just one sphere nested inside another larger sphere, then nested inside another even larger sphere, continuing to nest inside another even bigger sphere!"

"This dark region is the [Dark Gap] between the spheres."

"The above answer is entirely derived from the 'Theory of Cosmic Circulation'."

Having reached this point, all the viewers' eyes lit up again, and they suddenly realized.

If the onion analogy wasn't clear before, now all the viewers understood everything.

"Alright, now, let us return to the possibility of Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly without assuming an answer."

"That unassumed answer can be transformed into a new question—how high is the probability that our world is virtual?"

"If there is a high probability that it is a virtual world, then Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly, dreams and reality, are merely a series of electrical signals, and that dream will not possess any meaning."

"If there is a low probability that it is a virtual world, then Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly means that Professor Zhuang Zhou created a new world within his dream."

As soon as these words were spoken, even more viewers' eyes lit up; it was finally coming.

After speaking, Jiang Zhe picked up the laptop on the table, operated it for a while, and projected the PPT he had prepared earlier onto the whiteboard behind him.

"Everyone, please look at the big screen!"

Jiang Zhe turned around and looked at the whiteboard screen.

On the screen was a single neuron cell.

"This first image: it is a single neuron cell."

"Now let us zoom in on this image."

He raised his hand and pressed the Enter key; the image was magnified.

Now, on the image, the background was blue, and it was a neural network.

"The second magnified image: it is an entire neural network."

"Let us continue to zoom in on this image."

Now, on the image, the background was black, and one could vaguely see a circle of smoke-like oval objects.

"As you can see—"

"This is the opaque view of the neural network inside our skulls."

"Continuing to expand outward."

He pressed the Enter key.

In the fourth image, a bright white color appeared, and in the center of the white was a dissected human brain.

This brain resembled intestines, winding and twisting.

"This is an overhead view of our human brain."

"The weight is around 1.3 to 1.4 kg."

"It is composed of 60% fat, and the remaining 40% is a mass of matter made of water, fat, protein, carbohydrates, and salt."

"This mass of matter contains 86 billion neurons, which is the single neuron we saw in the first image."

"Every second, each neuron generates dozens of electrical signals that are transmitted to other neurons."

"These electrical signals continuously and rapidly transmit through the brain neurons, finally passing into the entire neural network, constituting our human cognition of the world."

At this point, he tapped his own head. "And all of this matter exists within our human skulls."

"In our eyes, and in the eyes of other life forms, the world is not the same."

"I have focused on this in previous episodes."

"Whether dreaming or awake, the world we [see] is completely inconsistent."

"The world in our eyes is, in the eyes of some creatures, a mass of constantly vibrating energy bodies; who is to say who is right or wrong, who is to say what is real and what is illusion, right?"

The audience nodded one after another, not denying it.

No one dared to say that humans are right and animals are wrong.

This was clearly an answer where an all-encompassing world and everything coexist.

"So, the answer is: the world in our eyes is not real."

Facing the camera, Jiang Zhe changed his train of thought and phrased it differently:

"Or rather—"

"This world exists, but it is not what our brains present."

"Furthermore: this world does not exist; it can only be what our brains construct."

These two answers, all of them, were proving that the illusion and reality of the universe are actually graspable.

The universe is also not as unknown as humans imagine.

The definition of reality can be overturned by the appearance presented within the vision of all things.

The definition of virtual can also be verified by the appearance presented within the vision of all things.

In this way, reality and illusion became the [opposition] that could distinguish the answer.

Having reached this point, he paused for a moment and continued to explain:

"To prove the truest essence of Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly is to explore the essence of the world."

"Returning to us humans."

"Our human brain is actually a precise machine, only this machine contains information processors at the quantum level; it can transmit signals and can also receive signals."

"This signal constitutes our human presentation of all things; including your, my, and his cognition of the world, colors, sounds, thoughts, fantasies, and so on."

"If there were no mutual transmission of these signals, then the world in our eyes would be pitch black, with no light, no sound, no taste, no touch, and so on, which is: the afterlife of a Materialism deceased."

"And the world scene in our human eyes can actually be easily changed."

"How to change it? As long as someone tampers with the way the electrical signals in our brains operate, it is enough to make us see a different world."

At this point, he looked helpless and shook his head. "If the world in our human eyes could absolutely not be easily changed, then very well, this world would be real."

"It is just a pity, everyone, that the world in our human eyes can truly be easily changed."

As soon as these words were spoken, the experts and the audience were shocked, feeling that things were heading toward danger.

Hua Yunfeng and Old Feng looked at each other, sensing that things were about to take a turn for the worse.

If it was considered science before, now it was gradually moving toward the word [Mysterious].