Chapter 35: The Theory of Cosmic Cycles

Indeed, Jiang Zhe truly did not dare to say it out loud.

Because this was a public Television Station, he wouldn't promote things that ordinary people couldn't normally see or other such matters.

The more Leng Fei spoke this way, the more curious the audience became.

Inside the leadership conference room.

Wang Guosheng looked at Old Zhao and Wang Lin with a look of utter confusion.

"What on earth is going on?"

Old Zhao quickly shook his head. "Why are you looking at me? How would I know?"

Ultimately, Xiao Shiyi and the others all turned to Wang Lin, seeking an answer.

Wang Lin gently shook his head. "Don't look at me; someone in the livestream has provided the answer."

Subsequently, everyone present took out their phones, opened the livestream, and watched Leng Fei's long string of comments.

"Holy crap, Big Shot Leng Fei, you're here too? Does that mean Professor Feng is also watching the stream?"

"Huh? Why is that?"

"Yeah, why would it be a violation?"

[Leng Fei's comment: Actually, he is right. Everything has information, and everything has 'root information.' That information will never be completely exhausted.

And information possesses indestructibility; that is, once any information is generated, it will not disappear due to the change or destruction of its carrier.

Regardless of the form in which information exists (such as text, images, sound, etc.).

The change or destruction of its carrier (such as paper, optical discs, hard drives, etc.) will not affect the content of the information itself.

For example, after a copy of hamlet is burned, although the paper no longer exists, the information recorded in the book can still be preserved through other means (such as people's memories, manual copying, etc.).

The Quantum Mechanics I study also supports the view of information indestructibility.

We Quantum Mechanics scholars all believe—

Everything in the universe is essentially composed of information and energy, and these things are indestructible.

Human death is more of a physical demise of the flesh, rather than the demise of information.

For instance: we humans are actually aggregates of information. Our conscious information is aggregated within the brain. Our conscious information is actually 'quantum information,' which I won't explain further.

Meaning, we will not cause the dissipation of root information because of the disappearance of the physical body.

And all the atoms that make up a human being will not disappear from the universe; they will recombine into other things.

Teacher Jiang doesn't dare to say it, but I don't care.

Our consciousness can be seen as information to some extent. So, according to the viewpoint of Quantum Mechanics, after the human body perishes, there is a high probability that consciousness will continue to exist.

In short, information will not be completely exhausted; it will exist in the universe in some form, although we may not be able to directly read or perceive that information.]

The long comments from a professional scholar made the massive audience settle down to read and understand.

Gradually, the comments in the livestream suddenly vanished, replaced by a blanket of silence.

As everyone read the words of Leng Fei, who worked in Quantum Mechanics, they seemed to glimpse some profound truth of life.

That was professional knowledge that ordinary citizens would never encounter in their entire lives!

Seeing Leng Fei's explanation, they didn't feel the expected excitement or shock; instead, there was a sense of relief, like recovering from a long illness.

This feeling was quite wonderful!

"In other words, we humans will never reach a true death?"

"No, it's not just us humans, but everything will not reach the death we imagine!"

"Hiss, damn, this is the information implied in Jiang Zhe's words. Doesn't his meaning imply that in the ultimate end, we will all return to black hole no. 1?"

"Holy shit, I know what Jiang Zhe is trying to do!"

"..."

In fact, after Leng Fei's explanation, most of the audience realized Jiang Zhe's next move.

Jiang Zhe first subtly told everyone: information is indestructible.

If the information of all things is indestructible, it will eventually return to black hole no. 1!

Over time, wouldn't black hole no. 1 contain all the information in the entire universe, even including the information of all intelligent life in the entire universe?

And then one day, when black hole no. 1 reaches saturation, will it erupt once again?

Just as Station Manager Zhao Ming, Wang Guosheng, Xiao Shiyi, and the others were making these shocking associations.

On the big screen, Jiang Zhe's next question suddenly made everything clear to everyone.

"When the conditions for our hypothetical destruction of the universe are all met!"

"At that time, black hole no. 1 will naturally have absorbed all the information of the entire universe. Once black hole no. 1 reaches saturation, what will happen to this black hole no. 1?"

Having narrated to this point, he gently blinked, signaling to the public that they already knew the answer in their hearts.

As soon as these words came out, all the viewers, leaders, and experts were dumbfounded.

This sentence undoubtedly dropped a nuclear bomb in everyone's minds, about to explode!

At this moment, they finally understood with hindsight—

Why Jiang Zhe, before explaining the relationship between the Bootstrap Paradox and the universe, had subtly told them about the Theory of Information Indestructibility.

Information is indestructible, so information will ultimately go through countless twists and turns and return to black hole no. 1, which is the beginning of the universe.

Perhaps...

At a moment unimaginable to people.

The universe, perhaps, never had a so-called Primordial Black Hole at all!

What has always existed is the entire process of massive black hole eruptions and massive black hole collections!

Everyone was dazed for a moment, and then the comments in the livestream suddenly exploded.

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!"

"A cycle, a cycle, this is a cycle!"

"Isn't this exactly the essence of the Bootstrap Paradox that Jiang Zhe wants to explain: a cycle?"

"Wait, I don't quite understand. What does this mean?"

"It doesn't mean much; you just need to know that after black hole no. 1 absorbs all the information in the universe, it will eventually erupt, forming the Big Bang Theory; He absorbs all the information in the universe and then spits it out again after many years; as long as a long period of development passes, our Milky Way Galaxy, Solar System, and Earth will all return at some point in the future!"

"Holy shit, I'll be damned. In other words—even if the universe perishes and we humans disappear, as long as enough time passes, our Earth and our human race will eventually return at some point in the future?"

"Exactly. Not just us humans, but even ancient creatures like dinosaurs will go through it all again according to the Earth's history!"

"Hiss~~ this is getting a bit fantastical!"

"No, it's not fantastical; this is precisely science!"

"..."

Only at this moment did all the viewers know what Jiang Zhe was really up to.

He had spent all that time proving it, but he was actually proving one principle all along!

[Theory of Cosmic Circulation!]

Only by first proving the Theory of Cosmic Circulation can the cycle of the Bootstrap Paradox be proven!

At this moment, all the viewers were conquered by Jiang Zhe!

Unknowingly.

The number of people in this online livestream surged frantically, already reaching a staggering 400,000, and the gifts were even more numerous!

...

Inside the dormitory building of Shanghai University of Science and Technology.

Professor Li had a look of terror on his face, still in a state of shock.

As a professional, he naturally understood these things better than most people.

"Information is not destroyed, information is absorbed, and years later, information is erupted..."

"This is just an idea of Jiang Zhe's, but won't the black hole's event horizon erupt prematurely?"

His meaning was, wouldn't the event horizon of black hole no. 1 erupt prematurely while absorbing information from the entire universe? Why would it wait until everything was absorbed before erupting?

As long as black hole no. 1 erupted information prematurely, then the Cosmic Circulation Jiang Zhe spoke of would not occur.

At this time, another University of Science professor responded with a pensive look: "I can answer that for you without Jiang Zhe needing to."

Professor Li looked at that professor.

He said: "As long as black hole no. 1 is large enough, it can pull in the information of the entire universe. My point is; the black holes we can currently observe are far from the limit."

"We haven't even discovered how large the universe's original black hole no. 1 actually is!"

As soon as this was said, Professor Li remarked with emotion, "Yes, it must be large to a certain extent, and there is currently scientific evidence to prove it. As long as we slowly deduce upwards, we can find that there is indeed a supermassive black hole standing in that part of the universe; perhaps at the center of the Observable Universe, or at the boundary of the Observable Universe!"

"However, the Bootstrap Paradox still hasn't been resolved!"

That professor said: "No rush. With the ratings and the number of people online so high, only a fool would let Jiang Zhe end the stream now."