Chapter 41: I made this elixir of immortality!

At this moment, in households across the country...

People of all ages sitting in front of their televisions frowned as they realized the error.

"I seem to have fallen into a cognitive limitation."

"I guessed it too; if it becomes a case of [Jiang Zhe having no medicine to give], then Jiang Zhe's story today would have been for nothing."

"The truth is definitely not what I thought it was."

"..."

Meanwhile, at the Shanghai University of Science and Technology.

Professor Li and the others shook their heads one after another.

"We were wrong, we were completely wrong. It can't possibly be that [Jiang Zhe has no medicine to give]!"

"Then where exactly did the error occur?"

"Exactly, I haven't been able to figure out where we went wrong!"

"..."

At this moment, no matter who it was, they found it difficult to keep up with Jiang Zhe's thinking.

Since this was the first appearance of this new paradox and theory, even professional professors were trying to understand where the error lay.

As they let their thoughts wander, even those who considered themselves experts could not achieve clarity.

Finally, everyone turned their gaze back to the television and phone screens.

Jiang Zhe's voice continued as before.

"Actually, you have all likely guessed your own error."

"Before explaining, there is a question that you all have actually been ignoring all along."

"In the [Spacetime Spiral Theory], the world is a spiral, and spacetime is a spiral."

"We talked about a spring before. If every section of the spring is a universe after a reboot..."

"Then the further up the spring goes, the smaller its volume becomes. In the process of the spring getting smaller, the angle of the spring's side gradually shifts from 90° toward 0°, right?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded silently.

If the spring represents the universe, then every time the universe reboots, information is lost, which leads to the next universe becoming smaller and smaller!

Thus, the angle of the side of the spring or universe shifts from the original 90° toward 0°, but it will never truly reach 0°; it might be 0.00000001°.

Eventually, the universe will definitely become like a triangular Light Cone!

"Let's hypothesize. When the spacetime spiral reaches the top-most world, this universe will get smaller and smaller!"

"In the end, the two main characters, Jiang Zhe and Qin Shi Huang, must be standing on this [Earth that is less than a few hundred square meters]."

"You can also understand it as Jiang Zhe's ideal final scenario: he will be standing at the top of the [Light Cone Universe]."

"A small tip: In the Theory of Relativity, time is the direction of the Light Cone, either up or down—the model is a cylinder's triangle—while space is perpendicular to time."

"In the end, the Jiang Zhe you imagine must be standing at the [End of Time] or the [Apex of the Light Cone]."

"Based on the above concepts, why don't you think about this—Jiang Zhe is already standing at the apex world of the Light Cone. If he continues to the next cycle, what will be the result of his final traversal?"

As this question fell, everyone in front of their screens fell into deep thought.

Jiang Zhe, through a time machine, stands at the top of the Light Cone cylinder.

If it were a single Light Cone, there would be nowhere to go from the apex.

If there's nowhere to go, then that doesn't make sense either!

The error previously considered by the audience and experts still existed.

"I don't get it, I just don't get it. Does the universe perish after Jiang Zhe stands at the apex of the Light Cone world?"

"I think it's definitely the death of the universe; because the total mass consumed by the universe is far too much. When reaching the final time, the universe must be in a state of final heat death. black hole no. 1 will no longer have information to erupt, and eventually, there will be no world left."

"Right, right, right, that's exactly it!"

"..."

Professor Hua Yunfeng was also thinking seriously about this problem.

"The very top of the Spacetime Spiral Theory, the apex of the Light Cone, must be the point of termination. Since the world and the universe are gone, both Jiang Zhe and the Elixir of Immortality become fleeting clouds."

"In the end, it still returns to the state of a heat-dead universe!"

On second thought, even Professor Hua Yunfeng felt his brow furrow.

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed to be wrong.

Professor Feng, standing behind him, felt the same way; there was almost no trace to follow!

Just then, Jiang Zhe straightforwardly pulled out a second spring from under the table.

However, this spring was different from the previous one.

He joined the two springs together.

The shape became two Light Cones joined top to bottom—the top Light Cone's apex was the sharpest, the bottom Light Cone's point was also the sharpest, and the middle was the thickest!

Facing the camera, Jiang Zhe pointed seriously at the spring and asked back:

"You can view this spring as a Light Cone. Since I don't have a model of a Light Cone, I'm using a spring to represent it."

"As you can see, these two joined springs are thickest in the middle, getting thinner toward the top and thinner toward the bottom!"

"When Jiang Zhe—that is, me—sets out from a universe in the middle cycle, he continuously traverses cycles to reach the Earth of the next cycle."

"By then, the cycle worlds he traverses will get smaller and smaller, until Jiang Zhe reaches the very apex of the Light Cone."

"The question I asked earlier was: when Jiang Zhe traverses to the cycle universe at the very top, most of you must have thought there was nowhere left to traverse, and the universe returns to heat death?"

"What you thought was wrong. Next, please look at this!"

Having said that, he once again pulled a new spring from under the table and joined it in the opposite direction on top of the springs.

In this way, the shape of these three springs became—

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△ (Where Jiang Zhe is at the bottom of the top-most triangle)

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"The triangle in the middle is the first spring we took out. The bottom line of the middle spring is the theoretical Cycle 0 we've been discussing."

"As Jiang Zhe sets out from Cycle 0 of the middle spring and keeps going upward, the cycle worlds he arrives at will get smaller and smaller, eventually entering the inverted triangle spring cycle world above. He will enter a [New Spiral Cycle World]."

"If I truly reached the world at the very apex of the Light Cone, and then I perform one more universe reboot."

"From my perspective, the world will not change, because the bottom-most cone point of the first spring and the top-most cone point of the middle spring are identical."

"Only by continuing to traverse upward will I discover that the world is gradually getting larger."

"As I continue to traverse, the world gets larger and larger. When I reach the top of the first inverted triangle, that is the moment the world is at its largest, which is a Cycle 0 world. If I choose to continue traversing then, I will return to the apex of some [New Spiral Cycle World], which is the apex of a certain spiral cycle world—the smallest world."

"So, the order of Jiang Zhe's traversal is like this."

"[Jiang Zhe sets out from a Cycle 0 world → cycle worlds increase → the world gets smaller → when the world reaches its smallest point → Jiang Zhe continues to traverse → he is surprised to find the world has become the largest again → then continues to traverse → the world gets smaller and smaller again → the world reaches its smallest point → continues to traverse → the world becomes the largest again...]"

"Cycling like this, a frantic cycle, wandering endlessly through cycle worlds until he has the ability to create the Elixir of Immortality!"

"This is the [Spiral Spacetime Theory]!"

Having finished his explanation, Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and asked back:

"Now, please look at these three springs and tell me, is it really possible that the Elixir of Immortality was made by Qin Shi Huang?"

"Was it not made by the Jiang Zhe who possesses the ability to infinitely traverse universes—that is, the 'me' from a certain cycle world?"

"Does the Emperor Qin Shi Huang have the capability to create an Elixir of Immortality?"

Looking at the shape formed by the three springs Jiang Zhe had joined and hearing his words.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Immediately following that.

The expressions on people's faces instantly transformed from their previous confusion into shock and horror.

It was as if the shackles in their minds had suddenly been unlocked.

They had been ignoring one problem all along.

In the [Spiral Spacetime Theory], there is no such thing as a final destination!!!

As for the Elixir of Immortality, it certainly wouldn't have been created by Qin Shi Huang, who only lived for about 50 years!

If there had to be someone, it must be Jiang Zhe—the Jiang Zhe at the apex of the middle spring's triangle. He then takes [Infinity + 1] pills of the Elixir of Immortality and enters the apex of the inverted triangle spring above, and finally continues to do this in an infinite recursion!

The livestream room was silent for a moment, then the bullet comments exploded like a tide, coming in an endless stream!