Chapter 44: Exchanging for the Photographic Memory Ability

Inside the studio.

Wen Zhang's program soon began broadcasting.

As soon as he stepped onto the stage, he immediately received attention from the backstage director.

Because Jiang Zhe had pulled in a wave of popularity for him, the number of online viewers in the livestream and at the Television Station remained high.

But before long, those viewers who were truly uninterested in talk shows began to leave.

Even so, this traffic still allowed Wen Zhang to gather a wave of fans.

"Thanks to Mr. Jiang Zhe's support..."

Thus, his program proceeded with the remaining forty to fifty thousand viewers from Jiang Zhe's audience.

...

In the lecture hall of Kyoto University of Science.

Professor Feng and Professor Hua Yunfeng stared at Jiang Zhe, who had already left the screen; neither could forget what they had seen.

This second livestream of Jiang Zhe's had allowed not only them but also the big shots in professional fields to witness the current shortcomings of science.

Under the guise of decrypting paradoxes, Jiang Zhe had proposed new concepts and theories.

They found it hard to imagine that this was something a twenty-four-year-old host could propose.

If they didn't look at his age, they would have thought he was some old scholar!

This not only earned the admiration of professionals but also left them in deep thought.

After a brief period of reflection, the two made a summary of the theories Jiang Zhe had proposed.

After discussing for a moment, they defined it as the "CCC Model" (Note: Penrose's theory).

In this theory, Professor Hua Yunfeng and Professor Feng concluded—

Every cosmic cycle begins with a Big Bang, then the universe expands, finally contracts, and then explodes again, starting a new cycle.

Professor Hua Yunfeng looked at Old Feng and said thoughtfully, "This CCC cosmic model is not quite the same as parallel worlds; the meaning in Jiang Zhe's theory is that from the beginning of the Big Bang to the end, the universe is cycling repeatedly within the same space, gradually becoming a [Cyclic Universe]. Parallel worlds, on the other hand, are derived from Quantum Mechanics..."

Professor Feng said, "Yes, I now suspect that there must be information left over from the previous universe within our universe, and that a part of our universe exists by being born out of the previous one."

Professor Hua Yunfeng frowned and asked, "Is it dark energy?"

"I'm not sure, but dark energy accounts for nearly 70% of the universe's total mass-energy. It is causing our universe to accelerate its expansion. Before dark energy was discovered, our scientific community unanimously believed that cosmic expansion was a constant or decelerating process."

"dark energy can support Jiang Zhe's Theory of Cosmic Circulation."

"I even suspect that dark energy is a [vacuum]-like existence produced after the explosion of the previous universe."

Professor Hua Yunfeng nodded slightly and continued his analysis:

"I reckon that according to this CCC cosmic model, the density of matter in the future universe will become lower and lower."

"The distances between galaxies will also get further and further apart!"

"Once the repulsive force provided by dark energy reaches its peak, the entire universe will turn from expansion to contraction under the influence of Gravity, and galaxies will once again move closer to each other."

"Finally gathering together... then 'Bang!'—it explodes once more."

The two looked at each other and fell into thought for a moment.

They could imagine that once this livestream went completely viral, it would become a night of frenzy for astronomers!

"However, the pity is: for us, everything in the future is predetermined."

"But there is one exception."

"Who?"

Professor Hua Yunfeng pointed at Jiang Zhe, who had already left the screen, "Him!"

"You mean, he's a reincarnator, a transmigrator, or even something else?"

"I didn't say that. Just his theories alone could bring qualitative development and progress to all walks of life; don't just look at him decrypting paradoxes—some of the brand-new theories he presents during the process can allow our science to advance by leaps and bounds!"

...

Listening to the two big shots on stage analyzing with data.

Leng Fei and the other top students below the stage fell into self-doubt.

These students were still questioning the truth of Jiang Zhe's theories.

While the two professors on stage were already certain that these theories were real.

Sometimes Leng Fei really couldn't understand how Jiang Zhe, who was younger and had less experience than him, could make such a stunning debut.

Could it be that geniuses really can do whatever they want?

...

At this time, in Jiang Zhe's livestream room, the number of people was still over two hundred thousand.

However, since Wen Zhang took the stage, the donation function of the livestream room had been closed.

These people were still discussing incessantly.

"I haven't heard enough, totally not enough; I was planning to sleep, but just as I got comfortable, you ran away?"

"Damn, with so many people still online, how could he end the stream? Even after ending the TV broadcast, you should at least come back to the livestream room; why even close the donation function?"

"Wen Zhang is on stage now. Donations aren't allowed during his segment of the livestream; only Jiang Zhe can have them."

“Tsk tsk, this... is a bit of differential treatment!”

"There's no helping it, who told Jiang Zhe to be the pillar of Suzhou TV Station?"

"I'm still curious about the fixed fate. To us, the future is fixed, but to some individuals, it isn't."

"Everything is within the scope of fate. Who can know if others are a constant or a variable?"

"Jiang Zhe, who just ended the stream, is definitely a variable. Who the hell proposes paradoxes and theories that even scientists can't solve at the age of twenty-four?"

"I'm 24, in a factory, tightening screws; Jiang Zhe is 24, a scientist admired by a bunch of big shots. It's so damn unfair!"

"Wuwuwu, I'm so poor I can't sleep."

...

After ending the broadcast, Jiang Zhe returned to the breakroom.

He first went to the dressing room.

This time, the way Make-up Artist Xiao Mei looked at Jiang Zhe had changed somewhat.

If it was ordinary and normal before, this time it was somewhat strange—either admiration or disbelief.

"What's with that look?"

He looked at Xiao Mei's strange gaze reflected in the mirror.

Xiao Mei couldn't help but swallow hard, "No... Teacher Jiang, I just feel... that even geniuses don't seem as good as you."

Jiang Zhe couldn't help but smile and didn't speak.

Soon, after removing his makeup, he told Xiao Mei to leave and then prepared to claim his rewards alone.

"Claim rewards!"

A light blue panel pop-up appeared.

[Ding, the second livestream has ended. You have gained +3.41 million audience emotion points this time.]

[Congratulations, you have received 80% audience recognition.]

[Current Progress: 10%!]

[Very sorry, the 'Theory of Cosmic Circulation' failed to receive more than 40% recognition from others; reward cannot be unlocked!]

Looking at the progress bar, Jiang Zhe showed a curious expression.

It seemed that only solving paradoxes made it easier to gain recognition from others.

The new theories he proposed, after all, were a bit too shocking for the people of this world; it was normal for them to be hard to accept.

"Can proposing new theories also unlock progress?"

"How much of a new theory needs to be unlocked to get a reward?"

[Only decrypting paradoxes can increase progress, while the new theories you propose will grant some abilities that do not exceed the limits of the normal world!]

"Let's see what's in the mall."

With a thought, he brought up the mall.

Inside the light blue mall, there was a pile of useful and useless items.

Many memories and experiences from his past life had been forgotten, making it impossible for him to recall the solutions to some paradoxes for a while.

He raised his hand and flipped through, finding the ability that would help him the most at the moment.

[Photographic Memory Ability: 3 million emotion points!]

[Computer Special Effects Technology: 1 million emotion points!]

[Current Total Emotion Points: 3.97 million!]

[Photographic Memory Lv1: Everything you see, hear, smell, and perceive is deeply imprinted in your mind!]

[Computer Special Effects Technology: Instantly brings your Computer Special Effects Technology to master level, allowing you to make the fake look real!]

He waited in the breakroom for several minutes.

The video was constantly spreading, though it spread slowly at night.

Ten minutes later, the final 30,000 emotion points were gathered.

"Exchange them all for me!"

Two golden rays of light instantly descended from the sky.

Photographic Memory and Computer Special Effects Technology were directly instilled into Jiang Zhe's mind.

As the abilities were instilled, he felt his head becoming increasingly swollen, and many previously forgotten memories and abilities were rapidly returning.

The appearance of his mother when he was zero years old in his past life, the fishy smell of breast milk, the moldy damp smell in the old rural house, the memory of sitting in a baby carriage in winter watching a kerosene lamp burn, and the pitiful look of a thief caught by the police on a winter night, locked to the iron railing in front of his house as punishment, begging for water to drink...

All sorts of lost memories were returning, pouring in.

A trace of strange memories poured in—memories of ancient battles, of a Thousand-Man Commander directing and integrating the troops under his command while resting on the grasslands.

By the end, Jiang Zhe even felt that some memories didn't seem to belong to him, but rather... a previous life!

Finally, the fusion was complete.

Jiang Zhe was dripping with cold sweat, gasping for breath, with an excited and fanatical expression on his face.

"These abilities... they're all back, the memories are all back."

"Now, I can go further and higher in this world!!!"

After the excitement, he calmed down.

Remembering every single memory wasn't necessarily a good thing.

For example: in his past life, both his parents died, he worked hard to put himself through university, and finally met a mentor to become a counselor and then a professor...

As well as the memories of both parents dying in this life...

"I need to get more emotion points to upgrade this ability so I can delete some bad memories at any time."

"I don't want to remember those memories from my past life."