Chapter 48: Hua Yunfeng Spreads the News

By the time he returned home, it was already afternoon.

Jiang Zhe was currently creating special effects animations, gathering relevant materials, writing the script, and doing other preparatory work for tonight's 'Ship of Theseus'.

The infusion of skills from the system made him even more proficient in special effects technology.

He was certain that the special effects he produced would be indistinguishable from reality, drawing the people of this world into the true paradox of the 'Ship of Theseus'!

What he didn't know was that since the 'Universe Cyclic Theory' had been verified by Professor Hua Yunfeng and Professor Feng, it had immediately become popular within the academic circles of Kyoto.

...

At this time, it was mid-afternoon at the Kyoto University of Science and Technology.

Since it was Saturday, the students and professors should have been on holiday.

However, upon receiving news of the latest theory, various science professors quickly contacted their old friends and returned to the academy.

Inside the conference room.

The person leading the discussion was none other than Professor Hua Yunfeng, who had come from the University of Science to promote the theory.

Professor Hua Yunfeng remembered what Jiang Zhe had said and suspected that some unfortunate events might occur in the future. Thus, the first thing he did upon waking up today was to play the theory and the Bootstrap Paradox video for the many heavyweights present.

After watching the entire presentation, the audience below the podium immediately broke into a flurry of discussion.

"This Bootstrap Paradox is quite powerful. The 'Universe Cyclic Theory' that Jiang Zhe proposed to solve it actually gained the support of Professor Hua Yunfeng and the others."

"Yeah, I have to say, this graduate from the Communication University of China is more capable than the graduate students under me."

"The Bootstrap Paradox and the Grandfather Paradox were both solved by this young fellow... I'm truly ashamed of my own inferiority!"

"..."

There were those who praised him, and those who considered the pros and cons of the theory.

At this moment, a middle-aged female astronomy professor raised her hand to ask a question.

"Professor Hua, according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics—the entropy within an isolated system always remains constant or increases; this means the entropy of the universe is always increasing, and the degree of order in the universe is always decreasing..."

"May I ask: why would the beginning and end of the universe be in a state of low entropy? Wouldn't that contradict the Second Law of Thermodynamics?"

What the professor meant was—

At the beginning and end of the universe, matter would be close to non-existent.

This viewpoint did not conform to the laws of thermodynamics!

This doubt immediately caused the other professors to nod; they were also puzzled by this issue.

Professor Hua Yunfeng explained patiently, "According to my supplement to the 'Universe Cyclic Theory', the answer is that at both the beginning and the end of the universe, no matter exists."

"There are only photons, gravitational waves, and massless particles."

"In this state, time and space lose their meaning."

"Because massless particles are not affected by time, nor are they restricted by space."

"Therefore, the beginning and end of the universe are both an infinitely small [point]."

"One could also say that the origin and the end of the universe will be the [same point]."

Hearing this, the female professor pondered for a moment and then asked again, "Is there any evidence to support this?"

Since the theory had only been proposed yesterday, without supporting evidence, it was merely a so-called fantasy.

Professors and graduate students holding this thought were everywhere.

In their view, a 24-year-old graduate from the Communication University of China had proposed a fantasy; was it really worth their attention?

Countless people in the world have fantasies every day; they just don't get the chance to voice them.

The Suzhou TV Station had simply given Jiang Zhe this opportunity.

Out of a sense of indignation, many professors and graduate students hoped that Professor Hua Yunfeng would be unable to answer.

But Professor Hua Yunfeng's next move immediately stunned everyone.

He adjusted the PPT on the large screen, switching it to a map of the cosmic microwave background radiation.

He pointed to the countless small red dots in the deep blue cosmic background map and explained:

"There is evidence to support it."

"We contacted astronomers last night."

"They found evidence left behind by the previous universe a long time ago, but because they lacked a deep investigation, it was shelved."

"Astronomers now believe that these marked [red dots] are actually evidence left behind by the previous universe."

"..."

"In addition, when we observe the universe now, we use the [Redshift] phenomenon."

"We all know that light reaches a certain speed in the universe, but it can never surpass the boundaries of the universe."

"And the universe has been expanding; this expansion is occurring at a rate that exceeds the speed of light, making it impossible for humans to ever observe the boundaries of the universe."

"The outer ring of the expansion is actually like the unobservable universe, consisting only of massless particles that have not yet constructed any matter."

"In Jiang Zhe's 'Universe Cyclic Theory', the origin of the universe can actually be supported."

"He believes that dark energy, which accounts for nearly 70% of the universe's total mass-energy, is causing our universe to accelerate its expansion, making it impossible for the speed of light to surpass the speed of expansion."

"Before we discovered dark energy, the consensus in our circles was that the expansion of the universe was a process of constant or decelerating speed."

"It wasn't until dark energy was discovered that we realized—under the condition of accelerated expansion, the density of matter in the future universe will become lower and lower!"

"The distance between galaxies will also grow further apart. For instance, our Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy have already merged; before long, they will annihilate each other."

"When the repulsive force provided by dark energy reaches its peak, our entire universe will transition from a state of expansion to gravitational contraction, and galaxies will once again approach one another."

"When it finally contracts back into a [point], the density of this matter will again become infinitely high, and finally, with a [Bang!], the cycle begins anew."

"..."

After a series of past evidence and the new evidence proposed by Jiang Zhe were presented by Professor Hua Yunfeng,

All the professors and graduate students at the scene were dumbfounded.

They had come to see a joke, not to become one themselves.

People's brows furrowed; vaguely, they realized that Jiang Zhe had discovered evidence they had never noticed.

Based on existing foundations, Jiang Zhe had provided a more vivid supplement to these things, gathering the strengths of many schools of thought to form a unique skill set.

Gradually, the lecture hall fell silent.

Soon, the scene erupted into an uproar.

"Hiss~ Holy crap, what Jiang Zhe discovered is incredibly sharp!"

"Yeah, this evidence has always existed. Why didn't we think in this direction?"

"It's true. He discovered things we found but didn't investigate deeply. I have to say, this young fellow Jiang Zhe has a very fresh way of thinking!"

"The Cyclic Theory... it might completely overshadow the [parallel world] and [Bubble Universe] theories."

"I've never been impressed by anyone in my life, but Jiang Zhe is the first!"

"I'll definitely watch his next live stream!"

"I heard he's going to decrypt the 'Ship of Theseus'. If he can solve that, then I'll truly be impressed!"

"..."

Without any surprise,

Although these professors still had doubts in their hearts, the evidence was already laid out plainly; they had to admire Jiang Zhe's viewpoint.

Perhaps they should incorporate these theories into their curriculum so more students could be exposed to this brand-new theory.

As Professor Hua Yunfeng expected, on this day, both he and Professor Feng visited multiple universities in Kyoto.

With a success rate of nearly 60%, they managed to get those academies to start a new course.

It was likely that before long, those students would hate Jiang Zhe to death.

Damn it, if you're going to propose a theory, just propose it. It's clearly a niche theory, so why promote it so much and then collapse our materialist worldview?

A variable realizes it is a variable, while only a constant fails to realize it is a constant.

Dammit, if the future is already set in stone, isn't that just discouraging?

What's the point of continuing to study? Might as well just go home and wait to die!

These were likely the inner thoughts of the Kyoto science students for some time to come!

...

At this moment, Jiang Zhe, who was working on the special effects story animation at home, suddenly felt a tickle in his nose and sneezed.

"Who's thinking about me?"

He continued typing on the keyboard.

Five seconds later, his nose tickled again, and he sneezed once more.

"Who thought of me twice?"

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, it was seven in the evening.

As usual, Xiao Shiyi and Wang Lin came over to mooch a meal.

After finishing dinner, the three of them rode their bicycles together toward the Television Station.

Wang Lin asked while riding, "What were you doing when I went to find you this evening?"

"Special effects."

"Aren't you a graduate of the Communication University of China? I saw those special effects scenes and almost thought they were from a movie. Is your skill that solid?"

"You bet!"

"You can be a voice actor, a special effects artist, and a host. Is there anything you can't do?"

"I'll be able to do everything eventually."

"I don't believe it."

Jiang Zhe feigned a serious expression and said solemnly, "Actually, I'm a reincarnator with a Photographic Memory. I can learn whatever I want to learn."

"I believe that."

This response left Jiang Zhe stunned. "You can believe something that ridiculous?"

Wang Lin shrugged. "Whether you're a transmigrator, a reincarnator, a system owner, or a returning immortal cultivation big shot, I'll believe it. Just as long as you're not a [patient]."

"[Patient]?" Jiang Zhe was briefly confused. Unable to gauge Wang Lin's personality, he looked at Xiao Shiyi, who had known Wang Lin the longest. "What does he mean by [patient]?"

Xiao Shiyi blinked. "A psychiatric patient."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhe's mouth twitched. He looked at the stifling-a-laugh Wang Lin with a look of despair. "I didn't realize you were so mischievous, Old Wang!"

"Haha, just joking. Time to get back to being beasts of burden."

Wang Lin gave a mischievous grin, turned, and accelerated his pedaling, heading toward the underground parking lot.