159: Chapter 159: Bigwigs from Across the Country Gather to Watch

At seven o'clock in the evening, Xiao Yu and Jiang Zhe sat opposite each other on the sofa in the living room.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling window was a quiet courtyard night scene, with Chinese-style chandeliers casting a warm light.

The indoor lights were turned off, making the entire living room dim yet still elegant.

"Big brother!" Xiao Yu adjusted her seat and quietly pressed the pinhole camera on her chest. "What is the real world actually like?"

The moment she spoke, millions of viewers waiting in the livestream room flooded in like a tide.

"It's here, it's here!"

"I've been waiting all day; even a donkey in a production team wouldn't dare rest this much!"

"This background is a villa with Chinese-style decor? Did the big brother strike it rich?"

"Did they move? This environment obviously looks expensive!"

"Quiet, quiet! The lesson is about to start!"

"..."

Meanwhile, in the principal's office.

Principal Fu, Professor Wang the history teacher, Xiao Wang, and Old Yu the physics teacher, along with other teachers, were gathered around the computer as usual, with tea and melon seeds set out before them.

Professor Wang cracked melon seeds and took a sip of hot tea, listening quietly.

Old Yu rubbed his hands with anticipation, his face full of excitement. "Quantum entanglement... if I can really hear some different ideas tonight, even if it's just a hypothesis, it'll be worth it!"

Far away in Kyoto, at the University of History faculty housing.

The four senior professors—Professor Chen Runzhi, Qian Mingyi, Professor Wang Shouren, and Professor Liu Guangyi—went online right on time.

"Finally, the broadcast started!" Professor Chen breathed a sigh of relief and popped a peanut into his mouth. "I didn't listen yesterday, and I felt like something was missing; I just felt out of sorts all over."

Professor Liu Guangyi joked, "It looks like Xiao Yu made some money and bought her brother a villa. This can't be cheap!"

Qian Mingyi still found it somewhat hard to believe. "The villa is one thing, but yesterday's paper by Professor Ouyang and Professor Wu specifically listed 'J'. I knew it was Xiao Yu's Brother the moment I saw it. That paper is already making a name for itself abroad."

Professor Wang said, "Now he's striking while the iron is hot. If he can really solve quantum entanglement, then... the Nobel Prize will definitely be his!"

Professor Wang shook his head. "It's hard!"

...

At Huaqing University, in the familiar seminar lounge.

Tonight, the place was packed to the brim. Not only were Ouyang Baili, Professor Guan, Li Mo, and Professor Wu there,

but over forty undergraduates and graduate students from the physics department had also crowded in, and even a few doctoral students had come after hearing the news.

There weren't enough seats at all; some people brought their own small stools, watching while cracking melon seeds and drinking sodas.

The small lounge was filled with a tense atmosphere of excitement and skepticism.

"Is it for real? Solving quantum entanglement tonight?"

"It might not be real, but if he can even provide a slightly reasonable new concept, there probably won't be any suspense for this year's Nobel Prize in Physics."

"What are you thinking? It must be a gimmick. Can he solve something that even Einstein couldn't?"

"But the black hole universe theory he mentioned before..."

"Shut up, it's starting!"

It wasn't just this lounge; at this very moment, all over the country—after a day of fermenting the idea that [There is a 3% probability the black hole is the universe]—

professors, researchers, and students from universities and even research institutes who had more or less read that paper by 'J' quietly slipped into this seemingly ordinary livestream room with an air of academic scrutiny.

...

In the outskirts of Kyoto, at Qingfeng Temple.

The living room was brightly lit. Zheng Ming had specially brewed Longjing tea for Celestial Master Zhang, Wang Chongyang, and the newly arrived Professor Zhang Qinian.

Professor Zhang Qinian was the heavyweight guest of the night, sitting opposite Zheng Ming.

His hair was meticulously combed, he wore gold-rimmed glasses, his expression was very serious, and he was slightly stout.

A laptop was open in front of him, along with three thick notebooks.

He was a researcher at the National Observatory, an astrophysics professor specializing in active galaxies and black hole physics.

As he looked at the livestream that had just begun on the large screen, especially at the calm-looking Jiang Zhe, he couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Solving quantum entanglement? Grandstanding. I want to see how he spins this yarn!"

"If there is even the slightest academic flaw, I will show no mercy!"

Wang Chongyang and Celestial Master Zhang quietly exchanged a glance and then glanced at Zheng Ming, who looked very smug.

The two of them couldn't help but shake their heads.

...

In the living room of Jingshan Manor.

Jiang Zhe leaned back on the sofa and, facing Xiao Yu's question, slowly spoke. "The real world..."

He paused, his gaze drifting to the courtyard outside the window.

"Regarding the real world, as I said the night before last, even I cannot see the real world, because everyone only gets one chance in their lifetime."

"The 'real' meaning is: a world that everyone cannot see, but which truly exists... another world."

"The rules of that world are completely different from what we see with our naked eyes!"

As his tone shifted, his expression became firm. "Xiao Yu, let's start with countless cases that you think are unsolvable but have actually happened."

"These cases can be seen everywhere in the real world!"

After he spoke, Xiao Yu and the viewers sat up straight and began to listen intently.

Jiang Zhe picked up the tablet computer beside him, his finger sliding as he pulled up public and recognized data.

"For example—Telepathy."

Raising his head, he looked at Xiao Yu: "You know what this term means, right?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said without hesitation, "I know. It's when two close people can sense each other's emotions, danger, or even thoughts without using any conventional senses or communication tools."

"It seems... to happen most often between mothers and children, then twins, then fathers and sons, and finally, very close friends."

"Correct." Jiang Zhe nodded slightly and began to recount, "First, I will mention two real events that have been recorded and verified by multiple parties, which are difficult to explain entirely by coincidence."

"In 2018, in a deep-sea fishing fleet in the Bohai Sea. A crew member, Li Dahai, was working on the deck late at night when a large wave caused him to slip. He was thrown over the railing; he held onto the slippery bar with only one hand, his body suspended over the dark, surging sea, liable to be swept away at any moment."

"In those dozen or so seconds of life and death, his mind went blank, and only one thought flashed through: [Mom, I'm sorry!]"

"Then!"

"At almost the same time, far away in her hometown in Shandong, Mother Li, who was sound asleep, suddenly woke up from a dream. Her heart was pounding wildly, and cold sweat instantly soaked her pajamas; a heart-wrenching sense of panic arose spontaneously."

"She involuntarily cried out her son's name, her hand trembling as she reached for her phone; regardless of it being three in the morning, she directly dialed her son's satellite phone number."

"Fortunately, Li Dahai was discovered and rescued by other crew members in time."

"Still shaken, he had just returned to the cabin when he received a call from his mother, who was in tears. The timing matched perfectly."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu and countless viewers felt their hearts tighten and began searching online.

Although Jiang Zhe had changed the names, this case truly existed.

Without giving Xiao Yu more time to react, Jiang Zhe spoke again:

"In 2005, in London, Fu Nation. There was a pair of identical twin sisters, Anna and Bella, who were very close."

"One afternoon, while Anna was working at her company, Bella accidentally knocked over a kettle of boiling water in the kitchen at home. The scalding water splashed onto her left calf, causing a severe burn. The intense pain made her scream out loud."

"At the exact moment Bella was burned, Anna—who was in a meeting in the conference room—suddenly felt a burst of burning pain in the same spot on her left calf. The pain was so sharp she jumped up from her chair and knocked over the water cup on the table."

"She rolled up her pant leg, and her skin was perfectly intact, but that real sensation of pain lasted for nearly a minute before slowly subsiding."

"Feeling an inexplicable panic, she immediately took leave and rushed to her sister's house, only then seeing the burn blisters on her sister's leg."

At this point in the narration, Jiang Zhe put down the tablet and fixed his gaze on Xiao Yu.

"In these two cases, one was between a mother and son, and the other was between twins."

"Among countless similar cases worldwide, there are even more extreme ones that truly exist."

"You can see a clear pattern: [If I suddenly encounter a crisis, Xiao Yu, you would experience heart flutters, palpitations, inexplicable panic, or even phantom pain from thousands of miles away without any warning]."

"This connection ignores space and distance—medicine, biology, and neuroscience cannot explain it."

"It exists between you, me, and them in such a violent manner."

"This is something that, within the current scientific framework, cannot be fully explained, yet has been personally experienced by many people."

"Hint: This is very basic in the real world!"

As he finished speaking, a massive number of comments about personal experiences filled the screen.

"I've experienced this. Last year my dad fainted from a heart attack in the middle of the night. I was sleeping soundly in my dorm in another city when I suddenly woke up with a pain like my heart was being squeezed. I couldn't breathe, and then a call came from home..."

"Same here. When my younger sister was little, she fell down the stairs and cut her head open. I was in class at the time and suddenly felt a chill on my forehead, and then my heart started racing. I only found out when I called home after class!"

"My mom always used to say she was heart-to-heart with me. Every time I was sick or felt unwell, even if I didn't tell her, she would definitely call the next day to ask; it's very miraculous!"

"I used to think it was a coincidence, but after it happened many times... is it really just a coincidence?"

"There are many things science can't explain, but this Telepathy is indeed something many people have encountered!"