161: Chapter 161: Countless Times Faster Than the Speed ​​of Light

At this moment, inside the History Staff Quarters.

Old Chen, Old Wang, and Old Qian couldn't help but shift their gazes toward Old Liu.

Professor Liu looked at the data correlation chart of Earth and Moon tremors displayed on the large screen by Jiang Zhe.

He frowned deeply, and after a long silence, he let out a sigh. "The data is real; I've read several related reports myself."

"Current explanations, whether tidal triggers or other mechanisms, seem quite weak—essentially, we don't know why, but we can guess what it is. You aren't qualified to guess why it's like this because we are scientists and more professional than you; thus, you ordinary people must believe our professional guesses!"

Old Qian couldn't help but say, "So, it's all just guesswork? No one has given a reasonable answer?"

Old Liu nodded, "Exactly!"

Hearing this, the four old friends finally realized something.

Modern astronomers are forcing a reasonable explanation onto an unknown event, but the explanation is very weak.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yu's Brother is analyzing the principles, stepping outside the framework of astrophysics.

They just didn't know if that truth was correct!

...

Inside the lounge of Huaqing University.

As soon as Jiang Zhe finished speaking, the students in the lounge sprang into action; the sounds of keyboards and phones rose and fell.

"Found it! A comprehensive report on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Apollo Seismometer data. It mentions several cases where the timing of Earth and Moon tremors was close!"

"I have one here too, from a geophysics journal—it statistics earthquakes of magnitude six or higher between 1980 and 2010 and lunar tremor records from the same period. It found that the coincidence rate within the time window was several percentage points higher than random expectation!"

"Look at this, before and after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake in Italy, the frequency of micro-seismic activity in specific areas on the near side of the moon showed an abnormal increase..."

...

As more and more data was uncovered, it far exceeded what was shown on Jiang Zhe's tablet.

These physics students became interested and quickly entered a research state.

However, the more they discussed, the greater their confusion became!

Finally, five words surfaced in everyone's minds: [Why is this happening?]

"Tidal forces can't explain everything; the time difference doesn't match, and stress accumulation takes time."

"If it were triggered by gravitational waves, the signal would be too weak. Moreover, gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, which can't explain certain simultaneous correlations."

"Could it be some kind of common response triggered by solar winds or cosmic rays?"

"Then why is it specifically earthquakes and moonquakes, and not other solar activity events?"

There were many arguments; even for these top students, there was no reasonable answer.

Professor Wu cleared his throat and spoke to take control of the situation: "Students, stay calm. Such astronomical phenomenon correlations require serious causal analysis. Proximity in time does not equal causality. We need to eliminate interference factors and build a more precise physical model!"

Ever since Jiang Zhe showed his prowess last time, Professor Wu had a vague inkling of Jiang Zhe's level—it was far beyond his students, even rivaling that of professional professors.

Perhaps Jiang Zhe exaggerated some parts, but much of it was indeed based on real substance!

Professor Ouyang Baili shook his head, "Old Wu, the key to the problem isn't interference or anything like that; it's that we are only circling within the four fundamental forces of physics. It's hard to step outside and find the truth!"

Hearing this, Professor Wu said no more.

Professors Li Mo and Guan Jingming looked at each other, both seeing interest in the other's eyes.

They liked how this discussion, based on real data and jumping out of conventional thinking, was sparked, even if it was currently full of controversy!

On the large screen, on the sofa in the villa's living room.

Xiao Yu digested these miraculous phenomena and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what exactly is this?"

"Are the Earth and the Moon really talking to each other on the phone?"

The corners of Jiang Zhe's mouth curled slightly as he changed his approach: "Xiao Yu, for one phone to talk to another, it needs electromagnetic waves to transmit signals so two people in different places can talk, right?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "Right, phones work by transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves."

"Then here's the question—do you think there's anything that can be faster than electromagnetic waves, faster than the speed of light?"

Xiao Yu tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Isn't the speed of light the fastest in the universe? There should... be nothing else, right?"

Countless netizens shared the same understanding as Xiao Yu: the principle that the speed of light cannot be broken.

Jiang Zhe smiled slightly and didn't speak immediately.

Unbeknownst to them, Old Yu, the physics teacher in the Principal's office, suddenly had his eyes light up: "There is! There definitely is!"

Principal Fu, Old Wang, Xiao Wang, and the others all looked at him in unison.

Old Yu took a deep breath and said excitedly, "I finally understand what he's trying to say by taking such a long detour!"

"His subtext is: mobile communication needs the medium of electromagnetic waves."

"So, is there a phenomenon faster than the speed of light? Of course there is: Quantum Entanglement!"

Seeing the confused expressions of Old Wang, Xiao Wang, and the other teachers, he quickened his speech:

"Quantum Entanglement means that no matter how far apart they are, changing one particle causes the other to respond instantly—a zero-latency response!"

"This speed can be seen as infinite, far exceeding the speed of light. What Jiang Zhe wants to imply is: all interactions require a [medium]. Even if it looks like [action at a distance] or [latency-free Quantum Entanglement], there must be some undiscovered and deeper [medium] or [connection] behind it!"

Principal Fu rested his chin on his hand and said, "But... doesn't physics say that Quantum Entanglement has no transmission medium, and doesn't need to be transmitted? It's that [spooky action at a distance]."

Old Yu shrugged, his excitement waning slightly: "That's the current authoritative explanation."

"But Jiang Zhe is clearly challenging that statement."

"Since everything has a medium, why wouldn't Quantum Entanglement need one???"

"I need the medium of eyes to see things; I need the medium of ears to hear sounds; I need the medium of a mouth to drink water."

"To have children, we need the medium of organs..."

"Everything needs a medium!"

"And Jiang Zhe believes there must be a medium, it's just that we can't detect it, or that medium exists outside our current [scientific framework]. If anyone could figure out what that medium is, Nobel Prizes would probably be handed out in a long queue."

He paused for a moment and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Of course, I'm just guessing. If I could solve it, would I still be a high school teacher here?"

Principal Fu rolled his eyes at him, "Does being a teacher wrong you?"

"No, not at all. Definitely not."

After he spoke, the other teachers in the office nodded with interest.

"It seems Jiang Zhe also believes Quantum Entanglement has a medium!"

"Of course, everything has a medium; why wouldn't Quantum Entanglement need one?"

On the large screen, on the sofa in the living room.

Looking at Xiao Yu, who was racking her brains, Jiang Zhe spoke straightforwardly: "Of course there is."

Xiao Yu looked up, and Jiang Zhe switched to a more vivid example: "Xiao Yu, take Quantum Entanglement for instance—imagine I have a special pair of gloves. I have the left glove, and I sent the right glove to the center of the Milky Way. When I flip the left glove over here—"

He made a flipping gesture.

"The right glove, tens of thousands of light-years away, must and will also flip over within the same zero-latency timeframe."

"This process takes no time, as if my action happened [simultaneously] in both places. This speed is clearly far beyond the speed of light."

"Current quantum communication is developed based on [Quantum Entanglement]."

He didn't go into a deep explanation of quantum communication.

Xiao Yu couldn't help but ask: "But brother, Quantum Entanglement happens in the microscopic world of particles—photons, electrons. They might already be moving at the speed of light themselves."

"Or rather, can't this be explained by the special rules of the microscopic world?"

"When you talked about [Fate] before, in the quantum delayed-choice experiment, there had to be an [old me] first to come back and remind the [young me]."

"And photons and electrons have no mass. Einstein said that objects with mass cannot reach or exceed the speed of light!"

Xiao Yu's answers made the netizens nod in agreement.

After all, Einstein's macroscopic Theory of Relativity doesn't apply to the microscopic, and the microscopic doesn't apply to the macroscopic.

Jiang Zhe smiled, "You're right. Traditional entanglement experiments are mostly at the level of particles like photons."

"But, what if I said that objects with mass can also experience entanglement?"

He picked up the tablet from the table, pulled up a clear piece of information, and showed it to Xiao Yu.

"Look at this. A few years ago, a lab at ETH Zurich in Switzerland successfully caused a microscopic aluminum vibrating membrane with a mass of 70 picograms—that's 70 trillionths of a gram—and visible to the naked eye, to undergo Quantum Entanglement."

He pointed to the experimental process and pictures on it.

"Xiao Yu, look. These two small aluminum membranes are each much larger than the cross-section of a human hair and are objects with actual mass."

"They were cooled to near absolute zero, and then through experimental design, their vibration states were entangled—changing the vibration of one membrane causes an instantaneous correlated change in the other."

"This experiment actually happened and was reported by authoritative journals. (True)"

He put down the tablet and nodded slightly, "Then here's the question: Why can these two small aluminum membranes, which have mass and clearly aren't moving faster than light, also have this [instantaneous correlation]?"

Xiao Yu looked surprised, clearly stumped by the question, as were the countless netizens in front of their screens.

"This... this really seems to contradict our usual understanding of the Theory of Relativity, doesn't it?" Xiao Yu said.

"Correct." Jiang Zhe nodded with a certain tone, "But this experiment exists and has been repeatedly verified. It at least strongly suggests that the [spooky action at a distance] characteristic of Quantum Entanglement is not limited to massless or extremely low-mass particles; it can manifest in objects with mass—of course, this experiment can be seen as preparation for future [Teleportation] technology."

"Once the issue with large-mass objects is solved, [Teleportation] technology will emerge."

He gave a dry cough, "I've digressed."

"So, through this real experiment, Xiao Yu, you can see: Quantum Entanglement can happen with photons, and it can also happen with aluminum membranes that have mass. Doesn't this further prove one thing—"

He paused for a moment and continued:

"Between the A glove in my hand and the B glove at the center of the Milky Way—or between the two small aluminum membranes in this experiment—behind that [instantaneous transmission]..."

"...there must exist some kind of [medium] or [connection] that we haven't yet understood or discovered?"

"A [line] that we can't see but truly exists...?"

"And this line..."

"...even if the B glove were placed in the Unobservable Universe over 90 billion light-years away, it would complete a [glove entanglement] with the A glove in my hand with zero latency!"