175: Chapter 175: How can the sun really be 36 degrees Celsius? The academic world is in an uproar.

After two hours of simulation, time quietly reached late at night.

The lights in Ouyang Baili's dormitory were on, the moonlight outside the window was cold, and the entire campus was extremely quiet.

The room was filled with the smell of coffee and cigarettes.

Ouyang Baili, Guan Jingming, and Li Mo were gathered around the high-energy computer. On the screen, the 3D model had transformed into a blazing sphere: the Sun.

At this moment, the expressions on their faces were even more solemn than the last time!

They had already failed twenty-seven times; this was the twenty-eighth experiment!

In the previous twenty-plus attempts, after inputting the parameters, the sun would rapidly collapse and disintegrate.

"We're crazy, we're truly crazy!" Professor Guan took a deep drag from his cigarette, staring at the screen where he had just entered even bolder hypothetical parameters. "Are we really going to build a model with a 36-degree core for the sun, just as Jiang Zhe said?"

"We've failed over twenty times; it's already been proven—the sun's interior cannot possibly be 36 degrees!"

Ouyang Baili said thoughtfully, "We've been rejecting the Time Stream all along, using traditional physical models; what if we switch to a Time Stream model this time?"

"As Jiang Zhe said, time energy from all directions of the universe is used to counteract chaos."

"Perhaps we should accept his Time Stream theory and simulate whether the sun's interior is 36 degrees again!"

Li Mo's hands, which were typing on the keyboard, stopped. "Professor Ouyang, Professor Guan, this analogy of a candle and the sun is even more bizarre than what he said before about the universe being a black hole and black holes being parallel universes... Never mind, it's absurd!"

"A candle flame is hot on the outside and cold on the inside because combustion requires oxygen; the outer layer of the flame has sufficient oxygen—but the sun burns in a vacuum, it doesn't need oxygen... The sun's core temperature of 15 million degrees is the foundation of a century of observation and theory."

At the beginning, Li Mo had been very excited about simulating a 36-degree sun!

But as time passed, his excitement dwindled; he began to question whether Jiang Zhe was conducting a thought experiment or trying to broaden the thinking of the masses.

"Forget it, let's switch to the Time Stream energy concept and add massive amounts of time energy to the simulation environment." Ouyang Baili flicked the ash from his cigarette. "Science isn't afraid of absurdity; what it fears is not having the courage to verify it. If Jiang Zhe is talking nonsense this time, our model will immediately collapse and give a 0% probability; but if..."

"When the probability exceeds 0%, won't you two be excited?"

Researchers love challenging limits the most!

Especially the three of them, who enjoyed challenging impossible limits; after all, they had the lesson from the night before: the possibility that the universe is a black hole!!!

"Alright, Little Li, begin!" Professor Guan took another drag of his cigarette. "Just consider it as having dedicated three hours to Jiang Zhe. By the way, Little Li, how should we set the model parameters?"

Li Mo pulled up the document and read:

"Core hypothesis one: The sun's energy source is not nuclear fusion, but the absorption of the Time Stream—we will replace this with a simplified model, assuming there is an unknown energy flowing from the cosmic background to the sun; this is the key factor."

"Core hypothesis two: The energy release method is special, leading to a temperature distribution that is hot on the outside and cold on the inside—we will design a function so that most of the energy is converted into heat in the outer layer, while the inner layer is mild."

"Core hypothesis three: The temperature difference ratio is based on observational data—the corona temperature is about a million degrees, the surface is about 6,000 degrees, a temperature difference of about 136 times. We must make the model decrease in temperature from the outside in according to this ratio."

Guan Jingming looked at those parameters and couldn't help but shake his head. He felt it wouldn't succeed. "We are building a skyscraper on a beach; the ground is full of sand, so no matter how high the building is, it will collapse..."

"Don't be discouraged. What we need to do isn't to prove that people can live in this building, but that it can be built." Ouyang Baili's eyes were fixed on the data stream that began to scroll. "Start!"

Li Mo pressed the Enter key.

On the screen, data began to scroll.

This was a completely transformed sun model—energy was not generated from the inside but flowed in from the outside; heat was not transferred from the inside out, but a process of decreasing from the outside in, perfectly fitting the sun model under the Time Stream.

Massive amounts of data rapidly turned into code, scrolling wildly!

The computer tower on the side emitted a high-decibel roar, and the cooling fans were immediately spun to their maximum speed.

The three of them didn't speak, focusing intently on the numbers jumping on the screen.

Time passed second by second.

Finally, ten minutes later, Li Mo suddenly sat up straight: "The calculation results are coming out!"

The scrolling data on the screen slowed down and then stopped abruptly.

Two gray windows popped up, and the conclusion emerged.

[Within the set parameter range, the logical consistency probability of the Time Stream energy + hot-outside-cold-inside sun model: ≈ 3.51%]

[Structural stability of the 36-degree core deduced from the 136-fold temperature difference: ≈ 3.49%]

3.51%?

This was even higher than the 3.02% probability for the universe being a black hole.

Looking at this scene, the dormitory fell into a brief silence.

"Ah? Three, three point five?" Professor Guan opened his mouth in surprise. "How is this possible? We haven't even fully grasped the Time Stream theory; we plugged in so much of what we thought was Time Stream theory, and in the end, we actually got a 3.5% probability?"

"This..." Li Mo stared at the results that had appeared, his face full of disbelief. "If we understood more Time Stream parameters, if we could learn the specific formulas from Jiang Zhe, then the probability would probably increase significantly!"

"This time, we forcibly accepted the Time Stream as an energy source and accepted that the energy release method causes the sun to be hot on the outside and cold on the inside, and it actually allowed the sun's core temperature to maintain around 36 degrees... In a math book, this actually has a certain degree of logical consistency?"

"Hahaha, what did I say; the three of us are only half-baked on the Time Stream concept, and yet the sun we simulated had a 3.5% possibility of being 36 degrees..." Ouyang Baili grinned, and all the previous gloom was swept away. "If we thoroughly understand the Time Stream theory and then input more professional methods, this probability could be even higher!!!"

You have to know, the three of them had only just encountered the concept of the Time Stream permeating the universe.

The three of them didn't even know the specific formulas; they just filled the universe background in the computer with non-uniformly dense time energy, that was all!!!

Professor Ouyang suddenly sat up straight. "A paper."

"Ah, are we really going to publish it?" Li Mo was full of hesitation. "Professor Ouyang, two papers like this in a row, what will the academic world think of us? Last time we published the paper on the possibility of the universe being a black hole, and the next day I was mocked privately by many people; but some lunatics were willing to believe our simulation."

"Don't think so much. Stephen praised Jiang Zhe last time; his ideas are very bold, and we are also very crazy!" Professor Ouyang looked indifferent. "If you are afraid of ruining your reputation, then publish it in the supplement of *Frontiers of Theoretical Physics*, the section specifically for thought experiments."

Professor Ouyang thought for a moment and then said, "For the title, write: 'An Exploration of the Non-traditional Possibility of the Sun's Structure Based on the Time Stream Concept, Deduced from the Candle Flame and Temperature Difference Ratio!'"

"Our paper must also have points of logical consistency—candles on Earth need oxygen to burn, so in places in the universe without oxygen—the sun needs time energy to burn."

"Earth oxygen = Universe Time Stream = Reasonable!"

Hearing Professor Ouyang say this, Professor Guan and Li Mo looked at each other, and a curve appeared on their lips at the same time.

As long as it is reasonable, they won't be treated as lunatics!

"What about the signature?" Professor Guan asked. "Should we still write J?"

"Yes, still Jiang Zhe's J." Ouyang Baili nodded. "In the acknowledgments, write: Inspiration derived from informal discussions with J regarding astrophysical analogies and a brand-new physical framework."

Li Mo on the side had already opened the computer document and started building the framework.

Guan Jingming shook his head, but couldn't help but laugh. "Haha, before it was the universe being a black hole, and tonight the sun is 36 degrees. Our group has become a crazy theory testing team."

"Science naturally needs someone to test those crazy ideas. Even the former Bear Country and the USA in the last century had lunatics doing time-reversal experiments, so why shouldn't we dare to write a paper?" Ouyang Baili was full of confidence. "Especially when these ideas actually yield a non-zero mathematical probability!!!"

In the next half hour, the three of them worked together to write these dozens of simulations into a paper.

At 4:20 AM, the paper was successfully uploaded; the *Frontiers of Theoretical Physics* website system displayed: Submission successful.

The three of them collapsed into their chairs, exhaling a long breath at the same time.

"Sleep..." Guan Jingming struggled to stand up, looked left and right, there was only one bed, so he simply grabbed Ouyang Baili's bed first.

"Me too..." Li Mo's eyes were spinning, he looked left and right, and lay down next to Professor Guan first.

But Ouyang Baili was still sitting in front of the computer, quietly smoking, knowing what this paper would trigger.

It wouldn't be approval; it would more likely be questioning and mockery—that someone was actually seriously discussing the possibility that the sun is 36 degrees.

But he didn't care at all.

What he cared about was that 3.51%!

What he cared about was how many more such crazy ideas Jiang Zhe, who used a candle flame to analogize the sun in the livestream room, was hiding!

"Right, send a copy to Stephen as well." He operated the computer and sent the document to Professor Stephen at Cambridge's email address.

After finishing his work, the sound of two people lightly snoring came from the big bed on the left.

"Occupying my big bed..." Professor Ouyang's eyes rolled, and he simply... sneakily climbed into the middle of the two, then picked up special earplugs to block 95% of the sound; his snoring immediately sounded like thunder...

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As time passed, it quietly brightened outside the window.

In the morning, after the paper was published, it quickly received thousands of clicks.

In the website's comment section, messages began to refresh rapidly:

[First-year Master's student, Physics Department, Yanda University]: "3.51%, am I seeing things—this was actually published by Professor Ouyang's team, the sun's core is only 36 degrees?"

[Assistant Researcher, Nanda Theoretical Physics Laboratory]: "Who is J? Does anyone know? This Time Stream energy + hot-outside-cold-inside framework, although it sounds very extreme, the modeling process looks serious!"

[Senior Undergraduate, Physics, Modu University]: "Are the two above new here? J is probably that guy. I only saw the previous black hole universe paper yesterday, I didn't expect Professor Ouyang and Professor Guan to publish another one; I just finished reading it, but this hypothesis is too extreme, almost like parameters tailored for the conclusion. But it is mathematically consistent, and you can't find any faults. It looks more like a super thought-storm experiment."

[PhD Student, Astronomy Department, Fudan University]: "The point isn't the 3.51% figure, but that someone used legitimate academic methods to give this crazy idea a check-up. This might make more scholars and students dare to think about problems they previously didn't dare to think about."

[Second-year Master's student, Engineering, Huaqing University]: "Haha, passed by Professor Ouyang's dormitory in the middle of the night, their dormitory lights were on for a long time, looks like they just finished, intuition tells me this paper will go viral. Not because it's right, but because it's bold enough!"

[Student, Physics Department, some unknown second-tier university]: "Our teacher shared it in the group, told us to see what thought liberation is, and then asked us to write a reflection... I'm stunned, how do I write a reflection, should I write [That guy is awesome]?"

A series of messages continued to increase.

There was questioning, shock, confusion, and surprised excitement.

But most of the later comments were mainly attacks. Even though Professor Ouyang had published a paper on the black hole universe once before, it still didn't get the recognition of all his colleagues!

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