345: Chapter 345: Parallel Spaces ≠ Parallel Universes

"Second, dimensional overlap."

"The three-dimensional space we live in is not the only space."

"Mirages are a phenomenon where information from a space on the other side leaks in when the membrane between different spaces becomes thin."

"The buildings we see exist in another dimension."

"The laws of physics in that dimension are not exactly the same as in this one, but the architectural forms are similar; they also have civilizations, and they also build houses."

Having said this, Jiang Zhe rose from the sofa.

He picked up a marker and wrote four large characters heavily on the whiteboard: Parallel Space

"For example, at this very moment, I, all of you, and the people of the entire world, we are three-dimensional beings living in a four-dimensional space."

"If we break it down, we might live in 3.000 dimensions; while the people and scenes in some mirages we see without a source might be our neighbors; they live in 3.001 dimensions."

Jiang Zhe drew a high-rise building with a line structure on the whiteboard.

Each room above, below, to the left, and to the right was parallel, never intersecting.

He wrote [3.000 Dimensions] in the leftmost room on the third floor, and [3.001 Dimensions] in the room next door.

He turned around, looking at the crowd in front of him,

"As you can see!"

"Just like neighbors living in the same building, we are only separated from our neighbors by a wall. We share the same building structure, and our routines are even similar, yet we never meet in our entire lives."

"Only when cracks occasionally appear in the wall can we vaguely see the lights on the other side and hear the sounds from the other side."

"And mirages are those cracks."

After hearing this explanation, Researcher Zhou frowned deeply.

He opened his mouth, wanting to ask something, but swallowed it back.

Because he realized that Jiang Zhe had already provided the answer to the dimensional question he wanted to ask through the mirages.

As he finished speaking, the viewers in the live broadcast room were immediately unsettled.

"Damn, I understood it instantly. So it's the dimension next door!"

"Wall cracked = mirage, this analogy is superb!"

"3.000 dimensions and 3.001 dimensions, it's just too easy to understand, right?"

"So we are not the only ones; we are just close by but can't see each other."

"I have goosebumps; my worldview is being reshaped."

"I study atmospheric physics. The original object of the mirage doesn't exist in this dimension; I can't find an angle to refute it because once you admit the original object exists, you must provide coordinates; and in all the cases mentioned by this guy, the coordinates are empty."

"..."

Jiang Zhe's gaze fell back to the table of abnormal cases on the whiteboard.

"Now, let us look back at those unexplainable cases."

"In 1954 in the Aegean Sea, 2400 people saw Viking pirates at the same time; in 1988 in Penglai, an ancient battlefield lasted for 6 hours; the USA ghost snow—that non-existent tsunami."

"Then there is the 1906 Phantom Continent and the 2018 Dubai City in the Sky."

"If we put them into the framework of dimensional overlap, then the answer becomes obvious!"

"Mirages are 99% atmospheric refraction and stretching of distant cities, sometimes taking half or one-third of a distant city, making it difficult to identify."

"But those complete, yet incredibly bizarre, non-existent cities!"

"Obviously, that is not a city in our dimension!"

After these words, the living room was quiet for a moment.

Professor Chen Runzhi spoke slowly: "If the Viking pirates are real, then time in the dimension next door is a thousand years slower than ours; are they living around 1000 AD?"

"Under this framework..." Jiang Zhe nodded slightly, "Yes."

Professor Chen Runzhi gasped and asked again: "Then Penglai lasted for 6 hours; mirages usually only last for a few minutes; so does 6 hours mean the membrane of the two space-times was transparent during that time?"

"As expected of Professor Chen, although you teach history; your physical thinking is not bad!"

Jiang Zhe praised him with a look of surprise, which immediately made old Chen blush, "Hehe, I chose history over physics back then!"

As a professor of Quantum Mechanics, Ouyang Baili narrowed his eyes and asked on the spot: "Parallel space, I still can't quite understand it. It feels like there is a barrier bothering me. Is this a parallel world?"

Jiang Zhe shook his head gently: "It is not a parallel world."

Ouyang Baili frowned, "If it's not a parallel world, then what is it; a multi-dimensional universe or different layers under the same set of physical rules?"

Jiang Zhe glanced at him, "What you are asking, Professor Ouyang, is actually the next question."

Subsequently, his gaze fell back to the audience, and he continued to explain:

"The spire buildings over Liverpool in 1954; the palaces over Qingdao in 1942; the modern city over Hubei in 2019, as well as the Phantom Continent and the City in the Sky—they are not of our world; they belong to the world next door."

"Parallel worlds, in my opinion, should not actually exist; to be precise, it should be a multiverse; it is another universe outside our universe. That universe developed similarly to us, but it has nothing to do with our universe."

"Parallel space is—this universe, this Milky Way, this Earth; this Gusu city, this villa; different people."

"In parallel space—the person living in the villa at this very moment might be surnamed Wang, might be surnamed Wang, might be surnamed Gong, might be surnamed anything; they don't intersect with me, they don't overlap with me; this is what is truly meant by [parallel world]."

After speaking, Ouyang Baili suddenly realized, his thoughts becoming much clearer, "So that's it!"

"If dimensional overlap is real, and subsequent evidence is found by the big shots in various industries sitting here."

"Then mirages are not a natural phenomenon!"

"They are windows between two worlds."

"There might be people in those buildings, people from another dimension—they might also occasionally see our city appearing in their sky; they also call our city a mirage."

"They also have scientists studying this phenomenon, and they also can't find the original object."

"Question: Why are the architectural styles of the two worlds so similar?"

"Spires, towers, palaces, glass curtain walls—are these forms the only solution, or is it that—all civilizations in all dimensions, when developed to a certain stage, will build the same things, and it is all technology?"

"If civilizations in all dimensions build the same things, then architectural form is not a cultural choice, but a physical necessity—just like water freezes in different dimensions, and the structure of ice is the same in all dimensions."

"Then the question arises again: Who stipulated that all dimensions must obey the same set of physics?"

"Or is it that—all dimensions are different layers of the same system?"

"We think it is another world, but it is actually different windows of the same world."

"Mirages are the occasional overlapping display between windows!"

"If this hypothesis holds, then!"

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhe's expression gradually became serious, and he raised a finger,

"First, the original object of a mirage can never be located; it's not that it hasn't been found yet, but that it does not exist in this dimension in principle."

He raised a second finger,

"Second, the architectural style appearing in the mirage should evolve synchronously with the architectural style of the era where the witness is located."

"The mirage in 1954 featured buildings in the style of the 1950s."

"The mirage in 2019 featured buildings in the style of the 2010s."

"This shows that time in the dimension next door is also moving forward, and the speed of the Time Stream is highly likely to be consistent with ours."

He raised a third finger,

"Third, some mirages should appear repeatedly, appearing in the same location and under the same weather conditions, the same building."

"If it were random refraction, then every mirage should be different."

"But if the same building appears repeatedly in the same location and with the same weather, just like the Phantom Continent earlier; then it is not a problem of light, but a problem of space."

"That location is the crack between two spatial dimensions!"

"And currently, looking globally, no specialized institution is doing this kind of research."

"Not because it is meaningless, but because if it is researched and the conclusion is that another dimension exists, what are the scientific consequences of this conclusion?"

"The laws of physics need to be rewritten."

"And the person who rewrites the laws of physics will be treated as a lunatic."

"So no one does it."

"There are only three answers to mirages!"

"1: 99% are real, other cities within this space."

"2: The Earth is a giant player, playing ancient cities, or it could be cities from the previous round of civilization—this explains the City in the Sky and the Arctic Phantom Continent."

"3: Mirages are the manifestation of barriers between dimensions!"

"Except for the first one, mirages are very worthy of your in-depth exploration!"

Having said this in one breath, Jiang Zhe scanned the scene, and every professor had a solemn expression on their face.

It could be seen that his knowledge and cognition based on his past life were for them—

Still a bit too advanced!

Xiaoyu was confused in the back row. Her brother actually rendered more than twenty big shots speechless on the spot!

"Alright, this question is over, next question!"

"Everyone decide for yourselves who goes next!"