Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

In this aimless life, Mo Dao spent most of his time indifferently.

I didn't take the initiative to think about anything, nor did I take the initiative to do anything.

In his long and repeated life,

There was nothing he had to do, and nothing in this world could truly constrain him.

Everything you do is essentially 'I do'.

If I am willing, I will spend my whole life to pull a small country struggling in reincarnation and in ruins out of the quagmire and take control of its own destiny.

I am willing to spend my whole life on a difficult problem, such as controllable nuclear fusion, and spend my whole life answering a question.

And in this life, when Mo Dao is unwilling to do anything, there is no certain goal in life.

On a deeper level, the only driving force in these lives may be to see a world that has never been seen before.

Because the only thing he can take away from each life is memory.

And people always get tired of repetition easily,

Gradually, all the wealth on the entire earth may not be as valuable to Mo Dao as a sight that he has never seen in the world.

…

Throughout human history, the entire human race has been undergoing a history of gradual expansion.

From the banks of a certain mother river to all the lands that can be touched around us.

At a more subtle level, molecular activities are always spreading to a wider range,

In the entire universe, the increase in entropy is also an objective reality.

Similar rules seem to apply to Mo Dao, an individual who has spent a long time.

On a grand time scale, it has expanded from a "small place" like the earth to a "big place" and to a larger space in the universe.

Looking up at the starry sky and trying to walk towards the starry sky seems to be an inevitable result.

…

24 years, because of several outstanding papers and achievements in the field of astrophysics.

Mo Dao was promoted from associate professor to full professor.

Although Mo Dao did not take the initiative to do research in this area,

But the knowledge he displayed and the occasional results he produced still allowed Mo Dao to achieve a promotion speed that was quite exaggerated for others.

but,

This doesn't have much impact on Mo Dao.

I just work as usual in the astronomy major at Capital University,

Occasionally I teach a few graduate students, and I also give classes to undergraduates from time to time.

Most of the time outside of that was spent in front of the large-diameter astronomical telescope he funded and built.

Or he is spending ordinary days with his girl Qin Huaishi.

Even within the astronomy major of Capital University where Mo Dao worked,

It was also always peaceful.

As a basic subject in science,

That is, it has little connection with the practical benefits expected by most people.

The research process is also quite boring and monotonous.

In addition to guiding students and continuing this subject,

It took a long time to get one or two new professors and lecturers.

Within the astronomy major, no matter the work location or work content, there may be no change in a few years or more than ten years.

Several professors, as always, are carrying out their research,

Thinking about some issues that may not be of much value to the real world, but some people have to think about.

…

"This star is about 312 light years away from the solar system. It is in the 'middle age' of a star..."

While Mo Dao was doing some astronomical exploration work in front of this ultra-large-diameter optical astronomical telescope,

Occasionally, Qin Huaishi, who had some free time and was not engaged in his own research, would sit next to Mo Dao.

Mo Dao was in a calm mood and briefly said that the image that was being displayed at this moment was the star with an orange-red outline after processing.

Lines are separated like mountains, and Qin Huaishi doesn't have much idea about some of the more specific data that Mo Dao mentioned.

Still, a calm listener.

Just like Mo Dao, he would listen quietly to her talk about some of the troublesome problems she occasionally encountered during her research in the biological field.

Following Mo Dao's gaze, Miss Qin Huaishi looked at the orange-red star and was a little lost in thought for a moment.

She still had some understanding of the distance of 312 light years.

The picture we see now is almost the only way to see the world that is more than 300 light years away across more than 300 light years.

"...Astronomically speaking, this is just an ordinary star."

Mo Dao turned his head, smiled and said something to Qin Huaishi.

Qin Huaishi turned back, looked at Mo Dao and smiled,

Although this star was ordinary, Mo Dao stayed for a long time looking at the blurry outline of the star.

The two of them leaned against each other and sat next to each other for a while. They stayed for a while looking at the image of the star that could not be seen.

Just as Mo Daotong and Qin Huaishi said,

There is nothing special about this star.

Don't think about this life, just think about it from this moment and this era.

Most of the work done in astronomy is meaningless.

For every star and planetary system observed within 500 light years,

Mo Dao is more 'treasuring'.

With a broad knowledge base and advanced knowledge of astrophysics and astronomy,

and exaggerated thinking abilities.

Mo Dao made quite detailed calculations for every star he observed.

Almost pushing the limits of observational data, he made detailed numerical descriptions of every star and planetary system he personally observed.

The obtainable appearances of these planets were faithfully recorded.

Recorded one by one,

Gradually, an incomprehensible information library of known stars and planetary systems within a thousand light-years was formed.

But what is the use of this information database?

It seems to have no effect.

In addition to allowing people to have a more concrete picture when imagining these planetary systems,

Every star and planetary system recorded is not a place that humans can reach now.

And these ordinary, even ordinary star data, planetary systems,

Just like the background in cosmic observation, they are everywhere in the universe.

For astrophysics and cosmology research, it also does not bring any special inspiration.

However, whether it is useful or beneficial is not something that Mo Dao particularly needs to care about.

For Mo Dao, this is actually just when he has never seen the world outside the earth.

Easy calculations and records.

…

30 years.

This year, Mo Dao was thirty-six years old.

Under the strong suggestion of Professor Yu,

Mo Dao released a book to the public.

The name is "The World Within One Hundred Light Years".

The book records in detail the thousand stars that Mo Dao has observed over the years and the planetary systems in which they are located.

Through calculations, the basic situation of each planetary system is described in detail.

It even thoughtfully includes one or several conceptual pictures of the planetary system.

At the same time, the methods used in mathematics, astrophysics and other fields to calculate these data are also appended.

Many of them are groundbreaking for this era.

Before this work is officially published,

Maybe it’s because the field of astronomy is really not that big.

Many industry giants recommended themselves to this book and wrote the preface, introduction and comments.

In China,

Academicians in the field of astronomy wrote in their comments,

"...This is a very strange piece of work."

"It is undoubtedly a treasure for the entire human civilization and history."

"Its unprecedentedly detailed data clearly describes worlds a thousand solar systems away."

"But it is indeed of little use for this era."

"It's like the kind of astronomy we do is always preparing for the future."