Interstellar leader

After Li Qing hung up Chris' communication, he turned to Hehir on the screen and said, "Let's go back."

In the deep space, the flashing blue fleet quietly adjusted its course, passing through the small ruins scattered in the universe.For human beings, they used to be majestic and huge starships, metal giants, and sharp weapons of war, but no matter before or after destruction, against the backdrop of the vast space, they are not a drop in the ocean, but a single atom. Nothing compares to dust.

Sitting by the porthole, Li Qing propped his head up to look at the pitch-black space, his mind was full of strange phenomena just now, except for the shells from Lynn's warship rushing towards the enemy strangely, as well as the fact that he secretly sent Hehir Information.

Gaia said he didn't lift a finger, so how on earth did he do it?He was sure that it must have been sent by him. If it was someone else, wouldn't it mean that the person who sent it could use mind reading skills?

Could it be that he in one universe sent it manually, but he in the other universe did not, and then interference occurred when the two universes were not decoherent?This cannot be explained at all... The condition for interference requires sufficiently few microscopic particles, and it is an uncertainty in the sense of quantum mechanics, which is not established here.

Li Qing faintly felt that he had touched an edge—the edge of physics, the edge of the world.

Thousands of years have passed, humans have mastered the space jump technology, and successfully created a new generation of high-speed particle accelerators, enabling them to find the superparticles predicted by the supersymmetry theory in string theory.

String theory was verified, and the centuries-long quarrel in academia ended.

It is really incredible to say that the corresponding engineering application developed by the universe explained by string theory is the space jump, which converts matter into energy when it passes through the jump point, and then converts it back after passing through.But the appearance of the application was earlier than its theory. All physicists believed that it was the result of human beings' mistakes, but Li Qing knew it was not.

That was Isaac's masterpiece.

What's even more incredible is that with the space jump, people who were still in the flames of war at that time wanted to explain it, so there was a verification of string theory.What it brings is the ultimate victory of parallel universe theory over the Copenhagen faction in quantum physics, a victory for the minority.

Li Qing can be sure that his original universe is set as a, and the current universe is set as b. The conclusion is that he and Isaac in the two universes of ab and ab are interpenetrating.Li Qing a and Isaac b, Li Qing b and Isaac a... What a wonderful way to avoid the "grandfather paradox". Because of this, the two worlds have moved towards similar trajectories.

The current cutting-edge physics theory has many unexplainable things: it affirms the existence of brane parallel universes, and every choice in the sense of quantum physics will make the three-dimensional "brane universe" split, and another layer of brane will be stacked.

Matter cannot reach other parallel universes, but—

But what about thinking?

Li Qing is obviously a space traveler, his mind went to another universe.So is Isaac.

Then comes the ultimate question.

What exactly is thinking?

Thousands of years ago, when human beings did not even have language, perhaps there was an ancestor wearing a leather skirt sitting by a certain cave on the earth. Under the distant starry sky, a vague thought flashed through his mind, like A fleeting meteor.

who am I?

Until now, the footprints of human beings are all over the galaxy, which has explained the rudimentary form of the universe, and all the dark clouds have dissipated in the sky, leaving only one cloud.

Why am I me?Why do humans become humans?

From Li Qing's point of view, this is definitely an idealistic philosophical question, and he was a mathematician until he had a hard time getting involved.But it’s different now, because whether it’s time travel or a series of mysterious events that happened afterward, it has shown physical properties, and it’s affecting this material world.

"Who am I" has become a physics question, the ultimate question of the world.

Li Qing rubbed his brows, he really couldn't think about these things with his brain that has gone through a lot of calculations and is now warning him, people have specialization, his own research on physics is not very deep, and he is more interested in cutting-edge things. It is impossible to jump out of the existing framework.

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The passage of time perceived by being immersed in thinking is quite unreliable, Li Qing thinks that only an hour later, the fleet has passed the nearest transition point and returned to Redstone Planet.The moment he walked out of the airport, Li Qing's eyes accurately caught a tall and straight figure among the crowd.

Joerg stood quietly under a dead tree, the dim lights of the late winter night shone on him, his eyelashes were slightly drawn, and his brows and eyes were covered with faint shadows, as if he was thinking about something.He looked quite calm and serious. When he heard the movement of the fleet members, he raised his eyes and fixed on Li Qing for a second.

His lips moved a few times, Li Qing could see that he was calling his name.Joerg has been watching him approaching, not in a hurry, just waiting on the spot, the corners of his lips are slightly raised, and the deep blue eyes are full of anticipation and tenderness that are about to overflow.

"How long have you been waiting?" Li Qing naturally took his hand and clasped his fingers, not caring that the eyeballs of the subordinates behind him dropped all over the floor.The touch of the man's hand is not delicate, it is as slender and strong as his own, with well-defined joints, but it is very warm, and it makes people feel at ease when holding it.

Joerg led him towards the direction where his flying car was parked, and Li Qing only heard him say something in a low voice with a slight smile. "It's worth it for as long as it takes."

Li Qing suddenly didn't know what to say, all the nervousness disappeared without a trace, the indifference in the heart during the war, the cold blood that didn't care about life, and the madness that wanted to break away from human nature were all thrown out of the sky, he was like a cold ghost wandering in the universe for a moment Time was pulled back to the world, drowning in the warm ocean.

On the car back to the residence, Joerg and his keen sense of what was wrong with Li Qing.

"Something happened, right? Extraordinary things." It wasn't the tone of inquiry, but the certainty of declarative sentences.

"Go back and tell you." Li Qing looked at him. "Perhaps you'll know why."

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While listening to Li Qing's narration, Joerg fell into deep thought.

Li Qing had never seen Jorge like this.No matter what he looks like as the vice president in front of people, at least when the two of them are alone, Jorge has always been gentle, with a bit of earthly warmth and fireworks on his body, he stretched out his hand to Li Qing with a smile, and put everything Give him everything.

He always thought Jörg was like that.

Now, the blond man in front of Li Qing is still sitting on the chair with impeccable etiquette, the smile on his face has gradually disappeared, his lips are tightly pursed and drawn into a calm straight line.In the blue eyes, the tenderness has faded, like the cold sea water, but every inch of it rises with different scorching heat.It was a long-suppressed frenzy like a volcanic explosion. The orange light reflected in the eyes, like a burning flame, and the sharp long sword was unsheathed unstoppably.

A calm expression, a fanatical inner heart, and revived ideals.Li Qing was so familiar with this look - it was almost exactly the same as when he himself got the news of the micro-connection.

"What do you think is the reason?" After a long time, Joerg said, his voice was also calm, exactly like Li Qing's.

Of course, Li Qing was not afraid of being laughed at by Joerg because his ideas were too crazy. He said truthfully: "These visions all came about after I studied something."

"Micro-connection." The two looked at each other and said in unison, seeing the unparalleled excitement in each other's eyes.

"There is a question like a ghost that has been haunting my mind since I graduated from my Ph.D." Jörg stood up and waved open the heavy curtains of the French windows.Their residence is very high, the clouds are thick and overlapping tonight, the stars are hidden behind it, the whole land is dark, only the lights shine, like the starry sky and the earth upside down.

He looked at the arc of the red stone star outside the window, and his voice was so soft that it was like muttering to himself, as if he was afraid of disturbing the peace of the world.

"What is life? What is intelligent life?"

"It obviously cannot be explained by the biological definition. If so, isn't Gaia a dead thing?" Joerg continued, the volume was still not loud, but he was very firm.Li Qing felt that another Jörg was recovering—the one who was suppressed and abandoned before, the real him.

This feeling made him excited.

"Especially when the multiverse theory negated the Copenhagen explanation, we realized a very serious problem." Jörg turned around and looked straight at Li Qing, with a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"Human beings are not important, not at all. Our observations will not cause the wave function to collapse. What the universe should look like after splitting into different parallel universes will still follow the established direction. It will not be because we have the slightest change. .So what is the difference between us and the gravel on the side of the road? What is the meaning of life?"

"I don't believe that my existence is meaningless. My origin is just the same atoms that make up a clod of soil, and my return is also the scattered and disordered dust after the increase of entropy. But I can't find the truth, and I can't find even a little bit of it. Evidence for the existence of a mind and a soul, you know, for people nowadays, that's the realm of philosophy rather than quantum physics."

A flash of lightning suddenly flashed in Li Qing's mind, illuminating a certain fragment in his memory.He interrupted Jorge: "Wait...Joer, are you—"

"what?"

"'Mirror image'! Are you the 'mirror image' of the anonymous physicist who published papers in Frontiers, Verge, and Strings?"

What Li Qing said were all abbreviations. The full names of these magazines were "Quantum Frontier", "Edge of Physics" and "The Nutshell of Strings". Physics sub-journal and prl.

Jörg's pupils narrowed for a moment in surprise. "How do you know me?"

"When I was in higher education, I read a lot of these journals in the optical brain library. There are many papers of yours, most of which are complements and improvements of orthodox quantum physics and string theory, and a few are about the physical discussion of life and consciousness. The latter is of course extremely eye-catching." Li Qing added: "Oh, to be precise, it wasn't me, it was Isaac who read it, and he didn't quite understand it at that time. Just now you mentioned When it came to the topic of life consciousness, I thought of it. You are the only physicist in the galaxy who does this.”

"Yes, it is extremely eye-catching, but it is not recognized." Joerg smiled, recalling the time ten years ago, and suddenly felt very happy. "A physical hypothesis without experimental support is nonsense, and a physical hypothesis without a self-consistent mathematical model is the top nonsense of nonsense."

Li Qing nodded in agreement, and Joerg gave him a sharp look.

"Actually, aside from all that nonsense... oh no, I mean the hypothesis of no mathematical model, your other papers are also very eye-catching. You shouldn't quit physics, dear, although many people don't know your real name What is it, but I feel sorry for your disappearance. Your political work and physics research do not conflict, just like I can conduct research while commanding the fleet."

"Actually, I didn't give up my research because I embarked on a political career." Joerg lowered his eyelashes and sighed softly. "It's boring...it's boring. Of course I can continue to publish papers. I can perfect those theories to a watertight level within ten years, but I don't even understand the meaning of my own existence. Those perfect studies on quantum and string theory What's the point with application development?"

"We physicists are different from your mathematicians." He smiled and looked at Li Qing with a little envy in his eyes. "Your thinking can jump to a place without limit, free like a ghost. But physics is the principle of everything, the science of phenomena, its purpose is to explain phenomena, and in the end it needs to be verified by experiments anyway, otherwise the hypothesis can only be verified. It's a hypothesis."

"I gave up because I couldn't see the influence of thinking on the material world. I buried it in my heart and followed the family tradition into politics, forgetting the original pursuit and pain, thinking that this could save me.

"I was wrong. Work can't save me, success can't save me, only the truth can."

Li Qing stared at him without saying a word.

He suddenly knew why he chose to fall in love with Joerg.His subconscious has long since discovered that Jörg is the same person as him—of course, Li Qing is not a narcissist, their personalities and experiences are very different, but there is one thing in common.

Their pursuit of truth is frighteningly frantic.

In fact, love is not an indispensable thing for Li Qing. Jorge may care more about it than him, but it is not to the extent that Li Qing cannot live without it.They are very similar people. If you rank the most important things in life, the first thing is always the truth, and even life comes second.

As you hear the news, you can die in the evening.

But it is different now, they are very sure that the other party is not just a superficial carrier of love, but a person who wants to go far away together.They are bound to each other and to the supreme pursuit of life. Without one, the secret of the end of life cannot be seen, truly irreplaceable.

Joerg approached suddenly, sat down opposite Li Qing, put his fingers on his face, traced along his facial features carefully, his voice trembled a little imperceptibly. "I thought that I was already dead, when I published my last thesis. But—dear, Li Qing, my time traveler, my beloved cosmic spirit—you brought me back to life."

"Thinking exists. Like time and space, it is produced by the vibration of strings. It is the No.13 latitude independent of time and space. The travel of your soul made me see its existence. That particle collision The displacement is a perfect opportunity to establish a mathematical model, and everything you just told me means that it can be reproduced experimentally again, and even...even—”

"Even I can go into that dimension and manipulate it."

After Li Qing took his words, a volcano seemed to be erupting in his mind, and the fiery excitement flowed into every corner of his body with his blood, and he felt that he was about to burn.

"Yes." Joerg's eyes sparkled, and he grabbed Li Qing's hand vigorously. "What happens when one of your neurons realizes it's a neuron, and it deciphers the brain's architecture?"

"If I complete the microconnection, I will be the neuron that deciphers the brain structure. A part of the microconnection itself deciphers itself." Li Qing was thoughtful. "What will happen...who knows?"

He and Jörg looked at each other with a smile, and said in unison again: "I really want to know what will happen."

"Higher than all desires in the world."

The author has something to say: 1.The basic outline of this world has come out, using the configuration of quantum parallel universe + superstring theory, but I actually like the Copenhagen School explanation, because it makes me feel like a very good observer.But here, due to time travel, parallel universes must be configured, otherwise I really can't solve the grandfather paradox.If you don’t understand the terms, please use Baidu. It is recommended to read Zhihu.It's all science-level knowledge (some may involve electronic double-slit interference in high school), and of course it's impossible for me to understand it if it goes deeper.

2.Regarding cp, I will definitely not change it.To be honest, cp doesn't really mean much in this article, because Chris and Jörg's feelings for Li Qing have already surpassed the narrow scope of love.

Let me talk about my understanding of the role of Chris:

Chris and Li Qing are in different positions and are heading for different paths.After so much suffering, it is normal for Chris to hold on to a little warmth and regard Li Qing as his light.But this does not mean that Chris is a princess who fell into the abyss, looking forward to a knight falling from the sky to save her.

Isn't that a template for a romantic heroine?My Chris is not a romance heroine, he is a king.

Maybe he was weak and put his hope on others, but in the end he will wake up, he will climb up from the abyss, because only himself can save himself.No matter how much suffering there has been in the past, no one can empathize with it. Salvation is a solitary charge on the battlefield of the soul.

He will eventually go another way, but just as great, and leading to a distant place.Now this weak Chris is not qualified to be Li Qing's friend.When he sees that distance, he can walk side by side with him, and leave his name in history with all the great men of this era.

In this article of mine, there is not a single romantic heroine. I don't care what kind of offense, no matter whether it is male or female, what I portray is the elite of the era of the big universe.The girl whose fiancé died, even if she faints, she will continue her duties in the next battle.They have their own goals, beliefs, ideals, and growth. They are all pioneers, sailing firmly to their own distant places.These dreams are not the same, but it does not affect that they are all strong souls.

Let me add to my understanding of Chris.Maybe when you read the novel, you think it's nothing, and because he is kind to the protagonist, you think he is a positive character, which is wrong.

If in reality, an emperor killed [-] million poor people at every turn, he would never gain fame.This is not the Holy Mother, this is the bottom line of being a human being.

Human life, even in novels, is human life.Chris is human, but the poor of the empire are not human?They died of starvation, they died of exploitation, they even died of weapons testing, biochemical research.His wife and children were separated, his homeland was destroyed... Chris was miserable, they weren't miserable enough?Come, come, compare who is worse.

compare!Have the ability to compare!

Again, Chris is a villain, twisted, and heinous.I portrayed his tragic experience to give his character a reason, to bring him closer to reality, not to make readers think he is a good guy.

And the most important thing is that not all people are good to the protagonist, not all are good to the protagonist, not all are good to the protagonist!Don't talk about protagonist supremacy.

I know that villains are very popular in online articles, and they kill tens of thousands of people at every turn, as if human life is worthless, so that the current readers' three views can easily fall to the ground, and after reading an article, they pick it up and wipe it off before continuing to use it.But I am not that kind of author, and my three views are extremely positive.

Like Gu Junjun, look at the world in the book from an objective and rational perspective.Chris has bright spots, but he also has sins that cannot be erased.His return is his own redemption (I don’t want to spoil it too much), and his legacy is a supplement to history.It will never be washed for nothing, let alone being at the same height as the protagonist. Chris's path is his own path, thank you.