The Wheel of Chronos

At noon that day, an emergency meeting was held in the conference room on the third floor of the administrative building of the Academy of Sciences.The participants are all members who participated in the investigation of space-time anomalies.Right now, the investigation experiment on Xue Lun and Tianyang has been independently projected, and it is named "Space-Time Anomaly Investigation".

Xue Lun and Tian Yang did not attend, but waited in the lounge next to the meeting room.

From the beginning of the meeting, the atmosphere was very dignified.First, academician Wu Zhilan reported the results of the physical examination this morning to the military representative Lan Ni.

"...The results of the physical examination for Sharon Spencer are as above. Everything is normal, except for abnormalities in the brain waves. Among the four brain waves, the frequency bands of alpha waves account for a high proportion. Relatively speaking, the frequency bands of beta waves and delta waves Or the frequency band where theta waves appear is very low."

"What does this mean?" Lanny asked.

"This means that Sharon Spencer's mental state is extremely stable, almost always in a subconscious state, and external stimuli can hardly affect her brain."

Lan Ni nodded, signaling Academician Wu Zhilan to continue.

Academician Wu Zhilan paused, opened Tianyang's physical examination report with a little hesitation, and began to report the results.

"Princess Tianyang's body has an abnormal phenomenon that we can't understand. Her weight has been measured repeatedly and confirmed to be only 31 kilograms. In the whole body scan, we have analyzed her brain, bones, muscles, internal organs, blood, and hair. etc. have been analyzed very carefully, and there is nothing abnormal. But her weight is 31 kg for some reason, which is puzzling. Now, we have taken some samples from her and are doing further analysis. The results will be the fastest, and it may take I can only come out tonight."

Lan Ni looked very calm, and when she heard that her daughter weighed only 31 kilograms, she just pursed her lips.Just as Wu Zhilan finished speaking, Academician Zheng Feng raised his hand at the other end:

"I probably know why Princess Tianyang's weight is unusual."

Everyone looked at him.

Zheng Feng explained: "In the field of high-energy physics, we have a special view on mass. We all know that visible matter is composed of molecules and atoms, and atoms are composed of protons, electrons, and neutrons. The mass of electrons is very small. , which is only about three ten-thousandths of a proton. So are the masses of protons and neutrons very large? Compared with electrons, they are very large, after all, there is a gap of several thousand times. However, if we separate protons and neutrons Look, then we will find that its quality is also virtual.

Both protons and neutrons are composed of 3 quarks, protons are composed of two up quarks and one down quark, neutrons are composed of two down quarks and one up quark, logically speaking, the sum of these three quarks is proton and The mass of the neutron is too high, but in fact it is not at all. The combined mass of the three quarks is only equivalent to about 1% of the total mass of the proton or neutron.That is to say, if the mass of an object is only calculated from the particle level, it is only 1% of the real mass.Princess Tianyang's net weight is 60 kilograms, so at the particle level, she is actually only 0.6 kilograms.

So where does our weight and the mass of objects come from? "

Zheng Feng stood up, wandering, and continued: "To explain this problem, we must lead to the explanation of the relationship between mass and energy in Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein first realized that matter and energy are the same thing, and also It can be said that they can be converted to each other. The more common conversion method is the change of temperature, and some elementary particles in the universe have no rest mass, such as photons and neutrinos. So how do the three quarks of protons and neutrons Is most of the mass created out of thin air? In fact, this is the reaction of the energy generated by the interaction between the three quarks. It can be said that the energy creates the mass.

Between the three quarks lies a particle called a gluon, a type of boson responsible for transmitting the strong nuclear force.They bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons and other hadrons.It is the same as the photon neutrino, the rest mass is 0, the charge is 0, and the mass is 1 when it spins, but it may also have a mass as large as several million electron volts, because it is dominated by the strong interaction force, This force is powerful on a microscopic level, which is why it produces so much mass.Gluon is an important part of maintaining the stability of the atomic nucleus, precisely because its motion maintains the stability of protons and neutrons, and its motion also creates mass, which is called relativistic mass, and it is the absolute mass of matter. Most of the quality, although it is said to be nothingness, yet it exists in reality. "

His call stunned some people present who didn't know much about quantum mechanics.But Lan Ni gradually cleared up her thoughts in his explanation. She frowned and tried to express her understanding:

"Hmm... That is to say, the weight Tianyang lost, or the mass, is not mass, but energy?"

"Yes!" Zheng Feng clapped his palms, admiring Her Highness's precise thinking ability and understanding ability, "I guess, maybe the particles in Princess Tianyang's body are in a very special state now, and the gluon movement that transmits the strong nuclear force Weaken, the strong interaction force decreases, so the energy decreases, so the mass decreases. But what causes this phenomenon, I am still not sure."

Academician Wu Zhilan answered, "Since this is the case, the samples we took from the princess are currently being analyzed under a microscope. Would Academician Zheng want to take a look together? Let's do a joint analysis."

"Okay, that's exactly what I mean." Zheng Feng said happily.

***

That night, the Academy of Sciences was brightly lit, and all personnel involved in the investigation of space-time anomalies stayed at their posts and worked overtime.The two survey subjects, Xue Lun and Tian Yang, were sent back to the guest house to rest after learning that the weight loss was the greatest possibility.Her Royal Highness the Queen has been accompanying Tianyang, never leaving her.

When saying goodbye at the door of the room, Xue Lun saw anxiety from the calm appearance of Her Highness the Queen.The problems in the quantum field are really beyond the reach of manpower. She is extremely worried about her daughter's situation, but she can't show the slightest.Sharon felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help but think of her mother who died young, and her stepmother who was very kind to her later.

As for the abnormality of her own brain waves, she didn't pay much attention to it.

That night, Tianyang slept with her mother for the first time in a long time. Even though she had a strong heart, she would feel terrified when faced with such an inexplicable situation. The 22-year-old girl finally seemed to be beaten back to her childhood, curled up in her mother's arms, and fell asleep. During this period, she had nightmares again and again, and her sleep was quite poor.Lan Ni stayed up all night, comforting the daughter in her arms, thinking about the gloomy future.She hadn't had time to tell Mu Li about the matter, all of this was too sudden, even if she had a strong heart, it was hard to accept it for a while.If her daughter's condition continues to deteriorate, will she disappear?Or would her state of being be radically changed?Lanny doesn't understand those esoteric theories, she just knows that she wants her daughter to return to normal.

Sharon on the opposite side also couldn't sleep, even though she was very sleepy.Perhaps, she should give up her plan to go back to six years ago. The words Mu Li said to her have been lingering in her mind: manipulating time is such a cruel thing.

The next day, after they finished their breakfast, they saw Academician Zheng Feng as soon as they got out of the lobby.With two thick dark circles under his eyes, he came to the two of them and said:

"Now, I need you to help me with the experiment. Come with me."

The test site this time is arranged in an independent large laboratory of the Institute of High Energy Physics.There is almost nothing in the room, except for a huge hollow cylindrical glass with a height of about three meters and a diameter of one and a half meters, with special mechanical buckles on the top and bottom.

"This is a vacuum tank, wait a minute, I need Princess Tianyang to put on a space suit and enter it. Meanwhile, Earl Spencer, I need you to turn back time with your pocket watch."

"I don't agree." Lan Ni who came with her immediately objected.

"His Royal Highness... this is part of the experiment." Just signed the agreement yesterday, are you going to go back on your word?Academician Zheng Feng looked at Lan Ni.

"Mom... I have to figure out how to change my current state." Tianyang said.

"Don't worry, Academician Wu Zhilan is leading a professional medical team next door. Besides, I only need Earl Spencer to step back for five seconds, not an hour." Academician Zheng Feng explained.

Queen Lani was silent for a moment, and finally acquiesced in the experiment, and then walked out.Academician Zheng Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and explained to Xue Lun and Tianyang in detail the steps of the experiment later, during which Tianyang put on a thick spacesuit with assistance and entered the vacuum tank.And Sharon was arranged to sit down and put on many testing instruments on her body.After a while, the vacuum tank was pumped into a vacuum state.

Only Tianyang and Xue Lun were left in the laboratory, and the scientific researchers who observed the experiment all stood in a monitoring room outside the laboratory, watching the situation in the laboratory through the one-way glass.Of course, there are also multiple probes in the laboratory to shoot and record the experimental images without dead ends.

Zheng Feng's voice sounded from the radio:

"I'll count down to three, and when I start, please go back in time."

Sharon, who was holding the pocket watch and facing the vacuum tank, responded:

"clear."

At this time, her palms were inexplicably sweating, and she became tense.And Tian Yang in the vacuum tank seemed even more anxious, although she was wearing a space suit, her expression could hardly be seen.But she has been staring at Sharon, which Sharon can feel.

"Three, two, one, start!"

Sharon immediately moved the second hand and turned it back five grids.Zheng Feng probably called the start in time. The time before the retrogression was exactly 12:31 am on December 9, and the time after the retrogression was 32:9:31 seconds.According to the protocol agreed in advance, after Sharon's retreat was over, she yelled:

"complete!"

"Okay." Zheng Feng's voice came from outside the experimental field, "How do you feel, and whether you have the feeling of going backwards in time and space as described before."

Sharon replied: "It did appear, but it was not obvious."

"Where's Princess Tianyang?"

Tianyang replied: "Me too."

Zheng Feng in the monitoring room scratched his chin and said, "Sure enough, a vacuum can't isolate Princess Tianyang from observing time backwards. In this way, we can already rule out other isolation methods."

At this time, staff members had already entered the laboratory, the vacuum tank was released from the vacuum state and opened, Tianyang walked out, and the staff members helped untie the spacesuit.On the other end, the monitoring equipment on Sharon's body was also removed.Of course, the monitoring equipment cannot detect the physical signs of Xue Lun and Tian Yang in the backward time, and what is displayed on the monitor is only the current physical signs of the two.The reason why the monitoring device is put on is just in case.

Then, Tianyang and Xue Lun were arranged to go to the next door to undergo another medical examination.Under Academician Wu Zhilan's orderly deployment, the two's physical examination reports came out soon. Xue Lun's condition remained the same, but Tian Yang's weight decreased again, this time to 31.2162 kg.

Academician Zheng Feng gave the conclusion of the current investigation solemnly:

"The first stage inference: the pocket watch is a miniature wormhole that can be opened and closed independently. The necessary condition is the injection of dark matter, or negative energy. The more negative energy injected, the longer the wormhole remains open, and the longer the time regression is induced. Negative energy is unique and directly passed through Sharon Spencer The body of Sharon Spencer is injected into the pocket watch, and Sharon Spencer is the intermediate medium, or it can be called the extraditor of dark matter. The reason is unknown. Its brain waves maintain a stable alpha wave state for a long time, which may be one of the characteristics of the extraditor. Due to the matter in the universe The total amount remains basically unchanged, and the negative energy consumed to maintain the opening of the wormhole must be offset by a certain amount of positive energy. The compensator is Princess Tianyang, and the compensation method is the change of the particle state in her body, that is, the transmission of strong energy. The gluon movement of the nuclear force is weakened, the strong interaction force is reduced, and the energy is reduced. During the compensation process, the compensator can directly observe the opening, closing and running process of the wormhole."

After listening to the lengthy conclusion report, Lanny only asked one question:

"What will happen to my daughter if we continue to go backwards in time?"

"Princess Tianyang...may be disbanded from the particle level and cannot continue to survive." After a moment of silence, Academician Wu Zhilan answered this question.

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