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Chapter 1110 - 436: The Mentor’s Advice

Chapter 1110: Chapter 436: The Mentor’s Advice

"The first ray of light in the universe? Wow, Qiao, that sounds so romantic!"

The overthrow of the constancy of the speed of light barely revolved once in Su’s mind before her attention shifted to other matters.

The fact is, it didn’t really make a noticeable difference; everything that currently exists wouldn’t change. So, if it slows down, it slows down.

Researching cosmic models, uncovering the ultimate secrets of the universe, knowing the origin and end of the universe and such, these kinds of problems rarely crossed her mind.

After all, humans have only a lifespan of about a hundred years. It’s indeed too burdensome for ordinary people to contend with something that has existed for tens of billions of years.

But someone has to consider this issue.

According to observational results, the ultimate fate of all stars, after consuming all their fuel, is to cool down and collapse into a White Dwarf. Clearly, this would be a catastrophic disaster for Earth, even before the Sun collapses.

After most of the hydrogen fuel is depleted, the Sun will enter the red giant phase, with the core contracting but the outer layers expanding. During this process, the Sun might directly engulf most of the inner planets. Eventually, the Solar System becomes a dead silence, turning into a black dwarf.

If humans haven’t mastered interstellar travel technology before all of this happens, even if humanity has conquered the entire Solar System by that time, the ultimate fate is still extinction. From the perspective of human civilization, thinking about this issue from a broader angle requires understanding the essence of the universe.

This is not just a scientific question, but a question related to the continuation of human civilization, although it doesn’t seem so urgent now. Yet for humanity, it’s indeed still too weak.

Modern technology often gives people many illusions, making them think that human technological development is omnipotent. They believe they have mastered the power to destroy heaven and earth. But a sobering fact is that humans can’t even cause irreversible damage to Earth.

Converting all energy into destructive power could at most make Earth’s living conditions harsh for all life, likely only causing minor damage, not even enough to be considered slight injury in legal terms.

It’s quite embarrassing, but very real.

Blowing up a planet seems simple to say, but very difficult to execute. The energy required alone exceeds the total energy production and storage capacity of humanity. Understanding and controlling planetary-level physical processes is genuinely intriguing yet enormously challenging.

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In the office, Qiao Ze didn’t know what to say.

The verification results from CERN, although they theoretically re-confirmed the correctness of the Q theory, didn’t put Qiao Ze in a good mood.

If the speed of light in the universe experienced a process from fast to slow, it also makes the structure of the entire universe more complex.

Honestly, when he initially derived the Q theory, it was really just based on mathematics. The initial focus was still on the microscopic level.

For example, the compensating factor introduced in the intertwining formula I(ϕ), a mathematical adjustment made based on Quantum Field Theory discussions.

He didn’t expect people, after expanding it, first to make macroscopic predictions. Whether it’s black hole information theory or the non-existent cosmic galaxy, all were derived from a series of deductions under Q theory.

He originally thought that through Q theory, he found the path to achieving grand unification, but the variability of light proved that the difficulty of this problem increased again by orders of magnitude.

The coupling constants of electromagnetic force, weak nuclear force, and strong nuclear force converge under high energy scales. If the speed of light changes, it means that all the evolution equations of the coupling constants need to be reconstructed to allow convergence under high energy scales, not to mention the process of symmetry-breaking involved.

Even the Quantum Containment Theory previously deduced by Qiao Ze needs reconstruction. Accurately marking the behavior of particles at different energy scales is necessary to more precisely simulate the mechanics of gravity transmission. Simply put, if Qiao Ze was confident in finding a method to control gravity through his theory, now there’s a question mark on it.

The most troublesome issue is the symmetry breaking caused by the variability of the speed of light.

As is known, physicists hope the world is symmetrical, as symmetry greatly simplifies the mathematical expressions of physical laws. Many even believe that the laws of nature ought to be simple and elegant.

However, the change in the speed of light shattered all this, even directly affecting the law of conservation of energy. Obviously, under different light speeds, the total energy of a particular physical system will no longer be constant. All physical processes need to be re-deduced.

To put it bluntly, even with Qiao Ze’s intellect, at this moment he felt like his brain was about to explode.

Countless lines that were originally deduced in an orderly manner in his mind suddenly tangled into a mess.

For a moment, Qiao Ze was lost, and not even his ability to do two things at once was useful. It was only several seconds after Su marveled that he belatedly asked, "What did you just say?"

"I said, the first ray of light in the universe sounds very romantic," Su Mucheng repeated.

"Theoretically, the first ray of light in the universe is the cosmic microwave background radiation; you can ask Dou Dou to bring up the picture for you to see," Qiao Ze replied offhandedly.

"Oh? So if the speed of light is variable, is the cosmic microwave background radiation still valid?"

"Theoretically, it remains valid, as it is a result of observation. But the time of photon decoupling would be earlier. Currently, academia thinks the cosmic microwave background radiation occurred 380,000 years after the Big Bang, but the time should be even earlier. Of course, it’s not entirely accurate, as it’s now uncertain whether the Big Bang indeed ever occurred."