Faced with the inquiries from the decision makers, Xu Zhenghua smiled bitterly.

"Perhaps, maybe our previous guesses were wrong. Originally, I thought it was 'war', which led to the instability of the laws of physics. Later, through some phenomena, we overturned this idea and turned to the idea that 'war was over', which led to the savior civilization having to surrender to us. But now it seems that the speculation 'war is over' should not be accurate. It is still not essential enough."

The decision makers all looked solemn and listened carefully.

"As for the process of discovering this, and some mathematical calculations performed in the middle, I won't talk about it. Let's just talk about the final discovery." Xu Zhenghua murmured: "The current conjecture is that there is a very likely external 'shaper' in our universe. This shaper has formulated some preset programs for our universe, and through the power of dark matter, these programs are run, creating the universe we see. It's like, like..."

Xu Zhenghua thought for a moment: "Let's take a washing machine as an example. If there is such a washing machine, after it is powered on, the drum will start to rotate at a speed of ten revolutions per second, and after one minute of forward rotation, it will start to reverse, and this cycle will be repeated. Then, suppose a strange intelligent life is born on the drum rotating in this mode. Through long-term development and research, they finally determined the most basic physical law of the "drum universe", that is, the drum will rotate ten revolutions per second, and after one minute of forward rotation, it will inevitably begin to reverse, and so on. And their survival also depends on this law.

In this example, the intelligent life born on the rotating roller can be compared to us. The scientific theories we master can be compared to the drum rotation law they discovered. This law is their drum universe, or the 'preset program' of our universe. The driving force of the drum universe is obviously electricity. The driving force of our universe is... dark matter."

Several decision makers frowned at the same time.

"Only with electricity, the roller universe can rotate, and the physical laws of their world can be established. In our universe, if there is dark matter, our universe can operate, otherwise, the laws of physics will disappear and a 'black curtain' will appear."

A decision maker whispered: "So, the current situation in our universe is neither the beginning of the war nor the end of the war, but the instability of the ‘electricity’ supply in our universe?

Xu Zhenghua's voice was also low and hoarse: "This is just my guess. In fact, the phenomenon of instability in the supply of 'electricity' cannot be ruled out that the possibility of 'war is over' cannot be ruled out. However, if my guess is valid, then there must be an 'external controller'. With an external controller, the possibility of instability in the supply of 'electricity' is affected by certain forces within the universe is very low."

A decision maker subconsciously raised his head and looked up. But he neither saw the starry sky nor the sky, but only saw the ceiling.

Even so, he still did not retract his gaze, as if he was staring at something.

"Who has been watching us over the stars? Who has shaped our universe and why is it destroying us now?"

He murmured to himself.

Xu Zhenghua knew that the "up" among the four words "above the starry sky" mentioned by this decision maker is not a concept of direction, nor does it refer to the sky above. At the same time, it is not a concept of dimension, nor does it refer to low dimensions and high dimensions.

This can barely be regarded as a concept on a "level".

That is transcending the entire sea of ​​stars and transcending the existence of everything. Human beings cannot describe it in ways such as cause and effect, logic, data, science, etc. Because whether it is causal logic or data science, they are concepts within the universe. And it or them are above the universe and above the starry sky.

Even, it or whether they "exist" cannot be determined. Because existence or non-existence is also a concept of human beings, and the concept of human beings cannot describe them.

They may not exist at all—the existence in the human concept, but they also exist—it or the existence in their concept.

Facing the decision maker's contempt, Xu Zhenghua also raised his head unconsciously and looked up.

"I don't know. I don't know why they shape us and why they destroy us now. They may be based on a certain purpose, a certain reason, but we may never find this reason."

At this moment, the state of the universe can be described as "unstable power supply". But everyone knows very well that "unstable power supply" is just an initial, very short stage of "stop power supply". Just like when humans unplug the washing machine, the plug and the power supply will be undivided and will be broken. During this stage, the connection between the plug and the power supply is not stable, and the power supply will not be stable, so the rotation of the washing machine drum will be disordered.

But this is just a state that exists in a very short time. Soon, the plug will be completely unplugged and the power supply will be completely stopped. The drum of the washing machine will completely stop operating, and the universe where the human world is located will be completely swallowed by the "shady curtain", and everything will be left to nothingness.

Millions of years have passed since the Ruimoti civilization discovered this universe disaster. This period of time seems to be a long time, but it is not inconsistent with the short period of time that the plug is about to be unplugged and the power supply will be cut off.

The moment when humans unplug the washing machine, billions of years may have passed for intelligent life on the drum. The moment when "external operators" unplug the plug, causing the universe to lose the supply of "electricity" such as dark matter, may have billions of years for humans.

Even the concept of time is inside the universe. This concept may not matter to external controllers at all.

"call……"

He let out a gentle breath and calmed down. The head of state said slowly: "These things are too far away from us, so don't think about it for the time being. Professor Xu, what I want to know is, is your discovery helpful for us to solve the problem that the earth is about to be swallowed by the shady curtain?"

Compared with the conjectures and sighs about the unknown existence above the starry sky, solving the most urgent task and saving the human world is more important.

"Of course it helps." Xu Zhenghua murmured, as if his thoughts had not been taken back from the moment, "At least, we understand what the essence of the laws of physics are, how it disappears and how it is rebuilt."

Although the specific process is still unclear - Xu Zhenghua does not know why the dark matter in front of the dark curtain, or the power supporting the existence of the laws of physics, is constantly disappearing, and is constantly reconstructing behind it. He only knows that the physical law in front of the dark curtain is caused by the disappearance of the "phenomenon" of the laws of physics.

“What should we do?”

"We have reason to believe that although the phenomenon of physical laws is supported by dark matter, it is also a preset program in our universe. The disappearance of physical laws is because they lose the support of dark matter. Then, there is a theoretical method to prevent the dark curtain from swallowing the earth - to restore the supply of dark matter such as "electricity". Our universe, no, at least, the space in which this small "shady curtain" in our solar system will start to operate again. Physical laws will reappear, and the dark curtain will disappear."

“What should I do specifically?”

Xu Zhenghua shook his head: "I don't know."

He answered very simply without any hesitation.

Decision makers looked at each other.

"Okay, at least we have made progress. We didn't even have a theoretical approach before, but now we have a theoretical approach. We still have a theoretical approach, 352 days, almost a year. Professor Xu, maybe you can find a specific approach in the rest of the time. Of course, in this process, the 'New Home Plan' will not stop."

Xu Zhenghua didn't say anything, but just nodded silently.

At this moment, there was nothing to say. There was only one choice left for him, or in other words, the development of the situation did not leave him any choice.

What else can he do besides continuing to conduct in-depth research and turning the theoretical solutions into practical and feasible specific methods?

If you find that method, everyone will live. If you can't find that method, everyone will die except for the astronauts in the New Home Project.

It's either one or two, that's it.

Time passed slowly, because the turmoil caused by Xu Zhenghua's subversive conjecture being confirmed by most of the time is also gradually dissipating. After most scientific researchers digested and accepted this conjecture, the situation became calm. I just don't know how many people have found new research directions and how many research directions have to give up.

This is the significance of the existence of genius scientists in today's era. Although they can no longer promote the development of the entire scientific system or even the entire discipline with their own strength, they can point out the forward direction and allow many scientific researchers to find the right path. Their work will in turn become the basis for genius scientists to make the next judgment. In this way, many scientific researchers can work together to ultimately promote the progress of science and expand the knowledge of mankind.

At this moment, there are still about 280 days left before the calculation of the shady curtain touches the earth.

In the past two months, there have been at least 3,000 teams in the scientific community, and nearly 50,000 professional scientific researchers have joined the research in the direction proposed by Xu Zhenghua. As for various peripheral teams, logistics support personnel, etc., there are more, and the number is too large to count.
Chapter completed!