After calming down for a while, Chaoying picked up the draft paper with one hand and rubbed the center of his brow with the other hand, his expression still solemn.
Although Gu Zhuo was still shocked for a while, he finally calmed down.
"What about the other formulas? Have they really not found their use? Or are they all the same as this one for calculating pi, containing truths about the world that we simply cannot accept?"
He asked, staring at the lines of formulas on the draft paper for a moment, as if trying to find something from them.
Chaoying shook his head:
"No, and to be honest, I don't dare to look for the truth behind them anymore. I'm afraid that there is something more terrifying hidden behind them. These patterns come out of the blue and are inexplicable, as if they were really sent by someone.
Same.
"It's like playing a game. After clearing a dungeon, after opening the dungeon reward, you will get a boosting weapon sent by the planner."
Chaoying gave the simplest example.
"well..."
Hearing this, Gu Zhuo could only sigh.
Although I have always had such speculation in my heart, I still can't accept it until the day it is confirmed.
In order to ease the current atmosphere, Chaoying smiled reluctantly, stretched out his hands to hug Gu Zhuo, and said:
"Don't worry too much, at least the guy hiding behind hasn't interfered too much yet. Maybe he just built such a world, but doesn't want to interfere at all?
"And I haven't discovered the uses of other formulas yet. They may be used at key nodes of scientific and technological breakthroughs. Nothing is certain yet."
Listening to Chao Ying's comfort, Gu Zhuo looked at her, reached out and hugged her back:
"You're right. No matter what, even if we are destined to be ants, even if our lives are like straw, we just have to try our best to survive."
"Um."
Chaoying nodded in his arms and continued to ask:
"By the way, do you want to tell Jia Sheng and the others about the discovery of this formula?"
After hearing this question, Gu Zhuo thought for a while and finally shook his head:
"No, telling them means nothing. It will only cause panic and despair. All we have to do is pretend not to know anything and keep everything as usual."
"good."
The two hugged each other for a while, Chao Ying's hair was wet and hit Gu Zhuo's shoulders, leaving a few light water stains on his clothes.
After a moment of silence, Chaoying recalled the night sky he saw last night.
There are many stars twinkling in that night sky, which is completely different from the night sky in the city in the past. In the night sky in the city, stars are rarely visible, and they are usually dark blue, as if they are covered by a curtain.
But in the night sky last night, the stars were so shining, spinning brightly bit by bit, emitting the brilliance of the stars.
Because of the discovery of the formula just now, Chaoying's mind is now open.
Could it be that those stars, those radiances that have traveled through hundreds of millions of years, are also false?
She let go of Gu Zhuo, looked at him, and asked suddenly:
"Have you ever heard of the dark forest theory?"
"Dark Forest? I've heard of it."
Gu Zhuo nodded.
The so-called dark forest theory means that once a certain cosmic civilization is discovered, it will inevitably be attacked by other cosmic civilizations.
Just like in a dark forest, countless civilizations represent countless different hunters. As the number of hunters increases, the forest is exploited and becomes increasingly barren, while the hunters' guns become harder and harder.
In order to compete for limited resources and avoid becoming the prey of others, every hunter is cautious. And every hunter who shoots in the forest will naturally become the target of public criticism and be marked or even attacked by other hunters.
This is a very famous and well understood theory of the universe.
"What's wrong with this theory? If that formula can prove that pi is a number that can be calculated, then we are false. How can other civilizations be our enemies? From beginning to end, this is unique to us
It’s just an earth sandbox game.”
Gu Zhuo couldn't understand.
"Because now I have a conjecture in my mind that is more terrifying and more desperate than the dark forest."
Chaoying murmured in reply.
The inspiration for this conjecture also comes from that formula.
"Say, while my ability to accept is still high."
"The proposal of the Dark Forest has two basic axioms. The first point is that survival is the first need of civilization. The second point is that civilization continues to grow and expand, but the total amount of matter in the universe remains unchanged."
Chaoying explained to Gu Zhuo, and Gu Zhuo nodded from time to time while listening, showing that he was very engaged in what he was listening to.
"What you just said is right. We are like a large earth sandbox game. As long as it is not deliberately set by God, then it is very likely that the universe we live in actually has no enemies at all.
"There will be no hunters with guns competing with us for resources, and there will be no other extraterrestrial attacks. But this gave me a more terrifying concept and idea."
"You said it, I'm listening."
Gu Zhuo was a little impatient.
"Suppose there is a farm now, and a farmer raises a group of chickens. Every twelve o'clock at noon, he will come to feed the chickens. Before feeding the chickens, he will tap the railing twelve times to pull the chickens
Call over here.
"As time goes by, the chickens would come to the front of the farm every twelve o'clock, hearing the sound of the railings tapping, waiting for the farmer to feed them.
"At this time, the scientists in this group of chickens summarized and researched a rule, that is, at twelve o'clock, when the railing is knocked, food is coming. This rule has also become an iron rule among the chickens, and has been believed and spread.
There will never be any doubts.
"Until one day, at twelve o'clock at noon, the railing was knocked again, but this time, the farmer did not come to feed the chickens, but to slaughter them."
As soon as Chaoying finished speaking, cold sweat started to flow from Gu Zhuo's back.
How could he not know what the metaphor of the farmer and the chickens represented? This conjecture was too shocking and terrifying, and even a little disgusting.
"So, what the chickens see has always been false, the pattern does not exist at all, it is just the farmer's random behavior?"
"yes."
Chaoying nodded.
"The so-called universe theory is only applicable to civilizations with similar technological differences. But if it is the relationship between farmers and chickens, with such an absolute power gap and high-latitude crushing, often no theory or law is applicable.
of.
"Because you have no idea what the farmer is doing today. And the so-called summary and exploration are just the farmer tapping lightly on the railing, which doesn't mean anything.
"These random actions are still regarded as truth, sought after and admired by others. In the end, everything is wrong and everything is fake. Chickens will always be chickens, just like three-dimensional creatures can never understand higher-dimensional creatures.
What are you thinking about? Two dimensions can never express three dimensions."
After listening to Chaoying's words, Gu Zhuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead again and asked her:
"What is this conjecture called?"
"Farmer's Guess."
What the farmer refers to and what the chickens refer to are both clear in their minds.
But neither of them spoke anymore.
Recalling the beauty of the starry sky and what was hidden behind the rotating starry sky, Chaoying wished he had never had this suspicion.