The scheduled continued meeting did not take place because the five people in the spacecraft now had new issues to discuss.
That is...where exactly are they in time now.
According to the atomic clock carried by the spacecraft, the time node they were at should be less than an hour before departure.
But this is obviously the wrong time.
Because regardless of whether relative time in the transcendent space will stand still or cycle in a relatively imaginary concept of time, they cannot change or affect the time sequence of the spacecraft's atomic clock.
What's more, the atomic clock is an objectively existing thing that can be affected and changed, so it was ruled out first.
So at what point in time are Su Wanxia and the other five people?
"I think, regardless of whether Brother Chen's prediction is true or false, we can see it clearly as long as we return to the vicinity of the earth? Do you think so? Isn't this a very simple problem that can be solved?" Chu Xiaoming was very happy Think about it.
Shen Yinuo shook his head and said: "No, this is not simple at all."
Chu Xiaoming's smile was stiff, probably because he didn't expect that the first person to tear him down would be Shen Yinuo.
"Yes, whether from a chronological perspective or from our current situation, we can no longer make any rash moves." Yan Sichen gave his opinion.
"What do you mean?" Chu Xiaoming asked.
"I suggest shutting down the spacecraft engine until the problem is clarified before deciding whether to return."
"Ah?" Chu Xiaoming was dumbfounded.
"I don't agree." Su Wanxia made a decision immediately.
"You don't agree? Why?" Xian Qianhua asked.
"There's no reason, we just can't stop here. We don't have time to waste." Su Wanxia didn't intend to explain in detail.
Xian Qianhua said, "A waste of time? Why do I think that the most important thing we lack is time? Imagine if the spacecraft runs out of fuel and flies back to the earth but no one can support us, then we can only wait to die. Yet?"
"That's what I say, but even if we don't do anything, will someone come to save us?" Shen Yinuo still prefers Su Wanxia.
Xian Qianhua said: "What do you mean? Aren't we discussing?"
"We are discussing a problem, but the problem is obviously not solved by imagination, don't you think?" Shen Yinuo and Xian Qianhua were tit for tat.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Chu Xiaoming immediately persuaded him to make peace: "Hey, hey, don't be anxious, everyone. Anyway, the supplies we have now are enough for the five of us to last for a year and a half, so we can take our time if we have anything to say. Say it, say it slowly."
After Xian Qianhua and Shen Yinuo heard this, they calmed down a little and finally gave Chu Xiaoming some face.
At this moment, Yan Sichen suddenly said something else: "Miss Shen is right, imagination cannot solve the problem, but three years ago the Shanhai National Space Station implemented a preliminary plan to explore Mars, code-named 'Fengying'. A simple description of this plan is to deliver supplies to a predetermined area before sending out the Mars exploration team, and the detection robot will build a camp in the target area first. The "Abundance" plan that I personally participated in has been carried out three times, and all three times It succeeded, so...if we change course and head towards Mars now, we can settle in the camp, so that we can last for at least ten years."
"Ten... ten years?" Chu Xiaoming really didn't know what happened on the Shanhai. After all, they were not in the same department before.
"Yes, ten years." Yan Sichen was sure of what he was talking about.
But Su Wanxia said again: "Why don't you leave the earth and go back to that barren land of Mars? Are you so sure that there is nothing left on the earth?"
Yan Sichen said seriously: "I'm not sure, but based on the 'Arrow of Time' theory, I think it is more beneficial for us to go to Mars."
"What arrow?" Chu Xiaoming was stunned.
Xian Qianhua was delighted: "Xiaoming, your academic qualifications are fake, right? You don't even know this?"
Chu Xiaoming's face turned red and he argued: "I am majoring in data system maintenance and management. It is normal for me not to understand these time and space."
Xian Qianhua stopped talking, but her smile remained.
Yan Sichen explained: "The 'Arrow of Time' is actually very easy to understand. It's just like if you choose a direction, such as south, you keep going south. No matter how far you go, as long as you turn around, you can go north again. Then follow this
According to a theory, in 'virtual time', the development of things is moving forward. As human beings who can master self-awareness, should they regret at any time and retreat at any time?"
"This...of course it can't be done. Could it be that if the cup is broken, it can recover on its own?" Chu Xiaoming said.
"Yes, this is the 'Arrow of Time' theory. Although we can't see time and don't know what it looks like, time affects us all the time. Moreover, we can only remember the past, but we don't know what it looks like.
Methods to define the future are just like when we choose a direction to move forward in reality, we can only move forward but cannot retreat. If you explain it this way, can you understand my previous concerns? "
"Oh...I understand...but by saying so much, don't you just want to say that there is no regret in the world and that we should be more cautious? In data analysis, this is called the optimal solution."
Yan Sichen was stunned when he heard this, then smiled slightly and said: "Yes, you are right, I was showing off."
"Uh, no, no, no, I'm just thinking about it after the fact. What about the sunset? I'm the most undecided right now. If you say you want to go to Earth, I'll accompany you."
Su Wanxia glanced at Chu Xiaoming gratefully and then said: "Thank you Xiaoming, but... Yan Sichen's words reminded me... maybe we should stop first."
"Huh? You changed your mind and went to Mars so quickly?"
"No, we're not going anywhere, at least within a week, and we're not going anywhere before we get results." Su Wanxia stood up and went to the cockpit.
Shen Yinuo stood up and followed him.
Chu Xiaoming and Xian Qianhua were still sitting in the restaurant.
After a while, the spacecraft stopped.
…
The discussion enters the second stage.
"The atomic clock cannot be used as a reference. Now unless we can contact the space station or Xinghan ground base, we have no way to determine the current specific time." Shen Yinuo first put the situation on the table.
"No, those are not important now." Su Wanxia seemed to be a different person after she came back. He stood up, took out a cup from the cabinet, put it in front of everyone and said, "We must first determine whether we are still here.
In the universe we all know."
"How to be sure?" Chu Xiaoming asked.
Su Wanxia pushed the cup down the table without saying a word.
With a crisp sound, affected by the gravity system of the spacecraft, the ceramic tea cup made through the reaction of high temperature and soil shattered.
Everyone was stunned, except Su Wanxia.
"Damn it! You are such a prodigal! Why did you suddenly drop the cup?" Chu Xiaoming hurriedly stood up and planned to clean some, but Su Wanxia stopped him and said: "As everyone can see, no one expected what was going to happen next.
The cup broke, right?"
Everyone nodded.
But Su Wanxia still asked Yan Sichen one more question: "Are you sure?"
Yan Sichen did not speak this time.
Everyone was surprised by Su Wanxia's behavior, but no one asked questions.
Seeing that Yan Sichen didn't answer, Su Wanxia explained: "Just like the concept of 'time arrow' that Brother Chen explained to us just now, we can only remember the past, not the future, so you didn't know that I was planning to do this before I smashed the cup.
Even if you do it, you won’t know how the cup will break after it hits the ground, right?”
"Yes, yes, but what next? What kind of medicine is in your gourd?" Chu Xiaoming was anxious.
"Okay, if this is the consensus, then why is it? Why can the cup only be broken but cannot be reassembled by itself?"
Su Wanxia looked at Xian Qianhua, who started playing video games without interest.
Looking at Yan Sichen again, he nodded thoughtfully, but did not express an opinion.
As for Shen Yinuo, he was sulking.
When seeing Su Wanxia's incomprehensible expression, Shen Yinuo gave them both a big eye roll.
Only Chu Xiaoming, a professional actor, asked very cooperatively: "Yes, why? I thought it was nothing before, but when you think about it carefully, it's a bit strange?"
"Yes, it is strange, but not strange either."
"Hey? Don't get around me. I hate this concept of both positive and negative meanings."
"No, this is not circumstantial. The reason why a broken teacup cannot reorganize itself is because the reorganization first violates the second law of thermodynamics, and this law can be expressed as the degree of disorder or entropy in any closed system always increases with time.
In other words, the fact that the cup is broken and cannot be restored is a form of Murphy's Law, and what Murphy's Law is about is..."
"Things are always getting worse! I know this!" Chu Xiaoming finally caught up with the rhythm.
"Yes, the continuous deepening from a highly ordered state to a disordered state is the core concept of Murphy's Law. A broken cup is a change from highly ordered objects to disorder, and what drives this change is the arrow of time."
"Hey? Isn't it your hand?" Chu Xiaoming was stunned.
Yan Sichen and Shen Yinuo were stunned, and both looked at this talent.
Xian Qianhua even burst into laughter.
Su Wanxia was also dumbfounded because he didn't know how to answer Chu Xiaoming's question.
Chu Xiaoming looked at several people innocently and said, "What? Did I say something wrong again?"
"Well... you are right. It was indeed me who pushed the cup down. But everything in the universe is affected by time. From when I decided to push down the cup to when I took action, and then to
The cup changes from order to disorder. This process proves the concept of the arrow of time. Is this clear?"
"Well...it's clear...but is this related to the problem we are facing now?"
"Yes, but it will take some time to verify."
"How to verify?" Chu Xiaoming realized at this moment that even if he followed Su Wanxia's train of thought, he still couldn't guess what he was going to do next.
Su Wanxia glanced at Yan Sichen intentionally or unintentionally, then pointed to the cup on the ground and said, "Let's see if it can be returned to the table."
"Hey?! No way? Can it really come back?" Chu Xiaoming lowered his head and looked carefully. The cup broke into more than a dozen pieces and scattered all over the floor. If it could recover on its own, it would be a miracle. .
Su Wanxia was not sure either, but he had reason to suspect that the time and space where the five of him and his party were now were out of order.
why?
Su Wanxia didn't explain this, but as soon as he saw the person in front of him, he became more convinced.
Shen Yinuo seemed to notice the details in Su Wanxia's eyes, so she asked: "Wanxia, according to you, the time arrow that affects the cup can be divided into the psychological time arrow, the thermodynamic time arrow and the cosmological time arrow. , as long as any two of these three arrows are chosen to develop in the same direction, they will naturally affect the state of the third arrow, thereby ensuring the uniqueness and certainty of the direction of the time arrow. And if these are certain, why do you doubt us? Is there something wrong with the time and space we are in?”
Su Wanxia fell silent after being struck by the words, but her eyes were fixed on Yan Sichen and Xian Qianhua who were sitting opposite him.
Yan Sichen was still thinking with his head down, while Xian Qianhua was stuck at a certain level and kept trying.
Neither of them looked at Su Wanxia.
After noticing this, Shen Yinuo asked Su Wanxia: "Wanxia, tell me the truth. Are you hiding something from the two of us?"
Chu Xiaoming was a little confused about the situation. He could only look at Su Wanxia and wait for his next words.
After Su Wanxia was silent for a long time, she suddenly stood up and decided to leave.
But at this moment, a strange and shocking scene appeared.
As soon as the lights in the restaurant dimmed, the spacecraft was launched.
Chu Xiaoming was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up alertly and said: "Holy crap! Is there anyone else on the spaceship?"
Shen Yinuo also stood up, but what she said was...
"It doesn't have to be a human being."
"Huh?!!!!" Chu Xiaoming's hair stood up when he heard this.
But Su Wanxia looked at the lights and said, "Don't be nervous, there are no other people on this spaceship, and there are no aliens."
"So? Then what's going on?"
Su Wanxia lowered her head and looked at the broken cup and said: "Time and space are out of order, the arrow has lost its direction, and we can't go anywhere."
"Hey?! No way?!" Chu Xiaoming also lowered his head to look at the cup, and then noticed that Yan Sichen and Xian Qianhua seemed to be very calm from beginning to end.
This can't help but make people suspicious.
"Hey, you two, why are you so calm and composed?" Chu Xiaoming asked with a frown.
Yan Sichen came back to his senses after hearing this. He looked at Chu Xiaoming blankly, then smiled slightly and said: "No, I just feel that I can't help much, so I won't cause trouble."
This sounds like an excuse no matter what.
Let alone Su Wanxia and Shen Yinuo, Chu Xiaoming felt something was wrong after hearing this.
At this time Xian Qianhua spoke, she put down the crystal plate, then looked at Su Wanxia and said: "Hey, I said, don't hide it from your two friends. If there is anything, everyone can talk about it on the table. Save yourself the trouble of thinking nonsense by yourself."
It was finally revealed.
Now Su Wanxia can no longer hide it.
Chu Xiaoming and Shen Yinuo looked at the person next to them at the same time.
Shen Yinuo said: "Wanxia! What do you have to hide? You don't even trust us anymore?"
Chu Xiaoming immediately agreed: "That's right! Tell me about you, but I still call you Brother Wanxia as if you are a relative! How about you, are you always on guard against your brother and me?"
When Su Wanxia heard this, she rolled her eyes at Chu Xiaoming and said, "Young master, you are four months younger than me, and you still claim to be your brother."
"Hey, I already said it's a matter of changing your household registration. Besides...is this the point? Say it quickly! I'm warning you! Leniency will be given if you confess! Strict if you resist! If you tell me now, the organization will consider giving it to you. A chance to reform! If someone tells you, you will never let Yinuo and I trust you again!" Chu Xiaoming's mouth really has a talent for cross talk. Su Wanxia was almost annoyed when he was scolded. died.
Shen Yinuo couldn't listen anymore. She immediately pinched Chu Xiaoming, and the brother finally became quiet.
Xian Qianhua looked at the Coke, and like a magic trick, she took out a lollipop and ate it.
Yan Sichen also transformed into a melon-eating crowd... and there was actually a small pile of melon seed shells on the table.
Being forced into this situation, Su Wanxia had nothing to hide.
but……
Before explaining the truth, Su Wanxia took out the weapon she had prepared from her waist and pointed the gun at Xian Qianhua and Yan Sichen who were sitting in front of him.
When they saw the gun, Chu Xiaoming and Shen Yinuo were both stunned, but when they heard Su Wanxia's words, their surprise shifted to the two people opposite.
"Tell me, who are you?"
Yan Sichen and Xian Qianhua were not surprised at all when they saw the gun, especially Yan Sichen. He dropped the melon seeds in his hand, patted his clothes and stood up, saying: "Before we answer, why don't we tell the two people next to you what you saw? Bar?"
Su Wanxia did not put down her gun, nor did she speak.
Chu Xiaoming was stunned for a moment, and then asked hurriedly: "Yes... yes! Sunset, did you see something when you went out to collect data that day but didn't tell us?"
Although Shen Yinuo had expected it, Su Wanxia had been hiding it from her. She also wanted to know what Su Wanxia had experienced.
"Say it!" Shen Yinuo was anxious.
Su Wanxia opened the safety lock, pointed the gun at Yan Sichen's eyebrows and said: "That day... I opened the door of the escape cabin..."
…
"Can you dance?"
"I know a little bit, what, do you want to invite me?"
"Yes, I find that compared to all the stars in this universe, you are still the brightest."
"Oh ho? Are you good at talking? Well, I accept your invitation."
This may be the first time the two have been so close since their disaster.
Close enough to feel each other's breathing, close enough to hear each other's heartbeats clearly...
"Take your time, we have plenty of time now."
"Um."
Accompanied by the melodious music, in the narrow stage, they swayed gently to the music until the scene was frozen...
…
"You have been dead for a long time... you were holding each other when you died, as if you were still dancing... This is everything I saw, this is the truth I saw!" Su Wanxia said and took out a gun. , the gun was pointed at Xian Qianhua, who was about to get up: "Sit down and don't move!!"