Chapter 111: Star Chasing Journey (Part 31)
If viewed from a third-person perspective, the flying car at this moment resembled a small fish leaping out of the galaxy.
Then, the entire flying car, including Liu Sheng herself, suddenly lost its form.
But Liu Sheng could still feel her own existence, though she didn't know in what form she was existing.
She was still moving along her original trajectory, ascending.
As her perspective continued to rise, she witnessed a sight incomprehensible to her dimension, a sight she would never forget in her lifetime.
Beneath the endlessly stretching starry sky were countless hazy small squares, like a boundless chessboard.
Each small square contained identical villages, forests, and mountains, and the black dots were also of the same size and located in the same position within each square.
However, black spots would occasionally appear abruptly on these squares, and their appearance was random, making each square not entirely similar.
“These must be the ‘boxes’ I thought of, right?”
“How many are there, exactly?”
“And how many of me exist within them?”
“The number of these Small Worlds is beyond your comprehension.”
A voice suddenly echoed in the Void Realm.
The voice sounded somewhat familiar; Liu Sheng had been fortunate enough to hear it twice in the Science Museum .
“Professor Tang,” Liu Sheng said calmly.
“You are very calm,” Professor Tang’s voice rang out again, but only her voice was heard, not her person seen.
“Because I can’t imagine anyone else being here besides you,” Liu Sheng said, “And, are you still human? No offense.”
“No matter, that’s a very interesting question.” Through Professor Tang’s voice, it could be heard that she was in a very good mood at the moment, “If you consider a human to be in your form, then I am not human.”
“But I don’t believe I no longer belong to humanity.”
Liu Sheng raised her gaze, looking up at the profound Void Realm: “May I see what you look like?”
“You may. But I cannot appear before you completely, because I am not in the same high dimension as you; I can only let you see a glimpse.”
“However, you should have already guessed my appearance.”
Subsequently, within the cold, dark Void Realm, an immensely vast figure slowly emerged as a layer of outline from the darkness.
Like a ghost in the Universe, it stood silently, yet carried an undeniable sense of oppression.
Just by seeing this one outline, Liu Sheng already felt her breathing halt.
Fortunately, she didn't need to breathe at the moment.
This figure gradually revealed its specific form in the darkness: a sharp and elongated head, with its tail strangely radiating outwards, like countless twisted tentacles or waves Transmigration through dimensions, impossible to observe.
The design drawings in Professor Tang’s basement depicted precisely this appearance.
But the true existence was more transcendent and unknowable than on paper.
The surface of the colossal object was covered with thick mucus, bristling with sharp and dense small thorns, looking both prickly and sticky.
From a distance, these sharp thorns formed patterns that Liu Sheng could not comprehend; they seemed to be characters, yet also symbols, filled with a mysterious ancient aura.
Liu Sheng knew she must have seen these patterns on the blueprints, but she couldn't recall a single detail.
As she tried to concentrate, to grasp the full extent of this existence little by little, its entire form began to twist and transform in her consciousness, as if existing in a dimension she could not reach.
This was an existence beyond human comprehension.
She longed to truly see and understand it.
But at the same time, she felt a deep fear within her heart.
She could only tremble and widen her eyes in her consciousness, wanting to see more clearly, more deeply…
“Foolish child, you cannot look any longer,” Professor Tang sighed.
The colossal existence re-entered the dark Void Realm, as if it had never appeared, everything merely Liu Sheng's imagination.
“We can converse in a form you can understand.”
With a snap of fingers, Liu Sheng’s feet touched solid ground.
With another snap, she found herself sitting in a hexagonal pavilion suspended above an endless galaxy, with a stone stool beneath her, a stone table in front of her, on which sat a pot of hot tea and two steaming teacups.
The teacup opposite was gently lifted by a fair, plump hand and brought to a rosy lip.
Above the red lips was a plump nose, and above that, a pair of smiling eyes; her entire face was as fair as a silver plate, looking very pleasant and naturally inviting.
Just by looking at her face, the woman seemed to be around forty years old.
But Liu Sheng estimated that Professor Tang must be an ancient figure by now.
Yes, the woman before her was precisely the colossal being who had just revealed a corner of her true form in the Void Realm—Professor Tang.
She was adorned with an exquisite coiffure, her head full of tinkling hairpins, her figure somewhat plump, dressed in a crimson brocade palace gown embroidered with large peonies, vibrant and opulent.
“How is it? I even dressed up according to your world’s attire.”
Professor Tang fiddled with the golden hairpins dangling by her face, quite pleased with herself.
Liu Sheng nodded, commenting, “Very dazzling.”
“Very opulent.”
“Very vibrant.”
Liu Sheng and her inner selves shared their opinions.
“You can try it. I simulated the taste of the most popular Cloud Mist Tea in your world,” Professor Tang poured herself another cup of tea, motioning for Liu Sheng to take a sip of the tea in front of her.
Unfortunately, Liu Sheng had never tasted Cloud Mist Tea nor understood tea. She only found the tea fragrant and refreshing, leaving a lingering taste, but she couldn't discern much more.
Professor Tang looked a bit disappointed by Liu Sheng’s reaction.
However, she wasn't truly there to invite Liu Sheng for tea.
“You are the first to come here and speak with me face-to-face.”
“Are you going to praise me for being smart?!”
“It’s not impossible.”
“Is the classic plot about to begin?”
Professor Tang pursed her red lips and smiled.
“You are indeed very smart.”
Liu Sheng was embarrassed: “You can hear me… us talking?”
“To me, every one of you is sitting in front of me, speaking,” Professor Tang said, looking into Liu Sheng’s eyes, “So you still can’t understand high dimension, but it’s okay, you don’t need to face it for now.”
Liu Sheng noticed the word: “For now?”
“If it weren’t for reaching a dead end, who would want to become a wanderer in a high dimension world?” Professor Tang chuckled forlornly, stroking the peony pattern on the teacup.
“high dimension world, high dimension products, and… my high dimension analysis, what is the relationship between all these?”
“We can start by explaining what ‘high dimension’ is.” Professor Tang was very willing to clear Liu Sheng’s doubts, “Didn’t you try your best to come up and talk to me because you wanted to know all the answers?”
“Yes, that is indeed one of the reasons.”
“You should know my ‘Rotten Apple’ theory, right? It’s a major theory in quantum physics. If I hadn’t… been too busy to publish papers, and if the committee hadn’t been blind and refused oral theories, I should have won the Federal Glass Physics Prize that year.”
Professor Tang ignored the clamoring doubts in Liu Sheng’s mind.
“You should now basically understand what space-time dimensions are, right?”
“Yes.” Liu Sheng nodded. Through things like “A Million Whys” and “Elementary School Students Learn Quantum Mechanics,” she had basically grasped these concepts.
However, Professor Tang, after all, was a “Universe Mystery Mentor” and “Interstellar Scientist” who loved to teach, and she still hoped Liu Sheng could learn more.
The most important thing was that she missed the joy of teaching and educating back then.
“Given the level of scientific theory in your world, I think you still wouldn’t quite understand even if you read my book. It’s better if I explain it to you in detail.”
Professor Tang’s eyes were filled with fervor. With a wave of her hand, a set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone appeared on the table.
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