Chapter 130: The Disappearance of Wu Fan (Part 2)
"We have only captured... three photons."
Upon hearing this from Zeng Gu Cheng.
Lin Ziming's breath caught suddenly, his scalp tingling with unease.
Although he couldn't comprehend the first half of Zeng Gu Cheng's words, he understood the last two sentences.
Zeng Gu Cheng's meaning was clear:
The number of photons corresponds to the number of wavebands.
Throughout the process, Zhuo Yuanxin's entanglement source emitted three photons, so normally only three amplitude occurrences should appear on the screen, which means three red wavebands.
But right now...
Before their eyes, six red lines appeared on the screen, six amplitude occurrences.
Exactly double the original three!
So where did these extra three wavebands come from?
In an instant.
An overwhelming desire to know and an unnamed feeling of shock filled Lin Ziming's chest, causing him to utter a heartfelt question:
"What the hell?"
Zeng Gu Cheng: "...."
At this moment, the renowned physicist suddenly missed his disciple Zhuo Yuanxin, although his somewhat slow-witted apprentice was not as lively as Wang Qiang.
But he was at least someone he could communicate with in the industry.
It wasn't that he was snobbish or prejudiced.
But after all, as the saying goes, different fields can be as far apart as mountains. Take a look at his surroundings to see what kinds of expertise were there:
A wealthy woman in the field of biology who loved to make sarcastic remarks,
A sociologist who would drink goji berry tea and practice Ma's holistic wellness at three o'clock every day religiously,
A humanities scholar in the realm of trade who frequently used the phrase "Don't say you weren't warned,"
And a soldier who was a courier on the side, a blood-drawing... passionate warrior.
All of them were outsiders to physics, knowing nothing about it.
Oh, and finally there was a native from the Damo Realm, Wei Niandong.
As for this kid, let's not even mention him. His understanding of physics was limited to knowing that there was a remarkable character named Faraday, and if his ancestors had Faraday's abilities, they might have survived the Thunder Tribulation during Core Formation...
Thinking of this.
Zeng Gu Cheng sighed resignedly, and pulled up an image resembling a thermogram:
"This is the fluctuation data detected by our high-dimensional Bell state observation loop, with Zhou Bi's assistance, we obtained the analytical expression of the energy transfer efficiency in the X-shaped initial state scenario."
What Zeng Gu Cheng referred to as the analytical expression of energy transfer efficiency in the X-shaped initial state scenario.
Is actually an application of a quantum concept in the photosynthesis model, strictly speaking, it falls within the realm of biology with Wang Qiang and Lin Li.
However, under certain circumstances, this expression can also be used to analyze photons.
Because the intrinsic energy of a binary photon system and a dimer are somewhat similar—at least in calculations.
Overall.
This expression is related to the mixing angle, damping function, and the intrinsic energy of the dimer.
The nature of these three points doesn't require classmates to delve too deeply; just know that they are precisely the data collected by the Bell state observation loop.
Unfortunately.
Due to inadequate observation and recording conditions—after all, Yang Bolin couldn't just let them act freely, and the time for collecting data was extremely limited.
So Zeng Gu Cheng and his team could only use the simulation of three photon movements to reverse predict and estimate the energy in the teleportation array at a given moment.
This was indeed very, very inaccurate.
Because under normal circumstances, information from at least four thousand to ten thousand photons is required to complete this calculation.
It's like building a house; you need at least several thousand or even tens of thousands of bricks to build a durable little house.
But given the special circumstances, being able to experience a teleportation array even once is quite a rarity now, so there's no need to pursue the trivial things.
Make do with a small house built with wood and straw.
Then Zeng Gu Cheng said to Lin Ziming:
"Colonel Lin, according to our reverse deduction of this expression, we have identified several vector angles—that is, the approximate directions of the other three amplitude occurrences."
Lin Ziming's subconscious told him that the origins of these three amplitude occurrences were important, so he stared intently at Zeng Gu Cheng and asked:
"Academician Zeng, where did they come from?"
Upon hearing this, Zeng Gu Cheng showed a trace of undiminished shock in his eyes.
He continued to open an image.
Unlike the previous times, this time the image was not a model or statistical graph, but a clear real-life photograph.
He pointed with his hand: "Right here!"
Only to see the location he was pointing to....
Was indeed a spot where Wu Fan once mentioned mysterious runes!
Then Zeng Gu Cheng took a deep breath and explained:
"According to our calculations, the other three amplitude occurrences came from the positions of mysterious runes."
"Colonel Lin, do you know what this means?"
This means that these runes actually played the role of a classical channel! The teleportation array in the Damo Realm actually complies with relativity!"
A very simple concept was mentioned before.
That is, as long as classical channels appear, such as optical fiber cables and other transmission equipment, the speed of information dissemination will certainly not exceed the speed of light.
The specific reason has already been explained with the friction of sleeves.
And these mysterious runes can be detected in the amplitude of the entangled state. Their fundamental composition and operational rules are currently unknown, but their nature is consistent with classical channels.
This can explain two things:
1. The transmission speed of the teleportation array will not exceed the speed of light, and it is not a concept of space slicing.
2. These runes might very well be the key to the previously mentioned, long-stagnant 'Three Lives of All Things'!
Seeing this scene.
It's unclear how Newton would feel, but at least Einstein should be able to pull up his coffin lid and reveal a gratifying smile.
Without a doubt.
This teleportation experiment was a very successful one, gathering a large amount of crucial information.
And it established a possibly arduous process, but as long as it is followed through, it is bound to succeed in a particular direction.
More importantly, it proved that on a macroscopic concept, Damo Realm and Earth actually adhere to certain rules the same way.
Things like splitting the void with ten thousand pounds of force are absolutely impossible in Damo Realm.
In fact, this was not the first time the rabbits discovered that the two worlds have consistent rules, indicating that there must be some unknown reason behind this.
And to obtain the above information.
The rabbits paid the price of six thousand Spirit Stones, over twenty million photonic pathways, and the disappearance of Wu Fan.
After speaking of this serious matter.
Zeng Gu Cheng seemed to think of something, mumbled a few words, and said to Lin Ziming:
"Colonel Lin, actually I have a small guess about Wu Fan's disappearance. I can't guarantee it's correct, but theoretically, there is some possibility."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ziming immediately looked at him.
Wang Qiang, on the other hand, quickly asked:
"Academician Zeng, what did you think of?"
Zeng Gu Cheng pondered for a while and said:
"Everyone remembers, right? This time, Xiaozhuo carried an entangled source composed of a six-photon system, with high fidelity and stability.
If there is no external influence, I can assert it is currently the most stable type of entangled source — globally, regardless of the technology being overt or covert.
But the most stable, often means that the consequences of its structural damage would be more severe and more unknown.
Like a hundred-story skyscraper, usually unaffected by storms, but once something happens, the consequences would be unimaginable.
As everyone saw in the previous image, due to the influence of three mysterious runes, our Bell state observation ring collected six amplitudes.
And the amplitudes of the three runes came from different directions.
In other words, counting our photonic pathways, there were a total of four classical channels appearing in the teleportation array at the time.
So I was thinking... could it be that some kind of interaction appeared between these six amplitudes, which subsequently affected Wu Fan's photon receiving source, namely, the concept of observation was influenced by entanglement.
In this case, the randomness and uncertainty at the quantum level were magnified, ultimately leading to Wu Fan being teleported to some unknown area..."
Zeng Gu Cheng's explanation was somewhat profound, a more straightforward metaphor would be:
Zhuo Yuanxin is an upstream tributary, while Wu Fan is the downstream formed by multiple tributaries converging.
One day, Zhuo Yuanxin's tributary remained clear, but several other tributaries experienced erosion, eventually causing the "great river" of Wu Fan to become turbid as well.
Zhuo Yuanxin and his group as the upstream were not affected and therefore carried out the teleportation normally.
But the originally pure water flowing to the downstream intersection (referring to the three photons transmitted) instantly transformed from pure water to sewage after mixing with other sewage, resulting in a drastic change in nature, which is the severe consequence Zeng Gu Cheng mentioned of a structural breakdown.
Thus, Wu Fan, as the information aggregation point, ended up suffering, academically known as the unlucky one.
Thinking of this.
Lin Ziming suddenly fell silent.
Although he didn't quite understand terms like observation and interaction, he understood one thing:
Wu Fan was likely caught up in an accident due to receiving photon information.
And according to the original plan of the command center.
Aside from Wu Fan, who was responsible for long-distance photon reception in the team, there was another person:
And that was the second in line, pretending to be the 'host', which was him, Lin Ziming.
Lin Ziming recalled the situation at the time:
Several people's positions were fixed at that time, with Lin Ziming and Ma Ning restraining Yang Bolin on the right side — because Zhuo Yuanxin placed the observation ring on the left side, this positioning could block Yang Bolin's view and prevent any visual peeping with the help of the special forces body of Liu Ming for complete physical obstruction.
And Wu Fan, due to his relatively low-profile identity, could be moved at any time by Ma Ning with excuses like "Xiaowu, can you help/check for any omissions" — since Lin Ziming was the host and Ma Ning, a shopkeeper, couldn't possibly command the host.
Adding that Wu Fan had already become a trustworthy member, he became the first-in-line receiver.
The command center placed him in a central position.
Compared to the right-side Lin Ziming, the distance was closer to the left.
That is to say.
Lin Ziming was equivalent to a backup, who, under normal circumstances, could only watch Wu Fan have interactions with the photons.
So upon learning that Wu Fan might have disappeared due to receiving photon information being entangled...
Lin Ziming was silent for a moment and then asked Zeng Gu Cheng:
"Academician Zeng, are you saying...
Wu Fan's disappearance actually had little to do with him personally, and if I were the first in line to receive, then it would likely have been me who got into trouble this time?"
Zeng Gu Cheng sighed and said slowly:
"That's right."