Chapter 560: Is There Life in the Wormhole?

Yuezhou University, Academic Report Hall. Li Li Banfeng entered the venue to watch an academic debate.

This kind of debate was very rare at Yuezhou University and considered few and far between in the entire Da Huan Kingdom.

Normal academic exchange meetings invited several industry experts as guests to give reports in their areas of expertise. Even if there was a discussion session, it was under the guidance of the moderator to share experiences in the scientific research process.

Today's situation was completely different. There was no report session, and it went directly into exchange and exploration. The two main guests participating in the meeting had completely opposite views on many academic issues, and their exploration was very likely to evolve into a debate.

The main issue to be discussed today was the tidal gravity during the process of passing through a wormhole.

Li Li Banfeng found a seat in the back row of the venue and sat down.

Teacher Song was not sitting close to him. She had also achieved many scientific research results in the field of wormholes and was one of the guests of the exchange meeting. She sat in the front row and was ready to participate in the discussion.

On the podium, the absolute authority in the domestic wormhole field, 72-year-old Professor Yan Youjun, spoke first.

He didn't prepare courseware or speech materials, because in his view, today's topic was not worth any preparation.

"The tidal effect felt by a traveler when passing through a wormhole must be small enough; this is the basic requirement for a traversable wormhole. To be honest, I don't think such a topic has any significance for debate. Xiao Yu, what do you say?" Yan Youjun took a sip of tea and looked at 48-year-old Yu Yu Yaoming with a kind smile.

Forty-eight years old was not considered young in most fields, but in front of Yan Youjun, Yu Yu Yaoming had to put himself in the position of a junior.

"Not just him," a female student sitting to Li Li Banfeng's left adjusted her glasses and whispered to Li Li Banfeng, "In the domestic wormhole field, any academic point that does not conform to Yan Youjun's cognition is absurd, childish, and not worth debating."

Li Li Banfeng didn't look at this female student and didn't make any response. He continued to listen to old Professor Yan Youjun's explanation. The so-called tidal effect is the difference in gravity received by different parts of an object in a non-uniform gravitational field.

To give a simple example, a person hits a black hole head-on. The head is closer to the black hole, and the feet are farther away. The head receives greater gravity, and the feet receive relatively less gravity. At a certain distance, the gravitational difference is enough to tear a person apart. This is the tidal effect.

"Wormholes are the same," Yan Youjun took another sip of tea. "In extreme cases, the tidal effect of a wormhole is no different from a black hole. Most wormholes cannot have traversable conditions. Based on the above common sense,

I don't think there is any need for debate on this topic.

Of course, there are still many people at the scene whose concepts of wormholes are not very clear. I can do some popularization of basic knowledge for everyone here. The so-called wormhole is a narrow tunnel connecting two different spaces in the universe, also known as a spacetime thin tube, and is also a channel for long-distance space travel in a short period of time—"

Listening to Yan Youjun's explanation, the female student said to Li Li Banfeng again: "Look how disgusting he is. Knowing it's common sense, he still insists on explaining it in detail, as if he were explaining the solution formula of a quadratic equation to a mathematician, as if the other party were a student just starting out. Yan Youjun likes to use this method to suppress others and disgust others the most."

This method was indeed quite disgusting. At first, Li Li Banfeng felt Yan Youjun's explanation was easy to understand, and for a layman like him, it was quite friendly.

But after finishing the basic theory, he was going to talk about the history of wormhole research. From the wormhole concept first proposed by Austrian physicists at the beginning of the last century to the connection between general relativity and wormholes later, Yan Youjun kept using basic knowledge to teach a scientist who had achieved certain attainments in the academic field, just like an elder introducing the use of soy sauce to a famous chef.

"Wormholes have long ceased to be a fresh scientific research field. Countless sages have pointed out the direction for us. The effort we need to make is to find newer results in the correct direction, rather than wasting our precious time on meaningless disputes.

An undergraduate in the physics department can clearly state the concept of tidal effect. If this problem still needs to be discussed in a professional field, I think it is shameful and ridiculous!"

After nearly half an hour of basic knowledge explanation, the old professor finally clarified his point of view. In his view, Yu Yu Yaoming was just a clown who couldn't even understand basic knowledge.

The female student sitting beside Li Li Banfeng said to Li Li Banfeng: "If I remember correctly, you didn't continue your studies after graduating from undergraduate, right?"

Li Li Banfeng gave a dry laugh: "You still remember me?"

The female student laughed: "How could I not remember you? Since high school, how many times have I been rejected by you?"

This female student was named Fang Fang Yufei. She was a classmate of Li Li Banfeng in high school. In her sophomore year, she confessed to Li Li Banfeng once and was rejected by Li Li Banfeng.

After the college entrance examination, Fang Fang Yufei took the initiative to suggest wanting to sit at Li Li Banfeng's house, but was rejected by Li Li Banfeng again, because Li Li Banfeng was sleeping in a bridge hole at the time and it was inconvenient to receive guests.

Both of them were admitted to Yuezhou University, but they were not in the same major. During college, Fang Fang Yufei confessed to Li Li Banfeng three times and was rejected every time.

Until today, at the scene of the academic exchange meeting, Fang Fang Yufei could actually recognize Li Li Banfeng.

She had a very special feeling for Li Li Banfeng, but being able to recognize a cloud-based residential cultivator among the crowd was not a problem that could be explained by feelings alone.

Fang Fang Yufei looked at Li Li Banfeng with a smile. She hadn't seen him for more than two years, and she was still as beautiful as ever. She was the class flower in high school, and in the college era, in the School of Science, only Lu Lu Xiaolan and she were comparable.

But she was different from Lu Lu Xiaolan. Lu Lu Xiaolan passed all exams by the skin of her teeth, and some exams even required He He Jiaqing's help.

During her undergraduate period, Fang Fang Yufei's grades were the best in the entire School of Science. After postgraduate entrance exams, she became a graduate student at another well-known university in Yuezhou. Such an excellent girl never lacked pursuers by her side.

Right now, there was one by her side, named Han Han Yuelong. He and Fang Fang Yufei came from the same major but not the same supervisor. Han Han Yuelong came to listen to this academic exchange meeting today just to spend more time by Fang Fang Yufei's side.

Han Han Yuelong didn't know Li Li Banfeng, but hearing their conversation, he found that their relationship was not ordinary, so he specifically ridiculed Li Li Banfeng: "You just graduated from undergraduate? Then you'd better not come to this kind of exchange meeting. If you want to join the fun, you have to look at the occasion. There are too many things here that you simply can't understand."

Li Li Banfeng didn't make a sound. If it weren't for the fact that he had been tutored by Teacher Song during this period, there were indeed many things Li Li Banfeng couldn't understand.

Fang Fang Yufei turned to look at Han Han Yuelong: "Saying he can't understand, how much can you understand? Do you know more than him?"

Han Han Yuelong was a bit unconvinced: "I'm already a third-year graduate student, and this is my research direction. At the very least, I'm an insider. You compare me with an undergraduate?"

"An insider?" Fang Fang Yufei laughed, shaking her head while laughing. "You are not an insider. In this academic report hall, there are very few insiders; you can count them on one hand."

Han Han Yuelong was angry. Although he was actively pursuing Fang Fang Yufei, Fang Fang Yufei's words just now seemed to hurt his self-esteem: "Then according to your standards, to what extent can one be considered an insider?"

Fang Fang Yufei looked at the podium, her eyes full of respect and worship: "Listen to the interpretation of the insider; these things shouldn't have been known to you, but this is enough to benefit you for a lifetime."

After Yan Youjun's long lecture ended, another professor, 48-year-old Yu Yu Yaoming, finally had a chance to speak.

"The focus of today's discussion is whether the tidal effect felt by a traveler when passing through a wormhole must be small enough, which is a necessary condition for passing through a wormhole.

Just now Professor Yan said that if the tidal effect is too great, people will be torn into pieces and become the most basic particles when they get close to the wormhole. This sounds like a common sense problem,

but we have ignored another problem: what kind of state was this person who approached the wormhole in at that time?

What form was his life in? Under the condition that space is severely distorted, will his body still be affected by the tidal effect?"

Yan Youjun asked for the microphone from the moderator and interrupted Yu Yu Yaoming directly: "Are these statements of yours based on theoretical basis, or do they purely belong to whimsical imagination? If it's just your imagination, I don't need to waste time here with you."

Yu Yu Yaoming laughed: "Professor Yan, this is just a hypothesis I made during the research process. Of course, I have conducted a large amount of mathematical verification for this hypothesis. Although there are still problems in the derivation process of a part of the theory, the overall train of thought is very clear. For example—"

Yu Yu Yaoming just put his derivation process on the big screen, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yan Youjun again: "Don't think that you can solve all problems through mathematical proof. You can also prove that this world is two-dimensional through mathematics, but what is the significance of proving such a hypothesis?"

Fang Fang Yufei said with a gloomy face: "Ignorant old thing, interrupting others several times. Look how uneducated he is!"

Han Han Yuelong was surprised: "Professor Yan Youjun is an authority in this field, and he is internationally recognized.

How can you say he is ignorant?"

Fang Fang Yufei said mockingly: "He is only recognized by a group of laymen. He has lived in vain for so many years; he knows nothing about wormholes."

Han Han Yuelong said: "This is going too far. So many experts came to see Professor Yan today. You say he knows nothing? Could it be that so many experts are blind? Are they all fools?"

"Yes," Fang Fang Yufei nodded, looking at Han Han Yuelong first, then at Li Li Banfeng. "They are all blind, they are all fools, and you are the same, and I was the same in the past."

Fang Fang Yufei's gaze stayed on Li Li Banfeng: "I once thought you were so special, I once thought you were so different. Actually, you are no different from them; you are all so ignorant and stupid. I feel ashamed for myself, because I know too little about wisdom, about life, and about this world, so much so that I have always believed you were an extraordinary person, so much so that I wasted so much emotion and fantasy on you.

Fortunately, you are lucky. You came to the right place today. Use your eyes to witness, use your ears to listen, and carefully look at the power hidden in wisdom."

Han Han Yuelong felt that Fang Fang Yufei was very abnormal today; she was a bit too excited.

Li Li Banfeng didn't pay much attention to Fang Fang Yufei's state. He was carefully looking at Yu Yu Yaoming's courseware.

Yu Yu Yaoming displayed his derivation process section by section on the courseware: "In the life we know, there is a limit value for bearing the tidal effect. Exceeding this limit, the molecular structure of our body will be damaged.

This is a basic hypothesis based on our existing knowledge, because none of us have truly approached a wormhole, and no one knows what kind of changes will occur near the wormhole or even inside the wormhole.

If we change to another hypothesis, we might change from carbon-based life to silicon-based life. Our life form might break the current molecular structure, or even atomic structure, so as to adapt to the extreme changes near the wormhole,

Or our structure itself does not change, but under the influence of some kind of energy, negative energy density appears in the local area, making the environment near the wormhole relatively stable—"

Yan Youjun laughed and interrupted Yu Yu Yaoming again: "Professor Yu, did you think carefully about what you wanted to say before you came? Don't talk about atomic structure. Even if the molecular structure changes, can life still be called life?

If a living person is burned into ashes, do you think this person can still come back to life?"

"This metaphor is inappropriate," Yu Yu Yaoming continued to display the derivation process. "Burning a living person into ashes does not involve changes in the essence of space, while changes in the essence of space will bring adaptive evolution to the environment and life."

"You say evolution? With current human science, we cannot even restore the evolutionary history of life. You tell me that life will evolve near a wormhole. When you say this, don't you feel like a comedian?" Yan Youjun felt it was absurd, and he was also ready with more intense words.

Several experts watching the debate below couldn't sit still. They cast their eyes on the person in charge of the exchange meeting, Vice Principal Lu Jianpeng.

"Old Lu, is it appropriate to make the scene so tense?"

"This is no longer an academic exchange meeting. These two people are almost going to fight. Where is there any atmosphere for discussing academics?"

"I think this is the atmosphere that discussing academics should have," Lu Jianpeng was very satisfied with the current situation. "How were previous academic exchange meetings done? Five or six experts took turns giving reports, and after the reports, they accepted interviews and blew each other's trumpets.

When the exchange ended, the ones on stage were comfortable, and the ones off stage were almost asleep. After the meeting, the field was still that field, and the pattern was still that pattern. What results could there be?"

The people around didn't speak again. They found that Principal Lu's words were also very sharp today, seemingly infected by the atmosphere on stage.

He was indeed infected. This was his original intention for holding this exchange meeting. He wanted to change the pattern of the wormhole academic field and also win more attention for this field.

On stage, the debate between Yu Yu Yaoming and Yan Youjun became more and more intense. Every point of Yu Yu Yaoming was refuted by Yan Youjun, and every refutation of Yan Youjun was also countered by Yu Yu Yaoming.

"Professor Yan, so-called biological evolution is the process of changing to adapt to the environment. I have conducted special research on biology for this. The speed of biological evolution under extreme conditions is astonishing—"

Yan Youjun interrupted Yu Yu Yaoming again: "No need to talk about any research. You were originally studying biology. Your undergraduate degree was in the biology department. During your master's degree, you switched to astronomy halfway, and during your doctorate, you switched to quantum physics.

Nowadays, when doing academics, everyone shouts about breaking professional barriers, mixing unrelated disciplines together,

fooling experts from all walks of life, publishing papers quickly, and winning awards. Is this doing academics?"

Fang Fang Yufei gritted her teeth while listening: "This old thing started personal attacks. That's all the ability he has!"

Han Han Yuelong asked on the side: "Fang Yufei, do you care so much about Professor Yu? Just because he is your supervisor, you can't bear to see him suffer a little grievance?"

Fang Fang Yufei nodded: "Yes, he cannot suffer grievances, especially not the grievances of these stupid people. These stupid people are so ignorant. Every provocation of theirs against Professor Yu is a blasphemy against wisdom."

People around heard Fang Fang Yufei's words and looked toward her direction.

Han Han Yuelong was sweating. The exchange meeting today was already tense, and Fang Fang Yufei's state was so worrying.

"Fang Yufei, stop talking—"

"So what if I say it?" Fang Fang Yufei smiled contemptuously. "You are one of the stupid people. You don't know what true wisdom and power are at all."

She originally wanted to ridicule Li Li Banfeng, but Li Li Banfeng was listening carefully to Yu Yu Yaoming's exposition, and he was very interested in Yu Yu Yaoming's point of view.

Yu Yu Yaoming said to Yan Youjun: "Professor Yan, I have listed a large number of argumentation processes here. Please look at them, and then we will conduct the next stage of discussion."

Yan Youjun shook his head: "I won't look at these baseless arguments of yours. The basis of these arguments is all hypotheses you imagined out of thin air."

"Then at least let me finish stating my point of view. Please don't interrupt me frequently."

"I just want to interrupt you. You established an absurd point of view and used an absurd derivation process to guide other people's thinking. This is typical misleading, this is typical academic fraud!"

Teacher Song shook her head. Yan Youjun started putting labels on people.

She observed Yu Yu Yaoming's reaction. As far as the current situation was concerned, Yu Yu Yaoming's mood was still normal.

"Professor Yan, you say I am committing fraud, so please point out which of my arguments or evidence is fraudulent."

"You don't need to explain too much. You just need to tell me, do you really think that organisms can evolve to adapt to the tidal effect around a wormhole on their own?"

"Yes," Yu Yu Yaoming nodded. "I even think that there is life around the wormhole, and even inside it."

"Everyone heard it. He said there is life inside the wormhole," Yan Youjun smoothed his white hair and laughed out loud.

Yu Yu Yaoming didn't laugh; he was very serious from beginning to end: "The internal environment of the wormhole is much more stable than the surroundings of the wormhole. As long as we successfully enter the wormhole, I think we can also live in the wormhole."

"We can also live in the wormhole," Yan Youjun laughed even louder. "Do you think there is life near a black hole too?"

Yu Yu Yaoming still nodded: "I think there is such a possibility."

Yan Youjun laughed: "Do you think there are a few giant dragons guarding the entrance of the black hole, and whoever tries to enter the black hole will be swallowed by the giant dragons?"

"I don't think it's necessarily giant dragons. I think it might be other life forms, or even life forms we are more familiar with. Some life forms might be exactly the same as us, and might even have created a civilization inside the black hole."

Yan Youjun nodded and said: "Why don't you go write science fiction?"

Yu Yu Yaoming answered very seriously: "If this were a literary salon, I would be willing to explore the issue of novel creation with you. But this is an academic discussion, and all our exploration directions must be based on academic theory."

"You still know this is an academic discussion?" Yan Youjun took away his smile, but didn't change the sarcasm and mockery in his tone. "Then please give an example, an example of life evolving near a wormhole, to support your absurd point of view."

"You want an example?" Yu Yu Yaoming raised the fountain pen in his hand. "I say this fountain pen might have some life characteristics because it is close to the wormhole."

"The fountain pen has life characteristics." Yan Youjun laughed out loud again. Many people at the scene, including the moderator, laughed.

Han Han Yuelong sighed: "How could the academic exchange meeting become like this? Professor Yu is too paranoid. This has become a farce."

"Professor Yu is not paranoid at all, and this is not a farce!" Fang Fang Yufei glared at Han Han Yuelong. "Listen carefully to Professor Yu's theory. This is one of the few opportunities for you to get rid of ignorance."

Han Han Yuelong didn't want to talk to Fang Fang Yufei anymore. He felt that Fang Fang Yufei and Yu Yu Yaoming were equally paranoid.

Fang Fang Yufei looked at Li Li Banfeng again. Li Li Banfeng was looking at the formula on the big screen seriously and listening to Yu Yu Yaoming's explanation seriously.

Fountain pens have life, all things have life—Li Li Banfeng had heard this point of view. His wife had said it, and the projector had also said it.

This point of view had been verified. The projector and the sickle were examples.

Yu Yu Yaoming's point of view was not absurd.

But other people's thoughts were different from Li Li Banfeng's. The discussion at the scene was constant, noisy, and everyone seemed to suspect that Yu Yu Yaoming had gone crazy.

Yu Yu Yaoming held the fountain pen and looked at Yan Youjun: "I said this fountain pen has life characteristics. Don't you believe it?"

Yan Youjun laughed for a long time: "You even think a fountain pen has life. How can I communicate with you?"

"This is too regrettable." Yu Yu Yaoming threw the fountain pen out.

The fountain pen flew toward Yan Youjun and pierced directly through his forehead.

Yan Youjun sat on the sofa, his smile gradually solidified, and blood slowly flowed down his forehead.

His eyes dimmed instantly, and his whole body lay on the sofa.

The moderator was stunned, and all the experts and professors were stunned.

The venue was quiet within a few seconds, and then screams broke out.

This was an academic exchange, this was an academic debate.

Han Han Yuelong screamed loudly: "This, what is this? Killed someone? What happened to Professor Yan?"

"He is dead," Fang Fang Yufei said calmly. "This kind of stubborn conservative is a stumbling block to scientific progress.

He deserves to die, he should have died long ago. He must pay the price for his stupidity and tyranny!"

Yu Yu Yaoming stood on the podium, quietly looking at the audience at the scene.

The audience rushed frantically toward the exit of the report hall amidst the screams.

Several security personnel were trying to maintain order but could not stop the out-of-control crowd.

"Fang Yufei, run!" Han Han Yuelong grabbed Fang Fang Yufei, wanting to escape the report hall, but was thrown off by Fang Fang Yufei.

"Go away, stupid person," Fang Fang Yufei looked at Han Han Yuelong mockingly. "I said, you know nothing at all.

You don't know what true wisdom and power are at all. Today you have witnessed it."

Han Han Yuelong didn't speak to Fang Fang Yufei anymore and rushed toward the exit with the crowd.

Fang Fang Yufei turned to look at Li Li Banfeng: "You go too. It's really dangerous here. Leave quickly. I know you are slightly stronger than those stupid people. You might have felt the shock from wisdom, and you might have known what true knowledge is,

but like them, you also know nothing about true power. Professor Yu is very angry now, and the power he is about to erupt will exceed your cognition. Those powers are equivalent to the wrath of God to you, equivalent to destroying the world.

You are a mortal, you haven't found the path to break away from being a mortal. I also possess some power. While I can still protect you, leave here quickly."

She reached out to pull Li Li Banfeng, but found that Li Li Banfeng was gone, leaving only some residual shadows in front of her.

Where did Li Li Banfeng go?

Why did he suddenly disappear?

Fang Fang Yufei was surprised and looked for Li Li Banfeng's figure everywhere.

On the podium, the moderator had been scared away, and the rest of the experts and professors had all left, leaving only the corpses of Yu Yu Yaoming and Yan Youjun.

Yu Yu Yaoming bent down to pick up the fountain pen, vaguely hearing someone say in his ear: "Don't move, that's the murder weapon. It's best to put it back in its original place."

"Who!" Yu Yu Yaoming looked in the direction of the sound, but didn't see the other party's figure.

"You are under arrest. I have a few questions to ask you—"

Before the other party finished speaking, Yu Yu Yaoming immediately picked up the fountain pen and threw a piece of ink toward the source of the sound.

The fountain pen was special, and the ink was also specially made. If the other party used some kind of invisibility technique, the ink could mark the other party's position.

But the ink didn't leave any traces; it was just thrown on the red carpet of the podium.

"If you don't want to answer the questions, forget it. Don't throw that ink around; it will cause no small trouble for the investigation and evidence collection.

In addition, your courseware is very interesting. Can you lend it to me to see? If there are more detailed materials, lend them to me as well."

Yu Yu Yaoming realized the situation was wrong, put away the fountain pen, and jumped to the roof of the academic report hall, wanting to escape the scene.

Bang!

Li Li Banfeng appeared on the roof and kicked Yu Yu Yaoming to the audience seat.

Yu Yu Yaoming fell very heavily and couldn't get up.

Li Li Banfeng took out handcuffs and put them on him. The whole process was extremely fast. Yu Yu Yaoming couldn't see Li Li Banfeng's figure and couldn't break free from the handcuffs.

He possessed certain abilities, but judging from his physique, he shouldn't be a cultivator.

Fang Fang Yufei adjusted her glasses and saw Li Li Banfeng.

Her glasses were very special, a high-level piece of equipment with great value, but her brain was hard to operate at this moment.

Li Li Banfeng, injured Professor Yu.

For Fang Fang Yufei, Professor Yu was a god-like existence. When he could no longer tolerate the stupidity of mortals, he would unleash the power to destroy the world.

She was willing to be Professor Yu's firm follower. Under Professor Yu's guidance, she found that path to break away from being a mortal.

But in just that instant, in just one instant.

Li Li Banfeng subdued Professor Yu.

What kind of person is he?

The academic report hall was in chaos, and it seemed no one noticed Yu Yu Yaoming's situation.

Fang Fang Yufei also wanted to escape, but suddenly saw Teacher Song appear in front of her: "You are called Fang Fang Yufei, right? I remember you.

You were also a student at Yuezhou University."

Fang Fang Yufei flashed suddenly, wanting to bypass Teacher Song, but was pressed on the top of her head by Teacher Song.

"You saw him? I shouldn't have ignored you. I didn't expect you to sit by his side."

Teacher Song didn't speak, but Fang Fang Yufei could hear her voice.

"You didn't see Li Li Banfeng. You must remember, he is not Li Li Banfeng, he is a stranger, a stranger you have never seen before. You don't know him at all."

Fang Fang Yufei felt a burst of numbness on the top of her head, as if an electric current had passed through.

"You don't know him—" The same words were repeated several times, and Fang Fang Yufei fell into a coma.

PS: Teacher Song once said that no one can monitor her phone. ===== CHAPTER 561 =====

PS: Song Song Laoshi once said that no one can wiretap her phone.