Chapter 13 Three-Body Mozi Flame

When Wang Miao returned home, he had not forgotten to buy a set of V equipment at the game store. His wife told him that people at work had been looking for him all day. Wang Miao turned on his mobile phone, which had been turned off for a day, and answered several calls from the Nano Center.

, promised to go to work tomorrow. During the meal, he did drink a lot of wine as Da Shi said, but he was not sleepy. After his wife and children fell asleep, he sat in front of the computer and put on the newly purchased V-suit

, log in to "Three-Body" again.

In the wilderness at dawn, Wang Miao stood in front of King Zhou's pyramid. The snow covering it had long since disappeared. The surface of the big stones building the pyramid was weathered and pitted. The earth was already a different color. There were several huge buildings in the distance.

Wang Miao guessed that they were dry warehouses, but their shapes were completely different from the last time he saw them. Everything showed that long years had passed.

Taking advantage of the morning light on the horizon, Wang Miao looked for the entrance to the pyramid. At that location, he saw that the entrance had been blocked by stones, but at the same time he saw a long newly built stone step next to it, leading directly to the top of the pyramid. He

Looking up at the top of the tall tower, I saw that the top of the tower that originally pointed towards the sky has been flattened and turned into a platform. This pyramid has also changed from Egyptian style to Aztec style.

Along the stone steps, Wang Miao climbed to the top of the pyramid and saw a place similar to an ancient observatory. There was an astronomical telescope several meters high in one corner of the platform, and there were several smaller ones next to it. On the other side were several

This strange-shaped instrument is very similar to the armillary sphere of ancient China. The most eye-catching thing is a large copper ball in the center of the platform, about two meters in diameter. It is placed on a complex machine and is held up by many gears of different sizes.

It rotated slowly. Wang Miao noticed that its rotation direction and speed were constantly changing. There was a square pit under the machine. In the dim firelight inside, Wang Miao saw several slave-looking people pushing a

The turntable provides power to the machines above.

There was a man walking towards Wang Miao. Just like the last time he met King Wen of Zhou, this man had his back to the dawn of the horizon and could only see a pair of shining eyes in the darkness. He was tall and thin and wore a flowing black robe.

, the long hair was inadvertently tied into a knot on the top of the head, and the rest was flying in the wind.

"Hello, I'm Mozi." He introduced himself.

"I'm Hairen, hello."

"Ah, I know you!" Mozi said excitedly, "In Civilization No. 137, you followed King Wen of Zhou."

"I've been here with him, but I never believed his theory."

"You are right." Mozi nodded solemnly to Wang Miao, then approached him and said, "You know, in the 362,000 years since you left, civilization has restarted four times.

It grew up with difficulty in the irregular alternation of eras. The shortest one only completed half of the Stone Age, but Civilization 139 set a record and actually reached the steam age!"

"So, someone in that civilization discovered the laws of the sun's movement?"

Mozi laughed and shook his head: "No, no, it's just a fluke."

"But people have been trying, right?"

"Of course, come, let me show you the efforts of civilization last time." Mozi led Wang Miao to the corner of the observatory. The earth stretched out under them, like a piece of old leather. Mozi put a

The small telescope was pointed at a target on the ground below, and then let Wang Miao look. Wang Miao put his eyes up to the eyepiece and saw a strange thing. It was a skeleton, which was snow-white in the morning light and looked very structured.

Exquisite. The most amazing thing is that the skeleton is standing in a very elegant and noble posture. One hand is raised to the chin, seeming to be stroking the beard that no longer exists. Its head is slightly raised, as if it is asking questions to the heaven and earth.

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"That's Confucius." Mozi pointed in that direction and said, "He believed that everything must comply with etiquette, and everything in the universe is no exception. So he created a cosmic etiquette system and tried to predict the movement of the sun based on it."

"The results can be imagined."

"Yes, he calculated when the sun should follow the rules and predicted a five-year eternity. Don't tell me, that time actually lasted for a month."

"Then one day the sun never came out again?"

"No, the sun came out that day and reached the sky, but suddenly it went out."

"What? Turn it off?!"

"Yes, it dimmed slowly at first, became smaller, and then suddenly went out! As night fell, it was so cold, Confucius just stood there and froze into an icicle, and he has been standing there until now."

"Is there nothing left? I mean the sun after it goes out?"

"At that location, a flying star appeared, like the soul of the sun after its death."

"Oh, are you sure the sun suddenly went out and the flying stars suddenly appeared?"

"Yes, it suddenly went out and the flying star appeared. You can check the log database. This record is correct."

"Oh -" Wang Miao pondered for a long time. Originally, he already had a vague theory in his mind about the mystery of the three-body world, but what Mozi said overturned everything he thought, "How could it be?"

...Suddenly?" he said angrily.

"I don't know whether it is the Han Dynasty now, the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty."

"Have you still lived till now?"

"I have a mission to accurately observe the movement of the sun. Those wizards, metaphysicians and Taoists are all useless. They are not diligent, they do not distinguish between grains, and their hands-on ability is extremely poor. They are just immersed in their own fantasy.

.But I am different, I can make practical things!" He pointed to the many instruments on the platform and said.

"Can you achieve your goal with these?" Wang Miao pointed at the instrument, especially the mysterious big copper ball.

"I also have theories, but they are not metaphysics. They are summarized through a large number of observations. First of all, do you know what the universe is? It is a machine."

"That's like saying nothing."

"To be more specific, the universe is a large hollow ball suspended in a sea of ​​fire. There are many small holes and one big hole on the ball. The light of the sea of ​​fire shines through these holes. The small holes are stars and the big hole is the sun."

"It's a very interesting model," Wang Miao said, looking at the big copper ball. Now he could probably guess what it was, "but there is a big loophole in it: when the sun rises and sets, we see that it is exactly the same as the stars.

Relative motion, while the relative positions of all the holes on the large spherical shell should be fixed."

"That's right, so I introduced a revised model. The sphere of the universe is composed of two spherical shells. The sky we see is the inner shell. There is a big hole in the outer spherical shell, and there is a hole in the inner spherical shell.

There are a large number of small holes, and the light from the big hole in the shell is reflected and scattered in the interlayer between the two spherical shells, filling the interlayer with bright light. This bright light penetrates through the small holes, and we can see the stars."

"What about the sun?"

"The sun is a huge spot of light projected from a large hole in the outer shell onto the inner shell. Its brightness is so high that it shines through the inner shell like an egg shell, and we see the sun. The scattered light around the spot is smaller

It is so strong that it also penetrates the inner shell, and this is the clear sky we see during the day."

"What force drives the two-layer spherical shell to rotate irregularly?"

"It is the power of the sea of ​​fire outside the universe."

"But the size and brightness of the sun are different in different periods. In your double-shell model, the size and brightness of the sun should be constant. If the external sea of ​​​​fire is uneven, at least the size should be constant."

"You think of this model too simply. As the external sea of ​​​​fire changes, the size of the outer shell of the universe will also expand or contract, which leads to changes in the size and luminosity of the sun."

"What about the flying stars?"

"Flying stars? Why do you always mention flying stars? They are unimportant things, just dust flying around in the cosmic ball."

"No, I think flying stars are important. Also, how does your model explain the sun going out in the sky during Confucius' time?"

"That was a rare exception. It might be a dark spot or black cloud in the sea of ​​fire outside the universe that happened to drift through the big hole in the outer shell."

Wang Miao pointed to the big copper ball and asked, "This must be your universe model, right?"

"Yes, I built the cosmic machine. The complex set of gears that rotate the ball simulates the effect of the external sea of ​​​​fire on the ball. The law of this action, that is, the distribution and flow of flames in the external sea of ​​​​fire, is

I summed it up after hundreds of years of observation."

"Can this ball expand and contract?"

"Of course, it's shrinking slowly now."

Wang Miao found the railing beside the platform as a fixed reference and took a closer look, and found that what Mozi said was true.

"Does this ball have an inner shell?"

"Of course, there is a complex mechanism between the inner and outer shell."

"What an exquisite machine!" Wang Miao admired sincerely, "But you can't see the big hole in the outer shell that projects the light spot on the inner shell?"

"There is no hole. I installed a light source on the inner wall of the shell as a simulation of a large hole. The light source is made of fluorescent material extracted from hundreds of thousands of fireflies. It emits cold light because half of the inner shell

The transparent gypsum ball layer has poor thermal conductivity, which can prevent ordinary heat light sources from accumulating temperature in the ball, allowing recorders to stay inside for a long time.”

"Is there anyone in the ball?"

"Of course, the recorder stands on a shelf with a pulley at the bottom, keeping his position at the center of the sphere. After setting the simulated universe to a certain state of the real universe, its subsequent operation will accurately simulate the future state of the universe.

Of course, it can also simulate the movement of the sun. The recorder recorded it and formed an accurate perpetual calendar. This is what hundreds of civilizations in the past have dreamed of. You are just in time. The simulated universe has just shown that a

The four-year Heng Era is about to begin, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has issued an immersion edict based on my prediction, let’s wait for the sunrise.”

Mozi brought up the game interface and adjusted the passage of time a little faster. A red sun rose above the horizon, and lakes dotted on the earth began to thaw. The previously frozen ice surfaces of these lakes were covered with sand and dust, and

The earth has merged into one, and now it is gradually turning into shining mirrors, as if the earth has opened countless eyes. From this high place, the specific details of the soaking can not be seen clearly, and only more and more people can be seen by the lake.

Rise up like a colony of ants emerging from their caves in spring. The world comes to life again.

"Don't you go down and devote yourself to this wonderful life? Women who have just been resurrected are the ones who long for love the most." Mozi pointed to the rejuvenated earth below and said to Wang Miao, "There is no point in staying here any longer. Game

It’s over, I am the final winner.”

"Your simulated universe is indeed wonderful as a machine, but the predictions it makes...oh, can I use your telescope to observe the sky?"

"Of course, please." Mozi gestured towards the large telescope.

Wang Miao walked to the telescope and immediately discovered the problem: "What should I do if I want to observe the sun?"

Mozi took out a black disc from a wooden box and "added this smoked filter." He inserted it in front of the telescope's eyepiece.

Wang Miao pointed the telescope at the sun that had risen into the sky, and couldn't help but admire Mozi's imagination: the sun indeed looked like a hole leading to the boundless sea of ​​fire, a small part of a larger existence. But when he looked closer,
To be continued...