Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 894 - 223: The Road Ahead Lies Beneath Our Feet

"Abelian gauge theory can still be recognized, not much different from Earth... but non-Abelian gauge theory is hard to identify. If it's just an approximation, directly modifying Earth's Yang-Mills equations can still be used, but... it may not necessarily fit."

"Spontaneous symmetry breaking... lack of data. There's doubt. Previously, I didn't pay attention to this field, so I don't know if they encountered 'massless scalar particles.'

"Higgs mechanism... after reducing physical quantities to spiritual energy, it's simply unrecognizable."

Wang Qi looked at the scribbles on the draft paper in front of him, as if seeing a swarm of flies, making his head spin. Wang Qi shook his head and sighed, "This really is... the ugliest theoretical model I've seen in my life."

Higgs mechanism, creation mechanism. These are theories exploring "where mass comes from."

"The origin of mass," this is a question of the world's essential source. Why does matter exist? Why do fundamental particles have mass? What exactly gives them this mass?

The Higgs mechanism seeks to explain this problem.

In poetic terms, it explains where the mass of the world comes from.

This is an important mechanism for cosmic creation.

After Wang Qi's revision, mass was reduced. It should transform into "why spiritual energy exists."

But, facing this mechanism, Wang Qi scratched his head once again.

The original Higgs mechanism combines spontaneous symmetry breaking with non-Abelian gauge theory, possessing an indescribable beauty in mathematics.

However, Wang Qi did not acknowledge any "beauty" in front of him. He had never seen such a "grotesque" mathematical model!

"It seems like saying last night that this universe and Earth's universe 'only partially overlap in known areas' was a bit of an exaggeration. Their overlap rate is clearly quite high! If the overlap rate between the two universes wasn't high, I would have gone crazy in the first instant after 'transmigrating' here due to being unable to understand this world... truly touching 'low overlap rate,' it would feel like losing sanity."

"Hmm... of course, it doesn't rule out another possibility — I've already been assimilated by the logic of this universe, and my mind is also following the logic of this universe. It's just that I haven't realized it myself and think I'm still following Earth's logic."

"However, such an unprovable and unfalsifiable conjecture isn't meaningful to think about now; better continue doing these meaningful things at hand."

Wang Qi lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling, not knowing what he was thinking.

After accidentally meeting Ai Changyuan while strolling, Wang Qi chatted with this young master who had a villa in Langde, and then returned home. After that, he continuously pondered, attempting to rewrite existing theories with the "essence of spirit energy" perspective.

Then, the result he actually encountered was...

"I've never seen such a distorted and grotesque theoretical system!"

Wang Qi almost doubted that what he was writing wasn't a theoretical system, but something like The Book of the Undead or Luoyan City's Teaching Manual that would drain one's mental health just by looking at it.

Based on Earth's theoretical system plus spiritual energy variables, the established theoretical system and the one built on spiritual energy may have similar expressions or results, but their intrinsic logic is not entirely identical. For Wang Qi, who is used to Earth's system, this thing is no different from the forbidden books of the Cthulhu mythos.

"The overlapping parts of the two worlds are indeed limited to known domains. Their intrinsic logic is not completely identical. Relying solely on Earth's logic, one can't fully depict the essence of this world."

"However, their divergence is precisely in the unknown areas. If not reaching a certain point, we wouldn't even know where exactly we're wrong."

What to do?

Should we immediately call for everyone to change the theory?

No, that's not good. The current mathematics of Shenzhou is a system that aligns more with the existing physical theories. If using the current mathematical system to reduce all physical quantities in the theory to spiritual energy, it would only result in some incomprehensible formulas.

Wait and let the modern methods run into a bottleneck before allowing the theoretical system of the "essence of spirit energy" to grow?

Earth's theoretical system has a long way to go in this universe. Moreover, in this universe, the observation means of modern cultivators far exceed those of Earth. Therefore, the path for modern methods still has a long way to go.

However, Wang Qi doesn't see it that way.

"We must gradually change, change the entire world's way of thinking."

In this small study in Langde, Wang Qi once again clarified his direction.

"Most importantly, it is the breakthrough in mathematics."

"The significance of the forcing method lies in its ability to construct axiom systems out of thin air that originally did not exist. In this way, it doesn't matter even if you establish an axiom system where one plus one does not equal two.

At this stage, mathematics may transcend the 'natural inherent logic' to reach fields outside the inherent logic of nature—of course, if you are to explain nature, it is better to use the current axiom system that fits more closely with the natural inherent logic."

"Artificial mathematics" draws the nutrients needed for growth from "natural mathematics," and will eventually surpass this "nature."

Following nature, ultimately surpassing nature, and freely constructing systems. This is the highest realm of "Daoist Natural Law."

The forcing method will be the introduction and prelude to this "transcendence."

"Additionally, there's String Theory." Mentioning String Theory, Wang Qi inexplicably showed an uncomfortable expression.

In Wang Qi's time, a physics student claiming to believe in Superstring would be ostracized by classmates... Well, maybe not that severe, but String Theory is not very welcomed now because "the greater the hope, the bigger the disappointment."

String Theory was once considered the most promising theoretical model to approach the "ultimate theory." However, it eventually devolved into a pure mathematical game considered to be a theoretical system with dim hopes of validation.

Because it most likely is the sum of 10 to the power of 500 different cosmic ultimate theories.

What does 10 to the power of 500 mean? Earth scientists calculated that the number of atoms in the universe is only about 10 to the power of 80.

This means that the number of universes in the String Landscape far exceeds the total number of atoms in the universe. Even if the total number of atoms in the universe were squared and cubed, it would differ from the possibilities of the String Landscape by a hundred orders of magnitude.

In these 10 to the power of 500 universes, each one has different macroscopic dimensions, perhaps even different physical laws and cosmic constants. Determining which one is the "universe where Earth resides" is nearly impossible.

This difficulty is even greater than finding one atom labeled with a "winning tag" from all the atoms in the universe.

At least, according to the short lifespan of Earth's scientists, "The Pope of String Theory" Weiteng, who led two Superstring revolutions, will not live to see that day of proof.

The greater the hope, the bigger the disappointment.

But now, this "String Landscape Multiverse" scenario, considered a massive disaster by Earth's scientists, made Wang Qi see hope.

"Superstring Theory can accommodate physical laws not belonging to the Earth universe. Perhaps, Shenzhou's physical laws are also contained in the String Landscape!"

Mathematics and physics, working in tandem, searching for a way to leap out of Earth's theoretical system.

Using a theory that transcends "one universe" to analyze one universe!

"The forcing method must be proven. Its significance is too great. Without this forcing method, I might never break free from the logical influence of the Earth universe."

"If the forcing method exists, I could even break free from the constraints of 'mortal thinking,' and surpass the limitations that Godel's Incompleteness Theorem imposes on my cognition!"

"And the Superstring... although in my past life I didn't particularly appreciate Superstrings, surprisingly, in this life I hold the key to unlocking String Theory."

Wang Qi sat up from the ground and then found a dust-covered book on the bookshelf.

"This is the result of me instigating the Genting Sect to engage with the Bourbaki School back then. At that time, I didn't consider it so important. Now, I feel it's indispensable." Wang Qi's face showed a perplexed smile.

The Bourbaki School eventually converged under that "mathematical pope seemingly from the void," Alexander Grothendieck, who occupied half of modern mathematics. The mathematical tools used in Superstring Theory are related to this peerless genius of the Bourbaki School.

This world doesn't even have a Bourbaki School, let alone an equivalent of Grothendieck.

This still has to rely on Wang Qi himself.

However, the areas covered by the Bourbaki School are too many, too broad, and too deep. It's challenging to achieve just relying on one person. Wang Qi must harness more power.

"Should I rely on Teacher Feng to reform the Genting Sect, letting those peak Carefree individuals do what the Bourbaki School should do, or should I share this core idea with other geniuses and establish my own school?"

Articles have their literary style, and theoretical schools inherently carry a certain "style." The Genting Sect consistently remains a compact school centered around a genius personality, fundamentally different from the Bourbaki School. Wang Qi worries that the thinking mode of the Genting Sect is unsuitable for this task.

I don't know how long it'll take to achieve the prerequisite "K-theory" necessary for Superstring.

Thinking for a long time, Wang Qi suddenly shook his head: "What am I thinking? It's something that hasn't even begun. To promote my ideas in Shenzhou, I must first achieve results. Anyway, resolving the forcing method takes precedence."

"By the way, the Higgs Mechanism is also significant... How are the spontaneous symmetry breaking and the non-Abelian gauge theory progressing now? Ah, just right, I can ask Lu Xiaoqian."

Once the reputation spreads, networking broadens, and things get done easier!

Thinking this, Wang Qi picked up a pen and started writing a letter.

That evening, just having emerged from a secret realm for empirical use, the weary-faced Lu Xiaoqian saw Wang Qi's letter and immediately expressed disbelief.

"'Searching for massless scalar particles'? How did he know about this topic? Did I leak the sect's secrets?"