building - Chapter 28
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When Luo Dingyi got to this point, both Xiao Guo and I became nervous.
Luo Ding took a breath: "He scolded me for being greedy, saying that his work must be kept secret, but absolutely..."
It's not a criminal act, but a groundbreaking innovation in the field of science; he said he wants to enable people to enter another dimension.
It can be freely controlled, and it's close to success. He added that it's only because of some uncontrollable technical issues...
"That's why I entered another space in the elevator," he said.
Xiao Guo and I exchanged a glance, both too shocked to speak.
The idea of another space can have several interpretations, and any of them is beyond imagination, because...
Since the dawn of humanity, we have lived in three-dimensional space. What exactly is the other dimension? No one can say for sure.
Say it.
Xiao Guo asked, "So, how did you get here?"
Luo Ding smiled wryly: "Wang Zhiyi finally agreed to give me the money, but only if I helped him once."
In one experiment, he asked me to get into that elevator. He told me it was a process of entering another space, and that elevator—”
I exclaimed, "That elevator is an extremely complex machine; it's a machine that can change space!"
Luo Ding said, "Yes, I agreed. Because last time, I only had a false alarm, and nothing actually happened."
What?! Who knew that this time, after taking that elevator up, I'd never be able to go back!
I stood there stunned for a moment, then asked Xiao Guo, "How did you get here?"
Xiao Guo said, "That night, I drove straight to the seaside. I felt very confused, so I got out of the car and walked along the seaside."
As I was trying to clear my head, I was suddenly attacked and knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I was already in the elevator.
"I waited until the elevator stopped, then I got out and stayed here."
I asked, "It's been many days already, how have you been living?"
Xiao Guo waved his hand and said, "It's very strange, all my senses seem to have stopped. I don't feel hungry, and I don't feel anything..."
I experience both cold and heat, which is why I say I'm in another world!
My mind was in turmoil. Although Luo Ding had revealed his secret, it hadn't actually helped the situation at all.
help.
I learned that everyone in that other dimension was brought in by Wang Zhiyi, and the tool he used to bring us in was...
The elevator in that building must be an incredibly complex and amazing machine.
Wang Zhiyi repeatedly stated that everything was caused by a technical error and was not intentional. He also stated that...
His research is still in its early stages.
In other words, under certain circumstances, he could use that machine to send us to another dimension, but...
He no longer has the power to take us back to the world we once were!
Now I fully understand what he meant when he asked me to see Xiao Guo. He said I might never...
We can't go back!
At the time, no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't have imagined that he would bring me to another dimension. Not only could I not have imagined it then, but...
Even now, it's still a bit unbelievable!
I briefly recounted how Wang Zhiyi brought me here, and Luo Ding cried out in despair, "So that means..."
"So, we'll never have a chance to leave?"
I remained silent because I knew that the current situation was indeed as described, unless Wang Zhiyi's research yielded results.
New success, but when will that be? Human lifespan is finite; perhaps he will never achieve anything like it again in his lifetime.
Any achievement!
I felt my palms sweating when Xiao Guo suddenly shouted, "Where's Chen Mao? The building manager, Chen Mao, is here too!"
But after he jumped, he disappeared!
I looked at Xiao Guo: "Do you know what happened to Chen Mao?"
Xiao Guo looked at me without reacting.
I said, "Chen Mao's body was found on the rooftop of the building. He fell to his death from a very, very high place."
He fell and died on the rooftop of the building!
When Xiao Guo heard what I said, he couldn't help but shiver.
I added, "That's unbelievable! Jumping from the balcony of a ground-floor unit in a building would result in a fatal fall onto the rooftop."
It's as if he wasn't jumping downwards, but rather flying upwards, reaching a certain height before jumping down.
——”
I stopped abruptly at this point.
In that instant, a thought flashed through my mind like lightning; I had grasped something.
Alright!
The thought that suddenly occurred to me was utterly absurd, but as I thought about it, I felt a sudden surge of emotion.
A sudden realization dawned on him: everything, no matter how unbelievable, could now be solved!
Having spent so much time with me, Xiao Guo could tell from my expression that I must have been thinking about something.
He immediately asked, "What's wrong? What did you think of?"
I took a deep breath before uttering two words: "Time."
Luo Ding and Xiao Guo looked at me with puzzled expressions.
I continued, "The so-called other space is a space where time is different from the original one, do you understand?"
I shouted, "That elevator is a machine that slows down time! During the process of time slowing down, we..."
We've arrived in another dimension, a dimension where time has slowed down!
Luo Ding and Xiao Guo still didn't understand.
I added, "According to Einstein's theory of relativity, if time slows down, everything stretches proportionally."
"To give a simple example, if time slowed down by half, this building would appear twice as tall!"
Xiao Guo exclaimed, "We're in the elevator—"
I immediately interrupted him: "In that machine that slows down time, at the beginning, I..."
We feel that time is slowing down. The reason we can perceive this is because we are used to normal time.
The elevator keeps going up, rising as time slows down, and the building also rises relatively. Therefore, to...
After a long while, the elevator finally stopped, and we arrived in another space!
Xiao Guo said, "We are now—"
I said, "We are now in a space where time has slowed down. Our actions appear normal to us, but if..."
When we communicate with people in a space where time is normal, everything about us is in slow motion; our voices sound...
It's like a recording played back at a slow speed!
Luo Ding looked horrified: "Then, Chen Mao—"
My explanation was indeed not something that could be understood in a short time, so Xiao Guo also chimed in, "Chen Mao's..."
What happened? Why did he jump from the balcony of this building and end up falling to his death on the rooftop?
"This is absolutely unbelievable!" I took a breath. "The thing is inherently unbelievable. As I just said, the root..."
According to Einstein's theory of relativity, if time slows down, then everything else also expands proportionally, for example...
"If time slows down by half, the building will be twice as tall."
Xiao Guo and Luo Ding both frowned.
I waved my hand and continued, "It's a very strange situation. In our space, the building has become taller, but in..."
In normal spaces, the building remains the same height as before.
At this point, I paused for a moment, then added, "In two different spaces, everything is unimaginable."
Xiao Guo and Luo Ding remained silent, their brows still furrowed.
I continued, "That's Chen Mao's situation. He jumped down into a space where time slowed down, and the result..."
As he leaped downwards, suddenly, he broke through that space; the instant he broke through, he was still...
He was in mid-air when the building returned to its original height, and as a result, he fell and landed on the rooftop of the building.
Luo Ding and Xiao Guo took a deep breath, and after a long while, they slowly nodded.
After a long silence, Xiao Guo finally smiled wryly and said, "So, under what circumstances can we break through this?"
space?"
This is exactly the answer I've been looking for!
I thought for a moment before saying, "It seems that Wang Zhiyi's research is not entirely successful yet; he can only send us here."
We came into a space where time has slowed down, but we can't go back.
Luo Ding suddenly blurted out, "But Chen Mao went out!"
Xiao Guo glared at him and said, "Chen Mao fell to his death!"
Luo Ding's lips moved a few times, but no sound came out. However, judging from his expression, he must have wanted to say: Death.
It's much better than being trapped in this incredible space forever!
Xiao Guo seemed to want to continue blaming Luo Ding. At that moment, my mind was in turmoil, yet I also seemed to be trying to grasp something.
I noticed something was amiss, and fearing their argument might disrupt my train of thought, I quickly waved my hand, signaling them to look away.