Chapter 63: Super Project

Su Chunyang smiled and replied, "Of course we received it. How could we dare to show the slightest negligence toward the demands of the Grand Master of Astrometry? It is simply not convenient to disclose it just yet." He deliberately kept them in suspense, a mysterious smile spreading across his face.

"Is it really unspeakable?" Shen Xingyun lowered his voice and asked eagerly.

"This is a secret, after all," Su Chunyang continued to play the mystic.

Looking somewhat dismissive, Shen Xingyun spoke bluntly, "Stop hiding it from me. Judging by the data on the bio-computer 'Wise-Life Cloud', you are not just capturing neutrinos; your true target is neutrino antimatter." Before Professor Su could respond, he added, "Don't tell me this is a secret too. Just don't come running back to me with questions when you run into trouble later."

Professor Su smiled and said in a low voice, "Look how petty you are being. Actually, the idea of finding a pathway to the fourth dimension has long ceased to be a secret; it is just that no substantial progress has truly been made as of yet..."

"I remember that decades ago, a research team at Hangzhou University successfully developed a method for compressing space-time. By using neutrinos to harvest dark energy and antimatter now, you aren't actually trying to trigger a space-time collapse like Professor Ding mentioned, are you?" Shen Xingyun asked, a look of concern crossing his face.

"One can only say that such a possibility exists within a localized region, but we will make fine adjustments to the equipment, dedicating ourselves to conducting micro-scale impact experiments while trying our best to avoid touching the other end of the universe right from the start." Su Chunyang's reply was ambiguous, making it difficult to gauge his true assessment of the experiment's risks.

A look of complete astonishment washed over Shen Xingyun's face, and he blurted out, "Therefore, I simply cannot bring myself to trust you. You are doing something that everyone in the world opposes. Once an out-of-control accident occurs, you will become a sinner against the entire planet."

"To tell you the truth, we are preparing to pierce through the space-time mirror plane. This matter must be kept strictly confidential, but an exception can be made for you because you are also part of the plan," Su Chunyang said mysteriously.

"What plan?" Shen Xingyun asked, startled once again as he hurriedly pressed for answers.

"You will know once Director Lin arrives. I will pay a special visit to you then," Su Chunyang said, still keeping the suspense alive.

At that very moment, they heard the voices of Lin Yizhou and the others. Su Chunyang remarked, "They have arrived."

The two of them walked out together to greet them.

The moment Su Chunyang laid eyes on Lin Yizhou, he immediately stepped forward and gave him a warm, enthusiastic hug: "Welcome, welcome! Director Lin." Following that, he shook hands with everyone one by one and said, "Our facility is not yet fully completed, and the equipment is still inadequate, so I must ask all of you experts to offer your guidance."

Lin Yizhou joked half-seriously, "I must say, you neutrino geek, how dare you conduct an experiment when you are not even fully prepared?"

Su Chunyang burst into hearty laughter: "If everything were already fully prepared, what would be the point of doing the experiment at all?"

Ding Bonian chimed in, "Director Lin is afraid that you, this neutrino geek, will let the neutrinos out to cause havoc."

With a heavier tone in his voice, Lin Yizhou said, "You said it! Be careful! If things go wrong, we won't have any choice but to take measures against you!"

Su Chunyang laughed out loud once again: "My neutrino particle beam isn't shining on you. Even if it passes right through you, you won't even feel it. What kind of measures could you possibly take against me?"

With a crafty expression, Ding Bonian said, "Director Lin is right, neutrino geek. Could it be that your neutrino experiment has disturbed all the glaciers around my area? I think measures really must be taken to keep you from running off through space-time. Hahaha..."

"Me run off? Where on earth could I run to?" Su Chunyang replied with a smile. Suddenly, catching sight of the biologist Ms. Zhao Xinru among the crowd, he walked over to her with a smile: "Professor Zhao, it has been a long time. Once we have invited you here, we can finally let go and throw ourselves into our work without any reservations."

Zhao Xinru retorted, "What? You couldn't work without me here?"

Su Chunyang quickly said, "Of course not; we've been counting on your arrival. Have you and the Qingyuan Research team reached any conclusions regarding that footage from last time?"

Analyzing the footage from the perspective of vertebrate paleontology and paleoanthropology, Zhao Xinru said, "That footage of yours is far too blurry! However, I can confirm that they are indeed ancient humans. Those large animals are also dinosaurs without a doubt. What I simply cannot figure out is how you managed to synthesize them together."

Su Chunyang smiled. "Synthesize them? I don't have that kind of ability! Professor, if someone were to actually hand you a live dinosaur, what would you do?"

Zhao Xinru smiled happily as well. "If one were really handed to me, I'd turn it into a neutrino geek. After all, we have already found the basis for primitive biological genes within the cells of modern macaque animals."

It was clear that she had not taken Su Chunyang's words seriously.

Su Chunyang knew very well in his heart that this project originally had nothing to do with Zhao Xinru and the others. Ever since the appearance of the strange biological imagery last time, superiors had issued instructions that biologists must participate in the scientific experiments to guard against any unforeseen accidents that might breach the mirror plane and summon unknown creatures.

He smiled faintly and said, "It is simply because the universe—including the very earth beneath our feet—hides far too many secrets that demand our exploration. I have merely gathered all the information together, including the findings from your own research."

Lin Yizhou asked, "Professor Su, what were the two of you talking about just as we walked through the door?"

Su Chunyang replied with a smile, "We were discussing an important topic. I will only speak of my own experiments."

Lin Yizhou remarked, "It seems you were just waiting for me to make the announcement."

"Naturally. We were just waiting for the leader to speak," Professor Su answered promptly.

Seeing that everyone had taken their seats in the circular arrangement, Lin Yizhou solemnly announced to the group, "Very well, the scientists, scholars, and experts who have managed to arrive here today are all designated executors of the state-mandated 'Frozen DF Project'. Aside from Professor Zhao, I believe everyone else has already received orders through various channels. This is a top-secret mission."

"Top-secret? How come I didn't know anything about it?" Zhao Xinru asked curiously.

Director Lin explained with a smile, "Originally, we thought this was purely a physics problem, but an unexpected situation has arisen now, making the participation of paleontologists like yourselves an absolute necessity."

Zhao Xinru's curiosity was thoroughly piqued: "Is it really that serious? Could it be that you actually encountered dinosaurs?"

Su Chunyang laughed out loud. "Who knows, it's possible..." Everyone burst into laughter.

Zhao Xinru said, "Professor Su, I am an outsider, but I've heard that this mysterious magic cube of yours is used to conduct neutrino experiments. Could you explain it to me?"

Instead of answering Professor Zhao's question directly, Su Chunyang turned toward Lin Yizhou and said with a mischievous grin, "All joking aside, Director Lin, do you have some other motive for sending both Professor Zhao and her daughter here?"

Lin Yizhou replied, "You are simply too bold. I sent them here so they could study how your biological brain is wired." His words once again brought roars of laughter from everyone.

Su Chunyang walked over to the computer, turned on the holographic projector, and said, "Look, this is the location of our Frozen Experimental Station."

As everyone watched, a distinct red region materialized across the glacier map of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Su Chunyang specifically looked toward Zhao Xinru and explained, "Professor Zhao, regarding your question from earlier, let me give you a brief explanation. To be precise, this is a neutrino experimental station. We are utilizing it to carry out experiments on harnessing the latent power of neutrinos, in the hope of discovering an entirely new energy realm."

Zhao Xinru asked with a puzzled expression, "What does this have to do with us?"

"Professor Zhao, I suspect Professor Su means that if we can discover antimatter and successfully create a space-time gravitational field, we will be able to travel back and forth across hundreds of millions of years of time to explore the mysteries of the universe," Shen Xingyun added with a smile from the side.

"Don't you want to see a real dinosaur with your own eyes?" Lin Yizhou teased Zhao Xinru with a smile.

"Oh my god, you're asking me to travel through time and space right along with you!" Zhao Xinru exclaimed, as excited as a child. At that moment, she finally understood that the purpose of summoning them today was to deal with any potential invasion of alien life-forms that might occur during space-time travel.

Professor Su gave Lin Yizhou a thumbs-up and bantered, "I told you Director Lin had ulterior motives—this is simply marvelous!"

A look of utter shock covered Zhao Xinru's face as she sighed, "Good grief, time travel! If this succeeds, it will undoubtedly be a monumental breakthrough in human history and will definitely be recorded in the history books." But she immediately followed up with a question, "Didn't they say that just a few grams of antimatter could destroy everything?"

"That's right. Conducting this sort of experiment on Earth—won't it end up creating a brand-new Bermuda Triangle?" Jiemei Qingyuan also voiced her concerns with a worried look.

Everyone was well aware that the Bermuda Triangle she referred to was located in the southeastern part of the Florida Peninsula in North America. Known as the "Devil's Triangle," it was a triangular area in the western Atlantic Ocean formed by drawing lines connecting the British Bermuda Islands, Miami in the United States, and San Juan in Puerto Rico, with each side measuring approximately 2,000 kilometers in length.

With a calm expression, Zhou Huifang spoke slowly, "That's correct. People always say that place is an alien base, and it is very likely home to hyperspace black holes, where the mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft are a frequent occurrence. However, because it lies deep within the open ocean, marine geological and geophysical surveys face numerous practical challenges that make thorough investigation difficult, which is why it is regarded as a death zone. But our situation here is quite different."

Su Chunyang picked up the thread of the conversation: "In fact, as early as 1967, Gerald Feinberg of Columbia University proposed a hypothesis suggesting the existence of another universe within space-time composed of tachyons, particles whose speeds exceed the speed of light..."

As he spoke, he switched to another diagram illustrating changes in light and continued his explanation, "In that universe, particles with zero energy move at infinite speeds. Once they acquire energy, their velocity decreases; and if they were to acquire infinite energy, their speed would slow down to the speed of light."

Lin Yizhou exclaimed in wonder, "Such a concept actually exists! That is the complete opposite of the situation in our universe."

Nodding in agreement, Su Chunyang replied, "Indeed. In our universe, stationary matter possesses the minimum amount of energy. Once it acquires energy, it begins to move; the more energy it gains, the faster its velocity becomes, until it acquires infinite energy and reaches the ultimate speed limit of objects—the speed of light."