The dual-universe theory Lü Yongchang proposed shook the academicians present as nothing ever had before.
The universe was like an iceberg.
The universe human civilization inhabited was merely the tip of that iceberg above the water. The hyperspace membrane separated the two universes, preventing a universe-scale annihilation reaction.
He Bilin took several deep breaths in succession, seemingly trying to settle the complicated emotions within him.
"But..."
He Bilin weighed his words, sounding as though he was talking to himself and questioning Lü Yongchang at the same time. "Why would the antiverse's volume exceed the universe's by so much?"
"That sounds... contrary to common sense."
Lü Yongchang shrugged. "Perhaps we'd have to trace things back to the birth of the universe to find the answer."
"But whatever the reason, according to the information in this image, the difference in volume between the universe and the antiverse really is enormous."
He Bilin suppressed his confusion about the universe's origins and asked another question.
"Professor, where did this image come from...?"
He dreamed it?
What kind of joke was that?!
Could someone really dream up something like this?
Under the academicians' gazes, Lü Yongchang resignedly willed something to happen.
Whoosh!
His figure, which had been sitting in a chair, dissolved into countless glowing green specks of light that scattered throughout the Laboratory.
Before the academicians could cry out, the fluorescent green specks swiftly gathered back into his familiar figure.
"..."
Looking at the stunned academicians before him, Lü Yongchang began explaining softly.
Of course, he could not reveal the secret of the technology tree space.
As for why his body had become quantized... Lü Yongchang borrowed Doctor Wen's explanation wholesale, attributing everything to an unknown burst of energy in a higher dimension.
As for that mottled image of cosmic microwave background radiation...
That