Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1084 562: Is There Life Inside the Wormhole? (2)

Until today, at the venue of the academic conference, Fang Yufei could still recognize Li Banfeng.

Her feelings for Li Banfeng were very special, but being able to recognize a Cloud House Repair among the crowd was not something that could be explained by emotion alone.

Fang Yufei smiled at Li Banfeng. After more than two years without seeing each other, she was still so beautiful. In high school, she was the class flower, and in the university era, in the School of Science, only Lu Xiaolan could match her.

But she was different from Lu Xiaolan. Lu Xiaolan scraped through all her exams, and for some, she even needed He Jiaqing's help.

During her undergraduate years, Fang Yufei's grades were among the best in the entire School of Science. After taking the graduate school entrance exam, she became a graduate student at another well-known university in Yuezhou. Such an outstanding girl never lacked suitors around her.

Currently, there was one by her side, named Han Yue Long. He and Fang Yufei came from the same major, but not the same advisor.

Fang Yufei's advisor was Yu Yaoming. Han Yue Long came today to listen to this academic exchange event just to spend more time around Fang Yufei.

Han Yue Long did not know Li Banfeng, but upon hearing their conversation, he realized their relationship was somewhat unusual. So he specifically mocked Li Banfeng: "You just graduated? Then you'd better not come to this kind of exchange event. Even joining the fun depends on the occasion—there are too many things here you wouldn't understand."

Li Banfeng remained silent. If it weren't for the private tutoring sessions from Teacher Song recently, there would indeed be many things Li Banfeng couldn't understand.

Fang Yufei turned her gaze to Han Yue Long: "You say he wouldn't understand, but what can you understand? Do you know more than he does?"

Han Yue Long, somewhat indignant: "I'm in my third year of graduate school. This is my research topic field. At the very least, I'm an insider. You're comparing an undergraduate with me?"

"An insider?" Fang Yufei laughed, shaking her head as she did, "You're not an insider. In this academic lecture hall, insiders are extremely few, no more than you could count on one hand."

Han Yue Long was angered. Although he was actively pursuing Fang Yufei, her words seemed to have hurt his pride: "Then by your standards, what level must one reach to be considered an insider?"

Fang Yufei looked at the podium, her eyes full of respect and admiration: "Listen to the insiders' explanations; these are insights that weren't meant for you to know, enough to benefit you for a lifetime."

After that lengthy sermon by Yan Youjun, another professor, forty-eight-year-old Yu Yaoming, finally had a chance to speak.

"The key point we are discussing today is whether travelers must experience minimal tidal effects when passing through a wormhole as a necessary condition for traversing it.

Just now, Professor Yan mentioned that if the tidal effects are too large, a person approaching a wormhole would be torn into pieces, reduced to the basic particles. It indeed sounds like a matter of common sense,

but we have neglected another question. In what state is this person approaching the wormhole? In what form is his life? Under circumstances where space is visually distorted, would his body still be affected by tidal forces?"

Yan Youjun took the microphone from the host, interrupting Yu Yaoming: "Are your statements based on theoretical evidence, or are they purely flights of fantasy? If it's just your imagination, I see no need to waste time on this with you."

Yu Yaoming smiled: "Professor Yan, this is merely a hypothesis I came up with during my research process. I have, of course, conducted a substantial amount of mathematical verification for this hypothesis. Although some parts of the theory encounter problems in the derivation process, the overall reasoning is very clear, such as..."

Yu Yaoming had just placed his derivation process on the large screen when he was interrupted again by Yan Youjun: "Don't think that proving something through mathematics solves all problems. You can also use mathematics to prove this world is two-dimensional, but what meaning does proving such a hypothesis hold?"

Fang Yufei frowned and said: "Ignorant old man, interrupting others repeatedly; look how ill-mannered he is!"

Han Yue Long exclaimed in surprise: "Professor Yan Youjun is a titan in this field, internationally recognized, how can you call him ignorant?"

Fang Yufei replied with a mocking tone: "He's merely recognized by a group of laymen. He's lived so many years for nothing; he knows nothing about wormholes."

Han Yue Long said: "That's going too far. So many experts came here today specifically for Professor Yan, you're saying he knows nothing? Are all these experts blind or stupid?"

"Yes," Fang Yufei nodded, first looking at Han Yue Long, then at Li Banfeng, "they're blind, they're stupid, and so are you, just like I used to be."

Fang Yufei's gaze lingered on Li Banfeng: "I used to think you were so special, so different from others, but in reality, you're no different from them, just as ignorant and foolish,

I feel ashamed for myself because my understanding of wisdom, life, and this world was so little that I always believed you to be an extraordinary person, to waste so much emotion and fantasy on you,

but fortunately, you're lucky, you came to the right place today, use your eyes to witness, use your ears to listen, take a close look at the power hidden in wisdom."

Han Yue Long thought Fang Yufei was very abnormal today, somewhat excessively high-spirited.

Li Banfeng didn't pay much attention to Fang Yufei's condition; he was focused on carefully watching Yu Yaoming's presentation.