Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1413: Twin Brothers_4

Chapter 1413: Chapter 638: Twin Brothers_4

Through extensive data collection and simulation experiments, I discovered this pair of brothers has significant differences. Our Sun is slightly smaller and very stable,

while its twin brother is much larger and unstable. Four billion two hundred million years ago, which is four hundred million years after this pair was born, the twin brother of the Sun exploded,

Note, this is not a supernova as we understand it; the companion star’s mass did not reach the conditions for a supernova explosion, like a balloon, it didn’t explode directly but leaked air.”

Laughter erupted from the audience; this analogy was somewhat amusing to the astronomy students.

“Did you hear that? He started talking about balloons.”

“The balloon leaked, a classic from Professor Zhao.”

“I really doubt he’s even an astronomy major.”

“Wasn’t someone just saying yesterday? He supposedly sells balloons at the park in his spare time.”

Professor Zhao continued explaining seriously: “During the air leak process, the companion star lost a lot of matter and energy, and formed a powerful shock wave,

under the impact of the shock wave, the companion star quickly moved away from the Sun, until the two were 3.1 light years apart, forming a relatively stable binary star system.”

“3.1 light years?” a student couldn’t help but ask, “Professor, you mean this companion star is even closer than Proxima Centauri?”

“Yes!” Professor Zhao answered confidently.

“We can observe Proxima Centauri, but why can’t we see this companion star?”

“As I just mentioned, the companion star lost a lot of matter and energy during the explosion, putting it in some sort of unstable state, which means we cannot observe this companion star with current scientific methods.”

Another student asked: “Why can’t it be observed? Is it because the companion star exploded into a black hole?”

This wasn’t a question; it was clearly looking for trouble.

Professor Zhao explained: “As I previously said, the explosion process couldn’t be considered a supernova explosion and didn’t meet the criteria for a black hole formation.”

“Since the companion star cannot be observed, how do you know about the so-called companion star explosion, what is the basis of this?”

Zhao Zhihong was indeed doing research, not making things up. He listed many examples, emphasizing the companion star explosion impact: “This explosion stripped Mercury’s crust, destroyed Venus’s ecosystem, and some planets drifted from the Sun’s control and were carried away by the companion star.”

A student laughed: “You mean our Solar System is rotating around another star system?”

Zhao Zhihong calmly replied: “This situation truly exists in binary star systems, where both stars can have their own systems.”

“Have you observed another star system?” This student was leading Zhao Zhihong to say something even more incredible.

Zhao Zhihong took the bait: “In the universe, observing exoplanets is very challenging, but in recent research, we made some progress, finding that several wandering planets we identified were actually orbiting the same center of mass, and that center is our companion star!”

“Is there life on the companion star’s planets?”

“I think there is, and I believe we have already established some degree of communication with life on the companion star’s planets.”

“3.1 light years, Professor, how exactly would you communicate with them?”

“Through certain special spatial channels…”

“Professor, are you saying aliens have landed on Earth?”

The scene burst into laughter, and the laughter was persistent.

Zhao Zhihong smiled awkwardly and stopped answering questions impulsively.

This was an environment he had experienced many times, understanding that these people had no interest in academics; instead, they were treating his academic lecture as a comedic show.

Yet he continued and completed the lecture, maintaining a straight posture, speaking with full energy.

…

After the lecture, Zhao Zhihong returned to his office, unfazed by the ridicule from the lecture; he was used to it.

Li Banfeng knocked and entered the office, sitting down beside Professor Zhao: “Professor, can I copy your presentation?”

Zhao Zhihong looked at Li Banfeng: “Which school are you from?”

“I’m from the School of Science.”

“Sorry, some of my presentation content is not suitable for external disclosure.”

Even though it’s made into a presentation, it’s not suitable for disclosure?

This was clearly an excuse.

Zhao Zhihong didn’t want Li Banfeng to have a copy because he did not trust this unknown student and didn’t want his research to be ridiculed through some media, a situation he’d faced too many times.

Li Banfeng said to Zhao Zhihong, in a serious tone: “I’ll pay.”

Zhao Zhihong was a bit angry: “It’s not about money; speaking to me this way is disrespectful to academics!”

Li Banfeng took out twenty thousand in cash and handed it to Zhao Zhihong.

Zhao Zhihong’s veins bulged as he glared at Li Banfeng: “What do you mean by this?”

“Fee for lecturing, Professor, labor fees should be paid.”

“Even paying labor fees, it should go through normal financial processes!”

“I can do the paperwork later; I can sign a contract with you. My intention is to sincerely seek your professional knowledge.”

“Your attitude is improper!” Professor Zhao sternly criticized Li Banfeng, then accepted the money.

Li Banfeng copied the presentation: “May I ask you some questions?”

“Certainly.” Professor Zhao was less angry.

“First question, do you believe the evidence for the companion star’s existence is the change in the Sun’s orbital path?”

“Yes, the irregular fluctuations on the Sun’s orbit are caused by the irregular gravitational changes of the companion star.”

“Second question, the companion star cannot be observed, could it mean the companion star has evolved into a Black Dwarf Star due to rapid energy loss?”

“It’s very likely, but strictly speaking, the companion star isn’t purely a Black Dwarf Star, as the formation of pure Black Dwarf Stars takes too long, and our companion star still periodically emits energy, and even has energy bursts.”

“The star system where the companion star resides is 3.1 light years away from our star system. This distance is quite far; if there’s communication between these systems, through what channel is it achieved?”

“I believe the most likely channel for such communication is a wormhole.”

“What does the internal space of a wormhole look like?”

Zhao Zhihong was silent for a moment: “Actually, previously a professor conducted deeper research on wormholes.”

He was referring to Yu Yaoming.

Li Banfeng said: “I’d like to hear your research findings.”

“How much do you understand the fundamentals of astrophysics?”

Li Banfeng shook his head: “I don’t have much foundation.”

Professor Zhao smacked his lips, contemplating how to explain it simply: “Many believe that the internal space of a wormhole is very narrow, only allowing basic particles to pass through. In my view, this concept is incorrect, and I need to use a balloon to illustrate.”

He really likes balloons.

He took a balloon from his desk drawer: “I am going to blow it up.”

Li Banfeng glanced around: “Hold on, just give a basic explanation first.”

Whoo! Whoo!

The professor inflated the balloon and explained to Li Banfeng: “The opening part of the balloon is very narrow; once sealed tightly, it is difficult even for basic particles to pass through,

but the internal space of the balloon is not narrow, it could be a huge helium balloon, or even a much larger airship, possibly as large as a planet.”

“If as large as a planet, could life originate inside?”

“There’s that possibility, but the special environment within a wormhole might cause varying degrees of mutation to life, with internal space also experiencing differing degrees of segmentation.”

He then blew up a giraffe-shaped balloon: “Pointing at the giraffe’s head and then the belly, this is the segmentation of space.”

Li Banfeng was imagining the environment inside a wormhole.

He seemed quite familiar with that environment.

Maybe that place is called Puluo State.

PS: This correlates to some extent with the myths and legends of Hundred Demons Workshop.

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