Chapter 331: Membrane

Under Chen Ling’s leadership, the group moved quickly toward a certain direction in the deep forest.

The good news was that this time, the group followed Chen Ling for two hours without anything more eerie happening. The surroundings seemed to be forever silent, dark forests, and the rugged mountain roads under their feet seemed endless. Except for the failure of communication and the compass, it was no different from when they set off.

After this period of buffering, everyone relaxed completely. Thinking back on what happened just now, they didn't feel it was that eerie. Perhaps it was just an ordinary case of getting lost in the mountains.

Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was too oppressive, the researcher with black-rimmed glasses suddenly asked:

"Dr. Su, do you believe in parallel dimensions?"

This question immediately attracted everyone’s attention. Even Lu Xun turned back to look at him, a flash of surprise deep in his eyes.

Su Zhiwei didn't expect him to ask her this question suddenly. After making eye contact with him, she didn't answer directly but asked back: "Dr. Lou, are you asking for my personal opinion on this question... or are you asking about string theory?"

"Both." Dr. Lou answered without hesitation.

"In string theory, there is M-theory, also known as membrane theory." Su Zhiwei said while walking. "This theory believes that the world is eleven-dimensional, with nine spatial dimensions and one time dimension... We can only perceive four dimensions now, which are length, width, height, and time."

"We cannot perceive the other six spatial dimensions, but they may exist in the microscopic world. For example, if we observe an atom with the naked eye, it is a point, which is zero-dimensional. But if we go deep into its interior and observe it from a microscopic perspective, its existence is three-dimensional... That is to say, dimensions will change because of the way and angle of observation... So we usually think that the smaller the world, the higher the dimension."

"From this theory, if there are really high-dimensional beings like gods in the world, they are likely to exist in a speck of dust floating by, or between some inconspicuous cells in our bodies. So in some religious theories, it is believed that 'everything is God, and God is everything,' 'a flower is a world, a leaf is a Bodhi'..."

Lu Xun heard this and asked with a frown, "Dr. Su, you just said that the world is eleven-dimensional... then where is the last dimension?"

"The last dimension is a 'membrane'." Dr. Su paused for a moment. "All the 'strings' that make up our world exist on this membrane. That is to say, our world itself is trapped in the membrane, and there are countless such membranes in the universe. They overlap with each other, and the strings on each membrane cannot interfere with each other. These 'membranes' are the so-called parallel dimensions."

"So in string theory, parallel dimensions exist." Dr. Lou’s eyes narrowed.

"Correct."

"Then what about you? Setting aside string theory, do you personally feel that parallel dimensions exist?"

Dr. Su was silent, seemingly thinking about this question seriously. "Dr. Lou, string theory is my research direction. I will naturally assume in my heart that it is true... In my eyes, the world works this way."

Dr. Lou looked at her deeply. "...I see."

"Dr. Su, I have one more question." Lu Xun followed up. "If there are really countless parallel dimensions, is there anything that can pass through the 'membrane' and travel freely between them?"

"...Yes."

"What?"

"Gravitons." Dr. Su explained. "In general relativity, gravity spans dimensions, including the 'membrane'... However, the existence of gravitons is just a hypothesis. No one has been able to prove their existence yet, but theoretically, as long as strings are made to vibrate at a certain frequency, gravitons can be created, thereby traveling through parallel dimensions."

Dr. Su seemed to remember something and looked at a figure in the corner.

"Regarding gravitons, Dr. Ji should know more than I do?"

That figure looked up at her and said faintly, "Dr. Su misunderstood. I research the Higgs boson, which is the 'God particle'... It's completely different from gravitons."

Chen Ling then noticed this figure who had always been at the very edge of the team. Since setting off, he had almost never said a word, to the point that Chen Ling hadn't noticed his existence... However, what is this God particle for?

Chen Ling felt like a poor student mixed into a group of top students. He couldn't understand any of the problems these people were discussing... He only knew that parallel dimensions existed and that things could travel freely between them.

Listening to this, the Lord of Aurora’s professional field was still the simplest and easiest to understand... Of course, it was also possible that he hadn't grasped the essence at all.

Chen Ling let out a long sigh.

Just then, he suddenly stopped.

As Chen Ling stopped, the group behind him also stopped one after another. They looked at Chen Ling’s back suspiciously, and just as they were about to ask something, Chen Ling suddenly roared:

"Get down!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Ling turned around and tackled Yang Xiao, who was closest to him, to the ground!

Boom—!!

A sound like a dull cannonball erupted from the forest. A giant shadow like a jackal leaped up from the darkness. It was at least four or five meters long and pounced straight toward the top of everyone’s heads!

Fortunately, the group’s reaction wasn't slow. The other eight scientists lay down without hesitation. The giant shadow grazed the top of their heads. Borrowing the light of the flickering flashlight, one could see the explosive, writhing muscles of the opponent and the pair of black wings like a bat on its back!

Calamity?!

Seeing this thing, Chen Ling was shocked.

That's not right... The Great Cataclysm hasn't started yet, how could a Calamity appear here??

"Fire!!"

The special operations team protecting the ten people reacted extremely quickly. After avoiding the monster wolf, they raised their muzzles and pulled the triggers!

Da da da da da—

Bullets accompanied by gushing fire shot toward the monster wolf, but they were all deflected by skin that was like steel. Blinding sparks illuminated a corner of the night sky, and everyone’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

With a roar from the monster wolf, its figure raged in the dark night again, instantly tackling the two closest figures with guns. As its blood-red mouth opened, two pillars of blood gushed up!

This extremely bloody scene scared the researchers lying on the ground silly. Although their psychological quality was not weak, they were still terrified to see such a brutal massacre. Fortunately, perhaps because they were lying on the ground, the monster wolf didn't rush toward them but continued to pounce on the other gun-wielders!

Chen Ling’s eyes narrowed. Just as he stood up from the ground, his eyes, flashing with deep blue brilliance, swept across the surroundings...

I don't know when, but strange and eerie shadows had already approached from the depths of the forest.

They had been surrounded.