Chapter 104: The aroma of tea fills the air. Stay at Yunhu and let’s find the truth together…
The office door opened a crack, and technician Xiao Zhang poked his head in, his brows knitted into knots. "Gu Bo, it's... it's her again."
Gu Yifeng didn't even raise his head, and lightly scratched the report with the tip of his pen: "Speak."
"Wen Zhu..." Xiao Zhang sighed, "She plugged the cryopump's three-phase power supply into an ungrounded three-pin socket."
He held up a circuit board with charred edges. "The main control chip is scrapped."
Gu Yifeng raised his eyes: "Is she okay?"
"No, I discovered it in time and cut off the power immediately. Gu Bo, what about this circuit board..."
Gu Yifeng was silent for two seconds, then tapped the table with his fingertips. He said calmly, "Follow the equipment wear and tear process. Note 'not human responsibility.'"
Xiao Zhang was startled for a moment, then readily replied, "I see, I see. The components are aging, and it's time to replace them."
"Have her study the 'Laboratory Management Regulations' carefully. Also," he added, "notify the Equipment Department to install physical locks on all high-power interfaces to prevent accidental connection."
"OK."
Less than ten minutes after Xiao Zhang left, engineer Lao Zhou came in again, holding a stack of label papers in his hand, with a look of confusion on his face:
"Gu Bo, take a look." He placed the paper on the table. "The new assistant is using the isotope tracking labels I ordered as sticky notes."
Gu Yifeng glanced over and saw several lines of her scribbles on the paper. He gently hooked his fingertips and brought the label paper over.
"That was custom-made in Europe, flown in from Zurich, and costs just shy of 20,000 yuan! It'll take three months to make another one, and that's going to delay my work!"
"Got it." Gu Yifeng clicked the mouse lightly with his fingertips, "It will be reimbursed this time. Apply for emergency purchase and go through the special approval channel."
Old Zhou nodded quickly and said, "Okay."
"However," Gu Yifeng pressed the confirmation button and looked at Lao Zhou, "Precious laboratory consumables should be properly kept by the user. Pay attention next time."
Old Zhou: “…”
He walked to the door and finally couldn't help but look back: "Gu Bo, do we really need an assistant? Is she here to make things worse?"
The dissatisfaction in Lao Zhou's words was no less than a direct question: "Why did you hire her?"
In order to calm the old employee's anger, Gu Yifeng cooperated very well and pretended to be thoughtful for a moment, but a faint smile flashed across his eyes.
Since it can cause so much trouble, we naturally have to keep a close eye on it to feel at ease.
Gu Yifeng looked at his watch and asked Lao Zhou, "Let's get off work early. Where is she?"
Old Zhou was stunned: "I don't know, she just said to go to the rooftop...to calm down."
Gu Yifeng's face darkened when he heard this. He immediately stood up and strode out the door.
On the rooftop, the autumn breeze blew, bringing a cool breeze. Wen Yi stood on the edge of the rooftop, holding a small red bird the size of a palm in her hand.
She cleared her throat and spoke solemnly, "The situation is this. Please quickly find the thirty million and save my life."
The little red bird tilted its head: "...chirp chirp chirp."
"No, no, no," Wen Yi corrected seriously, "It's 30 million."
She sighed, "This concerns the future of the Wen family, and we need everyone to work together."
The red bird gasped, and suddenly burst into a series of fierce bird calls: "￥%@#!￥&*%…#@&%￥#&"
Wen Yi wailed, "This matter is really important to us!" She took a deep breath, "Wen Chi and I have reached a consensus. We will use the entire wedding budget to focus on our business!"
As soon as the words fell, the little red bird fell silent.
No one noticed that the door to the rooftop had been pushed open a crack. Gu Yifeng stood in the shadows, the hem of his white coat fluttering slightly as the wind blew past the edge of the rooftop. His gaze fell on her, then slowly shifted to the red bird. Wen Chi? Wedding? As his ears caught those two words, his chest felt a momentary weightlessness.
Who is Wen Chi? And whose wedding is this?
He thought...she was single.
He stood there for two seconds before raising his hand and knocking on the door frame.
"Wen Yi."
She turned around suddenly, the wind blew her hair into a mess, and the little red bird spread its wings and flew away.
"Why are you here?" Wen Yi stroked her hair awkwardly.
Oh no, he wouldn't hear about her dire financial situation.
"It's windy up there." He walked over to her, his eyes falling on her thin clothes. "Don't talk about it here next time. You can use any vacant office."
Wen Yi pursed her lips and said nothing.
Gu Yifeng didn't ask her about the funds, but looked her straight in the eyes: "Wen Yi, there are only you and me here. Can you tell me, what is your purpose in insisting on participating in the supernatural deconstruction plan?"
She was stunned.
This scene seemed familiar. He was still approaching her step by step, just like he had done in the interrogation room, seeking the truth.
"Don't give me that crap. I already know who you are."
"Deconstructing supernatural powers would be devastating to you. Besides—" His eyes darkened slightly, "I just heard that you simply can't afford thirty million. So why are you doing this regardless?"
He suddenly took a step forward and looked down at her.
“I won’t compromise for money unless I have a reason to believe.”
The aggressive aura forced her to lower her head and avoid his sharp gaze.
What is coming will eventually come, and she knows that he is not easy to fool.
But she didn't know how to say it.
If she told him about the "infiltration of higher-dimensional civilization" she was experiencing, would he believe it?
The two of them were very close, and the wind carried the woody scent from his body to her nose, awakening a long-forgotten memory.
Wen Yi spoke according to her memory: "Mr. Gu, do you believe that there are inexplicable forces in the world?"
The moment the words fell, Gu Yifeng's pupils suddenly shrank.
A certain fragment in my mind overlapped with her words word for word, like a resonance across time and space.
"...Every phenomenon in the world...can be explained scientifically." He needed to use all his strength to keep his voice steady.
Wen Yi looked up in astonishment and looked at him in disbelief.
He actually still remembers it?
Her nose felt sore, and her voice was no longer clear: "Science can only explain the known, but cannot reveal the unknown..."
The wind blew her hair and gently brushed across his chest. At that moment, Gu Yifeng felt that every cell in his body was clamoring for an answer from her, but he didn't dare to speak.
It turned out that at this time, his fear was greater than his anticipation.
He was actually afraid.
Afraid that her answer would cause his faith to crumble.
"It's just that I can't explain it yet, not that it can't be explained." But after saying this, even he himself began to doubt it.
Wen Yi lowered her head and smiled, tears flickering in her eyes.
"The story begins with an ice cream truck on a summer street..."
As the sun sets, the molten golden sunset glow flows quietly across the sky, turning the unfinished words into twilight.
Gu Yifeng listened quietly, his eyes behind the glasses moving slightly.
After a moment, he spoke, his voice having returned to its usual calm and rational tone.
"Can you give a brief definition of the 'higher-dimensional life form' you mentioned just now?"
Wen Yi was stunned.
"For example... how many levels of dimension difference are there?" He thought for a moment and asked her in as non-professional a manner as possible. "You said the information came from a higher dimension... so how did it get there? Was it like a wormhole, breaking through the folds of space and 'passing' directly through? Or was it some kind of 'interdimensional gravitational wave', quietly seeping in? Are there any accompanying phenomena? For example—is there a change in the flow of time? Or abnormal fluctuations in the energy field?"
"If there is, we can still find a way to test it."
"If not..."
He added softly, "Then I doubt the reality of their existence."
Gu Yifeng explained, "I'm not doubting what you said. I'm just questioning why a high-dimensional civilization would invade a world with a lower dimension?"
Wen Yi frowned slightly, his doubt was not unreasonable.
"Just like the three-dimensional world we inhabit won't 'invade' the two-dimensional world on a piece of paper," he continued. "Lower dimensions have no resource value to higher dimensions, nor do they have any living space. If higher-dimensional intelligent life forms truly exist, they're more likely to observe our world as they would observe cells in a petri dish, without interfering. How could they actively merge with lower-dimensional worlds?"
"Furthermore...if concepts like 'genes' really exist in higher-dimensional spacetime, then according to existing physics, they are fundamentally incompatible with the structure of lower-dimensional spacetime."
"Information can be transferred, but 'fusion'? Assimilation? That's more like a struggle between people in the same dimension."
"Unless..." He paused for a second, "They are not 'higher-dimensional' life forms at all."
"They are just same-dimensional invaders disguised as higher dimensions. Using the name 'higher dimensions', they implant signals and manipulate people like you into helping them open the gate."
Wen Yi's eyes suddenly widened. Gu Yifeng's explanation was a possibility she had never considered. Like a thunderbolt, lightning flashed through the mist, and the thunder roared deafeningly. For the first time, she doubted what she had heard.
If it was as he had analyzed, then the biggest possibility was that she was facing an elaborate scam! Had her struggles and sacrifices all along played into the other party's hands?
What is the truth?
Wen Yi hung her head, as if she had lost all her strength. The first lesson she learned after coming down the mountain was not to blindly trust strangers. Why didn't she learn her lesson?
Gu Yifeng looked at her dejected expression, a trace of pity flashing across his eyes. He softly consoled her, "This isn't just your problem. If there truly is some entity trying to infiltrate human cognition... then this is a fate all of humanity must face together."
"So you don't have to carry it alone." He looked up at the dusky horizon. "It's getting late. Let's go. I'll take you to dinner."
Wen Yi was stunned and hesitated. Suddenly she remembered something and asked him, "Are you... going to take me to our old place for dinner?"
Gu Yifeng raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"
Wen Yi: ...
Hey, how many years have you been pursuing people without changing your tactics?
It was still the old restaurant full of the atmosphere of fireworks. She looked at the familiar Yunhu delicacies in front of her and felt as if she was reliving an old dream.
She lowered her head and counted down silently in her mind: Sweet and sour pork ribs, 3, 2, 1...
Sure enough, a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs with thick oil and red sauce was gently placed in her bowl.
Oh, she guessed it.
Wen Yi raised her eyes and met his face that was pretending to be calm.
He took a leisurely sip of tea and suddenly changed the subject: "How do you feel about being in my research institute today?"
"Not very good. I don't understand anything and I'm causing trouble for others." Wen Yi poked the ribs in the bowl and looked up at him and asked, "Can I not come tomorrow?"
Gu Yifeng chuckled, as if he had expected her to say that.
“My research institute is so popular that no matter how many people want to come, they can’t.”
He put down his teacup, his tone brimming with confidence. "I have the nation's top research equipment, with a total investment of over 800 million yuan, including the superconducting quantum decoherence suppression experimental platform you saw the other day."
"My advisor is the chief of the National High-Dimensional Physics Project, and his laboratory is directly connected to the data center of the National Academy of Sciences."
"I know all the top scholars in this field in China. Any one of them is enough to support an entire national key laboratory."
He spoke casually, as if stating a commonplace fact, "I have the best equipment, the strongest team, and the most confidential data channels."
"If you're willing..." He paused, "stay. Stay in Yunhu City."
"How about we find the truth together?"
Wen Yi's chopsticks, which were poking at the spareribs, suddenly stopped. She raised her eyelids slightly and glanced at him.
Oh, so the academic peacock was spreading its feathers just now to keep her? Will they give her a first-author position in Nature next?
She lowered her head and took a sip of tea, suppressing the smile on her lips. Before she could speak, Gu Yifeng added another sentence, his tone seemingly casual, yet with a subtle deliberateness:
"It's just that if you stay in Yunhu and work with me... would your family mind? For example, would some of your life plans that have already been put into place become an obstacle for you?"
He lowered his eyes, his tone exceptionally gentle and considerate, "After all, this research cycle may be very long, and I don't want you to leave halfway. I also don't want our affairs to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings for your family."
Wen Yi picked up the tea and took a sip.
Put it down again.
no.
Why is the green tea flavor so strong?
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The author has something to say: Thank you to my parents who follow me and provide me with food and clothing [sunglasses][come on] I love you!
The little red bird that we haven’t seen for a long time is back. Do you still remember Wen’s special chat system?
The rooftop conversation is from Chapter 5. Almost 100 chapters have already passed without me noticing. Love is buried deep in my heart, never forgotten.
Today, Lao Gu proposed academic sponsorship. Would Wen Yi consider it? [Let me see]
While typing, I've been listening to "Jade Butterfly" and sharing it with everyone. I wish you a happy reading! [Sunglasses]
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