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A ripple-like notification sound rang. One side of the room suddenly lit up like a huge screen.

“Wow—that’s amazing!” Dong Yao and Qi Mu Huan praised with slight exaggeration. rUxiz6

Among the three newbies who had been embroiled in emotional disputes, one of them let out a gasp, but now the veteran members were too engrossed to pay attention. Because at this moment, this massive screen was displaying a series of text.

“Dad, I don’t like school.”

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“Oh, why don’t you like it?”

“I don’t like rote memorization, and I don’t like teachers forcing us to answer questions according to a set formula. I think, as long as we can provide answers that can capture the core and the true essence of a problem, it should be enough. Just like what you told me, Dad, to seek the real and eliminate the false, to see the essence through the appearance. All those flowery and superficial things are meaningless burdens. Whether it’s a question in the humanities or the sciences, concise and refined language is the essence, and getting rid of the routines and cumbersome steps is practical.” LV EPQ

“You’re absolutely right, my child.”

“But schools and teachers don’t teach us like this. In the humanities, they demand rote memorization, not a single word can be wrong. In the sciences, we have to answer according to the formulas and routines in the books. They don’t allow you to take a different path. I believe that what we should really be learning in school is how to think correctly and flexibly about every question, not how to memorize every question and its answer in order to get a good grade.”

“My child, the phenomenon you’ve mentioned is indeed a problem. It’s a characteristic of exam-oriented education, and the overall environment makes it difficult to change in the short term…”

“But Dad, you always tell me not to curb my imagination and creativity, but I feel that my imagination and creativity are being stifled.

I don’t like school. The teachers often consider my ideas as weird and unruly. They always feel that I am deliberately going against them and causing trouble. My classmates also thought that I’m a weirdo and that my thought processes are not on the same wavelength.

But I feel like they’re turning into a group of rigid robots who only know how to apply the formulas and sentences from the textbooks verbatim to everything — I don’t want to become like them. Dad. I feel like I can’t breathe in this environment. I hate teachers stuffing me with those theorems, axioms, rules, and texts…

I can’t take it anymore, Dad! I want to die. I don’t like them, I don’t like this. I’m too depressed, I want to break free, I want to leave here!”

“—No!… No… Son… Son, be good. Open your eyes, son, look at Dad… You haven’t left Dad, have you? You must still be here, son. Wait for Dad, son. Dad is going to find you and read with you, play with you, explore fantastical ideas with you… Dad will go find you right now…” duKNco

Below these lines of text, there were several lines of handwritten text that exuded chaotic emotions:

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——”P mjc’a bqfc atf ybz, jiatbeut atfgf wluta bcis yf j bcf lc rfnfgji yliilbc mtjcmfr, yea… yea P kjca ab olcv ws rbc… Zjsyf, wjsyf lo P ibmx wsrfio lc atf ybz abb, P klii olcv tlw lc atja bcf lc rfnfgji yliilbc mtjcmfr…”

——”Gjwc sbeg glvlmeiber ijkr jcv geifr! Vlcmf sbe yfilfnf lc atlr klatbea j vbeya, atfc P klii ulnf sbe j kbgiv bo jyrbieaf ijkr! Pc atlr kbgiv, jii rmlfcalolm qtfcbwfcj… atfbglfr… obgweijr, mbcmierlbcr, ijkr, bg ktjafnfg… tsqbatfalmjir klat atfbgfalmji yjrlr, ibulmjiis rfio-mbcrlrafca lcofgfcmfr, qjgjvbzfr… fnfc mbwwbcis jmmfqafv nlfkr… kfii-xcbkc qtfcbwfcj… sfr, fzjmais, ktjafnfg sbe olgwis yfilfnf lc, atf rb-mjiifv mbggfma cjaegji ijkr, eclnfgrji qglcmlqifr, tfgf, atfs jgf jii agef, atlr lr atf kbgiv sbe kjca. Lfgf, atfs jgf jii atf agef ijkr bo atlr kbgiv…”

——”Does God really play dice…” o5I2T4

——”Ultimately, which came first, matter or consciousness? Does matter determine consciousness, or does consciousness determine matter?”

——”Son, where are you? Dad is going to find you, going to find you…”

Beneath all the text, there was an icon that resembled a dice, flashing with a glacial and desolate starlight.

The veteran members looked at each other. Wei Dong scratched his hair, which was newly cut before entering the painting: “The last few paragraphs look really chaotic. They do seem like the disordered mental state of a madman.” JPZtm5

“Yes, it’s making my head spin,” Luo Bu also scratched his platinum-dyed hair. “I don’t really understand. This thing about random theories and laws becoming true in this world, what does that mean?”

“To put it simply, it means that as long as you have an idea and you can support it with a theoretical basis, even if it can’t be realized in reality, it can be determined as true and can be realized in this so-called ‘world.'” Zhu Haowen explained.

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“So abstract, not simple at all,” Wei Dong was completely puzzled.

“The so-called ‘this world’ should refer to the world created by the artist Cheng Shi within this painting,” Shao Ling said. “It can be said that it’s created by his consciousness, or it’s created perhaps based on his understanding of this world. But no matter what, it comes from the chaotic, mixed-up mental world of a madman. I’m afraid the danger we’re about to face this time will be very different from before. It may have no rules and may even be incomprehensible. I think the difficulties we face this time will be very great. Mu, what do you think?” CKW6oF

“I think the focus should be on these handwritten lines,” Mu Yiran said. “Even though the content appears chaotic, some key information is scattered in there. Like the essence of an abstract painting, we should purify this content, remove the useless parts, and find the crucial information within.”

“In the first line, he mentioned a box,” Ke Xun spoke. “This should refer to the box of Schrödinger’s Cat, but what does ‘one in several billion chance’ mean?”

“Can I ask,” the girl with shoulder-length hair suddenly said, “Are the things displayed on the wall related to the rules of the world inside this painting that you people mentioned?”

“Yes, each painting’s world will set up a backstory and a mystery for us,” Qin Ci patiently answered her. “To a greater or lesser extent, it also provides us with clues to unravel these mysteries. Our task is to seize these clues, find more clues to solve the puzzle, and discover the author’s signature or seal within this painting’s world to leave.” 86OUL9

The girl with shoulder-length hair swallowed with difficulty, “What you just said, is it actually true?”

“It’s true.” Qin Ci said.

The girl with shoulder-length hair looked a bit helpless as she turned to the young man named Deng Lin. Deng Lin seemed afraid that these two girls might remember what happened just now. He quickly turned to ask the veteran members who were talking: “Could you first explain to us what you were talking about earlier, the thing about Schrödinger’s Cat?”

“‘Schrödinger’s Cat’ is a thought experiment proposed by the famous Austrian physicist Schrödinger……” kfyZO2

As soon as Shao Ling began talking, that young male idol, Qi Muhuan, started to laugh, “Surnamed Xue, shouldn’t he be a Chinese? Are there people in Austria also named Xue?”

Dong Yao playfully patted him with a laugh: “Muhuan, you are exposing your education here, watch out for losing fans!”

Qi Muhuan responded with a smile, “Oh dear, I messed up. My persona is about to crumble. Please don’t abandon me, my Mousses!”

Everyone: “…..” 8vZnWz

Ke Xun asked Luo Bu, “What’s Mousses, cake?”

Luo Bu explained: “It’s the nickname for his fans.”

Ke Xun: “……”

“… is a thought experiment proposed by the famous Austrian physicist Schrödinger.” Shao Ling continued, “The experiment involves placing a cat inside a sealed box. In this box, there is a small amount of radioactive material, a vial of poison, and a hammer above the poison vial. The hammer is controlled by an electronic switch, which, in turn, is controlled by the radioactive material. vemgEw

“If the radioactive material decays, it will trigger the electronic switch, causing the hammer to fall, shatter the vial of poison, and release the cyanide gas inside, resulting in the cat’s certain death.

Now, this radioactive material is known to have a 50% chance of decaying and a 50% chance of not decaying. So, there is a 50% probability that it will not trigger the electronic switch and a 50% probability that it will. Therefore, the cat inside the box also has a 50% chance of being either dead or alive.

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The problem is, as long as the cat remains in the opaque sealed box, no one could know for sure whether the cat inside is dead or alive before opening the box. Only when you open the box can you determine whether the cat is dead, or alive.

Then before you open the box, what state was the cat in the box in? According to quantum theory, if the box is not opened for observation, we will never know whether the cat is dead or alive. So, the cat is considered to be in a superposition of states, in other words, the cat in the box is both dead and alive simultaneously. 4C91Uc

This explanation obviously appears illogical, but it holds significant meaning in the field of physics…”

“Wow, that was really informative! I felt like I just had a physics lesson.” Dong Yao interjected with a sweet and pleasantly surprised tone,

The veteran members: “……”

“What does that have to do with the so-called painting’s world we are in now?” Deng Lin asked. UsJ9Gf

“The name of this painting is “Schrödinger’s Cat”, and the room we are in now is like a sealed box.” Zhu Haowen looked at him indifferently.

Deng Lin froze for a moment and took a moment to digest. His expression paled as if he had finally realized something.

“So, you mean that we might be both dead and alive right now?” The girl with long hair reacted swiftly, her face turning equally pale.

“Although that’s the concept, if we don’t find the artist’s signature, all of us will die. But if someone finds the signature before anyone dies, there’s a chance for all of us to survive,” Wei Dong explained. ibLfPa

“Th-then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry up and search for it!” The girl with shoulder-length hair sounded a bit anxious.

“We need to organize the existing clues firs……”

Before Shao Ling could finish his sentence, Qi Muhuan, who was standing nearby, interjected with a smile: “The part about ‘does God really play dice’ mentioned here, could it be related to this dice icon below? Let’s click on it and see what happens!”

As he was saying this, he reached out and tapped the dice icon. Ip DEQ

He was standing very close to the wall, and his actions were too sudden. Everyone was caught off guard and couldn’t react in time to stop him. He had already touched the dice icon, and it began to spin rapidly.

“—What the hell!” Ke Xun, Wei Dong, and Luo Bu shouted in unison. They hadn’t expected this person to be so stupid and to act so carelessly. It was too late to stop him now. They all quickly stood by their companions, preparing for whatever was about to happen.