Chapter 532 (1/2)
”A thousand years?” although he had a hunch, Aoki was shocked. After all, he had seen this man not long ago. Why did he suddenly become a mummy a thousand years ago?
Situ explained: ”we know too little about ramra's spatial structure. Maybe there are some spatiotemporal static areas where space will not flow and the speed of matter will slow down.”
”If material movement slows down, shouldn't people live longer?” petru said.
”No, the metabolism of the human body will not change, otherwise people will die. The decay speed of particles in the static area of space and time will not decrease, but the moving speed relative to space will slow down,” situ said.
”It's still hard to understand.” Boris went to Halsey's body, bent down and looked carefully at the face of the terrible mummified body.
”You are all at sea all year round. Do you know the shadow of death at the bottom of the sea, where the sea water is not flowing?” situ asked.
”Yes, at a depth of about two to four thousand meters under the sea surface of the North Pacific north of 32 ° south latitude, there is a shadow zone stretching thousands of kilometers. It is said that the sea water there has been trapped for thousands of years,” Ivan said.
Boris was about to reach out to touch Halsey's clothes. He was stunned when he heard Ivan's answer. As a submarine veteran, he was naturally very familiar with the situation at the bottom of the sea, but he had never heard of it.
”Hey, Ivan, where do you know these strange stories? I'm sure the instructor of Kuznetsov naval academy has never taught this, and our submarine can't drive two thousand meters deep.”
”You should read more nature magazines, Boris,” Ivan said. ”Mr. stone, I don't think it should be called the shadow of death, because there are a small number of organisms there, but the oxygen content is very low.”
Situ nodded: ”You're right. Of course, species can reproduce there as long as they adapt to the environment there, but that's not the point I'm talking about. The point is that the sea water there is not flowing. Although it is integrated with the whole Pacific Ocean, it has an obvious boundary. For centuries, the sea water there has been static and almost no vertical movement. It is in its own It circulates in space and never exchanges with the outside sea water.
Oceanographers call it the shadow of death.
If a whale who likes to drift accidentally enters the sea area, it will always drift in that shadow unless it knows the direction and goes upstream to the sea. Of course, whales want to breathe on the sea, so such a thing will not happen. ”
”Do you mean that there are such spatial shadows in ramra?” Aoki asked.
”In theory, such a space shadow must exist in the universe, but we can't visually distinguish such a place, because it is connected with other spaces, just like the death shadow on the seabed, but it has an obvious boundary, which is both connected and isolated from the outside world. It is a very magical place.”
Situ walked slowly to the window and put his hand on the window. The blurred glass did not become clear, but left a scratch, like the word ”one” written by a brush.
”Compared with the vast universe, human beings are only reptiles living on the earth and have never really left the planet's surface. Naturally, they have no chance to encounter such space shadows. When human beings begin to drive spaceships and conquer the sea of stars, they will often encounter 'still space'. Of course, at that time, human spaceships must be able to get rid of the constraints of stillness , as long as it has enough power and obtains accurate spatial curvature, but with modern technology - such as this warship - if it falls into static space, its power is not enough to get rid of this space, just as we can't get rid of the gravitational attraction of galaxies.