Part 79: An idea forms for the next evolution of the Microwave Ophone (Temp)

I-Is it really that unthinkable...?

"I'll teach you about what happens inside that Microwave Ophone. Inside the oven, invisible to the naked eye, electromagnetic waves increase the energy levels of hydrogen atoms. This is the normal function of a microwave oven. And there, the cellphone's scattering electromagnetic waves are added, causing every particle inside the oven to keep colliding, increasing in mass as they begin to approach the speed of light in circular motion. That's something like an 'accelerator', so to speak."

"Accelerator...!"

Literally the same as the LHC...!

"So, if the LHC was created to generate mini-black holes... then does the Microwave Ophone (Temp) produce mini-black holes as well?!"

Kurisu... doesn't deny it.



"But there's still one thing I don't understand. Even if mini-black holes are created, they should evaporate instantaneously. But it doesn’t seem like that with the Microwave Ophone. That's clear from how it turns bananas and karaage into Jellymen. Just like with the LHC, the mini-black holes change into Kerr black holes."

"According to Titor's theory, it's necessary to inject electrons to produce the mini-black hole to Kerr black hole effect."








"The LHC uses a lifter to inject electrons into the black holes, controlling the gravitational field. Something's substituting the lifter somewhere in the Microwave Ophone."

"S-Somewhere?"

"Like I said, I don't know."

So in the end, is that where the problem leads? Kurisu's explanation does nothing but prove that our vague hypothesis that the Microwave Ophone (Temp) is the same as the LHC isn't incorrect.

"It looks like we need to review what the LHC is."

This is our "LHC Moe" guy Daru's time to shine.



(Literally: Large-model Hadron Collision-Type Acceleration Device.)

"Had drawn?"

"It's the name of a particle."

"And so, its physical form is a large circular underground tunnel constructed underneath France and Switzerland. Its total length is 27 kilometers. Its depth is about 100 meters underground. Two rings pass inside the tunnel. Inside the rings is a super low temperature vacuum. So basically, a reproduction of outer space environments. Seriously moe.
Proton acceleration occurs in an adjacent facility, where they're gradually accelerated by the linear accelerator, proton synchrotron booster, and SPS. Finally, they're injected into the LHC, where they undergo their final acceleration via superconducting magnets spread throughout. At the end, they reach up to 99.9999991% of the speed of light. The LHC's dangerous. Not the same level as the Microwave Ophone, though.
But the accelerated protons collide around 10 billion times per second. The purpose of the LHC is to observe the high energies caused from the resulting reactions... or so they say. That was a huge lie."

That's about how much we reviewed.



"Two problems. The designation of the local field, and the lifter."

"For the local field designation, it's just as you said. The D-mail precisely arrives at its specified destination."

"It's dangerous to come to a conclusion without verification."

I have no objection at all to that.

"As for the object that replaces the burden of the lifter, we already know it exists, so we just need to find out what it is."

"I don't think we can find it. I've already searched the small interior of the Microwave Ophone for days without finding a hint. Even if we do find it, it takes an enormous amount of time to adjust the volume of electron injection."

"How enormous?"

"SERN spent 9 years and still can't solve it."

So basically, it will take amateurs like us even longer. Just then, a certain idea flashed into my mind.

"Then let's try to think things conversely. SERN tried out physical human time travel, but adjusting the volume of electron injection didn't go smoothly. The singular points were not made naked. It's the same thing with the Microwave Ophone (Temp). The amount of data that can be safely sent without turning into a Jellyman is just 36 bytes. That's where we think conversely."



"Then we can send that person through the ring singularity just like a D-mail, can't we?"

"Convert a human's entirety to data? That's not even possible, man. And even if you could, that data's capacity would be astronomical, right? Then how could you compress that into 36 bytes? You an idiot? You wanna die?"

"Mm, mmm, I thought it was a good idea, though..."

So the barrier to time travel is thick after all, huh?

And then, I notice Kurisu's expression had changed. For some reason, her eyes are wide. Her mouth half open.

"I see... In that case, maybe..."

And then the next words Kurisu says:





It...? We can do what? Time travel?

Even though it was my idea, I really can't believe Kurisu's words.

"Are you serious?"

I ask again. In response, Kurisu grins a smile of triumph.

"Super compression of data, at least, is simple. We can just use the black holes created by the LHC, since black holes super compress everything they swallow. If all we compress is data, then it's not like crushing a human to death."

Oh, I see. Wait, I understand it now that you explain it, but can we really pull off such a stunt? And most importantly...

"How do you plan to convert humans into data?"

"You know that my thesis got published in Science magazine, right?"

"Why are you bragging all of a sudden?"

"Did you read that thesis?"

I haven't looked at it.

"Ah, if you want that issue of Science magazine, I've got it scanned."

Daru opens up his image folder, scrolls through tons of porn, none of which is 3D, and opens up the obvious Science scan data.



"The title of the thesis is: 'Analysis of Nerve Impulses in Relation to Memories Accumulated in the Temporal Lobe'."

"...Temporal lobe? Nerve impulse?"

"Huh, Okarin, you don't know?"

"No, wait. Don't mock me. This title, umm, it's more in the scope of neuroscience than physics..."

"Neuroscience is my specialty. So?"

I'm stunned. She can talk physics in that amount of detail, and she's so well-versed in time travel hypotheses that I was under the impression that she specialized in physics...

"...No, enough about that. How is this related to time travel?"

"Converting the entirety of a human into data is impossible..."