“So, where is this?”

The boy with a rebellious expression of disdain on his face hugged his arms in front of him.

The back is leaning against the railings on the edge of the rooftop of the tall building.

The light blue jacket made the rust on the surface of the railing, making a rustling sound.

"A question of inadequacy. You should ask, where, and     when."

The sound of calm speaking came from the other side of the rooftop.

It was an ordinary middle-aged man who had almost no characteristics. He was wearing a brown windbreaker, with a faint smile on his lips, and he stood on the smooth railings, overlooking the crowd passing by under the building.

"Ha, so this time I not only traveled through space, but also traveled through time, right?"

The boy in the jacket curled his lips indifferently, not surprised by the other party's words, "If you want to make me an apprentice in this way, forget it. I have said it many times, and I am not interested in supernatural powers or something."

The middle-aged man smiled gently, but did not try to explain what an honor and precious miracle it is for ordinary people.

He did not continue to show the extraordinary power he possessed,

Instead, he stood on the shaking railings and said calmly: "This is Belgium, Brussels, Hasselbeck district. May 18, 2003."

"Um?"

The young man raised his eyebrows and couldn't think, "In the year of Guiwei, Yang, Dingsi month, Xinmao day. International Museum Day and Jerusalem Day."

The middle-aged man nodded without comment, "In another ten minutes, the four-year voter election in the Sharbeck district of Brussels will officially end. After counting the votes, an unknown female candidate, Maria, vindevogel, will be successfully elected with 8,706 votes and will become a member of the Brussels Regional Council after tonight.

Belgium is a constitutional monarchy. The federal parliament is mainly responsible for justice, national defense, diplomacy, etc., and the lower-level regional councils are responsible for regional development, environmental protection, housing policies, port economy, etc. related to land.

maria     vindevogel will propose her personal proposal in more than a month (private    member’s    bill),

The bill aims to reduce tax rates and protect domestic enterprises,

After the approval of the Committee, the approval of the plenary session, the signing of the king, and the publication of the National Gazette,

The bill becomes formal law,

And it led to a Brussels shipbuilding company, which chose to cancel the order with Xin'an Shipyard in Fujian Province."

Xin'an Shipyard.

The boy's pupils contracted slightly, and he remembered it very clearly. It was the unit where his father worked more than ten years ago.

"Yes, it was precisely because the news of the cancellation of the order was returned that the employees of Xin'an Shipyard had a holiday in advance, which led to your father and your mother meeting and met in July 2003, which eventually led to your birth."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Don't rush to curl his lips. I am not trying to say something like "Extraordinary sons must be different from others", but point out some unknown secrets.

Candidate MP Maria     Vindevogel was not favored before the election. In fact, her real vote count should be 514, rather than 8,706 votes at the time of election.”

"Um?"

The boy frowned slightly, "What does it mean? Election fraud?"

"No."

"Spend money to buy tickets?"

"No."

"Citizens are watching the fun and choosing a candidate with no one?"

"Or it's not."

The boy who was constantly denied frowned deeper, looked at the smile on the corner of the middle-aged man's mouth, lowered his head and thought silently.

"Get votes 8706, the actual difference is 514...8192."

8192

Eight thousand one hundred and ninety-six.

This number is not eye-catching in the vast ocean of numbers, but in another field, it has special significance.

“To the thirteenth power of 2.”

The boy said coldly: "Software error."

"correct."

The middle-aged man snapped his fingers and smiled: "The computer used by modern humans uses binary and works with strings of 0 and 1.

When the transistor is turned on, it is displayed as 1, and when the transistor is turned off, it is displayed as 0.

In the election system, each string corresponds to a power of 2.

For example, 1 is 100000000000000

2 is 0100000000000000

3 is 110000000000000

4 is 0010000000000000

5 is 1010000000000000

6 is 110000000000000

And so on, 514 votes are 010000001000000

8706 votes are 01000000100100100

Have you noticed that the only one of the 13th power of these two strings has changed from 0 to 1.

However, it is not right to say that this is a software error.

The computer used to count the number of votes in the Sharbeck district of Brussels has no software problems, no hardware damage, and no hacking.

The real key is only one transistor, the transistor representing 2 to the power of 13.

That is to say, what actually happens is bit flip."

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "The reason for the bit flip is the single-particle effect - a single space high-energy charged particles hit the sensitive parts of the microelectronic devices. The ionization effect generates additional charge, which changes the logical state of the device and interferes with or fails the function."

It seemed that he had noticed the expression on the other person's face, and the middle-aged man added: "It was not me who released the high-energy charged particle, but the universe.

The explosion of stars in the twilight years,

Supernova event,

Super giant black holes devour the planet...

The terrifying celestial movements that mortals cannot imagine will produce massive amounts of high-energy rays close to the speed of light.

These high-energy rays travel freely in the cosmic vacuum, and become curved by the gravity of celestial bodies. Unless they encounter obstacles, they will roam forever.

A certain high-energy particle, spanning tens of millions of light years, fell on the earth and collided with atmospheric molecules 25km from the surface, just like a natural collider, producing new high-energy particles.

Neutrons, protons, positrons, photons, muons...

Converge into a dense and huge flow of particles like lightning.

One of the high-energy charged particles was in the election of members of the Sharbeck district in Brussels on May 18, 2003.

Falling from the sky, hitting the computer, the transistor representing 2 to the power of 13, generating additional charge, causing the transistor to change from off to on.

In the end, the candidate MP Maria    Vindevogel received 8192 more votes, resulting in your birth.

I call this process fate.”

The middle-aged man paused for a moment and said slowly: "The universe is vast and the vacuum is vast. Billions of stars are hanging in it. It seems to be unconnected, but it can always connect fate in some unexpected way.

Don’t you want to see it? That magnificent future full of unknown possibilities.”

“…”

The boy was silent for a long time and finally nodded.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Very good, then from now on, you will be my fifth disciple."

"What? Only fifth?"

The boy's face collapsed, "We have only three or two big cats in our organization?"

The middle-aged man named the professor waved his hand, "It's just opened, there's nothing I can do."

"Oh, I always feel like I'm on the pirate ship."

The boy complained, "Forget it, what are the names of the others?"

"Your seniors have given yourself code names, Taihao, out of control, crazy fire, door-shaped spike waves, you can also get one for yourself."

"Tsk, there are enough to kill Matt."

The boy curled his lips and turned his eyes for a moment, "Then I'll call you... lan."

"Is the LAN?"

The professor nodded with a smile, pulled open a portal floating in the air, and looked at the sky for the last time before stepping into it with his disciples.

He did not lie. The high-energy particle that changed Lan's life trajectory came from... the destroyed star in his hometown.

Destiny...

The professor turned around, no longer nostalgic for the last ray of the stars in his hometown, and stepped into the portal.
Chapter completed!