Actually, Earth and Shenzhou should be two world that got totally no relation. But somehow, they got something look alike, very sus.
For example, Shenzhou got their own "Celestial Order Table", which surprisingly similar like Earth's Periodic Table. Both is seven periods, 118 elements. The chemistry behaviour also quite same same. But then, if compare closely, Wang Qi remember the atomic mass in Celestial Table got small difference than Earth one. Like, not obvious but enough to prove is different.
This one is telling us, proton, neutron, electron in Shenzhou not same as Earth one. So, their weight or maybe even the property different already. Just this thing already can say, this is not same universe with Earth liao.
But then…
People like Daoist Not-Allowed Haisenbao, Quantum Master Boer, Daoist Not-Tolerated Polie, Laser Lady Marjulie, Five-Sect Extinction Qian Xueshen, Crown of All Law Chen Jingyun, Sword Ring Sky Deng Jiaxuan, and Gila… no no, Machine Grandpa Turing…
These name, they sound like some xiaoyao-style cultivators joking around, but still somehow make Wang Qi feel very uncomfortable. Got one kind of "connection" between Shenzhou and Earth.
If both world got "logic of science", then this connection sure got pattern one. Maybe even explain why I travel come here.
So Wang Qi decide to dig it out. First step is to find the rules.
He take all the big figure in Shenzhou Immortal Dao history and arrange them in timeline.
"Wah, the Ancient Method period really messy," Wang Qi shake head, "Everyone say the Modern Method's first ancestor is Primordial Lord Bigoci, means Pythagoras. That quite matching with Earth science history."
Then got Geometry Demon Lord Jimide, clearly is Archimedes la. This also matching. But strangely, other people from Pythagorean School all no record?
"Next, got Heavenly Calculator Zu Zhongzhi – he is actually Zu Chongzhi la, also a real figure in Earth history. And people say he make the 'Ten Thousand Law' lineage start. Later only got people combine Bigoci and Jimide's legacy."
But problem is, Zu Zhongzhi born earlier than the Earth's Zhang Heng, who is his Shenzhou counterpart Di Dong Demon Lord Zhang Heng. On Earth, Zhang Heng is Han Dynasty, but Zu Chongzhi is South-North Dynasties. So not matching lo.
"Even more sus, got Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen also appear same time here. But in Earth, one Tang Dynasty, one Ming Dynasty. I still remember this kind of simple common sense."
So conclusion is: Ancient Method era those Modern Method ancestor many is Earth scientist's parallel version, but their birth time all super messy.
After he got this conclusion, Wang Qi look again at the Modern Method start era.
"This period got people like Xuanxing Sect who re-organize astronomy system. Then Song Bai betray the Holy Infant Cult. But the biggest weird thing is Tianze God Lord Darwin."
Honestly, who help translate "Darwin" as "Tianze" and "Erwen" (达尔文), really got talent la. Sound so natural.
Tianze God Lord Darwin is the first xiaoyao cultivator in Shenzhou. Even though got few old guy who switch from Ancient Method to Modern Method then become xiaoyao, but all their switch is later than this Darwin guy.
But Earth's Darwin is born way later than Newton leh. How can the Shenzhou version so early?
Then, reach the real explosion period of genius.
"Newton, Boyle, Hooke, Leibniz, Euler… these few, their Shenzhou version's birth time more 'normal'. Like more matching with Earth timeline."
"Until the generation of old man Hai (maybe Planck or Bohr?), everything basically same like Earth."
Wang Qi mumble to himself: "But after that, the history start to go very far away."
If this world really follow Earth path, then by quantum mechanics theory about "Schrödinger wave function collapse", at least Piao Miao Palace should already got few branch. But from what I hear, they all believe only in Copenhagen school observation theory.
"Then after that, the two world's similarity go down very fast. Earth 1960s-70s scientists mostly no appear in Shenzhou. Their theory also not seen."
"The last one who got Earth version is Immovable Law King Hawking from Xuanxing Sect."
"And all this," Wang Qi stare at one point in the timeline he draw himself, "all start from the difference between Shenzhou's Suomo Fei and Earth's Arnold Sommerfeld."
In Shenzhou history, Suomo Fei is a not-so-famous Nirvana-stage master. Only record is he suddenly die and pass his two disciples Bolie and Haisenbao to his senior Bo'er (Bohr?).
But on Earth, Sommerfeld didn't die early. He just pass his students Pauli and Heisenberg to Bohr because job change. Later still continue teaching, and even get nominated Nobel Prize like 30 times leh. How can just disappear like that?
So this Suomo Fei can say is die too young compared to his Earth self. And no one explain why he die. This sure got big secret.
Wang Qi scratch his head, then throw the timeline paper to one side. "Why like this one?"
In record, Suomo Fei already Nirvana-stage. With Piao Miao Palace's crazy grading system, unless you fight multiple Great Ascension or xiaoyao level attack, cannot die one lor.
Wang Qi think until head pain. The poison needle still make his body hot cold hot cold, his brain feel like want split.
At last, he sigh: "Aiya, cannot figure out la. I just Qi Condensation only, this kind of mystery maybe too much for me. Leave it first."
Then he pull blanket cover himself, go sleep again.
Before sleep fully, he still got little smile: "But this world really interesting la…"
What Wang Qi didn't know, got one pair eye watching him from the air whole time.
After he sleep, a figure floating in the air blink blink and then his hand suddenly got one paper ball. Is the timeline paper Wang Qi draw just now!
Chen Jingyun use space-shifting method take the paper directly without even the real person notice.
He stare at the paper carefully. When he see the "Suomo Fei Death" mark big big on timeline, his throat move a bit.
"This kid… why go care about Suomo Fei's death?"
Chen Jingyun look around the room, like want to confirm something.
Finally, he just shake head and like talk to himself: "Maybe is nothing. Cannot break the rule."
Next day evening, Wang Qi finally wake up again. The poison finally wear off mostly, but body still weak. What make him more annoyed is his clothes and blanket all sweat wet. And because is fainted, no time to pack extra clothes when come here.
"Walao, this kind of thing also must plan next time," he grumble and decide need buy new clothes soon.
Luckily, still got spiritual power. He look around the room, then surprisingly find one thing look like water tap. Got small seal character on it. After input some mana, water really flow out.
He use it to wash his inner pants (yes, only that), then use mana dry it up. After that, wear the robe that Immortal Alliance give new students. Now at least can go out liao.
Stomach start to make noise already. He cancel the plan to wash clothes further and go find the dining hall first.
From his dorm walk few minutes can reach. The dining place is not very luxury, just stone floor, long tables and benches. Now only early stage students here, not many people eating. Quite empty empty feeling.
Now those join earlier is either talented or lucky one. Not close to each other, so all eat far away in small groups.
Got one blue-clothes cultivator sitting at kitchen entrance. Seems like middle-stage (Foundation Establishment), maybe is the kitchen master here.
Wang Qi go to him, that person just pass him one meal box without saying much. "After eat remember return box."
Wang Qi sit down randomly, open the box.
Then got shocked.