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Hi everyone,

I’ve been obsessed with a theoretical physics/philosophical concept lately and ended up writing a short, 7-chapter hard sci-fi novella based on it. I wanted to share the core hypothesis to see what you guys think about the thermodynamic and narrative implications.

The Premise: What if Time is not a dimension, but a super-dimensional FORCE driving cosmic causality, and every galaxy is wrapped in its own closed "Causal Field" (like plastic wrap) to protect its physical constants?

In the year 2075, two quantum physicists achieve a 100% perfect, zero-error simulation of Earth's dynamics for just 30 minutes. But by predicting the future with absolute certainty, they unintentionally "stole" 30 minutes of time-force pressure from the Milky Way.

The universe reacts instantly to balance the pressure. The quantum computer and the lead scientist are instantly crushed into a 0.5 cm stable black hole.

The Narrative & Worldbuilding Exploration: To save his lost love, the surviving scientist has to embark on an interstellar journey using an unpredictable AI, an anti-gravity engine powered by the companion black hole, and "Exotic Matter" to temporarily alter his biological DNA to survive different galactic fields:

1. A Perfect Extinction: A utopian golden civilization that developed an evolutionary trait called "Feeling Sensing" (absolute telepathy). Their collective consciousness achieved such flawless synchronization that it created a perfect, automated city—only for the collective mind to collapse from an infinite, planet-scale void of absolute loneliness.
2. The Battle of Infinite Cycle: A chaotic giant star system where the souls of a collapsed civilization are trapped in a 10-billion-year war, constantly recycled as gaseous lifeforms (Heimr) and electrical lifeforms (Alfar)—a technological hell where your enemy in this life was your comrade in the last.
3. The Ultimate Paradox: A system 12,000 light-years away orbiting a Neutron Pulsar and a White Dwarf, where the concept of the "Causal Loop" finally closes its circle.

If you are into hard sci-fi that blends complex cosmological physics with deep psychological solitude, existential dread, and a mind-bending causal loop ending, I’d love for you to check it out.

The full 7-chapter story, "Binary Star", is fully formatted and complete. No filler, no endless web-novel tropes, just a tightly structured cinematic ride.

Read the full story on Royal Road here: 👉 https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/167718/binary-star-how-much-humanity-would-you-be-willing

I’d love to discuss the physics of the "Causal Field-Lock" and the ending paradox in the comments!