People often regard space-time as an eternal container that exists before all things, as an inherent measuring scale. But in essence, space-time has never been an independent existence; rather, it is a relational product that relies on mass.

Without a mass point, there is no point of origin. In a void, without an anchorable mass carrier, there is no way to establish the base point of a coordinate system, no way to define orientation and scale. Even "here" and "there" cannot be distinguished—so how can space exist? Pure void is nothing but an energy chaos without boundaries, without structure, without localization. Only when mass condenses into mass points do we gain reference, geometry, and space in the true sense.

Without reference, there is no motion. The essence of motion is the relative change of position. Without reference objects constituted by mass, motion and stillness are entirely indistinguishable—neither perceivable nor definable. Time, in turn, is nothing but the measurement of motion and change, the processual manifestation of the succession and displacement of all things. If all things in the world return to stillness, there will be no order of before and after, no distinction of duration, and time will lose its foundation for existence.