The Energy Projection Chain: Deriving Self-Referential Measurement from World Quantum Theory

In standard physics, the energy formula E=γm0c2 is treated as a universal truth. Based on the projection-layer framework of World Quantum Theory (WQT), this paper demonstrates that this formula is not universal, but rather a self-referential reading of the electron (or world quantum) within its own projection layer. This paper derives the energy formula in the eye of the electron, and further proves that when the electron measures other entities, the energy reading is not an independent quantity—it is the end product of an energy projection chain: a cascaded product of successive projections from the Planck reference, through the electron ruler, to the measured entity. This paper presents the cascaded projection formula: Keywords: Energy projection chain; Self-referential measurement; World Quantum Theory; Electron's eye; Projection layer