In fact, sometimes Lu Zhou felt that he might be a bit paranoid in some aspects.
Not every question had to be correct or incorrect.
Rather, it would be better to say that thinking about which answer was correct was an act of carving a boat into a boat to seek a sword …
The banquet was held in the cafeteria of the Corinthia Hotel.
Not only did the hotel prepare a sumptuous meal for this banquet, but they even changed the layout of the cafeteria to maximize the number of attendees. They also left enough space for the mathematicians to socialize.
The main characters of the banquet were undoubtedly the four Fields Prize winners.
As the rising stars of the mathematics world, they were like magnets. As long as they stood in the banquet hall, they would naturally attract the attention of the people around them.
However, as the most popular winner, Vera Pulyuy, she was not present. This made a lot of people feel disappointed.
However, even though Lu Zhou was a bit concerned about Vera's situation, he was not in a hurry.
After all, her report was tomorrow morning, and it was not too late to talk about it then.
In contrast, the purple sphere that exuded an ominous aura in his system inventory caught Lu Zhou's attention.
Void Memory?
What the hell was that thing?
Throughout the banquet, Lu Zhou was a bit absent-minded. When he went to the long table to get some red wine, he almost bumped into an old friend …
"Be careful, my friend, there are a lot of people here. I don't want to get drenched in red wine."
"Sorry."
"No need to be sorry, the tragedy didn't happen, right?" Professor Fefferman smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand. He clinked glasses with Lu Zhou and took a sip. "I feel like you're a bit absent-minded."
Lu Zhou took a sip of red wine and looked at him.
"Really?"
"Of course, when you look at me, I can clearly feel that your pupils are not completely focused on the bridge of my nose," Professor Fefferman said in a humorous and relaxed tone. He looked at Lu Zhou and asked, "Is it because your little apprentice didn't come?"
Lu Zhou: "… No."
He admitted that he was a bit absent-minded, but it was definitely not because of Vera. He would know the result tomorrow, so there was nothing to worry about. At most, he would be a bit troubled about how to answer this question …
Okay, he admitted that maybe it was because of one percent of the reason.
But among all the factors that caused him to be distracted, it was definitely only a very, very small part of it.
Just when Lu Zhou thought that this old guy who liked to gossip everywhere would definitely make a face of disbelief and continue to ask questions, he didn't expect Lu Zhou to stop asking questions. Instead, Lu Zhou said, "Really?" Instead, he said, "Really?"
After talking for a while about the research on the Riemann zeta function and the proposition that had troubled the mathematics world and Lu Zhou for a long time, Professor Fefferman suddenly stopped Lu Zhou.
"Wait a second."
Lu Zhou stopped walking and turned around to look at her.
"What?"
Professor Fefferman smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand.
"Congratulations, there's another laurel in the collection room."
Lu Zhou: "Thank you."
"Also, a piece of advice outside of mathematics." Professor Fefferman walked next to Lu Zhou and patted him on the shoulder. He had a kind smile on his face as he said, "No matter what choice you make, remember not to leave yourself with regrets.
"Everyone only has one chance in life. Whether it's an old guy or a young guy, there aren't many opportunities for us to worry.
"The closer you get to the end of your life, the more you will realize that time is fair, because time is always irreversible."
…
The banquet was coming to an end.
Even though he only had a few drinks with his friends, there were too many of them. In the end, even though Lu Zhou's metabolism was strengthened by the system, he was still slightly tipsy.
However, compared to other people, he was still fine.
Not far away, Krugman and Albert were both drunk. They staggered in the hallway and were finally taken to the lounge by the waiter.
A lot of people nearby looked at these two people speechlessly. Lu Zhou also had a strange look on his face. He didn't know how an economist and a physicist got in here.
Lu Zhou went to the bathroom and washed his face. After he felt a little more awake, he took the elevator back upstairs.
Lu Zhou walked to the door of his room and stopped. He looked back at Wang Peng and spoke in a serious tone.
"If there's nothing particularly important, don't disturb me."
"Okay."
Lu Zhou nodded and was about to close the door. He suddenly remembered something, so he opened the door and pulled Wang Peng, who was about to leave.
"Even if there's something particularly important, remember to call me first."
Wang Peng: "… Okay."
"Finally, if you hear anything special, don't worry about me, I'll be fine."
Wang Peng probably misunderstood Lu Zhou's intentions, so he coughed and said, "Don't worry about this, we definitely won't interfere with your private life. Or rather … If there's nothing at all, it'll be more worrying."
Lu Zhou: "…?"
After returning to the room and closing the door, Lu Zhou walked to the bed and told Xiao Ai to help him pay attention to the movement outside the door. He then sank his consciousness into the system space.
Standing in the pure white system space, Lu Zhou walked to the holographic screen in the center of the space. He reached out his index finger and swiped on the screen, opening his inventory.
It was no different from what he saw in the conference hall during the day. The purple sphere that exuded an ominous aura lay quietly in his inventory.
The misty tentacles around his body were like the antennae of an insect, probing the surroundings.
"If my speculation is correct … This thing shouldn't be something that can be brought to the real world. It should be used in the system space."
Staring at the purple sphere that exuded an ominous aura, Lu Zhou muttered to himself as if he were talking to himself.
Suddenly, he reached out his index finger and gently touched the surface of the sphere.
This time, it was different from when he was in the conference hall during the day.
The touch on his fingertips was not the tingling sensation of an electric shock. Instead, it was like his index finger poking into a sponge soaked in hot water, making him feel an indescribable warmth.
A look of realization appeared on his face. Lu Zhou seemed to understand something. He retracted his right hand from the inventory.
"Not just pain, but the temperature can also be clearly felt …
"As expected, this thing should be a tool that only exists in the consciousness."
"Also, due to certain special reasons, the information can only be read in an environment that is very quiet and won't be interrupted."
"Otherwise, it will trigger something similar to a protection mechanism?"
Lu Zhou really wanted to go out and set an alarm to verify his conjecture.
But then he thought about it, it didn't seem necessary.
After all, the key to revealing the truth was in front of him. If he wanted to know what was in this box, he just needed to open it.
"… Come on, let me see what secrets you're hiding inside."
With a hint of excitement and curiosity in his voice, Lu Zhou reached out his right hand again and tightly grasped the purple sphere floating in the inventory.
A warm and soft touch came from his palm and quickly spread throughout his body, crawling all over his consciousness that existed in the system space.
Just as Lu Zhou tried to take this thing out of the inventory, something unexpected happened.
The tentacles wrapped around the purple sphere suddenly grew rapidly and overflowed from between his fingers.
Lu Zhou realized that he might have gone too far. He was about to let go, but he saw the tentacles twisting like vines. They crawled up his arm and soon swallowed his entire consciousness in a gel-like thick darkness …
(Thank you to the leader of the book "Soo _ LaZy" for the tip ~ ~ ~)
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