The Christmas of 2023 was spent in peace.
The colonists of Guanghan City had successfully settled in their new home. Except for a rare earth deposit with an estimated reserves of more than 30 million tons, which was auctioned by a large domestic mining company, the news about Guanghan City seemed to have come to an end for the time being.
As this hot topic gradually faded from people's sight, there were no new hot events to follow. Life seemed to have temporarily returned to the daily track.
However, although the world finally got a moment of respite from the successive shocks, for the physics community, it was the opposite.
It was like a gift from Santa Claus. A piece of news from the ILHCRC attracted the attention of physicists from all over the world.
Professor Luo, the secretary-general of the ILHCRC, joined the Z particle gravitational anomaly research group.
Also, the gravitational wave formula of the Z particle was actually solved by Professor Wei Hong of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Dobrik of the University of Brussels?
"This is incredible …"
ILHCRC coffee shop.
He was sitting at the place where Lu Zhou talked to Luo Wenxuan last time. Professor Witten's face was full of disbelief as he looked at the paper in his hand.
"Even from a mathematician's point of view, the content of this thesis is quite interesting. His understanding of algebraic geometry and topology makes people wonder … "
Wilczek: "Did Lu Zhou help?"
"Not really." Witten turned a page of the paper in his hand and couldn't help but say, "There is still a big gap between him and Lu Zhou, but for a scholar engaged in particle physics research, it is quite rare to be proficient in mathematics to this extent. After all, I've seen too many physics professors erase a certain letter in a line of formulas and pretend that nothing happened when they were calculating phenomenological models. "
Professor Wilczek, who was drinking black tea, almost choked on the tea. He coughed a few times before he recovered.
"Fortunately, I'm the only one here … Otherwise, I'm afraid your metaphor would offend a lot of people."
"Who cares?" Witten shrugged nonchalantly. "I'm already this old."
More and more old friends had left over the years. Many of them had not contacted each other for a while.
Forget about his old friends, even he himself began to gradually feel that it had gradually become more and more difficult to adapt to the current pace of physics research.
Aging is an eternal topic.
Neither the great nor the lowly could escape this curse.
Since he could make amazing achievements, the only thing Witten cared about now was probably to see more new things that he had never seen before in his lifetime.
Professor Wilczek noticed the sadness in this topic. He took a sip of the black tea in his cup and changed the topic.
"But about the unexpected you mentioned … I actually think it's within my expectations. There's at least an 80% chance that Lu Zhou is interested in this research. There must be some amazing discoveries behind it. "
Professor Wilczek felt like his statement was not accurate enough. He thought for a while and spoke.
"Or to put it more accurately … more than 90%."
"What surprised me was not the Z particle gravitational wave formula. Although its derivation process is ingenious and exquisite, it is far from surprising. Forget about Lu Zhou, even for me … With so many experimental clues, a month should be enough. "
Witten pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and looked at the paper in his hand. A look of obvious interest appeared in his eyes.
"What really surprised me is what Lu Zhou is doing."
"Lu Zhou?" Wilczek looked at him strangely and asked, "Isn't he researching this?"
"Of course not, if he was researching this, even if I can't see any traces of his calculations in this paper, I would at least see his name in the author column. I bet that even if he doesn't want to put his name on it, his collaborators would definitely want to put his name on it, and they might even do it on their own … "
At this point, Witten seemed to recall something that happened a long time ago, and his wrinkled face couldn't help but reveal a smile.
"… There's only one possibility for him to give up on such an interesting research project."
"He must have found something even more interesting."
The moment Wilczek heard these words, he also seemed to remember something. His turbid pupils suddenly lit up, and he muttered to himself.
"… Moreover, even he himself wasn't sure if it was correct."
Witten snapped his fingers and spoke with a smile.
"That's right."
Wilczek smacked his tongue and said, "Okay, you have successfully aroused my curiosity! I can't wait to visit him in Jinling now and see what he is researching. "
Witten smiled and said, "You won't see him."
Wilczek: "Why?"
"From what I know about him, he usually locks himself up when something like this happens."
Witten put down the teacup and spoke with a nostalgic smile.
"He calls it a retreat."
…
In fact, Professor Witten's guess was very accurate.
Even though Lu Zhou hadn't started his retreat yet, he was already preparing for it.
Moreover, the topic he was researching, just like Professor Witten had guessed, was not the same as what Wei Hong and Dobrik were researching.
The formula for the gravitational wave of the Z particle was a very perfect result, but for figuring out the reason why the Z particle caused gravitational disturbances when it fell from a high-dimensional space to a low-dimensional space, it could only be regarded as the first step.
It would undoubtedly be a very great result to be able to reach the end of this road, but it was not easy to dig out all the clues in this research direction in a short period of time.
At least, it was not something that could be achieved in the short term.
In contrast, in this research direction, Lu Zhou found something else that interested him. And it was precisely because of this discovery that he temporarily shifted his attention away from the topic of the disturbance of the gravitational field by the Z particle.
However, this discovery might be a little unimaginable.
Even he himself wasn't sure if his conjecture … or rather, if it was a brainstorm that had a flash of inspiration, had the possibility of being realized.
However, it was this feeling of uncertainty that ignited the desire for knowledge and the soul of science in his heart.
If he didn't even dare to think about it, what was the difference between him and a salted fish?
Even if there was only a 1% possibility, he had to hold a magnifying glass and dig out the corresponding clues!
"I may have to stay at home for a while … During this time, you may not be able to contact me."
On the video call.
Lu Zhou looked at the holographic image of Chen Yushan unfolding in front of him. He was silent for a while before finally saying this.
In fact, before making this call, he had been hesitating for a long time.
Even someone as ignorant as him knew that no woman could stand their boyfriend not replying to their messages for a long time. Even if he explained the reason, it might cause the other party to misunderstand that he was a burden and so on.
However, after hearing this sentence, Chen Yushan's reaction was beyond Lu Zhou's expectations.
He only saw her smile. Not only did she not throw a tantrum like he had imagined, she even used a relaxed tone to tease him.
"Retreat?"
"… Oh? Even you know this word? "
"Don't underestimate your girlfriend, I know you very well, okay?" Chen Yushan couldn't help but make a joke. "Also, you scared me just now, you know? You suddenly became so serious … I thought you were going to break up with me. "
"Why would I?!"
"That's hard to say. What if a girl younger than me pursues you? After all, I'm not as clingy as a little girl. Not to mention you have so many fans. Every time you post on Weibo, there are people who want to … have babies with you. "
Although she had a domineering expression from the beginning, she couldn't help but blush a little when she said "give birth to a little monkey" at the end.
As for Lu Zhou on the other end of the phone, he almost choked on his own words.
What do you mean by babies?
Are there really perverts among my fans?
Emm …
Okay then.
Lu Zhou suddenly lost his confidence when he thought about how handsome he was.
"Okay, okay, I'll stop teasing you."
Chen Yushan looked at Lu Zhou, who wanted to explain but didn't know how to say it. She smirked and let go of this boy who was not good at expressing himself.
She enjoyed the silence for a moment and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Remember to take care of yourself. No matter how interesting research is, remember to eat and sleep on time. "
Seeing how considerate and understanding his girlfriend was, Lu Zhou was so touched that he was speechless.
His throat moved slightly.
In the end, the thousands of words that had yet to be spoken were all fused into a single sentence.
"Mhmm, you too!"
Lu Zhou hung up the phone and sat at his desk. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He then focused all of his attention on the draft paper on the table.
"This should be the last hurdle …"
Lu Zhou mumbled to himself and picked up the ballpoint pen on the table.
"… The last hurdle before maxing out in physics."
The world after level 10.
Just thinking about it caused him to be overwhelmed with emotions …
Lamp pen
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