The Polignac's conjecture was a strong twin prime conjecture. For all natural numbers k, there were infinitely many prime pairs (p, p + 2k). The case of k = 1 was the twin prime conjecture, which was that there were infinitely many prime numbers p, such that p + 2 was a prime number.
The latter was proved by Lu Zhou in February of this year using the sieve method.
Prior to this, Zhang Yitang and other mathematicians had completed the proof from 70 million to 246 on the "bounded distance between prime numbers". These conclusions all belonged to the (P, P + 2K) form, which provided a strong clue for the proof of the Polignac's conjecture.
So far, the "k = 1" part had been completed. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this piece of the puzzle was almost complete.
Now, there was only one step left, which was to generalize "k = 1" to "infinity".
If the twin prime conjecture was only enough for Lu Zhou to get nominated for the 2018 Fields Prize, then the proof of the Polignac's conjecture would definitely win the 2018 Fields Prize.
However, even though it sounded easy, it was not easy to generalize "K = 1" to "infinity".
In terms of methods alone, this was a completely new task. The conclusion and proof process of the twin prime conjecture could only provide an idea for Lu Zhou. If he wanted to prove the Polignac's conjecture, he might have to create a new proof method like he did in Princeton.
Even though his mathematics level had risen from level 2 to level 3, it was still quite difficult to complete this task.
What was worse was that the system had set a time limit of 16 years to complete it.
In other words, if he wanted to receive the mission reward, he had to solve this problem within 15 years.
On the other hand, the reward was also very random. However, Lu Zhou felt that the twin prime conjecture had more than 40,000 experience points. This strong twin prime conjecture would not be lower than that, right?
Not to mention that this was a reward mission.
Therefore, he was quite looking forward to this reward.
…
After receiving the mission, Lu Zhou exited the system space and went to sleep. He slept until noon the next day.
When he woke up, he found that there were five or six missed calls on his phone.
Lu Zhou looked at the phone numbers. They were all from Professor Lu's office. Lu Zhou guessed that Yan Xinjue probably told Professor Lu that he had returned to China.
Thinking that he had to go to the old man's office later, he didn't rush to return the call.
He had one more important thing to do before lunch.
After getting out of bed and brushing his teeth and washing his face, Lu Zhou entered the System Space again and clicked on his inventory.
[Scanner Gun (One-time Use): Able to perform a panoramic scan of the internal structure of an object with a volume of one cubic meter to analyze its structure and composition.]
The system's introduction was short, but Lu Zhou roughly knew how to use it.
Moreover, if used well, this thing's ability was simply heaven-defying. It didn't matter if it was a chip lithography machine or an Iron Man suit, as long as it was fired at it, all the technology inside would be stripped clean. As long as the production process was solved, it would not be a problem to make another one.
So the question is, what is good for?
"I can only use it once … I don't even have a chance to test it?"
As Lu Zhou looked at the icon in his inventory, he felt a little conflicted.
First of all, he had to maximize the benefits. Naturally, it was best to use the sample reward from the system.
In his inventory, there were a total of three items. In addition to the "Debris No.1" reward from the system, there was also the "Two-hour Nano Body Strengthening Needle" and a bottle of Sprite from the future.
Therefore, he was faced with three choices.
One was to shoot at Debris No.1, and the other was to shoot at the Nano Body Strengthening Needle. He could even shoot at the Sprite.
The first option was to obtain materials from the unknown battery debris, but it was hard to say if it would be useful or not. It was also a mystery how much technology he could obtain from it.
After all, he did not even know what the core technology of the battery was. He only guessed that the battery was probably the legendary lithium-air battery based on the observation of the lithium dendrite formation experiment.
As for the second option, it was a functional sample. According to the system's description, it was powerful and had no side effects. If he could completely reverse engineer the technology, he could create a batch of Captain America, but he could at least create a modified soldier like Dong Bing … Maybe?
This was the last option. If he could get the "future" drink recipe, it shouldn't be too difficult to make … At least compared to the first two options.
Lu Zhou hesitated for a bit before he finally chose the first option.
He had to look at the long term.
Even though the third option had a large economic effect, since the technical requirements weren't high, and the drink was delicious, the room for development was too small. Also, this type of product wasn't difficult to produce, but it would be difficult to protect the intellectual property. It would be difficult to rely on patents.
As for the second option, this technology was a bit sensitive. Even though there was no doubt that it was valuable, it could easily cause problems in all aspects.
As for the first option, it was a bit like gambling.
It was hard to say what could be found from the wreckage that had been destroyed to such an extent.
"Do I have to gamble?"
Lu Zhou reached into his inventory and took out "Debris No. 1" and "scanner gun". He closed his eyes and exited the system space.
Lu Zhou felt the cold and light metal in his hand. He placed the broken battery on the table and picked up the streamlined pistol. He aimed at the broken battery and pulled the trigger.
He only heard a "buzz" sound as a blue electric arc flickered at the muzzle. It bloomed into a cone-shaped light blue light curtain.
The light blue light curtain enveloped the battery wreckage. It seemed to have a magical penetrating power as it easily passed through the hard metal surface, turning the dark metal surface transparent. It then searched every inch of the shadow.
When Lu Zhou saw this, his eyes were wide open.
F * ck me, this is the black technology of the system!
Just the light beam that penetrated the metal and arranged in a grid shape in space was at least a Nobel Prize-level discovery.
What God's Particle? Standard Model? Compared to this thing, they were nothing!
In the eyes of a layman, it might not seem like much. It was just a sci-fi light that made a dark object transparent. However, for a mathematical physics expert like Lu Zhou, the existence of this thing completely subverted his understanding of particle physics and the standard model!
At least in the standard model that he was familiar with, there was no particle that could explain the strange phenomenon in front of him …
Suddenly, the light beam dimmed. It was as if the source was cut off, and it was completely extinguished.
The battery wreckage, which had been turned translucent, was restored to its previous metallic appearance as if it had been repainted.
The scanner gun in Lu Zhou's hand suddenly lost its weight. It turned into fine black powder and slipped through his fingers like gravel. All that was left was a black USB flash drive, lying alone in his hand.
"…"
Lu Zhou opened his palm and looked at the USB in his hand. He didn't speak for a long time.
The scene in front of him seemed familiar. He wasn't particularly surprised, but he felt a little emotional.
This broken system really doesn't give me any loopholes.
If I'm not mistaken, the USB in my hand is probably made of self-degrading material. After copying the data, it will automatically decompose.
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