The destination is the Grand Hotel Stockholm.

As in previous editions, the Nobel Prize Foundation will occupy an entire hotel for the duration of the few days, serving only Nobel laureates and their families.

It's just that unlike previous sessions, this time the atmosphere is quite grand.

Since entering the hotel two streets, Lu Zhou has seen a checkpoint set up by the local special police, which has brought almost all roads leading to the hotel into the scope of traffic control, and checked passing vehicles.

"The security situation seems a bit grim this year?"

Noticing the surprise on Lu Zhou's face through the rearview mirror, Wang Peng smiled and explained.

"After all, there are distinguished guests coming, and it is normal to be formal."

Lu Zhou: "That's a bit too exaggerated. ”

"It's not an exaggeration," the driver in the driver's seat chimed in with a laugh, "in a sense, they're more afraid of problems than we are." It's better to be prepared than to be scared. ”

While they were talking, the convoy had arrived downstairs at the Stockholm Grand Hotel.

The waiter in a ceremonial dress stepped forward to open the car door for Lu Zhou and the others, and led the group to the room where they stayed.

Looking at the spacious room, Chen Yushan sat on the edge of the bed and suddenly said with some emotion.

"I really miss it...... Before you know it, five years have passed. ”

"yes."

Lu Zhou's heart was also quite emotional.

It was here five years ago, and even the room he lived in at the time was this one.

The only difference is probably that my state of mind at the moment is completely different from that time.

Quietly looking at Lu Zhou, who was looking out the window and falling into memories, Chen Yushan suddenly asked.

"Speaking of which, when will your parents arrive?"

"They should have arrived at the airport in Beijing, and they should be there tomorrow morning."

When he was in the car before, Lu Zhou had confirmed this from WeChat.

In fact, they were originally on a flight, but in order to avoid reporters and avoid affecting the traffic near the airport, after communicating with the Swedish authorities, Huaguo temporarily advanced his formation by one day, and did not follow the original arrangement, and flew to Stockholm with his father and mother in Beijing and later.

If nothing else, they should have just flown from Jiangcheng to Shangjing, and it will be a while before they can get on the flight from Shangjing to Stockholm.

As for Xiaotong, he had just gotten on the plane from New York to here at this time, and he would arrive in Stockholm tomorrow morning.

The award ceremony will be tomorrow at 3 p.m., so there will be no rush when the time comes.

"Okay, then I won't bother you yet, I'll go back to my room and sleep for a while, and then I'll come back to you at night."

As she spoke, Chen Yushan propped up the side of the bed with her hands, stood up again and stretched, and said with a smile on her face.

"I happened to go back and pack my luggage, and I was really tired along the way."

"At night?"

For some reason, the scene in the lavatory of the plane suddenly appeared in Lu Zhou's mind.

And people are creatures like this, once the brain hole is opened, it is like a wild horse that has escaped from the reins, and it can't stop at all.

Looking at Lu Zhou's face, which was expressionless but gradually dyed red, Chen Yushan thought of something in an instant, and her face was also printed with a few red clouds, and she couldn't help but take a sip and said.

"What are you thinking?"

"I mean revisit, aren't you going to have a drink?"

With that, the door slammed shut, cutting off the beautiful shadow that disappeared in the doorway.

Looking at the direction in which the senior sister left, Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and then fell into a short silence.

Although she didn't do anything, she always felt as if she had done something very rude and upset her.

Do you still drink it for a while?

It seems that she didn't say no to drinking......

Faced with this problem, which was even more troublesome than quantum mechanics, Lu Zhou shook his head vigorously.

Forget it, let's wait until the evening......

After more than ten hours on the plane, it was too sick to think about such a headache.

Lu Zhou, who felt a little tired, took out a tube of energy potion from the system space and drank it.

Waiting for the fatigue to fade from his body, Lu Zhou took out the paper that he hadn't finished reading before from his suitcase, walked to the desk and sat down.

The author of the paper is Rudy Davick, a Belgian professor of high-energy physics at the University of Brussels, who is one of the more outstanding newcomers among the young physicists recently trained by the IMCRC.

Of course, even though he is a newcomer, he is almost forty or fifty years old. His current project is to study the gravitational anomalies of the low-dimensional expansion of Z particles, and to find out what is the strange substance that Z particles release when they fall from high to low dimensions, but can produce gravity that cannot be captured by detectors......

In other words, catch the goldfish that "spits bubbles" on their experiment report.

After re-reading the paper, a look of interest appeared on Lu Zhou's face.

“…… Interesting. ”

"What will be the material that disappears on the detector? Dark matter, or some kind of singularity matter? Or is it from the Void? ”

"No...... The Void seems unlikely. Z particles are still matter in the n-dimension, and when they move from the n-dimension to the n-1 dimension, there is no change in mass in the n+1 dimension. The void should be a stable thing relative to the regular universe, otherwise, the civilization of the old universe would not be trapped in it and unable to get out. ”

Of course, these are just your own conjectures.

It's just that scientific intuition tells him that although the theory of the void can explain some special problems, it is in fact a very dangerous thing.

Theoretically, it's impossible to know about what's inside until you get out of the box. As a result, it seems that any anomaly that is not clear can be temporarily contained inside.

It sounds convenient.

But it's easy to fall into the trap of agnosticism.

Physics should be a perfect, inclusive, and rigorous discipline that allows for the existence of "animism", but it does not allow the people who study it to push everything unknown to a great being in a simple way.

Looking at the data on the paper, Lu Zhou suddenly thought of something, so he immediately picked up the pen on the table and calculated it on the scratch paper.

【l=-(1/2)tr(gμνgμν)+Σq(iγμdμ-mq)q】

【……】

The tip of the pen moved faster and faster on the paper, and even drew a series of afterimages.

Since advancing to Mathematics LV10, Lu Zhou's sensitivity and intuition to numbers have reached unprecedented heights.

In addition, the breakthrough of the Great Unified Theory further strengthened his understanding of mathematics, and for him now, almost all problems involving mathematics are no longer a problem, at least in mathematics.

In terms of calculations alone, there is probably no one in this world who is his opponent, and no one can see farther than him.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Scratch paper quickly formed a stack in the corner of the table.

Retracting the tip of the pen on the paper, Lu Zhou let out a long breath, staring at the equation on the paper and muttering to himself excitedly.

"Sure enough, this part of the mysterious substance did not come from the Void."

"It's probably more of a special kind of field in comparison."

"But what will it be?"

Suddenly, the excitement became even stronger.

It was as if the shadow of a white fox flashed in the jungle, allowing him to catch a glimpse of the "great enough theory" Lu. out of a fleeting tail.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhou immediately turned on the computer and edited an email.

[Hello, Mr. Rudy Davik, I am Lu Zhou, Chairman of the IMCRC. 】

[Just an hour ago, I finished reading your latest paper on the gravitational anomalies of z-particles, and several sets of data piqued my interest. I tried to analyze the data from a quantum chromodynamics perspective. 】

[From a mathematical point of view, I can assert that this disturbance probably has nothing to do with the world on the n+1 string, but only occurs within our universe.] Instead, there is a high probability that there is a huge, untapped treasure waiting to be unearthed by all of us. 】

[This research direction should be paid more attention to, and I will define it as one of the key projects of IMCRC research in the first half of next year at the conference at the end of the year.] 】

[If it is convenient, can you report your results in detail at the report meeting?] I'm looking forward to your presentation. 】

The IMCRC is already a well-established international physics research cooperation organization.

It would be better to get more people involved than to go it alone.

Pressing the send button, Lu Zhou turned off the computer.

The sky outside the window has been completely darkened before you know it.

It's barely past noon, but at this point in December, the Nordic city of Stockholm is already in the middle of a long winter night at about 3 p.m.

During this long, cold night, it seems like a good choice to have a drink.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou, who got up from the chair, walked to the cloakroom and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

Although he is very handsome in whatever he wears.

But......

With a slight movement in his heart, Lu Zhou took out a pair of glasses and put them on the bridge of his nose, and lightly clicked his index finger on the frame.

The pale blue window was soon reflected on his pupils, covering himself in the mirror.

"Xiao Ai, what clothes should I wear?"