The phone hung up.

Gently exhaling the turbidity in his chest, Lu Zhou, who put down his mobile phone, set his eyes on the thick stack of scratch paper on the table, and couldn't help but have a smile of relief on his face.

"Thirty-one days...... This is probably the longest retreat I've ever had. Glancing at the calendar on the lock screen of his phone, Lu Zhou sighed.

How long has it been since this feeling has passed?

It was so long that he almost couldn't remember.

Since breaking through LV10 in mathematics, most of the computational problems have lost their meaning to him, and many times when he sees a mathematical formula, even with mathematical intuition, he can quickly lock on to a few expansions that may help him in his subsequent thinking.

For others, the high-dimensional space that consumes almost all brain cells and the abstract differential manifolds that take up almost all of their brain cells are as simple and clear in front of him as the building blocks in the hands of a child.

This time, however, the situation is a little different.

Very rarely, when he wrote the first line of the equation, his intuition about mathematics did not tell him which direction to go in the first place. The messy clues are like tangled yarns, making it difficult to figure out the clues.

And as he continued to change his methods and continue to explore the depths of this labyrinth, more and more difficulties and traps began to reveal the tip of the iceberg in front of him.

More than once, Lu Zhou wondered if his conjecture was just an unreliable brain hole.

Fortunately, in the end, he did not give up, until he found a suitable differential manifold on the complex plane, converted it into algebraic form through the method of algebraic geometry unified theory, and introduced it into the corresponding function expression of the high-dimensional space, and finally pushed open the last door before the end of the labyrinth......

"A very typical high-level topology problem, like the Poincaré conjecture......"

The pen in his hand turned around, looking at the content on the scratch paper, Lu Zhou smiled shallowly, and continued to talk to himself.

"But it's much more difficult than the purely mathematical problem Poincaré guesses, and it involves much more than just a few differential manifolds or some kind of high-dimensional space."

"The good thing is that this is one of the areas I do best."

One of the first millennial problems he solved was the existential problem of the solution of the NS equation.

At that time, he constructed a differential manifold called the L manifold and directly knocked down the huge wall called "many is complex" in front of the fluid dynamics engineers.

By now, he had used this weapon to kill many dragons who guarded the treasure.

Now, in a similar way, he has once again taken out a monster that stands between human civilization and the deepest mysteries of the universe.

And this monster is much more vicious than the average dragon.

And the treasure it guards is far more valuable than the average millennial problem......

“…… Space-time tells matter how to move, and matter tells space-time how to bend. ”

"Particles in the n-dimension do not move to the n-1 dimension for no reason, and once this transition occurs, it must not only move the matter on the string, but also open a channel between the strings."

"And this channel can be defined mathematically."

Looking at the almost entire sheet of paper and the formula destined to change the future fate of human civilization, the corners of Lu Zhou's mouth hooked up a smile of victory.

“…… The next step is to input it into your computer. ”

This kind of happy thing, if only he knows, is too boring.

It took about two hours for Lu Zhou to re-comb the proof process on the scratch paper, and then carefully typed them into the computer in the format of a paper.

Influence of Z-particle Transition Effect on Space-Time Curvature

Finally, Lu Zhou, who had drawn up the title of the paper and finally finished editing the paper, uploaded the paper to Arxiv, leaned back in his chair and stretched out, moving his somewhat sore shoulders.

“…… Next, it's time to prove my guess experimentally. ”

Although the physics community may not be able to immediately accept his "brains", as the chairman of the IMCRC, he has absolute authority on how to waste next year's funds.

Especially since the last Z-particle event, his authority has been challenged by almost no one. Even if all the board members voted against it, the vast majority of physicists at IMCRC would certainly be on his side.

"Let me think about it...... Deploy a 'Z-Particle Clock' in geosynchronous orbit and lunar orbit? No, wait a minute, the distance between the orbit of the Moon and the Earth seems to be a little too short, so let's switch to the orbit of Mars. ”

The consignment work and the order for the "Z Particle Clock" can be digested internally by the cooperative units of the Lunar Orbit Construction Committee.

For how to realize the entire experiment, Lu Zhou already has a complete blueprint in his mind.

There was only one thing he wanted to do right now.

That is to share the joy in his heart with the people he loves the most......

"Xiao Ai, send a message for me and Wang Peng, and ask him to come downstairs to pick me up."

[Yes, master.] (???????? `)】

……

When Lu Zhou went out, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and by the time he sat on the Zidian Max parked downstairs, there were already snowflakes in the sky.

Glancing at the snowflakes shining from the street lamp next to him, Wang Peng, who started the car, asked casually.

"Are you still going so late?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said, "Did you arrive before eleven o'clock?" ”

"It won't be that long, and it will be enough at half past ten."

"Let's go, then."

About a twenty-minute drive, a purple coupe stopped at the entrance of a luxury community in the core area of the high-tech park.

After passing the face recognition access control at the doorman, Lu Zhou, who was holding an umbrella, walked into the community, stood on the elevator, came to the familiar door, and gently pressed the doorbell.

Soon, he heard the sound of rustling footsteps from behind the door, followed by the familiar voice.

"Who?"

"It's me."

With a warm breeze, the door creaked open, and then the face full of joy and surprise appeared behind the door.

"Why did you come to me all of a sudden? Don't even say it in advance...... I, I haven't even cleaned up, you wait first. ”

Suddenly realizing that she was wearing a nightjacket now, without makeup or combing her hair, Chen Yushan subconsciously wanted to close the door.

Fortunately, Lu Zhou's eyes were quick, and he put his foot into the door first, and said in a sweat.

“…… Do you want to leave me out and freeze to death? ”

Although there is a central air conditioner outside, it is still a little difficult to freeze people to death, but when it is time for her to change her clothes and makeup, Lu Zhou feels that she can fall asleep standing up.

Hearing Lu Zhou's words, Chen Yushan only noticed the unmelted snowflakes on his shoulders at this time, and his cheeks suddenly turned a little embarrassed, and he whispered.

"I'm almost asleep, I don't know it's snowing outside...... Come on in. ”

After entering the house, Lu Zhou changed into slippers and walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

Chen Yushan, who came out of the kitchen, walked out with two cups of hot milk and put them on the coffee table.

"It's cold outside, come and drink something hot, speaking of which, your retreat is over?"

Trying it with his lips, feeling the just right temperature, Lu Zhou took a sip gently.

As the warm current poured into his spleen and stomach, he felt not only the coldness on his body, but also the tiredness between his eyebrows.

"Well, it's over."

"Looks like you've made another big discovery." Sitting opposite Lu Zhou with his chin in his hands, his beautiful face seemed to glow, shining with a heart-warming light.

"You found out," a smile appeared on Lu Zhou's face when he met that bright gaze, and suddenly thought of something, and continued, "I want to give you a gift on Valentine's Day." ”

As soon as she heard about the Valentine's Day gift, Chen Yushan suddenly became excited and asked curiously, "What gift?" ”

Lu Zhou smiled mysteriously.

"There's no surprise to tell you now."

"When it's Valentine's Day, you'll know."

The snow outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, gently hiding the residual heat from the treetops and the lights leaking through the eaves.

In the silence, only the sporadic street lamps and car lamps, and the inaudible serenade, quietly traced the outline of the night.

As always, tonight is no different from yesterday.

The only difference is probably that.

Because of a paper that suddenly appeared on Arxiv, many physicists living in the Eastern Hemisphere may have to lose sleep in tossing and turning......

Lamp pen