Life is like a walk-and-go journey, where you make choices at the fork in the road of countless choices, and finally reach an end point where you don't know where you will stop.

Professor Miel felt that he was standing at such a fork in the road at this moment. There are all kinds of risks hidden behind the seemingly bright future, and although I agreed without hesitation, I thought about it carefully, and my decision was actually a little too hasty.

However, after three full days of repeated struggles, he finally packed his bags and embarked on a journey to Shanghai.

Although the identity of this Dr. Z is quite suspicious, if he stays in this research institute for a lifetime of obscurity, it is not the life he wants.

He was accompanied by his old friend, Professor Sarot.

Although the professor of materials science and the summit in the field of artificial intelligence seem to be a little mismatched together, the application of carbon materials has become more and more extensive over the years, especially the carbon-based chip that Huaguo has recently made, and the connection between the research of carbon materials and information technology has suddenly become closer.

In this regard, he has expressed envy more than once.

Obviously, everyone is from a computer background, and they are all halfway out of the house to engage in something else, and in a blink of an eye, even artificial intelligence has begun to rub off on the popularity of carbon materials, why is his research direction still half-dead.

Every time he thought about it, he felt angry.

“…… It was probably the most boring academic conference I've ever attended. ”

Obviously, he had a different idea from the envious and jealous Professor Miel, and after coming out of the lecture meeting, Professor Sarot, who was walking down the street with him, said in a slightly bored voice, "It is stupid to expect that a group of people who don't know what graphene really is, and expect it to become a panacea for all problems." Whether it's artificial intelligence or quantum communication, the key to the problem is not the material at all...... Why don't these idiots understand? ”

“…… Maybe it's because they've tried everything they can? Not wanting to admit that he was also such a fool, Professor Miel used a euphemism, "Isn't it a common way to learn from other research directions or even completely different fields when the knowledge in this field can no longer open a breakthrough in this problem?" ”

"That being said, I still think these unrealistic expectations are stupid...... Speaking of which, this is my first time in China," Sarot sighed, looking around the streets, "I didn't expect this area to become so developed. In comparison, Amsterdam is almost like the countryside. ”

Miel: "It's easy to read too much BBC news, but to be honest, I prefer Amsterdam. The buildings there are a little shorter, but they are prettier, like a beautiful Dutch girl......"

Sarot smiled weirdly and said, "I always feel that you are not really interested in architecture. ”

Professor Miel was confused and said, "This must be your delusion...... Speaking of which, don't you have an old friend from China? Every time I ask you who he is, you don't want to tell me. It's a rare trip, and you don't plan to visit? ”

The moment he heard this, Sarot's expression suddenly became a little subtle.

"I haven't thought about it yet, after all, I haven't been in touch for some years, and he's mixing well now, I don't know if he remembers me......"

Since that phone call, Lu Zhou has disposed of his lab in Silicon Valley, and he has not been in contact with Lu Zhou since returning to Amsterdam.

In fact, he was still a little scared.

It has been common to hear similar rumors in the past that some researchers have been dealing too closely with countries that the United States "doesn't like" and have been secretly disposed of. Wasn't the most famous Gerad Bull shot dead at his home in Brussels, Belgium, after receiving an anonymous phone call?

He once used his experience to help Lu Zhou establish a series of patent barriers in the field of lithium-sulfur batteries, and these patents are now making Yankee's new energy companies complain. It is precisely because of this that he has been a little nervous since he was investigated by the FBI.

After a half-second pause, he digressed from the subject.

"There's a café over there, I'm going to have a drink, do you need to bring it?"

Professor Miel: "A cappuccino is all it takes." ”

Sarot: "Wait for me here." ”

Looking at the back of Professor Sarot turning towards Starbucks, Professor Miel put his hand in his pocket and stood on the side of the road with some boredom pacing from side to side.

Just then, a man in a brown jacket suddenly walked over and asked politely in fluent English.

"Hello, are you Mr. Miel?"

Stopped, and Miel turned back to cast a puzzled look at him.

"Yes, what's the problem?"

He doesn't remember any friends he knows well in the country.

The man said, "Someone is looking for you." ”

For a moment, thinking of the Facebook speculation that Dr. Z was a Chinese, Miel immediately asked.

"Is it Dr. Z?"

The man's expression suddenly became a little subtle, and he looked left and right before he whispered.

"Sort of."

Regardless of the old friend who went to Starbucks to buy coffee, Miel immediately urged impatiently: "Take me there...... Why don't you go? ”

"Dr. Z asked me to ask you if you had thought about it."

Hearing these inexplicable words, Miel was slightly stunned, staring at the man and frowning.

"Do you need to ask? If I hadn't thought about it, I would have flown thousands of kilometers away to listen to an academic conference that I was not interested in at all? ”

As if accepting Professor Miel's statement, the man nodded.

"Okay, then please come with me."

With that, he gestured to Professor Miel, then turned around and led him towards a black Buick parked next to him......

Almost at the same time, Sarot, who was carrying two cups of coffee in his hand, walked out of Starbucks.

Returning to the side of the road where he had been separated from Professor Miel earlier, Salrot was slightly stunned as he watched the crowd of people around him.

What about people?

Why is it gone?

……

Regarding the identity of Dr. Z, Huaguo's security department actually knows about it.

At that time, there were only a few people who could come into contact with the Martian bacteria, and after the extract was sent to the ground launch center, they didn't even leave the country, and it can be concluded that this Dr. Z must be in China based on speculation alone.

Regardless of whether it saves the world or not, there is no doubt that something as unstable as Martian bacteria is quite dangerous if it is held in the hands of unsafe people.

Almost immediately, the General Staff intervened in the investigation, and the number one even called Lu Zhou in person to find out the situation.

And then......

And then there was nothing else.

After all, it wasn't something worth hiding in the first place, but seeing that the country's security department thought it was a pathogen leak, he was so nervous, Lu Zhou told him directly.

Of course, this matter is only known to people in the security department of China, and even only the high-level and some of the security personnel responsible for the security work of the land boat, even Professor Liu Zuobing, who also participated in that project, was kept in the dark.

It's not that Lu Zhou intends to sell this pass, it's just that many things are too troublesome to explain, so it's better to wear a vest directly on your body.

Anyway, he didn't plan to use this vest to do anything harmful.

However, Miel didn't know it, and he didn't think of it.

On the way here, he made a lot of guesses.

Including this Dr. Z is actually a military-industrial giant like Stark, including this Dr. Z is actually secretly developing a powerful information technology weapon for Huaguo......

Unexpectedly, it was actually this ......

When he saw the man spinning the pen sitting behind the desk, Miel was stunned, pointing at him for a long time and unable to say a complete sentence.

"You, you, you...... I know you, you're the one-"

"Re-introduce yourself, Lu Zhou." Smiling slightly, Lu Zhou said in a relaxed tone, "Welcome to Huaguo, Mr. Miel." ”

Seeing Lu Zhou confess his identity so simply, Miel, whose brain was still down a second ago, suddenly became nervous.

"Is it really okay to tell me your identity directly?"

Lu Zhou said casually: "It's not something that can't be said, it's just that I'm personally afraid of trouble, so I asked the relevant departments to keep it a secret, and it's nothing to satisfy your curiosity." ”

Miel said tremblingly, "I swear, I won't go around talking nonsense." ”

"Don't be nervous," looking at him who didn't dare to breathe, Lu Zhou joked, "This is a civilized country, even if you talk about this kind of thing everywhere, I can't let you evaporate from the world." ”

After a pause, he continued.

"At most, empty all your social media accounts and emails...... And hard drives. ”

As soon as he heard this threat, Miel's face suddenly fell, and he said with a sad face.

“…… You'd better kill me. ”

In this day and age.

Losing these things is basically a social death.

"So, you just need to keep your mouth shut and nothing unpleasant will happen," Lu Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said, "I allowed you to participate in my project, and I didn't let you gossip about it." ”

Professor Miel nodded like a chick pecking rice: "I understand...... Speaking of which, I really didn't expect that Professor Lu was still a computer expert. ”

Feeling the vibration of the mobile phone in his pocket, the expression on Lu Zhou's face became a little subtle: "Sort of...... In my spare time, I work on problems outside of math. ”

"I know, people who are good at mathematics in general have a fairly good understanding of computers—"

Interrupting Professor Miel's words with a light cough, Lu Zhou continued: "Don't be in a hurry, I'll talk to you briefly about the work here......

At this time, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

This time it wasn't Xiao Ai's text message harassment, but a real call.

Stopping the conversation, Lu Zhou took out his mobile phone.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone."

The call was from the senior sister.

Without stopping, he pressed the button that was turned on.

Just as he was about to ask what was going on, an excited voice floated over the phone.

"The experimenter's problem has been solved!"

"When do you need it?"