How the inner world twisted and struggled did not hinder the splendor of the outer world.
When Li Zheng stepped out of the hospital, he realized that the sun was already high in the sky.
Looking at those high-held smartphone cameras, he felt that he should perhaps wear a pair of sunglasses.
There was no helping it, this was the trouble of being handsome.
If you just had a common face for a science student, like Yuan Yuan, even if you became famous, you’d only be recognized by a few people on the street.
But his face...
Impossible.
It was already deeply imprinted in everyone’s mind.
Thinking this, he held Lin Yujing’s hand even more conspicuously and deliberately.
Since he was already being photographed, he might as well make sure the photos were clear.
This.
Is mine!
That day, the names Li Zheng, Jie Qifen, Lin Yujing, and Gu Jianfeng, undoubtedly, became the headline of every page, the topic of everyone’s conversation.
["Nature" scores a hat-trick, come look at the deities!!]
[Expert: Dual experiments confirm, Yang Zhenhua emerges again, "Magic Angle Theory" may win the Nobel within 5 years.]
[A lecturer and three undergraduate disciples, the epic "Journey to the West" of contemporary researchers!]
[Remember today! The day our quantum physics completely surpassed and rose!]
[Exclusive interview with an academician - "Magic Angle Theory" will spark a quantum revolution!]
[Switzerland has its Patent Office! The Capital City has Shimadzu Corporation! Ji University has Broadcomm!]
The excitement of this event far surpassed the festive scene when Yellow 2 went airborne.
Laymen watched the excitement, at most fantasizing about a major breakthrough in physics, but to professionals, this was a genuine excitement.
Every industry is intensely competitive, and academic competition is no recent phenomenon.
With the birth of "Magic Angle Theory," a massive amount of resources and projects would inevitably be added, first rescuing the over-competitive field of condensed matter physics, while all quantum-related disciplines benefitted broadly, with two-dimensional material research and superconductivity engineering already crazily seeking financing.
It wasn’t only Ji University Broadcomm that experienced a surge in stock prices, nearly the entire sector related to "quantum" saw significant gains.
Except... for those few companies with Chu Youhua as a shareholder.
Famous people are always resented, and to avoid trouble, one must be perfect. But Chu Youhua today was far from perfect.
Starting from noon, various rumors of disputes between him and Li Zheng were dug up, including a particularly embarrassing video of Chu Youhua being questioned and unable to write the complete set of Schrödinger equations.
No one knew who from that conference room was so mean...
But...
Well done.
From another perspective, the animosity between Jie Qifen and the quantum world was slowly unearthed from historical sediments.
Many of the people and events from those times had become unclear, but today, it seemed there was an excellent example of a villain.
Ji University’s inner circles had also made their decisive choices.
Soon, the villainous label of pushing "the foremost physicist of our time" into "pseudoscience" was inexplicably placed upon Chu Youhua’s head.
This was unfair, it lacked morality, and it was far too despicable.
But...
Well done.
Afterward, the situation gradually evolved into everyone pushing the falling wall, labs that had cooperated with Chu Youhua and former experts who had followed him came out one by one, some mocking his ignorance in academia, others depicting the rise and fall of a top contemporary scholar’s entrepreneurship, capital-raising, profiteering, and exit.
From a certain perspective, the world needed Chu Youhua, just as it needed Musk.
Someone needed to create a concept, promote and organize the production through various means, and complete a respectable project.
Like Musk, this person need not be a scientist or an engineer; he needed to be a financier, a marketer, and a manager.
What was lacking was that Chu Youhua’s series of quantum projects had no actual significance as of yet, and even the level of technology was not superior—it just attracted more money.
Perhaps in the future, something could emerge, or it might nurture some talent.
But in this universe, the chances were slim.
Oh, there was one surprise among the companies whose stocks had hit the ceiling.
That was Homework King!
This learning software was not a Ji University enterprise, nor quantum-related, having only purchased a learning system template from Li Zheng a while ago.
However, this system’s performance during in-depth development and testing left much to be desired.
The reason was simple...
It lacked Li Zheng.
No one understood learning better than Li Zheng.
This wasn’t just an algorithm issue, but a matter of understanding questions, knowledge points, mistakes, and learning itself.
Without Li Zheng, the learning system lacked a soul and had been stalled in internal testing for a long while.
But now things were different.
A host of users began pleading for them to open up testing permissions.
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They wanted to learn!
They wanted to follow in Li Zheng’s footsteps!
Another small and seemingly trivial matter took place in the pseudoscience community.
All kinds of amateur scientists came forward, eagerly displaying their years of hard work and claiming that "Magic Angle Theory" was the perfect confirmation of their own genesis matrix!
Meanwhile, this was the most exciting event in the history of the pseudoscience community.
[This is a comprehensive victory for the amateurs!! Official science will perish!]
["Magic Angle Theory" reveals the brainwashing scams of official science, starting with the most reactionary calculus!]
[I talked to Jie Qifen a few years ago. He clearly stated that all the physics after Newton was a trap carefully crafted by the official science to brainwash and enslave all scientists.]
[Wait, isn’t Jie Qifen a faculty member at Ji University? That should count as official science.]
[He is a pure amateur, ostracized by official science for his dissent and relegated to a small company! He’s a true amateur, free from petty taste!]
[But Yang Zhenhua’s name is behind there, isn’t he high-ranking official science?]
[Yang Zhenhua saw which way the wind was blowing and switched sides. He’s a wise man who has preserved his integrity.]
[Then Chu Youhua would be...]
[Chu Youhua is a representative of the corrupt official science, ignorant yet monopolizing academia, and he has done everything in his power to oppress amateur scientists. Whether it’s amateur or official science, we must resolutely bring him down!]
[Hmm... never mind. We can unite on this last issue.]
[Petty official science, don’t try to dissolve us with united fronts. After we bring down Chu Youhua, we’ll fight again!]
...
Li Zheng and Lin Yujing had planned to rest that afternoon.
After all the commotion, they really wanted to find a quiet place to rest for a while.
But people had no intention of leaving them alone.
There were ten thousand urgent meetings waiting for them that afternoon.
Even on the way back to the university, Li Zheng was already trying his best to decline, not expecting humanity’s pettiness to far exceed his imagination.
The moment he got out of the car, Min Jianzhong hurried over and handed him a new phone.
"Li Zheng, you should take this call..."
Li Zheng’s face hardened: "I’m really tired... no more summoning higher-ups please."
"This leader isn’t that high-ranking..." Min Jianzhong swallowed nervously, "it’s... your mother..."
"???"
"Your phone was off, so Director An had to contact us."
"..."
With no choice left, Li Zheng still took the call.
On the phone, An Ning’s voice was a mix of excitement and fury, confusion and fatigue.
"You really did it this time..."
"I was doing fine in my position... and now you’ve forcefully brought me more trouble."
"Several ministries are about to jointly set up an ’Outstanding Young Scientists Research Work Group,’ and they urgently want me to serve as the director."
"It appears to have been Yang Zhenhua’s suggestion. He’s been recommending this for a long while, believing that our definition of the age requirement for scientific talent is too high, usually beginning at 35. However, this age is often the end of a scientist’s peak cognitive period, yet it is the start when they can access ample resources, leading to many issues."
"After this morning’s events, he called the higher-ups again, reiterating the importance of this... and then the senior leaders consulted with several major universities. Strangely, this time Ji University, Jinghua, and Zhongke were all very supportive..."
"Fantastic!" Li Zheng’s eyes bulged, "But what’s that got to do with me? Go ahead and plan."
"It’s not about what it’s got to do with you..."
An Ning sighed again.
"Right now, this working group has only one task."
"To support you in every way possible."
"They believe that I know you best and that I’m the only one who can manage you."
"Sigh... can’t they just leave me to retire peacefully..."
Humans really are too despicable.
Li Zheng replied dryly, "Let’s talk about it at home tonight."
"The work group’s people are already at Ji University, and I’m on my way too."
"Then let’s make it later... four o’clock in the afternoon?"
"Aren’t you returning to Ji University? Is there something so urgent that it has to wait until then?"
"Well, I’m with Lin Yujing."
"I know, but..." An Ning hesitated for a moment, "then four-thirty is also fine. We can discuss the internal structure while waiting for you."
"Okay."
Li Zheng then returned the phone to Min Jianzhong.
Min Jianzhong asked, "Then... should I arrange for someone to pick you up later?"
"No need, just inform us of the place, and we’ll go there ourselves." With that, Li Zheng wrapped his arm around Lin Yujing’s shoulder, intending to leave. Suddenly, he remembered something and turned back to ask, "The final exams are over, right?"
Min Jianzhong, slightly taken aback, nodded: "They’re over. You don’t have to worry about that..."
"That’s not what I’m asking about." Li Zheng’s brow furrowed slightly, looking in a particular direction, "Then, the experimental teaching center should be empty, right?"
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Zhong Ping hurried forward, "Is that all? Do you want to go back and check?"
"Yeah," Li Zheng pursed his lips, "It would be best if it could be quiet... restoring the state of our usual nighttime study and research."
Zhong Ping quickly took out his phone, "I’ll close off the building now, I’ll have them hold onto the new keys and wait for you."
It was only then that Lin Yujing realized something was amiss.
"Um---" She trembled with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Hmph, what I’ve lost..." Li Zheng raised his hand and slowly clenched it into a fist, "I’ll take it all back."
Min Jianzhong, seeing this, didn’t dare to say anything.
He really was still a child at heart, fixated on that classroom...
But Lin Yujing was very clear.
Scum Chap was coveting something else!
...
That afternoon, the belated New Year’s Eve was forcibly dragged back by Li Zheng.
Lab.
Not a soul in sight.
Lab coat.
Perfectly sexy.
What is the pinnacle?
Umm umm umm umm!!
The process in between is indescribable.
People saw only when they reappeared before everyone’s eyes, Lin Yujing clung to Li Zheng’s arm like a kitten, leaning against his shoulder, with a blissful, semi-conscious look in her eyes as if she had sunk into a happy dream, or was still immersed in the indescribable moments before.
And Li Zheng.
Walked with Jingjing in his arms.
Commanding without anger.
The battle was over!
Li Zheng, victorious!
Jingjing, utterly defeated!
...
After thinking it over from every angle, Li Zheng finally sent the profligate Jingjing back to the dorm.
She was so utterly defeated that she couldn’t even speak; it was just too tragic. He’d handle the remaining troublesome matters himself.
After seeing Lin Yujing float up the stairs, Li Zheng then hurried off to the meeting place.
On the way, many unavoidable things had already happened.
[Magic Angle Theory study has been officially completed!]
[Barrier Guide Task III——]
[The First Open Study]
[Task Complete!]
[Acquire the top Academic Fortune Skill in this field——]
[Physics Enthusiast:]
[Throughout history, humanity has been troubled by intuition due to limitations of their own genes and the natural environment.]
[In this predicament, people once thought that heavier balls would hit the ground faster, that the Earth was the center of the universe, and that both speed and time were absolute.]
[But there are always some enthusiasts who defy intuition. He tried making two different balls fall together, thus creating "Mechanics".]
[He defied intuition and divine decrees, using mathematics to calculate that the Earth is but an ordinary celestial body.]
[He gazed at the starry sky, bowed his head to write, revealing the secrets between speed, time, mass, energy, and space.]
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[Mathematics is absolute rationality, but physics needs just that little bit of madness.]
[Physics Enthusiasts are such people, shaking off the shackles of intuition to embrace infinite possibilities!]
!
Li Zheng’s eyes widened.
An idea hit him.
He had struggled with the concept of "observation" as explained by Jie Qifen before, but now he could imagine dozens of ways "observation" could cause "Collapse" in a blink of an eye.
But he couldn’t put it in words.
Because in the natural environment of Earth, these methods of action simply didn’t exist. There was never a word invented for such actions.
These mad notions could only stay within his heart...
Frustrating, stifling, begging to be released...
In the end, they all turned into one word.
"Umm..." Li Zheng uttered.
Wait a minute...
Could this be the true essence of "Umm"?
Am I, from Zhengguo, still lacking something??
Without much further thought, new information unfolded.
In fact, on this day, his Scholastic Wealth had been increasing wildly all along.
But now it seemed as if he had crossed a threshold.
[Your Scholastic Wealth has officially broken 100000!]
[Becoming the undisputed academic leader!]
[The world has also felt the Path of the Demon!]
[☬Demon God Challenge☬]
[Challenge Complete!]
[Study Demon ultimate challenge unlocked!]
His field of view flashed.
It switched directly to the Technology Tree interface, pulling all the way to the end of "Science".
At the endpoint, the fog lifted, revealing the single card exposed—
[Unified Field Theory]
[?????]
It wasn’t that Li Zheng was confused; that’s just how the description below was.
Straight away, two nodes that lead to [Unified Field Theory], yet are quite far away from each other, also unraveled.
[Observer Equation]
[?????]
[Evolutionary Physics]
[?????]
He really was right?!!!!
Li Zheng stared at these, his eyes moistening once more.
Now, the only thing he could be sure of was that these two theories were very far from the current frontier.
He was too quick... his destined tragic efforts were too soon, much too soon...
Not even having time to reminisce, the final challenge of the study of the way of magic popped up.
[☬End of the Path of the Demon☬]
[The great Demon God has no more desires.]
[The only thing he can do is end himself.]
[Lead your Magic Army and charge towards the end of Science.]
[This is the final study, a study that is bound to happen.]
[Challenge Achievement Condition: Illuminate "Unified Field Theory"]
[Challenge Reward: Illuminate all other unlit cards.]
Li Zheng was instantly trapped.
How could it be like this? How could you acquire knowledge without effort!
No, I must complete it all first, and then head in that direction.
Pushing all other thoughts aside, he walked determinedly...
All the way to the door of the conference room.
"F*ck..."
He still swore out loud.
It was impossible...
The Unified Field Theory was the only thing worth studying now...
If it’s clear that such a thing exists, how could there possibly be any interest left in studying anything else...
He had planned to enjoy learning slowly for a lifetime...
It’s just too much.
But, a lifetime might not even be enough to reach the Unified Field Theory, right?
After all, there are limitations to experiments, observation, resources, and energy...
Thinking about it this way, managing to learn Evolutionary Physics in this lifetime would be quite impressive already.
Sigh.
I just can’t stand this.
Let’s just head in that direction for now.
This path will require quite a lot of resources and power.
Li Zheng took a deep breath, pushed open the doors with both hands, and inadvertently smirked.
My era, begin.