Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Summer 2026.

Old campus of Jinling University.

The old stone walls reflected speckled shadows of trees, as if it had been since ancient times, and the tranquillity of the book fragrance was preserved in this flourishing city.

But today, it's a little unusual for this old school district.

Scholars dressed in formal clothes crossed the bluestone brick road in front of the door, and foreigners with high noses often came and went to the old buildings built during the Republic.

Overnight, it seemed like a few decades back, and the ancient classroom seemed to have traveled through time and restored the glory of the most glorious period of the National University.

No, more glorious, to be precise, than the glory of that most glorious period.

Because at that time, although some foreigners came here to lecture, they walked with their heads up, their arms swinging, their toes high and wide. And most people here today have humble faces, regardless of their colour age.

No one is more noble than who.

Everyone is equal before knowledge.

And no one feels inferior to their skin colour or culture.

Asia first?

Now, that's just a modest statement.

As if to celebrate the twilight of the school and rejuvenate, even the yellow vines on the walls of the yard seemed to re-drill the buds.

“Professor Qin. ”

Hearing someone calling themselves beside him, he stood under the Wutong tree and looked at Qin Yue of the old school. He woke up in a trance.

He gently pushed the golden thread glasses on the nose beam and glanced at the assistant next to him.

“Shall we begin? ”

The assistant nodded excitedly and said excitedly.

“One hour left! The Organizing Committee for the Conference has just called and would appreciate it if you could go to the backstage and get ready. ”

Four years ago, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in St. Petersburg, the head of the International Union of Mathematicians, xi, announced that the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians would be held in Jinling.

The news inspired the mood of all Chinese mathematicians, as well as all the mathematics faculties of Jinling universities.

With little suspense, Jinling University took over the right to organize the International Mathematicians' Congress and set the venue at the old campus of Jinling University.

They've had enough time to host this world-famous event for four years!

Now is the time to test their results.

“I know… call them back and I'll be right there. ”

Qin Yue retracted his gaze from the old school of the republican style and looked at the foreign scholars standing under the ancient stone wall to take photographs. The corner of his mouth held a smile.

“By the way, when was the last time this old school campus had gathered so many people? ”

When he heard this, the assistant standing next to him was slightly stunned and smiled.

“It seems to have been a while… If I recall correctly, it was about two or three years ago, when Dean Lu was here for a briefing. ”

Two or three years ago…

Qin Yue's eyes suddenly dimmed a few points, and his tone also brought a hint of sadness and nostalgia.

“It's been two years...”

Time passes so fast...

Everything here has his shadow, but he's the only one left...

Backstage lounge.

Staff helped Qin Yue simply tidy up the look and straighten out the tie.

About two years ago, shortly after the news of the loss of the Ark, he resigned from his job in Princeton, boarded a flight home, and came to Jinling University, where his most esteemed mentor had worked.

In fact, prior to his resignation, Professor Feverman had been interested in training him as his successor to succeed him as director of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University.

However, the position of director of the Princeton Mathematics Department did not leave him, and his decision remained unchanged in the face of Professor Feverman's retention.

In his memory, the Ark has spoken to him more than once about turning Jinling University into the world's premier mathematics center.

Now that the Ark is gone, his ideals need time to be realized.

If that's the case, it's up to him to finish the journey!

Qin Yue remembered that when she had just returned home, Jinling University was in a sad atmosphere, especially the mathematics department, which was even more depressed.

In a sense, his return was a revival of the morale of the mathematics department of the University.

As one of Lu Academician's favorite students, an internationally renowned mathematician, he soon took over the flag of the Jinling School, replacing retired President Qin, who held the position of President of the Golden Grand Majority.

In two years, thanks to his efforts, the mathematics department of Jinling University has become an internationally leading mathematics department and has left its domestic counterparts far behind.

Now that the International Mathematicians' Congress is on schedule, as the new flag bearer of the Jinling School - or Ark School - he will stand on this international stage and speak for the Chinese mathematicians on behalf of the Chinese mathematical community!

The opening ceremony of the International Congress of Mathematicians was finally launched, in anticipation.

As in previous sessions of the General Assembly, Qin Yue, representing the mathematical community of China, came to the stage after a speech by the Secretary-General of the International Union of Mathematicians, who read the opening statement.

This was followed by a series of the highest honors in mathematics, including the Gaussian and Fields Awards, as well as awards.

When several winners came to the stage and took the medal from the Secretary-General of the International Union of Mathematicians, a generous and exciting piece of national music was played in the venue.

In the sound of that kite Xiao drum, a grand literary performance officially opened the curtain for this world-famous event...

“… this is the best session of all the Mathematicians' Conferences I've ever attended that gave my senses!” When he came out of the room, Professor Witten had an exciting look on his face, his eyebrows dancing and Professor Deligne next to him said, "I don't know what that was like, but it's much more shocking than St. Petersburg's ballet and Rio de Janeiro's... primitive jungle show. ”

In fact, objectively, the ballet show at the St. Petersburg Congress was still good, but perhaps a little underfunded. As for the latter performance, although it seemed lively, it always felt a little too lively. Plus, because of the serious security problems in Rio de Janeiro, if it weren't for the wonderful debriefing of the Ark, that Assembly of Mathematicians could hardly describe itself.

“I am more interested in seeing something interesting at this convention than at the opening ceremony…” Professor Deligne's unexpected expression suddenly appeared as his gaze moved across the poster display area outside the General Assembly Hall.

Skillfully captured the change in expression on the face of an old friend, he lifted his eyebrows with great interest, "Looks like you found something. ”

“Yes.”

Professor Deligne, who lit up and left the sentence without any explanation, walked straight towards the poster display area.

Out of curiosity, Witten followed his old friend through a dense crowd, stopping in front of an unquestioned whiteboard.

Looking at the line formula on the white board, Professor Deligne's eyebrows wrinkled gently.

“... the Cosy-Lehman equation? ”

When he heard this, the teenager standing in front of the whiteboard had an unexpected look on his face.

“Yes… incredibly, are you studying this direction as well? ”

Obviously, the teenager did not recognize who he was.

Professor Deligne smiled slightly and said, "I'm not studying this direction, I just think you're familiar with some of the mathematical methods you use… If you're not mistaken, your Formula 3 part should be a form of promotion of the L-flow, and the subject you're studying is just an inference from Hodge's assumptions. ”

The teenager's face showed a shocking expression, as if looking at a monster, looking at the old man in front of him.

“… who are you? ”

“It doesn't matter who I am, I'm just curious," said Professor Deligne, looking at the poster hanging next to the whiteboard, "if you're studying Hodge's guess, why don't you write it honestly on the poster. ”

Upon hearing this, the teenager's face showed a slight expression of embarrassment and shrugged his back head.

“I'd like to do the same, but it always feels... a little bad if it's written directly. ”

If he was just a little older, as young as he is now, even if he was seriously studying the difficulties of this century, he would probably be considered a joke by others.

At first glance, he saw his inner thoughts, Professor Deligne smiled slightly and said calmly.

“Those things you're worried about don't matter at all, academics never get high on age, and if you're young, you're far worse than the student I used to be. At your age, he's already a famous bull in mathematics. ”

“This, is it so powerful...” The teenager's face was filled with a shocking look and his mouth was opened with surprise.

“What's your name? ”

“… Zimmer. ”

Professor Deligne nodded.

“Zimmer… is an interesting name. You should be more confident in your research and be able to drill down to this point, you've beaten over 90% of Princeton and people your age. ”

Looking at the seemingly incomprehensible teenager, Professor Deligne went on to ask.

“By the way, who's your professor? I want to talk to him. ”

As soon as he heard it, Jimmy's face immediately appeared proud.

However, that proud expression did not linger on his face for long and was soon replaced by a touch of sadness and loneliness.

“… you may not be able to communicate with him. ”

Professor Deligne frowned.

“What's inconvenient? ”

“No, it's not an inconvenient issue," Zimmer shook his head and smiled with a slight apology, “My mentor… is an ark. ”

The Ark...

As soon as he heard the name, Professor Deligne's pupils contracted slightly.

It was like opening a closed door, a memory gushing from the bottom of his heart, and making a tiny glimmer in his eyes.

He hasn't thought of that name for two years, but the box of memories is still open.

“You're a student of the Ark.” Looking at the teenager, a surprise appeared in Witten's eyes, laughing and joking, "I have a feeling I may not be able to see you at the Feltz Prize podium very long. ”

Jimmy smiled and scratched his back of his head.

“I will work hard… My mentor has told me before that he wants me to keep my eyes open a little longer and not focus too much on the results of the IMO Competition, with the Fields Prize as my goal. ”

“Ha-ha-ha, yeah? That's really exciting. ”

Looking at the unstoppable Waiten, Deligne said not at all politely.

“Are you sure you can live to that point? ”

Witten coughed dry: “You can have a little more confidence in me. The district has been around for over a decade, and I still have the rest. Besides, an era of great magnitude has only just begun. If it falls just before the opening, isn't it... too bad? ”

Just when two old men were barely arguing about their age, an incredible shout broke out in Reporting Room 1, not far away.

On the podium, Han Mengqi wrote the last line of formula on the whiteboard and gently dropped the marker pen in her hand.

The transcendence of the value of the Lehman zeta function at the odd integer point.

This was a topic left to her by the Ark when she insisted on moving on to pure mathematics.

She still remembers what Master said at the time. He did not ask her to prove the whole proposition. He only asked her to make a slight breakthrough in this direction, even asking for an undiscovered number of excesses, even if she graduated.

And now, obviously, she has exceeded what was expected of her at the time of the Ark.

Not only did she find the excesses that mathematics had yet to discover on the zeta function, but she also proved the proposition --

That is, for any n ≥ 1, zeta (2n +1) is also an excess number!

Though it takes some time...

But she did it on her own!

“Incredible… she is amazing at how well she applies mathematical tools. Especially part of the theory of algebraic geometry unification, which is simply a pen for drawing dragon dots… it doesn't look like a new mathematician can do it at all. ”

Looking at the line of formulas on the stage, Schultz's face was filled with unexpected expressions.

The little girl on the podium attested to this moment is exactly what the mathematical world is known for. Though he has not studied the subject, it is not difficult to see the time it has existed, and the difficulty is not insignificant.

Sitting next to Schultz, Professor Fartings leaned at him.

“Are you kidding? Which newcomer to mathematics will use this level of question as a research topic. ”

As he said, the old man looked at the stage and his cloudy eyes narrowed slightly.

“… but this face does look strange. ”

“Looks like an Ark student,” he looked at for a long time, Schultz said, “I was under the impression that I had seen this man in his office. ”

“Turns out it's his student...”

There seemed to be nothing strange about it for a moment, and Professor Fartings leaned back on the chair, after a moment of silence, and said in a positive tone.

“It's too late for this… but the next Filtz Prize will definitely have her name. ”

I looked at Professor Fartings with surprise, but Schultz didn't say anything.

That is true, as a matter of fact.

Mathematics itself is the most complex field in pure mathematics, capable of making major breakthroughs in this field, and a Fields Award-level honor can still be matched.

Plus, she's an Ark student, and I don't think anyone would object.

“Stop talking about other people,” said Professor Fartings after a glance at Schultz, "I've been looking for an opportunity to ask you, what's going on with your research? ”

“You mean that?” A little stunned, Schultz's face quickly appeared with a sunny smile, "of course, that topic was coming to an end. Or, to put it another way, you're missing a paper. ”

FARTINS: “Is there a journal willing to take your research? ”

“I haven't found it yet... After all, this topic is really not very well categorized,” some subtle looked away, Schultz laughed awkwardly and politely, continuing, "If it doesn't work, we're going to randomly find a journal to publish this outcome... anyway, I'm not particularly concerned about influencing factors. ”

Hearing Schultz, Professor Fartings did not say much, but looked up at the podium and slowly said a profound word.

“A scholar's golden age is only more than a decade, and it took two years, but only for one result... is it worth it? ”

Schultz was silent for a while on that sentence.

After a long time, he shrugged his shoulders gently as he watched the little girl on stage bowing to thank him and the reporting hall where he had begun to close.

“For me, this means an end, sort of a conclusion to the adventure two years ago. ”

“I don't think it's about profit or loss...”

“So it should be worth it. ”

……

Perhaps with the light of the ark, this year's International Congress of Mathematicians was particularly lively.

Assumption of Lehman being proven by the students of the Ark!

Just at the end of the first report of the first day, the atmosphere of the General Assembly as a whole was pushed to high chao.

However, for Monkey Han herself, there is not much wave in her heart.

She was well aware that the work she had accomplished was nothing but modest results based on her master, far from breakthrough.

Dropped those who tried to catch up with themselves, and Han Mengqi, who came to the backstage lounge, was about to change his formal clothes, but at this point the lounge door suddenly opened and an acquaintance pushed the door in.

“Dr. Yan? ”

Stop knowing the button's hand, Han Mengqi looked at her indissolubly, not sure why she was here.

No more bullshit, he walked to Han Mengqi and said with a serious face.

“Can I ask you something? ”

“… what is it?” Although I didn't think I could do her any favors, Monkey Han answered politely.

Yan Yan: “Your sister is missing, I want to know where she went! Do you have any leads? ”

After going to the capital that day, Chen Yushan disappeared from everyone's sight as if he had evaporated.

The only clue is that before she disappeared, she went to a 301 hospital and visited several doctors funded by Startech.

And then nobody knows where she went.

In fact, it didn't get anyone's attention at first, including her resignation from Startech, and most people just expressed regret that she needed a break from grief.

Until later, when she never showed up again, many people around her realized the seriousness of the problem.

This matter was eventually referred to the General Intelligence Section for general investigation, as it did not appear to be a criminal case, let alone an act committed by forces outside the country.

Having just fallen into the face of the Intelligence Section, the resources at her disposal are rather limited and can only be traced by visiting the dumbest method of investigation, starting with a little by the people around her.

After hearing the grim question, Han Mengqi shook his head blindly.

“Don't know.”

I didn't know anything about Han Mengqi. I was in a hurry, he said.

“You're her sister, don't you have a clue? Did she ever say where she really wanted to go? ”

“I especially want to go..." Han Mengqi opened her mouth and suddenly a memory appeared in her head. Her eyes were stamped with a surprising color.

Noting sharply the change in expression on her face, she immediately asked.

“What do you have in mind? ”

“I really want to go somewhere… yes, but it can't be. ”

As he spoke, Han Mengqi's face showed a strange expression.

Are you sure you can get to a place that far away?

After all, with the current technology on Earth, let alone a star system outside the solar system, even the Koeber belt may not be able to fly out...