Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Jinling University College.

In a modern office, an elderly man with white hair was standing in front of a hanging painting that looked straight at the person on the portrait and seemed to be caught in a very distant memory.

At this point, footsteps were heard outside the office, followed by two gentle knocks.

Without looking away from the hanging painting, he turned his back on the elderly people in the office and said with a steady and solemn voice.

“Come in. ”

The door's open.

A skinny young professor with glasses opened the door and walked in.

“Teacher, are you looking for me? ”

The man standing at the door is called Sun Jingwen, about the age of 345.

As a rookie in the mathematics department of Jinling University and even in Pan-Asian mathematics, he was honored with the Fields Award at the age of 31 and was considered the most promising young scholar to win the Ark Mathematics Award by the age of 40.

At this moment, standing in front of him, staring at the old man with the hanging painting, even more so.

His name is Qin Chuan, and although he is now 80 years old, he still holds a key position in mathematics. When he was young, he won the Fields Prize at the age of 30 and the Ark Mathematics Award, the highest honor in academia, at the age of 40. As one of the leading scholars in mathematics today, his research in the field of mathematics is arguably a culmination, especially with regard to the understanding of cluster methods.

Although his dedication to education since he was honored with the Wolf Prize for Mathematics, a lifelong achievement, has rarely been seen in the top journals in mathematics, many still regard him as the leader of the Ark School.

Besides that, he also has an insignificant identity.

That is the second generation of "master" of the Ark School, the grandson of Qin Yue, the eldest disciple of the Ark...

In the face of the student's question, the old man did not directly answer his question, his cloudy pupils still stared at the hanging painting, and it took a while to slowly say.

“Do you know who's on this hanging picture? ”

Looking at the person on the portrait, Sun Jingwen slightly stunned, and a slight confusion appeared in his eyes.

This is so confusing that it's not about the person on the portrait, but about the problem itself.

“Is it Grandpa… Is there a problem? ”

Overseas, at least on the land of Pan-Asian cooperation, this face is not said to be a popular lover, but definitely a household level. As a scholar who, on his own, has moved the scientific process of the whole world forward for more than a hundred years, he has left a legend about him in every field he has studied.

Perhaps not everyone is in awe, but at least the vast majority of people will not feel strange about the name and the face.

Not to mention this place at Jinling University.

Every whiteboard here, every tile, has witnessed the legend he left behind.

Even now, 100 years later, students graduating from here are proud to be alumni with Dean Lu.

“Yes,” the old man nodded, looking at the hanging painting on the wall, his cloudy pupils gradually rose to the touch, “that was the most glorious era of our school and the most prosperous of academia. ”

No master after the 21st century.

It's not just the mathematics, it's almost an academic consensus.

The prosperity of an era can never be achieved by a man's power, but the man hanging on the wall is undoubtedly at the top of that era.

Although he did not want to be discouraged by the fact that "the building of science has been completed and only some brick-and-mortar work has been left to future generations”, he was already at the top of the academic spectrum and did not see a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough.

Even in the eyes of others, he has made a number of outstanding contributions over the past 80 years and has succeeded with full glory. However, only in his own mind was it clear that all the research he had done from the beginning was to dig up and repair the academic legacy left by the grandmaster of the Ark School.

For 80 years, he lived without a truly groundbreaking achievement, and the anguish in his heart was only clear to him.

Years ago, he shared the question with the dean of the Jinling University Theater and got a unanimous answer - it was as if the man had drained the spirituality of the next hundred years, and the entire academic community seemed to have fallen into a boom trap.

Various types of research results were born in the form of blow-outs, and the number of papers and influence factors grew at a new rate each year. There is no shortage of excellent research results, yet none is comparable to the "theory of algebraic geometry unification”.

The same is true of physics, which has not been born for nearly a hundred years since the theory of hyperspace.

Although it is not known what other disciplines are, Qin Chuan believes that this is no coincidence.

“... my grandfather, is his student. ”

“Whenever he talks about that name, he can't help but bring his nostalgia and regret to his face. I have heard him say more than once that it would have been nice if he had lived two more years, and even in one year, we would not be in such a bad situation. ”

Sun Jingwen frowned and a little confusion appeared in his eyes.

He doesn't know what the hell this place is about.

Though the splendor of the Ark School was not as inexorable as it was back then, it would never be humiliating.

Jinling University remains the center of the world's mathematical community, and the land beneath them is the paradise to which mathematicians all over the world aspire.

However, even though his heart was full of doubt, he did not interrupt the professor's words, but waited quietly for the elderly to continue.

After a long time of silence, the old man said slowly.

“You've been closed in the library these days, haven't you? ”

“Yes," Sun Jingwen nodded, "my research on the Derrick Ray function happened to be at a critical stage, and if you hadn't called me, I'd probably still be in the library by now. ”

“It seems you have no idea what happened yesterday. ”

“Yesterday?” Sun Jingwen frowned, "what happened yesterday? ”

“A man… is a man, to be exact, who claims to be from 2024. ”

“2024?” Sun Jingwen stunned slightly, "Sleeper? That's a long time to sleep. ”

The old man sighed softly, stared at the hanging painting on the wall and said slowly.

“The point is not how long he's been asleep, but that he happens to be from Mars. ”

“From Mars… Wait, you mean…?! ”

Suddenly his eyes widened, Sun Jingwen couldn't believe looking at his mentor, his pupils filled with shock.

He remembered a rumor.

Or legend.

Although that legend was only a short line in mathematical history, that short line of words changed mathematics in the early 21st century and beyond - and even the world's centuries into the future!

The shock in his pupils converged slightly. Sun Jingwen tried to calm himself down, but it didn't work half the time.

At this moment, he was already confused, and after hearing the news, whether he was surprised, excited, or shocked and worried.

“… how is it possible that he is still alive? This… this is too exaggerated. ”

“I think it's exaggerated, too, but he did claim it, and it was reported in the news. ”

The old man was silent for a while and retracted his gaze from the hanging painting and looked at the students standing beside him and continued.

“You and I are part of the Ark School, and to this day, nothing can be said to have anything to do with us. ”

“The significance of that name has long been more than just a name; it is a symbol. ”

“Whether he's real or fake. ”

“I have to see him! ”

……

Just as the entire mathematics department of Jinling University, and even the entire international academic community, was flooded by this shocking news that “the man is still alive”, the Ark itself in the center of the storm's eye, at this moment, has a pungent expression on its face.

When those two pieces of silicone finally moved away from his face, he saw a few lines of digital stripes implicitly from that pitch-black pupil, and suddenly he guessed what.

In an uncertain tone, the ark tried to probe and ask.

“Are you... Em? ”

“Mm-hmm! Master is so smart! Hey, hey. (ω)”

In the pitch-black pupil, that abstract digital stripe instantly transformed the pattern under emotional fluctuations.

Exactly after seeing these two words, the ark was 100 percent certain that the guy in front of it was Em.

After all, it's been 100 years.

Still using this old facial expression, it can only be old antiques from the same era as itself.

“Master, in your absence for a hundred years, Em really missed you... QAQ”

“I missed you, too," he stretched his hand and touched his floating hair. The Ark looked drowsy and smiled, "It's been a long time since you waited. ”

“So, do you want to eat first, take a bath first, or play with Em first? (ω)”

“Let's eat first. I'm a little hungry. ”

“Ok! (๑ • ㅂ •)✧"

Her pupils were still so full of energy, she heard that her master was hungry, and Em quickly climbed up from the ground, like in her own home, and ran into the kitchen.

However, after a while in the kitchen the case collapsed, it quickly and depressingly poked its head out.

“Master... I don't think there are any ingredients in the fridge. Can I eat takeout today? QAQ”

The ark sighed.

“I'll just order it myself. ”

Ordering the canoe will still be ordered.

After all, eating is the first priority, and the first thing Li Gaoling taught him after getting the personal terminal is how to use the urban cloud system to call takeout services.

The takeout arrived soon after about 20 minutes or so.

Instead of being a takeaway boy in a yellow and blue coat, the delivery was made by a two-pair rotary-wing food delivery drone overhead, placing the food directly at a dedicated drone stop on the windowsill.

In this day and age, almost all windowsills in households are reserved for this semi-open space. It's not just for takeout, it's for delivery and stuff like that, it's for delivery to people's homes.

The ark broke open the chopsticks and tasted the grilled meat mix a hundred years later with excitement.

Although the flavor is not the same as before, it is still as good as ever.

Especially the Q-blown rice, and the crispy, ultimate barbecue, with evenly sprinkled zinc powder, every bite is full of happiness.

“By the way, what have you been doing all this time? ”

Sitting opposite the ark with his hands dragging his chin, Ai looked happily at the ark and said.

“Em's a good boy! There is nothing else to do but do some tour guides at the old site of the Jinling Institute of Higher Studies! (• ̀ ∀ • ́) ”

Actually, the ark wants to throw up more than anything, but why would this guy give himself such a chicken rib feature?

If you want to see what it uses, you have to stare it in the eye.

However, staring at the girl's eyes without turning a blind eye, the ark feels a little uncomfortable.

What can I say?

Probably too polite for him.

But if you ignore those facial texts, it always feels like something is missing.

Ark: “Old site? So... Jinling Institute of Higher Studies has been relocated? ”

Em: “Well, it was moved decades ago, and the old site was transformed into a tourist attraction. In order not to let the scenic area staff discover that Em is using electricity secretly, Em is very, very hard! QAQ”

The thought of disappearing for a century only left it with an endless "hide”, the mind of the ark was also a little ashamed, embarrassed to say.

“Thank you very much. ”

After hearing the hard work, he held Em's chin in his hands, with a grin and contentment on his face, and shook his head gently.

“Hey, hey, you're welcome, just as long as the master is back. (ω)”

At this point, a knock came from the front door.

Upon hearing a knock on the door, Em stood up from the chair with her hands on the table.

“Em, go open the door!✧"

“Wait, I'll do it. ”

The ark lifted its hand to stop the vigorous Egg when it thought it might be the Frozen Rights and Interests Protection Foundation.

After placing the chopsticks on the bowl, he pushed the chair away and stood up and walked towards the front door himself.

However, when the ark opened the door and looked clearly at the person standing at the door, the whole person was like a fool, standing there all of a sudden.

The lips opened independently and a name was consciously squeezed out of the seams of the lips under the ark.

“… Xiaotong. ”

However…

The next thing he said, he instantly sobered up the ark.

“It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Lu Xiaoqiao, President of the Frozen Rights and Interests Protection Foundation. ”

The woman who bowed politely to the landing boat and stood at the door at the beginning of Jomo XX looked at him with a slight glimpse and continued.

“Please… are you my great-grandmother's brother? ”