6: Chapter 6: One Hour to Conquer a Century-Old Problem in Quantum Physics!

"You want to solve the problem facing Qin Zihan's team within an hour?"

Old Chen's voice carried a hint of unbelievable astonishment.

Behind him, his secretary, Xiao Zhang, nearly stumbled.

Crazy!

This was absolutely insane!

That was quantum information science!

One of the most cutting-edge and profound disciplines in the world today!

Who was Qin Zihan?

A once-in-a-century genius of the Dragon Kingdom, a PhD from Princeton, and the core leader of a national key laboratory!

She led a team of dozens of top PhDs and had been stuck on this problem for a full six months!

You, Lin Yun, a graduate from a third-tier university—even if you received some kind of "revelation," it's not even your field of expertise!

And you open your mouth and claim you'll solve it in an hour?

Isn't this some kind of international joke?

"I know this sounds incredible."

Lin Yun's expression was as calm as water, as if he were talking about something as trivial as eating or drinking.

"But facts speak louder than words."

"Please give me all their research materials, calculation data, and failed experimental records."

"Not a single piece missing."

He looked directly at Old Chen, his eyes showing not the slightest hesitation, only absolute confidence.

This confidence infected Old Chen.

The old man, who was accustomed to great storms, took a deep look at Lin Yun.

He remembered half a day ago, in this same conference room, Lin Yun had used this same nonchalant tone to solve an aero-engine process problem that had plagued Academician Li Weiguo's team for months with just a few strokes.

Perhaps... a miracle really would happen again?

"Fine!"

Old Chen slammed the table, an amazing light erupting in his eyes.

"I believe you!"

"Xiao Zhang, execute immediately! Under the highest priority of the 'Pangu Project,' retrieve all relevant data from Qin Zihan's laboratory!"

"Remember, everything! Even any scrap paper she threw away must be sent to me as a high-definition scan!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhang did not dare to delay in the slightest and immediately turned to execute the order.

The nation's war machine was once again running at high speed for Lin Yun's "betrothal gift."

In less than ten minutes.

A massive amount of data began to pour onto the giant display screen in the conference room.

[Project: Theoretical Model of Security Boundaries for Long-Range Quantum Key Distribution]

[Data Volume: 17.3 TB]

Countless charts, formulas, code, and experimental records poured down like a waterfall, making one's scalp tingle.

A refined-looking middle-aged expert wearing glasses walked in quickly. He was the liaison sent by the Academy of Sciences to assist with the data transfer, and also one of the deputies of Qin Zihan's team, named Sun Bo.

"Old Chen, the data transmission has begun."

Sun Bo reported, his gaze inadvertently sweeping over Lin Yun standing in front of the screen, his eyes carrying a hint of undisguised contempt and suspicion.

He had just heard a vague account of what happened from Xiao Zhang.

A green youth in his early twenties, boasting that he would solve their century-old problem in an hour?

The height of absurdity!

He really wanted to mock him directly, but out of respect for Old Chen's presence, he could only force himself to hold back.

"Comrade Lin Yun, do you need us to prepare paper and pen, or a supercomputer to assist with the calculations?"

Old Chen asked with concern.

In his view, with such a vast amount of data, just finishing reading it would probably take more than an hour.

"No need."

Lin Yun shook his head.

He just stood quietly in front of the screen, his eyes slightly closed.

The 17.3 TB data stream, which looked like an undecipherable book to others, was transformed into the purest torrent of information in his brain—which had been modified by the "god-level physique strengthening serum"—and was rapidly absorbed, understood, and integrated at a speed exceeding that of a supercomputer!

His brain was now a living quantum computer!

Time passed minute by minute.

The conference room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone held their breath, looking at the young man with his eyes closed.

The disdainful curve of Sun Bo's mouth grew wider.

What a charade!

He was certain this kid was a fraud!

He'd see how he'd save face in an hour!

Thirty minutes passed.

Lin Yun remained motionless.

Sun Bo finally couldn't help himself. He walked to Old Chen's side and whispered, "Old Chen, this is too ridiculous! Quantum physics is the most rigorous science in the world; it can't be solved by playing tricks!"

"Our Team Leader Qin and the others pulled so many all-nighters and lost so much hair for this project!"

"He's an outsider. Can standing here and looking for half an hour be better than the six months of hard work from dozens of our top experts?"

"If this gets out, won't it become a huge joke? It's also an insult to us researchers!"

His voice wasn't loud, but in the quiet conference room, it was exceptionally clear.

Old Chen frowned slightly, just about to say something.

Just then—

Lin Yun opened his eyes.

In his eyes, it was as if billions of stars were swirling, being born and dying, with a depth that made one's heart tremble.

"I'm done."

He spoke plainly.

What?

Done?

Only thirty-five minutes had passed!

Everyone was stunned.

Sun Bo looked as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world and almost laughed out loud on the spot.

"Done? Have you finished reading? Do you know what those formulas mean? Do you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, it got stuck in his throat.

Because Lin Yun had already turned around and walked toward a massive white writing board nearby.

He picked up a black marker and, without any hesitation, began to write!

[Solution: To construct a long-range security boundary, the traditional Schrödinger equation has intrinsic limitations in the entanglement state decay model. A modified quantum field theory path integral method should be introduced...]

Lines of elegant and complex formulas poured out from his pen frantically!

His writing speed was astonishingly fast, almost turning into a blur!

That wasn't calculating; that was writing from memory!

It was as if the final answer had long been clearly imprinted in his mind!

The mockery on Sun Bo's face instantly froze.

His eyes stared fixedly at the formulas on the whiteboard, his mouth slowly opening wider and wider, until it could almost fit an egg!

"This... this is... a combined application of Dirac notation and path integrals?"

"My god! He also introduced the concept of 'imaginary time' to circumvent singularities?"

"Wait! Look there! He proposed a correction term for 'Bell's inequality'! This... how is this possible! Is he going to overturn the existing theoretical foundation?"

Sun Bo's voice turned from initial questioning to shock, and finally into incoherent trembling!

He was also a top expert in this field, and he knew better than anyone what the things Lin Yun was writing meant!

That wasn't just patching things up!

That was pioneering!

He was constructing an entirely new, more fundamental, and more complete theoretical edifice!

The six months of effort from Qin Zihan and the others was like trying to renovate an old house with a problematic foundation, patching and mending.

But Lin Yun had directly torn down the old house and, with god-like methods, laid an indestructible new foundation!

"A miracle... a divine feat..."

Sun Bo murmured to himself, his legs going weak as he nearly collapsed to the floor.

He looked at the back of the figure writing furiously at the whiteboard, his eyes filled with awe and fear.

That was no mortal!

That was a god... walking among men!

Twenty minutes later.

Lin Yun had filled three massive whiteboards and finally stopped writing.

He tossed the marker aside, letting out a soft "clack."

The sound was like a heavy hammer, waking everyone in the conference room who had been turned to stone.

Lin Yun turned around, his face still bearing that calm expression, as if he had only done something insignificant.

He looked at Sun Bo, who was already pale as death and whose clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and asked plainly:

"Do you understand it?"

Sun Bo shuddered and instinctively wanted to nod, but then lowered his head in shame, unable to say a single word.

Understand?

At most, he understood thirty percent!

The remaining seventy percent was completely beyond his scope of knowledge!

Lin Yun ignored him and turned his gaze to Old Chen in the main seat.

"Old Chen."

The corner of his mouth curled into a confident arc.

"Now, do you think the weight of this 'betrothal gift' is sufficient?"

Old Chen took a deep breath, recovering from his extreme shock. He stood up abruptly and looked at Lin Yun with an unprecedentedly burning gaze.

"It's enough! More than enough!"

His voice trembled slightly with excitement.

"I'll take you to see Qin Zihan right now!"

"No," Lin Yun shook his head, making a request that stunned everyone once again.

"You can't take me there now."

"You have to first send someone to deliver these three whiteboards filled with formulas, exactly as they are, to Qin Zihan's laboratory."

Old Chen was taken aback: "Why is that?"

Lin Yun smiled, his smile carrying a hint of playful control over everything.

"Because, I want her to come and invite me personally."

"Only then will our subsequent 'cooperation' go more smoothly, won't it?"