280: Chapter 280: We knew each other before, but we don't keep in touch anymore.

Many people were posting and discussing it on Weibo, Zhihu, and the BBS forums of various major universities.

When domestic netizens saw these skeptical comments from abroad, they began to fight back.

"Those foreigners online are just salty. Is it that hard to admit someone else's excellence? When God Zhao took on the whole world at the mathematics conference, they had the same attitude, and in the end, their faces were slapped swollen."

"God Zhao proved Goldbachs Conjecture. With his mathematical foundation, going into theoretical Physics is a guaranteed victory. Calculating a few phase transition equations would be a piece of cake for him, wouldn't it?"

"Exactly. God Zhao has never stopped crossing disciplines. If I remember correctly, the first paper God Zhao published was in the field of image processing for TIP. It caused quite a stir back then."

"That's right. Later, he even published in a Biology sub-journal of Nature. He's incredibly badass. God Zhao has always been crossing disciplines. He's never stopped. This time it's just a Physics paper. What's the big deal?"

"Those doubters don't understand at all. Theoretical Physics has always been ahead of experimentation. When Einstein proposed the theory of relativity, he didn't conduct experiments either; he relied on pure mathematical deduction."

"Foreigners can't stand seeing our country produce such an all-around genius. God Zhao's paper went through blind reviews by several big shots in Physics, and the PRL editorial department isn't stupid."

"Waiting for the next issue of PRL to be published. Once the paper's content is public, domestic university labs should hurry up and follow up with experiments. If room-temperature superconducting materials can really be developed, our country's technological strength will take off."

The arguments on the internet were very intense.

Zhao Yang sat in front of his computer, browsing through several popular posts.

Looking at those comments filled with hostility, Zhao Yang smiled, treating it as mere entertainment.

He didn't care about these meaningless wars of words at all. He had already provided the theoretical model. As long as the mathematical logic was self-consistent, there were no problems. As for everything else, Zhao Yang didn't care in the slightest.

Is the evaluation of foreigners important? Is the evaluation of haters important? Not at all!

Zhao Yang closed the webpage and stood up.

A wave of hunger came from his stomach. He grabbed his coat and walked out of the apartment, heading to the cafeteria for lunch. Meanwhile, he pondered which Millennium Prize Problem he should tackle next. Would it be the Yang-Mills existence and mass gap, or the riemann hypothesis?

Or perhaps the P vs NP problem?

This is a classic problem in the field of computer science. It explores whether a problem whose solution can be verified in polynomial time can also be solved directly in polynomial time. In short, if it can be quickly verified, can it also be quickly calculated?

Zhao Yang didn't know much about the seven Millennium Prize Problems yet. This problem is a significant one in the field of computer science.

Zhao Yang's own Informatics had reached level 5. He had the branch skill [Code Refactoring]. These conditions would be of some help in solving problems of computational complexity theory.

With the two combined, there should be a chance to solve this problem.

The navier-stokes equations might also be worth considering. A paper in this direction of fluid mechanics would aim to prove the existence and smoothness of the equations' solutions. With his [World Penetration] skill, he could intuitively see the forces and movement of fluid particles at a microscopic scale. The difficulty of solving it shouldn't be too high.

After thinking for a bit, Zhao Yang decided to look into it further. First, he'd go eat.

Arriving at the faculty cafeteria, Zhao Yang got his food and found an empty seat.

While eating in the cafeteria, Zhao Yang bumped into Song Xi, but he only gave her a glance before calmly looking away.

To him, she was nothing more than a stranger.

Song Xi, holding her tray, also saw him. She opened her mouth to greet Zhao Yang, but he ignored her and lowered his head to eat.

The friend beside her pulled Song Xi's arm and whispered excitedly, "Isn't that Zhao Yang? Holy crap! We're so lucky!"

The friend then asked Song Xi, "By the way, Xi Xi, you said before that you and Zhao Yang went to the same middle school. Do you know each other? Can you go ask for an autograph?"

Song Xi's expression flickered, and she said hesitantly, "We knew each other before. We're not really in contact now."

Song Xi took her tray to a distant table and sat down, her gaze fixed on Zhao Yang's back with extreme complexity. She no longer even had the right to strike up a conversation with him.

While Zhao Yang was eating in the faculty dining hall, many familiar professors came over to greet him. Several Physics professors with whom he usually had little interaction came over with their trays to ask him a few questions about his paper.

"Professor Zhao, I heard your PRL cover article has been finalized? A microscopic phase transition model—that's a major work," said an old Physics professor.

"It is finalized; it'll be in the next issue."

"Then we'll certainly have to give it a thorough read! We might even use your model to conduct some experiments!"

A Physics professor nearby said to Zhao Yang with a smile.

"I hope Professor Zhao won't hesitate to give us some guidance when the time comes!"

"I'll certainly help however I can!"

Zhao Yang nodded and said.

"With those words from you, we'll take it seriously then!"

"Hahaha!"

The atmosphere among everyone was very harmonious.

After chatting for a bit, Zhao Yang quickly finished his meal and left the cafeteria.

After returning to his apartment, he gave instructions to Shin-chan to start organizing information related to the seven Millennium Prize Problems, as well as some current papers.

"Shin-chan, pack up all the background materials, core difficulties, and top-tier conference papers from the last ten years for the P/NP problem and the navier-stokes equations into categories."

Folders popped up one by one on the computer screen. Shin-chan's powerful computing power completed the data crawling and organization within seconds.

Zhao Yang began to read.

He wasn't in a hurry to perform mathematical deductions; instead, like a sponge soaking up water, he absorbed the existing research results and theoretical bottlenecks of these two fields. He needed to understand how far his predecessors had gone.

After spending about two or three days.

Zhao Yang closed the folder on fluid mechanics. He had finally chosen his direction: the P vs NP problem.

Compared to the navier-stokes equations, which lean toward physical continuity proofs, the P/NP problem is closer to the boundaries of pure mathematical logic and Informatics algorithms. He planned to combine level 5 Informatics [Code Refactoring] with level 6 Mathematics to try and find a breakthrough via the reduction paths of polynomial time.

Having chosen his direction, Zhao Yang was in no hurry to go into seclusion or solve it immediately. Trying to solve a Millennium-level problem just by going into seclusion was nothing but a pipe dream. It required a massive system of knowledge for support.

After reading a few papers on the Boolean Satisfiability Problem (SAT), he rubbed his eyes.

He grabbed his keys, left the apartment, and had his driver Wang Hai take him to Li Yan's place.

Li Yan happened to be home as well. She had no classes scheduled for the day and was wearing comfortable loungewear.

Seeing Zhao Yang, her eyes were filled with admiration.

She came over to help Zhao Yang with his coat, and as she helped him put on his slippers, she said, "Many professors at the university are discussing you. The director of the School of Life Sciences even said in the office today that you've now spanned four or five disciplines. From mathematics and computer science to biomedicine, and now you've even conquered theoretical Physics."

Zhao Yang smiled and said to Li Yan.

"It's nothing much; it was only a matter of time."