Free Web NovelChapter 567: Chapter 332: Confirmed! Every Chinese Knows Kung Fu!_2
"Snap~"
The sound of the pencil snapping wasn’t loud, but it still captured the attention of those nearby.
Two professors from the School of Sciences saw it as well, looking at Lin Xiaoqing with surprise. However, they were not as panicked as Camilla.
The two of them couldn’t keep up with the conversation anymore.
One professor began to slack off, silently calculating the force needed to snap a pencil in his mind.
The other professor was thinking, "How could a pencil break so easily? Did the logistics department purchase substandard goods? The state of our school’s logistics is appalling! I must report this to the higher-ups."
Ever since Camilla saw the pencil break, she dared not establish eye contact with Lin Xiaoqing or even make any expression that could be interpreted as provocative.
Her gaze at Lin Xiaoqing was filled with curiosity, "A lot of Chinese people know Kung Fu and are very good at it. Does this girl know Chinese Kung Fu?"
"She could snap a pencil with one hand, wouldn’t she also be able to break one’s fingers?"
Camilla looked down at her soft and beautiful hands, the unease in her heart grew. She decided to keep her distance from Lin Xiaoqing.
...
The mathematical seminar ended around noon.
The School of Sciences invited Edward to the faculty cafeteria. Zhao Yi also followed along. As they walked, they continued discussing mathematical problems.
They were discussing an interesting topic: the properties of topology, in respect to positive and negative.
Topology is a fascinating subject.
The simplest example of topology is that a coffee mug with a handle and a donut have the same spatial topology, but they can never transform into a perfect sphere.
The above example sounds simple, but the deeper study becomes very complex. The construction of geometric topology in M Theory involves Fermat’s Last Theorem and the Riemann Conjecture; you can imagine how complicated this gets.
Edward introduced the concept of ’positive and negative chords’. Combined with the geometric topology of M Theory, it led to the possibility of topology having positive and negative properties.
This made the problem even more complicated.
When the two were discussing, they quickly figured out the content in their minds and directly spoke out. It felt like they were discussing addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, but others couldn’t keep up with their thoughts.
Zhou Li, Hu Zhibin, and a few others could only smile wryly. They all gave up on trying to understand their conversation. The idea they exchanged through their gazes was--
"These are geniuses!"
"Edward Witten is indeed a genius. He’s deservedly the Fields medal-winning expert in string theory."
"Zhao Yi can’t keep up with Edward in terms of theoretical level, but his calculation speed is obviously faster than Edward’s, and he seems to make complex calculations instantly?"
"If we tested Zhao Yi’s IQ, would it exceed 200?"
"Geniuses, they’re just unparalleled!"
As they continued on their way and reached the corner of a teaching building, a car suddenly turned the corner. The car wasn’t going fast and was following the normal traffic rules, but Camilla happened to be there.
Camilla was walking a bit away from the group. She seemed to be in a daze, watching from a distance, and thus didn’t notice the approaching car.
The car couldn’t brake in time.
Even though the car wasn’t speeding, getting hit could still result in injuries. The people who noticed screamed in shock.
At that moment, Lin Xiaoqing, who was standing nearby, rushed over and kicked Camilla away. She then used the momentum to leap forward, pressing her hand against the car’s hood and doing a somersault to sit on the car hood gracefully. It looked as though she was originally sitting sideways on the car hood.
Gasps of fear echoed through the crowd.
Zhao Yi quickly ran to the car, looking Lin Xiaoqing up and down before pulling her off the car. He asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"I’m fine."
Lin Xiaoqing smiled, unconcerned.
Zhao Yi frowned and said, "Don’t do that again next time, it’s too dangerous. What if you get hurt!"
"Hmm."
Lin Xiaoqing noticed Zhao Yi’s concern. Like a little girl being scolded, she reflexively stuck out her tongue, seeming to display indifference yet showing that she was listening.
On the other side,
Edward helped up Camilla, who had been knocked down. While Camilla was a bit disheveled from falling, she didn’t care. Instead, she looked at Lin Xiaoqing in surprise and said to Edward, "Professor, I’m certain now. She really does know Kung Fu, Chinese Kung Fu!"
"I’ve heard before that many Chinese people know Kung Fu, but I didn’t expect it to be true!"
"She was really amazing just now!"
Camilla took the initiative to walk up and say to Lin Xiaoqing, "Thank you for saving me, Xiaoqing, that’s your name, right? I heard Zhao Yi calling you. Also, I apologize for my previous behavior and hope you can accept it."
Lin Xiaoqing didn’t quite understand and, after hearing Zhao Yi’s translation, she modestly waved her hand and said, "No need to thank!"
Camilla turned to Zhao Yi and sincerely said, "Xiaoqing, she’s an amazing girl and also a good girl. You’re really lucky!"
"I know." Zhao Yi laughed and gently hugged Lin Xiaoqing.
...
To Edward, Zhao Yi and even the professors in the School of Sciences, the car incident was just a small episode. It was dangerous in the process but it was not a big deal.
What’s done is done.
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But the incident did have an impact, for example, Camilla, she never took the initiative to do anything to Zhao Yi again, but instead started talking with Lin Xiaoqing.
Even though Lin Xiaoqing’s spoken English was far from good, she was very interested in chatting with Camilla, probably with the intention of practicing her English.
Camilla deliberately slowed down her speech. She seemed to shift her interest from mathematics to Chinese Kung Fu. She even said she would learn Kung Fu so she wouldn’t be bothered in the future.
As the atmosphere between the two women became friendly, mathematical discussions also seemed to flow more smoothly.
Zhao Yi and Edward came up with several possibilities to verify the smallest ’strings’ jointly, thinking about the direction of generating energy.
Of course,
Thinking about the direction is truly just a direction, perhaps there will be in-depth thinking, but expecting results, the difference is a bit too far off.
Zhao Yi guessed that even if he could solve ten Goldbach Conjectures, he wouldn’t be able to figure out the mathematical logic of string fusion to produce energy.
Of course,
It cannot be denied that there were many gains from mathematical discussions.
Edward gained ’possible proofs and directions of thinking’ and made some progress on the ’potential energy distribution on the boundaries of multidimensional space’.
Even a little progress was amazing as it showed that there was a possibility of success, and what unknown research projects hope for most is hope itself.
Zhao Yi also had the same gain, but he didn’t think it was very significant. Instead, he derived from these ’strings’ an inspiration to crack Fermat’s Last Theorem from the perspective of spatial function analysis.
Inspiration is the most important thing.
Zhao Yi had a thorough understanding of Fermat’s Last Theorem, and some thoughts on how to crack it. The only thing he lacked was the ’first step’.
Where to start the proof? What kind of thinking to use for the proof?
It seemed like nothing had started yet, but once the thought process is in place, and the ’first step’ of the proof is made, the road ahead seems to open up.
This was the biggest gain.
...
Four days later, Edward and Camilla left by plane.
The matter came to an end.
Zhao Yi temporarily put aside Fermat’s Last Theorem and focused on the final projects in the medical laboratory. However, he didn’t expect the events of a few days ago to suddenly go viral on internet.
There was a video of a rescue on the street.
The source of the video was from a camera. From a distance, you could see a girl in jeans dashed over and knocked down the woman in front of the car with a clean move. Then, with a rather free and easy action, rolled forward on the hood of the car, and stopped just right, sitting sideways on the hood.
"This girl’s moves are so cool, she definitely knows Kung Fu!"
"The video has been spread abroad, apparently saying that the one being saved is a mathematical genius from Princeton University and there’s even a very awesome professor right next to it!"
"A bunch of ignoramuses! That’s in Yanhua University, among the people on the side, there’s Fields Medal winner Edward Witten, and Zhao Yi!"
"Yes, it’s Yanhua University!"
"I just saw a report from abroad, saying all Chinese people know Kung Fu, even the girls are so tough, it’s hilarious..."
