Hammer of Technology

Harbin Institute of Technology, one of the legendary seven sons of China's national defense.

Huo Changjian sat at his desk and rubbed his eyebrows. He had just reorganized a nuclear physics midterm exam paper for the sophomores majoring in nuclear physics.I was about to take a break and go to dinner when the phone rang...

"Oh, put down all the work at hand and go to the capital right away? Old Xu, what's the big deal all of a sudden? You don't know? You don't know how long you'll be there? Well then, I'll book a ticket right away... huh? There is a chartered flight? Am I not the only one? Okay, I'll get ready."

……

After hanging up the phone, Huo Changjian called his wife with question marks in his head, then quickly went home, packed up a few clothes and daily necessities, and rushed to the school administration building as agreed on the phone, and then saw a car The bus had already stopped at the door, and when I got on the bus, I found that there were quite a few colleagues on the bus.

There are those who study nuclear electronics, space physics, quantum mechanics, theoretical mechanics, professors, and researchers...

"Hey, Lao Huo, have you also been notified?"

"Yeah, you guys are really fast, old Xu, do you know what's going on?"

"I don't know. Lao Zhang called me and asked me to come here quickly. He didn't say clearly, but said that the matter was urgent. Hey, you went home and packed your luggage? We didn't let you go home, so we came here directly They said that daily necessities will be provided there.”

"That's right, you said it was an urgent matter, but you didn't say what happened. You said it was a big deal."

"Is this still waiting for someone?"

"Well, Lao Zhang didn't see that you haven't come all this time, he said to buy us something to eat first..."

"This, I'm sorry!"

Several people were chatting, and Lao Zhang got into the car with a bag of steamed buns: "Lao Huo is here, master, you can go."

"Old Zhang, what the hell is going on this time? Can't you tell us the truth first?"

"Don't ask! If I want to know, can I tell you? I'm also at a loss. Anyway, it was urgently arranged by the ministry. Anyway, it's not just our school. Just now, Yanhang's old Xu asked us on WeChat about when we will arrive. The school in the capital city has also been notified. But he doesn’t know the specific situation now. He just said that the higher-ups attach great importance to it, and he will know when he goes anyway.”

"No, Lao Zhang, I'm not really curious, the key is how long I will go this time, I need a letter! I have an important experimental plan coming up next week!"

"Don't be impatient. If you know what's going on, you will know when you can go back. Since it was arranged by the superior, it must be more important than that experimental plan. Everyone eat first, and take a good rest after eating. I guess This time it’s really a big deal, otherwise it wouldn’t be so mysterious. After you go, everyone, get ready to fight continuously! Come here, there are steamed buns, steamed buns and pickles, come and get what you want !"

……

In this way, the bus brought the group of people to the airport, and met several colleagues who came from other scientific research institutions. After the meeting, it was obvious that no one knew what happened, but soon everyone was disrupted. Got on two planes.

Knowing that he couldn't ask about the situation, Huo Changjian had no interest in communicating, and started sleeping after getting in the car.

How should I put it, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

It's impossible for the higher-ups not to have such a big battle, so it's probably something big.

Sure enough, when the plane arrived in the capital, the professors were not given too much time to rest. After getting off the bus, they directly boarded the unified bus. This time, there was no way to rest on the bus. Someone on the bus began to explain the mission and the need for it. Matters needing attention, especially the principle of confidentiality...

Well, this time I can confirm that something big has indeed happened.

As an academician of the Republic, it is not common to be invited to participate in a scientific research discussion and need to sign a confidentiality agreement.

In this way, everyone learned some basic information in the car, and the car has already driven into a base.

Before entering the gate, Huo Changjian saw the words of Huaxia Artificial Intelligence Frontier Research Center through the car window from a distance.Ning Wei's name also came to his mind, Huo Changjian soon connected this mission with Ning Wei's visit to cern not long ago...

After all, a group of physicists in Cern were laughing at the Huaxia Mathematics Fellow and the director of Cern, and Huo Changjian had heard of it, after all, it was a joke in the circle.At that time, he didn't think much about it. Who would have thought that something would happen so soon...

When the bus arrived in front of a building, it was already midnight after everyone got off the bus, but to Huo Changjian's surprise, the place was still quite lively, and several acquaintances were already waiting at the door in twos and threes.

"I'm sorry, everyone is in a hurry today. I should have arranged for everyone to rest first, but the things you come into contact with later are indeed too important. Many high-level officials are now waiting for a result, and all the professors and researchers are participating in this event. This is the last batch of the scientific seminar, so everyone may be a little bit tired, and the seminar will start directly."

"Now, please get off the bus one by one. If you have luggage, you can give it to our staff and get a number plate. We only have 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, someone will send you to the seminar. The venue. Please hand in your mobile phones and electronic devices first, there are ready equipment in the conference room for everyone to use. Thank you again for your efforts, thank you!"

Well, such an operation even made Huo Changjian feel a long-lost excitement.

It's actually quite good.

After all, he was so mysterious and mysterious before, and now if he really let him fall asleep, he might not be able to fall asleep. He has to think about what kind of amazing discovery this is. As for this?

Get out of the car honestly, find the luggage, and change the room number corresponding to the number plate.He doesn't even need to go to the room, the staff will put the luggage directly into his room...

In this way, after everyone got the number plate, everyone set off directly.

Ten minutes later, a large team of six to seventy people walked into the underground meeting room of the main building of the research center, the door was closed, and a very familiar young man appeared in front of them energetically.

"I'm really sorry to have invited all the professors here so late. I originally wanted to let everyone rest for the night and wait until tomorrow to verify this theory in more detail, but because I was too excited just now, Reporting the situation is too perfect, so I can only work hard for everyone, especially the professors who came from afar."

"Okay, I won't talk nonsense. The first step of today's seminar is to discuss a theoretical topic with you. Let's start with the Schrödinger equation..."

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Main building, upstairs.

Chen Mingcai was pacing back and forth in the room until Liu Wei opened the door and walked into the room.

"Has the meeting started?"

"Yes, Mr. Chen!"

Chen Mingcai paused for a moment, then looked at Liu Wei and asked, "Do you think Academician Ning's research this time will cause trouble?"

Liu Wei thought for a while, and replied: "I really don't understand science, but it's still the same sentence. I have been with Academician Ning for a long time, and I have watched him produce a lot of results. Basically, if there are not nine He never took the initiative to talk to me about scientific research results. Including the Ningxin project, I always saw the news of Huawei's successful test on the Internet."

Chen Mingcai swallowed subconsciously, then sighed a long time, and said, "Hey, if it's true... I'm 57 this year! I'm going to retire in a few years, and it will really come true by then. ...I've been at a loss in this life! It's a big loss!"

Liu Wei thought for a while and said: "Mr. Chen, you can take good care of your body. As long as you can take care of things like longevity, maybe you can live to be a hundred years old! Isn't there still 43 years left? If you can really achieve what Academician Ning described You will definitely be able to see the scene. Why don't you go to study first, and I will inform you after the preliminary discussion results in this meeting? Academician Ning also said that it may not take two or three days to discuss it. Nothing will come out. If it is long, everyone may discuss it for a week or two, after all, professors also have to rest."

"Understood. It's okay, you don't need to worry about me, I'm leaving soon, and I have to make a report at one o'clock. Later, you will also arrange a place for me to rest. I will live here these days, waiting for these Scientists give a quasi-letter!"

"Okay, Mr. Chen!"

……

Europe, Swiss-French border, cern headquarters.

Abel was in the office talking on the phone with Edwin George who had flown to Hawaii for vacation.

"Yesterday, the network department received a complaint and found that the reason for the network instability is that some data leaked through the main network. I temporarily suppressed this matter. But there will be no next time. Maybe we should talk to that gentleman ..."

"Are you sure? I learned that apart from that momentary fluctuation, there have been no problems until now."

"This is also the reason why I can suppress this matter for the time being. If this situation keeps happening, there is no way to explain it. The important thing is that we have not had a similar situation before. If we want to investigate, we will There is trouble. So, Edwin, you should talk to that gentleman, at least to make sure that the same thing will not happen in these years. You know, there are many people talking a lot now."

"Of course, Abel, don't worry, maybe it's just a coincidence? Of course I will definitely make this call! That's it, hang up."

"Enjoy your sun and sand, but don't forget to call!"

"Ok!"

After hanging up the phone, Edwin George sighed deeply, picked up the phone and found out Ning Wei's number...

Called, but no one answered...

Well, maybe he is resting, I want to come and wait for him to rest, he should come back.But he also seems to have to prepare for the worst.

……

Huaxia, the artificial intelligence research and development center...

Huo Changjian understood that it was a wrong decision to pack his luggage from home, and he really didn't need the luggage.

For 72 consecutive hours, they all spent in the closed basement.

The first seminar was mainly about Ning Wei speaking, they were listening, they could occasionally ask questions, and then get more detailed explanations. The originally scheduled three-hour meeting lasted for six hours.The main reason is that everyone listened more and more energetically in the middle, and more and more questions accumulated, so they kept postponing until someone really couldn't hold it anymore...

After all, after resting for five hours, the second meeting started again. Anyway, no one had any objections when we couldn’t see daylight or darkness. Even the meals were delivered directly to the meeting room, and everyone ate while doing analysis...

No one complained about the inconveniences of life. On the contrary, many people almost forgot that people need to eat until they were very hungry.If the organizer hadn't been considerate enough to count the list of people with chronic diseases who need to take medicine on time before coming here, and deliver the medicine regularly and quantitatively, God knows how many people would even forget to take the medicine...

This action is really too f-cking!

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464 Important report

Life is nothing more than waiting...

This is a sentence that Chen Mingcai is used to saying on his lips recently.

It’s really not that the chairman of Jitu Security on the bright side is hypocritical. Before Ning Wei estimated that the results would be available in 2-3 days, Liu Wei thought it might take a week or two to get a unified understanding, but today it is No. .20 It has been three days, and the 67 top physicists transferred from all over China are still closed in the underground research institute without any results...

This is no longer a matter of his eight claws scratching his heart.

After all, these people were all transferred from universities and scientific research institutes, and some professors even worked hard in the front line of undergraduate studies, which has already affected the teaching process. Some people have even started to ask what projects these professors and researchers are involved in. It is indeed strange that there has been no news for such a long time.

As a last resort, I have informed everyone that they can call out through the internal phone number of the R&D base, and report that they are safe first, but only about half of the people are ready to make a call back, and the other half directly express that they cannot spare time, so they simply ask colleagues to help with work or at home say hello...

Chen Mingcai couldn't bear it any longer. While organizing these academic bigwigs to make a phone call, he randomly stopped an academic bigwig, revealed his identity, and wanted to know how far Ningwei's theory has been verified.

Then the other party pushed his glasses, and replied in a leisurely manner: "Mr. Chen, scientific matters can't be rushed..."

After hearing this, Chen Mingcai became really anxious, and quickly said: "Professor Xu, what do you mean by not being in a hurry? Is it so difficult to verify a theory? Didn't Academician Ning say that he had already proved it when he reported it? You are just verifying it." That's all."

"Mr. Chen, it's not that simple. Let me tell you this, Academician Ning's verification process is actually a little tricky. He used the reverse hadron recoil of the w boson when it was produced to reverse the current results, and established model. And here comes the problem..."

"Wait, Professor Xu, we don't understand what you said, can you make it simpler?" Chen Mingcai frowned and asked.

The stopped professor frowned and asked, "I don't even understand this, how did Academician Ning report to you before?"

Liu Wei, who was standing aside, said quickly: "Academician Ning gave an example. He said that it was as if many cars collided with each other, but at a certain moment, the high-speed camera that had been aiming at the point of impact could not see what the car should have been. Some tires, and then..."

Before Liu Wei finished speaking, the professor suddenly realized, not only looked at the two strangely, but also took the initiative to interrupt Liu Wei: "Don't waste time, I understand how Academician Ning explained it. How should I say it?" , you can understand that Academician Ning only used a camera near the impact point when verifying, but there is another possibility that the huge energy generated in an instant pushes the specific particle we need to observe in a very short time. out of observation range."

"Well, how should I put it, this extremely short time is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and it is also beyond the capture capability of high-speed cameras in the example. In this case, more data from detectors are needed to confirm that this situation does not exist. Although at present, this possibility is very small, but physics is a very rigorous subject, and Academician Ning's theory is too important. If it is confirmed, the cost of related research will probably be calculated in tens of billions, so how much You can't be too careful."

"Now we have divided into two teams. Seven professors, along with Academician Ning, are reviewing the correctness of Ning's theory to ensure that at least there are no loopholes in the field of theoretical physics. The other 60 people are divided into six groups and work 24 hours a day. With the cooperation of the March intelligent system, the data is analyzed, the data is too complex, so please understand that we have tried our best."

After saying this, this Professor Xu suddenly looked a little radiant, and his voice became louder: "But one thing, judging from the current progress of our work, the possibility of academician Ning's theory being correct has exceeded 80.00%. Do you know what this means? A new theory will be able to unify the microcosm with the macrocosm, and maybe we can find a theory that completely unifies the fundamental forces! Schrödinger's equation, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle describes phenomena, And we will be able to probe the nature of physics!"

"By the way, if you can influence the upper-level decision-making, I have a suggestion. Because data verification is not a very technical thing, if you want to get results faster, I think you can call a group of careful and meticulous Students come here to share the work of verification. Of course, this is just my personal suggestion purely from the perspective of catching up with the progress. If you have other concerns after overall consideration, then just pretend that I didn’t say it. Don’t say it, I’m going to be busy !"

After finishing speaking, the professor left in a hurry, not even bothering to say hello to the two of them at the end.

This is a good thing, which shows that everyone is really racing against time to do things, and what is mentioned is also good news. Although the verification time is indeed longer, it is not an internal disagreement, but a rigorous verification process. , leaving no blemishes.

As the professor Xu said just now, if the conclusion is wrong, hundreds of billions will be invested in it, and there will be no splash, so it will be a lot of fun.

So Chen Mingcai felt relieved and continued to wait...

……

For the outside world, time really is the cure for everything.

When the upgraded lhc continues to produce data, the physicists who are still busy here don't care about making up jokes to tease Ning Wei and attack Edwin George.Everyone has more important things to do.

No way, who told serious journals not to accept jokes?Our main job is to find the truth of the universe.

Edwin George also returned to his post after his vacation.

On the first day back, he called Abel to his office.

"What's the situation now?"

Seeing this old friend walk in the door, Edwin George asked directly.

Some topics are not convenient to communicate by email or phone, and face-to-face chat is the safest.

"The good news is that there have been no similar violent fluctuations in data, but I have conducted some investigations in private and found some abnormalities. Do you have any impression of Jack Nice?"

"Of course, a professor at Harvard University. I remember that he officially joined cern a few years ago."

"Well, he resigned some time ago. Just after Ning Wei left."

"Oh? He resigned? Where did he go?"

"I don't know. This is beyond my ability. I asked his colleagues, but they don't know much. This guy has a tight mouth. But the colleague who helped him pack up and mail it back told me that the guy The address I left was in New York, I used this address to check it out, and a newly registered calibration and testing laboratory was established at that address half a month ago, and is applying for its testing and accreditation qualifications.”

"This……"

Edwin George thought for a while and said, "If you can get the qualification, it's actually a good business, and it happens to be his major. Maybe it's because of the support of friends? In New York, maybe some rich people are interested in it." This industry. If we can help him get the qualification smoothly, he will definitely earn more than in cern!"

Abel nodded, and then said with a more serious expression: "You are right, but there is one more detail. According to my understanding, Jack Nice has a very good relationship with Huaxia Ningwei, Professor Luo Zhiqiang. But in Ningwei After the experiment, this Professor Luo was transferred back to Huaxia, and Jack Nice took annual leave. I very much hope that this is all a coincidence, but this is too much of a coincidence. What is even more frightening is that I have all these things It’s easy to find out, let alone other people.”

These words are too true. Neither Luo Zhiqiang nor Jack Nice is a professional in doing this kind of thing. They think they are cautious, but in fact there are loopholes everywhere.This even made Abel feel annoyed...

It has nothing to do with IQ, it is purely a specialization in the art industry.For example, if this matter is arranged by Liu Wei, it will definitely be more perfect than two physicists with super IQs, at least it will not leave countless clues.

So the two looked at each other for a while, and Edwin George suddenly said, "I remember Jack Nice is an American, right?"

Abel nodded and replied, "Yes, he was born in Florida."

Edwin pointed out: "As long as Americans participate in anything, [-]% of it will not be good. If Americans and Chinese people participate together... No matter whether this matter becomes better or worse, we have nothing to do .”

Abel's eyes lit up, and he nodded immediately: "That's true! If there is any emergency, I will operate in this direction."

Seeing that his old friend understood what he said, Edwin George still couldn't help complaining: "You know? Even so, I still prefer to deal with Chinese people. At least they really have a business attitude, yes Really willing to give money. As for the Americans, if they want to meddle in something with us, even if it will cost us a lot, they will make a lot of money from it! Bah... robbers!"