A genius student? Ha, they're nothing but ants at your feet!

Chapter 162 Epic Dungeon

The host paused for a moment, then couldn't help but interrupt:

"Wait a minute, Professor Liu, this really puzzles me. As far as I know, Su Hao is not even fourteen years old yet, is he?!"

Even though he is exceptionally talented and has skipped grades, he can only barely be considered a student in the gifted youth program.

How could a kid without even a college degree be qualified to participate in MIT's cutting-edge quantum experiments, which are only open to the world's top scientists? Didn't the security guards stop him?

"Hahaha!" Professor Liu laughed heartily.

"This kind of bizarre thing, which even Hollywood screenwriters wouldn't dare to write, is probably unprecedented in MIT's more than 100-year history!"

Here's the thing: there's a highly prestigious event in the international academic community specifically for top geniuses called the "Young Mathematicians Forum."

He initially attended the forum as a specially invited scholar. As for how he, at the age of fourteen, managed to gain unobstructed access to their top-level core laboratory...

To be honest, I have no idea about the connections and opportunities involved.

"Okay, we'll talk about this kind of genius trajectory later. Please continue."

"During the experiment, Su Hao put forward a groundbreaking hypothesis."

He pointed out that the system can capture extremely small topological phase changes in the very brief instant during which quantum energy levels annihilate.

He went further and hypothesized that this pattern of quantum state change is perfectly isomorphic to the internal fluctuations implicit in the Riemann zeta function in analytic number theory!

As the professor explained, a computer-generated CG demonstration animation, hastily produced overnight by the production team, was displayed at the top of the screen.

In the image, the oscillation curve of quantum fluctuations resembles a pulsating heartbeat;

On the other side, the nontrivial zero-point waveform of the Riemann zeta function resembles a majestic mountain range.

Under the watchful eyes of all the viewers, these two curves, which originally belonged to completely different fields, began to gradually overlap and fit together perfectly like gears!

"It still sounds like gibberish," the host said with a wry smile. "Professor, could you make it a little more relatable?"

"When a quantum particle is created or annihilated, the transition is never smooth."

It must have discrete energy level intervals, just like climbing stairs requires taking one step at a time. You should be familiar with this concept, right?

The host nodded.

"Yes, thank goodness, I can still barely keep up here."

"In fact, the distribution pattern of this quantum energy level spacing bears a striking resemblance to the statistical characteristics of the nontrivial zero-point spacing of the Riemann zeta function..."

This idea was first proposed in 1973 by mathematician Montgomery and physicist Dyson during a casual conversation.

"So, the scientific community had already discovered the statistical connection between them 'looking very similar' decades ago?"

"Absolutely correct. But sadly, humanity's exploration came to a complete halt in that year."

Because the goal of academia is not just to find similarities, but to build dynamic models that can make accurate predictions.

Where exactly is the next zero point?

This is a problem that countless geniuses have devoted their entire lives to, yet no one has been able to provide even the slightest clue.

This has led the academic community to gradually resign itself to the situation in recent years, believing that such similarities may simply be a beautiful mathematical coincidence.

The host let out a laugh of sudden realization.

"Ah! Now I finally understand. So Su Hao broke the deadlock?"

"Excellent!" Professor Liu's voice suddenly rose, his eyes shining.

"Su Hao used irrefutable and undeniable real observation data to slap all the pessimists in the face!"

He proved that things were far from simple!

He directly bypassed the simplistic statistical framework and creatively introduced the crucial dynamic characteristic of "phase rotation"!

A novel mapping scheme was proposed, seamlessly integrating it with the argument variation of the zeta function itself! This concludes my concise summary of this event.

"Although the technical terms are somewhat obscure, I have roughly grasped the suffocating logical thread."

So, Professor, why do you say this is a great discovery that will shake the world and even go down in history?

"There are two extremely fatal reasons."

Professor Liu Zhiyun's expression turned serious. She raised two fingers towards the camera, her gaze sharp.

"First, for more than a hundred years, the underlying structure of the Riemann zeta function has been pessimistically regarded by the academic community as a purely abstract mathematical entity that exists only on paper."

But now, we can actually confirm its existence in the real universe through observable physical signals!

Mathematics has become a reality!

Secondly, the entirely new mathematical model he constructed during this derivation process completely overturned the past intuitive perception of "looking alike".

He simply smashed open the "God's door"—the gateway to a one-to-one mapping between number theory geometry and real quantum phase changes—with a giant sledgehammer!

After he finished speaking, the studio fell into a deathly silence.

The director's hand, which was supposed to cut the shot, froze in mid-air.

"You mean..." The host swallowed hard.

"The Riemann Hypothesis, a millennium problem that even a pure humanities student like me has heard of, may be proven by this fourteen-year-old?!"

Professor Liu slowly shook his head.

"It's too early to draw conclusions. Hmm... let's use an analogy that young people are more likely to resonate with."

Host, do you usually play online games?

"Yes, I've played it before."

"Okay, to give an example, the Riemann Hypothesis is an extremely dangerous ultimate epic dungeon with a very low drop rate but incredible rewards."

But for the past century and a half, all of humanity's top minds, generation after generation of geniuses, have not even been able to find out which way the door to this copy opens.

All we could do was wander aimlessly around the edge of the map like idiots, constantly guessing:

"How deep is this dungeon?" "What level of final boss is hidden inside?" We were stuck in this haphazard, inexplicable state.

"I see! That's a brilliant analogy!"

"But now!" Professor Liu straightened his back instantly and said, word by word.

"Su Hao, a fourteen-year-old boy, stepped forward and kicked the door of this epic dungeon to pieces!"

They even turned on the lights at the entrance! This completely exposed the entrance to all of humanity!

Next, mathematicians from all over the world can form hundreds or thousands of guild teams and charge in for hardcore exploration!

It was he who issued all of humanity a ticket to enter a dungeon!