Changes at the Scientific Forum

It was as if all search engines had been physically cut off, leaving the Scientific Forum like an isolated island on the internet, accessible only through its original domain name. Searches could only be performed through the forum's internal search bar.

This was not the result of friendly negotiations between the Scientific Forum and the major search engine companies.

As for why this had happened, not a single network engineer within those companies was willing to say. That added a touch of mystery to the Scientific Forum. Now that it held a certain degree of authority, the articles published there were no longer limited to pure mathematics and theoretical physics. Some papers covered obscure fields or niche disciplines, with their associated journals being so specialized that few people even knew they existed.

Though academic circles existed, these people still chose to post on the Scientific Forum, hoping to find more like-minded researchers in the same field around the world, or attract interested newcomers.

Others worked on subjects that were too advanced and abstruse. They felt that even if they released their work, no one would understand it or be able to make use of it. Since journals were limited by their available space, after being rejected, they published their work on the Scientific Forum instead.

Among them, one username caught Henry's attention: Otto Octavius. He had posted several articles on nuclear fusion, but some of the mathematical calculations contained errors.

Naturally, flawed content was tagged as "disproved." Still, CK pointed out those mistakes, though he did not provide the correct solution or answer. In the end, an enthusiastic user, Bruce Banner, helped resolve the issue.

Although everyone knew that the username and the content of those articles represented a commercially sponsored research project, helping solve its problems was essentially making