Yes, I Want to Know

The Nobel Prize's nomination period ran from September each year through January 31 of the following year.

Eligible nominators included former Nobel laureates, the Nobel Prize Committee, and university professors specially appointed by the committee.

Most living Nobel laureates in physics had nominated Shen Qi for the prize again.

The Nobel Prize Committee had also voted for Shen Qi. At any rate, Academician Stinga had cast his vote.

Throughout Nobel history, some people had declined the Literature Prize, but no one had ever refused to accept a Nobel Prize in the sciences.

As a two-time Nobel laureate in physics, Shen Qi would rather leave the opportunity to others. His attitude was: "Let things take their course."

Academician Stinga had come partly to persuade Shen Qi to accept the prize, but he had also genuinely come for an academic exchange.

"I deeply regret not taking part in last year's great experiment on the Black Hole Information Paradox at the LHC, but I read Professor Shen's paper on the experiment in its entirety. The last LHC experiment proved that information doesn't disappear after entering a black hole. But I have one question: after information processed by a wave function enters a black hole, where does it go, and in what specific form does it exist?"

"Carl, do you really want to know?" Shen Qi smiled, his calm expression touched with mystery.

"There's a Chinese saying: 'If you learn the Way in the morning, you can die content that evening.' Yes, I want to know."

"You've learned Chinese quite well. Come with me."

Shen Qi then showed him an unreleased document.

After reading it, Academician Stinga sat there, stunned.

"Oh, what a pity this is only a theoretical model... If only it were real..." Academician Stinga murmured to himself. He genuinely felt that