"Unbelievable..."
An office at Jinling University's School of Mathematics.
Standing before whiteboards covered on all four sides, Scholze's face was filled with disbelief.
Although he had long heard that Lu Zhou excelled at solving all kinds of mathematical conjectures requiring proof, hearing it from others was clearly nothing compared to witnessing it firsthand.
During the month he had spent working with the research group, while he and Perelman were often still discussing how to tackle a complicated proposition, this guy had already listed three possible approaches on the whiteboard and tried them one by one.
He considered his own calculating and thinking abilities quite good—exceptionally strong, even.
Otherwise, he would not have won three International Mathematical Olympiad gold medals before getting bored and withdrawing from the competition.
Yet even so, when he saw Lu Zhou's heaven-defying calculating ability, he was still deeply shaken.
Often, when he was only beginning to explore one potentially viable line of thought, Lu Zhou could already give a definite conclusion regarding the proposition's result.
Yet even all of that combined probably could not compare to the shock he felt now.
A mathematical conjecture had been proven in just one week.
This had practically rewritten his understanding of Algebraic Geometry...
And it had also rewritten everyone else's understanding of Algebraic Geometry in this office...
Blankly staring at the proof covering the whiteboard, Scholze looked at Lu Zhou expressionlessly after a long while. "Did you install some kind of chip in the back of your head?"
Putting away his marker, Lu Zhou met Scholze's puzzled gaze and paused slightly. "...Why would you think that?"
"...Because your calculation speed has surpassed my understanding of Mathematics," Scholze said with a complicated expression. "Even problems that seem to me like they should take some time to solve... Seriously, do you