An Invitation from CERN

On Weibo.

The moment the news broke, Renren Daily reposted CERN's announcement, adding a brief explanation of fewer than a hundred words.

Once people understood what solving the Mass Gap problem and CERN's vote meant, the comments and reposts exploded.

[666!]

[Lu Zhou is incredible!]

[The world of physics is about to be turned upside down. (doge)]

[Doesn't that mean the Strong Electroweak Unification Theory is correct too?]

[Not necessarily. The Mass Gap problem and the Strong Electroweak Unification Theory are still different things. Physicists will be cautious. No matter how good his papers are, they'll need rigorous, repeated review before his theory is accepted. He's already lucky compared with Weinberg. Almost no one paid attention to the Electroweak Unification Theory when it first appeared, and it took more than a decade for physicists to accept it.]

[If you think fast enough, the world can't keep up with you. (grin)]

[Meanwhile, I'm a first-year graduate student who still struggles to make a PowerPoint presentation. How am I supposed to feel? (doge)]

[Damn it, he's more capable than me and better-looking too! (crying.jpg)]

Someone's calling me handsome behind my back again?

Now I'm embarrassed...

Sitting in the cafeteria, Lu Zhou scrolled through Weibo over lunch. The comment drew a bashful smile from him, and before he knew it, he had accidentally liked the honest commenter's post.

Truthfully, he had expected CERN's decision, but he hadn't expected it to come so soon.

He had thought it would take until the end of the year at the earliest.

Now, it seemed he wouldn't have to wait that long for an answer.

Lu Zhou finished the last few bites of his lunch and was about to return his tray when his phone vibrated. A notification popped up at the top of the screen.

Xiao