Chapter 10

Outside.

At that moment.

All of humanity was staring in shock, dumbfounded.

Especially after seeing Jiang Ye write out a proof of Zhou's Conjecture himself.

Countless people looked at one another, at a loss for words.

After a moment of silence.

A heated discussion erupted.

"Am I seeing things? Everyone else is trying to survive, and he's doing math problems!?"

"This is beyond belief. He might really have gone crazy."

"He probably has. Does he think he can solve a conjecture after flipping through a book for ten minutes?"

"Exactly. Does he really think he can solve a conjecture just by casually flipping through a textbook!? Even Newton and Einstein probably couldn't do that! What a weirdo!"

"Newbie here. What is Zhou's Conjecture?"

"Go ask someone with a big dick."

The bullet comments were pouring in, and people were explaining what Zhou's Conjecture was on all kinds of social media platforms.

After learning about Zhou's Conjecture, most people stopped watching Jiang Ye and turned to the other feeds.

What was there to watch about a madman!

At that moment, even viewers in his own country had plenty to say against Jiang Ye, and the controversy was enormous.

Fewer and fewer viewers were watching Jiang Ye, but another group was gradually being stirred into an uproar.

Most people could only understand the beginning of what Jiang Ye had written and knew that he was solving a famous conjecture.

But they couldn't understand what Jiang Ye wrote after that.

Those who could understand, however, kept their eyes glued to the screen, not daring to blink for even a second.

At a mathematics research institute in his home country.

An old man with graying hair was alerted.

With the help of an assistant at his side, he began watching Jiang Ye's livestream.

On the screen, the young man's hand moved at a furious pace, covering one sheet of A4 paper after another with lines of equations without stopping for a moment.

The shock in the eyes of this nationally renowned expert in number theory grew more and more intense.

"Quick, get me a blackboard! I need to verify it, quick!"

By the end, the old man's voice had risen almost to a roar.

At around the same time, much the same scene played out in places all over the world.

Some were at home.

Some were at research institutes.

Some were at universities.

But without exception, once these leading figures in number theory were alerted, they all began verifying the proof with solemn expressions.

When someone filmed short videos of these mathematics experts' reactions and posted them online.

The discussion about Jiang Ye, which had died down, erupted once again.

"Holy shit, no way. He's not actually serious, is he!?"

"I watched several videos. No matter which mathematics expert it was, as soon as they saw the equations Jiang Ye wrote, they all started verifying them with solemn expressions."

"Whether he can solve it or not aside, this is enough to show one thing: Jiang Ye isn't just writing nonsense."

"Genius or madman!?"

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Soon, Jiang Ye spread the completed proof, sheet by sheet, across the spacious study desk.

Although he had written out the proof.

In the past, he might have submitted it to some renowned academic journals and had leading mathematicians verify whether his proof was correct.

But that was no longer possible.

Just as Jiang Ye was about to verify it himself, an idea struck him, and he asked silently, System, help me verify it!

And the system was damn fast.

[The host's proof is entirely correct.]

The system's response made Jiang Ye nod.

Then let's start proving the next conjecture!

Jiang Ye gathered up the A4 sheets he had just spread across the desk, casually tossed them aside, and sat down again.

In the international livestream, the host, Chen Danni, said, "It is now nine o'clock, and nearly two hours have passed since the six contestants woke up."

"Of those six, five have behaved quite logically, and their actions haven't been too unexpected."

"Some have gone to smash open bank vault doors, some have gone to police stations and military bases, and some are still searching for companions..."

"Only one person's actions have not only greatly exceeded people's expectations but also sparked enormous controversy. He is Jiang Ye, in the first feed."

"According to the latest information received by the production team, after consulting relevant experts and professors in mathematics, we cannot rule out the possibility that the proof Jiang Ye just wrote is correct."

"Genius or madman? Let's wait and see!"

In fact, even without Chen Danni saying so, most viewers were already filled with anticipation for Jiang Ye.

They had thought he had suffered a mental breakdown and gone crazy.

But then leading mathematicians said he wasn't writing nonsense and was very likely serious!

After all, he was only twenty years old.