Chapter 14
"The Fields Medal is the highest award in mathematics, on the same level as the Nobel Prize."
"Solving the third-tier Beal Conjecture is enough to earn a Fields Medal nomination. If someone solved a second-tier conjecture, they'd definitely win the Fields Medal."
"Good heavens, if Jiang Ye solved one of the seven first-tier Millennium Problems, wouldn't that be something?"
"Then Jiang Ye would become a national treasure, evolving from a man into a god. Most importantly, he's only twenty. Can you believe it?!"
"I find it strange. A genius like Jiang Ye shouldn't be unknown!"
In the international livestream, however, viewers from various countries had different opinions.
"Dragon Country viewers actually came up with the wild idea that Jiang Ye might solve a first-tier conjecture. What a fanciful notion, a fool's dream."
"Chinamen live in dreams forever. Only tremendous pain can wake them up and make them realize they're nothing but clowns."
"Just watch. Jiang Ye won't solve it. The more highly those Dragon Country people think of him now, the more they'll ridicule him later."
"Fuck off. Even if our Jiang Ye can't solve it, he's still doing much better than your five contestants. Look, look at what your five are doing. They're either vandalizing everything in sight or breaking into people's homes."
For a time, Dragon Country viewers used the other five contestants' behavior to launch into heated arguments with viewers from other countries.
The three white men from the West were running wild in different public places, having the time of their lives.
Jin Zheyong from Stick Country had just returned from the docks and discovered he couldn't go home. He then stormed into a women's dormitory at a university and did some extremely outrageous things.
As for Amaiwa Yusuke from Neon Country, he was actually dressed in women's clothes, wandering the streets and firing a shot into the sky from time to time.
To be honest, with a background story like this, it really was a contest of who could be worse.
It came down to whose performance was worse and whose actions were more disgraceful and outrageous.
Although Jiang Ye's behavior was unusual, comparatively speaking, he was more than a cut above the rest.
Inside the library.
The time was drawing close to noon.
Jiang Ye's movements had slowed considerably compared to before, until they gradually stopped.
The Beal Conjecture was much harder than Zhou's Conjecture.
Some of the basic knowledge he had learned from that stack of books was no longer enough.
He needed a deeper understanding of mathematics.
After giving it some thought, Jiang Ye got up, planning to find some mathematical papers and journals from the past few years to read and study.
But he had barely taken a few steps when his stomach began to rumble.
The sensation of hunger reached his brain, and only then did Jiang Ye realize it was already noon.
He chuckled and shook his head slightly.
Time flew.
He would fill his stomach first. No matter how much of a hurry he was in, he couldn't go hungry.
He deactivated [Super Learning State] and walked out of the library. Looking at the deserted city, Jiang Ye let out a long sigh.
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Chapter 14: Jiang Artificial Intelligence Ye? (Kneeling and begging for all kinds of support)
Then Jiang Ye instinctively looked up at the sky again.
Seeing clear skies for miles around—and, more importantly, no planes—he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As for the danger of plane crashes, he believed that as long as he got through today, things would only get safer afterward.
But the mention of safety led Jiang Ye to think further.
If humanity really disappeared for good and never returned,
then things might turn out as described in apocalyptic novels.
Water, electricity, and the like would gradually be cut off because there was no one to maintain them.
In that case, he would also have to build a shelter to ensure basic living facilities and protection.
For now, though, there was no rush. He could start working on that in a week.
As he pondered this, Jiang Ye took some food from a shop and returned to the library while eating.
After making a circuit of the library's second floor, Jiang Ye frowned deeply at the four or five math journals in his hands.
How could there be so few?
As for physical papers and reference materials, there wasn't a single one.
The library he was in was fairly high-level. This shouldn't have been the case!
Outside, Jiang Ye's expression had many people hopping with anxiety.
The young scholars in academic circles who were watching the livestream were especially anxious, sending a constant stream of comments.
"He should look for materials on the internet. Doesn't he even know that?"
"That's right. You can find academic materials in any field on websites like viXra, arXiv, and bioRxiv."
"Don't forget, he's only a college freshman. He probably doesn't know much about academic circles."
"Maybe Zhou's Conjecture was just the result of his earlier studies, and our show happened to start just as he was about to solve it."
"Although he hasn't finished writing his proof of the Beal Conjecture, what he's written so far is enough to demonstrate his talent. I think the production team should give him a hint."
The production team naturally paid no attention to this suggestion.
What a joke. Were they here to help him solve math problems?
Chen Danni: "Unless special circumstances arise, the production team will not step in or interfere with any contestant's survival."
Just as Dragon Country viewers were cursing them one after another,
Jiang Ye had already activated [Super Learning State] and finished reading the four or five math journals in his hands.
He had also learned about relevant websites such as viXra, arXiv, and bioRxiv from the journals.