Chapter 1029 The Glory of the Human Mind

The First State Hospital of St. Petersburg.

On the immaculate white hospital bed lay a haggard-faced girl, her beautiful blonde hair had lost its luster, and was even losing its original color.

However, that beautiful sleeping face is very peaceful.

Sitting next to the hospital bed, Lu Zhou was holding a thick book with a cowhide cover in his hand, as if he was reading a bedtime story, he read it softly in a steady voice.

"Although the eight-page paper from the small town of Breslence, Hanover, to the Berlin Academy of Sciences completely changed mathematics for the next century and a half, the God he believed in did not give him eternal life because of it."

"Almost like the ill-fated Abel, the great mathematician lived a short life of 39 years, 10 months and 3 days, and died in a lakeside town in Italy on July 20, 1866. ."

"According to the description of his former friend Dedekind, until the day before his death, he was still sitting under a fruit tree in an unfinished exploration. He wrote in his memoirs - "

"When that last moment came, he didn't have the slightest struggle or convulsions on his deathbed, but seemed to be watching with interest the separation of soul and body. His wife brought him bread and wine, and he let her Salute to the family and say to her: Kiss our child. She recites a prayer for him, and he himself cannot speak. His eyes look reverently to the sky as she recites the forgiveness of our sins. She felt his hands getting colder, and after a few breaths, his pure and noble heart stopped beating..."

"The universe is always unfriendly to geniuses who can see unusual worlds."

“Weil’s entire second half of his life was almost a torment from hope to despair. In 1959, Nash’s speech at Columbia University announcing the proof of Riemann’s conjecture was regarded as the beginning of his schizophrenia. By the 1970s, Li The Mann conjecture is seen as the direct cause of Grothendieck's departure from home for decades..."

"...But it is precisely because of these great sacrifices that we can bring unseen landscapes from God's back garden to this world."

"Whether or not the one who finally proves it can become immortal, one thing is certain, history will remember all the torch-bearing pilgrims on this pilgrimage route. The glory of taking the crown may only belong to the one who reaches the end, But the glory of the human mind never belongs to just one person..."

The girl lying flat on the bed, her eyelashes twitched slightly.

The corner of his eye sharply captured this scene, Lu Zhou stopped reading, gently closed the book in his hand, and turned his attention to the distressed pretty face.

The room suddenly fell silent.

As if wondering why the person sitting beside the bed didn't continue reading, those sapphire eyes secretly opened a gap, but they were directly facing Lu Zhou.

His cheeks gradually became hot, and he finally couldn't hold it any longer. Those sapphire-like pupils opened completely, and he avoided his sight with a bit of embarrassment.

Looking at Vera's small movements, Lu Zhou couldn't help but smile, put the book in his hand on the bedside table, and said.

"When did you wake up?"

With slightly red cheeks, Vera said a little embarrassedly, "Have you found it?"

Lu Zhou: "I probably discovered it when I read Professor Riemann's story."

"sorry……"

Looking at Weila, who lowered his head, Lu Zhou said indifferently.

"It's not something to apologize for."

Hearing this sentence, Vera raised her head and watched him continue.

"No, I meant to say, sorry...my report is going to screw up..."

Looking at the girl with sincere eyes, Lu Zhou smiled lightly and said in a relieved tone.

"If this is the case, then you don't need to be sorry, you have done a good job. Most of the scholars present, even me, if you put yourself in the same position as you, It may not be able to do better than you."

Genius is the patent of a few people, and the courage and perseverance to not succumb to fate is a quality possessed by a few people.

There is no one in ten thousand who has both.

For that alone, she could be proud.

The air suddenly fell silent.

The only sound in the room was the silently walking second hand of the wall clock.

The sound of the gears fluctuated gently, as if counting down the seconds for a young life with little time left.

However, Lu Zhou, who was sitting next to her, seemed to know nothing, and didn't even show much sadness or sadness.

I don't know why, seeing him like this, Vera's heart was quietly relieved.

Emotions are contagious.

Perhaps what she was really afraid of was not the scythe that Death had put on her neck, but the people who cared about her to endure such torment with her in the last time.

There is nothing to be sad about that cannot be changed.

Life was destined to have an end from the moment it began. For her, this day just came a little earlier.

She is very grateful that mathematics changed her destiny. The gold medal in the IMO competition got her an offer from Berkeley, which kept her away from the bleak childhood, the bad family and the town full of bad memories, and Met so many good people...

And, the people she loves.

If everything started because of mathematics, then ending here is to repay the gift of mathematics to her.

This ending doesn't seem to be bad?

At least at the last moment, she could still enjoy the warmth she had never felt before.

As for the promise of the Philippine Award, it doesn't really matter.

"that……"

Lu Zhou: "Is there anything else?"

Taking a deep breath, Vera said incoherently in a slightly apologetic voice.

"...Sorry, I've been hiding it from you. When I received the doctor's medical certificate, I felt... the whole world seemed to collapse."

Lu Zhou nodded and said.

"I understand, but there are some things that you don't need to carry alone."

Vera opened her mouth, trying to explain that she didn't mean to hide it, but at this point, the doctor had already informed her to take care of the funeral, and she really didn't want to let the people around her suffer the torment of the countdown to her life with herself.

However, Lu Zhou did not give her a chance to explain.

Because of what she wanted to say and the so-called tenderness that he could express, he already knew it.

"Okay, let's stop this topic here. As I said, these are not trivial things to apologize for. Let's talk about happy things."

"...a happy thing?"

"Yes," Lu Zhou nodded, as if by magic, took out a stack of papers from his arms, shook it lightly in his hand, and continued in a storytelling tone, "The previous story only Halfway through, thanks to the inspiration of a beautiful lady, all the threads are tied together in the mind of a genius."

"At this moment, the unfinished exploration has finally come to an end. No matter how many bumps and twists this century journey is full of, in fact, at the moment when we cross the finish line, the scenery we see is generally the same. The only difference is , is the gift from the universe that we can get from it, and each one is unique."

Looking at Vera whose expression was stagnant, Lu Zhou smiled and continued speaking in a relaxed tone.

"...It seems to be off topic."

"In short, the Riemann conjecture has been proved by me."

Although the academic community has not yet commented on his thesis, since even future people or advanced civilizations agree with his research, it should not be a big problem.

However, although he said these words lightly, almost the moment he said these words, the air in the ward became quiet in an instant.

Those bright eyes gradually enlarged, gradually covered with a layer of excited mist.

Those slender hands tightened the sheets, and she subconsciously wanted to get up from the hospital bed, but because she was too weak, she failed in the end, just said with trembling lips.

"real?"

Seeing the patient's fierce reaction, the nurse who had been standing by the side without saying a word hurriedly stepped forward to support her shoulder, looked back at Lu Zhou and complained: "Sir, if you really care about this lady's body For the sake of consideration, please don't say anything to irritate her. Otherwise, out of consideration for the patient's body, we can only ask you to leave—"

However, Vera didn't care what Miss Nurse was saying there, couldn't wait to interrupt her, looked at Lu Zhou with excited eyes, and said quickly.

"It's okay, tell me! How did you solve that the curve Re(s)=1-c/ln[|Im(s)|+2] infinitely approximates Re(s)=1 when Im(s)→∞ The problem? I've tried a lot of tricks, but no--"

As if expecting Vera to say this, Lu Zhou raised his right hand to signal her not to get excited.

"I'll tell you, but before that, please calm down. I'm afraid this beautiful lady will kick me out of here before I speak."

The nurse standing next to her did raise her chin like this, but perhaps because of the phrase "beautiful lady", the corners of her mouth rose involuntarily.

Hearing what Lu Zhou said, Vera finally calmed down and sat down on the hospital bed with an obedient face. It's just that the curiosity written in her pupils still exposed and revealed the restless excitement in her heart.

After clearing his throat, Lu Zhou glanced at the paper in his hand and continued.

"Thanks to your help, I finally figured out some things that I couldn't figure out. And all your questions can be answered in this paper."

Vera spoke weakly and whispered her request.

"Can you read it to me?"

Lu Zhou: "No."

In those sapphire eyes, grievances were written, and the voice became even smaller.

"Then...you can show it to me."

Lu Zhou: "No way."

Her eyes widened in disbelief, Vera looked at Lu Zhou and said incomprehensibly.

"why?"

Staring at those sapphire eyes, Lu Zhou said in a serious tone.

"Unless you promise me one thing, after that thing is done, whether you want to see it for yourself or want me to read it to you, I will satisfy you."

With confusion in her eyes, Vera said.

"……whats the matter."

Under the eyes of the little girl, Lu Zhou finally relented, restrained the urge to share the joy with her immediately, and put away the paper in his hand.

"Go to Beijing with me."

"I'll tell you when I get there."