Chapter 130: A genius delayed by physics

At 10:45 PM, when the two were preparing to leave, they were the only ones left in the large classroom.

The snow was falling even harder than before, swirling across the sky like a white net. Everywhere the eye could see was a vast expanse of white.

Xu Qingzhou had left in a hurry and didn't bring an umbrella. He originally felt it didn't matter whether he had one or not, but he was pulled under the umbrella by Song Yao, acting as a heartless umbrella-holding tool.

The two vanished into the wind and snow.

Although it was already the middle of the night, there were still many people on the road. Some had just come out of the library, wearing hats and walking very fast. Seeing Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao sticking closely together, their eyes were filled with disdain.

It's snowing heavily, and you're here acting out an idol drama? Quite like his own style from before.

Watching the figures walking quickly past him, Xu Qingzhou clicked his tongue. In winter, he was also this hurried, and seeing those stinky couples, he would also secretly despise them.

The three entered the room.

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Xu Qingzhou also came to his senses. Damn, in a blink, it's already late December, and the first semester of university is about to end.

"As long as there's an exam scope, it's fine," Xu Qingzhou said, not caring. If he could handle complex conjectures, couldn't he handle a mere politics exam?

Looking at the thick stack of textbooks Xu Zhengyang placed on the table, Xu Qingzhou was surprised: "Old Xu, has the sun risen from the west? You're actually reading?"

"You haven't started yet?" Xu Zhengyang was even more confused. During this time, Xu Qingzhou had been leaving early and returning late, and he had thought this guy was like him, starting to panic.

Actually, there were better choices, such as *Annals of Mathematics*.

"Old Xu, don't be weak. Everyone says a university life without failing a course is incomplete," Xu Zhengyang said with a chuckle.

Song Yao held Xu Qingzhou's arm, and seeing him not speaking, she asked, "What are you thinking about?"

On this end, Xu Qingzhou glanced at the materials and logged into the official website to check the exam schedule. Forget it, there's still more than a week until the exam; no matter how big the matter is, he has to get the thesis out first.

"Damn, what a big snow!"

Look, now he's even started a mathematical conjecture.

"(pn/n)^2 is divergent (the larger n is, the larger the corresponding prime number is), which can be approximately equivalent to 2k, so (pn/n)^2 is the approximate difference between adjacent prime numbers, limited to even numbers, i. e.: pn+1-pn=(pn/n)^2=(nlnpn/n)^2=(lnpn)^2."

After all, Old Xu hadn't even attended half of his public classes; it would be good if he didn't fail, let alone earn GPA points.

After typing the last word, Xu Qingzhou had a smile on his face and stretched.

"Virtue~" Song Yao ignored him, silently reciting the word "pervert" in her heart, enjoying this sense of security from holding onto someone in the cold wind.

Translation complete. After some hesitation, Xu Qingzhou ultimately chose *Mathematical Invention*, which he had submitted to last time. No page fees, things are easier with acquaintances, and the manuscript review speed might even be a bit faster.

"Therefore, pn+1-pn=(lnpn)^2."

"Reviewing, isn't exam week about to start?" Seeing Xu Qingzhou's expression, Xu Zhengyang suddenly didn't feel so panicked. No matter what, Old Xu was there with him.

"Start what?" Xu Qingzhou didn't react.

Xu Qingzhou withdrew his gaze and said, "I'm lamenting whether I was once a genius delayed by physics."

He nodded and looked at Kong Xianbo, "Old Kong, send me a copy of the exam scope and materials for modern history and such."

Thus, for the next 5 days, Xu Qingzhou spent his time writing the thesis. The whole process was quite complex; it had to be concise and clear while being accurate.

December 29th.

For public classes, there were Xue Ying, Zhang Shuyi, and Li Jing from Class 2. Most importantly, he hadn't skipped classes at least. This guy seemed to have never gone again after the first two months.

In professional courses, the threats to him were Old Xu, Liang Quanjie, and Shao Jiuming from Class 3.

"So pn+1-pn=(lnpn)^2, therefore (pn+1-pn)/(lnpn)^2=1 (when n is sufficiently large), the Cramér conjecture is proven."

It was like having a cheat code.

This journal had a greater impact; it was the oldest among the four major mathematical journals. Its founding purpose was to introduce and analyze problems of social interest or importance in pure and applied mathematics, possessing higher authority in the mathematical field. The only pity was that it also charged a hefty page fee.

After Kong Xianbo sent the materials, he thought to himself, now it looks like the advantage in GPA is with me!

Just as he finished putting things away, Xu Zhengyang and the others returned, the three of them together, with white snow hanging on their heads and clothes.

"It is indeed time to start."

Perhaps it was because he carried memories from the past, stimulating the connections of neurons in the brain and strengthening synaptic plasticity... Simply put, it was strengthening brain development in the dark? Dorm 101.

"Fine, I'll send it directly to the group, but there's still quite a bit recorded in notebooks; there's no way for that."

But there was also the grandfather paradox, which says that if you go back to the past and kill your grandfather, then you yourself will not be born, but this also means you cannot go back to the past and kill your grandfather.

Xu Zhengyang stomped his feet to shake off the snow, complaining: "I should have agreed to share an umbrella with that senior sister; I had to come back drenched with you two single dogs."

December 27th, in an empty classroom.

Xu Zhengyang: "..."

Xu Qingzhou shook his umbrella at the door and pushed the door open to enter. What surprised him was that there was actually no one in the dorm, not even Xu Zhengyang, who usually stayed in the dorm playing games.

Thesis written, next was translation, and finally submission.

From a physics perspective... Pfft! If you really want to talk about physics, the matter of rebirth itself can't be explained! Relativity has a general direction; after all, time and space are interconnected and not absolute, which means that in different reference frames, time will have different flow rates. After overcoming the curvature effect of time and other conditions, it might really be possible to travel through time.

!.

Actually, Xu Qingzhou really had this feeling. It had only been eight or nine months since his rebirth, but no matter what he came into contact with, he had a feeling of ease.

"Pfft! Don't curse me!"

"Tsk, how did I just see news of someone being rejected by a senior sister?" Kong Xianbo chuckled twice.

Overall, only Liang Quanjie could pose a threat.

He had been reborn, his fate trajectory had completely changed, and he probably wouldn't die suddenly... Setting all these aside, even if time travel were possible, what about rebirth? How did he end up in a body from more than ten years ago? But... this damn thing simply couldn't be done.

"Is that so? Old Xu, I have to congratulate you. In the first semester of freshman year, your university life can be complete."

Rebirth can't be explained clearly, but why can the matter of being like a cheat code be explained from a biological perspective?

Moreover, for a newcomer like Xu Qingzhou, the review time was relatively long; he had to queue up slowly and wait for the editor to have time to conduct the review.

Especially for theses involving the proof of important conjectures, editors were generally extra serious and wouldn't let go of any suspicious problems. After all, once a wrong result was published, it would damage the journal's reputation.

However, Xu Qingzhou was quite confident in this thesis; this was the confidence he had after verifying it countless times.

Next, he spent another hour filling in various materials and clicked upload.

(Two chapters today, one more hasn't been edited well, will post them together tomorrow.)

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