Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Starting from the second academic year,

It can be said that the college has given students in the elite class greater freedom.

Especially for Mo Dao, both the college and Professor Hong can be said to be free-range.

In addition to giving Mo Dao a list of journals and books, Professor Hong did not require Mo Dao to go to him.

In fact, as Mo Dao continues to work hard in certain specific fields of physics and even mathematics, and his accumulation of knowledge gradually enters the deep water area,

In terms of existing knowledge, there is indeed nothing to teach.

Even if Mo Dao wants to continue to expand the breadth of knowledge,

After gradually establishing his own knowledge framework in his mind, Mo Dao can also learn on his own.

The college's teaching and expectations for Mo Dao have also changed from knowledge accumulation to scientific research itself.

So, starting from the second half of the second school year,

Mo Dao's focus has gradually become supplemented by expanding the breadth of knowledge and mainly focused on project research.

While continuing to accumulate knowledge in any other fields besides physics and mathematics that may be used in controlled nuclear fusion research,

Try to explore some new knowledge in addition to the existing knowledge.

Try to get familiar with scientific research work.

In selecting the topic for the first project, Professor Hong, as the tutor, also gave Mo Dao a great deal of autonomy.

In the end, it was Mo Dao who chose a medium-sized theoretical topic in high-energy physics.

It is a theoretical explanation and connection of a small experimental problem in a narrow corner of the high-energy particle explanation theory.

And the next time,

Mo Dao once again lived a somewhat fulfilling and regular life.

…

In addition to my free time, I would also walk along the streets of Capital University with Miss Qin Huaishi, talk about each other's recent studies, and enjoy the peace at that time.

Besides this,

Mo Dao spent a small part of his time reading cutting-edge papers in other fields. Occasionally, he could basically find the corresponding professors at Capital University to discuss some issues.

Most of the time is spent on research on selected topics.

The whole research process is not as exciting as most people imagine.

But it's quite boring.

Occasionally, on this topic, Mo Dao would discuss some research ideas with Professor Hong and others.

The way of thinking in scientific research conducted by Professor Hong and others is quite valuable.

However, in fact, Professor Hong and others are unable to directly provide any help in the research of the topic itself.

The current cutting-edge research in theoretical physics has a problem similar to that in mathematical research.

——The theory goes too far beyond experimental verification.

Mathematics does not worry about this problem. Strict logic makes the results of mathematical research certain most of the time.

But theoretical physics research is different.

As for the current cutting-edge physics theories, quite a few, or most of them, cannot be verified by experiments at this stage, and will not be verified for a long time in the future.

This topic, including the current research conducted by Mo Dao, is based on assumptions one after another.

There is a considerable degree of uncertainty.

And since there is no way to do experiments,

Most current cutting-edge theoretical physics research,

Basically it relies on mathematical tools, existing physical logic, and imagination.

From a big hypothesis, deriving a new hypothesis is what most theoretical physics researchers do.

Mo Dao is doing the same thing now on this subject.

So in addition to occasional exchanges with Professor Hong and other professors in the college,

Mo Dao's research basically involves a pen, a stack of paper, or some simulation on a computer.

That's it for a whole day.

Mo Dao's research progress on this topic is not slow.

This kind of nausea caused by boredom and uncertainty is just ordinary for Mo Dao.

Time goes by like this.

…

Second academic year, next semester.

December.

Three months after Mo Dao decided on the topic.

Mo Dao completed research on this topic and produced a paper.

"The logic is very strict. The research direction is also quite valuable."

"How about trying to vote for PRL?"

In the office, he spent another half day briefly reading the papers that Mo Dao sent to his mailbox.

Professor Hong said to Mo Dao with a smile,

"Is it enough?"

Although the amount of knowledge Mo Dao accumulated has far exceeded what he should have at this stage of study.

But it is his first article after all, and obviously the journal PRL still has some weight in the academic world.

"Try it. Your article is quite mature. I don't see any major flaws for the time being. In recent years, there haven't been any particularly interesting results in theoretical physics. The level of some articles is even worse. It’s not as good as yours. Give it a try.”

Professor Hong said again with a smile.

Mo Dao didn't say anything more when he heard this and nodded in agreement.

"Then try it."

"Okay. Do you have any ideas about the next research? Should we continue the current topic and continue to delve deeper, or?"

"Not sure yet."

"Okay, let's do this first."

…

In fact, it is proved that

There is nothing wrong with Professor Hong's vision.

Mo Dao, this paper, after undergoing a demanding format revision request,

It was successfully included in PRL, also known as Physical Review Letters.

In September, Mo Dao's third year at Capital University.

Mo Dao received a sample issue from PRL.

Flipping through the sample issue,

He Huai, who shared the same dormitory, was more excited than Mo Dao himself.

"Brother Mo, you are awesome, Brother Mo... No, Brother Mo, I have to publish a paper too."

He Huai said excitedly,

"Brother Mo, how do you feel?"

"Not bad."

If you want to say happy, Mo Dao must be happy.

In his previous life, Mo Dao also published many papers.

But in the field of physics, this is still the first one.

In his life, this is also a good experience.

But if you want to say how excited, it is definitely not.

"Brother Mo, awesome!"

He Huai gave Mo Dao another thumbs up,

and then ran back to his seat again and rolled it up fiercely.

He had to roll it up, Brother Mo had published a paper.

Mo Dao turned his head again and glanced at the journal in his hand.

He paused for a moment after looking at his own article.

In fact, even at this moment,

he couldn't be sure whether his paper was correct.

The disgusting part of theoretical physics research was fully reflected in his article.

He could only guarantee one thing,

the content described in his paper was self-consistent, both in logic and mathematics.

A professor who reviewed the paper also gave a comment on Mo Dao's paper,

"Perfect logic, very interesting ingenuity. It makes people feel that the facts seem to be true."

The last sentence was the greatest praise for theoretical physics research.

After pausing for a while, Mo Dao put the sample journal aside.

Time continued to pass.

In the third academic year,

there was almost no change from before,

learning and researching and continuing to go deeper.

Although the uncertainty of theoretical physics often makes researchers feel frustrated.

But for Mo Dao, it didn't have much impact.

After the first paper was published,

Mo Dao, who had accumulated enough knowledge and entered the state of scientific research,

seemed to begin to make great progress.

In the second half of the third academic year, Mo Dao published another article in a core journal of theoretical physics.

Then,

the fourth academic year.

Mo Dao's four years of college in this life ended in this regular and fulfilling state.

And Mo Dao, in the theoretical physics community, began to gain some fame.