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Chapter 299 - 272: The Most Awesome Person in Gauge Field Theory Isn’t in the Group · Nov 03, 2026

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251 Chapter 251 - 242: Let Go of Your Pride 2026-11-03
252 Chapter 252 - 243: Mathematical Annals, Unanimously Passed 2026-11-03
253 Chapter 253 - 244: Pluck Down That Star 2026-11-03
254 Chapter 254 - 245: Andrew Wiles 2026-11-03
255 Chapter 255 - 246: No Results Within 100 Years 2026-11-03
256 Chapter 256 - 246: No Results Within 100 Years 2026-11-03
257 Chapter 257 - 246: No Result Within 100 Years 2026-11-03
258 Chapter 258 - 247: To the Next Generation, Good Luck 2026-11-03
259 Chapter 259 - 247: To the Next Generation, Good Luck 2026-11-03
260 Chapter 260 - 247: Good Luck to the Next Generation 2026-11-03
261 Chapter 261 - 247: To the Next Generation, Good Luck 2026-11-03
262 Chapter 262 - 247: To the Next Generation, Good Luck 2026-11-03
263 Chapter 263 - 247: To the Next Generation, Good Luck 2026-11-03
264 Chapter 264 - 248: Did I Raise It to Death? 2026-11-03
265 Chapter 265 - 249: I Also Thank You on Behalf of Fields 2026-11-03
266 Chapter 266 - 250: Special Talent Development Plan 2026-11-03
267 Chapter 267 - 251: This in Itself Is Already Interesting Enough 2026-11-03
268 Chapter 268 - 252: I Can Knock on Any Professor’s Door 2026-11-03
269 Chapter 269 - 253: Li Dong, My Student 2026-11-03
270 Chapter 270 - 254: What Should We Learn? 2026-11-03
271 Chapter 271 - 255: Excuse Me, Could You Folks Inside Please Make Way? 2026-11-03
272 Chapter 272 - 256: A Chance Encounter 2026-11-03
273 Chapter 273 - 257: The Master Effect 2026-11-03
274 Chapter 274 - 258: I’m Looking for a Path 2026-11-03
275 Chapter 275 - 259: Willing 2026-11-03
276 Chapter 276 - 260: Just Say You Want Me as Your Advisor 2026-11-03
277 Chapter 277 - 261: Teacher Gao, You Don’t Understand. 2026-11-03
278 Chapter 278 - 262: Working Under East God 2026-11-03
279 Chapter 279 - 262: Working Under East God 2026-11-03
280 Chapter 280 - 262: Working Under East God 2026-11-03
281 Chapter 281 - 263: Laboratory 2026-11-03
282 Chapter 282 - 264: Consulting the Almanac 2026-11-03
283 Chapter 283 - 265: Out of Options 2026-11-03
284 Chapter 284 - 266: Intuition 2026-11-03
285 Chapter 285 - 266: Intuition 2026-11-03
286 Chapter 286 - 266: Intuition 2026-11-03
287 Chapter 287 - 267: George Gamow 2026-11-03
288 Chapter 288 - 268: Let the Physical Process Speak for Itself 2026-11-03
289 Chapter 289 - 268: Let the Physical Process Speak for Itself 2026-11-03
290 Chapter 290 - 269: Teacher, It’s Very Physical 2026-11-03
291 Chapter 291 - 269: Professor, It’s Very Physical 2026-11-03
292 Chapter 292 - 269: Professor, It’s Very Physical 2026-11-03
293 Chapter 293 - 269: Teacher, It’s Very Physical 2026-11-03
294 Chapter 294 - 270: As Expected of My Good Student 2026-11-03
295 Chapter 295 - 271: Mathematics Needs People Like This (2-in-1) 2026-11-03
296 Chapter 296 - 271: Mathematics Needs This Kind of Person 2026-11-03
297 Chapter 297 - 271: Mathematics Needs This Kind of Person 2026-11-03
298 Chapter 298 - 272: The Best in Gauge Theory Isn’t in the Group Chat 2026-11-03
299 Chapter 299 - 272: The Most Awesome Person in Gauge Field Theory Isn’t in the Group 2026-11-03
300 Chapter 300 - 272: The Best at Gauge Field Theory Isn’t in the Group Chat 2026-11-03

Chapter 299: Chapter 272: The Most Awesome Person in Gauge Field Theory Isn’t in the Group

The other professors felt much the same.

As for Li Dong,

He started by rubbing his ears.

A thought subconsciously crossed his mind...

’Did I hear that wrong?’

He knew his emotional intelligence wasn’t particularly high.

Whenever he explained problems, Wang Hao would say he was ”unapproachable.”

He had always considered himself the type of person who was bad at reading the room.

But today, at the interview table,

he had met someone even worse at it than he was.

Once Li Dong confirmed he hadn’t misheard, he let out a sigh.

He raised his head and looked at Wang Feng.

”Wang Feng.”

”Because you’re dishonest.”

His tone was level.

”I asked you to talk about your own understanding.”

”You took a passage from Labesse’s book—someone else’s understanding—to try and fool us.”

”Mathematics is a very rigorous discipline.”

”It tolerates no falsehoods or deception.”

”With someone like you in my group, I’m afraid there would be problems.”

He paused for a moment and continued.

”And I don’t think this attitude is just bad for academia.”

”Even if you don’t pursue an academic career, don’t go into research, and end up in a different field,”

”this habit of faking things will cause you trouble sooner or later.”

After Li Dong finished speaking, he himself felt a bit awkward.

He sounded like some old, preachy official.

This made Wang Feng even more indignant.

’You’re a college student not even twenty years old. You’ve made a name for yourself in math, and now you’re lecturing me on how to live my life?’

He had a thousand retorts on the tip of his tongue.

But he wasn’t a complete idiot.

He hadn’t graduated yet.

He was well aware of the influence Li Dong had at Yan University.

’If this kid says the wrong thing, I might not even get my master’s degree. Now *that* would be a real problem.’

He suppressed his simmering indignation.

He raised his head and nodded at Li Dong.

His face wore a look of ”I accept your criticism.”

”East God, I understand.”

”It won’t happen again.”

He thought he sounded perfectly natural.

But to a seasoned actor like Li Dong, the performance was painfully amateurish.

’The kid doesn’t mean a word of it.’

But Li Dong couldn’t be bothered to care.

’As long as the kid stays out of my way in the future, it’s fine.’

Li Dong grunted a soft ”Mm.”

”Alright, go over there.”

Wang Feng stood up, turned, and walked to the corner.

The moment he reached the corner, the corners of his mouth turned down imperceptibly.

No one in the room saw.

「...」

With that, the interviews were over.

Wang Zhigang sorted through the list. In total, eight graduate students had made the cut.

That was nearly half of the day’s interviewees.

The acceptance rate wasn’t low, all things considered.

After all, Wang Zhigang, Penrose, and Liu Ruochuan had already run a few rounds of screening.

Everyone who made it to this room today was already a ”top student” who had survived the initial cuts.

Liu Ruochuan walked over and patted Li Dong’s shoulder.

”Kid.”

”Your group is even stricter than mine.”

”A few of the ones you rejected today...”

”...were from my old group.”

When Li Dong heard this, his face showed a moment of genuine embarrassment.

Liu Ruochuan was his teacher, after all.

He quickly explained.

”Professor...”

”It’s mainly a matter of research direction, not that...”

Before he could finish, Liu Ruochuan smiled, waved his hand, and interrupted him.

”Alright, alright, kid.”

”Being strict is a good thing.”

”This thing you’re doing now...”

He lowered his voice a little.

”Even Teacher Tian was thinking of joining.”

”He was too proud to ask. When you have a free day, you should go and invite him personally.”

Li Dong was speechless.

After Liu Ruochuan finished speaking, he smiled and went back to his seat.

Li Dong stood in place for a good while.

He made a silent mental note.

’Invite Teacher Tian.’

He’d have to set aside a whole day for this later.

「...」

After the interviews, the students who hadn’t made the cut had left.

Wang Zhigang raised a hand, signaling for quiet.

Then, he turned to Li Dong and said,

”Li Dong, why don’t you say a few words to everyone?”

Li Dong nodded and stood up.

”Our research group is really only focused on one thing: putting the capstone on the Langlands Program.”

As soon as he said it,

everyone in the room—including the senior professors who already knew the goal—couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath at how bluntly he’d put it.

Li Dong knew what he was doing.

He wasn’t here to be polite.

He wasn’t good at making pretty speeches.

If he had said something like, ”Our goal is to make our due contribution toward the advancement of the Langlands Program,” the dozen or so people in the room would walk out and forget every word.

He had to speak plainly.

”Putting the capstone on it” was plain talk.

He continued.

”So, how do we build that capstone?”

”Our group plans to approach this from two directions.”

”The first is to follow the conjecture given at the end of my previous paper on universality...”

He paused.

”People are calling it the Li Clan Conjecture now.”

He still felt a little awkward saying those three words himself.

”Our goal along this path is to prove it.”

”The second path stems from the equivalence criterion for zeros on general reductive algebraic groups.”

”We’ll combine that with the local-global compatibility for GL(n) to push toward functoriality.”

”Once those two lines of inquiry converge at any point, the final gap in the roof of the Langlands edifice will be ready to close.”

He delivered these lines slowly.

Everyone in the room was listening intently.

Li Dong continued.

”As for the specific division of labor,”

”I’d like you all to follow Professor Wang’s arrangements.”

”Professor Wang will assign each task to the person best suited for it.”

”As for the specific research directions, I will coordinate with Professor Wang directly.”

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