Cutting-edge Technology: I Provide the Brains, the State Provides Everything

6: The entire internet is searching for this ”mysterious person”—who exactly is he?”School forum?”

Lu Chen held his phone, his brows slightly furrowed.

On the other end of the line, Wang Peng’s voice was as rapid as a machine gun, laced with a hint of inexplicable excitement.

”Yeah! Go check it out! That pinned post is about to explode!”

”Looking for me?”

”I don’t know if they’re looking for you, but... it’s too damn coincidental! You’ll know when you see it yourself!”

Beep, beep, beep... Wang Peng hung up the phone in a rush.

Lu Chen, half-believing, half-doubting, clicked open the school forum APP, which he had almost forgotten and whose icon was covered in a layer of dust.

As soon as he entered the No. 17 High School forum, a bold, red, pinned post seared into his eyes like a hot iron!

The post’s title was simple and direct—[Searching! Jinghai City’s True Physics Genius!]

The poster’s ID was ”Truth Seeker,” with a completely black avatar and no information.

But what truly made Lu Chen’s pupils contract was the content of the post!

The post contained no lengthy discussions, only a few seemingly unrelated questions.

[Question 1: How do you view the unconventional performance of the ’quantum spin Hall effect’ in the Y-Ba-Cu-O (yttrium barium copper oxide) system?]

[Question 2: Discuss the stability construction scheme for the edge states of ’topological insulators’ under standard atmospheric pressure.]

[Question 3: ...]

A total of five questions, each profoundly complex. Let alone high school students, even Doctoral Students from Jinghai University’s physics department would be stumped by these!

To outsiders, these questions were just a bunch of meaningless gibberish.

But to Lu Chen—

This was practically Morse code being tapped out on his face!

Because these five questions precisely corresponded to the deliberately left ”flaws” in his paper that could spark controversy!

Each question was like a scalpel, precisely dissecting the core of the paper, yet cleverly avoiding all critical technical details!

How was this searching for a physics genius?

This was clearly an incredibly precise ”shout across the void” directed at him!

Below the post, hundreds of replies had already piled up, diverse and full of students’ lively banter and teasing.

”First! What’s theOP talking about? Can a class representative come out and explain?”

”Explain what? I know every word, but I don’t understand them when they’re together. Let’s give up, we don’t understand the world of academic elites.”

”I bet five cents this post was made by our physics teacher, Bald Ma, trying to see if any of us are secretly studying university courses!”

”Upstairs, your scope is too small! Maybe it’s a hidden janitor monk in our school, about to emerge and unify the martial arts world!”

Wang Peng’s reply was also among them, standing out conspicuously.

”Holy crap! My brother was just bragging about something similar a few days ago, could it be him? @everyone”

A bunch of people replied to him below.

”@Wang Peng, who’s your brother? Anyone can brag, I can say I can hand-make an atomic bomb!”

”Exactly, don’t try to piggyback on the popularity here!”

Lu Chen looked at these lively replies, but a storm raged in his heart.

He had anticipated that the country would look for him, but he never expected their actions to be so swift! So precise! And even... so unconventional!

Instead of searching within the scientific community, they posted a ”missing person notice” on an ordinary high school forum?

What kind of operation was this?

Lu Chen’s brain raced, and he instantly understood the crux of the matter.

They were conducting a ”saturation” screening!

Clearly, they couldn’t pinpoint his location through technical means. So, they did the opposite and started from the ”content” itself!

The person who could write that paper definitely couldn’t be an Academician in their seventies or eighties. Because that kind of thinking, that kind of subversive concept, was full of the unique sharpness and vigor of a young person!

Therefore, the other party had narrowed down their target group to ”young people”!

Universities, high schools, even middle schools!

They must have posted similar information in online communities across all universities and middle schools nationwide!

Using this seemingly clumsiest, yet most efficient, method for broad-area screening!

As long as the ”mysterious person” saw this post, they would definitely understand that it was looking for them!

”What a grand scheme...”

Lu Chen murmured, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.

For the first time, he so directly felt the terrifying weight of the term ”state apparatus.”

Once it operated at full capacity, its pervasive penetration and execution capabilities were simply suffocating.

Now, the problem was before him.

The other party had cast the ”hook” right in front of his mouth. Should he bite?

How should he bite?

Reply directly under the post, ”Indeed, it is I”?

That would be no different from exposing himself, and he would instantly lose all initiative.

Lu Chen turned off his phone. That bowl of egg noodles with extra egg, so close at hand, suddenly lost its appeal.

His brain, previously a bit hazy from hunger, was now completely activated by a huge sense of crisis and excitement, becoming incredibly clear.

He paced back and forth in the room, his mind running through every possibility.

The other party only knew that the ”mysterious person” was young, but didn’t know exactly who he was, nor how much he had mastered.

He was still hidden in the dark.

This was his biggest advantage!

”Can’t rush, absolutely can’t rush.”

Lu Chen warned himself.

Especially at times like these, he had to remain calm.

He was like a Texas Hold’em player holding a royal flush; before the flop, he had to keep his opponents guessing about his hand to secure the greatest advantage in the final negotiation!

What he wanted was not just cooperation.

What he wanted was the dominant position!

Thinking of this, a glint flashed in Lu Chen’s eyes.

He picked up his phone again, made no reply on the forum, but opened the foreign anonymous email.

He was going to send them a reply.

A letter that would make those big shots jump out of their chairs again!

He quickly edited the email content; this time, it was no longer pure theory.

He decided to drop another bombshell!

The most basic, and most crucial... chemical molecular formula for ”room-temperature superconducting materials”!

Just as he was about to finish writing, a news push suddenly popped up at the top of his phone screen.

The source of the push was China’s highest-level official media—[Voice of China].

And the news headline made Lu Chen’s finger, which was editing the email, stop abruptly in mid-air.

[China’s Strategic Deception... ah no, the Strategic Support and Technology Security Bureau (abbreviated as ”Dragon Shield Bureau”) was established today, with Major General Long Weiguo appointed as its first director. This department will be dedicated to integrating national scientific research capabilities, responding to future technological challenges, and ensuring national technological security.]

Lu Chen looked at the unfamiliar name ”Long Weiguo” and then at the incredibly imposing department name ”Dragon Shield Bureau.”

A thought spontaneously arose in his mind.

Could this department... have been specifically established for me?

Just then, there was a rhythmic knock on his door.

The knocking was neither light nor heavy, very rhythmic.

Lu Chen’s heart suddenly leaped!

No one else ever came to his place except Wang Peng!

And that guy, Wang Peng, always kicked the door open!

He held his breath, walked to the door, and peeked through the peephole.

Outside the door stood two men in black trench coats, their expressions solemn.

One of them seemed to sense his gaze, slowly raised his head, and gave a meaningful smile directly into the peephole.

He held up an ID and displayed it directly in front of the peephole.

On the ID, a golden giant dragon coiled around a crimson shield, lifelike.

And beneath the giant dragon were two prominent characters.

”Dragon Shield.”