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Edward Witten felt bewildered, then suddenly realized he should meticulously go over the content of the afternoon's lecture again. Making friends was out of the question; he didn't want to become an incomplete person.

Qiao Ze didn't know how his aforementioned 1.5 friends would feel upon hearing what he said today, but he truly felt that if someone said he was only half a friend, he would take offense.

Qiao Ze glanced at Edward Witten and noticed that the big shot had nothing more to say, so after nodding to him, he continued with his own business.

Unlike these idlers, he had too many things to do.

Edward Witten then opened the university's official website and took another look at the introduction there.

Lecture: "New Physics after the Discovery of the Graviton"

Speaker: Edward Witten

Location:...

Summary of the Content:...

Looking at the website's introduction to his life, Edward Witten felt slightly more at ease.

It was a relief that there was only one socially inept oddball like Qiao Ze; any more would be unbearable.

Since when did being active in the academic community become a pejorative?

...

At noon, Xu Dajiang invited Edward Witten to lunch with the school leaders in person.

Edward Witten astutely noticed that everyone merely greeted Qiao Ze, but no one asked him to join.

Although he didn't quite take to Qiao Ze's communication style, it still puzzled him.

So, sitting in the private room, he couldn't help but ask, "I noticed earlier that you did not seem to invite Qiao Ze to join us for the meal?"

Upon hearing this question, Xu Dajiang was the first to laugh, "Haha, Professor Witten, you are not aware. Qiao Ze used to be willing to join us old guys for a meal, but later he got tired of dealing with us. He complains we talk too much during meals and doesn't want to bother with us."

"Yeah, there are many who want to invite Professor Qiao for a meal. However, there are very few who can actually persuade him. If we ask, he definitely refuses, and he even finds it annoying. So now, there's an understanding. It's better just not to bring it up," Principal Chen added with a sigh, then cast an envious glance at Li Jiangao, who sat there in silence.

He had frequently wanted to invite Qiao Ze to various banquets, but his face clearly wasn't sufficient for Qiao Ze, who straightforwardly rejected him with 'Don't bother me with ineffective socializing'.

Now, Li Jiangao's wedding was such a sensation that Chen Yuanzhi wondered if it was because he was probably the only person who could actually convince Qiao Ze to attend such so-called ineffective social events.

If one were to go by Qiao Ze's theory, Chen Yuanzhi suspected that all social interactions in this world were probably ineffective.

However, the words of the two made Edward Witten feel a bit better.

Good, it seemed Qiao Ze was not just impatient with him but with others as well.

Of course, for a person who only has 1.5 friends, this was probably normal.

...

At 2 p.m., the auditorium capable of seating over 300 people was filled without an empty seat.

Not many students came, just over thirty, but most of the seats were occupied by professors who had come for the name.

This made Edward Witten, sitting on the stage, feel reassured again.

Although just as Qiao Ze had stated, he was quite active in the academic community, often attending various conferences and presenting at them, this visit to Huaxia felt distinct after all.

Especially considering that even the taxi driver he happened to meet at the airport had read his work, and even waived his fare...

Okay, Edward Witten didn't really care about the fare.

It was a long trip and calculating the cost, it didn't amount to more than fifty US dollars, which, to Edward Witten who had never taken a taxi in Huaxia before, even seemed quite cheap. In the United States, despite minor differences between cities, a similar distance, plus tip, usually cost around eighty US dollars.

Hence, he remained convinced of the taxi driver having read his works.

Of course, it might also be because he had written quite a number of books.

"I am very pleased to be invited here today to give this lecture, but actually, I have always felt that the topic of this lecture would be more suitable for Professor Qiao Ze from the Xilin Institute of Mathematics to speak on. As everyone knows, the Containment Graviton was derived by Professor Qiao Ze using an exquisite mathematical approach, revolutionizing the entire theory of quantum gravity, while I only did some insignificant verification work.

"Likewise, my visit to Xilin, and my extended stay here, also happened to coincide with Professor Qiao Ze solving another key issue concerning the micro-particle world, which is the wave function equation of the Containment Graviton. It's a remarkably intricate equation, which may not be as imbued with the simple beauty of the mass-energy equation, but if one delves into it from a microscopic perspective, one can see its perfection," Edward Witten concluded, and the equation that Qiao Ze had explained to him on his first day appeared on the screen behind him.

This was a case of starting with a bang.

The auditorium instantly buzzed with excitement.

What's going on?

The graviton wave function equation?

How long has it been?

And you're just putting it forward?!

Does a certain professor's inspiration really have no limits?

The most damn infuriating part is that Qiao Ze completed this work and didn't broadcast it far and wide.

They even had to learn about this news from the lecture of a foreign scholar?

Is Qiao Ze that busy?

Such a significant achievement, and he doesn't even want to hold a lecture?