"It wasn't really a big deal, I went to Penn for a cup of coffee and talked to them about academics, and that's it. Don't worry, we're safe. Shen Qi said casually.

For the next period of time, Shen Qi did what he should do, supervising his two graduate students in mathematics and continuing to study his seismological models in physics.

What gave Shen Qi a headache was that he found out that he was being followed.

No matter where Shen Qi went, he could always sense that there were one or several suspicious strangers around him.

These strangers are strolling or sitting on stone benches, always with a cup of coffee, a newspaper or a magazine, but their attention is not on coffee, newspapers and magazines.

Silly Qiang said that if a person is not attentive, then he must be a strip.

Shen Qi knew in his heart that the organization behind these inattentive suspicious strangers was more powerful than the US police department.

While running today, Shen Qi once again spotted one of those suspicious characters.

The white man, in his mid-thirties, sat on the lawn in front of the math building, flipping through a copy of Science.

When Shen Qi ran past the math building for the third time, the man was still sitting on the lawn.

Shen Qi walked up to the man and sat down, and said, "Dude, you read this "Science" every day, and this issue is not the latest. ”

In this issue of "Science" in the man's hand, the article that Shen Qi was interviewed with was published.

In this article, Shen Qi said that "earthquakes cannot be predicted" is a false proposition that does not have sufficient theoretical support.

The man smiled and said, "But this issue of Science is particularly wonderful and worth reading every day, and my favorite article is this one with Professor Shen Qi, who believes that earthquakes can be predicted." ”

Shen Qi stretched out his right hand to shake hands: "Hello, I am Shen Qi." ”

The man shook hands with Shen Qi in a friendly manner: "Hello, Professor Shen, I'm Harry Manson. ”

Harry Manson: Who knows if it's your real name.

Shen Qi stared at Harry Manson and said, "You were a soldier. ”

"Uh-huh. Harry Manson shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal.

"The field service of the U.S. Department of Defense basically has service experience. Shen Qi gave his reason.

"Since Professor Shen, who is observant, has guessed my identity, he hopes that we can get along amicably. Harry Manson does not deny his identity, and his actions are no longer part of the Whispered Mimi Stalk.

Shen Qi put forward his own appeal in good communication intentions: "I told you a few days ago that I will not predict natural disasters such as earthquakes, if due to irresistible factors of manpower, I must make a prediction, and the prediction results are related to the United States, then I will give priority to notifying the US Department of Defense instead of the US earthquake network." ”

"Look, Harry, I've made a huge concession, please don't keep spying on me, okay? This is Princeton University, it's not a battlefield, there's no political fighting, I want Princeton to be pure, it's your most influential research university in the United States. Shen Qixian was heartbroken.

"Professor Shen, we are protecting you, this is our responsibility. Harry Manson said seriously.

Shen Qi spread his hands and said: "I am law-abiding, loved by everyone, and I don't need so-called protection." ”

"No, Professor Shen, you need the protection of the United States, you are in danger. "Harry Manson looks like he's on the verge of an enemy.

"I want to see your minister. "Shen Qi is unhappy, you United States protect the whole world, but the whole world is fighting every day, and you are the biggest source of danger.

"There's a chance, Professor Shen. If there is a real earthquake on Unimac and Nikolskoye Islands in the near future, we will raise the level of protection for you to the maximum. "Harry Manson is very strong, and we just want to force your protection.

"Damn. Shen Qi couldn't help but burst into a foul Chinese language, so he got up and ran away.

On the territory of the United States, what can be done?

Shen Qi warned himself that on the territory of the United States, he must be cautious in the future.

The upper islanders of Unimac and Nikolskoye have been evacuated from their homeland for some time.

There were no earthquakes in the two islands in the North Pacific Ocean and in the surrounding waters, and the International Earthquake Center, the U.S. Earthquake Network, and the Russian Earthquake Network did not even detect microearthquakes.

The calmer it is, the more tangled it is.

Just like a Russian fable, an old Russian father had a beautiful daughter, and one day, an army was suddenly stationed near their house, and the old father couldn't sleep all night, and his hair fell out.

A few months later, the old father's daughter became pregnant.

The old father ended the torment: "It's time to come, it's still here after all......"

The United States and Russia still do not dare to relax their vigilance on the seismic monitoring of Unimak Island and Nikolskoye Island.

The U.S. Department of Defense's protection of Shen Qi continues.

The new seismic model proposed by Shen Qi has attracted great attention from the international earthquake community.

The American Association for Seismological Research (IRIS) was founded in 1984 by more than 100 universities in the United States and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

The IRIS annual conference was held as usual, and Shen Qi and other seismologists from Princeton were invited to Washington, D.C., to participate in the IRIS Earthquake Conference.

In the conference hall, Shen Qi met Professor Wellington, a seismologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

As a staunch supporter of the "earthquake unpredictability theory", Professor Wellington once criticized Shen Qi, arguing that Shen Qi's new seismic model is unreliable, and that it is luck to guess an earthquake.

Then, the second earthquake site predicted by Shen Qi was a magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale.

"Then Professor Shen, please tell us more about your new seismic model. "Professor Wellington's attitude has changed dramatically, and if a person can predict two earthquakes in a short period of time, on a general geographical scale, he must have a special skill.

"Okay. Shen Qi held a page-turning pen and began to explain his PPT: "First of all, we must quantify earthquakes, and quantitative seismology is meaningful seismology. ”

"The new seismic model that I have proposed is actually a work-in-progress, and it needs to be further refined, and 60% of the parts that need to be improved are physics problems, and the rest are mathematical problems. ”

"Fluid Mechanics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Turbulence, Chaos...... There are too many subjects that require comprehensive innovation. Shen Qi looked at the audience, and the well-known seismologists and solid state physicists in the United States were basically here.

Shen Qi is pleased to be able to participate in academic conferences organized by IRIS instead of the American Mathematical Society and give invited reports, which shows that his research in physics and seismology has been recognized by colleagues in the physics and earthquake circles.

Damn, Harry Manson, they're here too, it's ghostly...... Shen Qi keenly spotted Harry Manson and the others squatting in the corner of the conference hall.

Shen Qi's original intention of going to the United States was to engage in pure academic research, and he did not want to be entangled with the U.S. government and military.

However, again, this is the territory of the United States, and the US government and military have the right to speak.

"On this presentation, allow me to make a few digressions, and I am particularly opposed to some of the BBC's statements, which have always been of the view that the ultimate goal of scientists is to benefit humanity, not to cause panic in humanity. What is the 45th parallel, what is the earthquake in large cities such as Milan, Zagreb, Portland...... It's pure nonsense!" Shen Qi angrily denounced the BBC's irresponsible remarks, and he was very angry.

Everyone in the audience was shocked by Shen Qi's momentum, no one spoke, and they all understood Shen Qi's point of view: the ultimate goal of scientists is to benefit mankind, not to cause panic among mankind.

Shen Qi's first half report ended and the meeting was adjourned for 30 minutes, and then Shen Qi would continue his second half report.

During the recess, Shen Qi had a warm conversation with Wellington and other experts and scholars, and the originally inseparable "earthquake predictor" and "earthquake unpredictable" were mutually tolerant and understanding, and everyone had the same goal: to benefit mankind.

At this moment, a rapid announcement sounded inside and outside the conference hall: "IRIS, the United States Earthquake Network, and the International Earthquake Center have just monitored at the same time that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale has occurred in the sea about 147 kilometers west of Portland, with an epicenter depth of 30 kilometers, and a strong tsunami caused by the earthquake may hit the port of Portland!"

"God, my hometown is Portland!" Professor Wellington hugged his head and shouted, looking very nervous, he looked at Shen Qi like a monster: "You...... Professor Shen, it's you ...... again."

Harry Manson and other U.S. Department of Defense field agents jumped up, Portland is an important city on the west coast of the United States, and the Portland metropolitan area has a population of several million, which is far more important than an unnamed island in the North Pacific.

"This ......" Shen Qi was shocked, and he quickly explained: "This is a natural phenomenon, it's none of my business, it's definitely not my business! I never predicted that there would be an earthquake near Portland!"