An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck the sea west of Portland.

Fortunately, God forbid, the energy of the earthquake and tsunami when it reached Portland's shores was greatly attenuated, and the big waves turned into high tides, which were less than 2 meters high, and did not cause destructive damage.

China, the United States, Russia, Japan, Australia and other Pacific Rim countries still dare not relax their vigilance, and the earthquakes and tsunamis that occur in Pacific Rim countries account for 80% of the world's earthquakes and tsunamis every year.

Sixty percent of these earthquakes and tsunamis hit Japan, and the country is the country most affected by earthquakes and tsunamis.

Today's earthquake off the coast west of Portland, taking into account the aftershocks, could produce a devastating tsunami that threatens to hit coastal nations in the Eastern Hemisphere months later.

The tsunami triggered by the 1960 earthquake in Chile reached Hawaii and Japan on the other side of the world a few months later, wreaking havoc.

Shen Qi claimed that he really did not expect an earthquake in the waters near Portland, and that this account could not be counted on his head.

"Yes, it's a natural phenomenon, and it has nothing to do with any human being. Rodney, the chairman of IRIS, said, and he glanced at Shen Qi meaningfully: "Professor Shen, I want to talk to you alone. ”

"Yes, Mr. President. Shen Qi left with Rodney, and he also had something to say to the chairman.

In the chairman's office, Rodney began with a story:

"During World War II, the Japanese army hired a scientist named Hidetoshi Arakawa, who was very good at how good he could predict and even change air currents. ”

"At the suggestion of Hidetoshi Arakawa, the Japanese army made a large number of hot air balloons and placed nearly 10,000 bombs in the hot air balloons. ”

"In the spring and summer of 1944, Japanese hot air balloon bombs drifted across the ocean, followed a steady and eerie high-altitude westerly wind band to the western United States, and then landed automatically to bomb the continental United States. ”

"Americans were overwhelmed by hot air balloons falling from the sky, San Francisco stores were closed, factories were closed, and forest fires in the Rocky and Nevada Mountains burned for months. ”

"The problem is that even today in the 21st century, Americans have never found a stable and precise air path that allows hot air balloons to follow the air flow and reach the Eastern Hemisphere unimpeded. The chairman finished his story.

The scientist hired by the Japanese army is too demonic, it is simply the World War II version of Kong Ming borrowing the east wind, Shen Qi asked: "You mean, the Japanese army began to attack the enemy with the help of the power of nature during World War II, and it was successful?"

"We all know the theory that a butterfly flutters its wings and a tornado hits a continent thousands of kilometers away. Rodney stood in front of the wall, where a huge map of the world was hung, and he held out his finger and pointed to the location of Brazil, and then made his way north to the central United States.

Shen Qi said: "Even if human scientists fully grasp the butterfly effect and build accurate models, the purpose should not be used for war, but to improve the earth's ecological environment and save human lives." ”

Rodney smiled wryly, "You predicted four seismic points, two of which were confirmed by real earthquakes. And just yesterday, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck the sea west of Portland. ”

Shen Qi shook his head: "This has nothing to do with me, it really has nothing to do with it, the generation of earthquakes is affected by many factors, you can't just because I predicted two earthquakes, the world's earthquakes are related to me." ”

"As I said, it's a natural phenomenon. Rodney shrugged his shoulders, and then said solemnly: "Professor Shen, there are not many people who can really understand your new seismic model, I believe that I am one of them, you are not simply based on seismology to build seismic models, you use a lot of complex and esoteric mathematical tools. Chaos, turbulence, and variants of the N-S equation are treated in partial differentiation, Professor Shen, you are the butterfly, or rather, you have this ambition. ”

"Huh. Shen Qi smiled quietly and asked rhetorically, "So what?"

"So we can work together, and you say your new seismic model is still a work-in-progress, and that seems to be the case at the moment. Join us, Professor Shen, and we'll provide you with more resources than you ever thought possible to help you with the rest. Rodney shook hands and said expectantly.

Some gifts can be accepted, and some must never be touched.

Join you, and I may not be able to leave the United States for the rest of my life...... Shen Qi refused on the spot, he said: "I'm sorry, Chairman Rodney, it's time for me to leave, there is still a lot of work waiting for me in the Princeton Department of Mathematics." ”

"Well, you think about it, we're always ready to welcome you on board. Rodney was not annoyed, if he could easily convince Shen Qi, he would not be worthy of Shen Qi's identity.

Shen Qi returned to Princeton and kept a low profile.

The research work on the new seismic model has been suspended, first, Shen Qi must be cautious, live in seclusion, and not make public statements in public.

Second, Shen Qi encountered a bottleneck, and it was difficult to achieve results if the theoretical research work continued.

Shen Qi has never forgotten two key indicators, time and intensity.

Now we need to add another indicator: the quantitative description of the chain reaction of predictability.

"Mathematics level 14, physics level 12, a little bit low, unable to peek into the true mysteries of nature. ”

Shen Qi's reluctance to engage with foreign governments, militaries, and politically motivated scientists does not mean that he is afraid of them.

If you can really become that butterfly, you can try it?

However, at this stage, the butterfly is still in the state of a caterpillar, quietly wrapped in a cocoon.

The day you break out of the cocoon, it will be a new world.

Shen Qi's math and physics levels are locked at level 14 and 12, and continuing to level up requires enough Xueba points and the completion of relevant conditional tasks.

The islands of Unimak and Nikolskoye remain calm, and Harry Manson and others remain in Princeton, protecting Shen Qi.

Shen Qi summoned Yu Lei and Ralph to his office and said, "You two have successfully completed their graduate studies and can enter the doctoral stage." ”

The research paper co-authored by Yu Lei and the University of Victoria was published in the Annals of Mathematics, one of the four major journals, as early as half a year ago.

Ralph and Yale's collaborative paper went through some twists and turns in the review process and was finally published in another major mathematical journal, the Journal of the American Mathematical Society.

The authors of "A Study of Linear Lie Ultraalgebra and Its Superpowers" are Ralph, Jimmy, Shen Qi, and Jackson, the first two are graduate students and doctoral students, and the last two are their supervisors.

Because of this paper in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society, Shen Qi gained 355,800 Xueba points.

In the third semester of graduate school, Yu Lei and Ralph both published papers in the four major journals of mathematics under the guidance of Shen Qi.

Shen Qi thinks that the two of them can enter the doctoral stage: "Of course, you can continue to choose me as your doctoral supervisor, or you can not choose." ”