Bit Mania [Hacking]

When Adrian brought Paul to the hospital, the hospital was already surrounded by reporters who had heard the news. He built a city wall with flesh and blood and tried his best to block the swarming guns and short cannons. After a while, he was covered all over. Khan, the little red flowers on the heads of the two fell off at some point. At this moment, a group of heavily armed policemen lined up to protect them, and led them into the hospital while opening the way.

It was the Hop Country government that took over.

A sheriff wearing a black brimmed hat first arranged for the old man to be checked - of course he didn't know exactly what was wrong with Paul, but since a person appeared in a place like a hospital, one could always guess something Second, at the same time, Mr. Sheriff politely invited Adrian into an empty ward, let several armed policemen guard him outside, took out the recording pen and began to understand the situation.

"name?"

"Adrian Cole."

"Profession?"

"University professor," Adrian said, and took out his ID from his bag: "Humboldt University Department of Computer Science."

After taking a look at the ID, the chubby sheriff hurriedly stood up and shook hands with Ed, the expression on his face obviously eased a lot: "It turns out that he is a young professor from Humboldt University. I am really disrespectful."

Adrian can be regarded as a relatively well-known rising star in the academic circles of the Hop Country. It seems that his innocent identity made the sheriff initially relieved. As a scholar, it is not unreasonable to have a relationship with Paul Erdös After all, Paul is a famous "vagrant", running around the world to discuss academics with people, and it is not unusual to meet Adrian, but——

"Mr. Erdash came to Hop this time, it seems that it is not only for academics?..."

"Yes," Adrian didn't need to hide it from him: "He's here for heart disease treatment..."

Elderly Paul was sent to the hospital respectfully under the guard of the police, while a large group of journalists and academics were turned away. Looking at this scene, he finally sighed softly.

"Let's go, Zheng Xiu."

Behind him, another taller boy responded, followed him and turned to leave.

"...This is your choice?"

"Well," Zixin nodded, "How long has Grandpa Paul lived with us?"

"Exactly three and a half years."

"It's been three and a half years..." The young man sighed: "We fled, and he was forced to hide behind him. Even because of his popularity, he has actually been less free than us in the past three years. He usually dare not take a step out of the house. It's too depressing. Let it go now...it's okay..."

Zheng Xiu almost blurted out that Paul would have died of a heart attack in the coming year, but he opened his mouth and held back the words: "...it's not your fault."

For the next few days, the Hop Country provided Paul with the most advanced heart disease treatment. Of course, the medical expenses were free of charge. Paul’s generation of academic masters used to travel around the world, and they were always welcomed by the crowd wherever they went. The country would be stupid enough to drive people away.Not to mention that Paul is still sane and productive, but he can't do anything while lying in bed. The meaning of his existence is enough to be enshrined as a national treasure by any country.

This is the weight of science in today's society.

Adrian was also interrogated several times during the period. Of course, other countries also used him as a breakthrough to investigate, but Adrian, who had been prepared for a long time, had already cleared up all his clues on hackers before picking up people. Erjing, no clues were found.

Therefore, the conclusions reached by the intelligence agencies of various countries are that since Paul's short-lived appearance at Beijing University in Huaguo in October [-], and after he applied for a permanent residence permit, he disappeared from the public's sight and almost disappeared, until now he suddenly appeared in the public eye. Hop country seek medical treatment.

Judging from his application for a residence permit, the intelligence agencies of many countries have speculated that he has lived in China for the past few years—but, with such a well-known figure, and as far as they know, Paul does not speak Chinese , although he had exchanged academic knowledge with Hua Luogeng, but it was limited to written communication, and he had never been to Huaguo before that—how did he disappear and live in Huaguo for many years without any obstacles?

The heads of intelligence all stared at Hua Guo. The latter rubbed the knee of Zhongjian, avoided the eyes of those who were eyeing him, called up the information registered by the Civil Affairs Bureau, and found that Paul seemed to be carrying a "caretaker". "Sun" came to Huaguo-this was an unexpected breakthrough, but when the spies began to investigate this "adopted grandson", they discovered that this person had only used a false identity from beginning to end, and his insinuations on Paul Among them, the latter also kept secret about it.

And so the thread was interrupted.

After careful planning by a team of top experts, the treatment plan has also been finalized. First take care of his body, and wait for Paul to adjust to the best condition. The operation will be performed when the weather is warm in early May.

In the intensive care unit, the old man was lying on the bed with his back leaning on a large soft cushion, and a small table was propped in front of him. An old scholar who was a bit bald was sitting beside him, and the two of them were writing and drawing on paper, while discussing academic issues.The afternoon sun is shining warmly through the windows, and the children's laughter can be faintly heard outside, but overall it is relatively quiet.In the corner of the room, Adrian moved a small bench and sat there, clumsily peeling apples with a knife, listening to the discussion between the two with his ears straight.

After the news of Paul’s admission to the Hop First Heart Center spread, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit him every day, ranging from journalists to senior state officials, mathematicians who had academic exchanges with him in the past, and others who had never met before. People also come here admiringly.Paul wandered all the year round. In the past, he was the one who came to the door, and he was rarely able to catch anyone. This time, the old man stayed here for a while and couldn't escape, so the scholars rushed over.Although most of them were decided by the old man himself, Paul was devoted to academics and never refused requests from scholars, so he lived a fulfilling life and was full of visitors every day.

Ever since he accepted the fact that Paul Erdös was the person Octo entrusted to bring him treatment, Adrian was almost stunned by the big pie that fell from the sky, and the sudden opportunity to get close to the academic master was in front of him. The young professor immediately asked for leave from the Humboldt University where he was working, and stuck to the old man's buttocks for 24 hours. Of course, the school also expressed his delight at his behavior. If his little professor could be taught by Paul , the reputation of the school will also rise.

Just like now, even if Paul doesn't have the heart to bully him, Adrian still has the cheek to stay in the ward. Speaking of it, the full-time professor of Humboldt, a world-class university, can be regarded as a famous master, but compared to a character like Paul, In any case, he was a generation or two lower. Although the two people in the room could barely understand what they were saying, it was difficult for him to break in and express his own opinions. Even more diligent.

While the two were discussing in full swing, the landline phone in the house suddenly rang. Paul reached out to take it, his face suddenly showed an uncontrollable joy, and he said cheerfully, wait, don't hang up, and then covered the receiver and turned to the side. An old scholar said: "Why don't we push it here today and continue tomorrow?"

Although the old scholar was reluctant to give up, he couldn't refuse. He nodded and stood up to pack his things. Before he left, he didn't forget to fight for his rights: "Let's continue tomorrow!"

"Okay, okay." Paul smiled and waved his hands, looking a little absent-minded.

It’s not a day or two since the old scholar knew Paul. They had co-authored several papers several years ago and had a deep understanding of Paul’s academic fanaticism. He was a little surprised by his academic problems, so he couldn't help but look back a few more times, only to feel that his old friend was a little different from the past.

On the other side, Paul was already chatting with the other end of the phone.

"It is agreed that I will call when I get here, and see how long it has been, have you forgotten my old man..."

The other party seemed to be defending himself. Adrian saw the old man listening for a while, and his tone was quite dissatisfied, but his face was full of smiles: "Why do you want to bypass the satellite's monitoring of wireless signals, excuses..."

"By the way, I thought a few days ago that if you use prime factorization to decompose integer problems... Well, assuming there is a quantum computer, then it should be in the complexity class BQP, is it more expensive than the ordinary number field screening method?" The exponential time is faster by an exponential difference..."

Adrian was listening, but his eyes were getting wider and wider. The people who came to the old man for academics in the past few days were all mathematicians. He didn't think anything was wrong, but now, the other party was clearly discussing the cutting-edge things of computers with others!He, he... Such a mathematician has such amazing accomplishments in computers!

This is really too scary!Adrian's heart was pounding. In his eyes, the person sitting on the hospital bed was no longer an old man with gray hair and bad eyes, but a true giant, genius, and a miracle of God. !

"... Ed, Ed?" The old man yelled several times before Adrian came to his senses and hurried over, bending over to listen.

"He wants to talk to you." Paul handed him the microphone in his hand.

Adrian took it in confusion and put it in his ear, only to hear a very young boy's voice coming from the other end.

"Hi, are you Adrian?" The other party said, "Thank you so much for taking care of grandpa these days, how is his health recently..."

Adrian replied to the man in Paul's reassuring eyes, and the other party also explained a lot of precautions, even the details. At first, Ed was still suspicious of the relationship between the other party and the old man. Later, I was relieved, guessing that knowing Paul so well must be his family members who get along with him day and night.

After a while, the phone was in Paul's hands again. Adri stood aside quietly, watching the old man chatting happily, felt sad for no reason, and felt a little uncomfortable.

After Paul hung up the phone, the young professor finally couldn't help but said: "...Maybe I overstepped, but I want to say, you are sick and hospitalized, why have you never seen your family come to see you, but just called A phone call? . . . Oh, I mean, you seem happy to get a call from your grandson, so why didn't you ask him to visit you?"

"...huh?" The old man was stunned: "cough...you really don't know who was talking to you just now?"

"……Who?"

"Hush, let me tell you quietly, it's Octo," Paul said, "Because of me, this place has become a gallery of secret agents from various countries. He can only visit me by phone!"