He just stared blankly at Qiao Ze on the video.
Qiao Ze happened to be introverted, so when the other party stopped talking, he silently watched them in return.
He didn't know that at the time, Edward Witten was in Switzerland, where the time difference was only seven hours, and it was 8 a.m. at CERN, the time when people's thinking is most active. He simply thought that staying up late slowed down this academic authority's thinking.
After nearly three minutes of silence, Edward Witten finally spoke with a complex expression, "Professor Qiao..."
But as he began to speak, he was interrupted.
Qiao Ze only heard a "bang," as if a door was being opened, followed by an extremely excited voice: "Professor Whitten, we've found it, last week's data, after the supercomputer analysis, revealed two sets of regular waveforms that almost perfectly match the gravity field descriptions provided by Professor Qiao..."
Instantly, Qiao Ze saw Edward Witten on the other side lift his head, looking even more bewildered.
Qiao Ze slightly relaxed his eyebrows.
It seemed his intuition was at least correct in the general direction again, and learning the results in this manner was an unexpected pleasure.
At this moment, Edward Witten stood up, and the video only showed his brown casual clothes.
"Did you just say you've found evidence? Where's the report?"
Another long silence ensued, and Qiao Ze also wanted to see the detailed supercomputing report, but he didn't speak up.
He still possessed that much patience.
After a while, he heard Edward William say, "I understand, you can go out now."
"Huh? Professor Whitten, aren't you going to take a look? We are preparing to gather the original data for a secondary validation report."
"I still have some things to take care of here. Just follow the procedures."
Soon, Edward Witten sat back down, stared at the video, and after a while asked, "Professor Qiao, you just said this theory hasn't been validated by any experiments?"
"Yes," Qiao Ze nodded.
"So how exactly did you derive it?"
Qiao Ze could see the incredulous expression on the face opposite when he asked this question, even discerning a stronger desire for knowledge.
But he really didn't know how to answer this question...
After thinking for a long time, he finally answered, "It's just an intuition. Don't you think if the experimental results fit this formula, there'd be a particular beauty in the microscopic state's structure?"
"A particular beauty?" Edward Witten was completely stunned.
This was the first time he had a very intuitive realization of how terrifying a person with amazing mathematical talent could be.
Could someone truly derive a fundamental theory that withstands large collider experimental validation just by relying on mathematical intuition and the pursuit of beauty?
What kind of joke was this?
Previously, he had some doubts about how Qiao Ze could possibly develop revolutionary material modeling software on his own, but at this moment, he suddenly felt enlightened.
Someone with such talent...
Well, Qiao Ze could tell him now that they could blow up the universe, and Edward Witten would be inclined to believe it.
So, after another long silence, Edward Witten asked as if compelled by some unknown force, "Professor Qiao, in your intuition, what is our universe like?"
This question also stunned Qiao Ze, and after a moment, he answered somewhat doubtfully, "The universe, it's probably like a musical note, vibrating non-stop through a perfect melody. I would like to see that report of yours, could I?"