Chapter 1071 Its You?!

Life was an adventure, and there were countless choices at every step of the way, and finally, one would reach a place one wouldnt even recognize.

Professor Lumiere felt like he was standing at a crossroads. Even though he agreed to Lu Zhous request without hesitation, he realized he made this decision too quickly.

However, after three days of being in a dilemma, he eventually packed up his luggage and embarked on his journey to Shanghai.

Even though the identity of Dr. Z was suspicious, he did not want to spend the rest of his life at the same research institute, making no progress on his research.

His friend Professor Sarrot also accompanied him.

Even though a materials science professor might seem out of place at an artificial intelligence summit, the application of carbon materials had become more and more widespread in recent years, especially for carbon-based chips. The link between carbon materials and information technology had gotten closer and closer.

Because of this, Lumiere was quite envious of Sarrot.

They were both computer science majors. Both of them went into separate research directions. However, carbon materials were gaining attention, while Lumieres research area was still dead as a doornail.

Every time Lumiere thought about this, he would get angry.

This is probably the most boring academic conference I have ever attended.

After they walked out of the report, Professor Sarrot said, Those people have no idea how to even spell graphene, they think its the cure to everything, whether its artificial intelligence or quantum computer. The problem isnt with the material at all What do these people not understand?

Maybe because they have tried everything they can? Professor Lumiere said, When someone can no longer use their domain knowledge to work on a problem, they will try to use ideas and concepts from other fields. Isnt that very common?

True, but I feel like their expectations are so unrealistic, its really asinine Speaking of which, this is my first time in China. Sarrot looked around and said, I didnt expect this country to be so developed. This makes Amsterdam look like the countryside.

Lumiere: Thats what happens if you watch too much BBC. But honestly, I still prefer Amsterdam. The buildings are small, but they are beautiful, just like some women

Sarrot smiled and said, I feel like youre not actually interested in the buildings.

Lumiere said, I dont know what youre talking about Speaking of which, wheres your Chinese friend? Every time I ask who it is, you dont tell me. Now that were here, dont you want to visit them?

Suddenly, Sarrot didnt know what to say.

I still havent thought about that yet. I havent contacted him in a long time. Hes doing pretty well for himself, and I dont know if he still remembers me.

Lu Zhou had already sold off the laboratory in Silicon Valley. Ever since Sarrot returned to Amsterdam, he hadnt contacted Lu Zhou.

Actually, he was a little scared.

He had heard rumors about researchers working with countries that were enemies of the United States. Apparently, the famous Gerald Bull was shot in his home in Brussels, Belgium, after receiving an anonymous call.

He used his own experience to help Lu Zhou establish a series of patent barriers in the field of lithium-sulfur batteries. These patents were now a pain in the a*s for American electric energy companies. Because of this, he was scared of being investigated by the FBI.

He paused for half a second and spoke.

Theres a cafe over there. I want to get something to drink. Do you need anything?

Professor Lumiere: A cappuccino would be great.

Sarrot: Wait here.

Professor Lumiere watched Professor Sarrot turn around and walk toward Starbucks. Lumiere put his hands into his pocket and wandered around.

Suddenly, a man in a brown jacket came over and asked, Hello, are you Mr. Lumiere?

Lumiere looked over suspiciously.

Yeah, why?

He didnt remember having any friends in China.

The man said, Someone is looking for you.

Suddenly, Lumiere remembered the rumors online that Dr. Z was Chinese.

Is it Dr. Z?

The man looked around and spoke.

Sort of.

Lumiere totally forgot about his friend that went to Starbucks, and he immediately said, Bring me there Why arent you walking?

Dr. Z told me to ask you to think carefully.

Lumiere paused for a second and frowned.

Of course I have thought about this carefully. Otherwise, I wouldnt have flown thousands of kilometers to a boring academic conference.

The man nodded and spoke.

Okay then, come with me.

The man turned around and began walking toward a black Buick.

On the other hand, Sarrot was walking out of Starbucks with two cups of coffee in his hand.

He looked around and paused for a second.

Where is he?

Where did he go?

The Chinese state security department actually knew who Dr. Z was.

There were only a few people who could get their hands on the Mars bacteria. It was speculated that Dr. Z must be in China.

Regardless of whether Dr. Z saved the world, the Mars bacteria could be dangerous in the wrong hands.

Thus, the Peoples Liberation Army General Staff Department began an investigation and even called Lu Zhou to ask about the situation.

After all, Lu Zhou had nothing to hide. Seeing how nervous the national security department was, Lu Zhou revealed everything to them.

Of course, only higher-ups in the national security department knew about this. Even Professor Liu Zuobing, who was involved in the project, was kept in the dark.

It wasnt that Lu Zhou wanted to hide this fact, it was just that explaining things would be too troublesome.

However, Lumiere had no idea about all this.

He made many speculations in his mind.

Including the scenario where Dr. Z was actually secretly developing a powerful information technology weapon for China

He didnt expect it to be

When Lumiere saw the man sitting behind the desk, Lumiere froze.

You, you, you I know you, youre

Let me introduce myself, Im Lu Zhou. Lu Zhou smiled and said, Welcome to China, Mr. Lumiere.

Seeing how easily Lu Zhou revealed his identity, Lumiere was a little shocked. He suddenly became nervous.

Is it fine for you to tell me your identity?

Lu Zhou said, Revealing my identity to the public would be cumbersome, so I asked the security department to keep this a secret.

Lumiere said, I swear I wont tell anyone.

Dont be nervous, Lu Zhou said. Even if you leak the secret, you wont get kidnapped.

He paused for a second and continued, At most, we might have to delete your social media accounts and hard drives.

Lumiere frowned and spoke.

Id rather die.

Losing those things

Would be a death sentence.

So, you just have to keep your mouth shut and nothing bad will happen. Lu Zhou shrugged and said, Im allowing you to participate in my project. Youre not here to hear gossip stories.

Lumiere nodded and said, I understand I didnt expect you to be a computing expert.

Lu Zhou felt his phone in his pocket vibrate and said, Yeah I study problems outside of mathematics.

I know, mathematicians generally are also good at computer science

Lu Zhou coughed and interrupted Lumiere, Theres no need to kiss my a*s, Ill briefly talk about your work here

Suddenly, his phone in his pocket rang.

This time, it wasnt Xiao Ais message; it was a phone call.

Lu Zhou took out his phone.

Wait a second, let me grab this.

The phone call was from Chen Yushan.

He picked up the phone.

He was about to ask what was going on when he heard an excited voice.

I have your test subjects!

When do you need them?