The boss of a foreign organization called the police, claiming that he was defrauded by me

Then search on the knowledge network to try to find other papers by this person.

Knowledge Network is an internationally used paper website and the world's largest and most well-known systematic paper library. Almost all scholars' papers and works can be found on this website. As expected, the search engine quickly listed more than 20 papers by this author, and each of them had been published in SI.

You know, it is not easy to publish a paper in SI. For a newly graduated scholar, being able to publish one or two papers is already a very remarkable thing. And this top student's friend was able to publish so many papers, which is simply a genius among geniuses.

Such talents are extremely sought-after in any country, and there is a high possibility that they will be directly selected to work in a research institute after graduation.

Xiao Zhou became more and more convinced that this person was the mysterious figure working at Neon Country's Communications Research Institute.

So he began to carefully read these more than 20 papers, not missing any details.

He found that seven of the papers were about code, fourteen were about how the algorithm worked, and one was published in collaboration with others.

Among these papers, two in particular caught his attention. One was about how the algorithm worked, which actually involved the Sigma Theory.

This made Xiao Zhou think of the mysterious ring, which was based on the Sigma Theory.

Are there really so many coincidences in the world?

This person is from Japan and graduated from Xi'an University. The contents of his papers are all closely related to communications, and it is very likely that he is currently working at Japan's Military Communications Research Institute.

Based on these clues, Xiao Zhou made a bold guess: this person is very likely involved in the design, development and maintenance of Neon Japan’s military communications intranet.

Such a genius took over important work soon after entering the institute. He changed the traditional, old-fashioned and conventional algorithm operation mode of those old scholars, argued with reason, and boldly proposed the design of virtual ring.

Perhaps his idea was opposed by others at first, but later it was included as one of the small events in the simulation competition and achieved unexpected results.

The examinees were racking their brains to think and figure out how those complex algorithms work, but ignored the most basic theories.

As a result, they ran out of time and failed to crack even the first step. The virtual ring was cleverly placed in front of the last firewall, becoming a confusing trap.

The more Xiao Zhou thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was reasonable, so he hurriedly checked the signature of another collaborative paper.

It turned out that the signature was not the Japanese Military Communications Research Institute, but the name of a small organization. He entered the name of the company on the Japanese search website, but could hardly find any useful information. There was only a registration time, and it was thirty years ago. The registration cost was not high, only one million US dollars. There was no specific address or contact information, as if it was an old shell company.

This made Xiao Zhou feel very strange. Could it be that this company funded the research with this person? Although he was full of doubts, Xiao Zhou did not delve into it. He read the paper carefully again and found that this paper mainly described a new concept of algorithm, which also involved encryption.

The paper mentions the earliest encryption methods, such as the Caesar cipher and the fence cipher, which are all implemented through a one-to-one correspondence between universal numbers and universal letters. In the first generation of ciphers, there are a total of 26 universal letters, with the number one representing the first letter, the number two representing the second letter, and so on, thus achieving the interchangeability of words and numbers.

However, this encryption method is now too simple and has long been eliminated. When it was first proposed, it was only effective for a short period of time and was soon deciphered by people.

On this basis, people began to use their brains again, such as pushing forward or backward several sequences based on the numbers, and it was no longer a simple one-to-one correspondence.

Later, the fixed-pattern forward and backward method seemed too simple, so the bidirectional recursion of irregular number series was introduced. This change greatly increased the complexity of the calculation.

If you don't know the encryption method, it would be a long ordeal to crack it by trying one by one. It could take days or months. Of course, sometimes there will be a flash of inspiration or a burst of luck, and it may only take a few hours to crack it.

"Who on earth is this person? Does this encryption method have anything to do with Japan's Military Communications Research Institute?" someone asked doubtfully.

"I've read this person's thesis. He's a genius who graduated from Nihon University. You don't mean to say..." another person continued, with a hint of disbelief in his tone.

"No way, this is too much of a coincidence? Maybe he is just researching in this field, and it may not be related to our firewall?" Someone else expressed a different opinion.

On the screen in front of Xiao Zhou, the content about encryption method that he had marked was clearly displayed. However, this part of the content did not account for a large proportion of the entire paper. The entire paper was about 20,000 words, but the content about encryption method was less than 2,000 words, just a brief mention of the basics.

The core of the paper is not the code secrets, but the research of algorithms. When everyone suddenly saw these contents, they were a little unprepared for a while and didn't understand why. They naturally understood that Xiao Zhou's bringing it up at this time must be inextricably linked to the communication code. But the question is, where did Xiao Zhou find these contents? How much is the correlation between them?

"Everyone, take a look at this paper. It talks about the application of rings. After reading it, you will suddenly understand." Xiao Zhou said, and directly opened the two papers and projected them onto the big screen. In this way, everyone can clearly see the specific content of the paper. "Oh my God, this paper also discusses sigma theory and rings! Although it is not exactly the same as the rings we encounter, it already has a basic model framework." Someone exclaimed.

"When was this paper published? Five years ago? That's quite a long time ago!" another person added.

"This author graduated from Neon National University five years ago. Could he have gone straight to a military research institute right after graduation? This ring looks more like an optimization based on the prototype mentioned in the paper." Someone else put forward his own opinion.

"That's right. The framework of this ring in the paper is relatively simple, and it is more of an illustrative example. If used directly, it can be easily cracked. And that ring is both complete and complex, and it is easy to make people lose their way." Xiao Zhou nodded in agreement.

Although Xiao Zhou had not yet given a detailed explanation and had only shown the two papers, everyone had already guessed the general idea. They pointed out the most critical content in a few words. However, some things needed further supplementation. Xiao Zhou shared everything he had found with everyone.

He described in detail how he found this person and the speculation that the author of the paper might be an internal staff member of the Japanese Military Communications Research Institute. Everyone went from being very interested at first to being stunned later. They simply couldn't believe that Xiao Zhou had found so much information through Twitter.

This is really embarrassing! At first, they laughed at Xiao Zhou for being addicted to social media and browsing Twitter while doing his work. Unexpectedly, he found the key clues so easily and dug so deeply.

It is really difficult for ordinary people to be as meticulous as Xiao Zhou. He is like a magnifying glass, turning the content posted on the Twitter and other social media accounts of the Internet celebrity - a good friend of the author and a top student who also graduated from Xi'an University - upside down.

Only crazy fans can do this. They can infer countless details from a small detail, and they can produce their own food, which makes people think deeply.

"Hahaha, you guys are still laughing at me! I'm clearly doing the right thing, okay? How does the saying go? Everyone else is drunk but I'm the only one sober!" Xiao Zhou proudly accepted everyone's praise and even made a few naughty remarks. He didn't care about the previous complaints because he knew that before the results came out, any explanation would be futile and not very convincing.

Well, it does seem a bit out of place for him to browse Twitter alone when others are busy looking up information and calculating in notebooks. But now, he can proudly say that he is just working, not playing. Moreover, social tools also have their unique uses!
"It's amazing that you can find these two papers from such a small corner. I will never complain about you again!" said a friend who has a good relationship with Xiao Zhou and often complains about each other. The two of them are the live treasures of the team, and they love and hate each other.

“By the way, how did you find the Twitter account of that nerd? Are he and the author really good friends? This person practically lives on the Internet, posting more than a dozen updates a day. No wonder he has become an Internet celebrity…” another person asked curiously.

"Have you looked through the content of his account for nearly five years? Thank you for your hard work, I admire you so much!" Someone opened the nerd's Twitter, and instantly a variety of content appeared on the screen. There was no end to it even if you scroll down.

This person also made all the content public, without setting it to be visible for half a year or a year. If it had been set, it would have been difficult for Xiao Zhou to find the clues so quickly. Five years of content may be a huge number for others, but for Xiao Zhou, browsing is not that complicated. He made full use of his twenty years of surfing speed and collected all the content he wanted from yesterday to today.

He also thoughtfully collected some evidence and put it in a folder for everyone to view. Of course, he also clearly remembered what he had browsed, and he didn't want others to go through it again, which would drive people crazy.

For those who are not very interested in social networking, it is simply difficult to deal with the tens of thousands of content from Xueba. Xiao Zhou also has a doubt in his mind, that is, who exactly is the company that jointly published this paper?

"Do you have any impression of this company? He is not the only author of this article. I initially guessed that this company funded him, but then I felt something was wrong. This company is really too mysterious!" Xiao Zhou said with a frown.

"A company that has been registered for more than 30 years, but no information can be found. Does it still exist? This paper was published two years later than the previous one, that is, three years ago..." added another person.

"According to our speculation, he should have been in a military research institute in recent years. What about this company? How did they get in touch?" Another person raised the question.

“Could it be that this company is also interested in his research, so they are collaborating on research together?” The reason why Xiao Zhou was so concerned about this issue was mainly because he wanted to determine the possibility of the results of this paper being used by the research institute.

If this person is collaborating with other companies, then this paper may not be adopted by the research institute, and this is not his exclusive achievement. In short, it is crucial to figure out this problem, and this is the power of details. Maybe some people will think it doesn't matter, and just give up on this point if they can't figure it out, but Xiao Zhou will not do that.

He has a nickname in the institute called "Zhou Paopi", not because he is stingy and haggard about money, but because he is extremely careful when facing a problem and will dig out the details bit by bit. His seriousness can be compared with the miser in the book.

"This company? I haven't heard of it, and it's impossible that I've heard of it! I checked it online, and it seems to be an old, small, shabby company. Thirty years ago, a registration cost of one million was not bad, but now it's not worth mentioning at all." Someone answered.

"There's not even a mailing address or specific contact information. This is too irregular! Maybe it's just a shell company that's on the verge of bankruptcy?" another person speculated.

"It is also possible that this company was opened by this person! I mean, it may have been a small company before, which went bankrupt after the financial crisis, and then he spent some money to acquire it and used it as his own secret research base?" Someone else put forward a bold hypothesis.

"And then what? Are they going to develop secret weapons to invade the Earth or save the world? This sounds like a plot in a novel. It's unlikely!" someone said jokingly.

After hearing what Xiao Zhou said, the others naturally understood his concerns and started to search together. They also made random guesses and made nonsense. (End of this chapter)