For a rare moment, the two contestants on stage didn't move.
Everyone in the studio held their breath, watching the showdown between Chloe Sinclair and Vincent with rapt attention.
After about a minute of prolonged silence, Chloe Sinclair and Vincent simultaneously looked up and returned to their seats.
Vincent kept his head down, his long bangs obscuring his thick lenses, but his hands moved without pause.
But everyone could see his complexion growing paler and paler.
It was no wonder. The Hodge Conjecture had remained unproven for ages.
Although Vincent was brilliant, how could he possibly solve it in such a short amount of time?
The Hodge Conjecture was one of the world's seven great unsolved mathematical problems, as well as a powerful tool for studying the shapes of complex objects.
With a difficulty rating as high as ten stars, countless scientists over the past few hundred years had dedicated their youth to it, some going to their graves without ever succeeding.
