HEP theory publishing

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>be physics grad
>develop a new way of working with gluons that reduces computational complexity
>tell about it to a couple of HEP profs, they seem stoked and tell me to check out certain authors
>go through literature and see something resembling what I'm doing but not quite
>come to my advisor excited, tell her if I can publish this
>she acts extremely discouraging, telling me that there's most likely stuff like that already out there
>she herself isn't an expert on the subject by any means
>gives me a very cold vibe about the whole thing
Should I continue on with this or not bother as per my advisor's advice? Is this something about shitty publishing culture?