Rejecting Tsinghua and Peking Universities: I Will Lead Harbin Institute of Technology to World Lead

Seven days after the completion of the Hua Tuo No. 2 mass vaccination program.

Lin Feng stood in front of the control panel, looking at the data on the screen, his heart calm.

Three years of simulations in the system space and three months of fierce battles in the real world have finally yielded this result.

Without alerting anyone, he quietly packed his belongings and left.

Three hours later, Lin Feng boarded a private plane bound for the mountain city.

In my mind, the familiar notification tone arrived as scheduled.

【Ding! 】

[The Hua Tuo No. 1 antiviral drug and Hua Tuo No. 2 vaccine, developed under the host's leadership, have been successfully manufactured in the real world.]

[Project rewards are now being distributed...]

Lin Feng's spirits lifted slightly.

[Reward 1: Complete set of artificial cultivation techniques for Ganoderma lucidum]

A torrent of knowledge flooded into consciousness.

It's not a simple planting method; it's a complete and sophisticated artificial cultivation system, encompassing everything from spore selection and culture medium optimization to light control, temperature and humidity regulation, pest and disease control, and active ingredient enrichment.

【描述：通过模拟血灵芝野生生长环境的极限参数，实现人工环境下药性成分超过野生品150％，生长周期从野生状态下的7-10年缩短至2-3年。关键活性成分灵芝多糖GPC-7含量提升至野生品的2.3倍。】

This medicinal herb is one of the core ingredients of Qinglong Primary Gene Agent, accounting for 17.8% of the total formula weight.

Lin Feng's eyelids twitched.

Blood Ganoderma – this is precisely the biggest bottleneck hindering the Qinglong project!

Three months ago, when he handed over the theoretical system of Qinglong medicine to Academician Zhang, he specifically marked seven core medicinal materials. Five of them have been artificially cultivated or chemically synthesized, but only Blood Lingzhi and Yin Yang Grass can only be collected from the wild.

Wild Ganoderma lucidum has demanding growing conditions, and it is only occasionally found at altitudes above 3,000 meters on the decaying roots of specific tree species. The annual harvest nationwide does not exceed 50 kilograms, while the annual demand for Qinglong medicine to be widely available to the public is at least... 5,000 tons.

Fifty kilograms versus five thousand tons.

This is a gap of 100,000 times.

The medicinal herb group led by Academician Zhang tried all known artificial cultivation techniques, and even used tissue culture and gene editing, but the cultivated blood Ganoderma either could not survive or had less than one-tenth the medicinal properties of the wild product.

This bottleneck held up the Qinglong project for a full three months.

And now...

[Reward 2: Complete Artificial Cultivation Techniques for Yin-Yang Grass]

A second set of knowledge systems emerged.

Equally complete, equally exquisite.

【描述：破解阴阳草昼阳夜阴的生长奥秘，通过人工光源模拟与土壤微生物群落调控，实现药性成分超过野生品180％，生长周期从5-8年缩短至2-3年。关键活性成分阴阳素YN-9含量提升至野生品的2.8倍。】

This medicinal herb is one of the core ingredients of Qinglong Primary Gene Agent, accounting for 12.3% of the total formula weight.

The predicament of Yin-Yang Grass is similar to that of Blood Lingzhi—or even more challenging. This grass only grows deep within caves at specific latitudes and longitudes, requiring a completely dark environment and special stalactite seepage.

[Reward 3: Cash Reward - 50 million Huaxia Coins]

The funds have been injected in accordance with regulations and can be accessed at any time.

The rewards have been distributed.

Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes, the sunlight outside the porthole making him squint slightly.

But the excitement in my heart was more intense than the sunlight.

Blood Ganoderma, Yin-Yang Herb.

So, these two ultimate problems that were holding up the Azure Dragon project were... solved just like that?

The system seemed to understand his predicament and handed him the most crucial key when he needed it most.

"With these two things..." Lin Feng muttered to himself, "the Azure Dragon Potion can move from the laboratory to the production line."

Everyone is like a dragon.

This dream is finally within reach.

The plane landed in the mountain city at noon.

Lin Feng didn't notify anyone and took a taxi home alone.

The lockdown barriers at the entrance of the residential compound have been removed, and the temporary checkpoint on the street corner has also been taken down. Children are chasing and playing in the open space, elderly people are sitting on benches basking in the sun, and the familiar shouts of vendors can be heard from the market…

Life is truly back.

He stood outside his house and looked out the window. He saw his wife busy in the kitchen, his mother helping their two children with a puzzle in the living room, and his father tending to the few potted plants that had survived the disaster on the balcony.

everything is fine.

This is enough.

Lin Feng did not push the door open and go in.

He stood outside the door for three minutes, imprinting the images of his family members deeply into his mind.

Then, he turned and left.

This virus crisis served as an unprecedented wake-up call for him.

During the three months of fighting the epidemic, he witnessed firsthand the fragility of life—even with the most advanced medical technology and the bravest medical staff, humanity is still like a candle flickering in the wind when faced with an unknown virus.

If Hua Tuo's medicine hadn't been developed in time, and if vaccines hadn't been rapidly distributed, what would this country have become?

He dared not think.

"We must accelerate the development of the Azure Dragon Elixir." Lin Feng silently made this decision on his way to the airport. "Only by ensuring that everyone has stronger immunity, healthier bodies, and longer lifespans... can we have a greater chance of survival when the next disaster strikes."

This is not unfounded worry.

Lin Feng arrived in Shanghai that afternoon.

Instead of going to the Qinglong Laboratory, he went directly to a newly built special medicinal herb cultivation base in the suburbs.

This place was originally an experimental site for the artificial cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum and Yin-Yang grass, which was overseen by Academician Zhang. Over the past three months, hundreds of millions of yuan have been invested, but not a single seedling has survived.

When the base manager saw Lin Feng, he was filled with shame: "Chief Engineer Lin, we... have failed again. The 207th batch of spores all failed to germinate."

Lin Feng waved his hand and walked into the sterile cultivation room.

He glanced at the sophisticated temperature control chambers, humidity regulators, and light simulation systems—the equipment was world-class, but the direction was wrong.

"Stop everything," Lin Feng ordered. "Rearrange everything according to my plan."

He took out an encrypted tablet from his backpack and accessed the cultivation techniques he had just obtained.

「血灵芝组，準备以下原料：云杉木屑、火山岩碎粒、长白山深层腐殖土，按7:2:1比例混合。水质必须使用pH6.8-7.2的冰川融水模拟液。光照条件改为……」

Each instruction was clearly issued.

The technicians at the base were initially hesitant—Lin Feng's plan contradicted all existing theories of artificial cultivation. For example, traditional theory suggests that Blood Lingzhi requires complete darkness, but Lin Feng requires three hours of specific wavelength blue light exposure every day.

But no one dared to question it.

Because the person who gave the order was Lin Feng.

Three days later, a miracle occurred.

The 208th batch of Ganoderma lucidum spores germinated within 24 hours in the culture medium prepared according to Lin Feng's plan. The delicate hyphae spread like a white spider web, forming visible colonies three days later.

A week later, the first blood-red Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body emerged from the soil. Its color was not the dark red of the wild state, but a more vibrant blood red, with a surface as glossy as a gemstone.

"The active ingredient test results are in!" The lab technician's voice trembled. "The GPC-7 content of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide... is 2.5 times that of the wild sample! All other thirteen active ingredients exceed those of the wild product!"

The entire base was in an uproar.

The Yin-Yang Grass group boasted even more – this miraculous grass, which is said to be "impossible to cultivate artificially," sprouted in five days, grew its first pair of "Yin-Yang leaves" in fifteen days, and matured in thirty days in the special cave simulation environment provided by Lin Feng.

Test results showed that the content of Yin-Yang Su (YN-9) was 3.1 times that of wild products.

Both bottlenecks were broken simultaneously.

When the news reached the Qinglong Laboratory, Academician Zhang was presiding over a research meeting. Upon hearing the report, the old man dropped his laser pointer, froze for three seconds, and then abruptly stood up:

"Immediately! Immediately expand the cultivation scale! We must complete the initial trial within three months, complete injections for more than half of the population within three years, and popularize it nationwide within five years!"

The entire Qinglong project was like a rocket being fueled, and it began to move forward at full speed.

With a stable, high-quality, and sufficient supply of raw materials, all links in the supply chain have been opened up.

The gene editing team optimized the vector delivery efficiency.

The formulation team improved the sustained-release properties of the drug.

The safety assessment team has completed the final batch of long-term observations of primates.

The clinical trial team designed an innovative adaptive clinical trial protocol that allows for dynamic adjustments to the dosing regimen based on early data, significantly shortening the trial period while ensuring safety.

When Lin Feng returned to the Azure Dragon Laboratory, this was the scene he saw:

Everyone is running.

The corridor was filled with hurried footsteps, the laboratory was filled with the frantic hum of instruments, and the conference room lights stayed on all night.

No one needs to urge them on, because everyone knows that what they are creating is not a new drug, but a completely new starting point for the life of a nation.

Three months, ninety days.

Time flies by in a frantic sprint.

Day 90, early morning.

The core sterile workshop of Qinglong Laboratory.

Lin Feng stood in front of the observation window, watching the automated production line complete the final filling process.

The robotic arm precisely injects the pale gold liquid into specially made glass ampoules, then laser seals, labels, and boxes them... The whole process is as smooth as flowing water, with ten ampoules of medicine coming off the production line every second.

At the end of the production line, Academician Zhang personally picked up the first finished product.

The glass ampoule gleamed with a warm luster under the light. The liquid inside wasn't the milky white of Hua Tuo's medicine, but a soft golden color like the morning sun. A gentle shake revealed billions of nanometer-sized lipid particles suspended within the liquid, each particle encapsulating a genetic tool capable of rewriting the code of life.

"Qinglong primary gene agent, batch 001, production complete." The old man's voice echoed throughout the workshop via loudspeaker. "All quality inspection items have passed."

The workshop was initially silent.

Then, thunderous applause erupted.

This time, no one suppressed their emotions.

Three months of repression, ninety days of waiting, countless failures and restarts... all turned into tears and cheers at this moment.

Lin Feng took the vial and stared at the golden liquid inside through the glass.

I think of the lives lost and the families shattered when the virus raged.

And now...

This medicine will change everything.

"Notify Elder Chen," Lin Feng carefully placed the drug back into the incubator, "The Azure Dragon Primary Gene Drug has been successfully developed. Apply to initiate Phase I clinical trials."

The order has been issued.

The encrypted dedicated line is connected.

On the other end of the phone, Mr. Chen remained silent for a full ten seconds.

Then, the old man said only one word:

"allow."

The phone hangs up.

Lin Feng walked out of the workshop and came to the rooftop of the laboratory.

In the east, the rising sun is bathing the East China Sea in golden light.