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

After the successful completion of its maiden voyage test, the subsequent data analysis and system optimization work of the Xuanyuan Spacecraft Carrier was handed over to the expert group for full responsibility.

Lin Feng did not linger at the Northwest base. After briefly explaining the precautions, he summoned Zhao Weiguo, and the two boarded a private jet, cutting through the sky over the Northwest Gobi Desert, and flew towards that long-lost mountain city.

Outside the porthole, the sea of ​​clouds churned. Lin Feng closed his eyes, finally giving his nerves, which had been taut for three years, a chance to relax slightly. He had once again left for three years—how many three-year periods does one have in a lifetime?

When the special plane landed at the mountain city airport, the city lights were already on.

Zhao Weiguo's convoy silently entered the city and finally stopped in front of that familiar villa. The osmanthus flowers in the yard were in bloom, and their fragrance could be smelled even through the car windows. Lin Feng got out of the car and saw warm light streaming through the French windows of the living room, with figures moving around inside.

He took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.

The door opened.

Shen Moran stood in the doorway, a spatula in her hand and an apron tied around her neck. She paused for two seconds, her eyes instantly reddening. "You're back?" Her voice choked with emotion, a thousand words ultimately condensed into these three.

"Yes, I'm back." Lin Feng smiled.

Father Lin Guodong stood up from the sofa, the newspaper slipping from his hand and falling to the floor. Mother Su Wenqing trotted out of the kitchen, her hands still covered in flour. Two children, about seven or eight years old—younger sister Lin Chuxue and son Lin Sibin—peeked out of the room, curiously observing this man who was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Brother..." Lin Chuxue called softly, then shrank back.

Lin Sibin hid behind Shen Moran, only showing half of his face, his eyes full of curiosity and timidity.

Lin Feng's heart tightened slightly. He knew that for a child, three years was almost a vague yet long period of time. His absence had left an undeniable blank in the child's memories of growing up.

"Come in quickly, dinner's ready." Su Wenqing wiped her eyes, turned and walked towards the kitchen, her voice trembling slightly, "I made your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs."

The atmosphere at dinner was warm but slightly awkward. His parents and Shen Moran kept putting food on his plate and asking him trivial questions about his recent situation—"Is work tiring?" "Is the food good?"—They never asked him what he did specifically; they only knew that he was working for the country, and that was enough.

Lin Chuxue and Lin Sibin spoke very little, simply focusing on their meal and occasionally stealing a glance at him. Lin Feng tried to chat with them, asking Chuxue about school and Sibin what toys he liked. The children's responses were initially brief, but as the meal progressed, the initial awkwardness gradually melted away in the warmth of their kinship and gentle smiles.

After the meal, Sibin even mustered up his courage and showed Lin Feng the Lego spaceship he had assembled.

"Is this a spaceship?" Lin Feng squatted down to look him in the eye.

"Yes! It can fly really, really far!" The child's eyes lit up.

"That's amazing." Lin Feng patted his head. "Maybe in the future, we'll see real, even bigger spaceships."

The child seemed to understand, but smiled happily nonetheless.

For the past month, Lin Feng has turned down most contacts, allowing only specific individuals to reach him. He and his family embarked on a long-awaited trip.

They went to see the misty rain of the Jiangnan water towns, to hear the melodious horse-head fiddle of the northern grasslands, to feel the sunset over the long river in the northwestern desert, and to appreciate the magnificent waves of the East China Sea. At the top of the Great Wall, Lin Feng pointed into the distance and said to the children, "Our ancestors once guarded this place." At the aerospace museum, he pointed to the rocket model and whispered, "In the future, we will go even further."

The mountains and rivers are magnificent, and life is peaceful. This month, there were no blueprints, no data, no countdown, only the laughter of family and the scenery along the way. It was like a precious sponge, absorbing the fatigue accumulated over the years, and allowing Lin Feng to more deeply realize that the foundation and ultimate goal of everything he had strived for was this ordinary yet precious human life.

However, those who gaze at the stars will not remain on the ground forever.

The month passed in the blink of an eye. On the day of parting, in the airport waiting hall, Shen Moran straightened his collar and whispered, "Go ahead and do your work, I'll take care of things at home." Lin Guodong patted his shoulder, "Take care of yourself." Su Wenqing turned away to wipe his tears. This time, Lin Chuxue and Lin Sibin didn't flinch, waving vigorously at him, "Dad (Brother), come back soon!"

Lin Feng hugged them one by one, then turned and walked into the boarding gate without looking back. He knew his back had to be firm.

The plane flew directly to Harbin.

The detached courtyard in the Harbin Institute of Technology professors' residential area remained as tranquil as ever amidst the autumn colors. Pushing open the gate, a familiar atmosphere greeted him. Lin Feng put down his simple luggage, brewed a cup of tea, and sat down at his desk.

The system simulates space, unfolding silently. Time flow ratio: 1:10.

With a slight thought, deep within his consciousness, the core theoretical knowledge of the micro-system for the bio-modification of natural satellites, which he had received as a reward from the Xuanyuan, slowly unfolded like a vast star map.

This is not a single technology, but a vast, complex, and interconnected systems engineering project. Its goal is to transform a barren, rocky planet into a vibrant oasis of life.

In his first year, he immersed himself in the ocean of basic theories.

[Atmosphere Construction Module]: This is not simply a matter of injecting gas. It requires considering the gas escape rate under the satellite's original gravity, photochemical reactions under stellar radiation, the initial atmospheric composition, and the phased pressure regulation curves. An incorrect parameter could lead to an uncontrolled greenhouse effect or premature atmospheric dissipation.

[Principle of Gravity Field Modulation]: This is the core technology that overturns existing understanding of physics. The principle involves the subtle intervention of the curvature of local spacetime, simulating a gravitational environment close to that of Earth on the satellite surface through a specific energy field generator. The energy formula is as complex as cryptic text, and stability control is the most challenging of all.

[The Creation of a Water Cycle System]: Where does water come from? Theory offers several solutions: mining potential ice layers or hydrated minerals inside satellites; guiding ice-rich asteroids into impacts; and, more advancedly, directly synthesizing water by separating hydrogen and oxygen from rocks and minerals through nuclear fusion energy. Then comes storage, distribution, and establishing an evaporation-precipitation cycle.

【Cultivation of Artificial Ecosystems】: This is the pinnacle of bioengineering. It requires designing a complete life sequence from microorganisms to plants to small animals. All species must undergo genetic modification to adapt to the radiation, temperature differences, and low gravity of the extraterrestrial environment (before the gravitational field is fully established).

[Radiation Protection Matrix]: Satellites lack a global magnetic field, making them highly vulnerable to cosmic rays and solar winds. The solution is to deploy devices in orbit or on the surface that generate directional protective magnetic fields, combined with specialized surface building materials, to create a double layer of protection.

Each branch of the theory was unfathomably deep. Lin Feng's consciousness processed this information at a speed dozens of times faster than that of ordinary people, constructing a vast three-dimensional knowledge network. Difficulties, key nodes, and technological path dependencies... gradually became clear.

The following year, he began the first full-system simulation.

The selected target is the Moon. Parameter input: diameter approximately 3476 kilometers, mass approximately 1/81 that of Earth, surface gravity approximately 1/6 that of Earth, almost no atmosphere, extreme temperature differences between day and night, presence of water ice…

Simulated startup.

The first step was site selection. He chose a crater on the near side of the moon with a diameter of about 100 kilometers. The terrain here was relatively enclosed, which facilitated early environmental control.

The second step is to deploy gravity field generators. Simulations show that to stably maintain a standard gravity of 1G, twelve main generators need to be buried at specific locations underground, forming an energy resonant network. The energy demand at startup is enormous, requiring a medium-sized fusion reactor specifically for power.

The third step was to construct the basic protective structure and a sealed dome. Within the area where the gravity field was effective, a huge, transparent, high-strength composite material dome was first built. After the interior was evacuated, artificial atmosphere was injected in a specific ratio. This step failed thirty-seven times—either the air pressure was unstable, causing the dome to rupture, or the gas ratio was imbalanced, producing toxic compounds.

The fourth step was to introduce a water source. The simulation employed a method to guide an ice-rich asteroid. A failed orbital calculation resulted in an asteroid impact with excessive energy, directly destroying the entire initial base. It was time to start over.

The fifth step is soil activation and the sowing of life. This is the most delicate step. After introducing specially prepared pioneer microorganisms, the simulation accelerates time. Watching the barren lunar soil gradually soften and become rich in organic matter under the action of these microorganisms; then mosses begin to spread, stabilizing the soil and producing trace amounts of oxygen; and then more complex herbaceous plants are added…

A self-consistent micro-ecosystem slowly and tenaciously emerges in the simulation.

However, problems kept arising: a group of microorganisms mutated out of control due to radiation, frantically consuming nutrients and causing the system to collapse; introduced plants produced unexpected metabolites, poisoning the water; simulated micro-animals reproduced too quickly, devouring all the plants...

Lin Feng recorded each failure, corrected the parameters, and adjusted the combination and timing of the introduction of life sequences.

In the third year, we continued to optimize and integrate.

The lessons learned from failures were accumulated into a rich database. Lin Feng began compiling a detailed operation manual—from a list of engineering equipment, a construction timeline, and emergency plans, to the breeding protocols for each genetically modified organism, monitoring indicators for each stage of the ecosystem, and intervention thresholds.

He broke down the entire transformation process into seven stages, each with clear objectives, acceptance criteria, and prerequisites for proceeding to the next stage. He designed a redundant system, preparing at least two backup plans for each critical link.

As the third year passed in the system space, a detailed, complete, and simulated "Implementation Plan for the Microsystem of Natural Satellite Biochemical Transformation (First Edition)" finally took shape in his mind.

From site selection and construction to gravity-based construction; from dome closure to atmospheric injection; from water diversion to lake formation to the sowing of life; from the establishment of a micro-ecosystem to the gradual expansion of the transformation scope... every step's technical details, resource requirements, time estimates, and risk responses are clearly listed.

Lin Feng's consciousness slowly emerged from the deep deduction.

Three years in the system space is only a little over a hundred days in the outside world.

He opened his eyes, his gaze as deep as the night sky, reflecting what seemed to be a silver planet awakening.