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

"For the glory of Atlantis! Fire!" The voice of Grand Commander Atlas, like shattering ice, boomed in the command channel of the flagship Poseidon.

The command is the prelude to destruction.

In an instant, hundreds of Shadow Shuttle assault ships scattered across the area simultaneously lit up with dazzling spots of light—a sign that their ultra-compressed phase laser arrays had reached their maximum power level. The next moment, hundreds of blazing white beams of light, so condensed they seemed capable of slicing through space, tore through the sky like thunderous spears hurled by gods, converging on China's defenses from all angles!

The target was the four majestic Xuanyuan space carriers and the Xuanyuan fighter jets escorting them!

This is Atlantis' ultimate weapon for conquering the earth, the sharpest fang on their technology tree.

The beam of light travels faster than the speed of sound, arriving in an instant.

In China, the air in the command center seemed to freeze.

Everyone held their breath, staring intently at the screen, awaiting the results of their first encounter.

Just as the first beam of light was about to hit the port side of the Xuanyuan aircraft carrier, a sudden change occurred!

A soft yet dense silver-gray halo simultaneously emanated from the outer armor of the Fuxi and several surrounding Xuanyuan fighters. This wasn't the dazzling light of an energy shield, but rather the result of the Nezha material's surface undergoing a controlled phase change and vaporization when its gradient energy dissipation layer was activated by an extreme energy impact!

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A piercing high-frequency sound of energy annihilation suddenly rang out, like millions of metal bees flapping their wings at the same time!

The anticipated melt-through, explosion, and flying debris did not occur!

Those deadly, ultra-compressed laser beams slammed into Nezha's armor. The outermost sacrificial material, upon contact, evaporated and ionized violently as if boiling, forming ephemeral clouds of high-temperature plasma that frantically devoured and scattered the laser's energy. The brightness of the laser beams diminished at a visible rate, and their penetrating power was greatly weakened.

When the decaying energy reached the core's matrix layer, an even more miraculous scene unfolded. The struck armor area, its silver-gray surface seemingly alive, began to undulate and flow at high speed! Nanoscale self-repair units worked frantically under energy stimulation, and the damaged atomic structure reorganized and regenerated at a speed far exceeding the limits of conventional materials! The pits and melt marks caused by the laser ablation began to be rapidly filled and repaired even before the beam had completely dissipated!

From the outside, it looked like deadly lasers were striking Chinese warships and aircraft, but they only stirred up violent ripples of energy and sparks of ionization, like pebbles thrown into a bottomless, resilient pool. After the beams dissipated, the hit areas were left with only slightly lighter-colored burn marks that were rapidly healing; the overall structure remained intact! Even the warships' flight attitude didn't show any noticeable sway!

"impossible!"

Inside the command center of the Poseidon, Atlas abruptly rose from his throne, his pupils constricted to pinpoints, his face contorted with utter shock and disbelief. Nereus and the other high-ranking officers beside him were equally dumbfounded, as if they had seen a ghost.

"Our light of judgment... has been blocked?!"

"Just some energy ripples? They didn't even penetrate the armor?!"

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief! An abnormal energy-matter synergy reaction has been detected on the surface of the enemy unit! Damage... the damage is rapidly self-repairing! The repair speed... surpasses the destruction speed of our weapons!" The reconnaissance officer's voice was choked with tears as he reported this mind-blowing data.

This was like a bolt from the blue! Their most powerful spear hadn't even left a decent wound on the opponent's seemingly ordinary shield?!

After a brief silence, the Huaxia Command Center erupted in a deafening cheer that had been suppressed for so long!

"It's blocked! It's really blocked!"

"Nezha's combat effectiveness has exceeded expectations!"

"Comrade Lin Feng's theory has succeeded!"

Old Li slowly unclenched his fist, a sharp glint in his eyes. Old Chen, even more excited, slammed his hand on the table: "Excellent! What a magnificent Shield of Immortality!"

In front of the screen, Lin Feng looked at the data and images transmitted in real time, a calm smile appearing on his face as he had expected. He knew that Nezha had passed the first and most important test.

"It seems we've accepted the gift from our guests." Old Li's voice, transmitted through the communication system, reached all combat units, calm yet containing a chilling killing intent. "Since they've brandished their weapons, we should show them just how sharp the sword of China can be."

The order to retaliate was already on the tip of his tongue.

However, at this critical moment, another unexpected event occurred!

From the southeastern high seas, twelve ornately painted and flamboyantly designed fighter jets, trailing long plumes of flame, stormed into the battlefield at incredible speed! The missiles mounted under their wings ignited first, shooting indiscriminately at the outermost Atlantis Shadow Shuttles, trailing white smoke! Immediately following, three steel giants, over thirty meters tall and resembling mobile fortresses—the Warlord mechs—were also dropped into the nearshore waters by giant transport planes. Braving the towering waves, their shoulder-mounted electromagnetic and laser cannons unleashed a fierce barrage on the Poseidon fleet in the air!

It is the Helios fighter jet and Warlord mech of the Western Federation!

"For freedom! For the world! Destroy these alien invaders!" The Western Federation pilots shouted with a sense of justice and excitement over the public channel. They chose to intervene at this critical moment, intending to crush the alien fleet in one fell swoop, stage a savior drama, and at the same time demonstrate their triumphant return to China and the world.

This sudden attack from a third party did indeed cause some chaos in the Atlantis fleet. Several unsuspecting Shadow Shuttles were hit on the sides by air-to-air missiles launched by the Sun God, their energy shields flashing violently; the secondary gun array of a Poseidon ship was also hit by the War Lord's electromagnetic cannons, billowing black smoke.

"Where did these bugs come from again?! They're asking for death!" Atlas's rage was instantly ignited. He was already burning with anger because his attack had been thwarted, and now to be ambushed by these toys from a backward civilization was an utter disgrace!

"Open fire! Wipe these damned tin toys from the face of the earth!" he roared as he gave the order.

This time, the Atlantis fleet launched a counterattack without holding back.

The super-compressed laser cannon, which had just attacked China and was easily blocked by Nezha's armor, quickly turned and locked onto the Helios fighters that were bravely charging forward and the war leader mechs that were traversing the sea.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

A denser and more intense barrage of beams rained down!

No miracle occurred.

The first Apollo fighter was grazed by a beam of light, its meticulously designed composite armor, touted as being able to withstand missiles, instantly melting away like a hot knife through butter! The fighter lost its balance, tumbling and crashing to the ground, the pilot not even having time to eject. Then, the second, the third… the beams were like the Grim Reaper calling names; with each strike, an Apollo was reduced to a burning fireball or disintegrated in mid-air.

"No! This is impossible! Our fighter jets..." Inside the Western Federation command center, the president's excitement and smugness froze instantly, turning into extreme terror.

On the sea, the Warlord mech attempted to withstand the attack with its heavy frontal armor and weakened electromagnetic shield. However, against the super-compressed laser, the shield crumbled like a soap bubble, and the thick armor held out for less than half a second before being pierced by the beam! Molten metal gushed from the massive wound, the fusion reactor inside exploded, and the over thirty-meter-tall steel giant, like a giant torch being lit, slowly capsized and sank into the frigid sea amidst a deafening explosion, creating towering waves.

In less than ten seconds.

All twelve of the Western Federation's most advanced Helios VII fighter jets were wiped out.

Three warlord mechs, built at great expense, have become three piles of sinking scrap metal.

The battlefield fell silent.

Only the crackling of burning wreckage, the groaning of twisting metal, and the crashing of surging seawater silently recounted the brief but brutal spectacle that had just unfolded.

The Western Federation command center was deathly silent. The president slumped in his chair, his face ashen, his lips trembling but unable to utter a sound. His illusions of regaining his prestige or even profiting from the situation were shattered so quickly and completely in the face of such overwhelming power, like bubbles in the sunlight.

In the China Command Center, everyone watched this scene with complex expressions. There was contempt for the Western Federation's overestimation of its own strength and opportunistic tactics, as well as a renewed and direct understanding of the power of Atlantis's weapons, but above all, there was a sense of awe.

The enemy's weapons were still deadly to targets that Nezha was not protecting.

Our counterattack must begin.

No longer waiting, Elder Li's voice, transmitted clearly and firmly through the encrypted channel, reached the ears of every Xuanyuan ship, every Xuanyuan fighter, and every White Tiger warrior:

"Attention all personnel, the enemy has been confirmed to be extremely hostile and has already launched an attack on our side and our allies."

"I command—"

"Golden Crow Array, full power activation!"

"Xuanyuan main cannon, lock onto enemy capital ship!"

"Fuxi Squadron, White Tiger Squadron, freely hunt down enemy assault ships and deployed units!"

"Objective: Annihilate the invading enemy and keep them outside the nation's borders!"

"China, unsheathe your sword!"