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

There was no way for outsiders to contact Lin Feng, nor did they dare to disturb his research.

In the front-line command post, the commander-in-chief had not slept for three consecutive days.

His eyes were bloodshot and his face was haggard, but he remained tense and dared not relax for a moment.

On the holographic projection, the energy data of that blood-red beam of light was analyzed again and again, but each analysis result made the experts' hearts sink to the bottom.

The energy intensity of that beam was dozens of times that of human stellar weapons.

Its frequency composition is something that human elemental weapons cannot simulate.

Its destructive mechanism is something that human sunspot defenses cannot withstand.

That is a power that completely surpasses the current level of human technology.

Meanwhile, that unknown enemy is searching for the coordinates of the solar system.

The reconnaissance team detected unusual spatial fluctuations at a distance of 200 light-years from the solar system.

The same crimson light, the same violent energy, the same way of tearing space apart.

The enemy is searching, locating, and closing in.

The commander's fingers tapped incessantly on the command platform, issuing one order after another.

All exploration fleets have been recalled, all warships are arrayed in the outer reaches of the solar system, and all weapon systems are at maximum readiness.

But the commander knew that if the enemy truly found the solar system, if that blood-red beam of light truly shot towards Earth—

Humanity's current defensive capabilities are simply insufficient to stop it.

After all, Lin Feng's research is extremely important, and each study can help human civilization overcome major challenges.

From the blue planet to the solar system, from the solar system to the colorful Milky Way, from the colorful Milky Way to the cosmic battlefield.

Every time humanity faced a desperate situation, it was Lin Feng who used his wisdom to pave a way out for humanity.

Star weapons, elemental weapons, sunspot defense, space jump—every technology that changes the fate of humanity was painstakingly researched and developed by Lin Feng in the system simulation space.

This time, it is no exception.

The commander believed that as long as Lin Feng was given enough time, he would definitely be able to research the portal to time and space and find a way to fight against that blood-red enemy.

However, human civilization is now facing a huge crisis, and they can only forcibly contact Lin Feng.

time does not wait.

The latest data from reconnaissance units shows that the blood-red spatial rift is approaching the solar system at a rate of five light-years per day.

At this rate, the enemy will reach the outer reaches of the solar system in at most forty days.

Forty days.

For ordinary people, forty days is a long time.

But forty days is far too short for a study that could change the fate of humanity.

It might be too short to even cover a breakthrough in a key theory.

The commander gritted his teeth and made a difficult decision.

Contact Lin Feng.

His voice was hoarse but firm.

"No matter what he's doing, no matter how far he's gone in his research—"

We must tell him.

The assistant nodded, turned around, and quickly walked towards Lin Feng's laboratory.

His steps were hurried and heavy, and the light in the corridor cast flickering shadows on his face.

He knew that Lin Feng was researching the portal to time and space, that it was the most cutting-edge exploration of human civilization, and that every interruption could cause the research to fail.

But he also knew that if he didn't tell Lin Feng about the crisis humanity was facing, and if the enemy really did arrive in the solar system in forty days—

Humanity may never have another chance.

The assistant forced his way into Lin Feng's room.

When the laboratory door was pushed open, Lin Feng was sitting in the access chair in the system simulation space, his eyes closed and his brows furrowed.

His face was etched with exhaustion, his stubble had grown long, and his clothes were wrinkled, clearly indicating that he hadn't had a proper rest in a long time.

The assistant stood at the door, hesitated for a second, and then strode forward.

"President Lin."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet laboratory.

"An urgent message has come from the frontline command."

Lin Feng did not react; his consciousness was still in the system simulation space, deducing the last key theory of the spacetime gate in that pale world.

"President Lin!"

The assistant's voice rose a few decibels, tinged with anxiety.

"Human civilization is facing a huge crisis. The commander requests that you immediately suspend the research."

Lin Feng's eyelids twitched slightly.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes.

Those eyes were bloodshot, but still bright and sharp.

He sat up from the chair, looked at his assistant's anxious face, and a sense of foreboding welled up inside him.

Lin Feng's expression turned serious when he heard that human civilization was facing a huge crisis, that their weapons were as fragile as paper in front of the enemy's weapons, and that the enemy was searching for their coordinates.

The assistant used the most concise language to tell Lin Feng everything: the news of the Seventh Fleet's complete annihilation, the data on the blood-red beam, and the fact that the enemy was approaching the solar system.

There is no exaggeration, no concealment; every word is the truth.

Lin Feng's expression grew increasingly serious.

His brows furrowed deeply, and his fists clenched unconsciously.

The Seventh Fleet consists of twelve Great Roc warships, two hundred Wukong armored vehicles, and thousands of human warriors.

With a single strike, they were all destroyed.

They were powerless to resist.

Human defenses are completely ineffective against the enemy's weapons.

What does this mean?

This means that if that blood-red enemy finds the solar system, if that terrifying beam of light is shot towards Earth—

Human civilization may have come to an end.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Fear is useless, anger is useless, panic is useless.

The only way is to find the strength to fight the enemy.

"Immediately recall all our forces."

Lin Feng immediately said this to his assistant.

His voice was deep and firm, each word as hard as steel.

The assistant nodded emphatically.

"clear."

Lin Feng continued, "All fleets currently on missions abroad are to withdraw to the solar system. All exploration operations are to be suspended. The entire military is to enter a state of high alert, but refrain from launching any preemptive strikes—"

"Don't make unnecessary sacrifices before you have a clear understanding of the enemy's situation."

"Yes."

The assistant turned to relay the order, but Lin Feng stopped him.

"besides--"

Lin Feng paused, a complex light flashing in his eyes.

"Tell the commander that I will complete the research on the time portal as soon as possible."

"This is the only thing I can do right now."

The assistant looked into Lin Feng's eyes and saw the flames burning within them.

That is the flame of the thirst for knowledge, the flame of the will to survive, the flame of humanity's indomitable spirit.

"clear."

The assistant turned and left, his footsteps fading into the distance.

He did not go to command personally, because he had no good solutions for such a powerful enemy. Instead, he had successfully researched the Time Gate, which might bring hope to humanity.

Lin Feng stood by the window of the laboratory, looking at the starry sky outside.

The sun's rays remain warm, and the Earth continues its quiet rotation in its orbit.

But in the distant depths of the universe, a blood-red rift is approaching the solar system.

He didn't know what it was, where it came from, or why it attacked humans.

But he knew one thing—

Humanity needs a portal to time and space.

We need a power that transcends time to fight against that being that transcends space.

Lin Feng went back into the room and told his assistant that he must not be disturbed before the enemy arrived.

He turned around, looked at his assistant, and said, word by word:

"No matter what happens before the enemy arrives, do not come in."

"No matter what news comes from the front, don't tell me."

"I need to focus all my time, all my energy, and all my attention on the portal."

"This is humanity's only hope."

The assistant was silent for a moment, then bowed deeply.

"Mr. Lin, I understand."

"No one will bother you again until the enemy arrives."

Lin Feng nodded, turned around and walked back to the access chair in the system simulation space.

He sat down, closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank back into that pale white world.

Lin Feng understood that human civilization had reached a critical moment of life and death, so he did not hesitate to go into seclusion again and began to frantically study the Gate of Time and Space.

In the pale white world, Lin Feng stood in the void, before him the complete framework of the core theory of the Gate of Time and Space.

The formulas, principles, and concepts he had studied for hundreds of years were spinning rapidly in his mind.

He had simulated it countless times, failed countless times, and started over countless times.

Every failure brought him one step closer to success.

Each time he started over, his understanding of time deepened.

But he knew that what he needed was not just understanding, but a breakthrough.

An unprecedented breakthrough that transcends existing knowledge.

The clock is ticking.

In the system simulation space, day after day passed.

Lin Feng worked tirelessly, without sleep or food, burning his entire life before that tightly closed door of time.

He re-examined every formula of the portal to time and space, re-analyzed every principle, and rethinked every concept.

He combined his research findings on space jumps with the core theory of spacetime gates to search for the connection between space and time.

He compared the spatial ripples left when the divine tree tore through the void with the laws of time flow, searching for commonalities in dimensional crossing.

Day after day, month after month.

Lin Feng spent hundreds of years in the system's simulation space.

finally--

At the critical moment of life and death, Lin Feng finally understood the key to the portal of time and space.

It was a rainy night.

In the system simulation space, Lin Feng stood in the void, facing the formula that had troubled him for countless years.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

It is not the result of reasoning, nor the conclusion of calculation, but a sudden realization.

A sudden realization, like lightning piercing the night.

Time is not a straight line.

Time is a net.

A giant web woven from countless timelines.

Each timeline represents a possibility, and each node represents a choice.

The past, present, and future are not arranged linearly, but exist simultaneously.

The portal between time and space is not meant to take people back to the past or to the future, but rather to allow them to jump between different timelines.

From one possibility, we leap to another.

Jump from one option to another.

This is the secret of the portal between time and space.

This is the power of time.

Lin Feng stood in the void, tears silently streaming down his face.

It's not sadness, nor joy, but a sense of relief after finally reaching the other shore after going through countless hardships.

He successfully perfected the entire theory.

A complete theory of spacetime gates.

It is not a core theory bestowed by the will of the universe, but a complete and achievable theory of spacetime gates perfected by humankind itself.

Lin Feng exited the system simulation space and opened his eyes.

The laboratory lights were a bit too bright, but he didn't have time to adjust.

He stood up and strode towards the laboratory door.

The assistant was already waiting outside the door.

More than half of the forty days had passed, and the enemy was getting closer and closer, with everyone's hearts in their throats.

The moment the lab door opened and Lin Feng stepped out, the assistant's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"President Lin—"

"The theory of the portal between time and space has been successfully perfected."

Lin Feng's voice was calm, but every word carried immense weight.

The assistant froze on the spot, then suddenly turned around and ran towards the command center.

His footsteps echoed in the corridor, growing farther and farther away, more and more hurried.

"The next step is to immediately develop a portal to a different time and space."

Lin Feng's voice echoed in the corridor as he spoke into the communication channel, directly contacting all the experts in the technology alliance.

"All experts, assemble at the laboratory."

"All resources will be prioritized for the Time Gate project."

"All work must make way for the portal to time and space."

"We don't have time."

Upon receiving the news, the experts from the science and technology alliance rushed to the laboratory as quickly as possible.

Dozens of humanity's top scientists gathered together, and on the holographic projection, Lin Feng's perfected theory of the Time-Space Gate was fully displayed before them.

Every formula is crystal clear, every principle is rigorous and meticulous, and every step is practical and feasible.

The experts looked at the theories with disbelief in their eyes.

This is not fantasy, not speculation, but real and achievable science.

"The Gate of Time and Space..."

An elderly scientist with white hair muttered to himself, his voice trembling.

"Can we really do it?"

Lin Feng stood in front of the holographic projection, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

His eyes burned with unwavering determination.

"able."

His voice wasn't loud, but every word was as hard as steel.

"We can definitely do it."

He had a premonition that this portal and space-time jump technology was their only chance to escape the disaster.

That blood-red enemy was too powerful, so powerful that human weapons were like paper in front of it.

In a direct confrontation, humanity has no chance of winning.

But the portal to time and space is different.

The portal between timelines allows humans to jump between different timelines, to find a worldline where the enemy does not exist, and to search for ways to fight the enemy in time and space.

Spatial jumps allow people to traverse space.

The portal to time and space allows people to travel through time.

The combination of space and time is humanity's only hope in fighting that blood-red enemy.

"Let's begin."

Lin Feng turned around and looked at the design drawing of the Time Gate on the holographic projection.

"We don't have time."

In the laboratory, everyone sprang into action simultaneously.

On the holographic projection, every component of the portal is being decomposed, analyzed, and allocated.

Lin Feng personally oversaw the design of the energy core, mathematical experts tackled the establishment of the coordinate system, and physicists studied the improvement of the safety mechanism.

Everyone is working hard, and every minute is being made full use of.

Outside the laboratory, the solar system has entered its final state of readiness.

All the warships were arrayed in the starry sky, all the weapon systems were fully charged, and all the warriors were waiting for that final moment to arrive.

The last data transmitted back by the reconnaissance unit showed that the blood-red spatial rift was less than ten light-years away from the solar system.

Three days.

The enemy will arrive in three days at most.

Can humanity discover a time portal in just three days?

Nobody knows the answer.

But everyone is doing their best for it.

Lin Feng stood in the center of the laboratory, watching the busy experts and the space-time portal taking shape on the holographic projection.

A final hope burned in his heart.

Three days.

Seventy-two hours.

Four thousand three hundred and twenty minutes.

259,200 seconds.

Every second is precious.

Every second could be the last moment of human civilization.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, lowered his head, and continued his work.

On the holographic projection, the blueprint for the portal to time and space is becoming more and more complete.

That door, capable of changing the fate of humankind, is gradually moving from theory to reality.