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

Humanity's power is growing stronger and stronger.

In the Milky Way, the sun's light has expanded to 150 times its original size, and its intense golden radiance illuminates the entire Milky Way sky, from the Orion Arm to the Perseus Arm, from the galactic disk to the galactic halo. Every planet that once belonged to human civilization is bathed in this warm light.

On the outer edge of the solar system, a thousand death shockwave cannons are neatly arrayed on a defensive platform. Their deep black muzzles shimmer with starlight in the night sky, like singularities in a black hole—beautiful yet deadly. Each cannon is capable of destroying half a galaxy with a single strike.

In the spaceport, 50,000 giant warships were neatly moored, their silver hulls gleaming with the black sheen of their death shockwave main cannons. Each warship was equipped with a state-of-the-art space jump device, capable of reaching any corner of the universe in an instant.

In the military base, 100,000 Wukong armored vehicles are ready to go. The black steel giants stand silently, each with a miniature death shockwave emitter embedded in its chest, and a deep black light flows across the surface of the armor.

Human civilization has become the undisputed ruler of the Milky Way, possessing the power to conquer the universe.

In the following period, humanity began to travel to different parts of the universe via space jumps.

Commander-in-Chief Zhou led the main fleet in an attack on the Andromeda Galaxy near the Milky Way. Fifty thousand giant Peng warships emerged from space jumps and appeared on the outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy. One hundred thousand Wukong armors deployed in front of the warships, black steel giants covering the entire starry sky.

The civilization of the Andromeda Galaxy was utterly defeated by the human invasion. Eighty percent of their fleet was destroyed in the first wave of the death shockwave, their star was stripped of its source in the second wave, and their galaxy began to collapse in the third wave.

Within a week, the Andromeda Galaxy was completely conquered by humankind. All the stellar resources were plundered, all the rare minerals were mined out, and all the technological data was recovered and analyzed.

The voice of the cosmic will resounded in the minds of all humanity: "The Milky Way is conquered, the galaxy triumphs. The victor receives the cosmic gift—a share of the cosmic origin."

The fourth element of the universe was integrated into the core of the spacetime gate and space jump.

Through constant wars and plundering, and even as they conquered one galaxy after another, they obtained more and more of the universe's essence.

In the second month, the Triangulum Galaxy was conquered by humankind. The fifth source of the universe.

In the third month, the Sombrero Galaxy was conquered by humanity. The sixth source of the universe.

In the fourth month, the Black Eye Galaxy was conquered by humanity. The seventh source of the universe.

In the fifth month, the Whirlpool Galaxy was conquered by humankind. The eighth part of the cosmic origin.

Every month, humanity conquers a new galaxy. Every month, the will of the universe bestows a new cosmic essence. Every month, the power of spacetime portals and spatial jumps grows stronger.

Lin Feng did not personally command these wars; he devoted all his energy to the system simulation space.

As the amount of cosmic origins increased, Lin Feng discovered a secret through simulations within the system space.

A pale world unfolded before his eyes. Lin Feng stood in the void, facing the Gate of Time and Space and the core theory of space jump, as well as the eight invisible cosmic origins.

He activated the portal to time and space simultaneously, and the azure blue power of time and space intertwined, collided, and merged with the azure blue power of space in the void. During the fusion of the two forces, the eight primordial cosmic elements continuously released faint power, like eight hearts beating, each beat spreading out invisible ripples into the surrounding void.

Lin Feng closed his eyes, focusing all his consciousness on the ripples. He felt the power of the universe's origin, analyzed its frequency, and traced its trajectory.

The power of the eight origins vibrated, intertwined, and resonated continuously during the fusion of the spacetime gate and the spatial jump. The frequency of that resonance was completely different from the spatial ripples that Lin Feng had previously observed in the ruins of the Pandora galaxy; it was deeper, more ancient, and closer to the bottom layer of the universe.

The more primal force he possessed, the more he was able to perceive a trace of the primal force when he merged with the portal of time and space and the space jump.

When there is only one source, the feeling is extremely faint, so faint as to be almost imperceptible. When there are three sources, the feeling begins to become clearer. When there are five sources, the feeling is strong enough that Lin Feng can accurately capture every fluctuation released by the universe's source during the fusion process.

When he had eight sources of origin, Lin Feng finally saw things clearly.

At the instant the portal and the space jump merge, the eight primal forces of the universe simultaneously release a faint power. This power is not random or chaotic, but follows an extremely precise law—they vibrate, resonate, and release energy in the same direction at the same time.

That direction leads to the very bottom of the universe.

That direction is the origin of time and space.

That direction is where the origin of the universe was born.

Lin Feng stood in the void, his eyes gleaming with barely suppressed excitement. He had finally found a clue, finally found a direction, and finally seen a glimmer of hope.

This means that as long as he has enough of the universe's origin, he can really study the true origin of the universe and then steal this most fundamental power.

If he possessed ten portions of the Origin, he could perceive the resonant laws of the universe's origin more clearly. If he possessed twenty portions of the Origin, he could accurately pinpoint the location of the universe's origin's birth. If he possessed fifty portions of the Origin, he could attempt to replicate the composition of the universe's origin. If he possessed one hundred portions of the Origin, he could—

Stealing the origin of the universe.

To steal the most powerful force that belongs to the will of the universe.

Lin Feng opened his eyes, his gaze burning with an unprecedented light.

One hundred galaxies. Humanity needs to conquer one hundred galaxies to obtain one hundred portions of the cosmic origin. One hundred galaxies may sound like a lot, but for human civilization at this stage, it's merely a matter of time.

Fifty thousand giant Peng warships, one hundred thousand Wukong armors, death shockwaves, time-space gates, space jumps. Humanity possesses all the conditions to conquer the universe.

Lin Feng exited the system simulation space and strode towards the command center.

"Pass down the order." Lin Feng's voice echoed in the command center, firm and powerful. "Conquest plan, accelerate to full speed. All fleets, launch an attack. Objective: Conquer all galaxies in the universe."

"Each fleet is responsible for a direction, and each month we will conquer a galaxy. I want to obtain the most cosmic essence in the shortest amount of time."

"Yes!" everyone answered in unison.

First Commander Zhou led the main fleet in an attack on the galactic clusters behind the Milky Way. Second Commander Zhang led the Second Fleet in an attack on the galactic clusters above the Milky Way. The Third Fleet, the Fourth Fleet, the Fifth Fleet… one fleet after another set off from the solar system, using space jumps to reach every corner of the universe.

Every month, good news arrives back to the solar system. Every month, new galaxies are conquered by humankind. Every month, new cosmic origins are bestowed upon us by the will of the universe.

The ninth copy, the tenth copy, the fifteenth copy, the twentieth copy.

Within the system's simulation space, Lin Feng continuously sensed the newly acquired origins. With each additional origin, his perception of the resonance patterns of the universe's origins became clearer. When he reached twenty origins, he could accurately predict the timing, frequency, and direction of each resonance.

When the origin reaches thirty parts, he can already simulate the resonance process of the universe's origin in the system's simulation space. Although it is only a simulation, and although it is not the true origin of the universe, it is already the closest human civilization has ever come to the origin of the universe.

When the origin reached forty parts, Lin Feng finally saw the true face of the origin of the universe.

That is not energy, not matter, not space, not time. It is the most fundamental law of the universe, the origin of all things, the mother of time and space. It has no shape, no color, no size, but it exists in every corner of the universe, in the core of every star, and in the consciousness of every living being.

It is the source of the power of the universe's will, the essence of the universe's gifts, and the ultimate secret of the gate to spacetime and space jumps.

Lin Feng stood in the void of the system simulation space, watching the forty portions of the universe origin resonate continuously during the fusion process of the space-time gate and space jump, his eyes flashing with an unprecedented light.

Soon. Soon, he will truly understand the composition of the universe's origin. Soon, he will be able to replicate his own universe's origin. Soon, he will be able to steal the most fundamental power belonging to the universe's will.

At that time, human civilization will no longer need the gifts of the cosmic will. At that time, human civilization will possess its own cosmic origin. At that time, human civilization will become a true power in the universe, standing on equal footing with the cosmic will.

Lin Feng exited the system simulation space and stood in front of the porthole of the command center, looking at the sun, which was 150 times the size of the sun, at the warships lined up in the starry sky, and at the communication channels that were constantly transmitting good news.

His lips curled up slightly, revealing a cold smile.

Divine Tree, you are still gathering power in some corner of the universe. You are still devouring more galaxies and accumulating more primal energy. You think you will become stronger, you think you will one day return to take revenge.

But what you don't know is that humans are also getting stronger. And, humans are getting stronger even faster than you are.

When you reappear, when you think you are powerful enough—you will find that humanity has already possessed the power to steal the very essence of the universe. You will find that all the essence you painstakingly devoured from countless galaxies is nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter before humanity.

Next time, you won't have another chance to escape.

Lin Feng turned around and strode towards the laboratory. Within the system simulation space, there were still more origins waiting for him to perceive, more secrets waiting for him to discover, and even more powerful forces waiting for him to master.