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

As humanity's hope was rekindled, the reconstruction of the solar system was in full swing.

Cities on Earth rose from the ruins, and the new buildings were stronger and more beautiful than before the war.

Military bases on Mars are being expanded, and docks for the Death Ships are being built one after another. Jupiter's spaceports have resumed operation, with spaceships shuttling back and forth between the moons in a busy yet orderly fashion.

Saturn's research station has been restarted, where scientists are studying data collected from the war, trying to find more clues about that mysterious force from the resurrected enemies.

The cosmic compression device operates day and night deep within the solar system, continuously compressing the cosmic forces within a radius of millions of light-years into the cosmic origin.

One by one, the essence was stored, providing a continuous source of energy for the Heavenly Emperor Weapon. The Heavenly Emperor Weapon stood tall on the outer edge of the solar system, its deep black muzzle silently guarding the starry sky, becoming the most powerful shield for human civilization.

Humanity's fleet is being rebuilt; half a million death ships are neatly moored in spaceports, their silver hulls gleaming brightly in the sunlight. One and a half million Death Armor suits stand ready in military bases, these black steel giants standing silently. Humanity's power is recovering and growing stronger at a faster pace than before the war.

Lin Feng stood in front of the porthole in the command center, looking at the sun, which was five thousand times larger than the sun, at the homes that were being rebuilt, and at the warships lined up in the starry sky. A complex mix of emotions welled up in his heart.

The war is over, the enemy has been eliminated, and the solar system has been preserved. But those fallen comrades will never return, those assimilated compatriots have found peace, and everything lost in the war is irretrievable.

Just then, a cold and authoritative voice rang in his mind.

The voice of the will of the universe resounded in Lin Feng's mind.

That voice was different from any other before; it was no longer indifferent, no longer aloof, but carried a deep weariness, a sense of vicissitudes of countless years, and a helplessness in the face of a nemesis.

"Lin Feng, leader of human civilization, you are qualified to know the truth."

Lin Feng's body trembled slightly, and his pupils suddenly contracted. The will of the universe had contacted him, and not in a public way that was broadcast to all civilizations, but in a private way that was spoken only to him.

The will of the universe revealed the secrets of the entire universe to Lin Feng.

The voice slowly unfolded in Lin Feng's mind, as if telling an ancient story spanning countless years. Images appeared before Lin Feng's eyes, the scene at the beginning of the universe, before chaos was created, before space and time were separated, and everything was sleeping in nothingness.

That is, the universe they live in is not a complete universe; the current universe is actually nine universes that have been split off.

In the beginning of the universe, it was a complete, unified, and indivisible whole. There were no parallel universes, no spacetime barriers, and no separation between universes.

The entire universe is like a giant egg, with all power concentrated within it and all laws operating within it. But at the moment of the universe's birth, two wills simultaneously emerged.

Two wills, born from the same chaos, awakened from the same void, and emerged from the same universe. They are like twins, one representing creation and life, the other representing destruction and death. They exist simultaneously, grow simultaneously, and simultaneously possess control over the entire universe.

The universe was divided because it gave birth to two wills.

The conflict between two wills is inevitable. Creation and destruction, life and death, existence and nothingness—they are two sides of the same coin in the universe, yet they are also the most fundamental oppositions.

When two wills simultaneously attempted to control the entire universe, conflict erupted. It was a war that lasted for countless ages, and the entire universe trembled in the confrontation between the two wills.

Ultimately, the will to create made a difficult decision—it split the universe into nine parallel universes, sealing itself and the will to die in different universes.

Nine universes, nine seals, dispersing the power of the will to death into nine different dimensions. It can no longer control the entire universe, nor can it easily destroy everything.

One will is the will to die, and the undead enemy that attacks them is the command of the death will of the universe, which wants to destroy everything in the universe and create a lifeless universe.

Those enemies that could not be killed in war, those compatriots who were resurrected and became puppets, those endless undead legions—all are masterpieces of the will to die.

The Will of Death can control all that has died, can resurrect all matter that once possessed life, and can turn warships, armor, and warriors into its puppets. This is because warships are the matter of the universe, armor is the energy of the universe, and warriors are the life of the universe—they are all part of the universe, and the Will of Death controls all the dead, destroyed, and ended parts of the universe.

Those civilizations destroyed by human civilization, those enemies eliminated in the process of conquest, those warriors who sacrificed their lives in war—all of them were resurrected by the will of death, all of them were controlled by it, and all of them became its weapons to attack human civilization.

This is why those enemies cannot be killed, because the will of death forbids them from dying. This is why those annihilated enemies keep resurrecting, because the will of death allows them to be resurrected. This is why those sacrificed warriors become enemies, because the will of death controls the power of death.

The other will is the primordial will, which is the most primitive state of the entire universe. It does not interfere with anything in the universe, but the death will of the universe wants to destroy everything, so it has to come out to fight against the death will.

Primal will is the most original state of the universe; it is the power of creation and life, the law of existence and continuation. It does not actively intervene in anything in the universe, nor does it interfere with the rise and fall of civilizations, nor does it determine the survival of a race. It simply observes quietly, silently guards, and allows the universe to operate according to its own laws.

But the threat of the will to death compels the primal will to step forward. If the will to death prevails, the entire universe will be reduced to nothingness. All stars will extinguish, all planets will shatter, and all life will cease. The universe will become a desolate void, devoid of existence, meaning, and future.

Therefore, the primal will had to confront the will of death. It could not act directly, for a direct clash between the two wills would tear the entire universe apart. It could only rely on life within the universe, on civilizations that grew stronger through war, and on races with limitless potential.

It allows civilizations to plunder each other, races to wage war against each other, the strong to devour the weak, and the victors to receive the gifts of the universe's origin. Its purpose is to make those civilizations powerful enough to resist the will of death, powerful enough to destroy the seal of the will of death, powerful enough to reunite the nine universes.

Therefore, the primal will drives various races to plunder and become powerful in order to defeat the will of death, because the will of death can control all dead creatures, including warships, since these are all part of the power of the universe.

Lin Feng stood by the porthole in the command center, the voice of the cosmic will echoing in his mind, his eyes filled with shock. He finally understood, he finally understood everything.

Why does the will of the universe instigate wars between civilizations? Why do the victors receive the gifts of the universe's origin? Why does human civilization continue to grow stronger through plunder?

Because the primal will requires a powerful civilization, a civilization capable of resisting the will to die, a civilization capable of saving the entire universe.

Human civilization is the civilization chosen by primal will.

Those plunderings, those wars, those conquests—all were tests, all were trials, all were meant to make people stronger. Those gifts from the origin of the universe, those rewards of core theories, those glimmers of hope in desperate situations—all were aids from the primal will, all were guiding human civilization toward a more powerful future.

At the same time, the will of the universe also told Lin Feng that in order to destroy the will of death, he must destroy the will of death of the nine universes and merge the entire universe. Only in this way will the will of death die completely. Otherwise, as long as there is killing in any universe, the will of death will be resurrected and sweep across the entire universe again, destroying everything.

Lin Feng's brows furrowed, his eyes flashing with a solemn light. The will to destroy the nine universes of death, to reunite the nine parallel universes into a single, complete universe—this was the task the primordial will had entrusted to human civilization.

This is not a war, but an expedition spanning nine universes. This is not a conquest, but a mission to save the entire universe.

If human civilization fails, if the will to die prevails, the entire universe will return to nothingness. All stars will be extinguished, all planets will shatter, and all life will end.

Human civilization, the solar system, the Milky Way, all galaxies, the entire universe—will all become a desolate void, devoid of existence, meaning, and future.

But if human civilization succeeds, if the nine universes are reunited, if the will of death is completely destroyed—the universe will become whole again, life will regain its freedom, and civilization will have a future once more. Human civilization will become the hero who saves the entire universe, an existence that transcends the will of the universe, a true god.

Lin Feng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened them. His eyes were no longer filled with confusion, weariness, or fear. Instead, they held determination, conviction, and an infinite yearning for the future.

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the command center. The busy engineers, the soldiers training, the scientists studying the data—they didn't know the truth, they didn't know the mission that human civilization would face, and they didn't know where their future lay.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and slowly spoke. "Gather everyone, I have some important news to announce."

In the command center, everyone stopped what they were doing and focused their attention on Lin Feng. On the holographic projection, Lin Feng's face appeared on every planet in the solar system, on every warship, and in the eyes of every human being.

"Fellow countrymen, I have just learned the truth about this universe. The universe we live in is not the complete universe, but one of nine parallel universes that were split off. The universe was split off because two wills were born—the primordial will and the will to die."

Lin Feng recounted all the truths the will of the universe had told him, word by word, to all of humanity. The secrets of the universe's birth, the war between the two wills, the threat of the will of death, the mission of the primordial will—every word struck like a hammer blow to the heart of every human being.

"Those unkillable enemies, those resurrected brethren, those endless undead legions—they are all puppets of the will of death. It seeks to destroy everything in the universe and create a lifeless one. But the primal will has chosen us, chosen human civilization, to fight against the will of death and to save the entire universe."

"The mission is arduous, the danger immense, and the responsibility heavy. We need to traverse nine universes, destroy the will to death within them, and reunite the nine parallel universes into a single, unified universe. This is not a war, but an expedition. This is not a conquest, but a salvation."

"But I know that human civilization will not back down. Because we are a civilization that came from the blue planet, a civilization that has survived countless wars, countless desperate situations, and countless sacrifices. We survived the cosmic battlefield, we survived the attacks of the blood-red behemoths, we survived the conquests of parallel universes, and we survived the siege of the undead legions. Nothing can defeat us, nothing can destroy us, and nothing can stop us."

"So, my fellow countrymen, prepare yourselves. We are about to embark on a new journey to the nine universes, to destroy the will of death, and to save the entire universe. For the heroes who have sacrificed their lives, for the future of human civilization, for the existence of the entire universe—we must win, and we will win."

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, their voices echoing throughout the command center, the entire solar system, and the whole starry sky.

In the starry sky, the sun, five thousand times larger than itself, radiated intense light. The light illuminated the rebuilding homeland, the warships lined up in formation, and the resolute faces of every human being.

Nine universes, nine battles, nine trials of life and death. Human civilization is about to embark on a journey to save the universe.