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

Winters in Harbin are long and harsh.

Seven days after Lin Feng left the principal's office, Tang Guohong personally knocked on his apartment door. Two plainclothes staff members followed behind, carrying a heavy metal safe.

"Here is the information you requested." After Tang Guohong dismissed the staff, he entered the password and opened the box.

Inside, thick folders of documents were neatly stacked, each labeled with a different color: hull structure, propulsion system, carrier-based aircraft compatibility, electromagnetic catapult, arresting gear...

Lin Feng reached for the top document and pulled it out. The paper was yellowed, clearly indicating it was research from many years ago. But the data was still clear, and the charts were still precise.

"These are all the research results on aircraft carriers from various research institutes in China over the past twenty years." Tang Guohong's voice was somewhat heavy. "Some are public, some are classified, and some... are even failed attempts."

He patted Lin Feng on the shoulder: "This is all I can give you. The rest of the journey is up to you."

Lin Feng put the documents back into the box and solemnly closed the lid: "That's enough, thank you, Principal."

That afternoon, Lin Feng sent the same message to Qin Feng and Zhang Haohan: "I've been assigned to an overseas exchange program. My return date is uncertain. Don't worry about me."

Then, he turned off his phone.

The apartment door was locked from the inside, and all the curtains were drawn. The living room had been converted into a makeshift study—three walls were covered with whiteboards already filled with preliminary sketches. On the long table in the center, the metal safe stood silently, like a mine waiting to be mined.

Lin Feng began his seclusion.

He gets up at six o'clock every morning and starts reading materials at seven. He starts with the most basic ship hydrodynamics, chewing through each page and each book one by one.

The talent for photographic memory came into full play at this moment. Complex calculation formulas, obscure technical terms, and densely packed data tables could all be clearly reproduced in his mind after just one glance.

But remember, this is only the first step.

The real challenge lies in understanding, in integrating knowledge, and in applying it to other situations.

An aircraft carrier is not simply a ship. It is a mobile airport, a city on the sea, and a complex system integrating thousands of cutting-edge technologies. Every subsystem is intricately connected, and a change in one part can affect the whole.

Lin Feng often stands in front of the whiteboard for hours on end.

I scribbled and drew with my marker, erasing and rewriting, writing and erasing again. Sometimes a flash of inspiration would lead me to derive formulas that would span several pages; other times I'd get stuck, staring at a single parameter all night long, pondering its meaning.

The snow outside the window fell and melted, melted and fell again.

There was no calendar in the apartment, so Lin Feng could only keep track of the time through food delivery orders. Three different delivery guys came, changing from a padded coat to a light shirt, and then back to a padded coat.

Three months have passed.

The whiteboard in the living room has been replaced four times. The content on it has gradually evolved from basic formulas to complex system architecture diagrams. The three walls represent the three core systems of an aircraft carrier: hull and propulsion, carrier-based aircraft and takeoff and landing, and command and electronics.

But not enough.

Lin Feng could sense that the theoretical system he had constructed was still at the level of "catching up." It was imitating, learning from, and following the path that others had already taken.

A true breakthrough requires entirely new thinking.

One late night, Lin Feng stood in front of the whiteboard, looking at the theoretical framework he had spent three months building, and suddenly felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

It's not physical fatigue, but the feeling of powerlessness that comes from seeing the ceiling but being unable to break through it.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into the depths.

[Start the system simulation space]

[New project launched: codenamed Kunpeng.]

The pure white light shone again.

This time, what appeared in the center of the space was not a formula or a chart, but the outline of a ship. Initially, it was just a blurry shadow, but as Lin Feng pondered it, it gradually became clearer and more complete.

How long and wide should the ship be? What displacement is needed to ensure stability and aircraft capacity?

Should the power system use conventional or nuclear power? Steam turbines or gas turbines? Or... is there a third option?

Should the deck layout use a ski-jump or catapult system? What are the theoretical limits of electromagnetic catapults?

One question after another emerged in my mind, and one solution after another was built, tested, rejected, and reconstructed in the space.

Lin Feng is like a tireless architect, building China's aircraft carrier dream in a virtual space.

He tried lengthening the ship to 400 meters, but found that its turning performance dropped drastically; he tried designing four nuclear reactors in parallel, but calculated an unsolvable thermal balance problem; he tried separating the takeoff and landing runways, but found that the deck utilization rate was too low...

failure.

failure.

It was another failure.

But each failure brings the next solution closer to being correct.

Finally, after countless attempts, a relatively complete model stabilized in space.

The ship is 320 meters long, 78 meters wide, and has a full-load displacement of 8.5 tons.

It adopts an integrated electric propulsion system, with four improved gas turbines providing basic power and two large-capacity energy storage devices as peak power supplements.

The takeoff method chosen is electromagnetic catapult, but it is not a simple linear motor, but a brand-new pulsed multi-stage acceleration scheme—the takeoff distance is shorter and the overload on the aircraft is less.

The arresting gear draws on the experience of aircraft carriers, but incorporates an active buffer adjustment system that can adjust the braking force in real time according to the aircraft's weight and landing speed.

This is just a preliminary framework; it's still a long way from the real Kunpeng.

But at least, the path has been found.

When Lin Feng exited the simulation space, the sky outside the window was already beginning to brighten.

He walked to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and wrote four words in the center:

Kunpeng first appeared

The moment I put pen to paper, a system notification sounded in my mind.

[Ding! The Dawn anticancer drug, developed under the host's leadership, has been successfully manufactured in the real world.]

[Project rewards are now being distributed...]

The air in the room seemed to freeze.

Lin Feng gripped the marker, his fingertips turning slightly white from the pressure.

Succeeded?

The technological barriers...have been breached?

[Reward 1: Core theoretical knowledge of large aircraft carriers. Description: Covers twelve cutting-edge technologies including all-electric propulsion, electromagnetic catapults, integrated stealth, and intelligent command, leading the world by 10-15 years.]

[Reward Two: Core theoretical knowledge of sixth-generation fighter jets. Description: Covering nine breakthrough technologies including hypersonic cruise, all-aspect stealth, artificial intelligence air combat, and energy weapons, defining the next generation of air combat standards.]

[Reward 3: Cash Reward - 50 million Huaxia Coins (already injected into the host account through compliant channels)]

[Rewards distributed]

Information flooded my mind like a tidal wave.

It's not just simple text or dry formulas, but a complete, systematic, and interconnected knowledge framework.

Every detail of a large aircraft carrier: from the molecular ratio of the hull composite materials to the coil winding process of the electromagnetic catapult; from the miniaturization scheme of the nuclear reactor to the optimal algorithm for carrier-based aircraft scheduling...

Every innovation in sixth-generation fighter jets: from the working principle of variable cycle engines to the preparation method of plasma stealth coatings; from artificial intelligence air combat decision-making models to the energy conversion efficiency of laser weapons...

Too much.

It's too deep.

That was way ahead of its time.

Lin Feng, holding onto the edge of the table, slowly sat down. He closed his eyes, letting the knowledge flow, merge, and settle in his mind.

It turns out that aircraft carriers can be designed like this—using all-electric propulsion, eliminating the traditional drive shaft, and using electricity to directly drive the propeller, increasing efficiency by 30% and reducing noise by 60%.

So this is how fighter jets can fly—hypersonic cruise is not just about speed, but also a completely new aerodynamic layout, thermal protection system, and control algorithm.

original……

The cell phone rang.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and answered the phone.

"Lin Feng!" Old Qi's voice trembled with excitement, and cheers could be faintly heard in the background. "Good news! We succeeded! We broke through the technological barrier! We've created the anti-cancer drug!"

"I know," Lin Feng said, his voice surprisingly calm.

The person on the other end of the phone paused, then said, "You knew? How could you...?"

"I guessed it," Lin Feng interrupted him. "Congratulations, Elder Qi. You've worked hard these past few months."

"We should be thanking you!" Old Qi's voice choked with emotion. "Without your theory, we wouldn't even have a direction. Now that the anti-cancer drug is available, the next step is clinical trials. Lin Feng, you must come and see it save the first person with your own eyes."

"Okay." Lin Feng agreed readily. "Elder Qi, please send me the time and location, and I will definitely be there."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Feng re-entered the system space.

[New project launched: codenamed Suzaku.]