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

As the taillights of the last car disappeared around the street corner, Lin Feng turned and returned to the courtyard.

The moment the door closed, all the noise, excitement, and praise from the outside world were shut out. He didn't turn on the light, but sat down in the old rattan chair in the study, closed his eyes, and his breathing gradually became steady.

Consciousness sinks like a diver.

Crossing the boundary between reality and illusion, the upgraded system space suddenly unfolds before your eyes.

The pure white space expanded more than three times its original size, with two lines of floating silver numbers being the most striking feature:

Current time-to-flow ratio: 1:10

[Intelligent simulation assistance module: Ready]

"Let's begin."

His gaze fell upon the two images suspended in the center of the space.

On the left, the virtual device for Nuwa's large-scale controlled nuclear fusion slowly rotates. Inside the 50-meter-diameter annular vacuum chamber, plasma at hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius is confined into a stable sphere of light by a magnetic field, and energy output data is constantly updated on the side. The progress bar shows: 92%.

On the right, the three-dimensional network of the Heavenly Court Missile Defense System spread out like a dome. Thirty-six thousand interception nodes flickered with a ghostly blue light, and the red trajectories of hundreds of simulated missiles were being precisely intercepted. Progress bar: 91%.

Both have reached the critical point, and only the final step is needed.

And this last step is often the most difficult.

"Learn by analogy and start at full power!"

Lin Feng's consciousness instantly split into two independent streams of thought, like two elite troops simultaneously charging towards the two last fortresses.

In the Nuwa project, the final 8% focused on balancing the stability of the superconducting magnet with the lifetime of the first wall material. The geometrical scale effects brought about by large-scale development make the stable parameters in small devices precarious. Plasma turbulence at megawatt-level power exhibits novel, previously unobserved instability modes.

In the Heavenly Court project, the final 9% of the challenge lies in the multi-target priority decision-making algorithm. When facing thousands of incoming targets simultaneously—including decoy flares, MIRVs, and hypersonic vehicles—the system must complete threat prioritization, resource allocation, and interception path planning within milliseconds. Any tiny error could lead to a breach in the defenses.

Lin Feng spent thirty days deducing the scenario in the system space.

In the real world, only three days have passed.

Progress is frustratingly slow. Both projects are stuck on critical optimization bottlenecks.

Just then, a system notification sounded:

[A bottleneck in project optimization has been detected; intelligent simulation assistance has been activated.]

[Nuwa Project - Current Optimization Direction: Enhancing the Stability of Superconducting Magnets. Three optimization schemes have been generated.]

Option 1: Distributed multi-stage magnetic field compensation. Forty-eight sets of secondary superconducting coils are added to the outer wall of the annular vacuum chamber to form a dynamic compensation magnetic field to counteract turbulent disturbances. Estimated success rate: 87%, resource requirements increased by 23%.

Option 2: Active turbulence suppression algorithm. A deep learning module is embedded in the plasma control system to predict and actively suppress turbulence development in real time. Estimated success rate: 79%, development cycle extended by 40%.

[Option 3: Topology optimization of the first wall material. Reconstruct the microstructure of the first wall to enable it to adapt to thermal stress distribution, fundamentally improving its tolerance limit. Estimated success rate: 92%, requires breakthroughs in novel composite material processes.]

Three plans, like three clear maps, were laid out at the bottleneck of the Nuwa project.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up.

This is not just about providing ideas, but a complete optimization path, with the success rate, resource requirements, and technical challenges clearly marked!

Almost simultaneously, the simulation support for the Heavenly Court project was also completed:

[Current Optimization Direction of the Heavenly Court Project: Multi-objective Decision Algorithm Optimization. Three optimization schemes have been generated.]

Option 1: Hierarchical Distributed Decision-Making. Decision-making power is delegated to regional subsystems, with each subsystem responsible for local optimization, and the central system only handling global coordination. Estimated success rate: 85%, increased system complexity.

[Option 2: Quantum Heuristic Optimization Algorithm. Introducing the concept of quantum annealing, this algorithm searches for the optimal solution among thousands of interception combinations within milliseconds. Estimated success rate: 88%, requires a dedicated quantum coprocessor.]

Option 3: Game Theory Prediction Model. The interception process is modeled as a multi-agent dynamic game, predicting the enemy's next move and deploying defenses in advance. Estimated success rate: 91%. This algorithm is the most difficult to develop.

Looking at these six plans, Lin Feng felt as if he had been enlightened.

His previous thinking was limited by existing frameworks, always focusing on how to improve existing designs. But the solutions provided by the system each represent a new path that breaks free from those frameworks—distributed compensation, active inhibition, material reconstruction, hierarchical decision-making, quantum algorithms, game theory prediction…

Every path can lead to a different future.

"Verification begins!"

Lin Feng did not make a blind choice, but instead started parallel verification of six routes at the same time.

The system's spatial advantage in time flow was maximized. Six streams of thought branched off from the main consciousness, each delving deeper into an optimization plan. Time within the space began to flow at different rates—some plans required meticulous simulation, slowing down the flow of time; others allowed for rapid trial and error, accelerating the flow of time.

The distributed magnetic field compensation of Nuwa's scheme 1 was quickly modeled on a virtual device.

The positions, currents, and response times of the forty-eight sets of secondary coils were repeatedly optimized. Lin Feng looked at the simulation results: when a new type of turbulence appeared in the plasma, the compensating magnetic field generated a reverse disturbance within 0.003 seconds, successfully nipping the unstable mode in the bud.

Success rate: 86.7%, basically in line with the forecast.

The active turbulence suppression algorithm in Scheme 2 is more sophisticated.

A deep learning module is embedded in the control system. By observing tens of thousands of turbulence development data, it learns to predict the "precursor signals" of turbulence. Once these signals are detected, the system actively adjusts the heating power and magnetic field configuration to prevent turbulence from even occurring.

However, this requires massive amounts of training data and extremely high computing power. Simulations show that to achieve reliable suppression, at least three years of full-power operation data needs to be collected.

The reconstruction of the first wall material in Option 3 showed Lin Feng the most fundamental solution.

Traditional first walls are made of uniform metallic composite materials, which inevitably lead to localized overheating when faced with uneven heat loads. However, the topology-optimized first wall has a gradient porous structure at the microscopic level, allowing heat to diffuse rapidly along pre-defined channels and preventing localized accumulation.

In simulations, this new structure showed a lifespan four times longer than traditional designs at temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius!

The verification of the Heavenly Court project is also in-depth.

Option 1's hierarchical distributed decision-making transforms the originally centralized system into a distributed structure similar to a human neural network. Each regional subsystem possesses independent target identification, threat assessment, and interception decision-making capabilities, while the central authority is only responsible for coordinating overall resources.

This way, even if some nodes are destroyed, other areas can still operate independently.

The quantum-inspired algorithm in Scheme 2 demonstrated astonishing optimization capabilities in simulations. Faced with 1,200 simultaneously attacking targets, the traditional algorithm required 0.05 seconds to find a relatively optimal solution, while the quantum algorithm found the theoretically optimal solution within 0.008 seconds.

But this requires a dedicated quantum coprocessor—current quantum computers are far from being practical.

The game theory prediction model of Scheme 3 is the most impressive.

The system no longer passively responds to incoming targets, but actively predicts the enemy's attack strategy: If I were the enemy, knowing that the other side has a powerful interception system, how would I combine decoy flares, main attack warheads, and hypersonic weapons? What time window and what attack path would I choose?

Based on this prediction, the Heavenly Court system can deploy interception resources in advance and set traps in the most unexpected locations for the enemy.

All six paths have reached their end within the system space.

Lin Feng's main consciousness re-integrated all the deduction results.

Instead of choosing a single approach, he made a bolder decision—integration.

For the Nuwa project, he adopted a combination of Scheme 1 (distributed magnetic field compensation) and Scheme 3 (first wall topology optimization). He used a compensating magnetic field to cope with sudden turbulence and novel materials to fundamentally improve the tolerance limit—a two-pronged approach with double the protection.

The Heavenly Court project integrates Solution 1 (layered distributed decision-making) with Solution 3 (game theory prediction). In peacetime, each regional subsystem operates independently, improving system robustness; in wartime, the central system initiates game theory prediction for global strategic pre-positioning.

The deduction of a fusion solution is several times more complex than that of a single solution.

Time within the system space has entered its final sprint.

Lin Feng's consciousness was completely immersed in it. He forgot about the day-night cycle of the real world, forgot about hunger and exhaustion, and forgot about time itself. Only when the nutrient solution was running low and his body issued an alarm would he briefly withdraw to replenish his energy, and then immediately return.

On the seventy-fifth day within the space, the Nuwa fusion plan was finally verified.

The toroidal vacuum chamber operated stably at full power for 100,000 hours of simulation. The superconducting magnet did not experience any quench loss, the temperature distribution of the first wall was uniform, the energy output was stable at 1.2 million kilowatts, and the net energy gain Q value reached 18.9, exceeding the design target.

On the ninety-third day, the Heavenly Court integration plan passed the extreme stress test.

In the simulation, the enemy launched a saturation attack: two thousand missiles of various types, six hundred drones, and twelve hypersonic aircraft attacked simultaneously from different directions and altitudes. The hierarchical decision-making system perfectly coordinated 36,000 interception nodes, and the game theory prediction model detected three feint attacks in advance, resulting in a final interception success rate of 99.7%.

The ninetieth day—this was the final deadline Lin Feng had set for himself.

Within the system space, both images simultaneously emitted a dazzling golden light.

On the virtual model of the Nuwa device, all parameter boxes turned green, and the words "100% theoretical perfection" slowly appeared.

In the three-dimensional projection of the Heavenly Court Network, each node lights up with a stable blue light, and the theoretical perfection is 100% synchronously displayed.

[Nuwa Large-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion Device – Theoretical System Completed]

[All core technical indicators have been achieved, the path to practical application is clear, and the project can now proceed to the implementation phase.]

[Heavenly Court All-Area Missile Defense System - Theoretical Framework Completed]

[With all core algorithms validated and the system architecture optimized to its best state, we are ready to proceed to the prototype development phase.]

Lin Feng's consciousness slowly withdrew from the deep deduction.

When I opened my eyes, nine days had passed in the real world.