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Southern University, Institute of New Energy.

"A controlled nuclear fusion project to be completed within three months? That's quite a bold claim." An old professor's lips twitched, and he shook his head helplessly.

A student sent him a news article about a university that made a boastful claim that it would complete a controlled nuclear fusion program within three months.

"I vaguely remember this university. I think it's a third-rate university that was funded through crowdfunding?" He frowned, his gaze falling on the words "Haichuan University".

Not long ago, their university joined forces with 44 other universities to boycott and sanction Haichuan University.

The things this university does seem to defy convention and even go against the grain. Especially this time, they dared to boast that they would solve the problem of controlled nuclear fusion within three months!

"Just a clown jumping around," the old professor shook his head and commented.

He utterly despises this behavior of using scientific research as a gimmick to attract attention; it is a complete disrespect and desecration of academia!

While it may bring temporary fame, everything will be exposed in three months. Then, it will be clear who the clown really is!

A nuclear energy research institute.

"Director, isn't Haichuan University the university that Lao Qi joined?" Researcher Xiao Li turned around and looked at the elderly man in his seventies behind him.

They also saw the widely circulated news online that Haichuan University claimed to have launched a research project to solve the problem of controlled nuclear fusion within three months.

"It should be." The old man frowned, his expression somewhat grim.

Qi Limin was originally a pillar of their research institute and the successor they had their eye on.

He originally thought that Haichuan University might be a good place to settle down, but now it seems that the university is blindly arrogant, ignores the facts, and has no so-called scientific research spirit. It actually uses controlled nuclear fusion as a gimmick to attract attention!

Thinking of this, he picked up his phone and dialed Qi Limin's number.

"Beep beep beep..." After a few beeps, the call was connected.

"Huh? Chief, why did you suddenly decide to call me?" Qi Limin's surprised voice came from the phone.

The old man, however, kept a straight face and sneered, "Why the sudden phone call? It's all thanks to your Haichuan University!"

"Chief, what happened?" Qi Limin seemed to have just finished class, and his tone was somewhat dazed.

"I'm asking you, did your school recently launch a research project, claiming to be working on breaking through the technological challenge of controlled nuclear fusion?" The old man took a deep breath and questioned in a stern voice.

"Oh, is that so? The principal just called us to a meeting not long ago to finalize the selection of the research project team. They do indeed intend to try to overcome many technical barriers to controlled nuclear fusion," Qi Limin said, realizing the situation.

Upon hearing this, the old man's lips twitched a few times, and several black lines appeared on his face as he said irritably.

"The principal might not understand, but don't you, someone working in nuclear energy, understand? Is controlled nuclear fusion something your school can possibly comprehend?"

"Currently, all of our research projects are related to nuclear fission; not a single one is related to nuclear fusion!"

"It's not just our institute; nuclear energy research institutes across the country, and even the world, are all researching nuclear fission technology! Don't you have any idea what kind of capabilities your university possesses?!"

After hearing this, the old man's face turned red, and he trembled with anger, looking quite disappointed in his son.

But Qi Limin immediately objected after hearing this: "Director, you can't say that. Of course I know the strength of our school! Our school has published sixteen papers in SCI journals recently. That's not a weak research capability, is it?"

Inside the research institute, the old man trembled and suddenly froze on the spot: "Wait, what did you say?"

Sixteen SCI-indexed papers! And these were published during the period after the university was founded! What does that even mean?

Qi Limin left his job a month and a half ago to join Haichuan University! In other words, the faculty team at Haichuan University can produce an SCI-level academic paper in just three days!

It's important to know that papers indexed by SCI are all high-level academic works that can drive scientific and technological development and promote technological change! How could Haichuan University have the capability to mass-produce them?

If that's the case, then Haichuan University can indeed try to tackle the tough challenge of controlled nuclear fusion, although the probability of success is still very low.

"Also, Director, our principal isn't completely ignorant either; he's the head of the controlled nuclear fusion research project team." Qi Limin paused, then added quietly.

"What?" The old man was stunned again, his expression quite shocked.

Generally speaking, the position of the chief person in charge of a research project is crucial, as it relates to the research direction, progress control, and timely error correction of the project.

It can be said that the success of a project depends half on the competence of the person in charge!

Haichuan University, Baihu Campus.

Wei Ying strolled along the campus path, conducting her daily live stream.

Meanwhile, the number of viewers in the live stream room, which usually stays at one million, has quietly soared to one and a half million.

The screen was filled with comments, many of whom had been drawn to the site after seeing the latest research projects approved by Haichuan University.

"President, are the research projects published on Haichuan University's official website serious? Have you considered withdrawing them?"

"Principal, do you really understand the difficulty of controlled nuclear fusion? It's not child's play; it has troubled countless research institutes."

"Huh? Isn't that a graveyard up ahead? What are those students doing gathered there? And why did they even bring their blankets?"

"Isn't three months too short? Should we change it to thirty years?"

Most of the comments were asking about the research project approval; almost no one believed that Haichuan University could complete this research project plan. Some even advised him to quickly remove the announcement from the official website, pretending that the plan had never been announced, to avoid ruining his reputation three months later.

Looking at the camera, Wei Ying responded, "The project laboratory is located inside Haichuan University and is highly classified, so it cannot be disclosed."

"As for the issues that everyone is worried about, I believe that all the results will be revealed in three months."

He appeared calm in front of millions of viewers.

Indeed, breaking through the technological barrier of controlled nuclear fusion is very difficult, but the teachers at Haichuan University have devoted themselves to studying the teaching materials for a long time, and their academic and research capabilities have been greatly improved.

Furthermore, as the person in charge, he can use the "simulation and deduction classroom" to find the right direction and avoid going astray.

With concerted efforts, he is very confident that he can overcome this world-class problem!

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean.

SCI Institute.

"It's terrible, Director! Something awful has happened!" Researcher John trembled and rushed toward the director's office.