You said you failed your college entrance exam and are now crowdfunding to build a university?

People noticed that during this period, Haichuan University kept a very low profile and did not release any related research information.

Even the official website hasn't been updated at all, leaving netizens feeling disappointed. They feel that Haichuan University is deliberately trying to attract attention and gain fame by creating hype!

"Ahem, forgive my bluntness, but aren't your expectations too high? It's normal that no progress has been announced yet. Do you really expect Haichuan University to achieve any research results?"

"Please! This is a world-class problem, a problem that so many countries and top research institutes haven't been able to solve. You think a third-rate university can solve it?"

"My opinion has turned sour. I used to have a good impression of Haichuan University, but now I have no good impression at all."

"I'd like to see how Haichuan University plans to end things in two months!"

Under the influence of certain online trolls, public opinion has once again shifted in a direction unfavorable to Haichuan University.

There are countless accusations and condemnations against Haichuan University, all criticizing it for desecrating academic integrity, deceiving the world and stealing fame, and treating netizens like fools.

However, not long after, some sharp-eyed netizens noticed that the official website, which had not been updated for a month, had posted an announcement again.

The updated content is titled "Latest Progress of the Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Project at Haichuan University".

"After a month of hard work, our research team has successfully overcome 178 technical difficulties in controlled nuclear fusion, promoting the steady progress of the research and successfully creating a high-temperature heating device: the Mountain and River Ring."

Below the announcement was a photo showing a huge prototype device standing silently, surrounded by several ring-shaped arms, emitting a bright red light from within, seemingly in operation.

"Holy crap?! What is this thing? A Mountain and River Ring? It sounds like a magical artifact from a fantasy novel!"

"Wow!! Really? Haichuan University has overcome the first technical hurdle and created super-high temperatures?"

"Brothers, I just checked the data. The current record for man-made high temperature is held by the United States. They created a temperature of 80 million degrees and maintained it for ten seconds."

Soon, some "enthusiastic" netizens found the currently published scientific records and explained the role of high-temperature generators in controlled nuclear fusion.

In short, to trigger nuclear fusion, temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius are required. Furthermore, these high temperatures cannot be sustained for a short period; the longer the better.

Compared to the scientific research records currently held by the United States, the device developed by Haichuan University exceeds 20 million degrees Celsius in temperature and reaches a duration of five minutes!

"Holy crap?! This mountain and river ring road is that awesome? It's miles ahead of the US!"

"A temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius! If you put a person in that device, wouldn't they turn to ashes in no time?"

"Don't even mention being reduced to ashes; even if you have a soul, you'll be completely dissolved!"

"This announcement is so low-key! If no one had explained it to me, I wouldn't have known that Shanhe Ring is so amazing!!"

"@Professor XX, you are an expert in the field of nuclear energy. Is this 'Shanhe Ring' real or fake?!"

The entire internet was instantly shaken. Everyone's attention was focused on Shanhehuan, and public opinion shifted dramatically.

The number of comments criticizing and complaining about Haichuan University has suddenly decreased significantly. The comments under the topic are all uniformly filled with things like "Haichuan University is awesome" and "Heroic mountains and rivers."

The most liked post even exceeded 100,000! This topic also soared to the top of the trending searches at an incredibly rapid pace!

Tsinghua University, Institute of Nuclear Energy.

Wang Liping trembled as he looked at the number one trending topic online.

Ordinary netizens only know that Shanhehuan is awesome, but they don't know why it's awesome.

But he is different. As a resident professor at the Nuclear Energy Research Institute, he has been researching nuclear energy for decades and is well aware of the difficulty in creating super-high temperature devices.

This requires overcoming at least a hundred technical challenges and solving problems in more than ten areas, including surrounding particles, high-temperature resistant materials, and high-pressure resistant materials.

Back then, the United States collaborated with dozens of top research institutes to develop a temperature of 80 million degrees Celsius, which lasted for less than ten seconds!

"Is the announcement from Haichuan University real or fake?" He muttered to himself, his face filled with shock. If it were true, it would surely shake the entire scientific community!

"It's probably not true." After a long while, he finally calmed down from his shock and let out a long sigh.

Ultimately, Haichuan University is just a school funded by crowdfunding, and it has only been established for a few months.

He would rather believe the sun rises in the west than believe that Haichuan University could develop this super-high temperature device!

Southern University, Institute of New Energy.

"Globally, nuclear energy is considered a super clean energy source, containing unimaginable amounts of energy. Compared to traditional energy sources, its manufacturing process is relatively simple, raw materials are readily available, and the energy produced increases exponentially."

Professor Tang Xianlin, who is over seventy years old, is standing on the podium, lecturing to master's students below about the application and development of new energy sources such as nuclear energy.

"However, human exploration of nuclear energy has remained at the nuclear fission stage, and has never truly ventured into the practical application of nuclear fusion energy."

Professor Tang paused for a moment, then continued, "One of the biggest challenges in utilizing nuclear fusion energy is the inability to control and maintain the extremely high temperature and pressure environment required for nuclear fusion."

At that moment, a graduate student below raised his hand.

"Excuse me, do you have a question?" Tang Xianlin asked the boy.

"Professor Tang, it seems that an institution in our country has developed a new high-temperature technology called 'Shanhe Ring'." The boy pointed to his phone, showing a recent trending topic.

"Mountain and River Ring?" Tang Xianlin frowned upon hearing this. He had heard of the Eastern Ring and the Tokamak Ring, but he had never heard of the Mountain and River Ring.

The former is a domestically developed device, while the latter is based on mainstream foreign technology. Currently, the publicly recorded artificial high-temperature technology remains at 80 million degrees Celsius, achieved by foreign companies.

"Let me see." He leaned on his cane, walked up to the boy, took the phone, and read it carefully. After reading it, his expression darkened.

"Absurd!" he exclaimed sternly, unable to contain his anger. "Their research project has only been running for a month, yet they dare to claim they've created a super-high-temperature device and even specify a duration of five minutes? Do they think everyone is an idiot?!"

Last month, he saw the research plan announced by Haichuan University, which claimed that it would overcome the technical difficulties of controlled nuclear fusion within three months.

Only a month later, they dared to claim they had created a device capable of maintaining a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for five minutes, and even named it the Mountain and River Ring! This is completely treating the world like fools!