First Light Era

Zhou Xing is a graduate student in a laboratory at an ordinary university. The project failed, the responsibility was traced, and what awaited him was expulsion from school and sky-high compensation. In the academic system, he has no background and no right to speak. The "Gate of Truth" is activated. It does not provide emotional value, it does not talk about miracles, it only gives analytical results. Materials, structures, energy levels, sources of error – everything can be modeled. Starting with a rejected revised paper, errors are noted and authority is calibrated. Laboratory scraps, reimagined as engineering prototypes. When capital blocked technological paths with patents, Zhou Xing submitted a new solution. Controllable nuclear fusion has been verified, and quantum communication has completed the closed loop. The moment the old order failed, human civilization had a choice for the first time. This is the age of the first light. It is also an era when science becomes a power again.