Star Empire

"There seem to be a lot fewer people, at least 30% less...?"

Kriz looked at the physical form of the learning experience certification document in his hand, and he couldn't help but frown. I have long known that when I hold the fourth level authority, I can choose to log out of myself, but when these things happen in front of me, I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart - many of them still leave impressions on me. I will never see his face again, but I seem to...

Kriz tried his best to recall, but he seemed to be unable to recall the numbers and names corresponding to the faces he would never see again.

"Most of them are being dissuaded - judging from past experience, this kind of dissuasion cannot retain many people. Most of the people who did not come to receive graduation materials will choose to cancel themselves in the end."

".It feels like a pity for them. Originally, they could have seen more things."

"Yes, but this is also the last chance. Once this stage is passed, actively canceling one's life will become almost impossible to succeed. If one can successfully cancel one's life after integrating into the imperial society and starting to take responsibility, then no one can You can die before the responsibility comes, but who will bear the responsibility?"

"It can be said that this time point is the best time point chosen by the empire at present - after being baptized by the intermediate education film viewing class, those who think that they cannot adapt to this world choose to cancel themselves, thinking that they have the ability to persevere. Those who go down give up their retreat in this direction and continue to move forward while taking on all the responsibilities they need to shoulder."

"goodbye teacher."

"Um."

"It's unimaginable that institutions responsible for higher education can be found everywhere, and they are all basically on the same level." Kriz filtered the information flowing through his mind while analyzing what he saw:

"Well, that is to say, the empire's world has enough perfection and strength, and the environment in a single world can fully meet all the needs of most of the empire's life. The part above the world plays more of a management role. and coordination. The world is their constituent unit. Therefore, when most disasters act on the macroscopic level, the damage to the microscopic foundation is so severe that it cannot be statistically measured. The situation is weakened a lot. Does it mean that it will still exist? And I want to The place to go...is this?"

Kriz was fiddling with the star map of the world. He first determined the coordinates of the existence attributes of that area, and then accurately located the location of the institution of higher learning from the vast sea of ​​​​stars.

From the official introduction on the Internet and the logo on the star map, we can see that the institution of higher learning that we are going to is different from everything we have seen - the institution of higher learning has many independent large-scale facilities, which are covered by flybridges. Connect to the channel. Kriz could feel that the connected facilities and the celestial bodies themselves had heavy and terrifying power, but under the constraints of these seemingly light connections, they were running side by side without any incongruity. place.

"Speaking of which, I was arranged so that others can choose where to go. But for now, it doesn't seem to matter much whether I choose or not. After all, I seem to have something special. In this regard, I still follow the rules. It’s their arrangement, it’s good for everyone. Is this the solidification effect of the emergence ritual? Why do I think so?”

Such an idea came up for the first time, and the fact that such an idea could be expressed to him through his subconscious made Kriz a little concerned, but he remembered the "commotion" he had been able to make and how it seemed to be far away from him. Even though the "empire" far away had already taken actions for his own sake, he nodded quickly.

"Cooperate with each other and respect each other, so as to form a virtuous circle." In the previous course, the teacher's words still ring in my ears.

"It sounds like you will be living in the accommodation provided by the school for the rest of your education, so the rooms you lived in before will be taken back and allocated to the new students in the future. Strangely, I remember that there were not many places inside those huge buildings. There are so many people, isn’t there enough room for them? It doesn’t look like that.”

Through the layers of spacecraft materials, the "mother star" that has gone far behind has shrunk into an insignificant point of light and blended with the more distant sea of ​​stars. The Starry Sea is vast and vast, but Kriz doesn't feel that it feels "crowded" here.

On the contrary - the prosperous area with vitality here is very small, or in other words, the "focus" that brings vitality only occupies a small part of the entire world, while most of the rest of the places also have vitality, but this vitality is caused by Those that "pull" the focus. It's like pulling up a little bit on a broad, elastic membrane, and then forming a bulge.

"There's something different. Did I see it wrong, or did I not understand it properly before, or maybe something has changed here?"

Kriz frowned. He opened the freshman forum interface related to higher education. With his special power, he could see a lot of supplementary information in the form of comments when he browsed the page. As posts were crossed one by one, and while he learned more about the content, he also vaguely felt that he seemed to have some additional emotions growing up, which was a feeling of disappointment.

"The general process of the advanced education stage is to browse various places first, and then go to class for a long time. The class process here seems to be very interesting. Judging from the syllabus and the somatosensory transmission of seniors, this kind of large class will have a unique experience. I feel that for courses that I am not interested in, the course information will be quickly skipped. If I am interested in a certain course, or if I subconsciously like these directions, the course will be expanded in detail.

But in this case, it seems that a certain teacher cannot give a unified narration, right? Use other methods? This may involve the conversion of a lot of reference systems, and I don’t know how this system allows people from different classes, with different learning habits and progress, to learn together.”

"But there's not much else to it. According to the description, there will be a welcome party, but compared to other parts of the empire, this welcome party can be said to be very weak, with almost no atmosphere. Dormitory. Four people in one dormitory. , but there are four independent rooms in this dormitory, and there is still contact distance between the four people. And the others don't seem very interesting. But... ha, no one said before how interesting the advanced education stage would be. Ah, even the two former teachers didn’t say that, and the evaluation of this area on the forum has always been the same. What was I expecting?”

"Speaking of which, after the entrance ceremony is completed and the advanced education stage officially begins, my authority level will be upgraded from the fourth level to the third level, and I will officially integrate into the imperial society, while enjoying the benefits and rights given by the empire. , assume the necessary obligations and responsibilities. I don’t know what it will feel like to take on these obligations and responsibilities in detail - in the part I have experienced so far, there are many specific aspects that sound very different from the actual experience."

"At the same time, I don't know what more I will know, and what more attention the empire will pay to me. Since my power previously allowed the empire to specifically provide access to the testing ground, and frequently use the Abyssal Ship, it seems that my level is low. A very high super transport ship. I am afraid that I have so many secrets that I can’t even understand them now. I wonder what parts I can see more of after this? What will happen to me as a result? Variety?"

After the murmur from deep within himself stopped, for Kriz, everything around him also fell into silence.

Far away from the passenger spacecraft, far away from the usual routes in the world, at the edge of the world and even outside the world, many pairs of eyes are silently staring at this inconspicuous ship and the inconspicuous little people on the ship. .

"The college transport ship is about to arrive. Please note that all incoming freshmen need to pass two security checks before disembarking. The first check is to confirm whether you already hold level 3-1 authority. Those who do not hold this level of authority Individuals, please coordinate to modify your permission level and update your identification number as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will not have the right to enter the college management area."

"The second check is to confirm whether you have loaded the various security algorithms required by the academy. Among them, the short-distance transmission anti-overlap algorithm is the most important. After entering the management scope of the academy, you will find that relying on your own "Short-distance transmission that depends on one's own subjective will will replace walking and using transportation tools or transportation equipment across actual distances and become the most important method of short- and medium-distance travel."

"In order to avoid the overlapping of the bodies of the two entities due to transmission problems in the academy and the resulting danger, the anti-overlapping algorithm must be set up. Please check yourself again before disembarking. Thank you for your cooperation. Repeat , please conduct self-examination again before disembarking, thank you for your cooperation."

"Once you step through this door, the things you need to face will probably be completely different from before." Kriz carefully checked his permission level and his own identification number, checked all the newly downloaded algorithms and made sure They have all started functioning normally. Finally, he arranged his clothes. When everything was ready, he stepped into the crowd and walked towards the door to the new world that had been opened to him.

This place is different from the place where I lived before. Because this place is not attached to a specific planet (auxiliary star), and it is not illuminated by a specific main star. If you understand it according to the way you used to understand it, this place should be considered to be in "eternal night".

But it doesn't matter - no matter whether there is light from the main star or not, when you look at the sky after adapting, the sky will always be dark. The only difference is the brightness and darkness of the surrounding entities. Although there is no main star shining here, everywhere you can see is filled with enough light. There will be no sense of depression, and there are no hidden corners hidden in the darkness that cannot be seen clearly.

"It looks like that should be the meeting place for the orientation meeting." In Kriz's eyes, the focal point of the story, which contained a large amount of information, began to gradually overlap with the real scene.