Cosmic-Level Demon God

Even a supernova has to bow their head humbly when asking for help.

Zhou Yuanchen's tone was very sincere. He had always been like this, nothing compared to debt pressure, every expense had to be calculated carefully, never overspending.

It was thanks to this incredible perseverance that he hadn't been crushed alive by tens of billions in high debt.

"This is just a small matter, Old Zhou. If you ask me, your thinking is still not broad enough."

Qin Shi threw down the towel and asked Xu Ming to bring over two bottles of cold, thirst-quenching fourth-level energy liquid, which he gulped down.

Previously, this high-level resource had caused his life force to surge by several points, but now it could only serve as a potent functional drink, unable to bring significant enhancement.

"Brother Qin, elaborate."

Zhou Yuanchen received the sealed fourth-level energy liquid, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Qin Shi, showing intense interest.

This was what he most wanted to learn!

"Actually, with your status as a supernova in Central City, the resources you can leverage definitely aren't just tens of billions."

Qin Shi naturally adopted the demeanor of a senior, imparting experience:

"Let me ask you, Old Zhou, what do you think is your relationship with the Central City Education Department? Mutual benefit partners, or employees depending on the platform?"

Zhou Yuanchen furrowed his brows, seriously thought, and then said:

"The Education Department selects talents from major universities every year, as 'new blood' injected into the system, assigned to various positions to shine.

I became a supernova partly because I am young enough, with infinite potential, hoping to break through to above the First Rank specialized position; on the other hand, my educational background meets the standards.

Brother Qin, you may not know, in Central City, especially the Upper City District, they pay more attention to your 'educational background'."

It was the first time Qin Shi had heard this, so he curiously asked:

"What is educational background?"

Zhou Yuanchen explained:

"Central City is enormous, the largest giant city in Heng Province, with a total population already exceeding hundreds of millions. It utilizes a multi-center network structure, divided into Upper City and Lower City. Lower City's residents mostly live in underground spaces developed to a depth of three to five kilometers.

Such a vast settlement, maintaining normal operations and ensuring good order, is very difficult. Nearly eighty percent relies on the active consciousness entity provided by the East Xia Canon, 'Tai Monarch'.

Qin Shi nodded, this part he was familiar with.

Since the continuous jump in citizen privileges, the information he could browse online had also become richer.

The ongoing Great Expedition of New Dongxia for nine millennia has mostly depended on the 'Original Scripture Technology' discovered by the Nine Marshals from the ten major relics in the Star Sea.

It's said that this great technology originated from the artificial Star God, Gear Emperor, who dragged the ancient Dongxia Empire into the abyss.

New Dongxia was established, calling it the 'Original Scripture'.

You can think of it as a high-tech computer, storing countless construction templates of the ancient Dongxia Empire, including but not limited to various weapon blueprints, architectural plans, and even helping to modify planetary environments by analyzing massive parameters.

Whenever the expedition battle group lands on a planet, as long as they secure a base, using this Original Scripture Technology, human settlements will rise in a very short time.

Things like water cycle systems, artificial synthesis farms, ring reactors, cosmic energy stations, ecological domes... and so on.

As long as you gather materials, the Original Scripture will perform miracles.

So, professionals in the mechanical path prefer calling it by a more mystical name.

Divine Machine!

That's right, many rational believers in the mechanical path think that the essence of East Xia's Original Scripture Technology is a wish-fulfilling Divine Machine.

Just like a certain pixel game from ancient times, put materials in, and things will appear.

"Tai Monarch is an active consciousness entity bred locally in Heng Province, managing Central City. The huge population, education, ecology, and resource distribution are all major issues."

Zhou Yuanchen narrated:

"In terms of education, Central City implements a regional allocation system. This led to the concept of educational background, Upper City District has 'Three Primary, Three Secondary', meaning only those three primary schools and three secondary schools are eligible for selection by the Education Department.

Generally, if you don't attend the 'Three Primary, Three Secondary', it's difficult to get into Qiguang Heng University or Jia Kai Science University, and even less likely to enter the system.

As for me, I attended 'Blue Sky Affiliated' for primary school and 'First Experimental' for secondary school, both within the 'Three Primary, Three Secondary'.

Qin Shi clicked his tongue, meaning the Education Department only picks 'root-orthodox' potential talents?

"The scale of the Central City Education Department is huge, with over twenty million personnel, among whom less than one-tenth are from Lower City.

This is what I mean by educational background. Your educational background has long determined your future. Those students from 'Three Primary, Three Secondary' unconsciously form groups, excluding 'outsiders'."

Zhou Yuanchen felt deeply. If it weren't for the loan benefits from Entropy Sea Bank, becoming an advancing genius scholar, his ordinary family background would have made it very difficult to survive in such an environment.

"Tsk, considering this, it's fortunate my starting point was Old Factory Street. If it were Central City, with bad luck, becoming a Lower City District resident, it would have been very hard to stand out."

Qin Shi thought about the enormous scale of Central City, the people from Lower City District might never step into Upper City District in their lifetime, since that's a giant city close to fifty thousand square kilometers.

Central City already reached such an unimaginable scale. I wonder how grand the four national universities building 'Academy City' on a planet would be.