Chapter 296 The Star Children who Inherit the Will of the 'Tracing Cloud'

"Is this the Crystal Lattice Academy?"

Walking in the campus that is very different from the style of the Edes Academy, Tilan couldn't help but look around and take in the surrounding environment.

Compared with the classical style of the Edes Academy, everything here is full of a technological and industrial style.

The auditorium in the academy is like a heat sink inserted into the ground one by one and then connected together. The sharp corners are cut into a uniform 120° obtuse angle, and the overall appearance is extraordinary and regular.

When walking into this tall auditorium, the world seems to be divided into a series of fence grids. The two sides and the dome that makes people look up are connected like a picture frame, one ring after another, and there is light blue glass connecting the rings. Walking in this silent auditorium, you can hear the echo of your footsteps.

"How do you feel, Tilan? I was surprised by this auditorium when I entered the school in the first grade." A boy walking in front explained to her.

Tilan accepted Dolores's suggestion and decided to visit other academies. The first stop she came to was Jingge Academy. This was also because the two academies had a close relationship recently, and they had more exchanges and were very familiar with each other.

The black-haired boy walking in front at this moment was also the current student council president of Jingge Academy and the head of the third grade, Ed.

"It feels very big, and even has a sense of emptiness." The two walked in the auditorium one after the other, like tiny ants walking in a giant building. The building structures surrounded on both sides were about 60 meters high. Such an empty auditorium was probably enough to park large aircraft.

"Yes, all public buildings in Jingge Academy have this feeling." Ed said his feelings as if he had found a soulmate.

"I'll take Tilan to the library of the academy later, and this feeling will be more obvious."

The two continued to move forward, and Ed began to introduce the rows of black digital symbols at the bottom of the two frame-shaped structures. Most of them were in the form of one or more lines of formulas engraved in black printed text on the wall of the building, and then the name and birth year were attached below.

These black printed words engraved into the bottom of the building have the style of an inscription, and compared to the giant building structure, they are very inconspicuous. If you are a little further away, they may be submerged in the gray wall. Only when you walk by closely will you notice these commemorative formulas and names.

'These simple or complex formulas above have brought revolutionary changes to the study and application of the extraordinary sequence, and the scholars who invented them should also be remembered by the world. '

"This is what my senior told me when I entered school."

"If the building of civilization is made up of bricks and tiles, the changes and breakthroughs brought about by these formulas and theories are the foundation and bricks of the building."

"Because we stand on the shoulders of giants, we can look up at the stars, so we should be grateful and remember these people who laid the foundation."

Tilan stroked the rough gray wall with one hand, and her fingertips could feel the slight coolness seeping in, as well as the concave marks of digital symbols.

"It's a completely different style from that of Edes Academy." She looked up at the uniform on Edes in front of her. The uniform was mainly white, with mostly square corners, or triangles and diamonds, with almost no curves or rounded edges.

"The style difference does exist. In Crystal Grid Academy, you rarely see traditional classical things, such as brown tea sets, wooden decorations, or complicated ancient costumes, etc."

"The academy advocates things that are regular, reusable, easy to convey descriptions, simple, and efficient. For the cultural products of the old era, it has always adhered to the concept of 'nothing is necessary, no substance'."

After more than ten minutes of walking forward from the auditorium, the two finally arrived at the high platform at the innermost part of the auditorium. Behind this small and square podium was a straight and magnificent wall with a huge three-dimensional pattern of crystal lattices inlaid on the wall. It was composed of countless crystal-like grids, forming a twisted and tilted cube as a whole, with a clear beauty in mathematics and chemistry.

Standing in the audience, the two looked up at the huge and dreamy blue crystal pattern. After a period of silence, Ed stepped forward, stepped onto the steps, and then turned around.

"Welcome to Crystal Grid Academy, Tilan, we are the successors of the 'Age of Advancement', the children of the stars who admire the 'Sublime Truth', and the spiritual successors of the 'Tracing Cloud' faction."

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After visiting the auditorium of the academy, Ed then led Tilan to eat in the circular restaurant in the academy.

It is called a circular restaurant because the restaurant is built like a ring. The inner ring is the processing and production area, and the outer ring is a window facing the outside. When the students order the meal, the countdown will be displayed on the window, and then when the time is up, the freshly prepared dishes will be put on the plate and automatically pushed out.

There is no human at all the windows, all AI services, if the students have special needs, they will directly ask when ordering, add a few grams of salt, or how many grams of other ingredients are needed, and cook for a dozen seconds longer.

"The ambiguous description will only confuse people, thus wasting a lot of energy on communication, and it is not conducive to the subsequent reproduction, and it is difficult to save time and reduce consumption." This is how Ed explained to Tilan.

After the two ordered the meal, they came to the agreed place of the exchange team, where Ruby, Allen and others had already arrived in advance.

"Tilan, come here~" They waved to greet the two, and then they started a lively discussion.

Although they were all exchange students sent by Edes, they did not act together as usual, but each of them was led by a member of the Crystal Grid Academy to visit the academy one by one.

When asked why this arrangement was made, the answer of the Crystal Grid Academy was that one-on-one communication would be more efficient, would not ignore any of the members, and could also independently train the ability of each team leader.

For such an arrangement of the Crystal Grid Academy, the Edes Academy was not surprised, because their style of doing things was not formed in the past two years, but has been implemented for hundreds of years.

"Tilan, let me tell you, just now Sasha and I went to visit the library. The library here is very tall. If you are a student with acrophobia, I am afraid it will be difficult to use it."

Ruby described the scene of going to the library just now to Tilan. The outside of the library building is a huge and transparent glass structure, and the inside is a crystal wall about 50 meters high. All kinds of classic works, books, memory cards, specimen books, etc. are placed in the crystal grids embedded in the wall.

There are trapezoidal steps on the wall, and you can go up and down along the zigzag shape, but these steps have no guardrails, which means that if you walk to the top tens of meters high and miss a step, you will fall down.

"Of course, falling down will not happen." Sasha, who was leading Ruby, explained with a smile.

"Because the student uniforms of Crystal Grid Academy are all built with magnetic materials, anyone in the public buildings inside the academy can fly and land freely with the help of magnetic fields, just like in space."

"Playing with magnetism and gravity is a compulsory course for every Crystal Grid Academy student, and it is also a preparation for future life and work in space."

The people who founded Crystal Grid Academy, or the group that holds the same concept as Crystal Grid Academy, are greatly influenced by the concept of the "Age of Advancement", and also integrate the ideas of the Twilight Age and the "Tracing Cloud" faction.

This group believes that it is the production method of civilization that creates the concept of life, culture, etc.

For example, in the civilization of the farming era, the love of land, flowers, birds and animals often appears in literary works and life decorations. In the civilization of coastal life, the plot of long-distance exploration often appears in literary works, because fishing and going out to sea often carry an unknown factor. You may encounter a storm, or it may be calm, or you may get nothing, or you may catch a big fish, etc., similar to drawing cards and opening blind boxes.

Such a production and living style has shaped the character of civilization, making it familiar with and preferring adventure. In addition, the things that people often come into contact with also make waves, spray, shells and other similar patterns often appear in the buildings of civilization.

However, after entering the interstellar era, people almost no longer come into contact with the earth and sea water, and their impression of plants is mostly delicate flowers and plants growing in incubators. Their childhood memories are no longer flowers, plants, fish and insects, but the music player card box that they used when they were young and is now somewhat distorted, the corridor of the space station facing the gas planets and the cold and lonely galaxy, and the weightless playground where they play with their companions in a small plane.

'The production method and living environment are like stones in the sun, and the so-called culture and customs are the shadows behind the stones. '

"We must always move forward, constantly build the edifice of civilization with theories and formulas, and step by step approach the starry sky above our heads. As for these 'shadows' behind us, there is no need to miss them. They will naturally change with our changes."

After the end of the third era trapped on the earth, human civilization once again moved towards the starry sky. Thanks to the large amount of information and theories left by the 'Tracing Cloud' faction, civilization revived at a very fast speed. In the early fourth era, this era of continuous exploration and change and innovation was called the 'Age of Advancement' by later generations.

When humans cracked the mystery of life and modified the sequence of genes at will with knives and scissors, the sacred halo of bloodline theory fell to the ground and shattered. The continuous iteration and change of genes made the pursuit of so-called blood consistency no longer meaningful.

As for common culture and customs, some people also think that it is unimportant. As long as they keep moving forward, there will always be new cultures born, and there is no need to miss them all the time.

'They believe in knowledge, formulas, and theories. These memes can represent the inheritance of civilization and itself far better than genes. They don't even care whether their successors are of the same race as themselves. '——Some scholars' views on the 'Tracing Cloud' faction.

Compared with residents living on the earth and in the natural environment, humans who grew up in space stations and long-distance spacecraft clearly agree more with the ideas of the 'Tracing Cloud' faction.

"We are the successors of the 'Age of Advancement', the children of the stars who admire the 'Sublime Truth', and the spiritual successors of the 'Tracing Cloud' faction." Just as Ed said when introducing Tilan, and the Crystal Grid Academy is the collective product of this faction.

(End of this chapter)