Chapter 749 The Price of Growth

In the huge theater, the background curtain is as dark as the starry sky, and the golden stage slowly rises in the halo.

With their slender feet arched and stepping lightly on the stage, girls wearing golden stardust stockings quietly and gorgeously appear on the stage. Their skirts are like summer oranges, and their moving figures stretch in the dance music, showing their soft body curves, youth and freshness of life, like the most beautiful existence in the world, which amazes the audience.

Since the conflict in the Federation has ceased and stability has been restored, the Central Star Region has once again led the fashion and trend of the times, but the current aesthetics are obviously different from the elf style that continued from the early days of the Rose Federation, but are taken from the golden flame luxury in the name of Isainessa, the 'Flower of Golden Flame'.

After abandoning traditional images such as vines, flowers, the moon, and plants, the aesthetic trend now displayed is like the gold foil fragments sprinkled at the ceremony, covering everything with a glittering brilliance. Nouns such as bold, flamboyant, extrovert, and self-expression interpret the characteristics of this trend.

In today's era, courage, enthusiasm, freedom, extroversion, and straightforwardness have become the most praised virtues, while qualities such as modesty, hard work, restraint, elegance, and caution are at the bottom of the contempt chain and are considered to be labels for weak people and those who are not sociable.

The rise of this trend, on the one hand, comes from the personality preference of the singer "Volcano Queen" Pulin Koko, and on the other hand, it comes from the instinctive desire of the residents of the Central Star Region, who are eager to restore the glory of the past heyday in this way.

The existence of the singer is like a soul to the Federation. The singer with the greatest influence in each era can almost influence the personality preferences of the people. This has been demonstrated and recorded several times in history.

During the period when the 'Flower of Golden Flame' Isanissa led the Federation, the virtues of openness, tolerance, pioneering and innocence were highly praised and popular. When the 'Cobalt Blue Tears' Emuralin strongly reformed the Federation, the virtues of justice, calmness, sacrifice and firmness became the benchmark in society, attracting countless people to follow the path of the colorful singer.

The girls on the stage were dressed in ballet skirts. They spun and jumped with their hands on their hips. Their stretched postures were like swans, showing their beauty to their heart's content and pride.

On both sides of the theater, rows of violinists formed a trapezoidal formation and played in unison. They were immersed in their expressions, and the drawn bows were like the brushstrokes of a famous painting, carefully outlining the most gorgeous lines in the world.

Luxury is not useless. It is like the golden apple hanging from the branch, rare and delicious, attracting countless creatures to climb up to it, and the steps of these creatures in the same direction also jointly compose the tide of the times and destroy the barriers and rules that block it.

After the elves were excluded from the upper structure of the Federation, the rulers of the new era built new trends and values. This is a ladder paved with golden stardust. Every time you climb a level, you will receive countless praises and applause, which makes people excited and indulged. It

is not terrible to be born in a humble family. As long as you put on that golden short skirt and slim stockings, you can get the same applause and admiration as those young ladies. The whole era will pave the way for luxury and beauty, and you only need to think about what dance to perform on this stage.

The development of science and technology has enabled people with poor appearance to have a good appearance with the blessing of various products. Schools, companies, and officials will give those winners the opportunity to go on stage to show themselves. The inferiority and doubts in the past will melt under the spotlight. You are the center of attention at this moment, the object of everyone's admiration, and the role model to lure the next person to go on stage.

The operation of the economy needs strong consumption to support it. If there is no demand, you must create demand. If there is no desire, you must stimulate desire.

This trend was so rebellious among conservative traditionalists, but it caused the economy of the Central Star Region to rise rapidly in a short period of time, and thus generated a huge cultural attraction, making children and young people in various star regions of the Federation yearn for the world on the other side of the screen.

Everyone wants to be a more shining self, right?

The Central Star Region does not need to spend a huge price to select and cultivate talents. It only needs to create the most gorgeous and golden stage, and countless young people and capital will rush there like birds.

This is the capital of the Rose Federation, and this is the most shining paradise in the Milky Way.

...

Thunder roared, cold and dark raindrops hit the windowsill, and the violet curtains were pulled on both sides, revealing the world covered by gray curtains outside.

Tilan sat on a high-backed wooden chair by the window, leaning against the back of the chair, closing her eyes and sleeping, her long black hair sliding over her shoulders and scattered on the dark blue classical dress.

The window was half-closed, and occasionally raindrops drifted in with the wind, wetting the hair on the girl's back, but she was still sleeping and did not wake up.

This continued until it grew dark and a warm yellow light lit up on the hardwood table in the room.

Most of the girl's figure was shrouded in shadows, with only the hem of her skirt and her fingers being illuminated by the lights, reflecting a soft halo.

As the night deepened, the rain outside gradually stopped, and there was silence all around.

At this time, a pair of eyes opened in the darkness. Even at night, the eyes were still so beautiful and lively, as if there were thousands of words flowing in them, making everyone who saw them fall in love with them.

Like a dark orchid in the night, the girl slowly woke up, stood up, and then knelt on a wooden chair, looking at the starless night sky outside.

In the eyes of many people, this might be a rather cold and lonely scene, but in the heart of the girl, the tranquility of the night gave her a sense of freedom and joy.

No one would disturb her, she didn't have to be scrutinized by all kinds of eyes, and she didn't have to care about all kinds of mundane rules, and she could walk freely in the wilderness under the night.

People used to say that she was a black singer like the dark night, and that was not wrong, the girl thought.

Over the past three years, she has been less and less likely to appear in public. The last time the Federation published a newspaper report was probably when she went to the Eastern Star Region to mediate and get both sides to stop the conflict and negotiate peace.

Although the ideas and pursuits of the various parties in the Federation are different, Tilan has not forgotten that they are all members of human civilization and descendants of the survivors of the Dark Ages of the Fifth Era.

Competition and change are allowed within the Federation, but there should not be a life-and-death struggle. Moreover, the current situation is not stable. Even if the Central Star Region has an advantage, it dare not take the huge risk of going to war with the Eastern Star Region and the Southern Star Region at the same time. Therefore, after Tilan joined and checked and balanced, the two sides finally stopped and had three years of stability.

For the public, and even many singers, the Fifth Era is an extremely distant era, an era that can be almost forgotten, but for Tilan, who has experienced a lot on the Lost Planet, that era is not as far away as people imagine. She even has a vague premonition that if the Federation continues to sink, the singers will also be in danger of alienation.

Because in essence, the crown of the rising singer and the crown of the dark sun are the same thing, which is why, after Aimura Lin, the upper echelons of the Federation silently rejected the birth of new Sunday-level singers.

They are in awe and afraid of this overly powerful force.

A hundred years after the Rose Federation lost the Sunday-level singer, this era ushered in three Sunday-level singers again, Blanche, Pulin, and Heshia. Now Blanche has passed away, Heshia has retired, and Pulin and the many chaebol groups around him have influenced the entire Federation like the sun. The outward atmosphere and thoughts, even the girl in the emerald skirt can feel the gold dust and heat in the wind.

For such a trend, even Heshia, who is also a Sunday-level singer, can only retreat temporarily and let it vent.

People always regret that without the tempering of steel and fire, it is difficult to learn to be strong. Without the impact of gold consumption and reputation erosion, it is difficult to distinguish the true wishes and yearnings.

If Tilan was the kind of mother who was too gentle and kind and doted on her children in the past, now she knows that necessary trials and tribulations are better choices.

She will not hinder Pulin's actions, nor will she stop the birds that yearn for the glittering golden stage, even though she knows that many people will be hurt and sad on this journey.

The singer is not the eternal sun, nor can she protect human civilization forever like the wings of a cradle. Now all she can do is try her best to let the young human civilization grow and mature.

I always feel that I have become cruel. Tilan stood in front of the mirror, slowly combed her long hair in front of her, and then tied it up.

'——Maybe this is the price of growing up. '

(End of this chapter)