Chapter 2363: Bloodline Stripping, Sequence System

Very quickly, as the pain of the bloodline stripping rapidly dissipated, Xia Duo, located within the Life Support Pod, regained perception of his own body, as well as the tingling sensations coming from the injured areas all over his body.

"It really is a Life Support Pod!"

All the new and old injuries from his past service period were wiped away, and Xia Duo understood more than others; he realized that the 【Chixin-Yinerfalang Alliance】 (hereinafter referred to as the Red Heart Alliance) must have mastered the Clone Technique and even Resurrection.

However, in Maruen's memories, there did not seem to be these two technologies; perhaps it was the limitation of graduating from a specialized school, or perhaps the Red Heart Alliance was intentionally concealing them.

But regardless, his retirement process was already mostly complete, and what followed would be the farewell party held for them by the station.

Until they were sent into the Portal and left this station located by the sea in the western territory of the Alliance, space shifted, and when Xia Duo appeared again, he had arrived at the capital of the Chixin Tribe.

The Chixin Tribe and Yinerfalang formed an alliance, and their systems in all aspects tended to be consistent, but the two sides had still not completely merged into one; the biggest disagreement between them lay in the research and Application of Demon Power and even bloodlines.

The citizens of Yinerfalang were all Gold Elves, so naturally, there was no prejudice within, and at the same time, influenced by the ideology of the Chixin Tribe, there was no particularly obvious prejudice externally either.

But the national characteristics from before the formation of the Alliance were still preserved, making their citizens more inclined to accept the identity of Gold Elves rather than the broader identity of Tel-Quessir.

Therefore, even though they formed an Alliance, it would actually still take a long time for both sides to truly merge into one.

As for the current capital of the Chixin Tribe, which was the place where the first-generation leader Maruen led the people to pioneer, now that 1,500 years had passed, it had long since become a prosperous big city.

The Headquarters of the Red Heart Alliance was also located here.

Xia Duo walked out of the Portal; Danas, who was by his side, was already gone. The other party chose to directly change careers and return to his hometown to work, taking a different Portal.

Xia Duo chose to go to university for further studies, but before actually entering university, he still needed to erase his Perception of the Magic Net below the tenth level, thereby obtaining the opportunity to re-advance as an Arcanist.

This could only be done at the Negative Energy Research Institute of Capital University; it was not that it couldn't be done elsewhere, but that negative energy research required supervision and restraint, and currently, only the Negative Energy Research Institute of Capital University had the relevant qualifications.

On the way to Capital University, Xia Duo verified his identity information in the Mythallar and submitted an application regarding 【Negative Energy Downgrade】 to the Negative Energy Research Institute.

"Student Maruente, your application has been approved. You have now joined the queue sequence; you are in fourth place. Please go to the designated location for a physical examination and experiment before June 30, Chixin Calendar 1502."

The time fed back by the Mythallar was June 30, and today was June 30. Good heavens, it really didn't delay at all; Xia Duo felt very satisfied.

While observing the unfamiliar yet familiar city buildings on both sides of the road, he continued to submit his physical examination report from his retirement in the Mythallar.

Very quickly, the Negative Energy Research Institute gave a response again, waiving the physical examination step; as long as the person arrived, the experiment could be conducted directly.

Although it was called an experiment, this technology had been out for over a thousand years, so its safety was guaranteed. The only drawback was probably that the body's ability to withstand the effects of negative energy was limited; experts suggested that it was best not to undergo it a second time in one's life.

In reality, one chance to regret was enough, especially for an Elf like Maruente who missed the advancement after graduating from High School. Having studied in a specialized school for so many years, as long as one still had the heart to be an Advanced Arcanist, one could certainly make up for the previous shortcomings.

Therefore, for these past thousand-plus years, there had not been many Elves who needed a second Negative Energy Downgrade to advance as an Arcanist.

The reason it was not popularized, Xia Duo guessed, might not be that it was technically impossible to achieve, but rather an inevitable result of the social division of labor. This was somewhat different from his initial assumptions when he was in the Main Plane, and he couldn't say whether popularization was good or not.

He prepared to gain a deeper understanding of the current society before making a judgment; after all, Maruente's personal experience was truly too simple, basically the first half of the life of an ordinary Elf in the Red Heart Alliance—

Starting Primary School at 15, Junior High School at 18, High School at 21; after graduating in three years, traveling around the Alliance for a year. At this stage, some Elves would directly choose to get married and have children.

More would try to advance as an Arcanist.

As long as one could advance successfully, one could choose to attend university and receive further general education; but if one failed to advance, one could only attend various specialized schools.

After the age of 25, all Elves would enter a relatively long learning stage, which would last at least until the age of 50, when they graduated from university or a specialized school.

If they hadn't married around the age of 24 or 25, they would generally choose to marry at this time, because after 50, they would begin to enter the formal working stage and could support a family.

By this time, the state would no longer bear the educational expenses of its citizens. Generally speaking, those who graduated from university would directly connect with research institutes and engage in research work.

As for those who graduated from specialized schools, they would enter the professional positions they had chosen previously and engage in corresponding work, such as technical work, farming, business, government, and so on.

Currently, the Red Heart Alliance divided all work into five Sequences: research, production, arts, combat, and organization. Development within one's respective Sequence could earn corresponding Sequence Points, thereby possessing decision-making weight for matters within that Sequence.

Having experienced all five Sequences and achieved certain accomplishments in each, one would have the opportunity to become an Executive, planning and leading the future of this country.

If he hadn't enlisted in the military, Maruente's life trajectory after graduating from the specialized school would likely have been engaging in inspection work (the subject studied in the specialized school), which could earn points in three Sequences: research, production, and organization; of course, mainly production.

Afterward, if he developed well, he could enter other positions in the production Sequence until he rose to the pinnacle of that Sequence.

Of course, one could also change tracks halfway, go into arts, or learn management; in the future, one might have the opportunity to become an Executive.

The Executive position required having experienced all five Sequences and achieved certain accomplishments, but it did not require rising to the pinnacle in all five Sequences simultaneously. Generally, being able to rise to the pinnacle in one was already very good, and the more, the more outstanding, of course.

Yet, in the nearly one thousand years since the Chixin Tribe established the Sequence system, there had only been two Executives who rose to the pinnacle in three Sequences simultaneously. As for rising to the pinnacle in more Sequences at the same time, there had been none.

Those two Executives were only able to do so because it was in the early days, when the social division of labor was not so complex and development in all aspects was not so profound, which made it possible to reach the pinnacle in three Sequences simultaneously.

If placed in the present and judged by current standards, they wouldn't actually count as having reached the pinnacle in even one Sequence.