Chapter 1870: NO.485: Being meticulous about things makes one outstanding

Being meticulous about things makes one outstanding.

Within the East Yan Culture-like circle delineated by the transmigrator community, there is a widely held subtle belief: that the peak of one's intellect and knowledge in a lifetime occurs during senior year of high school.

Yes, senior year of high school.

Although the key point cited by many teachers and parents could be any year, and as your education progresses year by year, the gaokao remains an unavoidable major hurdle for the vast majority of people.

Even many lazy students who hadn't exerted effort in previous 'key' periods will, under the influence of the gaokao atmosphere, put on a show of seriousness—whether it lasts just three minutes of enthusiasm or they manage to steady themselves is up to interpretation, but this temporary earnest focus is inevitable, while those who remain frivolous and carefree during the gaokao period would hardly speak of a 'peak' even at other times.

But such people are an extremely small minority that does not hinder the general generalization, and are not worth mentioning.

What is worth mentioning is that the above-stage cognition can be seamlessly applied to the Boundary Gate District.

The composite cultural urban area, Boundary Gate District, which makes up most of the region composed of East Yan District, has always been a main special zone influenced by gaokao culture, and due to its exceptionally outstanding educational results, its model has been promoted with a certain degree of improvement throughout the federation.

It is worth noting that this 'certain degree' varies: some places can fully emulate it, some strongly resist it, and some only learn a bit; since the promotion is not a strict mandate, the actual statistics indeed turn out to be 'a certain degree'.

However, the attention garnered by mobilizing an entire region remains a global-scale event.

The gaokao fervor on gaokao day, even when placed on the social forum covering all major events of the Federation, can break into the top ten; it sits at a level that is 30% lower than the fervor of classic Triple Crown, Dream Cup, and similar horse girl races, yet 70% stronger than many regional festivities.

Although the specific fervor gets diluted by the examination halls scattered throughout the East Yan Culture Circle, the Federation never lacks a comprehensive program that links the progress of all examination halls.

The highly developed internet era provides the opportunity to concentrate all attention in one place, requiring only a short-message reminder, as well as the identification, filtering, extraction, and push mechanism behind that short-message push, which represents computing power and algorithms.

This also represents that the idea of 'monetizing gaokao fervor' is not only feasible, but has already been used by many, providing many reference examples.

This is a path.

A path that is somewhat difficult yet has clear feasibility.

Its existence is also one of the extra values bestowed upon the gaokao, attracting more examinees to value it immensely and motivating countless examinees to strive for self-improvement.

Such individuals naturally possess extraordinary motivation at this stage.

That motivation is commonly called vigor at their age, giving them the aspiration to change the world, and it is also why countless web novels always feature high school students as protagonists.

Likewise, those works also reveal another label of high school students—immaturity.

Immaturity makes one easy to exploit, always prone to getting tangled in trouble, and the most fatal aspect of this is lack of self-awareness.

When the object grasped by the hand that exploits you is not just you, the immature person's wishful thinking turns into occupying the upper hand in the subconscious.

You think it's merely an illusion, and assume that the unfairness is just bad luck, completely unaware that the oppression you endure actually has a tangible substance; only after several years, when confronted with overly sharp reality and a moment of dazedness, do you belatedly realize the fact itself.

Or perhaps you gain nothing.

By then, will you confide? Will you act?

Will you want to convey this 'harvest' outward, becoming someone who holds an umbrella for others?

Or will you let more people get drenched by the rain, even join the crowd leading this rain, thereby creating more of your former self?

Someone will always act on this, regardless of which side they stand on.

Thus, in this most brutal manifestation of value monetization, you can see the out-of-control pack of digital beasts that verify value through attack.

You can also see examiners acting together with guards at once to protect the children.

You can even see examiners directing students to resist and counterattack.

Times are changing, and those who create the era will certainly not be the old—examiners who believe this will not remain stagnant; the immersive examination hall at the Canaan examination site a year ago is a notable example.

—Just as there are samples for attack, there are models for utilization, and likewise there are exemplary answers from predecessors for responding to attacks and quick-witted adaptation.

By then, what both sides compare will be who makes fewer mistakes.

Moreover, they compare who can break through the routine to achieve an unprecedented high score.

"But no matter what, you can't afford to lose, right?"

Standing before the entrance that mirrors reality like a mirror, the Vlad Dracula Beast sways the cup in its hand.

Everything in the digital world is composed of data, but this does not mean food loses its original flavor; on the contrary, purely information-based entities bring a more orthodox and pure sensation.

Just as meat embodying the new information of 'meat' represents the fruit that embodies the concept of 'fruit'.

They exhibit subtle information differences, just as meat quality varies and fruit acidity has grades; those differences are themselves determined by the elements linked to that information, but the subtle digital beasts themselves are not realistic enough in certain domains.

For example, blood.

In most battle-damage scenes, you rarely see the digital beasts' blood and the tissue beneath their wounds; this is not due to a 12+ rating but to the beasts' instinct—as sufficiently precise and high-level information organisms, even without special study or conscious regulation, their bodies still know how to preserve themselves as much as possible when information is lacking.

By omitting the construction of information such as 'blood' and 'body fluids' to reduce the load on the digital core, this is a survival instinct that only information organisms like digital beasts can achieve when judging their own damage.

Thus, most of the time you hardly see blood in that world, but this also means that if you can interfere with their data core and instinct, overwriting their existence with the will 'you want to see blood'...

... then you will have that substance in its cup.

The flowing substance that embodies the 'lifeline' concept is so sweet and vibrant that even non-vampire-type digital beasts find it hard to resist, yet only vampire-type digital beasts can innately create it.

Soul-hook and spirit-severing, that spiritual manifestation is indeed their signature skill; and the Vlad Dracula Beast, which stands at the peak in this regard, can merely with words cause the blood bag to actively improve its blood quality and constantly yearn to sacrifice itself.

This magical force, blending instinct and technique, within the entire Hei'an region, only the Lilith Beast that has fully digested the Lust great sin can match it a bit; but to bring it into the digital main world, and further into this real world...

... there is the present scene of it jointly observing across the barrier with the Fallen-type Light Beast.

(End of chapter)