Chapter 236: Chapter 233: Three Years in a Flash
In fact, the biggest advantage brought by the five and a half year gap to human civilization was the opportunity to properly sort out several key projects.
The technology field was able to make use of the major project of city construction to complete the sorting, and the Extraordinary Path could also be sorted out through the education system.
Previously, during the Trial, the entire civilization’s Extraordinary System had been growing wildly.
With the help of contribution points, everyone worked hard, exchanged resources, and then cultivated on their own.
At most, departments with strong order such as the Military Department and patrol units had systematic teaching.
But ultimately, the domain of the Extraordinary heavily relies on individual strength and personal Talent, which means that this type of systematic teaching actually couldn’t sort out and filter talent effectively, and quite a few people’s talents were likely to be obscured.
Now is the perfect time to sort things out.
Taking advantage of Shen Hao’s selection of “Disciples” as an attention-grabber, in just four short months, the educational system of human civilization underwent a complete transformation.
Elementary and middle schools remained unchanged, still teaching basic knowledge, at most integrating some fundamental contents related to cultivation.
However, from high school onwards, the approach shifted to an Extraordinary-focused education.
All students around the world would formally start their cultivation in high school and during the entire three years, could freely choose and modify their paths, and experiment as they wished.
Cultivation was naturally the first choice for many, as it involved Mythical Skills.
But for most people outside of the Eastern Country’s cultural sphere, it wasn’t necessarily easy to adapt to the Cultivation Path, so choosing the path of magic was also an option.
Beyond that, there were various other Extraordinary Paths such as “alchemy,” “martial arts,” “magic patterns,” “plant priesthood,” and so on.
Most of these Extraordinary Paths originated from the inherent paths of other species and another path offered in the Chosen One Mall.
The upper limit of these Extraordinary Paths was determined by the Chosen One panels of these species; after reaching a certain level, progressing further would become more difficult, but they could still make a significant contribution to the development of civilization, so the Global United Front and the Chosen One Association still offered higher conditions to support those with true Talent.
Especially the Alchemy Path and the Plant Priest Path.
One involves the production of Extraordinary Equipment, while the other pertains to the cultivation and planting of spiritual and magic potions.
Yes, although there are “Spirit Plant Cultivators” among Cultivators who prefer this specialization, the Plant Priests are stronger in professional cultivation, especially given the presence of the World Tree and the Life Mother Tree, which greatly enhanced the abilities of Plant Priests on the Human Mother Planet.
They were also capable of dealing with different types of Extraordinary plants, able to cultivate resources required by any path.
In such a situation, support was inevitable, and reliance on the two hundred million Senya people couldn’t last forever.
As for universities, there was no longer the ability to choose a path; students could only continue along the path they had chosen. Moreover, the exams for Extraordinary University were now more difficult, requiring certain Talent to pass, and involved not just learning but also internships at important locations—although referred to as students, they already possessed certain social status.
Today, the first batch of Extraordinary Universities has been established, and the primary target for recruitment isn’t just high school seniors, but also directly the whole society.
Even adults, as long as they meet the requirements, can enroll and receive more abundant resources.
Of course, the conditions were much more stringent, and the admission rate for adults was far lower than young students.
Even so, this has still caused quite a stir in society, because earning a place at a university nowadays is tantamount to truly achieving a leap in social class.
Its value is much greater than the universities before the Civilization Trial.
At this time, Shen Hao, looking at the related reports submitted by the Global United Front, was very satisfied.
In half a year, the entire civilization had leveraged two major projects, “city construction” and “educational reform,” to establish healthy development in both the domains of civilization level growth and Extraordinary Path development.
What remained was to follow the established procedures, and naturally, in five years’ time, surprises were bound to arise.
At the same time, other domains were gradually getting back on the right track as well.
For example, the chicken breeding industry.
The Phoenix Chicken, although named after the chicken, is a Mythical Legend Level commodity, and its body contains significant Phoenix Bloodline; experts have analyzed that this special breeding class organism was not naturally born but was specially cultivated.
Each one possessed no small amount of power and contained Extraordinary Power, yet they were surprisingly easy to breed, most importantly without intelligence.
Under normal circumstances, as the Life Level increases, even the most ordinary living being would become more intelligent.
But not the Phoenix Chickens.
Even though some have been bred to Level 14, they still operated on instinct alone.
Shen Hao had even gone to see for himself, and in his view, the Divine Souls of these Phoenix Chickens all had some kind of restriction. Although it had no detrimental effect on their Life Level, they were utterly unable to develop self-awareness, which clearly confirmed the experts’ speculations.
But this was a positive thing.
It significantly reduced the difficulty of breeding.
Now, a batch of specially bred Phoenix Chickens has been served on dining tables. The Empress of Great Yan nearly ate one everyday, and her rate of power growth had clearly accelerated, even to the point of catching up to Shen Hao’s own rate of advancement.