Chapter 8: The Triple Disc of the Isle of the Sun
Bad Day didn't come to Sun Island either, because he was obviously despised here.
Except for the more than 800 people, all the inhabitants of Sun Island can only live on those "discs".
They are strictly divided into three classes according to their different levels of intelligence.
Excellent researchers who can analyze ancient science and technology and study the technology of the new generation can live on the "first disk", enjoy better treatment and better environment than Tian'en Park, and get an enviable super high salary.
And when they want to spend, they can go to the "second disc" on the upper floor for shopping and enjoyment. This is where the businessmen stayed, and the idols, celebrities, and bosses of higher status who were worshiped on Happiness Island all lived here. Their airboat apron is also built here...... All out-of-town guests will also be assigned to the "second disk" identity when they access Sun Island's network.
Above the ground is the narrow and crowded third disk.
It is called "foolish people" and "thick soil" by the lower class residents. Just coming into contact with them is "stained with dirt."
The inhabitants of the Third Circle have nothing to say about amusement, just the never-ending repetition of boring work day after day.
Unless they are able to show superior wisdom in childhood, they may be discovered by the "wisdom inspectors" from the second disc patrol and connected to the second disc school for free learning, at this stage they call "seeds" - "there are good seeds in the thick soil", this is a proverb of Sun Island.
If you don't, you will be dropped out of school and returned to the third disc; However, if the grades are good enough, they can be transferred to a more advanced college for the next stage of study.
If you can show extraordinary talent in it, you will be able to enter the first disc and conduct advanced research, but you will not be able to bring your family in, because they are still crude and dirty if they are not immersed in the water of wisdom. Or they can teach students in the second disk, or engage in business and simple research and production...... In short, it is to have a good life.
Because of this, Sun Island is the only empty island where the status of merchants is not as good as that of scholars. What products the bosses want to develop, they have to tell the masters about their product needs...... If the other party has a temper, he may not do it halfway.
Because no product or research can get around patents - and the secretary committee can declare at will that any research and production has stolen their patents and confiscate them; In the same way, an excellent Dr. Sun Island must also have a large number of patents in his hands. For them, patents are a sharp enough knife to make those bosses work for them if they want to.
Residents of the lower disc can go to the upper disc at any time and leave at any time; However, the identity code of the inhabitants of the upper disc restricts their range of movement, and they cannot enter the disc on the lower floor without permission, so as not to cause trouble for the "wiser" of the lower disc. If you want to get down, you have to jump off the edge of the disc - if you can make your own glider, you might be able to smuggle it down alive.
But there is no point in just smuggling. The end result is usually that it is caught and used as research material...... But the upper class of residents apparently did not know.
There are also entertainment literature circulating on their side that enter the lower disc through a glider and hide their identity to become a big shot. Everyone who flies down on a glider will be envied by them and imagine that they have a good life...... Maybe they also know the truth, but they are just deceiving themselves.
Because wisdom and learning cannot be hidden. No matter how well the camouflage is, once you open your mouth, it will reveal the filling.
At the same time, it is precisely because of Sun Island's admiration for wisdom and contempt for stupid people that it has completely outweighed the hatred of the uncensored. The uncensored don't even have to live in the third round...... If they are wise enough, they can even go into the lower two layers of the disc to live or study. And no matter how chaotic the third disc is, it won't affect the order of the disc below at all, and it's not just the uncensored who will make trouble.
In other words, even a person with an identification code cannot enter the second disc through the elevator. Then the difference between them and the uncensored is actually not very big.
Sun Island is the empty island that stores the most ancient technology. Those who are not literate will not even be able to get a gun, let alone a more technical protective suit. And the doctors of the first disc can even drive out swarms of drones at will.
At Sun Island, wisdom is everything. It is force, it is wealth, and it is absolute status.
- The water of wisdom is thicker than blood.
But in the same way, because wisdom is not necessarily something that can be inherited...... The children born to the doctors of the first disc will be sent directly to the second disc and cannot be raised privately.
Because raising children will take away their energy from advanced research. And their brains are Sun Island's most valuable asset.
They can also go to great lengths to give their offspring the best education, nutrition, and more expensive auxiliary chips...... This is the last preferential treatment. But even so, if they are not recognized by the committee, and if they still do not enter the first disc when they graduate, they will not be able to reach their parents' zone for the rest of their lives, and will have to spend the rest of their lives in the second disc.
This is equivalent to a gacha without shipping. If it's not an SSR, even SR won't be able to enter the team, so he will go straight to the warehouse and never see him again in this life.
And the children they regenerate may be further "deteriorated" and fall into the third disc.
Not inhabitants of the same disc, not even blood relations can be maintained - after the death of the father of the first disc, the wealth will not be inherited by the children of the second disc. Because when they can't enter the first disc, they are no longer related. In the same way, if the parents of the third disc give birth to a child who can enter the second or even the first disk, they will not be able to contact each other. If the other party doesn't want to come back, they will never see each other again.
Because inside the higher disk, even the signal cannot appear in the lower place.
Because of this, Sun Island's concept of kinship is also quite weak. For the PhDs of the First Circle, children belong more of a 'love accident' to them. On the contrary, the parents of the second and third disks will work hard to educate their children to become talents, and hope that they will come back to feed themselves when they become talents...... But for the most part, it's never to be seen again. β
Bad Sun whispered, "For the worship of wisdom and contempt for the foolish are engraved in their bones." Even if the fool is their parent.
"Although it is very close to Tongshen Island, these two empty islands are simply polar opposites. It's like a mirror.
"The whole island of the sun...... It's like a cold and ruthless assembly line built with people as a material and only for the production of excellent researchers.
But it is also the most important of the seven islands.
"Because Sun Island's job is to 'research for the sake of the world'.
"What they are trying to revive is lost ancient technology, and what they are trying to heal is the cursed and polluted land. They even have the permanent question of how to revive the entire ecosystem if they can heal the land.
"That is why it is cold, heartless, arrogant, extravagant, and sinful...... But we still can't touch it. These brains are ready to wait, sacrificing mundane feelings and devoting all their lives to the most taboo, most important, and most useless research. Some of them may not be able to be turned into practical 'reserve knowledge' until they die.
"When we find out the truth of history, we still have to rely on the most intelligent brains of human beings to help us ...... illusory knowledge The power to turn into reality. β
Bad Day looked at Russell with deep meaning: "When you come back from Tongshen Island, you don't need to rush back first. I'll take you to Sun Island.
"After experiencing the impact of Tongshen Island, you must have a deeper feeling for Sun Island.
"βand a deeper understanding of what we're doing, how important it is to you, and what we are."