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Chapter 238 Extra - A Nightmare for a Slacker or the First Hero of Interstellar Pioneer
#Top 10 Figures of the Space Pioneer Era#
With humanity having largely absorbed the fruits of the Fifth Technological Revolution, and with no further large-scale expansion possible until a new technological revolution occurs, the Interstellar Alliance, led by the Rabbit Kingdom, officially announced a halt to its outward expansion.

To exhaust the existing territory.

It also encourages education and scientific research to promote technological progress.

It is precisely because the Age of Interstellar Exploration has now come to a complete end, and the next round of exploration is uncertain, that the Interstellar Alliance initiated the selection of the Ten Greatest Figures of the Age of Interstellar Exploration. This serves both as a definitive conclusion to the Age of Exploration and as an encouragement for future talent.

There were a total of 3,800 candidates.

A nationwide vote, one person, one vote.

The top 100 will each have their own biographies, and a special history of interstellar exploration will be published. In addition to biographies, the top 10 will also have their own memorial halls built and documentaries made.

Most importantly, the relevant stories are included in the textbooks.

These days, documentaries aren't necessarily watched, memorial halls aren't for everyone, and history books are even less popular. Who reads history in their spare time if they're not a professional? Overall, the impact is limited.

Textbooks are still the most influential.

Even if you're a poor student and can't memorize everything in the textbook, including the people mentioned, you'll still have some impression of them when you see them.

The impression and memorability of someone who has been trending on social media for several days are definitely different from someone who has actually studied and memorized history from a history book.

The two are worlds apart.

So, if we're talking about being remembered in history, it's hard to say about other dynasties, but in this day and age, it's definitely the most practical choice to be included in compulsory education textbooks.

Therefore, with the official start of voting, the competition was quite fierce. Some descendants, especially those with assets and connections, were particularly eager to get votes, hoping their ancestors could be selected or ranked higher, as that would be a source of family honor.

Voting begins.

One person quickly rose to the top in votes.

That's Zhou Yuanwei.

[I would definitely vote for Ms. Zhou Yuanwei. The two most important inventions in the entire history of interstellar exploration, and the inventions that determined whether interstellar exploration could succeed or not, were both breakthroughs led by Ms. Zhou Yuanwei. No one else could have achieved that.]

Indeed, faster-than-light wormhole travel technology is essential. Without it, interstellar exploration would be impossible; at most, we could explore our own galaxy, develop the moon and Mars, but even leaving our solar system would be difficult. The subsequent ecological planetary terraforming technology is even more crucial. Perfectly habitable planets exist almost nonexistent in the universe. Without this technology, interstellar exploration could at best yield sufficient resources, but large-scale population migration would be completely impossible.

This technology made it possible.

Although I voted for Ms. Iris, I genuinely dislike her. That Super Genius System she developed and produced is a nightmare, okay? The worst part is that it even has a forced mode. When I found out my mom bought it for me, it felt like the sky had fallen.

Some people are really ungrateful. Without the super-study system that costs almost nothing, and without the database and fund that Ms. Iris specially imported into it and set up to continuously purchase and inject various advanced knowledge into it, how can ordinary people compete with the rich?

Before the Super Scholar System was officially launched, didn't you know how bad the admission ratio of top universities was? Less than 2% came from poor families, while 90% were either rich or academic tycoons.

Various genetic modifications and brain-expanding drugs.

It's enough to make them remember it effortlessly.

With access to high-quality resources, ordinary people simply cannot compete. It was only through the collaboration between Ms. Zhou Yuanwei and the Holographic Group, who spared no expense in creating this Super Scholar System, that ordinary people were given the opportunity to compete.

Otherwise, if this continues...

Ordinary people don't even have the chance to sit at the table anymore.

[In today's top universities, students from ordinary backgrounds now make up 60% of the student body. Such a significant contribution, yet some people dislike her—that's truly insensible!] [Please, can't we just be honest? Even though I say I dislike her, I still voted for her, didn't I? What more do you want? Am I supposed to lie and say I love studying? I'm just a mediocre student who wants to relax and doesn't have any grand dreams or goals.]

Yes, but don't go too far...

[That's true. Because Ms. Iris's other contributions were also quite significant, I completely overlooked the Super Scholar System. I vaguely remember that at the time, many fields were already controlled by academic cliques, and paid knowledge became increasingly rampant. Ordinary people could no longer easily find what they wanted to learn online like in the past, where there was always a place to learn if you were willing to, and it didn't require much cost. The cost of learning was getting higher and higher.]

The idea that learning is useless, which had been dormant for many years, has been dispelled.

Once again, they were thrust into the spotlight.

Even if some people are willing to work hard, they don't have the opportunity to access slightly more advanced knowledge. If they want to learn more in-depth knowledge, they must join certain academic factions.

The most tragic thing is that if you don't have any background or any value to them, it's useless even if you want to join an academic faction.

They don't want it at all...

When the old-fashioned aristocratic system takes center stage again.

Until the Super Scholar System appeared out of nowhere, the forced learning function of the system became secondary. The key was the database built into the system, as well as the holographic laboratory, research room, study room and so on provided by the Holographic Group.

It gave those who wanted to learn an opportunity.

They won't be left with nowhere to turn.

That makes sense. Considering Ms. Iris's contribution, calling her a saint in ancient times might be a slight exaggeration, but she would definitely qualify as a near-saint.

[And let's not overlook the contributions of the Holographic Group.]

[Yes, without the Holographic Group, Ms. Iris wouldn't have been able to collect so much data, and she continued to collect and update new knowledge continuously.]

Unfortunately, even things that are free are not something some people are willing to learn.

[It's nothing, and there's no need to criticize those who aren't willing to learn. The key is to give those who are willing to learn an opportunity. After all, not everyone can become a researcher; ultimately, everyone has to walk their own path in life!]

[Has no one mentioned other big names?]

The antimatter energy system developed by Mr. Liu Xing is also very important, but I basically don't understand it. Ordinary people will never have the opportunity to come into contact with it in their lifetime, so I really don't know how to talk about it. Unlike Ms. Iris, many of her research results are truly helpful to many people.

At the same time, although I don't know the specific principles, everyone can clearly see what it's used for. I recognize every single word in some people's research, but when they're put together, I can't understand a thing, so how can we discuss it?

That makes sense...

[Yeah, I can discuss the Super Genius System a bit, and I've even used it, but what about that, the double-slit complex core theory of black holes and white holes? How am I supposed to discuss that?]

……

One month later, the voting officially ended.

Zhou Yuanwei unsurprisingly topped the list, far ahead of the competition, and was therefore naturally awarded the title of the first meritorious contributor to the interstellar pioneering era.

Although the super-genius system that was bound to her was completely dismantled, its replicas have spread all over the world.

That's a unique way of achieving immortality.