Starport.
A massive spaceship was right before his eyes.
Unlike the usual streamlined spacecraft, this one was just a rectangular box.
ফিলিস (filis) knew that most passenger or cargo ships were like this.
For an interstellar journey, this type of spaceship was also the cheapest, costing roughly 5,000 to 7,000 energy coins.
However, most of these were for short-distance travel.
After boarding the spaceship, ফিলিস (filis) truly felt the exorbitant profits wealthy individuals made.
Inside the spaceship, each seating area in the cabin wasn't large, only about three or four square meters.
The cabin had a total of 1 million seats.
One trip alone could earn 5 to 7 billion energy coins.
He arrived at his seat, immediately lay down in the hibernation pod, and entered the virtual world within the pod, only then beginning to understand why the price was so expensive.
The entire virtual world was incredibly realistic and vast, allowing him to switch to any desired scene, and even offering many games for free play.
The Federation also had buy-to-own single-player games.
These were usually very expensive.
The development cost of a virtual world itself was relatively high, and the content and world size of typical games were also quite large.
The area of small single-player games was usually over 10 billion square kilometers, while larger ones were truly boundless.
ফিলিস (filis) didn't have the money to buy these games, each costing dozens or hundreds of energy coins.
But here, he could play all of them freely.
ফিলিস (filis) planned to play enough to get his money's worth.
What a pity.
The spaceship's journey to White Phoenix Academy took only one month.
The Bailanyu Star Domain actually belonged to a Star Domain closer to the Federation's center; many Stellar Systems here had wormhole offices.
The Xinti Stellar System was 18 light-years from the Yangsui Wood Stellar System where White Phoenix Academy was located, but the journey only took one month.
Docked at White Phoenix Academy's Starport.
ফিলিস (filis), still engrossed in the game world, was forcibly logged out.
He quietly cursed, then had no choice but to follow the crowd out of the cabin.
Leaving the cabin, the first thing ফিলিস (filis) saw was white.
Unlike the metallic sheen radiating from everywhere in the Star City he used to live in, everything here seemed to have a coat of white paint.
The center of the Star City was a sphere, from which sixteen massive pillars extended, connecting to another sixteen smaller spheres, appearing to have no relation to the name White Phoenix.
Only inside could he see the academy's emblem everywhere: a white phoenix bird with spread wings.
“Is this White Phoenix Academy?”
Upon entering the academy, ফিলিস (filis) was automatically assigned a student ID, as well as his dormitory, classroom, and other details.
He arrived at his dorm; it wasn't luxurious, even a bit simple.
Twenty people shared one room, each with a private bedroom, and then a shared common hall.
All together, it seemed to be less than 230 square meters.
“New here?”
There were already others in the dorm.
A Qi Shui Clan member introduced himself: “Biyang, I'm in room 7. It looks like we're all the same age, so we should get along well. What class are you in?”
ফিলিস (filis) took a look.
“Class 9.”
The other person smiled.
“We're in the same class. Let's look out for each other from now on.”
“ফিলিস (filis)!” ফিলিস (filis) introduced himself.
Biyang pointed to the remaining rooms, “Rooms 4, 11, 13, and 14 are still empty. Just pick one.”
ফিলিস (filis) hadn't expected to arrive so late that all the good rooms would be taken.
Room 4 meant death, 11 meant bachelor, 13 would probably be nicknamed B later, and 14 was also related to death.
“Room 14, then.”
At least it's your death, not his own death.
“Smart choice.”
ফিলিস (filis) walked into the room; it was very simple, with only a basic hibernation pod and nothing else.
“It's simple, isn't it? When I arrived the day before yesterday, I also thought White Phoenix Academy shouldn't be this shabby.”
“Actually, we also have better accommodations here, like Area A next door. I took a look; not only are they single rooms, but besides the bedroom, guess what else is inside?”
“A sanatorium, a mech repair room, an exercise room, a gene optimization room, and so on. I dare say the investment for just one of those rooms is over 50 million energy coins.”
“But no one is living in them yet. I guess only those who excel in their studies will be able to move into those rooms.”
Biyang's words filled ফিলিস (filis) with longing.
He didn't even know the specific functions of those rooms.
Is this what the lives of the wealthy are like?
“What about the others?” ফিলিস (filis) asked.
There were only five people in the room; the other four weren't as talkative as Biyang and were all doing their own things.
“Getting familiar with the environment. After all, we'll be living here for a long time, and this place is quite large.”
Of course, it was huge.
ফিলিস (filis) had already seen it when he was outside.
He browsed the entire academy's map and, sure enough, it had everything.
Not only the academy's own map but also the map of the academy's virtual world. If you were to calculate the area, it would be much larger than the written 3.9 billion square kilometers.
ফিলিস (filis) felt a bit defeated.
“When will I ever finish getting familiar with all of this?”
Biyang strongly agreed.
“That's what I said too. Doing this is just a waste of time.”
That was his reason for staying in the room.
“Classes start in a few days. I heard the academy will issue a unified Sequence and mech, but you can also prepare your own. What Sequence are you?” Biyang asked.
ফিলিস (filis) shook his head.
He had no Sequence!
Biyang instantly realized something, then stopped talking to ফিলিস (filis).
ফিলিস (filis) immediately felt the disparity; even in an academy, connections and background mattered.
This academy was not a place that provided fairness.
Especially after receiving all the information about this academy, ফিলিস (filis) became even more convinced.
It taught general knowledge, but more so, it served the purpose of war-related studies.
This academy trained warriors, not scholars!
A few days later.
Indeed, with the start of classes, an increasingly intense atmosphere swept over them.
All students seemed like enemies, and some even arranged to battle in the virtual world.
And at this moment, student rankings also appeared.
Everyone started at rank 100 million, and as academic credits accumulated, their rank would rise.
Academic credits could be obtained through exams, completing assignments, virtual world battles, battle rankings, and contributions to the school.
For each exam, points were added for scores above the passing line and deducted for scores below it.
Assignments were a stable source of points.
In battles, the winner gained points, and the loser lost points.
Battles also had their own point system. Reaching corresponding points in battle would earn bronze, silver, gold, diamond, and other ranks, with each rank receiving a certain academic credit reward each month.
As for the last one, that was proposing improvements to the school, or researching and discovering new combat methods. Of course, there were also some academic improvements and discoveries; these were all considered contributions and increased academic credits.
Finally, each year served as an academic year for assessment, with the bottom 100 million ranks being advised to withdraw, the bottom 10 billion ranks receiving one warning, and being advised to withdraw after three warnings.
The bottom 1 trillion ranks received a demotion penalty.
It was too cruel!
All students entered the academy as first-years. The academy would not arrange special courses; you had to use your academic credits to attend classes.
Each student initially had 100 academic credits. If all credits were deducted, they would be automatically expelled.
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