The planning was still useful.

ফিলিস (filis) now had a goal.

Although he didn't achieve his goal in the first year, at least he didn't lose academic credits each month.

In the second year, ফিলিস (filis) finally made his move.

People who only think about fighting will naturally perform much worse in subject exams; this is true for most, except for a few anomalies.

ফিলিস (filis) studied very hard, and his talent wasn't bad, so in the first month of the second academic year, he consistently ranked within the top 10 million in the youth class.

Although it was the 10 millionth rank, as he entered the second academic year, the academic credit rewards also showed a significant change.

For example, passing would earn 2 academic credits.

If one entered the rankings, the top 100 million would be rewarded with 100 academic credits, and the top 10 million would receive 500 academic credits.

This was actually a form of pyramid-style screening.

The benefits for those who were screened out in the first academic year would be transferred to those who successfully entered the second academic year.

This also allowed ফিলিস (filis) to successfully purchase the Sequence and mech he had long desired by the middle of the second academic year.

His strength also improved from being among the bottom 5% to the bottom 10%.

This meant that 5% of people were weaker than him, and ফিলিস (filis) began participating in virtual combat.

Everything was going smoothly.

However, compared to Biyang, ফিলিস (filis) still wasn't quite up to par.

Biyang had already entered the Bronze tier of the combat arena, requiring 1000 combat points, which meant a net win of 1000 matches.

In the Bronze tier, each victory was worth 50 academic credits, and with 10 matches per day, as long as he maintained a net win, he would have at least 50 academic credits in income.

And Biyang was truly very strong.

He could generally achieve a net win of 2 matches daily, and sometimes even five or six.

His rate of accumulating academic credits was incomparable to ফিলিস (filis)'s.

In the overall rankings, ফিলিস (filis) was always in the bottom 20%, while Biyang was always in the top 30%. Biyang's taunts towards ফিলিস (filis) never weakened, and his hostility became even more obvious.

ফিলিস (filis) guessed it was probably because of his previous boast, believing ফিলিস (filis) would be expelled in the first academic year, which didn't happen, making him feel he lost face.

Sociology also states.

The lower one's desires, the more self-interested one becomes.

These two are not contradictory; humans are balanced, and suppressed desires always find a way to be compensated in another aspect.

But it was good; the academy did not allow students to fight privately, so Biyang could only engage in verbal taunts.

In the second academic year, not only did the academic credits added for passing increase, but the academic credits deducted for failing also increased.

This academic year was not much more harmonious than the first; a large number of students were still advised to withdraw.

ফিলিস (filis) believed that even if they only studied for one academic year, under this high-intensity competition, these people would actually have more capital than ordinary people when they left, enough to allow them to live relatively comfortably in their respective Star City.

Sometimes ফিলিস (filis) would also think about quitting.

After all, the competition in the academy was too intense; sometimes he wouldn't rest for an hour in a whole month.

This was also the norm for other students in the academy.

But ফিলিস (filis) knew in his heart that if he quit like this, he would never forgive himself.

And so, he arrived at the third academic year.

“Actually, this is your formal enrollment; the previous two academic years were just tests to see if you had the ability, the talent, and the perseverance.”

“White Phoenix Academy cultivates talents not for a single Star City society, but for the entire Federation and the entire Human Civilization.”

“And these are the most basic things for stepping into the stars!”

As the principal, Xi La Sheng Yi, explained, the third academic year began.

This academic year, the atmosphere was even more solemn.

No one wanted to be among the final 10%, or the final 1 trillion.

ফিলিস (filis) and other students had often wondered why the rules for expulsion and disciplinary action weren't based on the bottom 10%, 20%, and so on.

Now he understood.

The academy didn't want too many people to graduate, but also didn't want too few people to graduate.

If it always expelled 10%, then in the first few academic years, the numbers would be too high, for example, expelling 10% in the first academic year would only expel over 300 billion, and in the second year it would decrease, expelling over 100 billion.

As time went on, the number of expelled people would become fewer and fewer, and many students would remain in the academy.

However, later on, too many students would be expelled again.

When there were still hundreds of billions of students left, tens of billions would still be expelled each year.

Under the current rules, once the number of students falls below 1 trillion, the 1 trillion disciplinary action naturally disappears, leaving only 100 million for expulsion and 10 billion for disciplinary action. The number of people expelled each year will be strictly controlled at over 10 billion, neither too many nor too few.

“However, this also has a drawback: the academy requires 100 academic years to graduate, and a student population below 1 trillion cannot sustain 100 years of expulsions.”

“Therefore, what the academy truly needs is not the people who graduate, but those who drop out during the process!”

ফিলিস (filis) thought about this issue in his leisure time.

After careful consideration, he realized.

The purpose of White Phoenix Academy was actually to accelerate the involution of the entire Federation.

Therefore, it needed many people in the 10 to 30 academic years, and after 30 academic years, the numbers would gradually decrease, following a true elite path.

ফিলিস (filis) then thought about the contract he signed.

The requirement was graduation.

“But in this situation, there’s no way I can graduate.”

“Which means I must work for these companies for 50 years, and this is also part of accelerating the Federation's involution!”

The more he thought about it, the more horrifying it became.

ফিলিস (filis) didn't want to continue thinking about it; deep down, he still felt a bit unconvinced.

Why were they so certain he couldn't graduate?

Although the people at the top of the rankings were indeed monstrous.

ফিলিস (filis) currently only had over 1000 academic credits, much of which had been spent.

In the third academic year, the knowledge learned also reached a whole new level; much of the content could not be deeply understood without practical application.

And practical application required the use of the virtual world or even the Simulated Universe, all of which required academic credits.

In other words, academic credits not only had more deductions but also more expenditures.

And the person ranked exactly 1 millionth in the top 1 million had already accumulated a terrifying 780,000 academic credits.

If it was the first place, that was an astronomical figure ফিলিস (filis) didn't even dare to imagine.

43.9 billion academic credits!

Is this the gap between people?

ফিলিস (filis) sometimes felt powerless.

But he was not someone who gave up easily.

“Effort will ultimately reward me!”

This sounded like a motivational platitude.

However, for someone like him, besides effort, was there anything else that could lead to success?

There was nothing else!

So, this was not a platitude, but merely a description of the facts.

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