Why it never ends

Chapter 19 The Golden Age
After saying this, Ms. Morley simply hung up the phone.

Hesta vaguely felt that the other party's last words were deliberate, but she didn't understand the reason.

This afternoon, accompanied by Liz, Hesta successfully completed the registration for the base's spring courses.

A lot of unfamiliar information flooded her like a torrent. Her memo recorded more than 40 unfamiliar words that she hadn’t heard before. In addition, there were a lot of technical terms that she didn’t even know how to spell, so she could only make a rough impression in her mind. .

According to Liz's suggestion, the courses she chose for herself in the first year were almost all related to various survival, first aid courses and physical training, and these courses would run through the next two full school years.

It is said that most of the "special training for the second awakening" of mercury needles will be arranged during the vacation after the end of the first school year.After successfully awakening, they will receive assignments from time to time, and follow the active-duty Mercury Needle to participate in actual combat.

Since the basic quality of the body will directly affect the upper limit of the ability after the bullet time is turned on, it is worthwhile to spend all the time on physical fitness-related courses in the first year.On the contrary, those students who are unwilling to go to the battlefield can also delay their time to face the battle by choosing courses, or even apply for civilian or backup medical treatment from the very beginning.

Under Liz's guidance, Hesta initially drew up his own curriculum:

quick strength training

speed group training

Endurance group training

basic tactics

Basic Weapon Summary
basic shooting practice
Basic Driving Practice
Outline of Wilderness Survival
Applied Tactics and Topographic Mapping

……

"Is it possible to submit it in this way?"

"I feel like there's something missing." Liz looked at the screen, suddenly realized something, and laughed, "Ha, all the courses you took are compulsory!"

"The upper limit for new students to choose courses is twelve," Hesta glanced at the instruction manual next to him, "I don't think I have the energy to learn anything else."

"No, that's not what I mean. I don't want you to learn more, but I want you to choose some classes that you can take a rest..." Liz leaned over and called up the window for elective courses. There were about seven or eight courses on it. Each category has its own sub-list.

"Choose one at least, you'll like them." Liz embraced her arms and said seriously, "Everyone needs literature or music."

"……What is the use?"

"It's no use," Liz said. "Besides Edgar, have you ever read any other novels?"

"Read some short stories, in the newspapers," replied Hesta.

"how do you feel?"

"..."

Hesta felt that Liz seemed to be expecting an answer from her, but in fact she couldn't understand Liz's meaning at all-the short stories in the tabloids were mostly about men's affair or women's infidelity, she was very upset. It's hard to say what can be learned from it, so I don't know how to answer Liz's question.

Seeing that Hesta had been silent, Liz thought she was thinking deeply about this question, and couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.

She sighed softly, "Actually, the atmosphere in the base is tolerant enough. No matter what embarrassment you encounter, you can find the corresponding person to find a solution, but..."

"but?"

"However, there are some things that are always difficult to discuss frankly, or even to speak to others." Liz said softly, "In a civilized society, there will always be things that are suppressed. Everyone has something that is difficult to tell others. to tell the truth, but literature—or music—can help us interrogate.

"In the base, sometimes you'll be crazy alone, or anxious about something like you're on fire—no one can help you at those times, but if, you happen to meet a hapless person in a novel , and you are in a similar situation, that feeling is like being drenched in the rain in a scorching summer...

"No matter where you are, what kind of difficulties you face, as long as you are willing, literature will always leave you a place to stay, allowing you to maintain a little connection with the world—"

Hesta listened quietly to Liz's narration, and she could see the bright joy in Liz's eyes at the moment. She seemed to understand something, but not fully.

"Then do you have any recommended electives?" Hesta glanced at the list of electives, "I'm not sure what is suitable for a newcomer like me."

"Of course it is Appreciation of Literary Works in the Golden Age - this is a course jointly taught by two teachers, Paros and Singer. They are proficient in cryptography, but they are also highly accomplished in literary appreciation."

"...Golden Age?"

Liz's gaze seemed completely lit as the question came up, as if she'd been waiting for this opportunity for so long.

"This is a general term, Jane, which generally refers to the human civilization after the industrial revolution and before the blackout era." Liz replied affectionately, "I only love the works of the golden age, all the retro works after the blackout era. The trend of thought is all a parody of that period.

"Do you believe it? In the golden age, as long as an ordinary person had money, he could travel around the world on a giant ship. All means of transportation—airplanes, ships, and trains were open to citizens, and people were free to travel anywhere in the world. place!

"In the golden age, there was a new play every month in the theater, you could enjoy a wonderful song and dance drama for the price of a meal, people put all kinds of books on the display shelves in the mall, Books are cheap, and there is something new in the printing press every hour. There is a constant flow of new poetry, new commentary on the new era, or popular science articles. Everyone is writing, everyone is reading...  

"The level of technology in that era was jaw-dropping, and humans even climbed to the stars. Mars is full of modified habitable places, and people used Ceres as a relay station to push the footprints of manned spacecraft to Pluto.

"The radius of human activity in the universe has reached an astonishing 4.246 light-years—in the deep space, countless light-sail vehicles arrived at Alpha Centauri at one-fifth of the speed of light, and they took pictures of the ocean and ocean on Proxima b. Mountains and rivers, even left a flag symbolizing the earth there...

"But even so, humans in the golden age will not rest on their laurels. They always look to the farther, higher, and deeper universe, always planning a new journey... Whenever someone starts to celebrate the moment when civilization has reached its peak, Soon someone will bring a new dawn—not some religious horror story, but something that humans really do on their own."

Liz sighed very softly.

"What is our age compared to the golden age of humans? Most of us are trapped on the ground like captive birds, and no one cares about the stars anymore--or whether it can save itself at night without tools. Navigation. We can only pin our hopes on the various heritages of the Golden Age, trying to glimpse the silhouette of that distant era.”

　Thanks to Xiao Yunyan, Xia Shuixiangling and LESTER for their rewards and monthly tickets~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)