"Your idea is good, but opening a school on Birong Star is too expensive," Jiang Ye said, ruffling his hair. "What do you want to be when you grow up? A painter?"
"I'm too young to know what jobs in the world are suitable for me," Jiang Senlin replied. "Besides, perhaps in a long life, one can do more than just one job."
Cen Yemeng's expression was surprised.
She was also shocked by the way her son spoke now.
He didn't seem like a child who hadn't started primary school at all.
"Dad, is there anything like a comprehensive guide to all jobs in the world that I can look at?" Jiang Senlin asked.
"I don't think I've heard of such a guide," Jiang Ye said, sitting on the table and thinking seriously. "Even if there were a dictionary-like career guide listing all job titles, its reference value for you would be very limited."
"Why?"
"Some jobs look completely different from their actual work scenarios based on their names," Jiang Ye explained.
"For example?"
"Take positions like 'Commander' or 'Planet Governor.' A person from the lower strata might imagine that a Commander or a Planet Governor lives a life of extreme luxury, indulgence, and extravagance, deciding the fate of thousands with impunity like Nero, even finding pleasure in it. But in reality, managing a planet is an incredibly draining job. With the fate of millions in your hands, you live in constant anxiety and worry, facing potential emergencies at any moment, 24 hours a day. Even without major incidents, the daily workload is enough to make you want to vomit blood."
"I can see that Dad is very tired, but Mom seems very comfortable," Jiang Senlin said, looking at Cen Yemeng.
Cen Yemeng smiled, and as she smiled, she suddenly felt a pang of guilt.
She had indeed been living too comfortably, with almost nothing to do.
She would have to find a way to help her husband share some of the burden in the future.
"I'll have someone get you biographies of outstanding individuals from various professions. You can learn what different jobs entail by reading their biographies," Jiang Ye said. "In the future, when I meet people from different professions, I can let you chat with them."
"Okay," Jiang Senlin nodded. "I've heard that many children follow in their fathers' footsteps. Will I inherit your job in the future?"
"If you wish, I will assess you. If you pass the assessment, I can entrust you with a planet," Jiang Ye said. "This is a significant matter, so consider it carefully."
"Okay," Jiang Senlin nodded again, like a well-behaved child.
He continued to paint.
Jiang Ye returned to his study to work.
Just then, a new message arrived.
Several vanguard units had advanced to the outskirts of the occupied territories of the four invading forces, transmitting real-time videos and a large number of photographs.
Rows of concrete buildings, wheeled robots scurrying through the streets, and convoys of trucks – it was quite a lively scene.
Jiang Ye cross-referenced the information and examined the new four enemies.
The first formidable enemy was Machine Star. 95% of this planet's citizens were robots, with only 5% being humans.
The vast majority of work on the entire planet was completed by robots, supporting the 5% of humans. These 5% of humans were almost all chairmen, bosses, general managers, and founder investors, holding half of the planet's stocks.
However, the planet's power was not in the hands of these 5% of humans. There wasn't a single real person in the army, nor a single real person in high-level positions. The Machine Star delegation that came to Birong Star to expand their territory only brought one human musician, with all the rest being robots.
Jiang Ye specifically checked the relevant regulations of the Galactic Empire and learned that these robot citizens of Machine Star, like living individuals from other planets, possessed full Galactic Empire citizenship, meaning they could not be killed.
This was problematic.
It was a tricky situation.
The second formidable enemy was Cyber Star.
Cyber Star had some connection to the Kalun family, being one of the important procurement locations for the second generation of Kalun.
99% of Cyber Star's citizens were cyborgs, a mix of mechanical and biological components. They had mechanical arms, mechanical legs, mechanical eyes, as well as artificial internal organs and artificial skin. People on the streets all looked like Terminators.
They weren't born with electronic mechanical parts; rather, as they grew into adulthood, they gradually sold off parts of their bodies and replaced them with mechanical components. This allowed them to earn money by selling their bodies, and the mechanical parts also made them more resistant to fatigue, enabling them to adapt to higher-intensity work.
The average daily working hours on Cyber Star were 14 hours, and this was purely work time, not including time spent eating, using the restroom, or resting at the workplace. The entire population of the planet had created immense wealth through their frenzied work, and then used this immense wealth to develop their military. They had expanded aggressively over the past twenty years, having already opened up four sub-planets, and Birong Star was the fifth they intended to conquer.
Jiang Ye had a headache.
This was also a tough opponent.
A group of cyborg workaholics, who were also warlike and had ample experience in territorial expansion, sounded difficult to deal with.
The third opponent was rather peculiar.
Solaris Star.
The surface of this planet was 100% ocean.
It had no satellites, and therefore no major tides. It was quite far from its star, with almost no seasonal changes. The local year was equivalent to 30 Earth years, and the global average temperature changed by only three degrees Celsius over this entire year, extremely slowly, with very few climate variations.
Floating on the sea surface were 46 billion black metal boxes, and on the seabed, like a forest, grew 228 billion black metal boxes. This number continued to expand each year.
Within each metal box was sealed an immortal consciousness.
These immortal consciousnesses were composed of two parts: human consciousness and AI.
The human consciousness came from other planets. Many companies offered post-mortem consciousness transfer services. Ordinary people, spending their life's savings, could have their consciousness extracted from their brains after death and sealed in metal boxes, which were then launched towards Solaris Star. Although the physical body was gone, the consciousness continued to exist, immortal and indestructible. Da Feng Novel Network.
The accompanying AI was provided by various technology companies and had several functions.
Some served as computational power, indirectly enhancing the intellectual level of consciousness. For example, someone who failed math exams their entire life could, after death, connect their consciousness to an AI and instantly calculate billions raised to the power of ten billion.
Some provided information, connecting to major news platforms to inform consciousness about what was happening in the outside world. Of course, consciousness could also freely browse other types of networks. However, without the boost of hormones, most website content became rather uninteresting.
Some created virtual worlds, deceiving consciousness into believing they had been reincarnated into a new life.
Each metal box contained 10 immortal consciousnesses.
This meant that within Solaris Star's 274 billion boxes, there were 2.74 trillion ghosts.
Jiang Ye couldn't imagine such a colossal number. He felt it might be comparable to the total number of ants on ancient Earth. Upon checking the data, he discovered that the total number of ants on Earth was actually three orders of magnitude greater than this figure.