The great discussion grew fiercer and livelier with each passing day.
During every break, a crowd of Planet Chiefs and Generals from neighboring classes would flock over. Those who arrived early entered the classrooms, while the latecomers stood in the corridors, listening through open windows.
Lunchtime was even more chaotic, with the cafeteria buzzing like a battlefield.
As for the evenings, Jiang Ye gave up on returning to the dormitory. After his physical training, he would hold open-air discussion meetings on the sports field. The entire field was packed with people, and everyone was equipped with microphones to ensure all could hear.
Many people didn't even have time to interject, so anxious they couldn't relieve themselves, they could only write down their views on slips of paper and hastily stuff them into Jiang Ye's hands.
Jiang Ye's desk was piled high with paper, covered in scribbled characters of all kinds. The poor handwriting was one thing, but what was truly exasperating were the local dialects, Lahu, Dong, Lisu, Naxi, Tibetan, Miao, and over twenty other languages, which were completely incomprehensible.
Jiang Ye found this situation quite surreal. The English language, used by billions in ancient times, had vanished, yet these languages, spoken by only tens of thousands back then, had survived to the present day and were even used as daily languages by some Planet Chiefs and Generals, likely serving as official languages on certain planets.
Fortunately, translation technology was also advanced. Cen Yemeng went to the school's small supermarket, bought a translation glasses, and put them on Jiang Ye. Suddenly, all the languages on the papers became clear.
Jiang Ye decisively abandoned his studies in other subjects. During classes, he would pore over the papers on his desk, organizing and contemplating everyone's viewpoints, and outlining his thesis.
If other students slacked off in class, they would surely be severely reprimanded by their teachers.
However, Jiang Ye was special. He held a slight standing in academia, so the teachers turned a blind eye.
This life of poring over papers lasted only three days. On the fourth day of class, a classmate brought a QR code to the classroom.
"I've had someone develop an online forum where everyone can post. It's fully functional and secure. Please download and register."
Jiang Ye scanned the QR code with his phone. It led to an app called "Planet Chief's Tavern." A prompt indicated it was connected to the military database, so only heads of various planets could register as users; ordinary people could not access it.
As soon as Jiang Ye finished registering, he was awarded a golden avatar frame.
The forum plaza already had many posts expressing their views, but they all had plain gray avatar frames.
Jiang Ye checked the backend and discovered that the golden avatar frame signified "Founder of a School of Thought, Top Scholar."
Thus, the discussion shifted online.
For the first few days, everyone was quite restrained, speaking politely, at most with veiled sarcasm.
Then, for reasons unknown, someone discovered that the software had no profanity filters.
Consequently, over half the users transformed into online trolls, arguing fiercely on the forum for their respective viewpoints. Profanity from various planets piled up like mountains, with people eloquently spewing filth, which was truly eye-opening.
Jiang Ye was troubled. Previously, when he read the paper slips, each one contained a clear point.
However, after moving online, a significant portion consisted of nonsense and profanity, along with all sorts of offensive emojis. Some heavily affected posts, after a long search, yielded no useful information, resembling garbage heaps. Jiang Ye's work efficiency plummeted.
Fortunately, after just two more days, the software was updated. A button appeared when pulling down from the top. Opening the button would hide all profane posts, entering a green mode where everyone was friendly and polite. Closing the button reverted to the original, uncensored state.
Jiang Ye was busy for a full twenty days.
During these twenty days, he engaged in brainstorming day and night.
Different viewpoints, different expressions, and different details surged towards him like an avalanche. Sometimes he felt everyone was right, other times he felt everyone was wrong, and at other times, he felt A was right and B was wrong one day, only to realize the next day that B was right and A was wrong.
His original viewpoints were overturned time and again, and what he once thought was as solid as iron crumbled into sand. The most challenging part was rebuilding an unshakeable theoretical castle from the pile of sand.
On the twenty-first day, Jiang Ye finally submitted his completed thesis to his teacher.
Title: "Generalized Jiang Ye Theory and Specialized Jiang Ye Theory"
"The Generalized Jiang Ye Theory has been expounded upon in previous papers, positing that human society as a whole is in a state analogous to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in the universe, weary from constant warfare, and suffering from war-related complications in economy, culture, and collective psychology due to prolonged and recurring alien wars. This state profoundly affects the entire Galactic Empire, as well as other vast forces and organizations outside the Galactic Empire."
"However, if each planet, space station, or small planetary cluster is analyzed individually, entirely different changes occur, which constitutes the Specialized Jiang Ye Theory."
"The purpose of the Specialized Jiang Ye Theory is to address the pressing issues faced by ordinary individuals in this era and to provide theoretical reference for the work of highest-level personnel such as Planet Chiefs and Generals of various planets."
"The core of the Specialized Jiang Ye Theory is: Humanity has achieved the four-dimensionalization of society, that is, a planetary society that leaps through time, by occupying vast numbers of planets and granting high autonomy to each planet."
"The optimistic assumption of ancient people was that civilization would continuously progress unless subjected to major upheavals. Even if subjected to major upheavals, the world would rise and fall in large historical cycles, ultimately reaching a near-perfect world."
"However, after humanity left Earth and entered space, the situation changed dramatically."
"On a generalized scale, the overall Galactic Empire still aligns with the ancients' assumptions."
"But within the specialized scope, the situation is entirely different."
"The developmental progress and social forms of different planets vary greatly."
"Some planets are in a barbaric era. For example, the colony planet that the Colonial Governor just entered, despite using high-tech products, has inhabitants who live and interact like barbarians, killing and plundering each other."
"Some planets are large farms or ranches, with the entire planet dedicated to producing agricultural and pastoral products, existing in a pastoral idyll."
"There are also financial planets, where the entire planet is engaged in the financial industry; industrial planets, covered with factories; and even service planets, scenic planets, and scam planets."
"Some planets practice electoral systems, determining officials by counting votes, with Planet Chiefs changing regularly. Some planets are hereditary, with succession from parent to child. There are also true abdication systems, such as on Cai Liang Star, where the next Planet Chief is determined by the current one, entirely different from some ancient feigned abdications that were actually power grabs."
"Some planets have emperors or regional kings, such as on Sha Hai Star, where the throne has been passed down for 16 generations. Feng Tian Star has ten princely titles controlling ten major continents, with each prince taking turns as Planet Chief for three years. Some planets are controlled by religion, such as on Har Star, which founded its own religion, with the highest figure being the High Priest, and the army being the God Protector Army. Some planets don't even have Planet Chiefs at all, such as Machine Star, where the entire planet is populated by robots, and their command comes from the supreme will network existing beneath the planet, composed of artificial intelligence and various software."
"Therefore, the current state of planets in the Milky Way is the coexistence of primitive and ultra-modern societies, the coexistence of outdated and advanced production models, the coexistence of poverty and immense wealth, and the coexistence of war and peace."
"As long as you survey all the planets, you can find a world from any historical period, and even find worlds that never existed in history, only in novels and fantasies. This is akin to four-dimensional beings freely traversing time; humans can also find different civilizational timelines on different planets, hence four-dimensionalization."