School

After leaving the matter to Gan De, Yue Yuan personally returned to the Command Department and arranged for relevant departments to send additional personnel to the interior of the planet to assist Wu Xiaoli's team in strengthening their exploration.

Because of Gan De's speculation, Yue Yuan also made sure to pay more attention to the exploration of various resources on the planet, mainly to see if the minerals on this planet had been mined by Flying Saucer Civilization.

Compared to exploring other clues about Flying Saucer Civilization, checking whether mineral resources have been mined is much easier to do, since mining usually leaves behind some pits and such.

As orders were issued, humanity's exploration and exploitation of the Dog-Headed People Planet were once again accelerated.

In less than a year, the Orbital Mass Accelerator has become a bustling hub, with shipments doubling.

Batch after batch of refined minerals, processed into semi-finished products, and even logs and plants are being sent into space.

As for the animal resources on the planet, they are temporarily kept in captivity within the base by humans. Once the new Biosphere Spaceship is built, they will be transported into space by humans using transport ships to enrich the human gene pool.

And at this very moment, the first phase of the training program for the Dog-Headed People officially began.

Humans spent three months using 3D printing technology to build a school near the Volcano Kingdom. They also selected elementary school courses from a database and compiled them into textbooks. Considering the Dog-Headed People's backwardness, humans even specially sourced additional paper for the textbooks.

With the title of God of Light, there was no worry about a lack of Dog-Headed People in the school. On the contrary, there were too many Dog-Headed People wanted to come, so humans had to change their strategy and conduct a formal divine selection process for the Dog-Headed People who could enroll.

First of all, fairness is impossible, and the selection will not be made directly from the Dog-Headed People slaves. Instead, the social system of the Dog-Headed People will be respected, and the selection will begin from the nobles and royalty who were originally present at the sacrificial square. After all, it is done in the name of the God of Light, and it is impossible to ignore those who are dedicated to the God of Light and instead give opportunities to slaves.

In reality, there's nothing for humans to do right now that requires the Dog-Headed People to do. Training them now is just a prelude to a future Mind Imprint plan.

After all, as a race that has only just mastered bronze crafting, even if they were sent to mine, a single human mining device could be equivalent to a Dog-Headed People Nation, so there was absolutely no need for them.

Therefore, the school was established as originally planned. The Dog-Headed People who had completed their studies would be taken to a ground base by humans in the name of the God of Light's Kingdom to either continue their studies or be cryogenically frozen under the pretext of going to the future world.

"Chief, the Dog-Headed People education program is on track. The God of Light School has enrolled 764 Dog-Headed People in its first batch, 90% of whom are royalty and nobles, and the remaining 10% are Dog-Headed People from the capital of the Volcano Kingdom who can afford the tuition. As of now, there are still some particularly intelligent individuals among the Dog-Headed People who are worth teaching. Next year, the school will be open to the entire Volcano Kingdom." A Ministry of Education worker reported the progress of the Dog-Headed People education program to Yue Yuan via Video Communication.

Although the school is run by the God of Light, tuition still needs to be paid. After all, humans don't want the Dog-Headed People to develop a habit of getting something for nothing. They need to understand that the knowledge of the God of Light is precious, and that one must earn their tuition through their own efforts and with a sincere heart to be eligible for admission.

Of course, the tuition fee isn't in the currency used by the Dog-Headed People, nor in human Contribution Coins, but rather in the form of life forms from the planet. Anyone who can send the required number of plants and animals to the school can enroll.

Animals, plants, even strange or rare things are all acceptable.

Plants and animals must be alive. As for strange or rare things, that's up to humans to judge. In any case, the power of discourse is in human hands.

The reason for using live plants and animals as tuition is that the Biology Research Institute got involved; they wanted to collect more species from this biosphere through this method.

While humans could collect information quickly and efficiently on their own, they would inevitably be unable to cover everything. Having the Dog-Headed People collect the information might fill in any gaps. As for the demand for strange and rare items, it stems from humanity's need to search for clues about Flying Saucer Civilization.

As native inhabitants who have witnessed Flying Saucer Civilization, we might have even found some Flying Saucer Civilization from them. Even a single screw would be a significant discovery for humanity. Although the chances are slim, it's better than doing nothing.

As for why it wasn't extended to the entire Volcano Kingdom until the second year, it was naturally to let the news of the 'God of Light imparting knowledge' spread first.

Once the Dog-Headed People living in the capital see the benefits the first batch of students receive from the school, the news will spread like wildfire. Having the Dog-Headed People witness and spread the message firsthand is far more effective than humans simply parachuting in and forcibly disseminating it.

"Is there a problem with the textbooks?" Yue Yuan asked.

The Ministry of Education staff nodded and said, "Don't worry, Chief of Staff, there's no problem. We've already adapted the textbooks for the Dog-Headed People, making them as fast-paced as possible. Our human education starts from the basics, explaining the principles clearly, but the textbooks for the Dog-Headed People only focus on application. We only tell them how to use things, but we don't tell them the principles behind them. The same goes for the math, physics, and chemistry knowledge in the textbooks; we only tell them what things react with each other to become something else, but we don't tell them why the reaction happens."

"Yes, very good." Yue Yuan nodded, clearly very satisfied with how the Ministry of Education had handled the matter.

As for the Dog-Headed People, humans don't expect them to produce any great scientists, nor do they need them to participate in human scientific progress; they just need to listen to humans.

The Ministry of Education is doing this to deprive the Dog-Headed People of their creativity and innovation, which is excellent and exactly what Yue Yuan wanted.

When Yue Yuan first heard the Ministry of Education staff member's report, he was worried that they would directly use the human textbooks, but it turned out that he had worried too much.

That's true, after all, the environment and atmosphere of this planet are different from Earth's, and many knowledge points still need to be based on this planet.

The Ministry of Education staff continued their report, "In addition, we've established some academic-based rewards in schools, um... called Credits. Students can earn Credits through exams, and then use those Credits to redeem goods in the school store."

"What kinds of goods are available?" Yue Yuan couldn't help but interject.

Having not paid attention for several months, Yue Yuan really had no idea what the school was like now.

"Since we are currently only open for basic education, the items we have are quite ordinary. They are all daily necessities such as lighters, flashlights, umbrellas, candles, pots, bowls, ladles, basins, mosquito nets, chairs, and tables. They are all slightly modified according to the biological characteristics of the Dog-Headed People, so it can be considered a small department store," the education staff continued to introduce the school.