Controlled artificial sun technology was the Academic World's highest state secret.
It was the development of this technology that had given the Academic World an almost inexhaustible source of energy, allowing it to truly leave the ranks of Cataclysm Civilizations and officially transform into a higher-level Lighthouse Civilization.
Of course.
This was only infinite energy in the eyes of low-level civilizations.
In the eyes of lesser civilizations, the Human Academic Circle had gained an endless supply of energy from that point onward, completely escaping the fear of the Star Curtain World's zero-sum wars. It was like a lighthouse illuminating all around it. Even if it suffered a cataclysmic strike from an enemy's Law weapons, the pain would only be temporary. With its vast energy reserves, it could soon turn every disadvantage around and repair the damage.
The most notable feature of a Lighthouse Civilization was its ability to reveal its coordinates of its own accord, no longer relying on Alpha Particles to conceal its location.
The consequence of doing so, however, was that it would face the scrutiny of countless civilizations, and even attacks from the ignorant.
Only after enduring trial after trial could a Lighthouse Civilization prove its standing.
The benefits of doing so were also clear.
Civilizations dwelling in the darkness would center themselves around the Lighthouse Civilizations they observed, exchanging basic resources for advanced technological products. This brought enormous profits to the Lighthouse Civilizations and accelerated their growth.
In some ways, the Central Civilization's decline was also tied to the Academic World's rise. The two had become rivals, though their common enemy had kept them from going to war as the Ancient Civilization had.
Rumble, rumble, rumble.
Reilo arrived at the controlled artificial sun energy center of the Grand Natural Sciences Academy.
The Academic World's controlled artificial