The Ambition of Students
Next Phase: Phase 2 - Twisted Threshold
Hopes and Dreams under the Great Pressure
In early May (Month 05), Standard Century Calander Year 2021, an independent area – Northern Independent Academy Area…
Northern Academy, as an advanced academy system in the world, is known for its high pressure and strict learning environment. As a result, Northern Academy has produced a number of advanced students and world-renowned research results.
In such a Technological Academy area, a steel-like landscape hangs in the warm May sun, a colorful neon halo floats in the sky, and skyscrapers are lined up like sharp needles piercing the sky. A third-year junior named Seka is caught in the middle of this high-pressure vortex......
In Seka's perspective, all of his time was almost entirely filled with the heavy tasks given by the academy, and the only thing he could do is just shuttle from one lab, library, or academy building to another... And every time he completed a task, he would cross out the corresponding content on the small slip of paper he carried with him that recorded his to-do list...... This kind of life, three years since, he has long been accustomed to.
As time passes, there is only a month and a half left before the junior class graduates. Seka knows that all he has to do is maintain or even increase the intensity of his studies.
"Just try your best, no matter what happens! ......" Seka always kept this thought in mind.
It had been almost three years since she had been in the junior class, and the busy academy had made Seka very thin and tired. Seka and most of the students were always black-eyed and tired, but everyone was used to it.
Except for a few students who suddenly explode "I hate studying!" and then break down, quit studying, and drop out of the academy, all students are always motivated to study - the biggest reason being that they can confidently and proudly say they are students of North Academy, as if that has become a label that directly determines whether a student is good or not.
Seka had enrolled in Northern Academy Junior Class because he wanted to get that shinning "label", and, of course, he had realized that it was a scary and even devilish test. Even though he was mentally prepared, "thinking about it" was not as great as the actual pressure......
Ever since Seka enrolled in Northern Academy Junior Class two years ago, he has chosen and stationed himself in a field he has never given up on to this day - Human Functional Structures, which today is the most popular and emphasized subject in the world. During his first two years at the academy, Seka passed all the exams and tests with flying colors. However, as time passes, the competition is becoming more and more intense. In his final year, he seems to be struggling a bit......
Seka had one big goal in mind - to pass the extremely the difficult and rigorous Northern Academy Senior Department entrancing exam and enter the Northern Academy Senior Department, earning this shining "label" even louder than that of the Junior Department.
Looking macroscopically, all the students at the Northern Academy look like they've made it all the way through under such intense pressure. However, from Seka's perspective, all he did was simply try to imitate the group and follow in their steps - or at least make sure that he didn't fall too far behind.
Time seems to be accelerated by an invisible hand, all that time brings is mysterious knowledge and an infinite amount of exam questions, all time seems to be short but also infinite - "Northern Academy Senior Class", the mountain that is hard to climb, is the goal of Seka, the school that symbolizes glory and the future.
And now he is standing in such a glorious cross to senior academy, with a heavy and thick bag, going straight by pulling all his strength.
However, something happened in these final moments…
Undercurrents Surging
At Northern Academy, countless students excel at discovering academic achievements, and among them are also groups skilled at "causing trouble"…
Within the Northern Independent Academy Area, there are all sorts of students, including those who know how to win people's hearts, wield authority, and simultaneously maintain top academic performance… Around these students or groups, many factions and parties emerged centered on them. They constantly bickered, waged wars, and assimilated each other, forming new forces!
Faced with such a situation, the principal of the Northern Independent Academy Area and even the entire management department often turned "blind eyes". They always believed that relationships among students should be left to govern themselves, and their freedom should not be interfered with.
The political landscape of the Northern Independent Academy Area was reshaped in Standard Century 2019 – the Shane Society, founded by a male student named Shane Macbow who enrolled in Standard Century 2015, once dominated the academy. However, everything changed with the arrival of a female student named Xeeh Lilay, who enrolled in Standard Century 2018. As a top student in Northern Academy's Computer Science department, with her dazzling talent and even more astonishing ability to unite people, the Helengun Society, which she led, quickly rose to prominence, and the Shane Society gradually lost its dominant position.
When the Helengun Society first appeared, many student groups tried to pose a political threat to it, attempting to usurp its powerful position, but no student or group made any progress.
From Seka's earliest memories of entering Northern Academy, various inexplicable and fabricated cold wars constantly erupted within the academy, but Seka did not pay much attention to them. At the same time, Seka was solely devoted to his studies – he seemed to have no interest in any academy wars, nor was he willing to take any political stance. Therefore, he lost common ground with most students, as most students had groups they were loyal to and tried to push their groups into highly influential positions within the academy zone.
In fact, almost all of the academy wars that have occurred in this academy have been "civil wars" and have had no relationship to other sides. Moreover, the Northern Academy did not need to start external wars to gain benefits… There was only one reason for the wars within Northern Academy: various groups and organizations wanted to dominate the Northern Independent Academy Area – a vast and quite important administrative area.
The S.C.2018 Class of Northern Academy Junior Department was an extremely important class for both the Junior Department and even the entire Northern Independent Academy Area. Xeeh, the leader of the Helengun Society, was from this class of students, and Seka was also fortunate enough to be a part of them. The very few groups that later emerged and could even threaten the Helengun Society also largely came from this class of students.
From the beginning of the S.C.2018 Class Junior Department first year, most groups attempting to replace the Helengun Society, perhaps due to insufficient cohesion or weak numbers and influence, consistently failed to pose any threat to the Helengun Society. As time progressed, students increasingly understood the importance of cohesion and became more adept at strategizing and plotting, leading to the successive emergence of increasingly powerful political groups and factions…
Political groups and parties, each growing in strength, began to emerge, like stars in the dark night gradually converging into brilliant galaxies. They progressively engaged the Helengun Society in one political struggle after another on the political stage of Northern Academy.
Core Scattering
Just as the Northern Academy Junior Department students of the S.C.2018 Class were about to set sail for graduation, a thunderous event shook the entire Northern Academy – the renowned Helengun Society suddenly announced its self-dissolution!
Even more astonishing was that this organization, which had firmly controlled the academy's pulse, resolutely decided not to pass on its power, allowing this enormous political machine to collapse! Even though this party had already gathered core members from various age groups within Northern Academy and could have remained vibrant for a long time!
On the evening of Standard Century 2021.05.14. Xeeh stood in the central square and announced this shocking decision to everyone. She even further stated that she would no longer be involved in the Senior Department of the academy after graduation and would not leave any personal gain for Northern Academy! These words, once spoken, were like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves!
Right away, with this event as the catalyst, the political groups that were just below, but still far below, the Helengun Society, completely erupted. Without the Helengun Society as a ballast, the academy's politics, which had been undercurrents, instantly spiraled out of control. Those political groups that had been dormant in the shadow of the Helengun Society ran rampant like wild horses. Unprecedented riots and academy wars swept across the entire Northern Collective Academy Zone.
Seka tried to immerse himself in his studies, maintaining his mindset for the upcoming major examination, but the chaotic reality clung to him like a shadow, impossible to isolate – next to his dormitory building, explosions, gunshots, and shattering sounds echoed, and the shadow of the academy war enveloped his world! …
The protagonists of this academy war were the two most powerful groups in the Northern Independent Academy Area, second only to the Helengun Society before its dissolution, and currently the strongest in the academy's political sphere. The philosophies and ideologies of these two groups were poles apart, and their grievances had deepened over a long time. Now, the collapse of the Helengun Society provided them with an excellent opportunity to ascend, and both sides were eager to completely defeat the other.
These two groups were the "Sharkatalpus Class," established by Sharkatalpus Sonich, a S.C.2018 Class student, and the "Elite Scholar Party," organized and led by Synverse Studine, also a S.C.2018 Class student.
Comming......