156: Chapter 156 Divine Arts, Families, Civilization, Exceptional Recruitment

“The Three Thousand Daos: Divine Arts are the paper, Divine Power is the ink, and Spirit is the brush! Sender — Divine Arts Research Institute”

“The Divine Domain is the root of the Divine Dao; the Kinship is the foundation of the gods! Sender — Kinship Research Institute”

“Time leaves no trace, but civilizations have souls. We do not produce knowledge; we are merely the porters of history! Sender — Civilization Research Institute”

Looking at the three virtual emails manifested by Yu Mo before him, Chen Mo fell into a rare state of hesitation.

For all Students of The Stars, the choice of department was extremely critical.

The reason the High Academy differed from local academies...

...was that besides a freer learning environment, academic research was also of paramount importance.

There was a saying in the Federation: a deity who does not learn will never understand the true essence of the Divine Dao. One of the High Academy's duties was to teach Students to carve out their own paths.

The three major research institutes—Divine Arts, Kinship, and Civilization—corresponded to three different research directions.

Among them, the one chosen by the most people was undoubtedly the Divine Arts Research Institute.

Besides having a lower threshold, divine arts were the most direct manifestation of a deity's combat power.

As for the Kinship Research Institute and the Civilization Research Institute...

...the two were roughly equal. The Kinship Research Institute provided access to many rare Kinships, making it almost a mandatory choice for deities focusing on the Kinship path.

The Civilization Research Institute, however, was more of a middle ground.

This institute researched both Kinships and divine arts, depending primarily on which supernatural path the unearthed civilization followed.

Countless billions of civilizations had vanished in the long river of history. It was worth mentioning that the illusion tower was unearthed from an ancient civilization site by the Civilization Research Institute.

divine relicss possessing various peculiar abilities were also one of the Civilization Research Institute's largest research topics.

Undoubtedly, Chen Mo had a massive advantage in divine arts.

Creating techniques was not a particularly difficult problem for him.

The Kinship Research Institute was also worth considering. He hadn't fully perfected his Plague God System yet; with the help and channels of the Kinship Research Institute, he could definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But after several bouts of hesitation, Chen Mo still clicked on the third email and wrote a reply.

“Student Chen Mo has always yearned to explore the truth of civilizations and unearth unknown history and knowledge. Having heard of Professor Professor Xu Bo's profound knowledge, I sincerely hope to receive his guidance...”

”

Blah blah blah, Chen Mo spent a good while flattering Professor Xu Bo.

For every Student eager to join a research institute, which professor they belonged to was an extremely crucial choice.

Of course, as a freshman, usually no professor would personally teach a new Student; most were handled by researchers under them.

But Chen Mo felt he still had a bit of hope.

Tan Feng had told him before that Professor Professor Xu Bo actually appreciated him quite a bit, and had even personally gone to the Vice Dean in charge of the research institutes, Xue Mingyun, to fight for a spot in the God Selection Class for him.

“Yu Mo, take a look and see if there's anything else I can add.”

Chen Mo pointed at the nearly thousand-word admission application before him. In this essay, he had used every pleasantry he could muster.

“Uh...!” Yu Mo was rarely hesitant, but after a moment, she spoke the truth.

“Master, it's a bit too fake.”

“Is it?” Chen Mo's face darkened. He hadn't let Yu Mo write it precisely because he was worried about this, but in the end, it seemed his efforts were in vain.

However, just as Chen Mo was preparing to rewrite it, a new email appeared on the virtual screen in front of him.

“Special Recruitment Class Student Chen Mo, after discussion, the institute has decided to grant you special admission. If you are interested, please reply as soon as possible. — Divine Arts Research Institute!”

Chen Mo was slightly stunned, but he soon understood.

Indeed, his talent in divine arts was obvious to all. It was normal for the Divine Arts Research Institute to extend an olive branch early.

As for the so-called special admission, it actually gave him the title of Trainee Researcher.

Generally, only outstanding senior Students who had worked in the research institute for more than three years could obtain this title.

If they chose to stay at the institute after graduation, they could directly transition to a permanent position with this title, just as Tan Feng had done.

“They're being this sincere?”

Chen Mo frowned, glanced at the admission application that even he found a bit nauseatingly flattering, and couldn't help but hesitate.

“Beep beep beep...”

The virtual mailbox chimed again. Chen Mo paused for a moment before opening the second email.

“Special Recruitment Class Student Chen Mo, after discussion, the institute has decided to grant you special admission. If you are interested, please reply as soon as possible.

Kinship Research Institute!”

Chen Mo's lips couldn't help but twitch.

Good grief, the two major institutes he had as backups had both extended olive branches, yet the Civilization Research Institute he favored most still hadn't made a move.

“Old Xu, there's no precedent for this. How can a freshman directly get a Formal Researcher position?”

“Yeah, Old Xu, this doesn't follow the rules.”

Hearing the persuasion from several friends around him, Professor Xu Bo's gaze remained extremely determined, making Shen Xinghe beside him feel a bit intimidated.

“Precedents are meant to be broken. You all know Chen Mo's background. As the True Spirit Reincarnation of 'that civilization', is he not worth a Level 3 Researcher position?”

Professor Xu Bo argued strongly, projecting various documents onto virtual screens in front of the other professors from the same institute.

They were none other than some projects currently being researched by the Civilization Research Institute.

And these projects all shared one characteristic: they all came from the civilization ruins of the 'Great Desolation'.

“This is his advantage, an advantage that even we cannot compare with. I still insist on giving him the treatment of a Formal Researcher—”

“—”

“—”

After hearing Professor Xu Bo's words, many professors present began to waver.

Seeing the time was ripe, Professor Xu Bo stopped holding back and said directly, “Let's vote.”

With that, Professor Xu Bo raised his right hand.

Shen Xinghe instinctively wanted to raise his hand too, but immediately realized that in this setting, he didn't seem to have the right to express an opinion.

“Opposed,” a senior professor immediately raised his hand.

“In favor!” A professor who had a very good relationship with Professor Xu Bo also raised his hand.

“Opposed.”

“In favor!”

“In favor!”

Before long, all nine professors present had made their choices, and Professor Xu Bo couldn't help but show a smile.

Five votes in favor, four opposed!

He—won!

Enjoying...