The Sixth Book by Living on the Far Side of the Moon

In the cyber era of 2026, class barriers are rigid, and university majors have evolved into a brutal “Nine-Rank System.” In this absurd age, journalism, the humanities, and finance have become playgrounds for the powerful, where success depends on looks, drinking capacity, and knowing how to suck up. The “university application ticket,” priced at 17,999 yuan, has become the last lifeline for students from the bottom of society hoping to cross the class divide.

That day, the mad mentor “Lao Xue,” Zhang Zibiao, wolfed down three Choc Ice bars under the blazing sun and suddenly collapsed from his lofty perch. With the Future Empire leaderless, its inner circle unable to agree on how to divide the spoils, the whole edifice seemed on the verge of collapse.

At this critical moment, Wu Liang, chief regent, calmly returned to his regular livestream amid a barrage of comments cursing him for “stealing the fruits of the revolution” and “outlasting Cao Cao like Sima Yi.”

“Your humble servant was once a mere wage slave, laboring at his desk… I made a seven-year pact. Seven years from now, I will return these billions in digital assets and the Cyber Throne to the young master with both hands!”

Below the stage, factions fought as renowned mentors struck out on their own and rival cliques carved out their territories. Onstage, he proclaimed that “sincerity is the ultimate weapon,” displaying the political cunning of an emperor. He appeared grief-stricken, yet turned ordinary people’s unemployment crisis into a “class-defense barrier” and sold it at a premium. He talked endlessly about “breaking the information gap for the working class,” but in truth used the most ruthless playbook of regency politics to orchestrate a transfer of power to a new generation of cyber aristocrats.