Building a Chinese Museum in the Interstellar World

Also known as “Everyday Life in China Takes the Interstellar World by Storm” This is a world where people can see the past of 【cultural artifacts】 and experience the eras those 【cultural artifacts】 lived through. But it is also an era in which countless museums are declining after once flourishing. Every year, quite a few museums close their doors. Even so, after living in the interstellar age for more than twenty years, Xi Mingyue decides to open a museum: the Huaxia Museum. At first, interstellar citizens’ first impression of the cultural artifacts inside is that they’re all very strange. A low-ranked museum, filled with strange 【cultural artifacts】. The first 【cat teaser】: a cat’s favorite toy. Ju Jiujiu is a catfolk working herself to the bone to make money on Central Star. One day, she learns about a cultural artifact called a cat teaser. At first, just like her fellow catfolk, Ju Jiujiu bristles and hisses: !!! What kind of species would dare tease a cat! How outrageous! Later, she enters the 【cat teaser】: The sun shines brightly, and a gentle breeze blows. A kitten with the same coloring as her happily pounces on a cat teaser. When the kitten gets tired, a human picks it up and gently strokes it. It doesn’t have to do a thing, yet humans bring it food, clean its litter box, and play with it... Ju Jiujiu’s eyes turn red: Human! Meow doesn’t want to work hard anymore! After that, whenever she wants to enter again, she has to wait in a very long line. And catfolk aren’t the only ones waiting with her. The second 【chopsticks】: a tool humans use to eat. Food in the interstellar age consists either of functional nutrient solutions or ingredients served in their original state: no seasoning, and no culinary skill involved. A curious citizen enters the 【chopsticks】, and in an instant, an astonishingly delicious aroma bursts across his senses. Trembling, he eats the food held between the chopsticks. Oh my god! It smells so good! So good!! How can anything in the world taste this delicious?! After that, the crowd around these 【chopsticks】 gets so thick that no one can squeeze their way in. The third 【golden needles】: a tool humans use to treat illness. They look so much like weapons, yet they’re medical tools. How strange. Interstellar citizens eagerly enter the 【golden needles】. Only to see people sticking needles into others, some in their faces, some in their bodies... The interstellar citizens who enter can’t help backing away, their faces filled with despair: You said these weren’t weapons!!! This is outright torture! Later, an interstellar citizen with needles stuck in the top of his head opens his eyes wide. “How does this work?! My headache is gone!” Every interstellar citizen who leaves the traditional Chinese medicine clinic feels refreshed from head to toe. After that, the 【golden needles】 become a huge hit. Countless interstellar citizens who have tried them drag along their friends who aren’t feeling well, thumping their chests as they promise: “These golden needles feel amazing, and they work incredibly well!” The fourth cultural artifact, 【collectible figurines】... Later, the interstellar world gains all kinds of toys suited to its diverse citizens, not just cat teasers; snacks, dishes, desserts, and drinks with a wider range of flavors; films and shows that are finally about something other than how to hunt; and all kinds of beautiful, extravagant clothes and jewelry... Museums everywhere come back to life, and the most celebrated among them is the Huaxia Museum, from the fringes of the Alliance. It is also the only museum in the entire interstellar world to reach the highest rank: a ninth-grade museum. Next book: “The Strongest Academy in the Interstellar World.” Please add it to your collection. This is a story about the Milky Way entering the interstellar age. The title and blurb are still undecided. Title and blurb pending. A bloody battle in the depths of space enables the Milky Way to repel its enemies and put an end to the covetous attention of other galaxies. But the Milky Way suffers devastating losses in the war and urgently needs to replenish its military ranks with talented personnel. Along with secretly seeking out all kinds of talent, the leadership decides to hold a live-streamed admissions event open to the entire world. Until then, most citizens of Blue Star have lived in a peaceful world carefully maintained by the leadership. They don’t know that other life-forms exist beyond the Milky Way, much less that people have been quietly sacrificing themselves for thousands of years. It is a workday in 2312. The weather is clear, and a gentle breeze blows. It seems like an utterly ordinary day. Then, exactly at ten o’clock, a live broadcast interrupts students’ classes, office workers’ jobs, and farmers’ work in the fields... The broadcast appears on televisions at home, projectors in classrooms, computers in offices, giant screens in shopping malls, and even in midair. It is everywhere. Everyone across the globe can see it. On screen stand twelve teenagers who look like students, their backs straight. Then one of the boys steps forward, his voice clear and bright. It’s an admissions broadcast! “Admissions? Huayao Academy?” What kind of no-name school is that! “Guaranteed job placement after graduation?” What century are we living in! “Just a diploma is enough to qualify you to become the district head of any one of the world’s twenty-six districts, without an exam?” Who came up with this prank? They’re taking it way too far! It’s so fake!! However, after the broadcast ends, quite a few current and former district heads reveal their Huayao Academy diplomas. The whole world is in an uproar! Everyone who meets the requirements starts preparing to apply. Applicants must pass the assessment to receive an acceptance letter. The teenagers who receive their letters excitedly and eagerly head off to enroll. The good news: graduation really does come with guaranteed job placement. Word is, quite a few upperclassmen are already working in the military before they even graduate. The bad news: graduating is hard. Really hard. If you fail the advancement exam, you’ll be held back indefinitely. An’an has a bad temper. Ever since she spent more than half a year unconscious and was sent by the academy to Blue Star to recruit students, she has often been on the verge of losing it. But the first rule of Huayao Academy is this: Huayao Academy’s mission is to protect humanity. So when people play pranks on her after she enrolls in an elite school, she puts up with it. After class, she goes to the boxing gym and beats a punching bag to pieces. So when she sees certain people bullying a student admitted through a special program, she puts up with that, too. But that very day, a classroom desk built to hold two or three hundred kilograms is kicked to pieces, and a hole is smashed into a wall. Later, after admissions end, the academy finds itself short on teaching staff. As an upperclassman, she is assigned to look after the new students for a while. Several of the new students look familiar. Some question why upperclassmen their own age should be allowed to act as their temporary teachers. An’an, who has been holding back for a long time, gently pins the speaker beneath her foot. No matter how hard the other person struggles, they can’t break free. Everyone clearly hears the sound of bones cracking. An’an looks over at the familiar faces, several of them trembling, and speaks kindly: “Today, your senior is teaching you your first lesson: obedience.” Later, bad-tempered An’an becomes an exchange student at one of the most famous universities in the interstellar world. An’an and her companions show the people of the interstellar world through their strength that the Milky Way is not to be trifled with. P.S. This is a completely fictional parallel world. Theme: Forgetting is death; remembering forever is how we become eternal.