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Chapter 315: Chapter 270: Life Difficulty – Easy Mode_2 Chapter 315: Chapter 270: Life Difficulty – Easy Mode_2 “Before I was born, ‘Virtual Education Cabins’ had already become the mainstay of basic education,” Hanna said. “Apart from Mage colleges that still have teachers, primary and secondary education no longer require them. Most people, starting at the age of five, would enter education programs custom tailored in the cabins. It’s said to be a wonderful experience–you’d have a teacher in every way that perfectly matches your heart’s desires; they would understand all your thoughts and feelings, and use the most ingenious methods, the most comfortable environments, to make you fall in love with learning.”

“By the time you reach secondary education, you would begin to unearth your own talents, from playing cats cradle to becoming a marksman, from hair management to fashion design, from biological research to civil engineering… Whether you have encountered them before or not, the cabins will try their utmost to uncover any hidden talents you have, allowing you to explore the limits of your abilities in just a few short years.”

“Hang on, are you saying the cabins offer personalized education for each individual?” Ash asked, puzzled. “That sounds… not quite right.”

“Exactly as you imagine,” Hanna said. “The cabins use the big data analysis from the Gospel Book. Don’t be surprised, most high-tech companies make use of the Gospel Book’s big data. The seamless flow of traffic we saw on the way here, the orderly swarm of drones in the sky, it’s all thanks to the data analysis from the Gospel Book, which is why the City can circulate its blood as if it were art.”

“Banjee told me that you and Mr. Harvey seem to have some doubts about our education system, thinking that families without points will fall far behind those with a point reserve.”

Hanna glanced at the room housing hundreds of Education Cabins: “But in reality, Evangelism won’t charge you a cent of tuition before your talent is recognized by the Void Realm.”

However, Ash noticed a word she used earlier: “You said ‘it’s said’?”

“Yes,” Hanna flicked her amethyst earring, “I never went to school.”

“The vast majority of rich people do not receive the basic education provided by the Kingdom of Gospel.”

“Why not?”

“Because the basic education isn’t free. If you want to receive it, you have to sign a Contract, with a price.”

“What price?”

“Lifetime education.”

Ash was taken aback, truly not understanding now: “Lifetime education is a price?”

Hanna nodded, pointing to a mature woman who had just emerged from a cabin: “Depending on the age, everyone has a certain annual quota of education time. The youth phase is the most intense, with classes almost every day. After reaching adulthood and starting work, the educational time is greatly reduced, but you’ll still have at least 60 hours of course time each month.”

“Adult courses offer a lot of freedom, you can learn anything you want, whether it’s stacking blocks, playing the harmonica, makeup techniques, or film appreciation… As long as your brain absorbs new knowledge, it can count towards your education time.”

Ash blinked: “Isn’t that… a good thing?”

“I never said it wasn’t a good thing,” Hanna said with a slight nod to the mature woman as she passed by and started up the stairs. “The Kingdom of Gospel has sustained a good thirty years of technological boom, and the lifelong education system has contributed a lot to that.”

“So why don’t the wealthy accept basic education?”

“Why don’t you want a lifetime of employment with me, and instead reduce it to 101 days?” Hanna countered.

“That’s a false analogy,” Ash retorted immediately. “Being a beast of burden for someone and lifelong education are incomparable. One is like eating shit, the other is like having a meal!”

“I don’t see you acting like a beast of burden for me right now,” Hanna raised an eyebrow. “Are you implying that I am the shit?”

“No, no, no, I am, you’re the one eating.”

Hanna burst out laughing at his response, momentarily forgetting what she was saying. After a while, she continued, “Just like you don’t want to accept a lifetime contract, we, if given the choice, wouldn’t accept a lifelong shackle either. My family would rather have Banjee tutor my education than let me sign away my freedom for basic education.”

“By the way, the Kingdom of Gospel has another lifelong contract, or rather, a benefit–lifelong labor. As long as you sign a contract with the Labor Guarantees Bureau, you’ll receive the average community salary even when unemployed. In return, the bureau will assign you jobs that are considered most suitable.”

“Of course, the job must satisfy the three basic principles: good pay, little work, close to home, and must absolutely align with your interests and hobbies because job assignments also rely on the data analysis from the Gospel Book. If there is no suitable job, the Gospel Book would rather have you stay at home and receive unemployment benefits.”

“However, long-term unemployment is rare, as all enterprises have to accept the plans from the Labor Guarantees Bureau. A company itself can only have 10% of their staff quota, while the remaining 90% have to be supplied by the bureau. This policy is still in healthy operation today, which is likely proof that the quality of those 90% of workers is probably better than the 10% recruited by the company itself.”

Lifetime education, lifetime labor, then…

Ash looked a little odd: “There isn’t a lifelong love contract too, is there?”

Hanna smiled and shook her head: “Of course not… while the Gospel Book can indeed help you find your perfect match–one made in heaven–if you saved the world in a past life.”

“But most of the time, despite the Gospel Book being capable of finding treasures buried deep in the earth, gauging the weight of the sun, calculating the moon’s rhythms, it just can’t grant us a perfect love.”