Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

To be honest, when I asked them about the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences before, they were very secretive. When they were recruiting talent, they only gave me a list, and most of the candidates actually lived in Grey River and Mello Petersburg.

Then think about the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences, which was blown up into the sky later in the story.

What exactly is the current situation of the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences?

Chapter 29 The Upheaval at the Fengdan Academy of Sciences

Taking advantage of the opportunity to go on an inspection trip together, Jiang Ming inquired about the situation from them.

This time, they didn't try to hide anything anymore. According to them, things are going very well at the Ocean Academy, and everyone has a close relationship, so there's no point in hiding anything.

Strictly speaking, they did not come to Inazuma voluntarily to work.

Instead, they were exiled.

The internal struggles within the Fontaine Academy of Sciences have a long history, but with the covert intervention of noble forces, they reached a fever pitch shortly before the national isolation order was issued.

The conflict was sparked by the development of the Shiji mine.

Because the research had not been going well, I decided to give up on in-depth research and instead focus on finding ways to apply it.

In contrast, the conservatives advocate prioritizing safety, believing that thorough research should be conducted first to transform the unknown into the known, and that this power should be mastered before it can be applied.

The conflict between the two sides began from this point and gradually accumulated.

Later, the radicals gained the support of the Fontaine nobles.

The nobles' reason for supporting it was simple: the sooner the technology was put into use, the sooner they could make huge profits.

After the intervention of aristocratic forces, the power of the moderates declined sharply. Some of the moderate senior researchers who held the power of discourse were either imprisoned in Mero Petersburg, or committed suicide or died unexpectedly.

The rest of them either volunteered for overseas assignments and left Fontaine, or they moved to Melo Petersburg, lost their identities after leaving, and headed straight for the Grey River.

A small number of people simply gave up their jobs at the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences and resigned.

Good heavens! Jiang Ming exclaimed.

Another drama of Showa-era separatists seizing power.

They dare to use something without knowing its true purpose!

Jiang Ming connected this to the plot of Genshin Impact and roughly knew how things would develop.

The radical scientific experiment ended in an accident, and the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences was blown up into the sky.

Moreover, it refers to going to heaven in a physical sense.

Most of the researchers were also killed in the accident, and one of the tracks for the rail patrol boat was also destroyed.

All I can say is, if you don't act recklessly, you won't die.

However, these researchers who lost out in the internal struggles became easy targets for Jiang Ming.

Since they've already moved to Grey River, surely they won't be rejected when we invite them to join the Ocean Academy?

Jiang Ming wasn't the only one who heard this.

The accompanying scholars from the Order of the Church also learned of these circumstances.

Scholars were shocked by this.

"You Fontaines, do you really play such dirty tricks? Nobles can actually interfere with the operation of research institutes? And even interfere with scientific research?"

Indeed, in their Sumeru, the Council of Religion, which is similar in nature to the Fontaine Academy, is the highest authority.

It has always been scholars who interfere with the operation of other institutions; no other institution has ever dared to interfere with the research of scholars.

Even if it's a discipline officer, it's still an internal investigation by scholars.

The Fontaines people behaved in a mediocre manner.

"To paraphrase a saying from Liyue, wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue. Miss, not every place can be governed by scholars like Sumeru. Besides, the Order of the Nation can't be completely free of these kinds of things, can it?"

"Speaking of which, even the current Marine Science Academy is dominated by Coral Palace, isn't it? As things stand, isn't that pretty good?"

The pupils of the Sumeru scholar trembled.

That seems to be the case?

Jiang Ming, the president of the Marine Science Academy, also seems to hold a bunch of other positions at the Coral Palace.

Can research led by bureaucratic institutions proceed this smoothly?

"So the key to the problem lies in people, in whether they can maintain their original good intentions. Of course, as time goes by, even institutions established with good intentions may change."

Several Fontaine residents reminisced about the Fontaine Academy of Sciences when it was first established.

"Back then, people gathered together to explore the unknown in the world and to promote the development of Fontainebleau at the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences."

Instead of what it is now, rife with paper-sucking parasites, and filled with ubiquitous complex processes and bloated bureaucratic systems.

To be honest, it wasn't until I got here that I realized how unreasonable it is to consider the lack of scientific research results a serious crime.

Every researcher at Fontainebleau gets to know the operational processes of the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences during their student years.

They are used to it too.

Receiving research funding but failing to produce research results constitutes a serious crime, potentially punishable by death.

Ironically, even the serial killers in Fontaine don't necessarily get sentenced to death.

Recalling this detail, Jiang Ming was reminded of the current situation at the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences, where radicals are in power.

No wonder there's such a rule.

Jiang Ming's side was exactly the opposite.

Jiang Ming has been instilling in the researchers at the Ocean Academy of Sciences the idea that it's normal to invest a lot of money in scientific research without seeing any results.

As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success.

Just do it and that's it.

If taking money guaranteed results and allowed no possibility of failure, then there probably wouldn't even be a light bulb on Earth.

The audit process focuses on whether the funds were used for research and development and whether they were misappropriated, rather than solely on the results. Results are at most one indicator for evaluation.

The approach of combining procedural justice with substantive justice opened the eyes of these researchers in Fontainebleau.

But upon reflection, they felt that this was normal, and this was what scientific research should be like.

So why did we always think that spending money without achieving results was a serious crime and that it was reasonable?

Several Fontaines fell into deep thought.

They generally don't have the concept of PUA.

"Hey, speaking of which, what was the situation like at your Order of the Fathers before?"

Jiang Ming steered the conversation toward the Order of the Teachers.

He was quite familiar with the plot of Sumeru, and he was now very curious about how far Hazard had progressed.

"Eh, the Order of the Rising Sun?"

The scholar who was asked the question looked bewildered, and then began to seriously consider the question.

"It's alright, everything is running smoothly overall. It's just that the two sages from the generative and causal schools haven't been feeling well lately, so the great sage sent someone to temporarily take over their work. Perhaps, a new sage has already emerged by then."

Are you not feeling well?

Everyone present looked at the scholar from the Church of Christ.

"Huh? Why...why are you all looking at me like that?"

Several Fontaines sensed that something was wrong.

They had seen quite a bit at the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences, especially after the aristocratic forces intervened in the academy, and had some understanding of various methods.

It's normal to be unwell, but why did the great sage send someone to take over the work instead of arranging it themselves?

He was just unwell, not suddenly dead.

It seems there's more to the story.

The Fontaines exchanged glances, but no one spoke.

Jiang Ming, who had experienced the storyline firsthand, was quite clear about it.

He was imprisoned by the great sage Azhar.

It seems that the Church's plan to create a god has already begun.

How should he evaluate the Sumeru Teaching Academy?

Chapter 30 Primitive Tools

Whether in the game or in the current reality of Teyvat, a prominent feature of the Commandment House is that it never engages in practical applications.

Generally speaking, practice and knowledge are a mutually reinforcing relationship.

At the Instruction Council, they only conduct research and gain in-depth understanding, but there is little trace of practical application.

On one hand, the top echelons of the Order of the Church are capable of creating gods, or at least capable of participating in the creation of gods; on the other hand, Sumeru lives a primitive life, and its research tools have not been updated for who knows how many years.

You've spent so much time researching, and this is all you've got?

Knowledge, as a potential productive force, cannot be transformed without practice.

Without advanced productivity, there can be no advanced tools.

At least from Jiang Ming's perspective, the people in the Order of the Instruction had not changed.

It's like cement; you make it, publish a paper on it, and then that's it.

Such excellent building materials, enough to trigger architectural revolution, show absolutely no signs of being used.

This has resulted in the fact that the people in the Order of the Church are still using primitive tools to carry out advanced research activities.

Can you imagine people on Earth using research equipment from 500 years ago to conduct modern scientific research?

Whether or not one can break through depends entirely on luck. A major breakthrough is purely a matter of being chosen by heaven, having struck it lucky.