Humanity is a restless species. Many closed societies fear neither internal conflict nor natural disaster. What they fear most is the opening of a door to the outside world.
Once one person opens it, a second will long to follow.
This curiosity, this desire to explore, may be the very instinct upon which human survival depends. As for the outcome, its very persistence through millions of years of natural evolution proves its purpose.
It has both pros and cons.
This world, in the end, is a society of increasing entropy. The only constant is eventual oblivion.
As Zhao Rui revealed the truth about the outside world, a strange silence fell over all of Blue Star.
This was true for both the ruling class and the common folk.
This was especially true for the people of the Central Plains, who possessed a distinctly higher level of cultural literacy.
This wasn't a matter that could be settled with a few careless words or a simple decision.
