Encapsulated within the Planar Sphere is the core sector of the Life Sciences Institute, where researchers act like nodes in a neural network, continuously generating inspiration and feedback through industrialized workflows.
"If your ambition rivals that of a genius, and you know how to create value through innovation, then you belong in the Technology Department! Join forces with the Intelligentsia Guild!"
Every researcher who successfully makes it into the Life Sciences Institute remembers the exact moment the director's finger pointed their way. The vision of "success" sending shivers down their spine, the staggering R&D budgets making their head spin.
In this research institute jointly established by the Technology Department and the Intelligentsia Guild, thinking is the most important work, and inspiration is a researcher's most irreplaceable asset.
Scholars peer through microscopes to deconstruct and refactor the building blocks of universal life, then tip the scales of the market, jotting down in their reports exactly how many pounds and ounces they are worth.
Maximizing results at all costs tends to send academia into overdrive: a relentless surge of audacious experiments that constantly skirt the gray areas of ethics.
Cross-species hybridization, gene editing, species creation... Every living thing in the universe is fair game for the Life Sciences Institute. There used to be a joke passed around among the staff:
When you walk past a darkened laboratory, you never know whether the one opening the door next will be the researcher... or the research subject.
Among the many widely circulated rumors and legends, the head of the Technology Department, Yabuli, has always been one of the central figures.
As an elusive bigshot, everyone's heard her name, yet precious few know what the major experiment she spearheads actually entails.
People gaze toward the core focus of the Life Sciences Institute with a mix of awe and trepidation, and every violent tremor that erupts from within sparks a fresh wave of feverish speculation.
The Life Sciences Institute never responds to such questions. Beneath the surface, undercurrents churn, while researchers contribute their ruminations day after day.
Until the collision of inspiration strikes a spark, and outlandish fantasies are forged into reality through fierce debate. Only then does everyone breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Even with closed eyes, they can already see the cosmic tomorrow reshaped by their own hands.