Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 171

The first picture shows the child wearing a spray-on outfit, looking no different from other children.

The second picture shows the child wearing Qingfengyi clothes, standing on a platform, staring intently at the camera. He looks like a completely different person, prompting many viewers to feel envious and jealous.

The parent continued sending excited comments: "Back then, Qingfengyi's people had us guide the children's gaze from the front and constantly adjust our positions. It was really fun!"

The filming budget provided by Qingfengyi wasn't much, only around 100,000 yuan. However, given Qingfengyi's level and status, the issue at this point wasn't about the amount of compensation, but rather that even if she were to work for free, they might not be able to get in.

Once you've been used, you can use that qualification to get promoted step by step.

Of course, everyone would be willing to accept it even if there were no subsequent benefits.

Who could resist such beautiful photos?

It's very difficult; it's impossible to control oneself.

"OP is really something, how much did you bribe Qingfeng Yi to get you in?"

"I'd like to know too. I'm not short of money. If I have any connections, I'd like to take my child to have their picture taken."

"If the price is right, I'll definitely bring my daughter there, it's so beautiful!"

The parent said, "Qingfengyi paid my child to be a model, 100,000 Star Coins. It's not a lot, but it's something."

"Ah, that's not enough, what do you want?"

"I can go for free, but you're paying for it, waaaaah! Qingfengyi, Designer Lin, come find me!"

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The video caused quite a stir. Interstellar people generally value children, so most of them like them. Now, seeing such a beautiful and adorable child, their hearts were practically soaring to the planet Aimor.

Some parents rushed to find designers to make these clothes for their children, and those who could afford it immediately arranged for their children to study on Planet Aimore.

Of course, who should accompany their child to school is a matter for the couple to argue about, and it's none of Lin Shuying's business. She's still working hard to perfect the upcoming update, hoping to showcase the profound and leisurely spirit of Chinese culture to everyone.

It's often said that you can understand 80% of a civilization and a nation by looking at its education system, and there's some truth to that. Children are exposed to the foundational aspects of a civilization; the solidity of that foundation naturally influences the grandeur and height of subsequent buildings. These foundational aspects encompass a civilization's attitude towards children, the things it teaches, and the ingrained manners and qualities that characterize its people.

Lin Shuying had previously heard some people who did well despite not receiving an education say that learning and education were useless, but that's simply not true. Character and qualities are accumulated gradually, and the way to accumulate them is through learning, education, and passing on knowledge.

And all of this rests on the shoulders of children and the next generation.

Sometimes, the purpose of learning is not to master a skill, but to open your mind. When your mind soars, you have extra space to think about life and the world, and see your true self.

We must understand that the world is more than just the present hardships; there are dreams in the distance. Even if we cannot realize them, we can still see how high the limits of those dreams can be.

That's probably the purpose of learning.

In reality, things are in turmoil, with everyone busy sending their children to school, building daycare centers, and developing their businesses. Meanwhile, something shocking happened in the game, overshadowing all other trending news overnight.

That was a speculation about human civilization and its origins, and Qingfengyi actually provided a complete storyline.

The story began when a player, who was crafting stones, progressed to the late feudal dynasty era in a dungeon. He then sped up the events of that period to create a three-hour documentary, which he then uploaded to the StarNet.

At the beginning of the video, the player is transformed into a rock several meters high and carried along a glacier to a tribe. At that time, this tribe consisted of hairy apes, and it was an era in which a single male ruled the tribe.

Later, they learned to use tools made of stones and wood, and would collect firewood to take home and maintain the fire. With fire, they began to eat cooked food and roasted meat, and were able to make more tools.

For example, stones would crack when thrown into fire, so people used fire to break stones and discovered that some stones cracked very sharply and could cut through skin. Thus, stone knives appeared, followed by bone knives, and so on.

Technology accumulates little by little in this way, with each change being very small—a seemingly insignificant alteration or inspiration in daily life—but ultimately becoming a key point in the progress of civilization. Such changes are unimaginable in later eras filled with countless small inventions.

Having lived in the technological age for too long, or even in the feudal era of civilization and progress for too long, one cannot understand how a little change could lead ape-men to the path of world domination.

This tribe gradually developed, relying on hunting for survival, and was still a patriarchal society. Later, changes in the environment and climate, including the Little Ice Age, led to a decrease in prey, and people began to rely on gathering for survival. This tribe gradually transformed into a matriarchal society.

During this period, clothing developed rapidly. Linen clothes, animal skin clothes, bark clothes, and so on appeared, and sewing techniques also improved.

Later, as the environment improved, people created farming systems. Women's weakness in physical strength meant they had no advantage in farming, and patriarchal society returned.

This return to the past did not change the fact that even in the age of technological civilization and after the implementation of gender equality, society remains patriarchal.

Lin Shuying set this up according to her past life's reality, without making any changes. She herself didn't even realize it until she stepped outside the perspective of that era and discovered that it was a patriarchal society.

The video recording ends here, because the player's rock has been dug up, and the system indicates that the player has died.

This player's experience is also quite amazing.

It started as a relatively large, uniquely shaped rock. It migrated to this tribe through glacial movement and became a marker of the tribe's territory.

Later, some players who were born in this tribe tried to test whether he was a player by threatening to burn him down, but this player ignored them.

The player's mother came over and educated her child: "Don't talk nonsense. This is the sacred stone that accompanies the tribe. We must respect it."

After saying this, he took the child back home. The child then told other children about it, and this generation of young people believed it to be true and thought that the stone at the door was very remarkable.

They then spoke of the stone to the next generation, and the priests and shamans of that generation designated it as a sacred stone, and sacrificial ceremonies were held there. Gradually, this player became the sacred stone of the tribe, and they would come to worship and pray for blessings every year or during major festivals and events.

Many players who later joined this tribe still asked whether the stone belonged to a player.

The player remained silent.

He stayed quietly in the instance for a month and a half, and the instance's civilization evolved to modern history, with various wars raging everywhere and technology developing rapidly.

In the early stages of technological development, the destructive power far outweighed the benefits to humanity. Only after gradual regulation did things stabilize, leading to the modern era of societal development.

At this point, the ground beneath the stone player's feet was leveled to make way for a high-rise building, and the large stone was hoisted away.

The NPC exclaimed in amazement, "This rock is huge! I wonder when it was formed."

"It shouldn't take long, otherwise they could have dug it out so easily?"

The large rock was initially taken to a very large park to be used as an artificial mountain, but it was later discovered that it was too big to fit in the space and unsuitable for landscaping. So the designer broke it into several pieces and pieced them together to create a completely new artificial mountain.

The player died.

Surprisingly, the most discussed topic among the interstellar people in this video was not the emergence and development of civilization, but rather how easily its lineage could be broken.

Leaving aside the fact that interstellar civilizations have lost most of their previous heritage, even the scenarios depicted in the instance don't involve severe catastrophes like planetary destruction. People only experience minor events such as small migrations, technological innovations, clashes with new things, or wars, and a large portion of their past is lost.

Through constant loss, constant reinvention, and the pursuit of technological innovation, history slowly becomes a riddle, requiring a great deal of time to decipher. Many excellent and valuable things have been lost to time, never to return.

People painstakingly unearth and reconstruct the past by examining the few available texts, pictures, and sculptures.

But can the past really be restored?

do not know.

Just like this player, it started as an ordinary stone, and the tribe didn't know where it came from. Later, it became the tribe's sacred stone, receiving incense and worship every day, and for a time he really thought he was a god.

Later, the tribe moved away, leaving behind the sacred stone. The incense-blackened marks on the stone were washed away by wind and rain, leaving no trace.

When it was retrieved again, people thought it was just an ordinary stone.

Little did people know that just a few hundred years ago, it was a sacred stone of a tribe.

The tradition was thus quietly broken.

Some players, curious about the origin of this stone, spent considerable effort searching for clues and obtained many, yet they were unsure which were right and which were wrong.

After experiencing all of this firsthand, the stone player dies and returns, this time reborn as a human, to seek the reason for his abandonment in his previous life and the whereabouts of that tribe.

He searched extensively and identified seven or eight candidates on his own.

After the tribes separated, they carried their own memories and a few artifacts and scattered in all directions, passing these memories on to the next generation. As a result, several stones with errors and discrepancies appeared.

This change is amazing!

Civilization thus multiplied from one to countless, and upon arriving in new territories, continued to develop into new civilizations bearing the characteristics of those regions...

Besides the system, the most significant changes were in clothing, with each period seemingly having its own unique attire.

Animal skin clothing from primitive societies, ancient costumes from feudal times, modern clothing, and so on. Within these broad categories, there are also smaller subcategories; for example, at one time people dressed very seriously and formally, at another time they pursued elegance and freedom, at another time they exuded a refined and otherworldly air, and at yet another time they were incredibly glamorous.

A careful study of these changes reveals that alterations in clothing are linked to the resources, historical context, cultural preferences, and economic development of the time. One can even infer the prevailing social atmosphere and state of peace of a dynasty from changes in clothing style; truly, a single garment conveys a great deal of information.