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Chapter 1491: Chapter 1219: What Happened to the Promised Weakness in Sci-Fi?

"Sir, your coffee is cold. Would you like me to get you a fresh cup?"

"Sir?"

"Are you alright, sir?"

The waiter looked puzzled at this strange man.

The man had been looking at his phone, and suddenly started crying.

Could it be that his girlfriend broke up with him?

The waiter’s gaze became sympathetic.

"No need, thank you."

Zhan Yun wiped the tears from his face and spoke with a dry voice.

After the waiter left, his eyes fell back on the phone, and he reread a few key paragraphs of the last part again.

["Look at this tiny world, the life forms upon it live their lives, dream their dreams, completely oblivious to our existence, to the wars and destruction in the Milky Way. To them, the universe is an infinite source of hope and dreams, like an ancient ballad from the primordial times."]

["The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible."]

["The most comprehensible thing about the universe is that it is incomprehensible."]

It’s so well-written.

Zhan Yun thought, his mood bitter.

He knew he had lost the Literary Duel.

Not because this science fiction story was particularly hardcore.

On the contrary.

This was a so-called "soft sci-fi."

Precisely because it was soft sci-fi, the focus of the writing could be on creating an ambiance.

Zhan Yun was once confused by the beginning:

Two completely unrelated clues proceeded side by side.

From any angle, there seemed no reason for them to intersect.

If there was, it must be a clumsy stretch.

Yet Chu Kuang managed to intersect the clues naturally, without a trace of the situation Zhan Yun imagined.

Once again, the same evaluation:

When the students recited the three laws, Zhan Yun was convinced he was witnessing the most bizarre and incredible scene in Blue Star’s sci-fi history.

With a bitter smile.

Zhan Yun instinctively glanced at the comment section.

At this moment, the comment section of "The Country Teacher" had been flooded with messages.

"Moved to tears."

"From Li Baoku’s last lesson, the shock came like a raging storm wave after wave, rendering me stunned and kneeling, until I reached the final Chapter, unable to hold back the tears—such simple strokes painted the image of a country teacher, surpassing all grandeur in the world."

"For the first time, I felt sci-fi could carry such a humanistic touch!"

"Grand narration concerning the fate of humanity and even cosmic civilization, yet originating from the trivial details of an ordinary country teacher—skillfully using the small to show the big, the ending twist was a tear-jerking blow, the author is simply brilliant!"

"Not just a defeat, it’s a complete crushing of the opponent."

"Chu Kuang, the old rascal, still loves to ’kill’ characters, but my first reaction wasn’t to curse him; I actually fully understood the intention behind his writing this time."

"This piece utterly captivated me; it’s just beautifully heartbreaking!"

"His name is ’Teacher’!"

"The cosmic fantasy paired with meticulous humanistic care, the ambiance of soft sci-fi, the technique of hard sci-fi, everything this book should have, it has—even if it’s just a medium-short novel."

"Probably the most marvelous ode to teachers."

"Discussing the sacred value of human teachers under the cosmic framework."

"I won’t say anything more, going to read the other two!"

...

The other two?

Zhan Yun suddenly paused, then couldn’t help but wonder:

If this novel is so outstanding, what about the other two novels?

With such curiosity.

Zhan Yun clicked open "The Hearing of Dao."

This novel’s competitor was Chu Continent’s sci-fi writer Lingmu, but before he could read the text, the comments below caught Zhan Yun’s attention.

Indeed.

His tear tracks had dried, his heart swayed, revealing a look of admiration:

"Marvelous!"

"The old rascal is truly powerful!"

"When the harmonious beauty of the universe unfolds before you, life is but a small price. I don’t understand scientists’ obsession with truth, but I am deeply shaken!"

"For the first time, I discovered sci-fi could be so romantic!"

"Build a dream of the future, before the vast universe, humanity is so insignificant."

"What is the purpose of the universe?"

"All lifestyles are reasonable, we don’t need to understand each other, this line in the text is so well spoken!"

"Upon hearing the Dao in the morning, one could die content in the evening."

"It’s simply an imaginative concept; Chu Kuang is always so cold-hearted. This novel is essentially about an idea supporting the whole story, yet the story doesn’t appear pale because of it."

This short story tells the tale of the martyr.

At the moment the world’s largest particle accelerator was about to start probing the unified model of the universe, the universe’s Risk Eliminator appeared, and vaporized Blue Star’s technological setup, because it would lead to the universe’s destruction. So the scientists came up with an idea:

Reveal the ultimate secrets of the universe to them, then destroy them!

The Risk Eliminator agreed, and created an "Altar of Truth" in the desert, where scientists obtained universal truth and then headed to their demise, becoming "Martyrs."

Zhan Yun hadn’t yet read the main text.

Yet the reader’s comments already reflected many things.

The most apparent point is that this novel’s evaluation was better than Lingmu’s!

I am not alone in my journey.

Zhan Yun showed a bitter smile.

...

With a bitter smile.

Zhan Yun quickly glanced at the comment section of "With Her Eyes" again.

Sure enough.

This side exploded too.

"If all the research and effort you’re doing now might never be discovered, and you’ll spend the rest of your life in endless loneliness and darkness, would you still persist?"

"I was puzzled by the title at first, but after finishing the novel, I felt an indescribable sadness."

"This story is both thrilling and romantic, the pioneers are the ones who pay the greatest price."

"Chu Kuang’s science fiction loves to talk about humanistic care, which prevents his sci-fi novels from feeling too cold, there are always characters dying for various reasons in his plots, he indeed enjoys writing about people’s deaths."

"What does this count as?"

"Go and see the other two, each ending comes with small yet significant sacrifices, making one sigh and shed tears without stopping."

"Short and powerful!"

"I was deeply impressed and felt a chill after reading it, Chu Kuang always manages to dig out poetic fear from physics, why doesn’t he try writing horror novels, his writing is so heart-stopping that it almost makes your heartbeat pause."

The story takes place in the distant future, where she and I are both astronauts.

The so-called "eyes" are sensors like glasses, capable of transmitting what is seen, even touch and taste.

The owner of the "eyes" I carry this time is a newly graduated young girl.

I took her across the plains, discovering that her emotions towards this world have become pathological; she even named hundreds of flowers on the plains.

The little flowers on the plains, the little fish in the streams, the sunlight skipping through the grass, every little grass, every sound on the plains can make her excited.

And I have become indifferent, even numb, because it was too easy to obtain.

Since she kept asking me to take her to see the moon, I got impatient, so I hung her eyes on a red willow tree and went to sleep.

Later I found out, she was not an astronaut, but the pilot of "Sunset Six".

Sunset Six is a ship exploring the Earth’s core, it met with an accident and intruded into the core.

Everyone else on the ship died, leaving only her.

She was forever trapped in loneliness in the Earth’s core, that drizzly morning without sunrise was her last time seeing the Earth’s surface.

She would spend the rest of her life alone in a world of less than ten square meters.

It is worth mentioning:

This novel was selected as a textbook in the Celestial Dynasty, officially recognized, its quality and significance are self-evident.

...

All three novels exploded!

The quality of each is remarkable!

Besides the readers, sci-fi writers on Blue Star were also stunned by these three works respectively!

"I have only read ’Village Teacher’ so far, and I’m overwhelmed with shock; this novel is truly captivating, even readers who aren’t interested in sci-fi would fall in love with it!"

"I read ’Heard the Way at Dawn’."

"How was it?"

"All I can say is Chu Kuang’s attitude towards science is astonishing; he has a way of making everyone view the story through his perspective!"

"And what about ’With Her Eyes’?"

"I think ’With Her Eyes’ is the most brilliant, though I haven’t read the other two yet."

"This novel doesn’t have much flashy hard sci-fi description, nor is the story itself particularly thrilling, but after reading it, it leads one into silence and contemplation, it feels like he is paying homage to the pioneers exploring Earth and the universe with words."

"Everyone, the situation doesn’t look good."

"Based on your reviews of the works you’ve read, why do I feel our three lost here?"

"Maybe you can remove the feeling."

"Maybe you can remove the question mark too."

"Anyhow, everyone should finish reading all three novels, we seem to have underestimated him."

Severely underestimated!

...

Still Chu Kuang’s writing style.

Cruelly sad, yet compassionate.

At this moment, not only Zhan Yun realized his defeat.

Chu Continent.

Lingmu lowered her eyes, taking a deep sigh.

Yan Continent.

Zhang Ao’s mouth slightly opened, eyes filled with indelible confusion, three against one yet still lost?

Wasn’t it said that Chu Kuang’s sci-fi was his weak point?

Neither Zhan Yun nor Lingmu or Zhang Ao could be considered weak, they were sci-fi masters in their respective continents; why then couldn’t anyone defeat that guy?

No.

The three suddenly gained some insight.

Perhaps sci-fi is not Chu Kuang’s weak point.

It only seemed like his sci-fi was average because Chu Kuang’s performance in other genres was too astonishing.

In fact.

Chu Kuang’s sci-fi is not weak.

Even though these three works didn’t showcase his overwhelming dominance in other genres, his sci-fi at least reached the level of top-tier sci-fi writers in Wei Continent, even Zhong Continent!

And at this moment.

Just like the sci-fi writers, readers across the continents of Blue Star, after finishing one of the three works, quickly caught up with the remaining two in no time.

Boom!

A heated discussion across the internet!

This battle seemed to have ended, but in fact, Chu Kuang’s pen duel journey, sweeping across the eight continents, had just begun!

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