Chapter 1277: Chapter 1067: The Old Rascal’s Sci-Fi Novel

Perhaps it was because Chu Kuang rarely interacted with readers like this, or maybe it was because his responses were too pretentious, or possibly because Chu Kuang always slapped the readers in the face for no reason, but in any case, the goofy netizens, as if they had eaten Snickers, suddenly perked up!

“A bit of understanding, is that enough?”

“Then why don’t you write one?!”

“You think we won’t take you seriously?”

“Today I’ll take you on with full force!”

“Come on then.”

“Just write sci-fi!”

“I absolutely refuse to believe in this evil today!”

“You really think you are skilled in every genre, huh.”

“Brothers, let’s take him on!”

“This time let’s make him unable to step down!”

“This rascal always slaps the readers’ faces, today we are also going to slap the old rascal’s face, let’s see what he has to say this time!”

What do I have to say?

I will slap back on the spot!

Lin Yuan, sprawled on the bed like a salted fish, looked at these goofy netizen comments, and suddenly sat up in bed as though a critically ill patient had been shocked back to life:

“Pen, come!”

In the room, only Antarctica dosing beside the bed, suddenly heard Lin Yuan’s voice, and clumsily got up, looking somewhat at a loss.

“Forget it, I’ll do it myself.”

Lin Yuan smiled and smoothed Antarctica’s fur, then got up and sat at the desk.

Alright.

In fact, the comments of the netizens were not the important thing. The main point was that Lin Yuan felt it was about time that Chu Kuang opened for business.

As for the theme.

It’s quite a coincidence.

Although it was the readers who clamored for a science fiction theme, Lin Yuan was actually considering writing a novel on this theme himself.

Blue Star is vast.

Each continent has its own characteristics, and the people of each continent also have their own preferences for literary genres.

Just like how the people of Zhao Continent like to read martial arts novels.

The people of Wei Continent prefer sci-fi.

This means if Chu Kuang wants to harvest literary prestige from the people of Wei Continent, writing a sci-fi novel would be the most efficient choice.

However…

When it comes to choosing which sci-fi work to write first, that’s something Lin Yuan should carefully consider.

Because there are just so many to choose from!

Domestically, there’s Big Liu, a pioneer who single-handedly took Celestial Dynasty sci-fi to the world stage. Internationally, there are countless illustrious names from the history of science fiction, like the Big Three of sci-fi history.

What?

Big Liu’s The Three-Body Problem series?

Lin Yuan will definitely write the Three-Body series.

Just like how Lin Yuan would definitely not pass up the Harry Potter series.

But now is not the time. The world of the Three-Body series is too vast, and can be described as the “Bomb” of science fiction novels.

Lin Yuan has always had the habit of holding back his trump cards.

The Three-Body series is one of the “Bombs” he plans to keep hidden for now.

Also, who says Big Liu only has the Three-Body series?

This bigshot has too many world-class sci-fi works, giving Lin Yuan a lot of choices.

Lin Yuan can even postpone all of Big Liu’s works.

In our Celestial Dynasty alone, there are many great sci-fi writers.

The likes of Big Liu came from the most difficult era of Celestial Dynasty sci-fi, and some of their works still shine brightly to this day.

Lin Yuan already had a direction:

First of all, he definitely had to pick a short story.

Lin Yuan, to some extent, had indeed taken up the gauntlet thrown by these goofy netizens.

Writing a full-length novel takes too long to retaliate, so why not start with a short sci-fi story to test the waters.

After all, with the limited word count of a short story, Lin Yuan could finish it in one day and achieve the goal of immediate face-slapping.

Secondly, it had to be brutal!

These readers kept calling themselves “old rascals,” and he couldn’t let this title go to waste.

You want to mess with my mentality?

I’ll mess with yours first!

Wasn’t there a reader who left a comment saying:

As long as I come back to write, even if it means serving a box lunch to the protagonist, it would be acceptable?

Remember, this is what you said!

Today I will grant your wish!

And so, after screening through the System’s library for five minutes, Lin Yuan’s gaze finally settled on the work he would write next.

This novel is called: “The Heartbroken”!

As the name suggests.

This is a sci-fi novel that has made countless people cry.

Perfect for Chu Kuang!

…

The last time Chu Kuang released a new book was, well, the last time.

Alright.

Specifically, it was last July.

At that time, Chu Kuang used the variety show “Fish Walking with You” to launch his new book.

And it turned out to be a fairy tale for children, “Peter Pan.”

Since then, a whole nine months have passed.

In these nine months, aside from making an appearance with a sketch comedy at Xian Yu’s Qin Continent Spring Festival Gala, Chu Kuang has been offline.

In other words:

The literary world has been without news of Chu Kuang for a long time.

And now today, Chu Kuang suddenly surfaced and for the first time mentioned the topic of a new book, which not only blew up countless fans but also caused a stir in the literary world!

…

Literary circles across the continents.

The news spread quickly!

“Everyone come and watch, Chu Kuang is fighting with his readers again!”

“Ah?”

“Fighting again?”

“Why do I use the word ‘again’?”

“No big deal, the old rascal Chu Kuang has always been in a love-hate relationship with his readers.”

“No, it’s that Chu Kuang, the old rascal, is releasing a new book!”

“A new book!?”

“What genre?”

“Just check his blog and you’ll know!”

Soon enough.

An endless number of writers came to watch.

Fantasy writers, fairy tale writers, martial arts writers, mystery writers, and others all came to watch, eager to know if Chu Kuang was going to write in their specific genre!

After getting the hang of the situation.

The writers were flabbergasted.

“Sci-fi?”

“Why that genre?”

“Hahahaha, obviously the readers are giving this old rascal a hard time, but it’s his own fault. He could’ve said anything, but he just had to say he had been chilling in Wei Continent, letting the readers pick the genre, I’d also throw him a tough nut to crack to watch him struggle!”

“It’s not that serious, not that serious.”

“It’s obviously a joke.”

“Everybody knows it’s a joke, but didn’t that old rascal reply in the comments that he understands a bit of sci-fi?”