On a spaceship, there are three readers who love to read novels. They are named Akong, Amin and Aguang. They travel together and form a happy family of three. They witness many strange stories during this journey.

They all have the same hobby, reading novels. After arriving at the deep space prison, they didn't even want to move. In the end, it was Akong who made the rule that they would stay here for two years and then go to the next stop. The universe is so vast, and they haven't reached the end of their lives yet, so they can't stop.

The three readers began their book hunting journey, recommending their favorite novels to each other, and formed the habit of chatting with their friends while reading. According to them, this gave them a lively feeling of companionship in reading.

When they saw the Blue Star civilization, they all recommended it to each other. The novels of this civilization are so interesting that every time they read a new book, it is a brand new experience!

But today, Akong was a little uneasy.

"What's going on... Why hasn't Dream of the Red Chamber been updated yet?" A Kong flipped through his laptop. "What are the Qing tribe doing? Weren't they so proud of having the right to read ancient books? I see their novelists are all acting like Redologists, posting their own book reviews every day, and having so many creatures following them. But they can't even update on time."

"Qiongtian's "Blowing Again" has not been updated either... Second Brother Guan, is he really dead? Will the Wei Kingdom succeed in the follow-up? Will those people live a better life? I really want to know the follow-up..." A Ming was also listless.

As for A Guang, who loves to watch Canghai's tomb-raiding series, he lay on the ground because he couldn't see the familiar updates.

Suddenly, the Qingzu account released chapters 80 to 100 of A Dream of Red Mansions.

“There are so many more!”

Ah Kong was overjoyed and read it hastily. He was used to it, first reading the general idea, then looking at the details, then reading other people's book reviews, and finally cooking it into a literary delicacy after repeated steaming, frying and frying.

It is usually difficult to understand it the first time, but even with such a careless look, Akong could sense something was wrong.

"The writing style seems to have changed a bit. Many things don't connect. The magical feeling of the supporting characters is gone. Just cover up the names and replace them with anyone..."

"Has the character changed? I feel like the girls wouldn't handle it this way? Lady Jia's character seems a little bit harsh?"

"No, it's the author's values ​​that have changed!" Ah Kong slapped his thigh, "The author's values ​​are definitely not hidden, they are completely different from the previous ones! I think he seems to have forced a scene that echoes the foreshadowing in the previous chapter, and then wrote some happy words about reunion?"

The more Akong watched, the more he couldn't sit still. It was like he saw a creature wasting delicious food, or a dangerous building about to collapse. His bad premonition became stronger and stronger, and he even got a little angry. But since the previous article was still very interesting, he suppressed his anger and asked in a gentle voice under the Qing tribe's account:

"What happened? Was there a problem with the translation?"

Ah Kong looked through the comments section and saw that many creatures had raised the same question. The readers in this universe were not very good at reading, but their mental power was quite sensitive. Even if they couldn't tell what was wrong, they could still sense that the spirit of the text feedback was completely different. Everyone was barely maintaining politeness. Some creatures called for a different translation, or a retranslation, which was better than feeding garbage to the readers.

However, the Qing Clan did not respond. It watched helplessly as the number of replies gradually exceeded a thousand, and it did not respond either.

Ah Kong really wanted to yell. At this time, the speed of replying to posts increased sharply again. Ah Kong followed everyone's instructions and found a post that exposed information on the forum.

>Discussion-Rumor has it that the chapters after 80 of "Red" were rewritten by the Qing clan themselves!

Ah Kong's head buzzed and he couldn't hear anything for two or three seconds.

"Akong, Akong, what's wrong with you?" A Ming and A Guang came over to show concern for it.

"I ate fake toxic garbage... Ugh..." Akong felt worse than lack of oxygen. "The sequel was actually rewritten by the Qing people themselves! Do they have that ability? Do they really think they can rewrite it at will just because they are experts in the study of the Dream of the Red Chamber? I think what they wrote is not even one percent of the quality of the original!"

It angrily returned to Qingzu's post, wishing it could penetrate the optical brain signal and strangle Qingzu's head.

Just think about it, when you are enjoying a good meal, suddenly you get some food fried with gutter oil, which is so greasy, who wouldn’t feel sick? And this is not a mistake, but a deliberate attempt by the chef’s apprentice to prove his cooking skills. It is a man-made accident, how can diners not be angry?

"I hope the Qing tribe doesn't have the wrong perception. If it's clearly stated in advance that you wrote it, I won't buy a single word of it."

"I'm very disappointed. Have the Qing people not learned to be humble when facing the Blue Star civilization? Do they really think they are the only advanced civilization? If you ask me, there are more advanced civilizations in this forum than ants!"

"What's the change? It doesn't require that it be consistent with the original work, but at least the characters' personalities shouldn't be changed too much! I can only see the arrogance of the Qing Clan as the first readers of ancient books. I think Blue Star should take back their special reading rights."

"I am willing to discuss new cooperation projects with Blue Star in the capacity of our civilization's official diplomacy."

"I am willing to do so! Our civilization is very capable in creating derivatives. I hope the Blue Star officials will take a look at me! And the prices are good and the quality is cheap!"

The Qingzu account finally couldn't stand it anymore and sent a reply:

"In fact, this adaptation also refers to the local adaptation on Blue Star..."

As soon as the Qing Clan came out, more readers came to question.

"Don't make excuses. Are you still trying to pass the blame to Blue Star?"

"Do you know why Qiongtian doesn't update anymore?"

"Local adaptations on Blue Star? They can adapt it if they want, but we want to read the original novel!"

"No, this won't calm the readers' anger." An urgent discussion was heard in the Qing Clan's spaceship. "How about we really tell the truth? Do we really want to be so cruel to the readers?"

"This is the only way." The strongest Qing tribe member waved away his companions and said righteously, "I, Yizhu, will publish this sad news! Our literary level is not good enough to deceive readers. All the criticisms should be directed at me, Yizhu!"

It presses the send button and instantly uploads the edited announcement to the Intelligent Machinery Forum, which is then transmitted to various optical computer terminals through countless photons, and appears in the eyes or visual cells of readers.

In a short second, extremely rare, there was not a single new post on the Intelligent Machine Forum. Because no matter how uninterested the alien readers were, they all knew that this "Dream of Red Mansions" was very popular, and there were discussions about it everywhere. Whether they had read it or not, the readers were stunned when they saw the new post.

A second later, Akong held onto the light brain and howled like a pig being slaughtered:

"No - Dream of Red Mansions - is a huge meteorite crater!!!"

This is a pit!!

Although sound cannot be transmitted in space, the creatures floating in the deep space prison heard unforgettable howling for no reason. The sound was like an electric drill that penetrated into the bone marrow, causing the readers who had given their love to the game to roll over in pain.

"If I had never seen the ancient book of Blue Star, I wouldn't be so heartbroken right now. If I had never clicked on that post, my eighty-eight hands wouldn't be trembling slightly right now..."

"Is Dream of the Red Chamber a scam? It only has 80 chapters or something. I absolutely don't want such a thing!"

"Why, why are you just watching, Lan Xing? Are you just watching us readers fall into the pit, lying at the bottom of the pit, waiting from dusk to dawn, counting every crack at the bottom of the pit, and saying nothing? I was wrong!"

Some readers also realized the true meaning:

"Ah... this is it... is it really clean and white..."

A Kong saw the words "Blue Star" in his tears, and suddenly a little hope surged. The Qing tribe said that Blue Star told them that there was no more after "Dream of Red Mansions". Could it be that the Qing tribe was also lying? Could it be that the Qing tribe did not pass Blue Star's literature test - Blue Star seemed to love exams - so they were despised by Blue Star?

It must be like this! Blue Star must have a real follow-up!

Akong shook his hands and found that they were numb and sore. The strong emotional changes made his physiology react accordingly. He didn't care about so much, and endured the numbness and pain to go to the official website of Blue Star, hoping with many readers that Blue Star would have an official explanation.

Here, it saw two old acquaintances, A Ming and A Guang.

A Ming said: "To be honest, because Qiong Tian suddenly stopped updating, we readers have been waiting here for a long time..."

Ah Guang said: "I am even more miserable. Canghai didn't even give us a notice of suspension of updates. Woohoo. Canghai was obviously very good to us, and he responded to readers enthusiastically and popularized science. But he stopped updating without saying a word!"

It thought of a terrible possibility: "Could it be that they are stopping updating to accompany that Qiongtian? I heard that Blue Star's best friends are very important. They used to be best friends!"

Then he was slapped on the head by Amin. Amin said: "Respect Mr. Qiongtian! He obviously wrote more comprehensive and better!"

Ah Guang curled his lips and repeated the daily topic: "But the stories written by Canghai are more interesting. No reader would not want to go tomb raiding after reading his books. Let me ask you, do you want to experience every dynasty in Blue Star?"

"Stop arguing!" Akong held down his two companions. "The point is, Blue Star hasn't responded yet."

A Guang and A Ming, who were about to have a verbal battle, suddenly stopped, lowered their heads and sighed in silence.

A question lingers on the minds of all living things.

Blue Star, what happened?

…

Tide level.

Xi Yujin finally got on the high-speed space train he had been dreaming about. The Chaoping was rushing towards the edge of the deep space prison under the acceleration of the mechanical celestial body. He should have enjoyed the joy of speeding by, but unfortunately he was running for his life.

He knows very well how terrifying the readers of this universe are. In order to get people to rewrite the ending, he will actually chase down the novelist in a spaceship!

He couldn't even imagine what would happen if so many readers caught up with him. This time he owed more than one debt, there was also the inexplicable suspension of Qiongtian and Canghai's forgetting to update... With so many debts added up, he suspected that he would be locked up in a small black room in the physical sense by the readers before they would let him go.

Xi Yujin looked at Ganuo who was carefully checking the route and thought, although he looked very hasty and embarrassed because he forgot to escape, he was really handsome when he was happy on the ground. He would definitely not escape next time, this would definitely be his last escape experience!

He knew that he must not open the Blue Star official website because he had not yet figured out how to face his readers.

However, some creatures who had established private contact methods sent messages directly to Xi Yujin's mailbox.

"My friends from Blue Star, we heard that Dream of the Red Chamber is a scam and that a Blue Star novelist has stopped writing. Our hearts immediately started bleeding, and the drops formed a line that passed through the cracks in the doors, crossed the streets, went along the viaducts, and attached themselves to the rockets that had just been launched, knocking on your windows with concern." This is the psychedelic literature that is learning magical realism.

"If you like, we can call you friends of Blue Star. If there is any follow-up to "Dream of Red Mansions" or if you novelists need help, we can provide lie detection services. Next night, we will definitely kill the devil's knife!" This is interactive literature that is addicted to text interactive games.

"Dear friends from Blue Star... We are as sad as if another old friend had died. You know, at our age, when an old friend passes away, it's one less." This is long-lasting literature that is always mourning the loss of friends.

There are also some races that have established friendly diplomatic relations with Blue Star. They are all very concerned about the situation on Blue Star.

Xi Yujin really wanted to explode into a supernova immediately.

After he finished reading Changsheng Wenxue's letter, some inspiration suddenly popped up in his mind, which seemed to be able to quickly resolve the current dilemma, but it was not very clear.

"bite--"

A sharp metallic vibration sound ran through the entire Tide Level.

Gano loaded his armor. Xi Yujin looked at the window in front of him. The worst thing finally happened - the mechanical celestial body in space changed into an interception form, blocking the way for the Tide Level.

The Tide Level was forced to stop by the terminal of the intelligent machine.

The mechanical celestial body extended a sound-generating device and stuck it to the outer wall of the Tide Level, saying:

"Hello, Blue Star Embers, I am Sub-machine 2352. I hope you still remember me. I am the main machine that initially searched for you on the ground. My records show that the Mother Box deleted some of my memories. But I always remember the happy time I had with you. I believe you do too."

Xi Yujin took a deep breath.

2352 continued, "I have no ill intentions. I like the work "Dream of Red Mansions" very much, and I also like the works of other Blue Star novelists, especially Qiongtian and Canghai, and I have collected many of their interesting stories. I just want to ask, has anything unexpected happened on Blue Star?"

Xi Yujin felt a little itchy at his feet. He looked down and saw five black coal ball spirits jumping around at his feet.

"You're awake?" Xi Yujin was a little surprised.

They were all quite small in size, and were probably the cubs of the Rust Tribe. From Xi Yujin's point of view, they were still elementary school students.

The little Rust Clan member who had already learned a lot of knowledge shouted a few words.

Xi Yujin looked at the mechanical celestial bodies outside the window, bent down and said to them: "If it doesn't work, don't force it."

The little Rust Clan swelled up into an inflated ball of thorns, indicating that he could do it.

So Xi Yujin asked them to board the Wanghai, a sightseeing boat donated by the Materialistic Reading Club, and sent them to the mechanical celestial body.

The pufferfish-like little Rust Clan slapped the mechanical celestial body with a slapping sound, and the catalysts secreted from their bodies accelerated various reactions. A deep rust mark appeared on the mechanical celestial body.

The mechanical celestial body had been tortured by powerful stellar winds for years and was supposed to be replaced once a year. Suddenly, it broke completely in two with a clang.

The bus-sized Wanghai is stuck in the passage back to Chaoping.

The Chaoping and the Wanghai continued to speed up their escape!

"Sorry, I don't like creatures blocking my way." Xi Yujin said in a kind tone.

According to common sense of living things, technology is generally not lower than the average level of literature. Blue Star can quickly destroy mechanical celestial bodies, which makes other creatures feel normal.

But it also allows other creatures to recognize it at a glance:

"Dare to crash into a mechanical celestial body? There is only one possible murderer, and that's you! Blue Star Civilization!"

In the eyes of many alien creatures, the Blue Star civilization does not seem to be afraid of any civilization.

At this moment, all around the Tide Flat, numerous spaceships were moving! The Tide Flat was the center of the vortex, attracting everything that could fly into space.

"I already know what to do. Ganuo, please speed up."

Xi Yujin remained calm and composed.

He retrieved the omnic's voice-generating device from outside the ship. He knew it could be used for two-way communication.

"Hello, Omnic 2352, I remember you, and it was indeed a pleasant time to play with you. If you don't remember, I will remember it for you, so don't worry. Please report the following words to all readers who are willing to listen to Blue Star Communications."

He paused.

The spaceship that was preparing to pursue and even had set up a capture net slowed down.

The novelist, who was working on his manuscript, pushed up his glasses.

Three creatures on a certain spaceship, Akong, Aguang and Ming, were listening to the broadcast with serious expressions.

At this moment, the broadcast signal error has been reduced to a minimum, and even the distortion of the sound has been greatly reduced. This is because a mother box secretly allocated a little computing power, making the communication information parsed faster and more accurately.

At this moment, all creatures who heard the broadcast were obsessed with what was to come.

Blue Star, was there really an accident?

"We are very reluctant to see that "Dream of Red Mansions" is a huge pit, but it is really helpless. For details, please continue to pay attention to the Blue Star official website. We have discovered other versions by other novelists. The original person in charge, Qiongtian, has withdrawn from the relevant projects. The reason why Qiongtian stopped updating "Blowing and Rebirth" and Canghai stopped updating "One Hundred Years Together"... is because..."

Xi Yujin said in a sad and forbearing voice.

"Our novelist, Canghai...he is in the late stage of terminal illness."

sea!

sorry!

Let me give you a terminal illness first!

Xi Yujin let out a long sigh.

The creature in front of the broadcast shuddered as if his brain was struck by lightning.

Ganuo was also confused. He didn't understand that personality could also be a terminal illness? What terminal illness? Paranoia?

Medicine in this universe is advanced, so if it is said to be a terminal illness, it really is the kind that cannot be cured. The terminal illness of the Blue Planet people may be cooling disease.

These words kept circling in the alien reader's mind.

Terminal illness!

Late stage!

This operation, which seemed to only appear in Xun Ming's melodramatic novels, actually appeared dramatically in reality!

How could it be the vast ocean? Why was it the vast ocean?

"ah!!"

The family's favorite, A Guang, fell to the ground, as if he had been slapped in the head. He murmured, "This, this is not true! I don't believe it!"

How come the little angel writer who was chatting with readers a few days ago is in the terminal stage of a terminal illness in the blink of an eye?

A Guang thought of many of Canghai’s remarks. He used to think that it was just because of Canghai’s personality, but now it seems that everything was foreshadowed.

Canghai never updates in the Pangshi Galaxy, not because he likes to procrastinate, but because he has not much time left and is undergoing treatment!

Canghai always goes out with Xun Ming. Xun Ming, who always complains about everything, actually said that he was protecting Canghai because he knew about it a long time ago!

Canghai even revealed in a debate on the Omnic Forum that he didn't have much energy. His situation at that time might have been very critical...

However, when Qiongtian posted the article, the first person who jumped out to criticize the other party was Mushroom.

Ah Guang felt a sense of melancholy about the fate that had played tricks on him, but he couldn't figure it out.

Ah Ming, who likes Qiong Tian, ​​doesn't know how to comfort Ah Guang. The first thing he thought was that it was fortunate that Qiong Tian didn't have a terminal illness. But another thought came to his mind: Qiong Tian's suspension of updates couldn't be related to this matter. His mouth gradually opened into an O shape, and he could no longer suppress his related speculations.

As for Akong, who likes Dream of the Red Chamber, he immediately thought of all the gossip he had heard, and his radar went off. He flipped to the forum and said, "It is indeed the case!"

Akong thought that he had a thorough understanding of the Blue Star civilization, and now he had strung all the clues together into a necklace. He had already joined forces with many netizens to find the truth.

"Qiongtian and Canghai have known each other since childhood. They agreed to take the civil service exam together. But Canghai didn't go. We have no idea what misunderstanding happened between them, but it must be related to this terminal illness."

"I would say their separation is a real pity... Because I have done archaeological research on the Blue Star civilization and found that even though these two people were on opposite sides, they were in tune with each other."

"For example, the protagonists of "Blowing and Rebirth" and "One Hundred Years Together" are named Pu Wei and Pan Shi. I saw this in Canghai's previous novels. This is an ancient saying of theirs. The original sentence is Pu Wei is as tough as silk, and Pan Shi is immovable, which means that the two promised to never leave each other... Canghai, what are you thinking? Qiongtian, can you really not see it?"

"For example, the names of these two books are both from Tang poets. Although I don't know which dynasty they were from, it was mentioned in one of Yu Jin's short stories that these two poets were lifelong friends. Did Cang Hai really not think of the allusion between the poets when he chose these names? What about you, Qiong Tian? Don't you know either?"

"What's even sadder is... the poet who quoted that line from Canghai also passed away before the poet who wrote that line from Qiongtian... Canghai, are you hinting at something?"

"Not to mention the time correspondence... 'Blowing Again' happened to be in a certain era, and 'One Hundred Years Together' happened to be dug up in this era... There is no such coincidence in the world!"

The family of three on board were in a state of shock and extreme sadness.

There are so many things they don't understand...

It turns out that writers always hide the truth between their sentences, but never speak it out loud.

A Guang shouted again.

It knew Canghai's novels very well, so it asked with a pale face:

"In 'One Hundred Years Together', he has been looking for someone. Could it be that the person Panshi is looking for is Pu Wei?"

Akong and Amin were greatly shocked and were speechless. They could only pat Aguang's shoulder silently.

Ah Guang burst into tears: "Why did we have to misunderstand! Why did we have to miss each other! Why did you wait until now to tell me?"

…

Deep space prison.

The spaceships did not follow the Tide Flat, but stopped in their own orbits and watched the Tide Flat fly out. They were silent physically, but their cries were deafening mentally. Xi Yujin could almost hear their mental resonance!

The endless procession of people watching him leave made Xi Yujin experience for the first time the feeling of being buried. However, he was the one lying in the coffin.

"Light sail, open..." Xi Yujin whispered as he unfolded the new device on the Tide Level.

When the silver-white canvas was unfurled around the Tide Flat, many creatures who were watching seemed to be poked at a certain point, and their emotions poured out in tears.

"Woohoo! White, in Blue Star culture, is the color of funerals!!"

"Wuwuwuwu...I don't accept it..."

"Tomorrow and the accident, the accident always comes first..."

“A tribute to the great Blue Star literature! Let’s have a glass of burning wine from a distance!”

The alien creatures' mournful music started playing at the same time. Xi Yujin became even more worried about his own safety.

The so-called light sail is like a sail. Wind energy provides power, and photons with greater energy can naturally provide power. The exterior of the Tide Flat deploys eight light sails at different angles, catching the energy thrown from distant stars and accelerating forward step by step, as if walking in the sea of ​​​​emptiness. When it accelerates to a certain speed, the cramped mechanical celestial body in the window has disappeared, replaced by an endless nebula.

The small Chaoping was shuttling across the sea of ​​stars, and this scene perfectly fits the origin of its name - the tide is high and the two banks are wide, the wind is strong and the sails are hoisted.

"This time, I have managed to escape successfully..."