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In Poincaré's dormitory, a strong smell of smoke lingered for a long time.

Verne slowly opened his eyes,

His coat had been taken off, and it was wrapped around him in the form of a quilt.

There was a plank bed under him, which was very hard, but he did not sleep as hard as he expected, because there were several layers of clothing on the bed as Simmons.

In the clothes, there is a smell of camphor,

The clothes had obviously just been taken out of the cupboard.

Verne muttered, "Where are the others?"

He braced himself.

I saw two armchairs facing each other at the table not far away.

Poincaré lay in it, with his hands folded, his legs stretched up and down, leaning against the back of the armchair, muttering from time to time: "Bomb! I want a bomb!"

Verne couldn't help but want to laugh,

My friend was still thinking about Fighting the Landlords in his sleep.

Unexpectedly, this game can be so addictive. They played countless rounds, and they didn't find a place to sleep until two o'clock in the morning.

Verne continued to look for Roland.

Roland was young, so he didn't have a bed to build, so he just lay on the table, holding piles of scattered cards in his arms.

"Huh~"

Verne took a deep breath, walked to the window, and opened the curtains.

This sleep did not last long, the sky outside was just dawning.

The morning wind blows the panes, and the bars shake,

There seemed to be staff members of the French Academy passing by outside, their feet stepped on the cobblestone ground, and the heels of their shoes made a light "click" sound when they came into contact with the stones.

Verne tiptoed to the table, poured himself a glass of water,

at this time,

"Boom boom boom—"

Suddenly there was a very hasty knock on the door.

Poincaré jumped up in his sleep,

As a result, he kicked down the armchair under him, and his center of gravity was unstable. If it wasn't for Verne's support, he would definitely fall to the street.

Poincaré rubbed his eyes and asked, "Who is it?"

Bernard Shaw's voice came from outside,

"It's me! And Lu!"

Poincaré grunted, his voice muffled because he suppressed his throat.

Verne handed him his water,

"Drink your saliva and wake up."

Poincaré nodded, glanced at Roland, who was sleeping soundly, and said enviously, "It's nice to be young. Unlike us old people, who sleep lightly and wake up inexplicably when there is a disturbance."

Verne went to open the door.

I saw Bernard Shaw and Lu Shi standing outside the door,

The two are in stark contrast,

Bernard Shaw was full of energy, as if he had been injected with chicken blood;

Lu Shi, on the other hand, looked like he was seriously deprived of sleep, his eyelids were clenched, and his chin was still biting from time to time, as if he could fall asleep at any time.

Verne was curious,

"Professor Lu, what's wrong? Insomnia?"

Bernard Shaw entered the room when he landed, put Lu Shi on the plank bed, and said at the same time: "No, he didn't suffer from insomnia, but he wrote all night yesterday and finished your draft."

Verne said "hmm\

,""So... wait a minute! What did you just say?! What's done?!"

Bernard Shaw chuckled lightly,

"Appointment."

As he spoke, he handed out the stack of manuscript paper.

Verne was in a daze,

He patted his cheek to make sure it wasn't a dream, so he turned his gaze to the manuscript and asked, "What do you mean, Professor Lu wrote an innovative science fiction novel in one night?"

Bernard Shaw sighed with emotion,

"It's more than 'innovative'..."

Verne frowned slightly,

For the vast majority of best-selling authors, it is not necessarily necessary to "work slowly and carefully".

Taking himself as an example, he has created more than 60 novels in his life, participated in the adaptation of dramas, and written poems, essays, and short stories.

Therefore, the creation of a writer depends very much on the state.

But it can be finished overnight, which is indeed beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Poincaré on the side felt the same way, and asked, "Aren't you kidding me?"

Bernard Shaw nodded solemnly,

"Of course. I know you will have doubts, but if you have been in contact with Lu before, you should be able to understand that he is a fast shooter, lock him in a small dark room, and match him with a computer that never freezes and does not crash. With a typewriter that can swallow words, he can write 700,000 words a week."

This is no longer writing,

This special one is cultivating immortals!

Poincaré glanced at Lu Shi who was still in a daze, and hurried to the cabinet, took out the tea leaves from his collection, and learned how to make tea when he landed.

Not long after, there was a faint fragrance of tea in the house.

Lu Shi drank tea and became more awake.

he sniffled,

"What's the situation? Why is there such a heavy smell of smoke?"

Both Poincaré and Verne were a little embarrassed,

Both of them are long-established scholars, and I am embarrassed to say that I couldn't resist the temptation and played Doudizhu all night.

Verne changed the subject,

"Professor Lu, have you finished writing?"

Lu Shi said: "Well, this is the manuscript I prepared. At the beginning, I wanted to arrange the background of the story in Nantes, France, but halfway through the writing, I still felt that it should be placed in the hometown I am familiar with. It may be unrealistic, but Please allow my selfishness."

At the beginning of the 20th century, the story would certainly have made more sense in Nantes.

At this time in Western Europe, basic education was gradually popularized, but it was still very poor and weak. On the contrary, it was very similar to the Northwest in "The Country Teacher".

Verne said: "I haven't read it yet, and I will tell you the details... I just want to ask, what kind of genre is this? Didn't you say before that science fiction includes world exploration, inter-civilization, and parallel worlds?" , time travel, catastrophe and rebirth, humans and humanoids, which one is this?"

Lu Shi couldn't help scratching his head,

In fact, I can't tell what kind of "Country Teacher" is.

He said, "Mr. Verne, read it."

Verne counted the pages of the manuscript,

"It has to be 20,000 words, right?"

Lu Shi said, "There must be more than that."

In simple Chinese, "Country Teacher" has nearly 20,000 words, and English must far exceed this number.

Verne was secretly startled,

Professor Lu wrote the book really fast!

He took a sip of tea, let the mild and slightly bitter tea fragrance permeate his mouth, washed away the corruption of playing cards all night, and then began to read the manuscript.

The first thing that catches the eye is the title——

"Rural Teacher".

Verne showed an inexplicable expression,

this title...

Is it science fiction? !

He raised his head in confusion, looked at Lu Shi, then at Bernard Shaw, and asked, "Is this really science fiction?"

"Yes." ×2

Lu Shi and Bernard Shaw spoke in unison.

Verne felt that the two were playing with themselves.

However, seeing their serious expressions, which seemed to be serious, Verne put away the strange feeling in his heart and read the content of the text.

The novel begins:

"

He knew that this last lesson had to be taught in advance.

Another sharp pain from his lungs nearly made him faint.

"

Good writing!

Although Verne's first language was French, he was fluent in reading and writing English.

He chuckled and said: "As expected of the best-selling popular novelist, this opening is much softer than the beginning of ordinary science fiction. Ordinary science fiction writers like to go straight to the topic, so it is inevitable that it is too blunt."

Even Verne himself is like this,

However, as he wrote more and more, he got rid of this habit.

Lu Shi said: "Science fiction, writing style is not the main thing."

Verne agrees,

"That's right."

He read on.

Unexpectedly, the pace of the novel is very slow.

The early plot is very simple. It tells about a private school teacher named "Mr. Li". After returning from studying in London, he taught in a private school.

He wanted to teach modern science, but because of the stubbornness of the villagers, he could only teach the Four Books and Five Classics.

Verne murmured, "How stupid..."

Lu Shi chuckled,

"It's not ignorance. After all, the imperial examination does not test mathematics, physics, and chemistry."

Verne nodded, then shook his head again, and complained: "Professor Lu, I must point out that there is a problem at the beginning of your article. How can it be possible for the returned overseas students of the Qing Dynasty to teach in private schools? Aren't they all foreigners? Scholars?"

After all, he wrote "A Chinese's Experience in China\

,"Although it is full of stereotypes, some basics are known.

Lu Shi said: "You are right. After returning to China, foreign students can generally work in the Qing court. What I wrote is really unrealistic. That's why I said that I have selfish intentions."

Verne replied: "Understandable."

After speaking, continue to read.

In the novel, Mr. Li suffers from tuberculosis, and seeing that he is about to die, he decides to be self-willed, and he will teach the three laws of classical mechanics to the children.

Even if you memorize it by rote, you must remember it.

Verne looked at it and muttered,

Just now he just felt that the rhythm was slow, but now he felt that the rhythm was like a turtle crawling on the ground——

Ridiculously slow.

Up to now, "Country Teacher" is more like a local documentary literature:

When children are apprentices, they must complete the six rites;

Which family's old man passed away, and the banquet was held for two days;

...

It's all stuff like that.

No matter how good Lu Shi's writing is, judging from this, Verne's temperament has been worn out.

I am here for science fiction!

He asked again: "Is this really science fiction?"

Lu Shi didn't say anything.

But Bernard Shaw spoke up and said, "Mr. Verne, read on. To judge a work, you must first read it, right?"

Verne continued to read,

Finally, the novel comes to the science fiction part:

"

Fifty thousand light-years away from Earth, in the center of the Milky Way, an interstellar war that lasted for twenty thousand years is drawing to a close.

"

Verne let go of his hanging heart.

The novel has eleven chapters in total, and only the fifth chapter enters the theme of science fiction, so it must be unqualified.

But it's not impossible to read it.

Verne looked back patiently, but he didn't expect that he would be firmly attracted by the story behind,

The first is the description of the war,

Lu Shi's style is like a different person,

The first four chapters are as gentle as swallowing water, eloquently;

When it came to the war, he became a straight man of science and engineering, and was portrayed with an almost cold, God's overlooking perspective,

Thousands of exploding stars,

chaotic spatial structure,

...

Combining countless astrophysics knowledge that Verne could not have imagined,

But these knowledge and novels complement each other.

Poincaré was also watching from the side, showing a shocked expression from time to time, and said, "Professor Lu, you are worthy of being a scholar of all sciences. It is really beyond people's imagination that many cutting-edge knowledge of physics can be used so skillfully."

Lu Shi waved his hand,

"Just some hearsay."

Poincaré shook his head,

"Even if it is hearsay, it is not easy to use it so skillfully."

Verne on the side also became more excited,

This is science fiction!

When his imagination was still limited to the earth, Lu Shi's thinking had already put on wings and flew to the Milky Way!

He read on.

In the plot, the alliance army of carbon-based civilization has won the victory, and will establish an isolation zone in the first spiral arm of the galaxy, destroying most of the stars in the isolation zone, so as to prevent silicon-based civilization from entering the central region of the galaxy.

They will screen and test the degree of civilization evolution here to avoid destroying carbon-based life with advanced intelligence.

And the earth is unfortunately in the isolation zone.

Then came the detection.

By this time, Verne could already guess how the story would develop.

Even so, he was still moved by Lu Shi's words, until the classic question appeared:

"3C Civilization Test Question No. 14: Please describe the force relationship between two interacting objects."

Of course, the children gave the correct answer: "When one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object also exerts a force on the first object. The two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction! "

Verne couldn't help applauding,

"Good! Enjoyable!"

He never thought that a novel could make his blood boil.

But what really shocked him was the last chapter,

In the eleventh chapter of "The Village Teacher", the fleet commander of the Carbon-based Federation became curious about the life forms on the earth.

The Admiral of the Fleet asks about the characteristics of life on Earth.

As a result, he got an unexpected answer,

Humans on earth have no memory inheritance, all memories are acquired;

Moreover, the way of human information exchange is very primitive and very rare. In the words of the original text of "Rural Teacher":

"

They have a thin organ in their body that generates sound waves when vibrating in the planet's oxygen-nitrogen-dominated atmosphere, and at the same time modulates the information to be transmitted into the sound waves, and the receiver also uses a thin-film organ Receive information from sound waves.

"

This paragraph describes the process of vocal cord vibration to the eardrum.

But after Lu Shi's processing, the whole description looks very grand, and the sci-fi style is instantly available.

The fleet commander of the Carbon-based Federation couldn't understand how a species without memory inheritance and using sound waves to communicate with each other created civilization.

His subordinates replied:

"

They have a certain number of individuals, which are distributed in every corner of the population, and this type of individuals acts as a medium for knowledge transmission between two generations of life forms.

"

This passage, of course, describes the teacher.

Lu Shi's use of the setting of carbon-based federation is equivalent to giving readers a God's perspective, letting readers understand that the profession of teachers is a great possibility.

Verne couldn't help but marvel: "Is this really science fiction!?"

Lu Shi chuckled,

"I seem to be hearing this question for the third time today."

Verne blushed,

The first two times, he said this sentence with a sense of doubt, and felt that the novels written by Lu Shi were not strong in science fiction.

The last time was completely different, it was admiration and admiration.

Verne convinced,

Completely convinced.