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David lost.

Utterly defeated.

In fact, from the moment "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" without a single word published began to compete with David in sales just through pre-sale, David's loss was almost inevitable. It was an outright leveling!

"Chu Kuang is terrific!"

After being bullied in turn, the Yan people finally experienced the feeling of victory and were almost moved to tears. While this victory belonged to Chu Kuang, the Yan people felt they had contributed to the merit.

Because this time it's different!

We're on Chu Kuang's side!

While the Yan people rejoiced collectively, there was an collective silence among the Han people. This was their first-hand experience of the terror of Chu Kuang in the fairytale circle of Han Continent. Setting aside all the hearsay when they first joined Blue Star, they finally understood what the name "Chu Kuang" meant.

In fact.

The four continents of Qin, Qi, Chu, and Yan were also surprised by Chu Kuang's overpowering victory. People began to reevaluate Chu Kuang's ability to write long fairy tales. Perhaps Chu Kuang's long fairy tales are not inferior to his short ones?

"KO!"

Quite a few netizens specifically went to David's comment section to leave messages. When David defeated Bai Jie earlier, he had posted the two letters "KO" backwards and forwards respectively. However, Chu Kuang defeated David using the same method David had used to defeat Bai Jie. This is a true implementation of tit-for-tat.

So they didn't even wait for Chu Kuang to do it himself, the netizens impatiently went and gloated!

"I lost."

David chose to face the music.

With David's admission of defeat, this Literary Duel came to an end. But what no one expected was that David actually arranged a farewell performance for himself: "Absurd fairytales, strange Alice, the so-called wonderland turns out to be a mirror image of reality, opposite to it. Reading it for the second time, I was thoroughly convinced."

He's still not done with admitting defeat!

He even wrote a lengthy book review for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." From the story itself to his own interpretation, he lavishly praised Chu Kuang's book. Without any realization of being the loser in the Literary Duel:

He said Wonderland is a mirror-world.

Because the image one sees in the mirror is reversed, in Alice's dream, all kinds of characters tend to say some peculiar and bizarre things that a normal person would find illogical, but upon careful consideration, they can always rationalize it.

He also said...

In the novel, the line "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" is a very subtle line. The real meaning of it is actually Mad Hat's confession to Alice. A earlier fable and interpretation appeared in a song in "Fairytale Town" last year, the lyrics went like this:

"Heard that the Mad Hat likes Alice."

Why is a raven like a writing desk? Because it's absurd, just like the Mad Hat's love for Alice. It's unreasonable, but love is love, without needing any explanation or reason.

For a moment.

The netizens were delighted.

But David's book review also provoked everyone's thoughts. A lot of people began to believe David's interpretation, although they never forget to tease: "David has become the shape of Chu Kuang."

"But he put it very well."

"It really is like a mirror."

"The fairy tale ends by saying that everything happened because Alice had a dream, and we often repeat that everything in dreams is the opposite, the analogy of a mirror is very fitting."

"No wonder David conceded."

"I admit defeat, too. 'Heard that the Mad Hat likes Alice', I originally thought this lyric only represented the title of Chu Kuang's fairy tale. I didn't expect that it also explained this big mystery in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

Chu Kuang had already spoiled it for us as early as last year, it's just that we didn't recover our senses even after we finished reading the official version of the novel!"

"..."

Lin Yuan was a bit dazed.

With the release of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," he naturally noticed the comments online. He did not have the answer to why a raven is like a writing desk, but David interpreted it through a lyric both wrote last year, and was even acknowledged by countless readers!

However.

There were many readers on Earth who interpreted it the same way. In the sequel of the novel where Alice visits Wonderland for the second time, she has forgotten Mad Hat, causing Mad Hat to feel great loss. Perhaps this could justify the Mad Hat's love for Alice as well?

"Everything can be rationalized."

This was Lin Yuan's evaluation of Blue Star's readers and writers. These group of people are very good at linking unrelated clues and then drawing a strong conclusion that even Lin Yuan himself can't dispute.

"Is this a fairy tale for adults?"

Jin Mu seemed curious as well.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said: "I can only say that it also can be read by adults, but in the end, it's for children. It's just that by the time children understand it, they've already grown up."

This is Lin Yuan's view.

When children read about Alice, they would just find it fun and interesting, unlike adults who think so much about it. And there's an interesting phenomenon in Earth, children in the Celestial Dynasty like Alice's fairy tales, and in the West, many adults like this work.

"I see."

"Fairytale stories are always written for children. Besides, the adventurous nature of Alice's adventures in Wonderland is indeed quite interesting. There's no such thing as a fairytale written for adults in the world," Jin Mu said with a smile.

"Well, that's not necessarily true."

Lin Yuan casually replied.

Jin Mu laughed and didn't think much more about it: "Regardless, our gain from this round is obvious. Your status in the hearts of the Yan people has obviously risen. They consider you a hero. In the future, Yan people will definitely pay more attention to your works and not have a seemingly distant and resistant attitude like before."

Lin Yuan nodded.

After finishing writing Alice, his reputation grew rapidly. Most likely, most of it was contributed by the Yan Continent. The pace of the merger between Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, and Han have been quite fast. Other than Qin Continent, Lin Yuan hasn't fully conquered the remaining states yet. In the future, he will pay more attention to exploring these markets.

"Also ..."

Jin Mu glanced at Luo Wei in the distance who was engrossed in practicing ink painting: "As you've finished another fairytale, you could consider serializing a new comic. Readers are all looking forward to Teacher Shadow's new work."

"I don't have the time."

Lin Yuan frowned.

Jin Mu felt helpless: "You said the same thing to Luo Wei before. But when you were writing 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' you were drawing and typing at the same time. That didn't seem like you didn't have time."

This excuse isn't working.

Lin Yuan simply changed tack: "It's tiring to draw a comic by yourself. I clearly have a comic studio to help, so why shouldn't everyone be busy?"

"You mean ..."

"No rush for now."

Lin Yuan started to speak. Although he did intend to let others draw the comic while he provided the plot and important layout designs. Other times, he would just be a carefree boss.

There are too many exciting comics. Read chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Lin Yuan feels like he's running out of time.

However, for now, Lin Yuan didn't want to fuss about it. The second season of the ranking competition results are almost out. Lin Yuan decided to wait until then.

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PS: I've to stop working early tonight, I'm not feeling well, I'm in a very bad state. This chapter was written in a state of drowsiness. If it's not up to par, please bear with me. Polluted White will adjust tomorrow and sort out the rest of the plot!