Fang Tao was walking in front holding "Science Fiction World". Zhu Fu behind him pulled his arm first: "Brother Tao, how should we sort things this time? There are a lot of people."
Zhu Fu pulled first, naturally reminding Fang Tao to show him the book first.
They were all students in Class 8, Grade 2, Jinling Middle School, and they came out to buy books after morning reading before classes started.
Originally, they didn't have to go so far, there were bookstalls at the main entrance of the school, but after asking a few, they found that either the magazines were sold out, or they weren't stocked at all.
"Science Fiction World" is not a best-selling magazine, and many bookstalls and newsstands are reluctant to purchase it for fear that it will not sell. Although under normal circumstances, you can return it if it cannot be sold, but it is a bit troublesome.
There are not many students in the school who read science fiction novels. On the one hand, compared to magazines such as "Flower City", "October", "Contemporary", "Reading" and "Zhongshan", "Science Fiction World" is an out-and-out extracurricular reading, and like those martial arts novels,
Color novels are also the focus of teachers' attention.
On the other hand, due to the influence of the domestic environment, this generation of students does not know much about science fiction-themed novels, and even the concept of science fiction is very vague.
In the impression of many students, science fiction refers to things like spaceships, robots, and space.
Fang Tao is one of the students in the class who came into contact with "Science Fiction World" earlier and became a loyal fan of it. He has read every issue since the first year of high school.
Not only does he read it himself, he also promotes it to his close friends, telling them how good the magazine is.
After going back and forth, under the influence of Fang Tao, some classmates also watched "Science Fiction World" together, and Zhu Fuxian was the first one to be led to watch "Science Fiction World" by him.
According to what Zhu Fuxian said, if Fang Tao was the one who conquered the world of science fiction in Class 8 of the second grade, then he, Zhu Fuxian, was the founding father who followed him to conquer the world.
Now, the founding fathers wanted to negotiate with Fang Tao for the right to watch "Science Fiction World" first, but Fang Tao said impartially: "Follow the old rules."
"Ah, it's the same old rules."
As soon as he heard Fang Tao say that he should follow the old rules, Zhu Fuxian immediately stepped down with a face on his face.
The so-called old rule is rock-paper-scissors, but whether it was a technical problem or a matter of luck, Zhu Fu finished last every time in rock-paper-scissors.
Fang Tao ignored his complaints and said to the others: "There are six of you in total. Are you going to play in the league or the cup?"
It was Zhu Fu who first proposed the concept of league and cup. At first, they played a promotion system similar to the cup knockout, but after it was implemented, Zhu Fu lost two games first and was ranked last.
He wondered if he was unlucky and the chance of cup matches was too high, so he mentioned the league.
The league is a round-robin match where everyone plays in pairs, and then the points are memorized and ranked according to the number of points. In this way, there are more games and the chance of chance is reduced.
But Zhu Fuxian always lost.
"Let's play the cup, the league is too troublesome." Someone suggested.
Fang Tao nodded, "Okay, let's go to the cup competition. You guys will decide quickly. Class will start soon."
The results came out soon. This time Zhu Fu made some progress and finished second to last.
While they were playing, Fang Tao had already started reading a magazine.
He directly turned to the page of "One Day" and started reading. The reason for this was not because the name "One Day" attracted him so much, but because in addition to the four words "Science Fiction World", the cover of the magazine only had the two words "One Day".
maximum.
Let’s make it clear, “One Day” is the recommended novel in this issue of “Science Fiction World”.
Holding the book until he saw the school entrance, Fang Tao frowned in confusion, "No, I didn't see anything related to science fiction in the previous section."
In the previous paragraph, it was written that there was a traditional festival in a town next to Yanjing, and reporters from the TV station were sent to cover and report on the festival.
The reporter seemed very impatient with this task and was very perfunctory throughout the process.
Seeing the school gate right in front of him, Fang Tao hurriedly took the time to look back, and finally saw something related to science fiction. Time went back - the protagonist returned to the previous day.
It’s a bit interesting.
Just when Fang Tao wanted to continue reading, Zhu Fu who was next to him patted him on the shoulder and shouted: "Brother Tao, class is about to begin. It's too late if you don't run away."
Fang Tao was startled and quickly put away the magazine, only to find that the others had already run a long way away. He did not dare to delay, so he walked away and followed.
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Throughout the morning, Fang Tao was thinking about "One Day".
Originally, he wanted to take some time to read between classes, but the four classes in the morning were all held consecutively, so there was only a little time between the third and fourth periods. However, after he held back his urine and went to the toilet and queued up, the bell rang again.
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He waited until school was over at noon before he had time to take out the magazine and read it.
As he expected, the story became interesting after the protagonist discovered that he was trapped in a time loop. Whether it was the protagonist's confusion at the beginning or his freedom in the middle, the development of the story made people feel funny and interesting.
But in the later stages, the story began to change its tone. The protagonist could no longer feel the fun in the endless time loop, and was replaced by endless loneliness.
Only then did Fang Tao realize, like the protagonist, that time loops were not a happy thing. He even silently prayed for the protagonist that tomorrow would come so that he could escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible.
But no matter how hard the protagonist struggles, he still cannot escape the prison of time.
After experiencing countless indulgences, suicides and deceptions, the protagonist gave up struggling and chose to actively face the day he was living in. He became gentle and sunny, and was no longer the old oily man who was just muddling along with negative energy.
Reporter.
He helped everyone he met and did everything meaningful. Even though he knew that he would come again today and that everything he did would be in vain, he still refused to waste even a second.
At the end of the story, the protagonist He Fang welcomes tomorrow and continues to move forward with a washed soul.
After reading a 20,000-word novel, Fang Tao breathed a long sigh of relief. This was not a typical science fiction novel in his mind. Apart from time regression, there were no other science fiction elements.
But, it just looks good, it just is interesting, it just makes people fall into it.
Throughout the reading process, he felt like he was on a sightseeing yacht, swimming in the river of stories, feeling the protagonist's emotions and changes in mentality, and feeling the powerful power of the time cage.
Fang Tao sighed, it turns out that science fiction novels can be like this, using only a seemingly inconspicuous science fiction element to show such a long-lasting story.
Only then did he remember to read the author's name.
Yu Dong is a name I have never heard of before. No wonder I didn’t feel familiar at all when I read it.
This novel made Fang Tao very happy, but at the same time he also had some doubts. He was afraid that this novel was a signal from "Science Fiction World" and that the magazine's style would develop in this direction in the future.
Chapter completed!