Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“That’s all for today’s class. Class dismissed!”

The tutor on the podium put away his briefcase and strolled out of the classroom.

When he reached the door, he suddenly turned around.

“Fang Yuan, including other foreign students with weak foundations, pay special attention. Your graduation thesis is due soon. What are you waiting for if you don’t hand it in now! Do you want to delay your graduation?”

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Then, the classroom was in an uproar.

“What bad luck! Last year’s graduation requirement was a 50,000-word novel. This year, it turned into a 100,000-word novel.”

“Forget the length, the most difficult part is the topic!”

“Asking us to write a fantasy novel that contains elements such as dragons and magic is giving me a headache.”

“How much did you write?”

“I’ve only written half of it. What about you?”

“I’ve already handed it over to Hades.”

“Impressive.”

“Impressive, my *ss. Hades deleted pretty much my entire manuscript except the first paragraph. He called me into his office and scolded me, saying that if I keep writing this nonsense, I won’t be considered a writer, so I had to rewrite the whole thing.”

“Bro, that’s really unfortunate, but I’m not much better either. Fang Yuan, what about you?”

Fang Yuan, who was suddenly called by his classmate, seemed to have just woken up from his muddled consciousness.

The students around him had all sorts of skin colors and spoke English with all kinds of accents. Everything was like a dream.

Fang Yuan knew that he had transmigrated.

This was not Earth, but a parallel world, the Blue Planet.

The technological progress here did not change much. It was similar to the early 21st century.

Perhaps due to the space-time turbulence caused by the transmigrators, the cultural progress of mankind had changed.

The biggest change was that Fang Yuan’s motherland, China, had not started the vernacular movement1.

China’s modern and contemporary literature had completely vanished!

The world’s understanding of Chinese culture was still stuck in the era of Tang poems1, Song lyrics2, and Yuan songs3, before the emergence of the Four Classic Chinese Novels 4of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Simply put, the glorious past was now desolate.

Although thanks to good leadership and economic development, China’s national standing became stronger.

The standard of living of the Chinese people had greatly improved.

It was not inferior to any other place in the world.

However, without the bright stars of modern and contemporary literature and without the nourishment of literature, people’s souls always seemed empty.

There was a sense of cultural inferiority.

Thus, developing a cultural civilization became China’s current main goal.

The country allocated special funds for studying abroad.

A group of young talents with potential was sent to other countries to study literary creation, with hopes of bringing about a change in Chinese literature.

Fang Yuan was one of these young talents.

He came to the University of Iowa in the United States with the mandate of his hometown.

It was the best creative writing college in the world.

The only goal of this school was to produce qualified writers who could make a living by writing.