In fact, the story of robots ruling the world is not new, there are many abroad. Asimov was worried that robots would rule over humans, so he created the Three Laws of Robots. Lin Kuang also wrote an article called "Toys" a few years ago, in which robots ruled the world and humans were completely reduced to robot toys.

However, "Mother" is different from Lin Kuang's "Toys", "Toys" feels very far away from oneself and takes place in the distant future. From the very beginning of "Mother", Xu Wangqiu insisted that the story takes place in Xiangjiang, and spent a lot of pen and ink to describe the scenery of Xiangjiang. So much so that many readers are dissatisfied, we can see these buildings every day, do you still need to write about them?

But it is precisely because Xu Wangqiu emphasized over and over again that the story takes place in Xiangjiang and constantly describes the scenery around him, so that everyone is convinced that this story takes place in Xiangjiang and happens around him. When the truth was revealed, almost everyone was deeply shocked and felt that their worldview had been turned upside down.

"Wocao! This idea is amazing! The whole Xiangjiang is fake! It's a virtual world created by a computer!"

"Human beings are actually bred by robots, and the role of human beings is actually as batteries!"

"Xiangjiang is fake, and the world is not fake, it's just terrible!"

"No wonder Xu Wangqiu doesn't look down on Lin Kuang, this idea is too hanging!"

Zhang Youjun was also shocked by Xu Wangqiu's astonishing imagination: "This idea is too hanging, Xiangjiang is fake, and the world is also fake!" But as soon as the words came out, he realized that the situation was not right, he was Lin Kuang's iron fan, how could he say good things about Xu Wangqiu, he should be criticized, and immediately said: "Isn't it just a robot notifying the world, this is nothing unusual, Lin Kuang wrote in "Toys" a few years ago, it is much more exciting than Xu Wangqiu's story. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt several eyes shoot at him. Several young men with newspapers in their hands looked at them with contempt on their faces, as if they were looking at an idiot. He felt a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and thought that Lin Kuang's writing was better than Xu Wangqiu's, and Lin Kuang's "Toys" was better than "Mother", so he didn't accept it and bit me!

Just then, the bus came. Zhang Youjun jumped onto the bus in two steps and found a place to sit down. He opened the "Ming Pao" and was about to read Lin Kuang's "Capital Punishment", when a dialogue between a young man and a woman in front of him attracted him.

The girl said in a slightly trembling voice, "This story is terrible. Is it possible, as written, that we live in an illusory world, bred by robots?"

The man smiled and comforted: "Of course it can't be, that's just the content, don't think nonsense." ”

"I just think it would be terrible if it was true. ”

"There's no whatever, that's just, don't worry about it. ”

Zhang Youjun thought to himself that so many people were discussing "Mother", it seems that Lin Kuang really met an opponent this time. He shook his head and looked down at Lin Kuang's "Capital Punishment", but he didn't know what was going on, he couldn't watch it anymore.

In the following days, the story of "Mother" became more and more exciting, and the suspense continued. After revealing the mystery of the real world, Xu Wangqiu immediately threw out a new suspense, whether Xu Zhengdao was a savior. After Xu Zhengdao saw the prophet and knew that he was not the savior, Jiang Tiansheng was captured by the man in black again. Xu Zhengdao and they must enter the enemy's building again and rescue Jiang Tiansheng......

Readers look forward to reading the following plot after reading the serialization of "Mother" every day, and they can't wait to read it in one go.

On the contrary, after "Capital Punishment" entered the middle section, it gradually became mediocre.

This is actually a characteristic of Lin Kuang, Lin Kuang once said that it should include vivid and characterful characters, twists and turns of the plot, and plain words, which can add up to become an attractive story. I can share a simple equation for writing: the beginning of the article should be wonderful and attract attention, the middle paragraph should be full of nonsense, and the end should be wonderful and leave a good impression on the reader. The ending should be as satisfying as possible, or if it can't be satisfied, what do you want for a book that only sells for tens of yuan?

Lin Kuang has some of them really done this, the beginning is wonderful, and the ending is shocking, such as "Hair". However, Lin Kuang didn't do this for the most part, most of them were wonderfully written at the beginning, and when they entered the middle section, they began to turn to mediocrity, and they completely pulled their hips at the end, which is the case with "Capital Punishment".

"Capital Punishment" is shockingly written at the beginning, but the story begins to become mediocre in the middle of the story.

"Capital Punishment" enters the middle section, Wesley believes that the wax figures on display in the wax museum are real, and the owner of the wax museum has the ability to move through time and space. So, he gave his own inference, the wax figures tortured in the wax museum are likely to be the real Yue Fei and Sima Qian, since the owner of the wax museum has the ability to transfer time and space, he can naturally let Yue Fei and them appear in the wax museum.

Bai Qiwei couldn't believe it and questioned, who would have that ability to transfer time and space at will?

When many readers saw this, they complained: "Aliens! Aliens have such abilities!"

Even Zhang Youjun, a die-hard fan, couldn't help but say: "Is it really an alien again?"

As it turned out, the reader's guess was correct. It turned out that Yue Fei and the others were blind to death, and their souls were indignant and appealed to Heavenly Court, and Heavenly Court was an alien. They sent the owner of the wax museum and the woman in white to show the sights and sounds of the condemned people in two separate places for human beings to warn, and even created visions such as June snow to warn mankind. But it was ineffective, no one paid attention to the lessons of history, and the tragedy was still repeated one after another. As a result, the aliens decided to give up, no longer accept these complaints, and no longer show such pictures and sounds, leaving humanity to fend for itself.

Since halfway through the story, everyone guessed that it must have been done by aliens, and "Capital Punishment" completely lost its suspense. It's a bit boring to continue reading, and there is no such worrying and worrying feeling as before.

Not only ordinary readers, but even Zhang Youjun, a die-hard fan of Lin Kuang. If he hadn't watched Lin Kuang since junior high school, watched it for many years, and had developed a habit, he might not have read it anymore. Although he is very reluctant to admit it, "Mother" is really far superior to Lin Kuang's "Capital Punishment" regardless of ideology, imagination, or the excitement of the story.

Zhang Youjun still buys "Ming Pao" and "Ta Kung Pao" at the same time every day, but I don't know when he started to read, his first choice for reading became "Mother", and he would always read "Capital Punishment" after reading "Mother".

During the lunch break that day, colleagues were in the office discussing whether Xu Zhengdao was a savior.

Seeing his colleagues arguing, Zhang Youjun expressed his opinion: "I think it should be, I feel that there is something in the words of the prophet, maybe he will have to wait for some opportunity before he can become a savior." ”

Colleagues all looked at him in surprise: "Haven't you always supported Lin Kuang." ”

Zhang Youjun realized that after more than 20 days of reading, he had been conquered by "Mother" and unconsciously became a fan of "Mother". He originally wanted to argue a few sentences, but he was quickly relieved, there was nothing he couldn't admit, and said with a smile: "Who stipulates that Lin Kuang's supporters can't like "Mother", can't I like both?"

When my colleagues heard this, they laughed and said, "Yes, yes! Of course you can!"

The thirtieth day of the series is the day when "Mother" and "Capital Punishment" officially end. On this day, almost no one cared about "Capital Punishment" anymore, and readers were rushing to "Ta Kung Pao" to know what the fate of Xu Zhengdao was.

In the serial the day before, Xu Zhengdao was shot by a man in black, and his heart had stopped beating. Everyone wants to know if Xu Zhengdao is really dead and how the story will end.

On this day, the phone of the circulation department of Ta Kung Pao was flooded, and they all asked for the addition of today's newspaper.

On this day, Ta Kung Pao set a new record for sales.

At the end of the story, Xu Zhengdao, who was shot and fell to the ground, was resurrected by a kiss from Sophie, and the prophet hinted that he could only become a savior if he died once. The man in black saw Xu Zhengdao's resurrection and shot him violently. But as soon as Xu Zhengdao raised his hand slightly, the dense bullets stopped and hovered in the air. In Xu Zhengdao's eyes, the walls, the man in black, and everything around him have turned into green codes. He saw through the nature of the mother world, easily defeated the man in black, and returned to the real world.

It's over, but many readers can't get enough of it and feel that the story isn't over yet. They wrote letters to Ta Kung Pao and called Ta Kung Pao, asking Xu Wangqiu to continue to write down the story: "Xu Zhengdao is the savior, and he hasn't completely saved the world." "How can it be so good that it ended so quickly, I should continue to write." "We must defeat the robots and save humanity." ”

In order to thank readers for their support in the past month, and also to help Xu Wangqiu win the sales war with Lin Kuang. Ta Kung Pao published letters from readers for several days in a row, as well as a commentary on the Matrix.

A teacher from the Department of Computer Science at Xiangjiang University wrote in a letter: "I have a preconceived impression of science fiction, thinking that foreigners will write better, because creativity will be better, and Europe and the United States are leading in science and technology, and we don't have particularly good science fiction." After watching "Mother", I was completely shocked. In addition to the extremely exciting story, this one has a lot of scientific and technological knowledge. For example, it talks about the Internet, and it talks about hackers hacking into other people's computers, which will be possible in the future. If you are interested in computers, you will enjoy this book even more. This is definitely world-class science fiction, and it is not inferior to the best abroad. ”

A college student said: "Watching "Wesley" or some detectives, in fact, you can roughly guess the plot after watching a paragraph, maybe you can't guess the details, but you can guess most of the development later." But this is completely unguessable, and its ideas are very original, even amazing. ”

Zhang Youjun's letter was also published: "I grew up watching Lin Kuang and have always been a supporter of Lin Kuang. At the beginning of the scolding war, Xu Wangqiu belittled Lin Kuang in various ways, and I was resolutely on Lin Kuang's side. After "Mother" started serializing, I kept picking on all kinds of thorns, saying that it was not good here and not good there. But as the story progressed, as the doors of the real world opened, I was completely shocked and deeply attracted to the story of "Mother". Eventually, I became a supporter of "The Mother" completely. I will continue to watch Lin Kuang, and at the same time, I especially hope that Xu Wangqiu can continue to write the story of "Mother". Xu Zhengdao is not a savior, he has not saved mankind yet, how can the story end?"

Xu Wangqiu didn't see these letters, and he spent ten days in a hurry to finish the "Mother" thoroughly. After handing over the manuscript to Ta Kung Pao, he returned to the mainland. When the serialization of "Mother" ended and Hong Kong readers were talking about it, he was sitting on a plane to France to attend the Cannes Film Festival.