"Mine is on the fifth floor. Otherwise, let's gather on the second floor to find a long table after each finds the books we want to read. Whoever finds a suitable place first will inform everyone in the class group. If there is really none...then each find a way to find a hole."

For their suggestion, Li Chungang nodded from Shan Ruliu and agreed. Where to read is not to read. If you can choose to read at the same table with your familiar classmates and friends, it is obviously much better than strangers!

After using the tablet computer to search for the books they want to read one by one, they rushed to their goals and took the elevator to leave on the corresponding floors. Li Chungang looked around among the neat rows of bookshelves on the third floor. Books are a very unpopular type in the entire library. There are very few students who are interested in learning about this aspect. Sometimes it is estimated that no one will come to borrow it once in a month or two.

When we play fantasy and magic games or watch movies of this kind, we can often find that the background, content and even professional system of these entertainment works are similar.

Melee fighters, sneak attacking assassins, long-range crossbowmen, magical wizards and warlocks, and racial settings such as humans, dwarves, orcs, and elves almost all come from the same place, that is, Norse mythology!

Norse mythology is relatively small in China. Compared with ancient Chinese mythology and ancient Greek mythology, not many people know it.

Nordic mythology is a very special mythology system, which is more popular in Scandinavia and was born later than other mythologies.

And it has a different style from ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, ancient China, and ancient Indian mythology. For example, their gods are not omnipotent, and the world is not eternal!

Ragnarok is probably the most famous of these stories, where the end of the world is inevitable.

Fenrir, who can devour the world, and the serpent Jormungandr, together with the evil god Loki, jointly created the twilight of the gods, composing the most poignant battle scene in the history of mythology.

When the gods die, the whole world sinks under the water, but the world will eventually recover, and mankind will establish a new world and order.

In Norse mythology, the entire universe is divided into nine worlds, that is, the upper, middle and lower levels, connected by the world tree!

The upper layer is Alfheim, the country of elves, Asgard, the country of the gods, and Vanaheim, the home of the Vanir Protoss.

In the middle layer is the Atrium of the Kingdom of Humanity, also known as Midgard, in addition to Jotunheim, the Kingdom of Giants, and Niflheim, the Kingdom of Mists.

The lower level is Mospelheim, the land of flames, Sevenfheim, the land of dwarves, and Heim, the land of death.

However, the Nordic creation myths are only preserved in Iceland, and the only remaining historical materials are the Edda and some scattered epic legends!

Fortunately, Tsinghua University has just started school at this time, and the number of students visiting the library has not yet reached its peak stage. In addition, the library area of ​​Tsinghua University is large enough, so it is easy for them to find a table on the second floor that is large enough to accommodate them. Empty tables for a group of five or six people.

Li Chungang read it with great interest. He didn't have a deep understanding of this kind of foreign mythology before. Most of his knowledge belonged to the stage of hearsay and novels. Now after reading carefully, he gradually discovered that there is a gap between it and his "Lord of the Rings". with a deep connection.

When he first unlocked the fantasy book "The Lord of the Rings", he watched it as an epic battle, and the immersive function of the system unlocked works made him feel relaxed and happy, but If you want to talk about the knowledge and origin contained in it, you know what it is and don't know why it is.

At this time, the expansion of the brain domain greatly increases the memory and achieves the ability of photographic memory, which is of great use at this time.

Other people on the same table usually take 8-10 minutes to read a page, and because they have to write a post-reading review, they need to stop and extract some essays from time to time, which further delays their reading process. schedule.

"Shh, shh, shh..."

It’s just that in such a quiet environment as the library, Li Chungang’s unusual book-turning speed accompanied by the sound produced by the friction between the pages inevitably lingers in everyone’s mind, and he can’t suppress his curiosity from time to time. He turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

"You say... is Chungang reading a book or turning the pages?"

"I'm also very curious about this question, or else one of you will ask?"

"Schoolmasters all have the ability to remember things with a photographic memory, so you should give up on it as soon as possible!"

"Scholar is really terrifying!"

"Envy is so envious that you can die ten thousand times."

"..."

Loud noise is prohibited in the library, but it does not mean that even talking is not allowed at all, as long as the voice is low enough not to affect other people, fortunately, there is enough distance between each table in the library, Therefore, the whispers of these people are not afraid of affecting other people.

I recalled the content of "The Lord of the Rings" in my mind...

Li Chungang can't wait to let readers all over the world feel the vastness of Middle-earth in the book, and feel the shock and love when he unlocks it.

Chapter 513

When Li Chungang was reading, the rest of the friends in the class were not idle either.

The ability of "photographic memory" is indeed very rare, but it is not too unacceptable for a genius or evildoer to appear in Huaguo's vast land and resources, just a little curiosity and envy.

They packed up their minds and put the works they chose in front of them, slowly flipping through the pages with their left hands, and recorded a few words and essays from time to time in the notebook they brought with their right hands.

The professional classroom assignment is to write a total of four post-reading reflections before the final exam. It takes an average of two to three weeks to read one and complete one. Naturally, there is no need to be too anxious.

If you can see ten lines at a glance and don't have the photographic memory of other schoolmasters, and you end up reading like swallowing dates, then many details in a book will be missed!

When the lights in the library replaced the natural light, Li Chungang rubbed his slightly dry eyes. He first glanced at the "gift" given to him by He Miao on his wrist, and then asked in a low voice: "I didn't expect this?" It's almost seven o'clock at first glance, or else we should go to solve the problem of food and clothing first."

"It's okay if you don't say it, but I happen to be a little hungry when I say it, what should we eat today?"

"Whatever you want, I'm not picky eaters anyway."

"There are so many of us, so why don't we go too far away, or let's eat hot-boiled mutton? I heard that there is a new restaurant on the pedestrian street outside the east gate, which specializes in copper-stove hot-boiled mutton. The taste is very good." .”

"Then brothers, let's go."

"Okay, you Cheng Tao, you're ignoring me on purpose, right? It's enough for you guys to leave, right?"

"..."

People are iron and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.Reading is important, but eating is equally important!

Scientific studies have shown that mental exercise such as thinking is the physical exercise that consumes the most energy in the human body. This consumes a lot of energy. It is not just that you need to eat a good meal to replenish your body and reserve enough energy for the next mental exercise.

Li Chungang and his group packed up their things one after another, took the books in their hands and went to the first floor to register for borrowing.

Most of the campus-like libraries are open to the public, but they are limited to on-site reading. Only students in school have the "privilege" to borrow books, but they need to show their student ID cards.

After walking out of the solemn and quiet library, Hu Xiling, the newly promoted study committee member of this year's class, finally recovered her voice. She asked, "Why do you want to read these books that record Norse mythology? I think this kind of The books on mythology are too niche and out-of-the-ordinary, have you gained anything after reading some of them?"

"The harvest is huge!" Li Chungang added in a mysterious manner, "I kill two birds with one stone. I can not only complete the classwork left by Master Miejue, but also prepare for my own work."

Speaking of which, the students in the class are quite concerned about Li Chungang's activities, and anyone who is on Weibo knows that during the short period of Chinese New Year, almost all the Internet is about him. The buzz about the new book, Lord of the Mysteries.

Some argue about the specific type of the new book; some are curious about when the new book will be released.

"You are really a model worker. I probably read less novels, and I haven't read any fantasy related to Nordic mythology. I hope you can write your new book "Lord of the Mysteries" to show me." Cheng Tao pushed the bicycle and followed They walked together, readily admitting their inadequacies.

Because Cheng Tao’s family education is relatively strict, let alone read online novels on his mobile phone before the college entrance examination, even his own mobile phone is still an "old man" who can only send messages and make calls. The novel also came into contact with Li Chungang slowly after I met Li Chungang in my freshman year.

This is also understandable.

Whoever it is, there is a top web writer like Li Chungang around him, and he will involuntarily learn about this aspect, and naturally he wants to read the other party's works. There is a reason why the other party With such an excellent result, some young people are somewhat unconvinced and want to compare.

The most common thoughts are -

"Li Chungang can do it, why not!?"

How many students in the entire Tsinghua University quietly tried their own online novel creation journey because they learned the story of Li Chungang, a classmate of the same school? Encountered Waterloo in life.

But only when they have personally learned about the online novel industry, will they suddenly realize what the words "Zhi Chun Zhi Gang" mean in the online literature world!

Li Chungang smiled and said, "I'm not bragging. The shock this time brought is absolutely unprecedented. If nothing else, the influence of this next book may be the sum of all my previous books combined!"

Hu Xiling pursed her lips, and habitually retorted: "Before the book comes out, everything is unknown. I advise the young man to drink the mouse's tail, so as to save himself from being slapped in the face."

Before "Lord of the Rings" came out, no matter how much Li Chungang said it was useless.

Others will think that it is a habitual self-praise, which belongs to the category of Wang Po selling melons and boasting!

It's just that neither of them realized that the "sky" that seemed to be chatting together was actually not on the same channel.Li Chungang's self-proclaimed new book with unprecedented influence refers to "The Lord of the Rings" which is going to be published overseas, but what Hu Xiling and Cheng Tao heard is the new book "Lord of the Mysteries".

However, in terms of genre, these two unpublished new books are very similar. If I didn't ask specifically, it would be hard to detect.

They talked and laughed all the way, and when they came to the pedestrian street outside the East Gate, they found that the business of the Tonglu mutton shop was so hot that they took a quick look inside and knew that there was no vacancy at all.

If it weren't for luck, there happened to be a table of guests who just got up to pay the bill. It is estimated that Li Chungang and his group would have to change places for dinner.

Hu Xiling quickly put the backpack on one of the chairs to occupy a seat. It was not enough, and even sat down on one of the seats. At this time, the messy cups and dishes on the table had not had time to clean up.

Fortunately, the waiters in this store are still very dedicated. Seeing that the next table of guests was already waiting there, they stepped forward decisively and quickly cleaned up the table.In fact, it is not too difficult. Put all the used bowls into a large basin and send them to the back kitchen. Finally, take the copper stove away and wipe the table clean.

"So many of us feel that one copper furnace is not enough. The boss will directly put one on each of the left and right sides of us, and then the amount...you can let us figure out the amount for about eight people."

"Come on~ our store is definitely made of fresh lamb every day. I'll cut a part of each part for you to taste. If it's not enough, just add another order." The boss is also a generous old man. Now that Yanjing is a native, the bold boss naturally prefers to meet some bold customers.

The so-called "figuring it out" is not a kind of trust in the owner of this store.

Since the customers trust him so much, the owner of the Tonglu mutton shop said that he will never let down the trust of the customers.

The time waiting for the food to be served was relatively difficult. Hu Xiling, Cheng Tao and others all took out their mobile phones and started playing.

"Timi~", "Timi~" sounded...

Originally, they also wanted to invite Li Chungang to come together, but unfortunately he usually plays Chicken Battlefield, and it's not that he has never played King of Pesticides, but it's very rare, and his level is still far from the full level of 30.For those who are bad at the game, playing games like King Pesticide is simply a kind of torture to themselves.

But if in such a lively place, if you open another book and read it, there will definitely be suspense!

There were a total of six people when they came out, and five of them formed a team to open the black king of pesticides, but now Li Chungang seemed a little idle, so he simply took the pencil for ordering in his hand, and took out an order sheet paper, and began to smear on the order paper.

At this time, the painting skills he exchanged for money from the [Literature Encyclopedia System] have fully exerted their effects. As the saying goes, you don’t overwhelm yourself with too many skills, and there are always times when you can use them.

"If this is Shire, then the protagonists' travel route is from Hobbiton to Old Forest. The middle of the map of Middle-earth should be the Misty Mountains running north-south, and the Shire should be in the northwest of the Misty Mountains. They are going to the end of the world If so, go southeast. Where is Rivendell?"

In Li Chungang's head, the content of "Lord of the Rings" was a little blurred in his head. He decided to use the system to review after going back tonight.

If the conditions are limited now, just use the order paper to practice, and then use the digital board to reproduce the map in the whole story in detail after reviewing.

In fact, this is also preparing for the upcoming visit to Penguin Random House in the United States.

In this way, the complete map of the entire Middle-earth world will be reproduced, and it will also make the progress of the main story line Frodo and Gandalf more intuitive, and it can even be regarded as an interjection. The existence is placed in the published book, allowing readers to compare the content to read synchronously!

Now think about it...

At that time, the digital tablet that was professionally used for painting has been bought for so long and still played an important role from time to time. Not only did I draw character designs for all my works, but I was also able to draw the map of Middle-earth in "The Lord of the Rings" come out.

Although his memory is a bit fuzzy, Li Chungang still tenaciously drew the mountains, plains, and rivers on the order paper, but he didn't mark the specific names on it.

After the in-game character she had chosen was killed by her opponent, Hu Xiling turned her head and noticed the movement on Li Chungang's side in her spare time. She couldn't help asking curiously, "What are you drawing?"

"The world map setting for the new book."

"Where is this place?" As a liberal arts student, Hu Xiling naturally had to take the geography test in high school, and she had a deep memory of the outlines of various continents and countries.

But at first glance, I don't know what place Li Chungang is painting.

Facing Hu Xiling's question, Li Chungang smiled and said, "It's Middle-earth."

"The west is facing the sea, and the general outline looks a bit like Europe. To be precise, it is a bit closer to Northern Europe." Hu Xiling suddenly thought of something, "Isn't the Nordic mythology just on the Nordic side? Are you going to completely empty a Nordic? I said this Looks a bit like Scandinavia!"

Li Chungang shook his head, "It doesn't mean to make up Nordic, but to re-create a completely different world. There are elves, dwarves, dragons, and orcs in a unique fantasy world."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Cheng Tao also shifted his gaze away from the mobile phone in the gap between the gray screen, "You guys are really good at writing books. You have already drawn the map before you even started writing. The preparation work is too much! Sure enough, there is no one who can become the top master of Internet literature!"

"That's it."

"One success may be a fluke, but continuous success is by no means a fluke!"

"I didn't know it before, but now I understand that there is no shortcut to becoming a great god."

"Hey~ Look at what you said, what is this, there are even more powerful things that haven't been released yet."

This is not an exaggeration by Li Chungang. In The Lord of the Rings, there are too many things similar to settings in order to perfect the world.

For example, the language system mentioned before, and the history of Middle-earth itself, the original Tolkien even made a family tree for Bilbo, Frodo and his friends!

In another plane, fans all over the world even treat the Lord of the Rings as real history.

Many people actually went to learn the Elven language, studied the customs of the Middle-earth world, and were familiar with the chronicles of the Elven race.

Middle-earth is a complete fictional world, and there are too many places for readers and movie fans to study!

Li Chungang once worked hard to prepare for the book "Sword Come", including various settings, including maps covering several worlds, these things are not unlocked through the system Afterwards, all of them were summarized and sorted out by him from the content bit by bit.

Even the current "Lord of the Rings" is the same.

At the beginning, Thompson, the person in charge of Random House in Shanghai, saw the opportunity for cooperation as too sudden, and the short period of time was only enough for him to write the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings" and hand it over to the other party.

It’s just that there were some “changes” in the cooperation between the two parties, so that “The Lord of the Rings” was slowly put on hold. That is, last year, there was news from the headquarters of Random House that the other party finally completed the review and restarted the cooperation. It was only then that Li Chungang's focus was brought back.

First, the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings" was restored from the Chinese translation to the English version.

Then it was only recently that I started to wake up and prepare for some basic settings...

Chapter 514 Melee Mage—Gandalf the White Robe

It is still quite difficult to draw the entire "Middle-earth" map on the order paper with a large area of ​​palm. After Li Chungang completed the simple version of the Middle-earth map, he took a photo with great satisfaction and saved it in the inside the phone.

"Is there anything else you don't know?" Hu Xiling couldn't help asking, "You are too good at keeping a low profile. I remember that last year Huihui searched the class for a long time but couldn't find anyone who could draw. In the end, I had to go to other classes to borrow temporarily."

The "Hui Hui" that Hu Xiling spoke of was actually Jian Hui, a classmate in their class, who was also the head of the culture department of the college's student union. Last year, she had to find someone to draw a cover for the college's literary publication. The opportunity to give it to the students in the class who are close to the water, but it is a pity...

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