Finally, the day has come. Honestly, I never expected to see it — my initial work, which hardly anyone read, would actually make it this far.
This book was signed late (signed at 600,000 words), and the launch was also late (launched at 900,000 words). No wonder, since this is my first book, and due to a lack of experience, even by the most generous standards, it couldn't be considered a good book. The plot's pacing is slack, throughout it feels impressively obscure, the writing is beyond cure, and it's seriously self-indulgent...
However, this book isn't just my first; it's also the embodiment of a sentiment I've held since childhood.
I've loved watching the Discover channel since I was three, and as a kindergartner, my greatest dream was to become a scientist. Even as I grew up and studied the history of science, I remained deeply moved by the marvels of science and the magnificence of the world.
Science truly is the most magical presence in the world, so magical that it's beyond most people's imagination.
I was precisely captivated by this magic and at one time longed to join the ranks of those who explore the world, to become a great scientist — but all that is in the past now.
My major now is Chinese literature.
Yes, that's right. It's the arts within the liberal arts, purely so.
The only thing that proves I still have a passion for science is my research focused on biographical literature and science journalism, I guess, and one more thing — "amateur hobbyist of science fiction"...
The more I read, naturally, the more I thought — I've always seen myself as someone with ideas bigger than my brain.
So, the book came to be!
It can't be said to be good, it's a hodgepodge after all. But, there is one merit to it, and that's having quite a big concept.
I can at least guarantee this book isn't one with a world said to be boundless but actually may not even be the size of an astronomical unit, doesn't have those "strong characters" who can master cosmic laws with questionable effort, doesn't contain a stingy, personified Heavenly Dao, nor does it feature a billion years where the world hasn't changed in the slightest. The world view in this book is a lot like the real universe — because our universe is actually more fantastical than most poorly imagined fantasy novels.
I've sold so much sentiment, so now I should speak some practicalities, or else I'll turn into that certain fallen titan or that certain mobile-model warhammer.
Before the book is launched, updates will be thrice daily for three days. If the initial subscriptions exceed five hundred, I'll add an update; the first week, for each Squad Leader level fan and above, I'll add an update, and for an Alliance Hierarch, I'll add five updates, with the promise to add one more for every additional hundred.
In the first month after the book's launch, fifty monthly tickets will earn one extra update, a Sect Leader earns an extra update, a Grandmaster earns two extra updates, and an Alliance Hierarch earns five extra updates. Knowing it's unlikely, I'll talk big: ten updates for a Great Alliance, fifteen for the Alliance. If I can't finish in one day, I'll add the updates on top of the regular ones the next day.