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Chapter 1 Professor of the University of Cambridge

"Structure is a choice of a series of events in the life story of the characters. This choice combines events into a strategic sequence to inspire specific and specific emotions and express a specific and specific outlook on life..."

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"Okay, all students, that's all for today. After-class homework is for each person to describe a virtual character based on today's lecture content. The content must not be less than one page, and the get out of class will be terminated."

Li Yu watched the students walk out of the classroom one by one, then picked up the lesson plan and prepared to leave.

A cute girl with brown curly hair came up carefully and looked at him with anticipation. Her eyes were filled with admiration and excitement. Li Yu was not unfamiliar with this look. During the years he taught at Jianbao University, he often met students who admired him.

"Hello Professor Sean, can you sign me?" He said and handed over a book.

Li Yu looked at it, "Thirty Thousand Miles Under the Sea" - still the first edition.

Li Yu usually would not refuse such a request, and it was such a cute girl, so he happily took the book "Thirty Thousand Miles Under the Sea" and wrote a gift on the title page.

【Give it to my lovely students-

"Emily." The girl said at the right time.

【Emily, your professor - Sean Forrest.】

Seeing the girl leaving happily with the book, Li Yu shook her head in a daze.

Ten years ago, he traveled to this world. His parents died early, lonely and helpless, and had only a small apartment to live in. He had no financial income at all, so he almost fell to the point of starving to death. Fortunately, he read a lot of books in his previous life. With his memory and reproduction of some classic literary works, Li Yu became a writer.

He made a living by earning money by writing books. He first showed his strengths with a book called "Revenge of Monte Cristo", and gained fame in a small way. In the next ten years, he wrote several works, "The Sherlock Holmes Collection", "Les Miserables", "Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea" (now 30,000 Miles)... He did not let it go as long as it fits the background of this world, of course, the necessary adaptations are still inevitable.

First of all, the history of this world is completely different from that of the earth, but there are subtle similarities in the subtleties, and the level of civilization is probably equivalent to that of the eighteenth century on Earth, so it is inevitable to localize it when writing.

Secondly, he has long been a little blurred in his memory of these books. He only remembers the rough framework, and many of the contents need to be filled by himself, which are considered semi-original works.

It is precisely because of these works that at the age of 25, he has become a famous writer in the Brighton Kingdom, and was recruited as a professor in the Department of Literature by Swordburgh University. It has been three years now.

By writing and being a professor, he no longer felt pressure in life, but Li Yu was not satisfied with the status quo.

Although these books were not completely copied, after all, with the reputation of his predecessors, it was difficult for Li Yu to be honest and think that these were his works. He was somewhat guilty about the title of famous writers.

On the other hand, although the identity of a professor and writer is quite decent in this world and has a good social status, it seems that he is still not as meaningless as a true successful person. He is eager to do something and create a situation. After all, he is a time traveler. He cannot do it too badly, but he has no idea what he wants to do for a while.

Although he had traveled through ten years, this world was still unfamiliar to him. He had hardly left the sword castle for ten years, and only learned about the outside world through newspapers and books. The outside world was both novel and unfamiliar to him, and it also brought some potential threat.

Death in a world where technology has not yet been fully developed is such a common thing, it could be a robbery, a carriage accident, a tetanus caused by a rusted knife, or even a cold that can take away a person's life.

So every time he wants to do something, while being confident, he often falls into a nervous mood of worrying about gains and losses.

Unfortunately, I am not a science student, otherwise I could be a great inventor, inventing those unborn technologies, opening a company and chamber of commerce, and gaining both fame and fortune.

Or it’s good for a doctor, at least you can get penicillin or something.

Li Yu thought with regret and walked into the door of the lounge.

Although he has his own office, he prefers to stay in the lounge, where he can listen to other professors’ talks, drink coffee and read newspapers, and quietly observe everything around him, which will give him a sense of security to be integrated into the background.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard that folklore professor Alhaz Ryder was talking about his theories of mysticism, promoting the mysteries of Gusulaid's magic, the legends of the ancient gods in Esia, and the truth hidden behind these legends.

However, there are few listeners. In the Brighton Kingdom, which advocates rational thinking, they have a natural contempt and negation towards any mysticism. The only few listeners also look like they are jokes, and sometimes some people have questioned them, believing that those legends are just absurd fantasies recorded by ancient madmen and mystic scholars, or they are simply tricks of local indigenous tour guides to cheat tourists for tips.

Alhaz didn't care about these doubts. The more someone denied it, the more he aroused his interest in debate.

Seeing Alhaz discussing with several professors with a mouthful, Li Yu shook his head with some amusement.

Alhaz is a occultist from the East, a foreigner, who is not very popular, and folklore is a niche subject. No one cares about it on weekdays, so he can only find a sense of existence by provoking a debate.

He had no intention of participating in the debate, so he first went to the coffee stove to pour himself a cup of coffee, found a sofa and sat down, then took a big sip of coffee, picked up the newspaper on the table and read it.

Shortly after coming to this world, he developed the habit of reading newspapers, which is the most effective way to obtain external information. Compared with the Internet, the content of newspapers is more concise and there are not so many marketing account title parties. The most important thing is that usually the newspaper only publishes the most important information, rather than messy gossip news. Even if there are some reports that have used the Spring and Autumn style, as long as you have enough skills, you can still discover a lot of useful information from it.

Li Yu read the most frequently in "Rational Science News". He was initially attracted by the name of this newspaper, but later he found that the contents in the newspaper were often very different from what he imagined.

[Sword Castle police cracked a cult sacrificial ceremony in the riverside area yesterday midnight and arrested twelve cult elements. The leader claimed that the doomsday trial was approaching, and only by believing in the only true god can one survive the trial. The criminal resisted by force during the arrest and was shot dead by the police according to law...]

[A prophet claims that he has learned the truth of the world. Interested people only need to pay five Tuckers to get a copy of the detailed content. If you are willing to pay a gold pound, the prophet is willing to explain it to the payer himself.

After reporting by the public, the person has been arrested and imprisoned by the police authorities for fraud. Rational learning reminds everyone, please think rationally and not believe lies easily...]

[Early this month, seven scholars from the Society for Rationality proved that there are no supernatural things such as gods, demons, vampires in this world. This experiment is considered a major innovation in the scientific and folkloric circles. The relevant content of the experiment can be found in the journal of "Science and Reason" this month...]
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