Chapter 611: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Received Mixed Reviews.
"The style of this book probably has nothing to do with hard-core science fiction, and is more about imagination."
"Adventure novel!"
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After going through many difficulties, Professor Lidenbrock's uncle deciphered the content of the letter.
One of the craters in Iceland leads to the center of the earth! !
How could such a piece of information not make people tremble with excitement?
The protagonist "I" certainly understands it very well. Like many readers, I have reservations about this information, and I am fully able to come up with a strong scientific argument to prove that such a journey is impossible.
"There is an ocean of liquid iron inside the Earth, which is the main exploration goal in the novel."
This is the scientific concept and hypothesis of the main content of "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
"There is a mysterious energy source around the center of the earth that can generate huge force fields and vortices, hindering the progress of explorers."
"Rocks inside the Earth contain a metallic element called Farad, which can be used to create powerful electrical devices."
"Marine life inside the Earth can adapt to extreme environments, such as lack of light, high pressure and high temperature, through special evolutionary methods."
These are Verne's advanced scientific concepts and hypotheses. Some of these scientific concepts have been proven to already exist, some have been proven impossible, and some still require more scientific research to verify.
According to modern thinking, the core of the earth under the earth's crust is full of magma, which is not suitable for biological survival. However, even if the old thief uses "false science fiction concepts" to carry out "scientific fantasy", this is also a brand new idea, even if the author has never Paths unimagined.
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My uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, used many ways to prove this information. Coupled with the background of the 19th century, many readers unknowingly seemed to have forgotten the development of modern science in the 21st century to pay attention and understand The scientific thinking of those scientists, geologists, and mathematicians of the 19th century, or even the 18th century.
Although the "I" in the story still thought that my uncle was crazy, I still chose to embark on the journey of exploring the center of the earth with my uncle.
On the way, they hired a local tour guide Hans in Iceland. After all the hard work, the three of them finally followed the footsteps of their predecessors from the Snæfellsjekul volcano in Iceland to the bottom of the volcano!
"How could I be so excited!"
"+1! Seeing this kind of fantasy adventure, I am even more curious about what kind of imaginative world the old thief will build! It won't be the same as the world of "Spirited Away", with all divine creatures, right?"
"People in the past had a lot of exploration into the inner earth world."
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Because the old thief has already demonstrated unparalleled hard-core science fiction knowledge in "The Martian" and "The Three-Body Problem", no author or reader will think that the old thief knows nothing about science fiction, so he naturally ignored "Journey to the Center of the Earth" There are traces of the times in it, and I just feel that the old thief did it deliberately, just to write about the flavor of the 19th century.
But in fact, the book "Journey to the Center of the Earth" was written by Verne in the 19th century. Even if it is an advanced and advanced scientific concept, in the 21st century with the rapid development of scientific and technological capabilities, many things have been proven to be just illusions. , and even if it is not a fantasy, the public will not know it. The current scientific level and breadth of exploration will not admit that such a thing exists.
There was once a widely circulated rumor, that is, during the 20th century science and technology competition, the Antarctic scientific expedition team of Mizhou had contact with another geocentric civilization. So far, it has not been confirmed to be true or false.
And there are indeed many mysteries on the earth, such as the abnormal distribution of the gravity field and the inexplicable seasonal changes caused by the tilt of the earth's axis. Human beings themselves are insignificant in the face of nature and the universe. Even if it is the "truth" generally recognized by mankind, In fact, none of it is the truth.
Therefore, the reading status of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is that most readers are not serious and have grasped the core point of the book, adventure!
And I understand why the old thief said that this series of books can allow children to understand reading.
Compared with the hard-core science fiction knowledge that adult readers are more likely to exclaim, this kind of imaginative adventure is more able to attract these curious children and plant the seeds of dreams in their young minds.
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As the adventure story continues to deepen, these adult readers are also immersed in it.
The caliber of the volcano's vent is one hundred feet in diameter and its circumference is three hundred feet long. Just looking down from a protruding rock makes one's hair stand on end. However, the adventure group with the uncle as the main force is Be prepared.
Clothes, ropes, ladders, guns, including food!
The real journey begins, and every step forward and every adventure "I" take is attracting the attention of thousands of readers.
Underground, due to his uncle's wrong guidance, everyone faced a water shortage crisis. When "I" was dying of thirst, Hans relied on a mountain man's intuition about water and used an awl to create a spring of life on the ground. Saved the whole team!
Read page after page.
It can be said that in each chapter, the protagonist team will face different dilemmas.
In this unfamiliar environment, every step is difficult and dangerous.
But after going through nine or eighty-one difficulties, the protagonist's adventure group advanced along the lava channel and finally discovered a huge sea underground!
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"Mediterranean!"
"I'm going to the Mediterranean Sea underground?"
"Otherwise, why would we call it the Mediterranean..."
"It's so cold."
The world full of imagination was immediately depicted by Lao Zei. The "sky" above his head was composed of large clouds, that is, moving and changing water vapor. These water vapors could turn into heavy rain as long as they condensed.
The golden beach gave the surging waves, and the beach was full of small shells of primitive creatures.
An image that had never been described before was presented to all readers.
These wonders not only shocked thousands of readers, but also shocked the "I" in the book, that is, Axel.
It must be said that the advantages of first-person writing were fully reflected at this moment, and the sense of substitution was directly pulled to the fullest. There were even many readers who did not remember the name of the protagonist when they read more than half of it, as if they were the protagonist who went deep into the ground.
The underground world is quite gorgeous.
Super giant plants grow on the coast, which are not well-known species.
But humans are so insignificant in front of nature. How many species of organisms are there on Earth has always been a topic of endless debate among scientists. Even if 1 gram of soil contains 10,000 species of microorganisms, even for conventional species, humans' cognition is far less than one-tenth.
From the history of the Earth, humans may draw a conclusion that humans are vulnerable to nature. As long as nature wants to destroy humans, humans will disappear in an instant. Therefore, the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature is even more important. This is also one of the views that Lao Zei conveyed from "Spirited Away" to "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
Following the world of "I", all readers, big and small, are wandering in the wonderful world underground.
In addition to these giant plants, there are ancient creatures from the Second Age living in the seabed!
When the adventure team built their own rafts and sailed on the Mediterranean, the scene that the audience most expected finally came!
Two struggling beasts appeared in front of everyone. The giant snake alone was thirty feet long. In addition, the rest of the beasts in the Mediterranean seemed to be participating in the battle, including dolphins, whales, lizards, turtles, etc.
["What, two? He said there were only two beasts--"]
Looking from a distance, Axel couldn't see clearly and thought it was a fight between many beasts.
But his uncle shouted with glasses that this beast had a dolphin's nose, a lizard's head, and crocodile's teeth. It was the most terrifying ichthyosaur among ancient reptiles!
"Oh my god!"
"Paleontology?"
"I don't know why, but the old thief's words really make me feel like I'm there..."
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Ye Zhiyuan kept turning the pages and secretly admired.
The great way is simple, this is the first adjective that Ye Zhiyuan thought of. There is no entanglement, reversal, or amazing story in this book. It can even be said that the structure is very simple, but the simpler things are, the more widely they will be spread.
Admittedly, this "Journey to the Center of the Earth" will definitely not trigger discussions among young readers across the Internet like the previous bestsellers, but on another level, this work will definitely stay.
A wonderful adventure!
Like "Spirited Away", the story of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" can also be described in these seven words. This kind of adventure story is about whether the "adventure" is exciting or not, and "Journey to the Center of the Earth" gives a perfect answer.
The appearance of ancient creatures and ancient human skeletons are amazing!
The content of each chapter is accompanied by a lot of professional explanations about the information in these books, such as the source and history of ancient human skeletons, etc., which is obviously not a random description of two strange creatures.
The more so, the stronger the sense of history of the 19th century!
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Unconsciously.
A few hours passed.
There are not a few readers who keep the same posture as Ye Zhiyuan and read from the beginning to the end of the novel.
In the final plot, Aksai and his party encountered obstacles from boulders and decided to use explosives to blow up the passage!
However, a breach was also blown up on the coast, and the three people were washed deeper underground by the sea water. Then, due to the violent vibration caused by the explosion, the volcano erupted directly, and the volcanic airflow ejected them out of the ground!
However, what is surprising is that after returning to the ground, Axel and others were not in Iceland when they first entered, but next to the Stamply volcano in southern Italy.
At the end of the novel, the world in the book, "Journey to the Center of the Earth", which recorded this experience, made a great sensation around the world, and for a while, the audience in the real world was a little dazed.
How strong is the sense of substitution in this book.
Let's put it this way, when reading the last chapter, readers really subconsciously thought that the author of this "Journey to the Center of the Earth" was not Lao Zei, but the protagonist in it, "I", Axel!
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"Huh..."
When thousands of readers closed the last page of "Journey to the Center of the Earth", they felt mixed emotions.
The reason why it is said to be mixed emotions is mainly because this book did not receive overwhelming praise and admiration like all the previous works of Lao Zei.
It's not that the reviews are mixed, but there are indeed a large number of readers who don't get this book.
"Excellent! The starting point, assumptions, narrative mode and purpose of Lao Zei all have the historical characteristics of the late 19th century in the West. You won't get it just by reading the plot. You should read more for the sense of history."
"+1, I am studying Western history. At the end of the 19th century, the industrial revolution was booming in the West. Human initiative was unprecedentedly inspired and people were very interested in the outside world. There are many novels with this kind of curiosity. It seems that Lao Zei has carefully studied Western history."
"Hiss... Is it because my cultural attainments are not enough? Why do I feel that this is the only book I can't get among all Lao Zei's works? But I still finished reading it. Lao Zei's writing is still amazing, and the sense of substitution is full."
"The reading threshold of this novel is not that high. It is probably because of this reason that it loses some professionalism and fun, and has a lot of imagination..."
"I don't know if this book can be considered science fiction, but I guess only Lao Zei can write this story so realistically. I doubt that fake stories can be made true by Lao Zei!"
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When Lin Qiu came back from Xizhou and devoted himself to the post-production of "Titanic", it happened to be the time when Xiazhou readers were discussing the book "Journey to the Center of the Earth" most enthusiastically.
This "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is the lowest-rated work on the Book software among Lao Zei's recent works, with only 9.4 points.
Of course, the score of 9.4 points is already an unattainable threshold for other authors, but for a god-level author like Lao Zei who is famous all over the country and has continuously produced masterpieces, it is definitely worth discussing.
Lin Qiu was not surprised by the controversy over the book "Journey to the Center of the Earth". After all, among Verne's several works, if Lin Qiu was asked to say which work is most likely to be praised and criticized, Lin Qiu would definitely choose this one.
After all, it is 2030 now, not the 19th century. Both scientific cognition and the environment have changed greatly. Therefore, when seeing this "fictional story", many readers will have a subconscious thought - this is fake, it is not scientific.
This is also the least well-known and least popular of Verne's five works.
The rest, whether it is "Around the World in Eighty Days", "Children of Captain Grant", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" or "Mysterious Island", are all classic works praised by everyone. In the previous life, if you said "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", everyone knew it, but if you said "Journey to the Center of the Earth", few people knew it.
For modern audiences who are used to adventure stories, such adventures are sometimes not enough to excite them, resulting in mixed reviews.
Reading books has always been subjective, and each person has his own opinion. But there is no doubt that since Lin Qiu decided to take it out, it proves that this work is very meaningful and is a milestone work of the splendid civilization of the previous life.
... (End of this chapter)