An: “Boss, are you sure this name isn’t wrong?”
Fos: “Then who’s the most popular writer on your Federation Star right now?”
Faced with An’s skeptical questioning, Fos frowned nervously and fired back.
“Our most popular writer right now is, of course, Teacher Fish Soup Noodles!”
An replied without hesitation, full of confidence.
From his perspective, Fish Soup Noodles was undoubtedly the best!
With a frown on his face, Fos stared at the handwritten copy in his hands, looked at the name “YU”, and then looked at An in front of him…
“This… this is obviously the same person! They must be the same person!”
With all the mercenaries and star pirates in the tavern watching, Fos had no way to back down. He could only loudly and forcefully defend himself.
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However, Fos’ argument left both An and the audience in the live broadcast utterly dumbfounded, and a barrage of question marks flooded the screen.
“After all, your Fish Soup Noodles…look, ‘Fish’…Y-U…doesn’t that clearly spell out YU?”
**Pinyin for “Fish” is “yú”
“And this is a handwritten copy, not a printed version! The scribe must have found it troublesome and just wrote the first letters of the author’s name. It’s perfectly logical!”
Although Fos was sweating profusely at the moment, and was completely under pressure from the audience, he had to speak out loudly and make far-fetched claims.
However, this bizarre interpretation did strangely overlap with Yu Mian’s thoughts at the time.
After all, the book had only been temporarily withheld from public release by the military, who had purchased the copyright outright to avoid double or even triple simultaneous serialization during the experiment.
Since it would be published sooner or later, the easiest way to come up with a temporary pen name was to use the first letters of the pinyin.
Thus, Yu Mian had lazily written “YU” as the author’s name.
Who would have thought this simple choice would become Fos’ key to making such a far-fetched argument?
“Fish Soup Noodles… Fish, YU?”
An’s mind was a foggy mess, yet amidst the chaos, he seemed to stumble upon a suspicious connection.
Everyone in the live broadcast room fell into collective shock and confusion ever since the dwarf Fos said, “This is obviously the same person”.
[It sounds absurd, but somehow, it feels… plausible? What’s going on?!]
Meanwhile, this incident blew up on the hot search, becoming a large-scale serial drama that attracted the attention of the entire galaxy.
It even had more buzz than the hype of the drama adaptation of “Contract Marriage”!
Each new revelation connected seamlessly to the last, creating an unending stream of melons for viewers to devour. It was a wild rollercoaster of surprises.
Now, Fox’s casual remark pushed this hotly talked about book to a climax where everyone was looking for more information!
Even Kane, who had been waiting for the next update of “Eternal Night Rose”, got pulled into the frenzy while scrolling Starblog during his break at work.
This wonderful book, “Rebirth of the Interstellar Soldier King” had already been organized into a multi-chapter text version.
New readers poured in, thoroughly enjoying the story while questioning incredulously, “How could these people from a garbage star come up with something this good?!”
As for Kane, who accidentally entered the melon-eating scene, he read the first volume in one breath, and was very satisfied with the plot of “Heart of the Soldier King”. His face was originally quite happy.
After all, ending a book drought was always a cause for celebration.
Even if this was an alien work that was spread from a garbage star to the Federation star, who could deny the possibility of great works coming from such places?
But just as he finished the story, the new melon about “YU” hit him squarely in the face.
As a result, Kane, who had just finished reading the text, had this new melon about “YU” stuffed into his mouth.
As the first, and so far, only person in the entire galaxy to know the connection between the two names “Fish Soup Noodles” and “Yu Mian,” Kane’s mind was ablaze.
He couldn’t laugh.
Clutching his light brain, he hesitated, then opened Yu Mian’s chat window, where the ID was a single word: “Fish.”
Is this your vest or not?!
Ultimately, Kane restrained himself. Instead, he forwarded the Starblog link to Yu Mian, glaring at his screen in silent grievance and anger.
He looked like a pitiful lover waiting for a cheating scumbag’s reply…angry, hurt, yet too afraid to confront them for fear of a breakup.
What if Yu Mian got scared and postponed tonight’s update for “Eternal Night Rose”?
Pathetic. Truly pathetic…
In fact, Yu Mian’s Starblog had already exploded, and the light brain was buzzing nonstop.
As early as when An was broadcasting live, some fans in the live broadcast room mistakenly thought it was the scene of a star pirate conspiracy, and when they tagged the official military account, the military personnel on duty who rushed over as soon as possible looked at the live broadcast screen with their pupils shaking.
That familiar plot…
It was clearly “Rebirth of the Interstellar Soldier King” that everyone had!
How had this group from a “garbage star” managed to get their hands on it?
The information quickly escalated through the ranks until it reached Yu Mian himself, who was left covering his face in dismay as the hot search topics trended one after another.
“Help, there’s no way they’ll figure it out this fast…”
But with the hot searches soaring and countless netizens scrutinizing the details, the subtle connections between the three books were being uncovered at lightning speed!
[Everyone, as a loyal reader of “Contract Marriage” and “Eternal Night Rose”, after repeatedly reading “Rebirth of the Interstellar Soldier King”, I must admit that the bold hypothesis of the dwarf tavern owner seems highly plausible!]
[The connection between YU and “Fish” is already striking, but if you remove the words “Rebirth of,” the naming style of “Interstellar Soldier King” aligns perfectly with the other two books! For instance, couldn’t “Eternal Night Rose” also be titled as “Time Travel: Eternal Night Rose”?]
[But most importantly, does everyone remember that line from the novel, “The movement of heaven is rigorous; a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement”? This line left such a deep impression, right? After some research, I discovered that it’s actually a classical saying from the ancient Blue Star! Doesn’t that seem far too familiar?]
These HOT posts, once pinned to the top of the comment section of “Eternal Night Rose”, sparked intense debate.
After all, although every new book by Fish Soup Noodles tackled a vastly different theme, because Yu Mian was from Earth, many details in the books do subconsciously involve elements of Earth’s culture.
Who would have thought that such a habit would turn into the most incriminating evidence in this situation?
Even the renowned Interstellar Wanderer/Reed stepped forward minutes later to weigh in.
[Reed: In a certain sense, this analysis holds truth.
“The movement of heaven is rigorous; a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement” does indeed originate from classical texts of ancient Blue Star. Without profound academic research, I find it highly unlikely anyone could so casually include such a phrase in their writing.
Secondly, given the cultural resources and atmosphere of a garbage star, I have serious doubts about the ability of its local inhabitants to have the opportunity to access such cultural relics that are only slightly preserved on the central star.
Additionally, considering the use of the ancient piano in “Contract Marriage” and the blend of museum and ancient interstellar history elements in “Eternal Night Rose”, it’s clear that this mastery of Blue Star’s cultural knowledge and sensitivity has become a distinct hallmark of the author’s style.
In summary, I find it difficult to believe that “Rebirth of the Interstellar Soldier King” could have been authored by anyone in the galaxy other than Fish Soup Noodles.]
Lu Wei’s logically sound and persuasive analysis essentially settled the debate.
Even many readers who were confused and could not believe that such a thing could happen suddenly realized that, apart from Fish Soup Noodles, it seems that it was really difficult to find other authors with such a profound foundation on the ancient Blue Star’s culture.
This characteristic had long since become Fish Soup Noodles’ signature style—reigniting their heartfelt resonance and love for overlooked or forgotten cultures in this interstellar era.
[Amazing, amazing! As expected of the great boss, you’re simply our god!]
Countless readers exalted Lu Wei and their admiration reached new heights.
“How did this guy end up being the real ‘assassin’ here?”
Yu Mian never anticipated that Lu Wei, who had supported him countless times before, would become the deciding force that exposed his vest this time. He slumped over the desk in resignation.
Help, you really can’t afford to mess with this kind of bigshot…
Even the slightest provocation, and he’d rip your vest apart without leaving a scrap behind.
No rebuttal was possible!
[Crispy Shark: QWQ So… what’s your plan now? Tons of people have stormed the Huanyu Reading Platform to watch the fun.]
Shaxs and the Huanyu editorial team had been watching the entire Rashomon-esque fiasco unfold with awe.
The platform’s daily active users reached an all-time peak amid this unprecedented melon of the century.
Even many who had never read a novel before downloaded the app just to grab a front-row seat for the juicy melon eating scene.
In a way, it proved how truly remarkable Fish Soup Noodles was.
Even under an obscure vest, without using his main account, he still managed to dominate the scene and cause a galaxy-wide uproar! [kneeling in worship.jpg]
But perhaps this was the trouble of the strong.
[Fish: TwT What else can I do?]
Yu Mian replied helplessly to Shaxs’ inquiry.
If not for Lu Wei’s post, perhaps he could have stayed hidden a little longer…
So amid all the commotion and the watchful eyes of the public, Fish Soup Noodles’ Starblog finally updated with a new post:
[A Bowl Of Fish Soup Noodles V: Yes, this book is indeed my new work. However, due to special circumstances, it has not been officially released yet. Orz]
Huanyu Reading quickly followed up with a detailed explanation, stating that the book was originally intended for a controlled trial among a specific group. The several chapters released were just part of this process…
But for the Interstellar readers, whose emotions had reached a peak after the successful exposure, it was obvious that they didn’t want to read the long-winded explanation from Huanyu.
[You actually started a new book behind our backs?! How could you do this! Why didn’t you send us the good stuff as soon as possible so we could enjoy it too?!]
[Aren’t we your most beloved readers? Were our daily prayers for updates not devoted enough?!]
[You’ve been seeing other readers behind our backs?! [heartbreak.jpg]]
Floods of comments poured in, leaving Yu Mian drenched in a cold sweat.
[Lilith: More chapters. More updates. Not enough.]
Lilith’s straightforward comment, revealing the true goal of the masses, was quickly pinned to the top of Yu Mian’s Starblog post!
