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Chapter 350: Chapter 329 Poirot on Fire_1

In fact, Leng Guang’s reading speed was not fast, and he wasted quite some time buying books.

The time he wasted was enough for the first batch of readers of “Murder on the Orient Express” to write a bunch of book reviews, even sparking some topics.

In fact.

The real response started with the reviews given by the first batch of readers, and an internet detective forum became the first to blow up on the web!

The detective forum is a gathering place for detective fans.

The number of hardcore detective lovers isn’t small!

Those are the readers who continued to be enthralled by the content of “Murder on the Orient Express”, even after being vindicated by the detective association and Carter; it was their almost satisfied moan emanated after reaching ultimate satisfaction.

Swish Swish Swish!

An infinite number of posts emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!

Perhaps no single post could represent everyone’s feelings.

Everyone had different feelings, but everyone was unanimous in their shock at this novel!

“I thought I was reading traditional whodunit, Chu Kuang was writing a Narrative Trickery, and I was deceived twice in a row; this time I thought no matter how traditional Chu Kuang’s plot is, I believe this is definitely a dazzling narrative trickery. But when I saw the ending, I actually knelt… Chu Kuang is really starting to write traditional whodunit now!”

This comment received high praise!

Just as Lin Yuan planned.

His works could be narrative trickery, or they could be traditional, but the readers will never guess the answer until the end if they are shifting between reality and fiction!

The following posts received similarly high praise and replies.

“After reading this novel, I started to believe that Chu Kuang’s ‘Dondon Bridge Falling’ was really a mockery of narrative trickery; and I suddenly felt a bit sorry for Teacher Leng Guang. Why did you mess with his Literary Duel… ”

“This topic is beyond the syllabus!”

“I almost fainted when I saw Poirot uncover the truth, definitely not exaggerating: when I found out that the lone murderer killed the victim, I almost burst my eyeballs. My scalp tingled and goosebumps erupted all over my body!”

“Carter’s preface didn’t lie to me! Masterpiece! Explosive!”

“Before reading it, I thought the score of a detective novel was a bit high, but after reading it, I thought, isn’t this score actually low? This is a textbook-level detective novel!”

“Poirot Poirot Poirot! I am in love with this pineapple!”

“Hahahaha when the name Poirot appeared, Chu Kuang might just have wanted to eat a pineapple.”

“Sorry, but Chu Kuang is a god!”

“I apologize, I had a prejudice against Chu Kuang because of the Narrative Trickery, but after reading this new work, I must admit I was impressed. The ending was very touching, I always hoped that in this dirty world, in corners where law can’t reach, there would be an invisible hand holding the sword of judgment, like these twelve so-called murderers. When I saw Poirot’s decision and the final lines, I felt incredibly warm. Although I can’t do anything and am a small fry, I still want to use my humble five-star review to show my respect for this kind of action and understanding.”

“The victim is the perpetrator, twelve victims… very shocking. As he turned around in the end, Poirot was super cool! I already heard the battle song in my mind! Too bad the bgm didn’t match Poirot.”

“2333, Chu Kuang has Xian Yu, let Xian Yu write a song.”

“Poirot is probably the first detective in history to spare a criminal, or at least this is the first time I’ve seen it written this way… There may be controversy, but I want to tell Chu Kuang, well done!”

“…”

In the discussion, Poirot was repeatedly mentioned.

Poirot’s decision led to a lot of debate as well.

Someone screenshot the text from the novel, when Poirot gave two choices and said:

[Things are either right or wrong, but you…]

He was silent for a long time before he said these confused words:[I can’t make a decision.]

He left the choice to others.

When everyone chose the first conclusion, that the murderer was innocent, Poirot took off his hat, bowed, announced his withdrawal from the case, and slowly turned to leave in the snow.

What is kindness, and what is evil?

This was the first time Poirot couldn’t distinguish, yet he charmed numerous readers!

It seemed as if everyone had seen a lonely figure trudging on in the snow, walking and reflecting…

In fact, readers who had read “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” knew very well how proud and principled Poirot was.

Everyone was used to Poirot’s wisdom and intelligence in solving cases!

For him to say “I can’t make a decision” was unthinkable.

Just like his eventual withdrawal from the case.

Because it was so unthinkable, readers felt Poirot’s torment and choice!

At this moment, Poirot had become a recognized great detective in many people’s minds!

You have to know, “world-renowned detective” was a setup given to Poirot by the novelist.

The novelist’s pen can freely set things up in the novel, such as the handsomest man in the world, or the most beautiful woman, etc.

Inferior writers indulge themselves with their own settings.

Top-notch writers, the moment their story and settings appear, readers reach a collective climax as if those characters actually exist.

This is called writing power.

So for readers to recognize “Poirot is a world-renowned detective” is not an easy thing, but Chu Kuang has effortlessly done it—

With just two novels.

The foundation and suspense were laid in “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”.

“Murder on the Orient Express” opened up a reputation and recognition.

Poirot’s story may continue in the future, but at this moment, Poirot, the famous detective who has acquitted the murderer, has become extremely popular in the readers’ minds!

Of course.

The riddle-lovers were also taken care of, just like this comment says:

“I can never guess the old rascal Chu Kuang’s tactics! The most hateful thing is that, Chu Kuang, the old rascal, confidently laid out a very complex setup, even listed out the simple drawings of the carriages and time schedules of the characters, only to suddenly throw out his newly invented impossible crime mode after I racked my brains to fill a paper!!”

Yes.

Many readers tried to find out the truth before the detective when reading “Murder on the Orient Express”, which is a hobby of mystery lovers when reading such books.

But when everyone reached the end, they were all flabbergasted while being stunned.

Did you cheat?!

Chu Kuang, surprisingly, completed a new reasoning mode again!

The murderer turns out to be twelve people!

Of course, it’s surprising, all the passengers in the carriage conspired together, helping each other with alibis, leading to the possibility that all testimonies could be false.

Who could foresee this!?

Isn’t the normal mindset that there is only one murderer?

If there are occasional collaborations, wouldn’t there be at most two or three people?

But in this novel, all conventional reasoning is wrong, and the ending turns out to be everyone being good!

At the same time, everyone is a murderer!

Just like the first time I saw Narrative Trickery, no matter how hard I try, I couldn’t guess who the murderer was, Chu Kuang’s “Murder on the Orient Express”, this is a whole new reasoning mode!

Basically impossible to guess!

So, when everyone finished reading, it’s hard not to be flummoxed!

Not to mention, right until the answer was revealed, everyone instinctively thought that Chu Kuang was writing Narrative Trickery.

The media hype had begun.

The Literary Duel between Chu Kuang and Leng Guang, the duel between Narrative Trickery and traditional reasoning.

As a result, when Chu Kuang’s new book came out, everyone only realized it after reading, ah, this guy is just genuinely messing with us, this time it’s the same as what Leng Guang wrote, it belongs to the traditional reasoning category!

Moreover, it’s not much different from the locked-room murder mode!

“I feel that Chu Kuang is really the author who can tease the readers the most, yet I am still delighted to be teased.”

“Chu Kuang created Narrative Trickery, but Chu Kuang never said he could only do Narrative Trickery, he is just being naughty and tricky, knowing that everyone has inherent thinking, he simply didn’t explain the type of this writing, it’s precisely because he didn’t explain it made me stunned when I realized it was a traditional reasoning yet almost subverted the traditional reasoning mode!”

“Truly the old rascal.”

“The old rascal is messing with our feelings! He must be hiding somewhere sniggering!”

“Clearly Leng Guang was the most toyed with, he pulled Chu Kuang into a duel, only for Chu Kuang to beat Leng Guang with traditional reasoning, what Leng Guang is best at.”

“This is equivalent to Chu Kuang defeating Leng Guang with the Martial Skills that Leng Guang is most adept at, this is somewhat awkward.”

“I feel for Leng Guang, even though this guy loves to rant, he doesn’t speak without reason, the reasoning underlying his critique is pretty sound, it’s just bad luck that he ran into Chu Kuang this time.”

“Chu Kuang also slapped the anti-unreliable narrator readers in the face this time. When ‘The Fall of the Dondon Bridge’ came out before, weren’t many people criticizing that Chu Kuang only knows how to do Narrative Trickery? They even did a second vote, wanting to pull Chu Kuang down, and now Chu Kuang is clearly telling everyone: bro’s traditional reasoning is executed even better than Narrative Trickery.”

“…”

This is not an over-interpretation or conjecture this time.

That’s exactly what Lin Yuan thought.

He didn’t want to leave the impression that he only knew how to do Narrative Trickery.

So, this time it had to be traditional reasoning, and it had to be an explosive work.

Now, this work has indeed exploded!

Traditional reasoning can still innovate and create a mode where everyone collaborates to murder!

This is just trickery within trickery!

It has directly swollen the faces of those mystery fans who previously despised Chu Kuang.

Just like some readers’ comments, who could have thought that Chu Kuang’s traditional reasoning would be played even better than Narrative Trickery!

Those who voted against Chu Kuang before, one by one, had to admit their mistake in front of “Murder on the Orient Express”.

And the shockwaves of this explosion didn’t just stun the readers, it also toppled countless authors in the mystery circle…

These are mystery writers, the most sensitive group of people to mystery novels.

The readers are simply admiring the ingenuity of this story, but the mystery writers clearly understand how difficult it is to create such a story!

“Chu Kuang is outrageously talented!”

On this day, a fellow mystery writer, having also finished reading “Murder on the Orient Express”, sighed in a group chat.

In the group chat, there were only +1’s.