I asked you to write a light novel, but you wrote about living?

The story begins very directly.

An old man, alone in a small boat, fishes in the Gulf Stream.

Some readers who clicked in for the first time finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the old man and the small boat.

[ID Passing By]: It really is "The Old Man and the Sea". There really is an old man and there really is a sea.

【ID Sea Fishing King】: But isn't this just about fishing? Why isn't it called "The Old Man and the Fish"?

[ID Title Researcher]: The fish may not have been caught yet, so for now we can only call it the sea.

[ID Newcomer Report]: Wait, is this the author of "The Old Man and the Cow"? This time he wrote "The Old Man and the Sea"?

【ID Pure Love God of War】: What the hell is "The Old Man and the Ox"? That book is called "To Live"!

[ID Newcomer Report]: But in the end, isn't there just an old man and a cow left?

[ID Night City Ghost]: ...

【ID Wasteland Old Shennong】: What you're saying doesn't seem to make any mistakes.

【ID Rampage Mechanical Arm】: Stop summarizing, summarizing it again reminds me of the ending.

The story begins with the old man having gone eighty-four days without catching a fish.

Upon seeing this, readers who were just joking about the book title immediately became lively again.

【ID Deep Sea Dragon King's Son-in-Law】: Starting with an air force for eighty-four days? This old man's skills are terrible.

[ID Professional Sea Fishing 30 Years]: Being able to continue going out to sea after 84 consecutive days of air raids is not a technical issue, it's sheer grit.

[ID Sea Emperor Cultivation System]: I understand, system activated on day 85.

[ID Rampage Mechanical Arm]: New here, huh?

【ID Sea Emperor Training System】: What's wrong?

【ID Rampage Mechanical Arm】: Take my advice, in Yu Huashi's books, don't wait for the system, and don't wait for miracles.

[ID Pure Love God of War]: Those who waited for Fugui to awaken last time are now buried under grass several meters tall.

【ID Night City Ghost】: An old man has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish. Hmm, that familiar feeling. Yu Huashi's characters are having bad luck again.

As you continue reading, the old man is given a name.

Santiago.

When the name appeared, readers in the Eastern region finally realized that this story was not taking place on the familiar lands of the East.

【ID Oriental Sword Immortal】: Santiago? What kind of name is that? I thought the old man's surname was Lao, and that it was a name associated with celebrities and the sea.

【ID Mecha Fisherman】: Gulfstream, San Diego, looks like a West Coast background.

[ID Culture Analyst]: To be precise, it should refer to the lives of fishermen near Cuba in the old days.

[ID Oriental Rural School]: Yu Huashi has stopped writing stories about the East and suddenly started writing about the West Coast? Isn't that a big leap?

[ID Survivors Association]: It's possible that he's already stabbed the Eastern region once, and now he's preparing to switch to another region to continue.

[ID West District Overpasser]: Reading has started on the West Coast as well, and the comments are still calm. They don't know who Yu Huashi is yet.

[ID Pure Love God of War]: Should we remind them?

【ID Night City Ghost】: No need... Suffering needs to be experienced firsthand.

The emergence of a West Coast background sparked the first round of controversy.

Some people find it novel.

Some people worry that Yu Huashi's cross-regional writing might result in a bunch of awkwardly pieced-together words from different regions.

Some people started to pick on the name, the environment, and the way the fishermen spoke.

But what really caused the sudden surge in the number of comments was not these debates.

It was the appearance of that little boy that truly captivated us.

The boy used to fish with the old man.

However, because the old man had not caught anything for forty consecutive days, his parents thought that he had completely lost his luck, so they sent their child to another ship with better prospects.

Even though he was separated from the old man, the boy still thought about him.

She would help him with his fishing gear, prepare sardines for him, and keep the old man company.

This paragraph had just appeared when the comment section was suddenly flooded with exclamation marks.

【ID Pure Love God of War】：！ ...

【ID Night City Ghost】: ? ? ? ? ? ? A child? ? ? How come there's a child?!

[ID: Rampage Mechanical Arm]: Stop! Author, take your hands off the keyboard!

[ID Electronic Keyboardist]: I'm warning you, don't touch this child!

Some readers who hadn't read "To Live" and came along because of the hype were left with a lot of questions.

【ID Sea Emperor Training System】: What's wrong with you all? He's just a little boy.

[ID New Book Speed ​​Reader]: Isn't this child perfectly fine? He even helped the elderly with their things; it's quite heartwarming.

【ID Pure Love God of War】: It's precisely because it's heartwarming that it's dangerous.

[ID New Book Speed ​​Reader]: What does that mean?

[ID Survivors Association]: Newcomers don't understand. In Yu Huashi's previous book, none of the children survived.

【ID Sea Emperor Training System】: Not a single one survived? That's an exaggeration, isn't it?

[ID Survivors Association]: Youqing is dead. Fengxia is dead. Kugen also died in the end.

[ID Survivors Association]: Now you know why we're so nervous?

The comment section fell silent for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, even the newcomers who had just mocked the veteran readers for overreacting began to feel that the little boy was somewhat dangerous.

[ID Sea Emperor Training System]: Wait, what's this kid's name?

[ID New Book Speed ​​Reader]: The book doesn't mention the name yet.

【ID Sea Emperor Development System】: It doesn't even have a name, isn't that even more dangerous?

[ID Pure Love God of War]: Don't analyze this randomly! The more you analyze, the more scared I get!

[ID Mingmingruyue]: Everyone can calm down. Structurally speaking, the boy is the most important link between the elderly and life on land, so he shouldn't be easily involved in any accidents.

[ID Night City Ghost]: Shut up! Your analysis has only made me more scared!

[ID Rampage Mechanical Arm]: Even though it's clearly Ruyue speaking, the child's danger level increases by 80%.

【ID Wasteland Old Shennong】: What is meant by "important connection"? In "To Live", all the important connections were eventually broken.

[ID Culture Analyst]: Boys play a role in the transmission of spiritual values, and theoretically, their probability of death is not high.

[ID Living Victims Association]: Fengxia was once the light in Fugui's life.

[ID Culture Analyst]: ...Never mind what I said.

The workers of the rampaging robotic arm also began to appear one after another.

[ID No. 3 Mine Old Liu]: Is this the new book you mentioned before? @RampagingMechanicalArm

[ID Assembly Line Brother Wang]: I just came in and saw a kid. Are you sure you're not trying to scam us?

[ID Night Shift Welder]: The score from last time with "To Live" hasn't been fully settled yet, so you'd better behave yourself this time.

[ID Rampage Mechanical Arm]: I didn't say anything this time, you guys clicked in yourself.

[ID No. 3 Mine Area Lao Liu]: You posted the link in the group more than a dozen times yesterday.

【ID: Rampage Mechanical Arm】: I'm just sharing literature; I didn't promise this was a wish-fulfillment story.

[ID Night Shift Welder]: Fine, if this kid dies, you can forget about getting those three new joints too.

[ID Rampage Mechanical Arm]: What does this have to do with me? I didn't kill off the character!

These comments were quickly pushed to the top of the commentary section.

Some people watched with schadenfreude, some began to seriously analyze the role of the little boy, and some even started a poll in the overall comment section of the work.

Do you think the little boy will ultimately survive?

A: Yes.

B: No.

C: Yu Huashi has the final say, so it's not possible.

Less than a minute after the vote began, option C surged to first place with an overwhelming advantage.

The little boy had only just appeared and said a few words when his character's popularity surpassed that of the old man, immediately becoming the most discussed character in the entire book.

Readers who were reading Yu Huashi's works for the first time felt that the reactions of the old readers of "To Live" were too exaggerated, but at the same time, they couldn't help but be aroused by the strange atmosphere.

A book with only 50,000 words.

An old man who had not caught a fish for eighty-four consecutive days.

A little boy who, upon his very first appearance, has already caused hundreds of thousands of readers to worry about his funeral.

The story has only just begun.

The comments section, however, was in complete chaos.

More and more people are stopping complaining about the word count and refocusing their attention on the main text.

They all wanted to see.

How exactly does Yu Huashi intend to treat this old man this time?

Especially that child.