The Earth Village: An Online Gaming Myth

Li Guanghui: “Old Wu, I think there’s a plot hole in your Journey to the West. Sun Wukong was so powerful when he wreaked havoc in Heaven, practically invincible from the start. So why does he get beaten like a dog later on?”

Wu Cheng'en glared at him, tossed his brush his way, and shouted, “Go on, then! You’re so capable, and you’ve got so much to say. You write it!”

Li Guanghui said nothing. He turned to Cao Xueqin instead. “Old Cao, how could you kill off Lin Daiyu in your Dream of the Red Chamber? That’s poison, pure poison, a massive plot flaw!”

Cao Xueqin was aloof. “It was a tragedy from the start. How could the heroine not die? I write stories that torment the protagonist, so what? The heroine’s death is nothing! I’m going to kill off every woman in the book!”

Li Guanghui sighed. “You might as well have stopped writing. That would be the greatest tragedy.”

Cao Xueqin replied coolly, “Who told you I’d finished writing it?”

Li Guanghui was dumbfounded... Shi Nai'an and Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng started fighting, shouting, “This guy...”

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.