Chapter 410

The candle flame went out, and the children gathered around the teacher's lifeless body, weeping bitterly.

At the same time, a fleet of alien ships, godlike in power, descended upon the Solar System.

"Target number: **, absolute visual magnitude: 4.71, evolutionary stage: mid-main sequence, with nine planets. This is Blue 84210 reporting."

As Su Meng spoke, everyone's hearts tightened completely.

How could Earth possibly respond to such an alien fleet, powerful as gods?

Finally, the fleet began the 3C Civilization Test; the object they randomly selected turned out to be the eighteen students of that rural teacher on the yellow earth!

Under the candlelight in the dilapidated schoolhouse, they were still gathered around the teacher's remains, weeping.

But their digital duplicates had already appeared inside the starships.

Test questions appeared one after another, yet these mountain children, just starting elementary school, were utterly bewildered.

The singularity bomb had been launched; the sun was about to be destroyed, and Earth was about to sink into darkness, until—

"3C Civilization Test Question 13: When an object is not subjected to any external force, what is its state of motion?"

In the vast blue space of the digital universe, the children's clear voices suddenly rang out: "When an object is not subjected to any external force, it will remain at rest or continue in uniform straight-line motion."

They answered it! They actually answered it!

"3C Civilization Test Question 14: Please describe the relationship of forces between two interacting objects."

The children said: "When one object exerts a force on a second object, that second object also exerts a force on the first object; these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction!"

"3C Civilization Test Question 14 passed! 3C Civilization Test Question 15: For an object, explain the relationship between its mass, the external force acting on it, and its acceleration."

The children spoke in unison: "The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass!"

"3C Civilization Test Question 15 passed, civilization test passed! Confirm the existence of a Class 3C civilization on the third planet of target star **."

"Singularity bomb, change course! Disengage from target!!" At the command of the Supreme Chancellor, Earth finally survived the crisis of annihilation!

A rural teacher, in his final moments, had instilled Newton's Three Laws of Motion in the children, saving the world!

Su Meng's narration was nearing its end.

"The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible," said the Supreme Chancellor.

"The most comprehensible thing about the universe is that it is incomprehensible," said the Senator.

"..."

"The children walked along the path toward the village; that group of small figures quickly disappeared into the pale blue morning mist of the valley."

"They will live on, harvesting a hope that, though meager, is indeed present, on this ancient and barren land."

Su Meng's voice finally stopped.

Silence filled the scene; tears covered the faces of everyone present.

Silence also filled the live stream; the bullet-screen area was quiet, with not a single bullet-screen message posted.

Before the screens, countless people were wiping away tears.

Su Meng quietly wiped away his tears, calming down slightly.

Using this method to pay tribute to these lovely rural teachers should not be excessive, right?

But... he suddenly remembered.

The original work "The Rural Teacher" was exactly like this.

But seen from another's perspective, it seemed Su Meng had originally written a piece of documentary literature.

But spurred by those temples, he had forcibly changed the documentary literature into a science fiction masterpiece?

Damn! This bluff... seems a bit too big! Chuan.