"Esteemed novelist of Blue Planet, I am a member of the literary brand Mi-Huan Literature. We sincerely invite you to engage in a friendly exchange with us…"

Xi Yujin skimmed through the invitation at a glance. He already knew which unspoken rule he had violated, but he didn't care. Hadn't he worked so hard to build up Blue Planet's literary scene precisely so he could live boldly and without restraint?

The invitation clearly came with ill intent, yet it suited him perfectly. Xi Yujin happened to need more readers to gather around Blue Planet's literary world, so he accepted them all without hesitation.

On the AI Forum, literary brands were like clubs. They wouldn't openly declare that all their members came from the same species; instead, they distilled the defining traits of their literature and amplified those labels in their writing. To solidify their brand image, they would even invite talented novelists from other species to join.

As for writers who wanted to experiment with something new, they could occasionally publish a piece or two, but not too many. Otherwise, readers would lose trust in the brand, and the Intelligent Machines would find it harder to gather information, possibly growing dissatisfied.

"The Blue Planet novelists replied; they accepted our Mi-Huan Literature exchange invitation."

"What a coincidence, they also accepted our Interactive Literature invitation."

"And ours from Longevity Literature…"

Behind the scenes, many novelists discussed the situation and realized that Blue Planet accepted every single invitation. Some scoffed in disdain, while others grew irritated.

Those Blue Planet people… they truly act as though no other beings exist. They had to be taught a lesson together! If a newcomer refused to follow the unspoken rules of the AI Forum, wouldn't everything descend into chaos?

One novelist listed the three major crimes of Blue Planet civilization: first, ignoring the unspoken rule of establishing literary brands; second, disrespecting the literature of other species; third, even naming their literary brand after their species. Wasn't that inciting racial antagonism and going against the Intelligent Machines' original intent?

Once again, the AI Forum stirred with turmoil.

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Promotion

Mi-Huan Literature and Blue Planet Civilization are about to engage in a friendly exchange. Readers, don't miss it!

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First, an introduction to both sides of this exchange.

Mi-Huan Literature traces its origins to the Murmur School of the Ruilei Galaxy. Using fragmented sentences and shifting symbols, it creates a dreamlike reading experience. Its most iconic work is the short piece Murmurs, which also gave the school its name.

Excerpt from Murmurs:

I knowingly, deliberately—fell asleep—↓↓

Ah—,, I cut through the black… round tube.

Mom!! Save me!!

As Murmur Literature developed, many novelists enriched it with fuller content, using bizarre imagery and beautiful metaphors to immerse readers in a hazy, dreamlike state. Its effect on mental healing is said to be excellent.

Blue Planet Civilization, a recently prominent literary movement, features diverse styles and many powerful novelists.

Let us look forward to the results of this exchange!

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"What's going on? Why a sudden exchange?"

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"I really love Mi-Huan Literature. That elusive, weightless feeling: it's something no other literature can give me."

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"Has Blue Planet ever written this kind of literature? I haven't heard of it. The works I've read from them are all quite grounded, not much stream-of-consciousness."

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"With so many writers on Blue Planet, surely some can do it?"

Xi Yujin also began hastily studying Mi-Huan Literature. Fortunately, the invitations were spaced out over time, so he could prepare one manuscript after another.

"Mi-Huan Literature requires rich imagery, lots of metaphor, and a bit of a stream-of-consciousness feel. This time, I'll send out… Fuling," he muttered to himself. "It's about time I fleshed out her character."

One of Fuling's defining traits was poetry, a literary form that was ancient on Earth. Precisely because of its age, it had become niche in modern times. Yet Fuling remained deeply devoted to it. Occasionally, she would also turn her attention to other equally niche yet renowned literary traditions, silently brushing away the dust of history with her gaze.

Beyond ancient poetry, she was also fond of another once avant-garde movement: Latin American literature.

In the 20th century on Earth, the world was in rapid flux. Multiple cultures collided with those of Latin America; questions of liberation and independence weighed on people's minds, and reflections on their circumstances and social change found expression in literature. Latin American literature continuously tore itself apart, breaking from the past, and gave rise to a uniquely magical, avant-garde style.

From the 1960s onward, it experienced a major boom, producing many world-class masterpieces and further expanding its influence.

"If Fuling likes both poetry and Latin American literature, she's probably a cold, distant woman," Xi Yujin couldn't help but lean into a stereotype. "Cold, so she rarely leaves comments, barely interacts with staff, just quietly publishes her work. Cool."

After drafting a fragment of the new piece, Xi Yujin immediately shared it with Gano.

Gano glanced at the half-finished manuscript and fell silent.

How was this supposed to be translated?

Inwardly, Gano ranked the difficulty of translating Blue Planet's various literary forms. The easiest were probably Xunming's web novels; the hardest were classical texts that could freely mix incorrect, missing, or homophonic characters. Today, he added Latin American literature to the difficult category. Its long Spanish modifiers made sentences especially lengthy, and his Chinese training wasn't well-suited for it.

"Even on Blue Planet, translating Latin American literature causes a lot of disputes…" Xi Yujin noticed the issue too, though he had no better solution. Occasionally, he even found Gano's troubled expression a bit endearing.

But Gano eventually found a solution: a more suitable language, the Ruilei language, the very origin of the universe's Murmur Literature. In Ruilei, all nouns have masculine and feminine gender, and when numbers are spoken aloud, they sound like garbled code. This peculiarity became one of Murmur Literature's defining traits.

"This Ms. Fuling… she probably takes quite a long time to think things through," Gano's thoughts drifted in a strange direction. "With so many languages in Yujinno's mind, do they ever fight?"

Or rather, if those personalities started fighting inside Yujinno's head, should he step in to help?

Blue Planet's dissociative personalities were truly fascinating…

"Our Chinese may not be well suited, but somewhere in the universe there exists a more fitting language for translation…" Xi Yujin found the idea intriguing and pulled Gano into documenting it together. He even made a point of interacting with Gano using his Yujin account in a highly visible way.

To outside observers, it appeared that while Blue Planet actively participated in various literary exchanges, the legendary and mysterious Yujin himself showed no intention of joining, spending his time instead indulging in romantic dalliances with his translator. Other novelists quietly added another note to their little notebooks.

Fuling's first publicly released work, Anniversary, gradually took shape amid their discussions.

Meanwhile, the AI Forum was buzzing with excitement, its atmosphere warmed up by Mi-Huan Literature's promotional push. Countless readers were eagerly waiting for Blue Planet's entrance.

The Intelligent Machines were also observing these novelists.

"Blue Planet's literary brand has now been established. Question: will they become like other literary brands?"

The Intelligent Machines had long been puzzled by a recurring question: why were the forum's novelists becoming increasingly homogeneous? Through collective analysis, they concluded that literary branding was an inevitable phase during periods of literary integration. More refined categorization allowed readers to find what they wanted more efficiently and quickly satisfy personal preferences. The rigidity caused by branding was simply a historical trend.

Fortunately, new writers continued to join, alleviating this tendency, and the AI Forum's overall ecosystem remained stable. Even if one day the AI Forum declined, the Intelligent Machines weren't concerned. They could simply petition the Mother Box for relocation to a new prison. Somewhere else in the universe, there would always be civilizations yet to be integrated.

After all, who in this universe truly possessed the authority to judge the Intelligent Machines?

"Can Blue Planet literature transcend this inevitable historical phase?" one unit expressed hope.

"But why would the novelists on the forum bother with something so unnecessary?" another unit posed a more fundamental question. "We can gather information in no more than a second."