251: Chapter 251 Ai Xiang's Break! The New Era's Left-Wing Radicalism Will Destroy China's Future as a Powerful Nation!

The first class of the semester, taught by Professor Ai Chongfeng, came to an end,

but its subsequent impact was extremely far-reaching.

His radical viewpoints,

in the form of golden quotes, trended on major social media platforms with over twenty hot search terms,

crazily whipping up wave after wave of massive turbulence.

A large group of cynical, hot-blooded youths

launched a righteous offensive in the comment sections of major hot searches.

"Professor Ai is still too conservative!"

"Japan is full of villains; if you execute nine out of ten, not a single one would be innocent!"

"We have no reason to forgive any Japanese person on behalf of our Chinese ancestors; our task is to send them to meet our ancestors!"

"Their country must be destroyed, and their race must be exterminated!"

"Keep the women, leave no men!"

"..."

"Shuimu University is a base for traitors, I won't accept any counter-arguments!"

"I strongly suggest that China abolish Shuimu University and throw all those university professors in jail. Who's with me?"

"I agree with both hands and both feet!!!"

"..."

These excited young people

held viewpoints that were far more exaggerated than even Ai Chongfeng's.

Regardless of whether their words and actions would bring trouble to Ai Chongfeng,

these people took Professor Ai's golden quotes out of context

and engaged in high-intensity arguments with others online.

Even if someone else's opinion differed only slightly,

they would immediately be blasted as traitors, running dogs, or '500,000s',

taking the 'binary' spirit to its absolute extreme.

Dozens of Weibo influencers with over a million followers

were attacked so fiercely for a few objective posts from the past

that they even had to close their comment sections or delete their posts entirely.

Such an extreme public opinion environment

soon caused dissatisfaction in many people's hearts.

Unable to win the online arguments,

these people could only blame the cause of their verbal abuse on Ai Chongfeng.

Because Weibo had completely fallen,

the moment they posted any objective comments,

they would be caught and blasted with tens of thousands of comments.

They had no choice

but to vent their frustration in some corner of the internet.

In the 'Bihu' app, which is dedicated to high-end talent,

a Bihu question titled 'How to evaluate Professor Ai Chongfeng's radical propositions?' hit the hot list.

Many intellectuals gave so-called rational answers there;

the specific content is too disgusting to repeat,

but in short, they were sarcastic about Ai Chongfeng's radical views,

and even started personal attacks based on conspiracy theories,

completely ignoring the outstanding contributions Ai Chongfeng had made to China.

However,

this Q&A only lasted for less than half a day

before it was directly shut down by Bihu officials.

The online clamor continued for two whole days.

It wasn't until the third day,

when various industries began to strictly enforce work discipline because many employees were slacking off to argue online all day,

that this online war of words finally subsided a bit.

But what no one expected was that,

with the publication of an article,

the Chinese internet was instantly thrown into a fever pitch again.

...

The morning of March 3rd.

The official Weibo account of Xinhua News Agency

formally published a personal article—

New Era Leftist Radicalism Will Ruin the Great Future of China's Rise as a Great Power》.

The beginning of the article

first highly praised Ai Chongfeng's outstanding contributions to China.

Ai Chongfeng and his disciple Lin Mo worked together to lead China into the era of infinite energy,

successfully laying the foundation for China's rise as a great power,

and their names would surely go down in history and endure for all eternity.

However,

the article soon changed its tone

and directly began to criticize Ai Chongfeng's radical viewpoints.

It stated that Ai Chongfeng's pro-war stance

had committed the error of New Era Leftist Radicalism

and should be subject to the strictest restraint and prohibition.

The article specifically pointed out

that while Ai Chongfeng outwardly called national defense a 'shield',

his actions contradicted his words,

as he attempted to use high-tech weapons and equipment intended for national defense as a 'spear'

to achieve his own political goals through violent means.

In essence,

it was the leftist radicalism of 'letting strength do the talking',

no different from American hegemonism or Japanese militarism.

However,

eliminating militarism with militarism

would only give birth to an even more terrifying militarism.

If China really did what Ai Chongfeng said,

every country on the planet with a conflict with China would inevitably feel endangered.

At that time,

the international community would instantly turn into a dark forest of mutual suspicion,

completely shrouded in the clouds of war,

and the possibility of local or even full-scale war would increase significantly.

By then,

the thriving development momentum across the land of China

would vanish like a bubble due to the outbreak of war,

and what rise as a great power would there be to speak of?

The article concluded by emphasizing

that humanity needs peace, the planet needs peace, and China needs peace even more.

As the trendsetter of the new era,

China will soon welcome unprecedented great changes and development;

it must continue to adhere to development as the core,

being neither left nor right, and focusing single-mindedly on development.

Only in this way can China always walk on the peaceful, stable, and correct path toward its rise as a great power.

...

Because the article was aimed directly at Ai Chongfeng,

it quickly caused a huge uproar online.

All netizens were shocked;

who the hell dared to be so brave

as to stand up at this time and rebuff Professor Ai's propositions?

Did they have a death wish?

And as the vast number of netizens opened the article to see the author's name,

everyone was instantly stunned!

What no one expected

was that the author of this article

was actually the Deputy Chief Designer of Phase I and Chief Designer of Phase II of Project Houyi, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,

Xiang Guangming!

What on earth?

Question marks filled the head of every Chinese netizen.

As for Xiang Guangming,

the Chinese people are now very familiar with him.

As a primary leader in the research and development of Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology,

who also appeared on stage during the second act of the sci-fi Spring Festival Gala,

Academician Xiang was already one of the famous scientists known to every household in China.

Compared to Ai Chongfeng's fame,

he was only one tier lower.

But what confused everyone

was that weren't Ai Chongfeng and Xiang Guangming partners in Project Houyi?

To publicly oppose his partner's views like this,

what was the difference between this and a total falling out?

What the hell was going on?

As Academician Xiang's signed article was officially published and reposted by official media,

major Chinese online platforms

soon welcomed a carnival of the 'Rationalists'.

"Academician Xiang is mighty! Giving a thumbs up to the rational high-level leadership of China!!"

"Leftist radicalism is unacceptable! Neither left nor right, stable development!!!"

"Professor Ai's intentions are good, but the path is inevitably wrong!!!"

"..."

These self-proclaimed 'Rationalists' cheered in the comment sections,

saying that someone in the high-level leadership could objectively see the essence of the problem,

proving that there was still hope for China!

Seeing this,

the previous 'Fanatics' didn't hold back either,

and a dispute immediately broke out between the two sides again,

reigniting the online war of words.

However, this time, because a famous high-level figure was backing them,

the Rationalists and the Fanatics actually appeared to be evenly matched!

As a result,

China's two major ideological camps were artificially divided.

...

Shuimu University.

School of Social Sciences.

Inside a large conference room.

Dozens of 'Developmentalist' professors from various colleges gathered here.

Their faces were exceptionally excited.

"Good! Good, very good!!"

"Neither left nor right, dedicated to development!"

"Academician Xiang's words are truly deafening!!"

"Academician Xiang Guangming truly deserves to be the greatest spiritual and opinion leader of our Developmentalist faction!"

"Hahaha! I knew it, Old Xiang says no with his mouth, but his actions are still toward us!"

"I'll contact Old Xiang right now!"

"He must have had a change of heart!"

In the back row,

a middle-aged professor who had returned from Japan's Waseda University to teach in China was deep in thought,

wondering about something.

...

(Author is hospitalized, only one update today...)