It had to be said that teaching astronomy and geography to people with no basic knowledge was an incredibly difficult task.
Xu Yi spoke at length on the stage, words pouring from his mouth, but the reporters and ordinary onlookers below all wore blank, bewildered expressions. Nothing about them suggested they had understood.
Of course, Xu Yi had never expected them to understand everything right away. He had said so much merely to give them a basic idea.
After a full half hour, Xu Yi stopped his explanation.
The audience remained silent for quite some time before the reporter from the Bunta Daily suddenly sprang to his feet.
"President Xu, you..."
But no sooner had he opened his mouth than he closed it again, looking hesitant.
Xu Yi smiled and nodded at him. "If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask."
The reporter hesitated for another long moment, then shook his head slightly and asked, as though he had finally made a difficult decision, "President Xu, you said that what we're standing on is a planet, that the sun above us is an even larger celestial body, and that our planet should be revolving around the sun. Then you said the stars in the night sky are enormous balls of fire like the sun. Although I don't understand all this, I think what you said makes sense. But... but where did you learn all this?"
That question instantly drew the attention of everyone in the audience.
Indeed, although everything Xu Yi had just described sounded impressive and had broadened everyone's horizons, showing them that the world they lived in was so wondrous and varied, how had Xu Yi learned about it?
"If I said I happened to come across an ancient legacy and gained this knowledge from it,