Ancient Gods, Humans, and Robots

I've only finished reading two volumes so far, so I'll just give a brief review. Overall, this book has extremely obvious strengths and weaknesses. Its strengths lie in its excellent plot design, setting, and emotional descriptions. It's an absolute gem among online novels. Furthermore, I haven't seen any major flaws yet, and it seems to have no issues with its core themes. The downsides are that the author's writing skills are not particularly outstanding, the plot progresses slowly and drags on, there is no clear main storyline, the allocation of writing space is visibly unreasonable, and it is very awkward to read.

When I read it a few years ago, I thought the first part was well-written, but the second volume had some flaws that I couldn't continue reading. Now I think I can tolerate the minor flaws. I read it again and couldn't hold back when I got to the second volume. The worldview and setting are actually quite good. The male protagonist in the first volume observes the world as an ancient god, and the human anchor point is the female protagonist, who has a bit of humanity. This kind of character setting is quite sophisticated and well-written. The second volume takes a sharp turn for the worse. The male protagonist kills and eats enemy robots while trying to save the female protagonist, even using invisibility to avoid being discovered. The ancient god's resurgence transforms into a hot-blooded, lighthearted romance. Actually, this isn't a big problem, since the female protagonist is a human anchor and the sudden change is normal. However, I really couldn't hold back when the male protagonist condemned the villain, saying they weren't the same kind of people. Previously, the male protagonist was portrayed as quite sophisticated, treating everyone like toys, wanting to dissect his teammates to see where their souls were, and carrying a notebook to record the information he collected. This made him seem very rational, befitting his status as an ancient god. Now, the villain actually has the same mentality as the protagonist in the first volume, and the protagonist's flesh sacrifice makes him turn into a hot-blooded hero. The character development is too drastic, with little interwoven story. When fighting, he just bites the villain to death with sheer passion. Compared to the villain's counterattack using nanomachines in the first volume, it's far less sophisticated. I just want to know if the later plot will be similar?

What could have been a legendary book became increasingly sloppy as it was written.

The idea is very imaginative, but it's clear the author's ability can't support it. They frequently use phrases like "their brain is fried" or "this guy, this guy." Aside from equipment, the protagonist has absolutely no growth potential (intelligence). The book is interesting, but only because of its interesting world-building. Not particularly good-looking

The setting and writing style are both quite good. However, one thing I disliked was that halfway through, I clearly felt the protagonist was being "assimilated" by this world. His way of thinking, understanding of things, and perspective all became narrow, making him more like a "native." The identity of "former human" felt more like a mere label, and in terms of thought logic and action choices, he resembled an ancient brute.

There's a reason why this book isn't popular.

Don't buy in bulk; many chapters are uninteresting, and I mostly skipped around while reading.

It feels like the author sometimes forgets he's writing about a mechanical world. Even though most enemies have barely any flesh on them, chunks of flesh are flying everywhere, and seeing these things with his mechanical companions would be nauseating. Or perhaps he thinks that any creature even remotely connected to divinity will have its flesh increase dramatically, turning into androids, and most of its exposed mechanical parts will disappear. Especially the chapter about fighting the ancient sun in the town of Motril, which is a story about fighting a carbon-based creature. From the big boss to the small minions, they all seem to be a group of creatures with flesh and blood, even though they were previously described as mechanical creatures.

Hmm, I've watched 81% of it. I feel like the title could be changed to "Cyber ​​Gods and Human Redemption".

Amazing! I actually read this book three years ago. Since I found it's 60% off again, I'll just order the whole thing.