The Witch's Brigade and the Undead

After reading so much, I can barely summarize the book's three main elements: the realism of the world, the rationality of events, and the balance of power. For these three reasons, almost all the main characters were restricted. Take the witch as an example. At the beginning, the witch was almost synonymous with mystery and power, giving people a feeling of omnipotence. Then, during the journey, she was weakened into a glass cannon with a weak constitution, and the mystery disappeared. As for the protagonist, Lao Luo, he is probably the most educated protagonist in the entire Hedgehog Cat series. As a protagonist with a very high theoretical ceiling, even if we don't expect him to have the absurd creativity of other genius protagonists, he should at least be a master of technology. However, in reality, he is almost unable to create anything that can instantly turn the tide. On the other hand, he only has a physique that is slightly stronger than that of a witch. It can only be said that his intelligence was locked by the author, which directly led to the loss of the protagonist's uniqueness. As for Old Ma, he was somewhat hesitant and timid because he couldn't use his full strength in the main world, but that's understandable. Conversely, the remaining three orcs—fishmen and dragonmen—are able to unleash their full potential due to their widespread presence, especially the strongest orc, whose performance is almost at its peak. The main characters possess immense power, but they also have immense weaknesses. The worst part is that you can't actively patch up these weaknesses, which makes it very frustrating.

The experience dropped drastically after leaving the forest. I initially thought it was a road trip story, but now it seems more like a setting story. It felt like a stage where a few puppets came on stage and read lines stiffly from a script, while a narrator provided dry explanations. Then the curtain was drawn, and the narrator began reciting a much longer section of the script. When the curtain opened again, characters would inexplicably appear or disappear, and scenes would change abruptly without any transition. Then the puppets would continue reading lines, and the narrator would provide explanations, and so on in a loop.

First, suppress combat power. In order to maintain the narrative quality of the so-called travelogue, the acquisition and advancement of the protagonist's resources, money, abilities, and weapons were significantly reduced by at least four times. Furthermore, the protagonist's group of six or seven people, plus Old Ma, basically lacked any awareness of developing their own abilities. After exploring several massive city ruins, the protagonist group's ability to acquire resources and knowledge showed absolutely no improvement. They were like medieval European serfs, scattering some seeds and relying on the heavens (the author) for their livelihood. Furthermore, the protagonist group's energy consumption is at least ten times that of others, and that's just based on the same abilities. If you include the protagonist group's special abilities, then it's basically a hundred times the energy consumption. It gives the impression that the enemies have perpetual motion machines, while the protagonist group feels like modern-day Moldavite logistics. These contradictions create a sense of absurdity for the enemy, who live in a high-magic society where even the lowest-ranking members have a legendary aura, while the protagonist group's life in a low-magic world feels like a journey to the other side of the world, with very little interaction with the real world. Secondly, there's too much explanation and elaboration. The author's worldview and social background are set in great detail, but most of it is presented in a straightforward, author-centric narrative. So what's the point of this travelogue? It would be better if it were integrated into the various characters and plots. If that's not possible, you can just directly use the established settings, instead of telling it from the author's subjective perspective, to reduce the traces of the author's involvement in the story.

I'll start a thread and post my book review of Xiao Lan's book here. Hope it doesn't get deleted.

Damn, it's a classic bubble story—a promising start but a disappointing ending. To be honest, the beginning was really good, but it got worse and worse later on. The planned large volumes were all cut, and the whole story didn't even have a proper conclusion. The previous book about the deep sea also ended abruptly with a lot of unresolved issues. Sometimes I really dislike these kinds of authors; maybe it's just the arrogance of those who are financially independent. #(You know what I mean)

That's hilarious, the (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments) chapter got banned.

Did Shennong exist?

The thought that this is a system novel makes me want to laugh. #(Laughing and crying)

Hedgehog Cat is a human, after all. Is it possible for a human to come up with the idea of ​​letting the author review it themselves?

If this really doesn't work, I'll switch platforms. It's too frustrating; I don't want to recharge here anymore.