
A Mysterious World Under Steampunk Skies
蒸汽朋克下的神秘世界
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 8.1M Words
- Genre
- Western Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Mystic Fantasy
- Updated
- 3y ago
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The protagonist lost his memories in the dream world, and after reading many chapters, he still couldn't find them back, which made him feel very frustrated. He really wanted to know what kind of memories they were.
I feel like this book is a bit slow-burning...
Also, the protagonist's power system is a bit unclear.
The biggest flaw of this novel, at least after showing me about 250 pages, can be summed up in four words: no main plot! The protagonist always goes with the flow, getting caught up in various events and just playing around. After getting out of the situation, he doesn't know what to do next. Then he wanders around and inexplicably ends up in another event circle.
The signing is complete; let's talk about the updates.
First of all, the contract for the new book has been signed, congratulations to myself! Secondly, there's the issue of updating the new book. Before it was released, it was one chapter a day, around 7 PM, with over 4,000 words. After it's released, it will likely maintain two updates a day for a while, each over 4,000 words, at 12:30 PM and 7 PM, or 7 PM and 11 PM. Which would be more suitable?
The protagonist doesn't focus on improving his strength, instead getting involved in pointless activities. While a slow-burn approach is acceptable, the protagonist lacks initiative. Strength is paramount! Shouldn't cyborgs be pursuing power? That old man, after offering only a few words, sent the protagonist to such a dangerous world to retrieve feathers – clearly ill-intentioned.
The male lead was initially quite intelligent. But then, I don't know what happened—maybe the author got married or something—he went from being a decisive, solo hero to someone with a cheerleading squad to conquer the world. The female lead, initially quite independent, later became his cheerleader, scavenging for him. This is basically him conquering the world with a cheerleading squad; the reason for the question is that after being single for so long, he started getting restless and itchy.
Honestly, this book is getting more and more boring.
First of all, Jiucheng Jun's storytelling ability is decent, but I don't know if it's due to work or something else, but over the years he's focused on the wrong things, turning from a potential master into a mediocre writer. Jiucheng's standard method of padding is the extension method and the dungeon method. The protagonist encounters a passerby A on the street.
Why aren't there any fanfictions about "Nine-Rank Idler"? His world-building is so vast and meticulous that any one of his characters could easily be the subject of a full-fledged story.
Novels featuring protagonists suffering from amnesia or amnesia are basically doomed to fail. There's no need to look at other examples; readers are enjoying the story, and then suddenly the protagonist loses their memory, robbing them of any sense of connection and making the reading frustrating. Very few people will continue reading. If it's short-term amnesia, it's manageable, but if it's hundreds of chapters long, who can stand that?
This book, like *Nine-Class Idler*, is a mess. *Nine-Class Idler* was alright, a masterpiece in its early stages. The rest is all garbage. It would be better to rewrite *Nine-Class Idler* from scratch; it would definitely be number one in monthly votes.