Cyber Sword Immortal 2121
赛博剑仙2121
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.6M Words
- Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Subgenre
- Future World
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
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Everything else is fine in terms of pacing, but the protagonist's cultivation level is so low, not even at the Foundation Establishment stage, yet he's already causing trouble everywhere. He can never accomplish anything smoothly, he's always miscalculating, always exposing himself, and he never learns the strategy of leveling up first and then causing trouble. How to put it?
This feels like a true depiction of cultivation within a cyberpunk setting, rather than just a cyberpunk stylist with prosthetics and artificial spiritual roots, claiming to be a cyberpunk cultivation story while still using the core concepts of ordinary cultivation.
The main reason this book isn't popular isn't the plot progression or the protagonist's power increase. Each volume has only a few chapters, and more than half are death flashbacks, fragmenting the original story. While this might fill in the gaps in the events and world-building, it also creates a significant sense of disjointedness.
I'm numb. Every day, the poison leads to some magical herb. It's ridiculously good, it's really beautiful!
I saw a picture a few days ago by Esteo, a Japanese artist who focuses on combining mechanization and tradition, and it felt quite fitting.
There is no point in the author's overpowering the battle, but the weak protagonist has great story value. The protagonist does so many things but doesn't get any improvement in strength. What's the point? You can neither change yourself nor change society. This way readers can see the world from different angles, and then what? No more. The main character can't do anything.
I've figured it out now. So-called martial arts are actually just mechanical prosthetics. Why not just call them mechanical prosthetics? The names of those programs, systems, weapons, etc., Are also a mess. They could be described with more modern names, but they insist on using Taoist terms, which is very strange. There's a reason this book isn't popular.
The protagonist picked up a sword, knew it was dangerous and was reluctant to throw it away. Then he was beaten to the point where he lost the sword and ran away. I picked up another kidney, but I couldn't bear to throw it away, and then it was blasted with a hammer and snatched away again. What does the author mean by this arrangement???
After reading a little bit of this book, although there are various problems, most people didn't get the point. The feeling of alienation caused by technology on people is the theme of this book. All the discomfort you feel is actually resistance to alienation, which is also the core of cyberspace.
Please develop the plot! So far, it's been a one-man show for the protagonist. Aside from the protagonist, only one assassin and one policewoman have appeared, and even they haven't interacted much. The rest is just background information. No matter how good the premise is, it won't hold up without a proper story.