Witch in the Cyber ​​Age

After reading Chapter 55, the author's thinking is very inspiring, fairy grass The protagonist and the witch Farosa are discussing the concept of the four-star chart. Among them, the traditional order system of nature-god-witch-human is replaced by man-witch-god (absent)-nature in the cyber background of this book. Just like what Pharosa is most puzzled about in the book - A thousand years ago during her Witch Council era "From top to bottom, we are in a world of stars, the gods are supreme, witches are qualified to control and inherit magic, and control humans" A thousand years later, this relationship has been completely reversed "Human beings are at the top, supreme, suppressing the witches. The witches are isolated from the gods. The bottom is where we live, a star in the world of stars, which is now being interpreted arbitrarily by humans."    In fact, it is easy to understand the meaning of witches in reality after seeing this - church clergy. The council they form is the church that serves God. This kind of church and clergy specifically point to the Catholic Church in the Western Middle Ages. The so-called curse of witches being born from humans but not having the ability to reproduce reflects the historical epitome of church personnel serving God and asceticism. So how do companies and the humans under their control achieve this reversal of relationships? In the previous reading, the author also gradually revealed to the readers how the predecessor of this cyber society was established step by step in the dialogue between the characters. To sum up, there are two points. One is the scientific and technological system and world view developed rationally by human beings themselves, which is manifested in several wars with witches in history (with the revolution of science and technology, the weapons used by humans are becoming more and more advanced). But is it possible to defeat the witch in this way? No, because the witch has divine power, the powerful Witch Council and even the witch with the ability to control reality. Such a heaven-defying plug-in is a real technology, so the article also mentions that no matter how technology advances, the witch can never be defeated by humans. Instead, the witch exerts her power and billions of humans die, and human leadership is forced to surrender. The power of science and technology based on rationality allows humans to gain the basis of strength to talk to witches, but it is not necessarily precarious. This leads to the second point, which is to differentiate witches and cultivate their own witch power. This is mentioned in the article and I will not go into details. Just focus on the results. Humans have cultivated masters who are loyal to humans. A witch with real control ability, and when in contact with the entire Witch Council, she asked the witch to announce that "all witches have lost their magic power." Using the window period created by the witch, humans killed the vast majority of powerful witches, thus achieving a fundamental reversal of the relationship between witches and humans, and ushered in the next cyber era. If it is qualitative, human rationality (technology) is the basis for victory, and preparing witches to destroy each other is the key. As mentioned before, the Witch Council is a metaphor for concepts such as the church and gods. They were eliminated in the history of the book, thus ushering in the cyber era where human technology is supreme So what about in reality?                                                                                                   I believe that the rational spirit of the Enlightenment Movement liberates people from the enslavement of God, and knocks God and the feudal forces represented by God to the ground, and ultimately realizes the death of God. Humanistic rationality is the key to modernization, "    Interestingly, the current academic frontier is actually turning towards the realization of so-called modernization, which is rooted in the theoretical crisis within theology, which was induced by the high praise of human reason (humanism) in the Enlightenment. As Gillespie said in his book "The Theological Origins of Modernity", modernity originated from "the metaphysical/theological crisis within Christianity regarding the nature of God and the nature of existence." In the metaphysical revolution to get rid of this crisis, the relationship between God, man, and nature has undergone fundamental changes. In the relationship structure between God, man, and nature, logically speaking, after the death of God, the status of nature was originally at the lowest position in this structure. However, with the rapid advancement of modernity, after the death of God, the status of nature increased day by day, so that it finally replaced God's original highest status. Nature here needs to be specifically understood as technology, not "nature", because "nature" has become an object of transformation in the science-worshiping religion shaped by human instrumental rationality. This is due to the position brought about by the modern philosophical thought of advocating the subject and promoting human rationality. Nature is regarded as an object to be transformed, an existence waiting to be recognized, grasped and transformed, or even a dead object. This is true for Descartes, Bacon, and Hobbes. Let's look at a conversation between the protagonist and Farosha "We are exploring nature, what's the problem with that?" "No, power comes from mystery." Farosha said, "The less you understand a thing, the more you fear it. And if the mystery disappears, its power will also die." " .... That's it." The order is distorted, so everything is collapsing. Falosa thought to herself. "This is why the Lord of the Forest fled to the distant pole." Falosa looked to the north. "The clearer humans can see, the weaker the power of the ancient mystics. In the interpretation of the scholastic philosophers, this practice is called 'disenchantment'." As Taylor said in the book "The Roots of the Self", "The technology of industrial society implements an increasingly extensive conquest of nature. ... In this civilization, social relations and practices, as well as nature, are gradually objectified." The objectification of nature corresponds to and confirms the subjectification of human beings. "Modern civilization has turned us all into self-defined subjects who treat nature and social life with an objectified attitude."  This kind of objectification leads to the objectification of nature, and humans and so-called witches, as part of nature, will eventually be swept away by this wave and pushed into the miserable state of self-objectification by their own rational scientific supremacy. The final manifestation of this conceptualization is the "cyberization" of human bodies in cyber society (even to the level of consciousness, uploading to cyberspace, etc.), And this kind of cyberman is what Donna Haraway calls "post-humanity".

Highlights: black humor, radio scenes, subculture stitching, tolerant language, bad women, all kinds of monsters, all kinds of cute people, Yanduo, all living beings in the cyber era, and the follow-up: Lucy pretends to be a Sianwei Stan to take revenge on a large company; Farming harems and the like are not much, don't focus on these; No time travel, no system; It quickly becomes a group portrait, it is recommended not to be a substitute.

The setting of this novel is very "familiar". I personally think it should draw on the anti-utopian theme of the last century. The setting is very similar to "Brave New World" by the British writer Huxley. Class, division of labor, labor, creation, and dominance are clearly reflected in the works. Because I haven't read much of this book, but judging from the first dozen chapters, with all due respect, choosing this kind of subject matter to reflect on freedom and democracy will not buy it based on the current level and stage of thinking of the Chinese people. It will only make them "sleep".

The protagonist's personality charm is impressive, and it can be called the highest pattern for the liberation and happiness of all mankind. I'm very curious what kind of author can write such a character.

I want to see Rat! I want to see Miss Jiaran's dog! What I want to see is not the immature idol, What I want to see are the bizarre rats and mice. The struggles of the mice! The madness of rats! Watch the rats destroy the machines! Destroy neon! Smash the streets! I want to see the twisted revenge of the rat in the mud! Watch the regression of civilization, the collapse of order, and the demise of the world!

7/10 The level of food and grass, the heroine's portrayal is 9 points, the female supporting role is not good but it is okay, the world view is 8 points in the early stage and 5 points in the later stage. There is too much water and many unnecessary lengthy subplots; there are too many jokes, but this subject inevitably uses Internet terms and does not make evaluation; there is no evaluation in the middle and late stages. Cyberpunk is all about fighting, and the characters in the later stages are thrown away after use, and there is no in-depth development. I think there is no problem in compressing 1 million words Overall, I am satisfied. Many problems are common to this genre. It is a pity that there are too few cyberpunk novels.

Subject credit rating: AA+ Follow-up outlook: Positive "The Witch of the Cyber ​​Age" is set in the cyberpunk era, with a light mystery and magic background. The writing style and plot development are more like light novels. The overall style is not as depressing as traditional cyberpunk, and it does not have the complex power structure of classic fantasy novels and the protagonist's upgrades to fight monsters. Readers who have low tolerance for light novels or who are looking for pure cyberpunk tastes should go to other companies for corresponding services. The beginning of this book is a bit hasty. The awakening of the protagonist, the direction of the plot, and the development of the relationship between the male and female protagonists are all a bit abrupt, which inevitably gives people an impression of authorship. Fortunately, the opening chapter itself is short and can be read quickly, which does not excessively affect the quality of the book. The quality of the follow-up main content is stable, the author's writing skills are profound, and he can perfectly control the light cyberpunk writing style. The characters themselves are flesh and blood. Although there are many supporting characters, they all have distinctive personalities, enough to leave a sufficient impression in the readers' hearts. Even if they do not appear for a long time, they will not be completely forgotten by the readers. There is a certain switching of perspectives in the book, focusing on the related actions of important supporting characters. The protagonist himself is relatively behind the scenes, but the overall feeling does not feel that the supporting characters take over the spotlight, and it is handled very cleanly. Because it involves cyberpunk, the book touches on issues of ideology and social and economic development to a certain extent, but it does not go too deep. Although the plot progress and solutions will inevitably seem a bit vague or even too fairy tale, this is a light novel, so let it go. I wrote this book review relatively late, and the author's subsequent novels did not seem to go well, but I still give a positive outlook and look forward to the author's new work.

I think it's well written. Well, the language style is a bit uncomfortable, but this has nothing to do with the writing style, it is the author's own characteristics. The plot is okay. Mainly because his settings are really great

This is the first time I've read a novel in so many years and I'm posting a comment. Today's chapter of full participation in the war is so exciting. I don't ask the author for more updates, I just ask that the quality be maintained.

I originally thought it was a future cyber fairy tale about letting go of the witch, but it turned out to be a Mother Goose ballad I paid attention when it was 300,000 words long. I just didn't watch it. I watched 1 million and planned to kill it.

Let Xu Yang become a witch for a while👀

It came from Brother Jiu who recommended the book. He praised the book as a potential quasi-immortal grass. After looking at it, the ideas are indeed good, I have collected them!

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This heroine is the best character created by the author. She is selfish, arrogant, etc., And her bad qualities are vividly displayed.

Lila Nisto

The logic explodes in the first chapter 😅. A guy who earns 7,500 a month borrows 4,000,000 to transform his body. You are not tied to death by the company, but by your own IQ. Oh, by the way, the transformation part was replaced immediately 😜, don't talk about cyber and not cyber, the underlying logic will not make sense.

The author should go to the y bar to learn more. It doesn't matter what you do. Just avoid being exposed.

Village Girl

Let's talk about the feeling. The world view is interesting, and the protagonist is generally okay, but the restrictions on the heroine's willfulness make people feel tired. Overall, he is a good person, quite nice. It just feels like he doesn't have much personality, but it fits the character, he's a company guy. The heroine, village girl, I'm sorry, I think it's quite easy to call her that... How should I put it, my first impression is that this person has a serious brain problem. It is indeed a very two-dimensional character setting, but the author's plot description techniques are more literary and realistic. Reading it makes people dislike it directly... Good-looking? Which witch is not good-looking? Good character? Completely irrelevant... Willful and arrogant, sensitive and suspicious, without any sense of morality, arrogant and prejudiced, and loves to lie. Only being honest about feelings deserves praise. To be honest, the male protagonist is really tolerant of her. The scene when Xiao Yezi left the team directly raised her blood pressure. Oh, everyone must forgive her, because she is just a seventeen-year-old sensitive and fragile good witch in the countryside who has an unfortunate family and is hunted down and persecuted... There is crumbs in the tea, it is the heroine... The combination was crippled by the anti-witch weapon at the beginning, and she was almost killed. How can this person still have no respect for modern technology and current human beings... The complete "gods" have been smashed into pieces, and she is stronger than the complete "gods"? Without a male protagonist to carry her all the way, she would have been dismantled into parts... Of course, it is really fun to see her deflated every time.

It's really useless to sympathize with the rat people. Your holy mother has directly turned into a holy mother bitch. How many humans have the rat people killed? If you want to talk to me about compassion for life, then why don't you stand up and kill the big fat man blocking the entrance to the dungeon? It's really disgusting. In a racial war, only one side will exterminate the other, unless there is no reproductive isolation and assimilation can be achieved

Is the character of Farosha too hard to create? In the past, she was just a little neurotic, but now she looks like an ancient anti-human element.

I read it in one sitting in 64 hours. It's so well written. The rhythm is bright and the characters are distinct. The heroine was confirmed quickly in the early stage, which is a plus point for me personally. The growth and changes in Farosha's character later on are also handled very well and very naturally. Xu Yang's masculine nature was also laid out in the free flight from the beginning. It's a pity that Lila doesn't appear much later. The author will make up for the big wedding extravaganza. In the end, it was only the wedding with Farosha that Xu Yang felt even more disdainful of. This book should be regarded as a light novel. The author writes in a plain and relaxed way, adding a little plot from time to time, which is a little playful and enjoyable. I feel like the book is missing a group portrait label. If the author can, add it. There are also character cards. If the author can, add more people. The little fool Xu Cheng, Pao Pao, Lu Jing, and Pan Ruiyi should all be added. Oh, and Madame Madusa, she is everyone's mother. Ps: The book also has some shortcomings, but the flaws do not outweigh the good points. Besides, everyone has their own preferences, so I will only tell you what I like.

The ending is still too good. In the last scene, Farosha sacrifices herself to block the wounds of the world. It is perfect. Regrets are cyberpunk. The witch god who is good at escaping and lying finally chose self-sacrifice.

Around chapter 400, why did the harem novel suddenly switch to lesbianism? The early rhythm is good. Each witch has a distinct character or flaw, and she grows and becomes complete through conflicts. But I really can't accept Lily's turn...

I heard that the author applied for a job as a copywriter for Mingchao 🙂

Just watched it for a while. . . The male protagonist is not only stupid but also a bad guy. It made me happy. Thanks to being the protagonist of the novel. Otherwise, he would have died long ago. Goodbye (ー_ー)!!

I found out that the author had published a new book, so I came here to support it. The poisonous book "The Demon Hunter" is very well written. Later, the new "Blade of Desire" published by Qidian was even more powerful in writing. Unfortunately, Qidian was not discerning enough and ended abruptly in just a few dozen chapters. . .

A good book. The author's writing skills are quite solid and penetrating. You can feel a breath connecting the words, giving it a stable and lively temperament and tone. His writing skills are slightly better than those of Squid at his peak. This book is unpopular and unreasonable.

I saw Lao Mei, who is very popular recently, and the killing line over there. Suddenly I thought of this book

I re-read it again this year and it really suits my taste.