
A Frail Scholar in the Ancient Apocalypse
古代末世的文弱书生
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- Ongoing
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- 816k Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Audience
- Male
- Subgenre
- Otherworld Continent
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- 1d ago
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- Qidian
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Treat the protagonist group as a microcosm of the end of the world
The current main line is still going north to join my uncle, collecting all kinds of people on the way, and everyone the protagonist meets is the epitome of a type of person in the apocalypse. I divided these people into categories according to my own opinions. 1. A person who has the potential to become a prince or even dominate the world ① The easiest one is the northern clans often mentioned in the book. Here I divide the clans and aristocratic families into two types of people. The clan has a large number of outstanding children and land, and has formed a de facto separatist regime before the end of the world, and the north is rarely affected by evil things. Excellent sons make good candidate administrators, and with the vast land they occupy, they can quickly appease the people and establish a small court. ② Next are the middle and lower-level people-friendly officials, that is, a few big shots in the county. They have the authority of the court that has not completely declined, and their level is not so high that they are completely separated from the masses. The remaining administrative power will naturally gather on them. The representative successful figures are Magistrate Tan and Lieutenant Zhang, who calm the situation in a county. If there are no evil things, normal chaos and a vacuum of power around them, their power can even expand rapidly like a snowball, such as the "Pei Gong" we are familiar with. Zhou County Lieutenant of Zhou Shan and Zhang County Magistrate who abandoned the county and fled are the representative failed characters + idiots. Magistrate Zhang is probably the kind of mediocre official, Hao Shou failed in the imperial examination, comes from a family, or is a talented man with excellent literature, which made him become the county magistrate, just like Zhao Mingcheng who abandoned the city and fled. He can still be an official in peacetime, but is useless in troubled times. He is a representative figure of "incompetence". As for Zhou Xianwei, to put it mildly, he reflects the political clarity of the former court. The people he calls brothers are deceived by a group of people he calls brothers with a simple lie. Without the protagonist, he and his whole family would not be able to escape death, just like a shepherd dog easily deceived by a wolf. The death of the sheep is inseparable from him. A leader was deceived by his subordinates without realizing it, and he didn't realize that he was being tricked when he saw the dog scholar passing behind him. Of course, even if Zhou Shan realized that Wen Gu had used some tricks on him, he wouldn't have any idea. I also think that he should remain loyal, but he hasn't reacted at all yet. I don't think there is any essential difference between him and the blind man. His current position is that of a security guard, and he is very adaptable to this position. To put it bluntly, if there are more people in the future, he may not be able to be the security captain. He does not have the ability to lead a team at all, and is a representative of "ignorance of people". A digression: In this class, Ci Miao represents both positive and negative representations of county magistrates and lieutenants, and she is detailed and detailed, both in one stroke and in thick ink. I admire her writing power. ③ Large landowners and village chiefs are the people who have the closest relationship with the farmers. The representative figures are the village chief at the beginning and the landlord who found the donkey on the road. They have a certain authority. The outstanding ones can lead people north or form a stronghold to protect themselves. If there are no evil things, they may not be able to become heroes ④ Itself They have ordinary identities, but have certain abilities. They gathered some people around them before the end of the world. The representative figures are Liu Orion, Yan Hu and He Da. This kind of people can be described as "dragons that change when a storm happens". Of course, there is currently no one who truly fits this sentence. They are just super low-profile versions of Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bang, and they have not really become popular. He Da's hard strength is too weak, and Liu Orion lacks ambition. Yan Hu has improved slightly, but his performance can be called weak. In the early stage, he gathered some capital by "daring to fight and dare to fight", but he was unable to keep his internal integrity quite pure. He at least discovered that the third child had different intentions, which was better than a certain blind man, but his "give a chance" was probably not asking the third child to get out. He did not give an ultimatum to cut off the other party, but hoped that the third child would tacitly reconcile with him. It can be called a woman's kindness. Kill the third child, drive the third child out, squeeze the third child out of the decision-making level. There are many ways to clean up, and there are also those that do not hinder the survival of the third child. You have to pray for his conscience to find out, but do not remain vigilant. For the deaths of those seven people, Yan Hu was even more responsible than Lao San. ⑤ Needless to say, the northern border military attache, as long as he has an integrated army of several thousand people, is at least a guest wherever he goes in this era. If he quickly takes over a piece of land, he will immediately become a prince ⑥ There are some similar The things of the Qinglong Gang, such as those groups in Feng County Some of these characters rely on inertia, such as Zhou Shan, and some rely on single courage, such as Yan Hu. These people have declined rapidly, while Magistrate Tan and County Lieutenant Zhang Grow up 2. People who can leave a name in history ① Literary people, such as Wen Gu, are the only ones, comparable to Zhu Sheng and Zhang Liang, then Tan County Lieutenant, then the outstanding ones among the children of aristocratic families, and finally Cheng Zhi, who has special skills. There is a shortage of talents in troubled times, but I can't say for sure in these troubled times. The sharp decline in ordinary people in troubled times has not been so exaggerated. Maybe there is still a surplus of talents? ② The warriors, represented by Zhoushan Yanhu, although they themselves have delusions about wanting to be princes, they do not have this You know their abilities, but they are more suitable as ministers. Zhou Shan is not reliable as a county captain or other people-friendly official, but he can be regarded as a fierce general on the battlefield But I think it is not appropriate to subdivide civil and military affairs in troubled times. Local officials They are all grasping with both hands ③Strange people and strangers, such as Taoist Master Qingsong 3. Other people seeking survival such as those villagers, following the people on the backs of other large troops, such as Zhou Shan's brothers and Lao San, such as Cheng Zhi The veterinarians in the county, and those who have not shown up at all, they are the basic colors of this era, and the first two types of people paint on them Ci Miao's current progress is very slow and gives people a monotonous feeling, but after careful analysis, in fact, the people who appear every time are different. The plot may be a bit boring. If you come here for the ups and downs of the story, you may be disappointed. You can try Yuantong. I can never guess what will happen next in his books. After reading one chapter of Ci Miao's book, I can guess the next few chapters. After reading one chapter of Golden Jasmine's book, I can guess the next dozen chapters. The good news is that the time spent in real time is the same Here I will make another prediction. Some of the more key characters have not yet appeared, but they will definitely have their place. The overall tone of Ci Miao's novels is relatively bland. The protagonist's growth generally does not have many surprises, and there will be no cognitive reconstruction. For example, this book has a lot of overall framework laid out. The extraordinary tone has been set, and there are no gods or ghosts at present, so there will be no plot in the future where Wen Gu "builds the foundation in the morning, forms elixirs at noon, and transforms into Yuanying at night"; and the psychological activity of "only aristocratic families" appears repeatedly in the article, so there will be no situation in the future where the best from poor families teach Wen Gu how to behave. There will be at least one well-established family in the north, and there will also be military generals who divide one side. There will be no grassroots heroes like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. There will also be no wars in which tens of thousands of people died. There will be no characters with similar attributes to Wen Gu. There will be a A character similar to a snitch, no one can deal with him except Wen Gu, and the story will endinthree or four yearswithin. At the end of the story, Wen Gu will know why he came to this world and stay in this world. In the end, maybe, there is still no heroine
I just found out now that I have opened a new book. I am guilty. I will post on Weibo tomorrow.
Work analysis
"Scholar of the End of Ancient Times" is an online novel that combines ancient background and end-of-the-world themes. It is currently somewhat innovative in the setting and narrative direction of Qidian. Com. The following is an analysis from three aspects: characteristics of the work, current performance and plot prediction: ### 1. Characteristics and highlights of the work 1. **Novelty of worldview integration**: Combining the imperial examination literati system with the zombie apocalypse, breaking through the technological survival routine of traditional apocalyptic literature. The setting of the scholar character using "literary spirit" and "Confucian classics" to fight zombies not only conforms to the local cultural aesthetics, but also provides a new dimension for skill upgrading (such as poetry turning into swords and classics suppressing evil). 2. **Character Contrast and Tension**: The protagonist, as a powerless scholar, adheres to the concept of "cultivating oneself, harmonizing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world" in the apocalypse when rituals and music have collapsed, forming a strong conflict with the bloody environment. This kind of growth line of "conquering strength with softness" can easily arouse readers' empathy. 3. **Depth of Social Metaphor**: The zombie virus alludes to the alienation of human nature in ancient society (such as the transformation of corrupt scholars into walking corpses and the monopoly of anti-virus resources by the gentry class) through the zombie virus, which implies a critique of the feudal system and is more ideological than similar works. ### 2. Current Optimization Directions 1. **Clarity of Power System**: There is no clear correspondence between literary cultivation and zombie levels (such as the actual combat abilities corresponding to children and scholars), and quantifiable upgrade standards need to be established as soon as possible. 2. **Flatening of female roles**: Currently, most of the women are rescue targets. It is recommended to join female literati (such as female medical officers and female craftsmen) to build a diverse survival group. 3. **Necessity of geographical expansion**: Being trapped in a county for a long time can easily cause the plot to stagnate. The main line of "going to Beijing to take the exam" can be designed to promote map switching and show the apocalyptic ecology of different regions along the way. ### 3. Follow-up plot predictions and suggestions 1. **The Imperial Examination Line Blackens** (High Probability): - The Beijing Examination may reveal that the origin of the virus is related to the royal family, and the examiner may have been an advanced mutant. The protagonist needs to start a spiritual duel in the examination room using "Essays on Classics and Meanings", drawing on the elements of the examination room of "Liao Zhai" style. 2. **Technological renaissance foreshadowing** (medium probability): - The craftsman group may retain the Mohist machine skills and develop new types of fortifications (such as automatic arrow towers driven by poetry) in conjunction with the protagonist's literary style. The female supporting character can be set as a descendant of a down-and-out institution family. 3. **Belief System Collision** (Innovative Direction): - Introduce Buddhist monks, Taoist priests and other religious forces to show the philosophical differences between different schools against the end of the world (such as Buddhist "degree" vs. Confucian "kill"), providing opportunities for the protagonist's ideological advancement. 4. **Emotional line breakthrough point**: - Design special individuals (such as the protagonist's mentor) who "zombie retains their humanity" to explore the ethical dilemma of the end of the world. The emotional breaking point can be set when the protagonist has to personally kill the mutated mentor and recite "Book of Rites·Tan Gong". ### 4. Judgment of Market Prospects If this work can improve the power system at the 300,000-500,000-word stage, and add new settings such as "literary formations" and "classic embodiment" (such as summoning mythical beasts in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"), it will have the opportunity to create a subcategory of "Eastern Culture Apocalypse Flow". It is recommended to strengthen the description of group portraits (such as forming a survival team of poor students), and control the evolution speed of zombies to avoid premature collapse of combat power. In general, this work shows the diverse possibilities of web IP development. In the future, the visual characteristics of "ink-style zombies" can be considered in the comic adaptation, and the film and television adaptation needs to strengthen the ritualistic design of literary fighting scenes.
This new book, I will work hard and accompany Ci Miao to walk slowly. I kept reading the last book "Appearance" and stopped reading it. One day I found that it was finished, and I suddenly realized that several years have passed😅
Am I watching? Or raise it?
Ci Miao has opened a new book. I'm so happy. When I looked at the word count, I was a little disappointed. With the amount of updates this book has and its stinking habit of intermittent updates, I wanted to read it but didn't want to wait impatiently until I read the beginning... So why don't I read it? Or raise it? …
After looking around, there is no idiom for Solitaire! Open one quickly! ——The Golden Snake Dances
Wuhu is a new book! We are saved
This is the first time I read a book by Zhui Ci Miao. It's hard to describe it in one word⋯⋯⋯ku😪😪😪 I've only finished reading this book before, and it's "so cool" in one word🥹
Now that we have idiom solitaire, how can we not have poetry solitaire. Let me start with a line of egrets ascending into the sky.
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When I was watching the event, I discovered that Mrs. Ci Miao had published a new article. Reading it in one sitting was not enough to read QAQ.
So many naysayers
What's the benefit to you? The negative emotions that hit you when you click in
It can only be said that the author has some misunderstandings about clans. The reason for the existence of clans is the monopoly of knowledge. The monopoly of clans in your world was hundreds of years ago. When troubled times came, clans were nothing. Rather than the six clans, it is better to say that the six warlords came from vassal towns. In the troubled times after the Tang Dynasty, no one in power said that they would establish clans, because of the flaws of clans. It's too big. Even those who come from a powerful family will not say that they belong to the clan system. Instead, they establish county offices, government offices, such-and-such generals, and such-and-such kings. The world of clans is just under them. It is impossible for people from a certain family to hold all the power. So I say this is very family. In the late Ming Dynasty, the clans were separated, and in the late Qing Dynasty, the clans were separated. Do you think it is fake?
The name of this author seems familiar, but how did this author become platinum? I feel that the book has no achievements, so I will return to Mao, which is relatively well-known but also niche.
Obviously, the author did not understand the productivity of ancient times. Without food, you can't do anything. If you have money, there is no place to buy food. In troubled times, do you understand what troubled times are?
The lazy prose is like this...
Ci Miao's works, basically before chapter 30 or 40, are all bland narratives, with simple stories and average writing, which may not be that attractive. But after more than 50 chapters, it began to gain strength, and it seemed to have taken root and sprouted, and began to grow upwards into a towering tree. It was as exciting and unforgettable as the story was exciting, the text was appropriate, and the writing skills began to be revealed, and the author's rich accumulation of knowledge, or should I say, the attitude of carefully reviewing historical materials came out. This is true of this book, and even more so of Primordial War Chronicles and Star Hunter. Therefore, after reading a book by the author, they will basically become fans of her books, and their stickiness is very strong, because new readers may abandon the book before persisting for dozens of chapters, and have no chance to know the excitement behind it, but only old readers know how powerful Ci Miao is.
When will Ci Miao trade stocks?
As title. I can't complain about this update speed. It's time for Ci Miao to rely on lack of money to improve his motivation🙂
Don't dare to watch it until it's finished👀
800,000 Words in almost two years? The statement is now true. . . . Getting lazy
Will this book be finished in my lifetime?
The original article written by the author is quite good. Are you still considering writing it?
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Boss, when will it be finished? I can't wait to watch the full version.
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When will the fan title be given? I have been watching Black Tan for ten years and have never been given the fan title 🙂
As title
In the middle and later stages, zombies are no longer written, and they are not interesting. It is tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away. I just picked it up and took a look when I was short of books.