Mercenary Chronicle
佣兵战纪
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 734k Words
- Genre
- Western Fantasy
- Subgenre
- Sword & Sorcery
- Updated
- 11mo ago
- Source
- Qidian
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[World-Class Below the Neck] A Tiered Guide to the Best Web Novels
Welcome, fellow readers! Here's the information I can share for now: "World-class below the neck" is a joke describing athletes with strong bodies but simple minds. Since this list mainly introduces works that aren't "top-tier," they're also "below the neck." The idea of recommending excellent books is also close to the meaning of "world-class," hence the title. This list focuses on high-quality works with content and standout features but relatively little name recognition, introducing hidden
Books I'm Testing
These are based on my personal tastes. Most are books I dropped after reading the beginning, so don't click if that bothers you. Rated out of five: 1 means I dropped it right away; 2–3 means it has some bright spots or no major flaws, and made me want to see how the plot unfolds; 4 means it's good in every respect and has standout qualities.
【Fists, the Other Shore, and Alternate Worlds】Books I Like and My Reviews
Most of these are books I'm currently following or have finished. They're all pretty good, with some having especially brilliant concepts and others showing exceptional writing. (I'll share more of my thoughts on authors I'm familiar with. For those I don't know well, I'll just say whether they're good. That's enough.) (I won't remove some books that fall apart later, but I'll add follow-up reviews.)
Old-School Picks for Veteran Readers, Not Against Female Leads
I prefer books with a classical feel. For Western fantasy, I like knights and magic; for xianxia, I mainly prefer classical xianxia. I dislike the clichés and writing habits of simplistic novels, and I also prefer deeper, more thoughtfully developed worlds.
A Book Worth Rereading Must Be Well Written
Any genre, as long as the protagonist doesn't get pushed around
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In the first few dozen chapters, there are jelly grass and 60 to 110 grains.
It feels like there are a lot of unnecessary plots concentrated in those dozens of chapters. It's not that you can't read it, but it doesn't feel worthy of the previous chapters. Criticizing this third-level exam by name, everything written in these twenty chapters has been completely deleted without affecting the plot at all.
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The Holy Name system is quite interesting, but the protagonist's Holy Name ability feels quite boring and has no special features. For example, summoning demons and treating disabilities in the second paragraph are very interesting. If it were real, I would definitely choose Breeze Production. It is very practical and risk-free, but this is a novel, and there is no linkage between the several Holy Names and they cannot complement each other. Ps: Adding basic attributes has a little linkage
Complaining about experience, the experience required triples for each level, and the experience given by enemies at each higher level is +50. Please calculate how many people are needed to reach level 20.
The more I write these days, the more boring I get, and Goldfinger feels like death. The protagonist feels like he's been sapped and ready to give up.
The system of holy name + blessing is quite new, at least it's the first time I've seen it.
The rhythm is okay, but I discovered it too early
I like the holy name system very much, but other aspects are just average.
Especially after episode 66, the story was inexplicable. I felt that the plot had no sense of direction. It was very wordy and I didn't know what the protagonist was doing. He had no goal and was just messing around. Write well and don't waste the settings of the Holy Name system
Shennong is here
The first few dozen chapters were okay and looked good, but the more I wrote the later, the less interesting it became. It felt boring. To be honest, being in the academy was no different from being a mercenary.
It's okay to write the recent chapters slowly. It's both a wisdom and a saint. The protagonist still hasn't realized that this is a society where the jungle is strong and the strong eats the strong. I don't know what kind of virtue the potion I sell has, and I still regret it after I sell it. It's hypocritical and stupid, and I always like to dwell on the little details, and I don't focus on the main character. It feels like there is no outline and no main line. I write whatever I think of, which makes me a little disappointed.
The protagonist's ability to choose a holy name is very rewarding, and there are so many choices every time. Then pick out a few names that are not strong enough but have serious side effects, or have average abilities.