High Martial: How Are You Supposed to Play If This Boss Isn’t Nerfed?

Humanity is facing a survival crisis, yet the protagonist, while in school, can only learn a basic body-tempering technique. Even after mastering it, he has to spend hundreds of thousands to buy inferior techniques to continue practicing. Only after achieving the top score in his grade does his homeroom teacher personally reward him with an advanced technique. But the families of the top students already have those advanced techniques. Are they kidding me? 😐 Humanity deserves its fate.

The title and synopsis were something like an easy, invincible leveling-up story. But it turned out to be the same old plot. A father working himself to the bone, a mother constantly in tears, a beautiful but harassed sister, and a protagonist with cheat codes. I thought this protagonist, with his boss-like persona, would be on a path of sweeping away all enemies, but instead, he constantly reveals his naivety, spending his days in impotent rage, frequently clenching his fists in anger.

The writing is decent, but the author just likes to show off his own imagined knowledge. He doesn't even know the power of a stick. Can we please stop with the stick being the weakest of weapons, and then the protagonist using it with great power? Is this supposed to be a Shield Hero story? The Shield Hero is ridiculously bad, and the author is ridiculously bad too.

After reading forty or fifty chapters, I found that many details were not handled well and were not considered thoroughly, which became the major flaws. Leaving aside the classic family background at the beginning, the first thing is the pressure; the writing style in many places gives you the feeling that pressure is everywhere.

The protagonist starts with a cheat code, the father is always in some local logistics department, the mother is classically useless, and the protagonist has a beautiful younger sister from the start. What's the point of this kind of start? Does anyone want to relate to it? These are all superfluous. I want to see a story about filial piety and sisterly love in novels. I'm really tired of this kind of story. Those who haven't read this type of story should check it out.

The author states that if the protagonist gets first place in the entire school, this ordinary cultivation technique will be awarded to him. I'm much more generous than the author. Me: If the author gets first place in the national adult college entrance examination, they will be rewarded with an admission letter from one of my country's top universities. Note that it's "top," unlike the author, who only got an ordinary one.

It's not that it's particularly bad, but it has quite a few flaws. The story begins by mentioning that the family supported the protagonist's education for 18 years, and for those 18 years, the protagonist comfortably sucked the blood of his family's hard-earned savings, only wanting to lie low and work as a security guard.

The protagonist starts at level 1 and, with the help of a cheat, reaches level 5 in two weeks, ranking 42nd in the entire school, earning a 100,000 yuan scholarship. The teacher recognizes the protagonist's potential, but the protagonist's leveling has slowed down due to a lack of cultivation techniques.

The subject matter is actually quite good, and the writing is decent, but the tropes are just too cliché and ridiculously idiotic. The family details are poorly handled, so they just throw in a transmigration story set in an orphanage, a typical web novel. The constant inclusion of broken families, a sacrificed sister, a hardworking mother, and a father whose fate is unknown is just nauseating.

It's so good! Humanity is facing a life-or-death crisis, and students are using basic techniques with halved efficiency. Even retired soldiers who have fought on the battlefield for decades only have the most basic techniques. It's incredibly cool!