The Atonement Vessel

I truly can't bear to see such a benchmark of the post-apocalyptic wasteland genre come to an end. "The Infected" really shook me for a long time back then... Keep it up, Hei Da! I hope to see the glory of the post-apocalyptic genre again! 😭

I used to really like your book, *The Infected*, but unfortunately it came with the internet cleanup campaign.

In the finale, the wasteland protagonist had to eat other people's brains to advance in rank—I'm speechless!

The stepmother ordered the guards to kill the protagonist, but the protagonist bribed the sheriff with all his wealth to survive. After surviving, he drove his stepmother and the guards to his estate. Why, buddy? They were about to kill you; knowing you were alive, why didn't you silence them instead of driving them away? I really don't understand.

It's a pity for Lao Hei; his peak creative output in the infected genre coincided with a bad environment. Now, purely sensationalist blood-and-cross-themed content can appear openly on social media platforms, showing that Lao Hei's creativity is not what it used to be.

The author's writing style is solid, typical of a veteran author, but the comments are quite divided. The following are personal opinions. The reason for the division in the comments section is the split in the protagonist's character design. In the main world, the protagonist always chooses to construct a particularly maggot-like image in problem-solving situations.

It's like he's sick. He just solved one crisis and thinks he has fewer problems, so he's looking for things to do everywhere. He just became a superhuman and immediately prepares for the next stage, as if someone's chasing him.

The first chapter or two are exactly where you grab attention, but there's too much unimportant detail and too many paragraphs, making it overwhelming and difficult to grasp the main point. It shouldn't be like an old author; has their writing declined after not writing for several years?

Without the pressure of a core combat force, both legion and individual combat strength are inexplicably and arbitrarily increased and decreased, resulting in a very disjointed feel. The protagonist eats an insect and is resurrected, then embarks on a revenge path—this part is quite normal.

Whether it's the sudden massacre of women and children in another world or the abandonment of one's own knowledge and personality as a transmigrator, this book disgusts me. So disgusting that I couldn't help but speak out.