Get Back Here and Work Overtime, Apostle

Finally back in Shanghai from Beijing, I'm completely exhausted...

After more than two years of back-and-forth, the 996 work schedule has finally come to an end! Hooray! I can finally speak freely about things I've been holding back for a long time. Well, let me digress a bit first. I imagine many readers watched me criticize and condemn this book the whole time, only to see it end... Pretty ironic, right? Actually, I think so too, but that's just who I am. Part of my dissatisfaction with 996 was also dissatisfaction with the author's attitude. How to put it? I'm someone who can't tolerate any flaws in a book; I'm someone who either doesn't do something, or I do it to the best of my ability...

Moving today, too tired, I'll be postponing this for now...

Honestly, writing a book review for XK is really difficult. If I say something too harsh, I'm afraid I'll make XK depressed and withdrawn. What if he finishes this book and then retires from writing altogether? That would be a huge loss for both sides. If I don't say anything, I myself feel really suffocated and uncomfortable, like I could die from holding it all in. If the author is someone with a good temper like Luo Jiang, or someone I don't know well, I'd just go straight for the hot air and have a high-intensity argument. So sometimes, being too familiar with the author... Emmmm, it's not easy either (referring to actually starting a tirade). But I'll try my best to be objective and fair in my comments about how this book made me feel. Of course, if I'm not fair... Well, you can't just fly over and hit me ╮(╯▽╰)╭...

To start with the conclusion, I'd give it an 8 out of 10, but I don't recommend it to anyone who's a hardcore yuri fan or a moderate yuri fan who's read the author's other works (specifically, *The Crimson King of Heaven and His Seven Bride*). Reason 1: The yuri's daughter has sex with the male protagonist (a serious blow to hardcore yuri fans). Reason 2: A character with a very similar name to the only established romantic partner of the female protagonist from the previous work becomes part of the protagonist's harem in this work (a mental pollution for moderate yuri fans). If you can ignore these two points, then please enjoy. Main text: Given that this is an invincible protagonist story, it's incomparable to the author's previous works. If we compare it to *Insect Princess* and *Mist Blood*...

I don't know what to say anymore. There's so much to say about 996, but my relationship with XK is pretty good now, so there are some things I can't say. This is why I'm writing this with such frustration. I wrote two versions, and I've put them here. I don't know what to say either ╮(╯▽╰)╭ First version: A group of bratty kids with nuclear bombs vs. A group of unscrupulous, black-hearted adults. To be honest, 996 is the hardest novel I've ever read to evaluate. I can't simply judge it as good or bad, and even from my personal perspective, it's difficult to give it a rating. If I use the perfect score ratings of previous novels like Mist Blood and Insect Princess, then 996 would probably be somewhere between passing and good. If I use...

This book is a typical "overpowered protagonist" story. The author has read several of their previous works, so their writing skills are guaranteed. There's no NTR (Netorare) plot in this book. Seriously, some people just spout nonsense. Before talking about NTR, they should at least understand what it means. NTR refers to "being cheated on or having one's spouse or partner taken by another person." The female lead in this book hasn't changed her mind, hasn't been slept with, and has a great relationship with the male lead. That person is just spouting rubbish. Many books are ruined by people like that, misleading the public. I hope everyone will open their eyes and read the novel themselves, and not miss out on a good book because of other people's nonsense. Angry! 💢

I've actually wanted to do a character profile about 996 for a long time, but for various reasons, I haven't gotten around to it. Later, I just mentioned it briefly in that long review I wrote before, but honestly, there's a lot I wanted to say that I didn't elaborate on. Now that Utopia has announced its failure, and Rimuri's childish game is temporarily over, let's, in the spirit of openness, fairness, and objectivity (and if we're not open, fair, or objective, you can't come after me online), properly analyze the character of Rimuri. What exactly is his background? First, let's talk about why Utopia failed. Although XK gave many reasons, to be honest, I didn't say much about it...

Since reviews are entirely based on reader mood, then of course I can give a perfect score based on my mood. Where did this twisted trend come from? Just because I don't like it doesn't mean I can make it disappear? Did they learn this from XFX? One of the most important principles for evaluating a work is to wait until it's finished before evaluating it. If you must evaluate it during serialization, you should update your evaluation regularly and be responsible for your statements. Reviews that don't provide relatively correct guidance for new readers are just venting emotions and are meaningless. A lighthearted story doesn't mean there's no dramatic conflict at all, or that you have to create a villain and beat them up to be satisfying. Even a certain Tang-style capitalist killed off the female lead when writing Douluo Continent I...

Ye was truly tragic. From what I remember, in Blood Transformation, aside from her genuine display of power fighting off the enemy's grunts during the resistance period, she was constantly getting beaten up. After the battle with the leader, Yue Wu was gone, and Xiao Die was gone too. Her only friends were Ned and Si Nan Ying. The former could be considered brothers, but the latter's relationship wasn't quite like Yue Wu's. She was the protagonist during Blood Transformation, but unlike other protagonists, she constantly lost, like a clown on a knife's edge. In the process of losing, she accepted her fate and the fact that she was merely a pawn in someone else's game. After the final battle, she established Blood Prison on the border battlefield, but this was merely a means for her to cope with the loss of her loved ones...