Hello, tea friends, a tea bowed to everyone while writing this passage.

It may be a bit strange to choose to write the final comments of the second volume at this time. Shouldn’t it be written at the end of the second volume?

This is probably because I'm... lazy, haha, why can this guy say such words with confidence? I feel shameless. Please don't hit me, otherwise I can only get out of my arms. In fact, the reason I put it here is more because I think the time is just right.

At first, when the second volume was just finished, I only had one feeling in my heart: Ah, finally...

There is no other feeling. It's like I just finished a 12-minute long-distance physical test on the playground, or a slogan of a slogan "I feel like my body is hollowed out." If I had to write some comments at that time, I would probably have to pick up some clichés I said again. It's not interesting or my style.

Now, after a while, I look back on that journey with a more relaxed attitude. I sincerely feel many feelings and touches. I would like to share with you.

Secondly, the story of the third volume will soon enter an important turning point, so there are many things I want to talk to you at this time. The next story will change the state of holding a pipa and still wanting to stop talking, and quickly and neatly cut into the main axis of this volume. Why did I choose this way of writing? How will the context of the story develop next? These will be discussed with you below.

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The process of writing the second volume is no less than a thrilling adventure for me. It is completely different from when writing the first volume.

The concept of the first volume actually lingers in my mind a long time ago. I love the story of "battle royale". Whether it is novels, movies, comics... the tension full of murderous intent and the plot development with countless possibilities always seem to be very satisfying.

But what makes me feel like I'm stuck in my throat is that most of these stories only focus on how to fight and kill. As for why and why to fight, the settings behind the reasons are often far-fetched. It seems that the creators don't care much about this, just be happy, but I care so much. Also, when watching this kind of story, I often can't help but want to complain. Please, the big brothers and sisters who are fighting so fiercely, have you ever considered the feelings of local passers-by?

Out of an impulse of not being able to speak up, the story in the first volume was already written before I wrote it. It constructed a closed-loop framework with the "Zhulu Game" of many parties fighting and fighting for victory as the core. However, Zhulu Game itself is only a branch line serving the main line, and the real main line is the gradual decryption of the reasons behind it. The protagonist Sun Suhe is a passerby who is both involved and wanders outside. I hope to create a different kind of fun from this anti-traditional perspective.

The whole story of the volume is carried out in this framework. In this way, I first define the rules and circles, and then move around and write them. Even if I encounter something that is difficult to deal with, I am very calm because I know in my heart that I can definitely sort it out.

The second volume is completely different. When I finished writing, I only had a rough idea in my mind, knowing what I wanted in this volume.

First of all, it involves slightly religious subjects, which is also a prelude to the subsequent development of the important setting of "poetic talent" in this book.

Then there is the magic practice officially started by the protagonist Sun Suhe and the process of initially starting to use his own abilities.

Also, with the appearance of our cute little bear and the cute...well, the less cute fat Cat Lihua, "Ling" officially took the lead as an important force. This includes my little ambition, traditional monster creation, after all, it is written about people, and what I want to write about "not people".

Of course, Zhou Yiqing, the embarrassing idol with dual identity, is indispensable. This idea is so fun, I must write it. At the same time, his line can also lay some groundwork for the subsequent story of the old man.

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There are many others, and it will be too long-winded if you count them one by one. Now, it is really complicated.

At that time, a lot of ingredients were already in hand, but some were grown on the mountain, some were swimming in the sea, some were salty and some were sweet. How to treat them to the harmony of the taste and also make readers have fun with them is really a matter of great thought.

Moreover, some of the clues left over from the first volume need to be collected here, and the foreshadowing of the subsequent story must be properly laid here.

The situation at that time was really a tangle of tangled tangles behind me, and a wild horse ran forward in a fog. For me, a novice who wrote a long series for the first time, I felt at a loss for several times and had no idea what to write next.

The words "Let's be bright" are not that simple. Fortunately, the characters in our story are no longer just simple character puppets, but gradually have their own vivid lives. Every time at this time, I can feel that they have their adventures and their souls. The story is already there, and I just need to record it.

It seems a bit mysterious, but this feeling is very real. When it comes to the extreme, inspiration that I never thought of suddenly burst out. It was really a feeling of comfort and feeling.

By the way, 70% of these inspirations came suddenly when I was washing my face and taking a bath. Maybe my muse likes to live in the water, hahaha.

Recently I reread the second volume. What I saw was no longer the repeated words in my pen. The faint sense of alienation brought by time made me, the "reader", feel a novel feeling. Looking back now, the whole story is very different from my initial vague idea, but I already have what I want, and there are unexpected surprises.

Dear tea lovers, this dish should not taste bad.

Of course, I also know that there are regrets. As a reader, I can feel that there are immature aspects in the scheduling of pen and ink. For example, some places were written happily at the time, but overall they seemed cumbersome. For example, some plots require a few more strokes to be sufficient. For example, some characters are shaped a little thinly, and it might be better if they can spend more pen and ink on them.

Fortunately, these regrets are not irreparable. Everyone must have discovered that our story will not be like most fantasy novels. The protagonist will be upgraded and changed the map. The previous supporting role will become a waste and will not appear again. I am reluctant to part with these guys. These old faces and friends will appear in a more full image in their future stories and write a rich plot with us.

This is the best thing about serialized novels.

In this era of fragmented reading, "long" seems to have become an original sin, "too long to read", you can see these four words as natural as possible on the Internet anytime and anywhere.

But what is interesting is that there seems to be only one exception. Only when reading serial novels will “If you don’t read it if it’s too short, just raise it first”.

Because of this, I can go through adventures with everyone and create this world together. This is a luxury romance. I am very grateful for your support, and you may not imagine how important this is to me.

Thank you, Guangyuxin! I have never understood the comment system in the author's backend. I have never seen many comments before. I'm really sorry. However, it seems that the version has been revised in the past two days, and many comments that I haven't read have popped up all of them, and even the QQ reading comments have popped up. Thank you for your support. I have read every comment you left behind the chapter, and I really feel very warm. There will be a very important new chess player in the next chapter. Guess what his name is?

Thank you especially for pointing out my mistakes in the "Thirty-five War Articles". It is a joke that I wrote "Thirty-five War Articles" and I have done my previous homework in order to check more information. I have used "He" in the text. Since the system can display it, I think it's better to use it. It feels more handsome than using the simplified "一". You can decide my 1-character teacher! I sincerely feel that it is really my luck to meet you.

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Regarding the follow-up story of the third volume, I would like to chat with you a little bit here. Don’t worry, you won’t spoil it to hurt everyone’s reading experience.

The framework of the first volume is a closed circular structure, while the second volume is based on the process of Sun Suhe dealing with the legacy of Zhulin Trading Company as a sign, and linking stories one by one like candied haws.

In the third volume, I want to try to write group images to create a more three-dimensional world.

This is why I did not rush to get into the main story so far, but instead spent a lot of writing on supporting roles, such as Izumi Mitsuki, Akutagawa Grandpa, and Ye Mingshan...

A friend had complained about me before, how did the battle between Sun Suhe and Ye Mingshan be written as if Ye Mingshan was the protagonist? He almost robbed the protagonist of the limelight.

Haha, although Mr. Su He was cheating and made a big name, he was not Long Aotian. I hate the plot of some good things in the novels where the protagonists like gangsters are occupied by all the good things. In my heart, the charm of the characters is not something that suppresses others. On the contrary, the shining of everyone can set off one person's glory. And since this volume has moved the stage abroad and can be written more freely, how can I not play well?

The next story will be clear and neatly entered the main line. Please look forward to their own activity.

Finally, please allow me to say again the topic I have mentioned before.

I want to write a "real" interest in this book, creating a feeling that everything in the book has happened in reality. The historical part can create a sense of reality by describing some details, while the modern part is completely different. Because our story is full of mysterious fantasies, and the background of the modern part is the daily life we ​​live in every day. If you say that there is a big fight in Kyoto at this moment, will everyone feel real? It is definitely not possible.

So my idea is that in the modern part, I will deliberately vaguely distort some details and pull it away from our daily life, which will make it more realistic. For example, everyone must have seen the stage of the first two volumes, which is basically based on Hangzhou, but I would rather use the description of "this city" because of this reason.

In this volume, chess players who are only background characters and do not formally participate in the story use their real names, such as legendary figures such as Susa, Xiuce, Wu Qingyuan, and other legendary figures, and are close to Hideyou Fujisawa, Nie Weiping, and Lee Changhao.

The chess players who participated in the story of playing chess are replaced by pseudonyms. For example, the number one person in China, Korea, and Japan is now:

Ke Jie - Ke Zhe

Park Ting-hwan - Park Ting-hwan

Yuta Ino (Funyuki Honinbo) - Yuta Inoue (Funyuki Honinbo), Fumiyuki Honinbo is a nickname, and will not change it.

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I have already written a lot before I know it. Thank you for listening to me chatting for so long.

Dear tea friends, we are from all over the world, but here, we temporarily break away from the many constraints of reality, experience adventures together, and gradually build a world that is both real and illusory. It is really a fairy tale-like romantic thing.

I won’t say much about thanks. Please allow me to pay tribute to everyone with a cup of tea.

This cup is all over the world.
Chapter completed!