The world doesn't need succubi to save it.

【recommend】

Having already been featured on the trend indicator, it should theoretically receive even greater exposure as an editor's recommendation this time.

So, after being on the shelves for almost five months, and with the word count approaching one million!

I've finally received my second recommendation!

Just when I thought all my perseverance and patience were finally about to pay off, things turned out differently...

Well, I was told that the editor's recommendation wouldn't be included, so I got my second useless trend indicator recommendation.

Question:

"My score is over 1000, so why isn't it on the editor's recommendation list?"

Answer:

"Because there aren't enough new additions."

Because for a long time I updated once a day, and many readers supported the new volume.

So at that time, even though I had an average of 1,000 subscriptions, the number of new subscribers was only around 1,000, or even less.

It seems reasonable, but there's no recommendation for it.

There was no other explanation, no alternative grace period, just a recommendation from a weather vane, which was basically a sign of pity for me.

happy.

Officially, no one can be blamed for this situation.

But still, I still feel uncomfortable.

I felt like I was actually quite ridiculous.

A dying person clings to a sliver of hope, hoping for a new recommendation that might save them, but in the end, they receive nothing.

I know that even with recommendations, it might not be enough to save him.

So, it really takes a good beating to understand what this bleak reality of life is like?

This outcome has caused some mental damage to my will.

(Dark, crawling...)

Starting with this volume, I adjusted the update schedule.

It's just a new addition, isn't it?

Okay, I'll change it, alright?

The update was changed from one 4,000-word update per day to two 2,000-word updates per day.

The overall word count remained the same, but readers felt that the word count actually increased.

However, such a low update frequency is a devastating blow to my average subscription rate.

New orders didn't increase, but average subscriptions dropped very quickly, plummeting.

It started at around 1,100 moving averages, but has now completely fallen below 1,000 moving averages!

Hahaha, hiccup.

No matter how much I say I don't care about this outcome, I still feel anxious.

Pain, anxiety, low self-esteem, and then self-denial.

They are usually busy with work, and only when no one is looking do they secretly type in the office.

When I got home at night, I was so exhausted that my mind went blank and I couldn't type anything. But I couldn't fall asleep either, and I finally managed to drift off to sleep around 2 a.m.

At its worst, for a period of time I could only sleep four or five hours a day, and I was like a zombie.

To be honest, it's quite uncomfortable.

But anyway, that's how it was, that's how it was, and I made it through in the end.

First, I asked a colleague who was on vacation back home to bring me some melatonin, and with the addition of tranquilizers, I've been able to fall asleep around 10:30 pm now. (It's been almost two weeks.)

After finally unable to hold back any longer and discussing it with many kind elders, I finally realized that I was obsessively concerned about data to an unhealthy degree.

So, on their advice...

I started to give up.

Since it's already fallen below 1000, and everyone likes to nurture their reading experience, the number of new book downloads isn't likely to change suddenly...

To hell with the data, I'm not looking at it anymore!

I haven't opened that data page for three or four days.

Feeling refreshed...

I felt truly refreshed; a large part of the unnecessary stress disappeared, and I definitely felt much more relaxed.

I can say that although there is no sign of the book's performance being salvaged, my physical and mental health is gradually improving.

During this time, I would first like to thank the Alliance Leader, the Sect Leader, and all the other leaders. Your generous donations have truly overwhelmed me; I never expected to receive such support.

Of course, I also want to thank all the readers who support the official subscription. It is your interaction that makes me feel like I am not playing a single-player game.

I am deeply grateful for your kindness and support, which has allowed me to get to this point.

Although!

My writing fees dropped by almost a thousand yuan this month, successfully bringing them down to about one-fifth of what I earn from my regular job. (Laughs)

But I will continue to write.

Again:

[It's impossible for me to become a eunuch; I will never become a eunuch in my life.]

A story has a beginning, and it should have an end.

Regardless of how it ends, it deserves a proper conclusion!

While absolutely not abandoning the project, I will strive to avoid a bad ending.

Of course, this depends not only on perseverance, but also on my ability.

I just hope I won't let myself or everyone else down.

This is an explanation to you, and even more so to myself.

……

……

Now that I've finished reporting on my physical and mental health, let's get down to business.

First, there's the title of the fourth volume, "The Demon King."

It is taken from Goethe's narrative poem, and Schubert also composed a ballad of the same name based on this poem.

The narrative poem is described through four distinct characters—the son, the father, the demon king, and the narrator—and specific settings.

The story tells of a father carrying his sick son on horseback through a misty forest on a dark, windy night. From the darkness comes the anxious and terrified cries of the unconscious child, and the evil and cunning phantom of a demon king is luring and coercing the child to go with him.

In my personal opinion and understanding, this is a story with tragic elements and a touch of mystery.

This actually laid the foundation for the basic color scheme of this volume long ago.

It was filled with hope, tinged with sadness and despair.

All the stories in this volume follow the overarching theme of the "Demon King".

The opening of this volume picks up where the previous volume left off, with the appearance of the saint among the extraordinary beings, and the Stargazers taking action.

The Stargazers used Ning Feng's body to thwart the Saints' plans, seemingly killing the sacrificial Archangel with ease.

First, the momentum of the supernatural beings was suppressed, preventing the situation from erupting immediately and instead creating a calm before the storm.

This situation led to the saints mentioning the legend of the "Demon King" for the first time.

[The demon king who will bring about the end of the gods, Ragnarok.]

There are many possible interpretations of the Demon King.

The most superficial and easiest-to-understand explanation is that the Demon King, as the name suggests, is the "King of Demons," or the lord of demons in a certain abyss.

This is also the origin of the plot in the Abyss, the explicit storyline of Kalan.

That is, tell Karan that "she will eventually become queen," and that she will inevitably kill her relatives and usurp the throne to become the new demon lord.

To cultivate a pawn rooted in the abyss.

Karan, on the other hand, is a purely evil woman and a qualified schemer.

There was no intention to create any kind of "gap moe" (cuteness/contrast) in her; she is simply a demon who, true to her nature, wants to climb the social ladder step by step.

A wicked woman who is evil enough to sacrifice others for her own selfish gain.

In order to gain more power, she would endure the pain of extracting human blood from her body to purify the demon's bloodline.

In order to gain a false sense of freedom, she could remain under the Fire Demon Queen's control and become her offspring even after those hybrids sacrificed themselves for her.

In exchange for the reward, she would not hesitate to accept orders to slaughter the rioting slaves in the Third Hellfire.

Karan is purely evil, and for Ning Feng, all he needs is a pawn that is pure enough.

In this storyline, Ning Feng plays the role of a profound and unfathomable sage, a mysterious and great being hiding in the sacred sanctuary.

With the help of the Sacred Word Secret Place, he can obtain more information from extraordinary beings and also make plans in the abyss.

The aberrant demon he named, Abnormal… [Death Hunter], is a character who can substantially provide power to help Kalan gain status.

Moreover, its human-like appearance and positioning, well... it's more like a younger, loyal dog type. ( )

It sounds weird, and this attribute is indeed a bit strange. I got the inspiration from my WeChat Moments!

It's my friends who are acting strangely, not me. (I'm sure of it)

cough cough.

Then, in this volume, there is another special character.

Song Yishun.