I'm drawing an action-packed anime within a depressing one!

He Zhou was stunned for a moment.

I examined it carefully.

...

Ordinary people have very weak energy in their lamp pools. If they want to present their comics in this book, "Monster City," they need to communicate with heaven and earth and expend their own energy in their lamp pools.

If you want to draw more every day and have your comics take up more screen time, then you need to have stronger energy in your lamp pool.

But my own light pool…

Name: He Zhou

Night Patrolman Level: None

[Light trough status: Not lit]

[Note: The current character's identity is insufficient to light the lamp pool.]

"..."

Although "light pool" was a completely new term, He Zhou understood it at a glance.

Isn't this just the same ability level system like Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, just given a different name to suit a monster city?

He Zhou, a long-time reader, couldn't help but complain in his heart.

A comic with such low popularity still tries to create an original world? If it doesn't flop, who will?

Are NPCs not entitled to have abilities?

That's true. In a world like Jujutsu Kaisen, characters who awaken powerful abilities are definitely the ones who get the most screen time.

Even if cannon fodder awakens powerful abilities, they are only meant to die.

and so.

In this world, the level of awakened ability is most likely determined by how much screen time one plays.

can.

It really feels like a comic book world!

...

A class is in progress in the classroom.

On the podium, the teacher was lecturing on the school rules and regulations of Kirishima.

Students who were sound asleep during Chinese and math classes immediately sat up straight and became serious when they heard it was a class on school rules and regulations.

Jiang Dai, who was lying on the table like a soft kitten, couldn't help but twitch her ears and stare curiously at the podium.

He Zhou was still lost in thought, but a single sentence brought him back to his senses.

"There's no need for everyone to feel too much pressure."

"Our Kirishima has indeed lost contact with the outside world."

The teacher sighed, his eyes filled with pity and a detached indifference that showed he had completely taken life and death in stride: "Although the current night patrols can't last for more than a few months."

"But people always have to hope for a miracle to get through this period of time when they don't know if it will have any meaning, right?"

Then she began to formally explain the school rules and the reasons for setting them this way.

...

He Zhou felt his hair stand on end as he listened.

"Demons will appear at night, and loneliness is synonymous with the night. If demons appear, there is no need to panic."

"!"

He Zhou looked delighted: "Someone's coming to our rescue?"

"No, it doesn't hurt."

The slender teacher on the podium chuckled at the words "rescue He Zhou," his eyes filled with pity: "How could an ordinary person be worthy of the esteemed Night Watchman's rescue?"

Damn it.

Does that mean ordinary people should just wait to die?

Turning to the first page of the textbook, I read: "Enjoy death, accept separation; separation is the norm in life, and death is also a new beginning."

"..."

He Zhou closed the book expressionlessly.

Out of the corner of his eye, He Zhou saw Jiang Dai yawn and close her eyes after only listening for a moment, then lose interest. He sighed softly and began to think about how to get closer to Jiang Dai.

Currently, drawing comics can boost popularity and status. With status, one might be able to awaken their inner power and abilities, thus gaining the ability to protect themselves.

...

"The more negative emotions you have, the more demons can manifest, so try to be peaceful when you go to sleep."

"Negative emotions are more likely to arise when it rains, and these emotions make them more likely to take shape."

He can understand all of this.

But when he heard the next line and saw the map on the projector, He Zhou almost laughed in anger.

The entire map was marked with various red circles of different sizes, ranging from light to dark, with darker circles indicating a higher probability of demons.

The shallower the color, the lower the probability of it being a demon.

Surprisingly, the place with the highest probability of monsters on Kirishima Island is Kirishima No. 8 Middle School.

They believed that the more people there were, the higher the probability of encountering demons.

Kirishima No. 8 Middle School, on the other hand, was a deep red, like blood, which was terrifying to look at.

Damn it, this is definitely the poison circle!

...

The next few days.

He Zhou also became anxious.

Popularity is now the most important thing.

He insists on drawing until he's dizzy every day, and he feels like he can keep going for a few more seconds each day.

When you take a deep breath, connect with heaven and earth, and concentrate on painting, you can feel a mysterious and profound sense of exploration.

Gradually, he got used to it.

Finally, after eight days, I streamlined the content of the first episode and drew the first episode of Black Cat Detective.

This animation is very short, so it's a good opportunity to practice and see how everyone reacts.

In Chapter 4, this NPC is drawing comics!

In reality, in a certain residential community.

night.

As Tian Xiaoxi's best friend, her phone vibrated while she was watching the live stream.

The manga you're following, "Monster City," has been updated to chapter seven...

"?"

It's been updated?

Song Yaoyao leaned back in her chair, took out her phone, and opened episode seven, muttering to herself, "Didn't we agree to leave it blank and stop updating?"

"This Tian Xiaoxi still can't let go of this comic book."

Click to open.

When she saw the contents of the comic, she almost spat out the water in her mouth.

What's going on?

Is it that for seven days a week, an NPC is drawing comics?

Is this kind of boring plot supposed to be a story?

And the painting skills...

The drawing was incredibly rough; the glasses were just a circle drawn on.

Every line shows his effort, but you can also see his shaky hands.

Each stroke was deliberate yet heartbreaking.

It's just pure line drawing with absolutely no skill involved.

If you look at it as a simple line drawing, it's quite interesting.

But if you look at it as a comic...

That would be a disaster.

...

Song Yaoyao was completely baffled.

Although Tian Xiaoxi lacks sensitivity to subject matter, her drawing skills shouldn't be this bad.

"What is this guy doing?"

"Do you attend all water-related events?"

A manga's "full attendance" requirement is to release one chapter per week.

There are requirements for the length and plot of each episode. If there is any padding or disjointed plot, it will be judged as padding.

They'd do anything to get water, right?

You're not drawing the main storyline, but instead you're drawing comics of the NPCs?

How is this any different from a novel where the main character switches to a different world map, becomes the protagonist's son, grandson, great-grandson, and a completely new map is created?

...

Just as she was about to close the software.

suddenly.

Song Yaoyao noticed with her sharp eyes that although the NPC named He Zhou used A4 paper to draw comics, he had even carefully designed a cover.

The level of detail, compared to the previous heartbreakingly naive and unskilled line drawings, completely demonstrates the seriousness with which he created this cover.

It was actually quite touching.

"The cover is actually quite nice."

"Chief Black Cat?"

The black and white cat face, with slightly messy lines, still shows that he was trying hard to draw it.

At first glance, it looks like a handwritten newspaper that is both hastily written and exquisitely crafted.

...

I don't know what I was thinking, but this slightly childish drawing has a strange attraction.

Especially in the overall gloomy style of "Ghost City", it stands out with its righteous spirit.

Song Yaoyao subconsciously looked down.

Apart from the cover.

The scenes below are all drawn in simple line drawings, with an extremely abstract style.

The lines are messy.

There are several places with traces of corrections smudged by ink.