Overindulging in online novels may lead to various negative effects, including but not limited to the following: Impaired social skills: staring at the screen and reading online novels for a long time may cause people to become anxious and depressed, reducing their social skills because people need to communicate and interact with others in real life. 2. Impaired vision: You need to look at the screen for a long time when reading, which may cause eye fatigue, dryness, and vision loss. 3. Weakening of willpower: Reading online novels can easily make people lose their focus on the real world and weaken their willpower and self-control. 4. Addicting to the online world: Overindulging in online novels may cause people to lose interest and attention to the real world, thus becoming addicted to the online world and unable to extricate themselves. Mental health problems: Reading online novels may give people a sense of virtual accomplishment and pride, but this sense of accomplishment and pride may cause some mental health problems such as self-doubt and depression. Therefore, excessive indulgence in online novels may have a negative impact on one's physical and mental health. People were advised to read online novels to maintain their physical and mental health.