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Note that my critiques can be pretty thorough (depending on my availability and mood of course), and they are far from overly generic and sugarcoated to the point of being unhelpful. This is not for authors who are merely fishing for compliments. As a content writer by profession, I have ample experience in non-fiction and technical writing, as well as proofreading and content editing.

This is a collection of reviews about the books I've read so far :)

Welcome back, young daoists. Today we'll be talking about something every author wants.. reviews!

Everyone wants to be praised for their masterpiece of an Internet novel, that's just always how it'll be. To prove my point, I also want a review! Sadly, there has only been one person to review the ancient scripture that is "The Dao of Filler"

To give you a better idea, everyone wants a good review. Nobody wants a review from an angry reader who has only read 30 chapters out of the 200 you published..

There's also the terrible truth that people will give you 5 stars for no reason and 1 star for no reason. The universe works in strange ways...

I'll go over the 3 types of reviews.

Good Review - This is a review that was well thought out and gives criticism on your novel. It's not completely trashing it, but it's definitely not saying it's the next Percy Jackson. [1]

Neutral Review - This review doesn't really give any criticism but more or less talks about their opinion of the story. It's normal to get a lot of these.

Bad Review - This review is not good. It doesn't talk about much of the story, only why they hate it. If your novel blows up, you'll find yourself seeing a lot of these..

As an auth- a young daoist, you must learn to ignore bad reviews and work on improving yourself. Sometimes being shameless will get you nowhere if you don't listen to your faithful readers!

Now, time for examples!

Good Review:

Moddy: Hey I really liked your novel — The Dao of Filler — it gives a brand new perception of the way authors think. However, I would suggest you make the chapters longer! 500 words per chapter? Shameless...

That was a good review! If you don't know who Moddy is, he's a moderator of the Inkstone Discord and one of my friends..

Bad Review:

Moddy: This novel is so trash!!! It doesn't even give any real advice and the way the author thinks is really bad! 0/10 would not read again.

You just read a good review and a bad review. Good reviews are good because they give advice and keep a relatively positive attitude. Bad reviews are bad because they tell you that your novel is horrible but never go into any real detail why.

I hope you learned something from today's chapter! It was pretty easy to write and it's been on my mind for a little while now.

Goodbye young daoists.

Remember kids, every word counts..

Young daoist, you must face all in your way to becoming a shameless author and filler expert. Luckily, I am giving advice for freeeeeee! Vote now with your power stones..

 
Naruto was not having a good day. No, forget that, Naruto was having a TERRIBLE day. Not surprising perhaps, given that it was storming and he was dripping wet. Or that he'd just run over twenty miles just to get here. Or that he was standing in the middle of a battlefield amidst the broken and bleeding bodies of his friends. Or that the people responsible, standing just across the wood from him, were some of the most wanted criminals in the world.
It didn't help either that one of them had once been one of his closest friends.
"They're not dead, you realize." Sasuke said coldly, bringing Naruto out of his stupor. "Though killing them would be easy enough."
Naruto's eyes turned just a touch red. "Sasuke…"
"They were trying to stop me." Sasuke interrupted him. "I've left enough examples by now for them to realize what happens to those who try to stop me. It's not my fault they decided to be stupid." His eyes narrowed slightly. "But at least they recognize that I can never return."
"Sasuke, these people were your friends!"
"Tch." Sasuke jerked his head upwards. "I am an avenger. I do not have 'friends.'" Naruto noticed the red-haired girl behind Sasuke wince slightly. "While others may obtain bonds of love and friendship, such bonds only distract me from my true nature. My darkness is my strength. Bonds of hatred are the only kind I can ever have."
"You left them alive." Naruto pointed out.
"Don't tempt me," growled the silver-haired boy at Sasuke's side, leveling an enormous sword.
Sasuke ignored the swordsman's outburst. "That was so that I could convince you."
Naruto blinked.
"You, Naruto, have grown powerful, but you remain the same idiotic dobe you were before. You refuse to confront reality. You fail to realize that who I am is who I want to be. I do not need rescuing, not from Orochimaru, or Madarra, or even from myself. As an avenger, this path is my destiny."
"Don't start feeding me that destiny crap." Naruto growled. "You're starting to sound like Neji."
Sasuke shook his head. "Dobe. You still don't get it. I am an Uchiha. I am destined to be driven by hatred, I am destined to be an avenger. I am destined to do battle with you."
"I'm not gonna fight you, Sasuke."
"Yes you will." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "That's why I left your friends alive." He stepped forward a little and nosed one of the bodies with his foot. It let out a feeble groan.
Naruto's eyes widened. "Don't…!" He said, stepping forward.
"Hm." Responded Sasuke, simply studying the body at his feet, ignoring the looks both Naruto and his own team were sending him. "I remember this one. Not the most powerful genin, but devoted. Went down easily enough. Kept getting back up, though, must've knocked her over thirty times. Rather like you in some ways." He frowned contemplatively. "I think I even remember Zetsu telling me something about her and you during Pein's attack."
"Er… Sasuke-kun…," whispered the red-haired girl hesitantly.
"You always were focused on bonds, Naruto. Protecting your precious people, ne?" He glanced up to see Naruto quivering with rage. "Is this one of them?"
Naruto did not respond.
"And," Sasuke continued as he flicked his sword into his hand and laid the point on the girl's throat, "can you protect her? Hmmm?" He lifted a calm eyebrow.
Naruto stared at him, shock rapidly turning to anger. The red-haired girl's eyes widened. The huge man to Sasuke's right shifted uneasily. There was a long moment of silence in the forest.
The body under Sasuke coughed suddenly. "N… Naruto-kun…?" It croaked.
Several things happened in that moment. Naruto threw himself, screaming and glowing with a strange red chakra, at Sasuke. Sasuke flicked up his sword and threw himself at Naruto. Sasuke's teammates, too slow to realize what was going on, started backward. A pair of white eyes opened and groggily focused on the battle.
And off to the far left of the battle, a battered, bleeding man with silver hair raised himself on one elbow . His right eye opened, revealing a curious, swirling red eye.
"Kamui." He whispered.
The air around the field crackled with a strange energy. The forms suddenly blurred, warped, reshaped, and twisted into strange spiral shapes. And then there was a blinding flash…
And suddenly they were all gone. The field, the bodies, the fighters, and the friends. The only person left was the silver-haired man. I… didn't mean to… get all of them… Hatake Kakashi, Rokudaime Hokage of Konoha, collapsed onto the cold stone. Oh well. I hope… they do alright… were his last thoughts as he slipped into unconsciousness.
 
In an alleyway in Gotham, a bright light flashed and several dark forms tumbled to the ground.
 
Somewhere in Hub City, a boy fell through a flashing hole and collapsed onto the pavement.
 
Jump City's park flared with sudden light as four figures materialized into existence.
 
Three guards in a mysterious underground complex leapt backwards as a glowing portal filled the hallway and shot several people at them.
 
And high in the skies above Metropolis, a glowing ball of light materialized and dropped three people toward the ground below.
As they fell, the slim blond girl in the group opened her eyes. For a moment she stared at the swiftly approaching lights.
Her eyes widened. Whoah.
to be continued...
 
A/N: Wow, what a lot of pretty story hits, alerts, and faves! Very nice! Thanks a lot! But you know what would be even nicer? REVIEWS. Faves are nice and all, but reviews give an actual personality to my readers. You become MORE than just a number, you become a living, breathing person! And you like breathing. So review.
Oh. Yes, I'm now aware that actually Deidara's arm was NOT sucked into another dimension, Kakashi's eye just broke it off at the shoulder. I'm sorry. Looking at the scene in the manga, it really, really looks like the arm just completely disappeared. Lets just label this an AU, shall we?
Now, while I'm at it, I have a misconception to clear up. A few of the reviews I did get expressed concern that NaruHina was overdone and that the pairing would dominate the Crossover. Also, I have a vague suspicion that many of the faves and alerts I did get relied partly on my statement in the last chapter that this would have the NaruHina pairing in it.
So. To be fair to both parties, here's the deal. This is not a NaruHina STORY, but it is a Crossover story with NaruHina elements. Same with Batman and Wonderwoman. The point of this story is not going to be Uzumaki cleaning out Hyuuga's tonsils, but at the same time I do plan for there to be NaruHina moments. To be honest, I'm not sure I could get rid of them if I tried-there was another plan I was trying to keep out of here, and it snuck in anyway.
And anyway, just because a pairings been done before doesn't make it bad, in the same way that a new pairing might not be good. I could write a Hashirama/Shiho pairing, but that doesn't mean it'd be any fun to read.
Next chapter should be up in two weeks or so. From what I've gotten done on it so far, I'm pretty proud of it... lets just say the DC heroes are going to meet the rookies in some interesting ways.

Not Mine

Connecting the Dots by Afalstein

Come on, guys I am seriously disappointed!!!!
No power stones, no comments, no reviews!!!!
Is this story that bad!!!! That you guys, don't even want to spare a few minutes, or few words, or few power stones, here, huh!!!!
At least, tell me in the comment box. So, I can find out the problem and fix it. As just like other authors, I, too, want to conversate with my readers. I, too, want to know the point of view of readers about this book of mine.
So, please at least spare a few minutes, from your busy schedule and show this book and author some encouragement and support.
Ahem!!! Sorry for the sudden outburst!! But you guys are seriously making things difficult for me. Since, I can't even tell that, whether my readers are even liking this story or not.
Anyways, time for good news : )  This book has been under review for one month time period, with the Goodnovel app. And if things go well, then I will start publishing it with the Goodnovel platform, too.
Don't worry, this book will continue to publish here, too. As this is the first and my favorite platform to publish this book. That's why I have applied for a non-exclusive contract, which allows me to publish my book on as many platforms as I want.
So, I will definitely complete this book on this platform. Since this is the first time, that my book has gotten 76 collections and 29.01k views altogether. Trust me, this seriously is a great achievement for a newbie author like me. And I am thank full to all my readers for this.
But next time, please consider adding comments, book reviews, and power stones, too. 
Thank you so much.
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 The very fellow, The Great Lord, Lord Chaol Bluethorn Arrhenius aka God of destruction came to pay a visit to this mere human, a weakling, whose mere sight is more than enough to rose the anger from the depth of hell, to reminisce the past, the betrayal, the enmity, everything.
The reason why he stays away from human and human matters. Because he knows the moment, he will see them, everything just flooded out back from the past. That day, that night, that century, everything.
The reason, he never tries to come even under the 500 m radius of Emma or her descendants' territory.  The reason why, he didn't chase after the people, who left this place and started the civilization!! Those humans, who in the end still started their race, their society, their civilization, their era. 
He just couldn't control his bloodthirst. He isn't some beast, who needs blood or anything like that, to survive. But, humans, he just can't afford to even breathe the same air as those of humans, he just hates them to their very core.
If possible, then he won't mind creating another bloodshed. But that's the problem, he can't. Because, he needs this very human, for the revival of The Dynasty of Magic.
And thus he tried his best to calm himself down. As much as possible. 
I know, most of you must be thinking, that before I was using 'it' to describe this fellow, but now I am using 'he' for him.
Well, the answer is very very very simple. This fellow ( the entire Royal  Clan of The Long Lost Kingdom ) are shape-shifting creatures; who possess magical powers and years of cultivated energy.
Shapeshifters are the type of creatures; that carry two forms in one body, just like two souls in one body: one human ( intellectual form )  while the other beastly ( animalistic, instinctual form ).
I am sure many of you must know about them; such as Werewolves, vampires, were dragons, were eagles, werebears, were foxes, were serpents, wererats, werelions, weretigers, sea monsters, mermaids and the list just goes on. 
But if you know any of the above mentioned, then congratulations, as you got the author's point. Since, the author doesn't know, how to describe shapeshifters more beautifully than with the help of these examples.
As for the shifter form of My Lord, that the author would like to keep as a secret for the upcoming chapters, till then you all can guess it.
Plus, I know the question is that shifters carry a hierarchical system of Alpha or Inari, then Beta, Omega, and all.
But the problem is; It is Earth and the Royal Clan is on Planet Uraco.  And just for a little thrill, neither all the magical creature of  the history or the present is a shape shifter, nor they all carry just a single shape or form. There could be one form shifters, two form shifters, five form shifters, seven form shifters as well.
At most the multi-shifters can possess 10 forms in one body. Not more than that.  As for the reason; that's either for defending themselves from the predators or offending others as predators.
This World is unique and so is its creator ( not the God Of Creation. It's The Supreme Almighty; who has been mentioned here. As the God of Creation, can't create organisms. He can only create suitable environments and places for the living of these organisms.)
The reason why the creator of this World, This Universe is unique because IT creates each and every individual in such a way, such a form that it can both defend itself from other organisms in one way or another while acting like a predator for others.
Because The Almighty provided both the strength and weakness to each and every individual, to make it equal in this World. So, that no one can rule over this world or this universe, which he created.
Each and everyone carries its weakness, the most vulnerable one, which can kill even the Deities of Heavens; be it in the form of food, energy, mortality, time span, power, brains, senses, or anything. 
Ahem!!! That was completely out of topic. Sorry about that.
Then, let's talk about the main topic, right!!! The reason why, Chaol has been referred to as he, is because currently, he is using his human form. 
But previously he was using his deity form. This fellow carries three forms; one beast, one human, one diety ( completely soul one ).  And since, deities can't be classified as he/ she. So, the author was using ' it' to mention Lord Chaol. Hehe!!!!
Anyways, so the main point is that, this diety came in his human form , and now currently was standing at the doors of Raj.

A person who finds a mysterious antique rusty watch ... in his grandparents house.... 
what will happen, when he finds out that this watch is actually a device that can help him to time travel...back in the past... or in the upcoming future... wheresoever he wants to travel...

But just like every fantasy has it's limits... this one has too ...

Just like Cinderella get to live like a princess and dance with her prince charming.... but have to return back to her original state...as soon as the clock stuck 12.... 

What will happen when the ML finds out.... that his fantasy..
 comes with a limit too ..

He was given 24 hours time limit...
He can do whatever he wants..in either past, present or future
 Can roam around wheresoever he wants .... in the past or future..

Can change anything in his life....
Can undo any mistake of his past...
Or Can see his future... or the future of Human civilization...

But....But...But.... he will just have 24 hours of a time.... 
Whatever he wants.... ,howsoever he wants, wheresoever he wants ...

But Just 24 hours...

What will he do????

Can he undo.....the biggest mistake....of his past too .....

**************** Little spoiler ****************

" No!!!! No.... f* ing way .... 
 It can't happen...
 I ....I just can't believe it. ." Raj shouted at the top of his lungs..
 not believing what he was watching...

He was watching her....Tina ... his first love...

" But...How? 
 She died 5 years ago.
 Then the one standing in front of me..." Raj's word trailed of..

" You are still daydreaming, Dumbo." said a beautiful teen girl, Tina...

And ...the next moment...he embrace her tightly...
very very tightly....in his arms....just like a child who is worried about his favourite toy being snatched away from him...

' No, no....I won't loose you this time...
 Not again.... never again...' Raj shouted in his mind...

He won't let the past repeat itself...
He won't loose her again ...

But ,what will happen ,when he finds out that he just has 24 hours !!!!!!!!!!!

F* ing 24 hours with her !!!!!


But Just 24 hours.......yep 24 hours...five years ago...
He chose ..to undo his biggest mistake...
He chose to change the moment he regrets the most....

But, What will he do????
Will he change ,what happen 5 years ago ???
Will he be able to save her??
Wi he confess his feelings for her ????
Will he make her love him back ????!

To know , please read my new novel...

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Lin Che knew that Qin Wanwan's movie had just started showing too. It was doing very well at the box office.
It was a teen film that had gained her many new fans.
Until now, people were still talking about how the movie was so pure and innocent. However, there were also many anti-fans talking about how all teen films followed the same tropes and were so boring; they were either about abortion or someone's death. Nevertheless, the box office results clearly showed otherwise. Ultimately, there were still many people who liked watching movies for the handsome male actor and the beautiful female lead, so the movie still did very well at the box office.
This time, Lin Che's movie with Gu Jingze was centered around defeating monsters. If the movie did well, a television series would possibly be released soon after.
They had invited many media outlets to the premiere. While interviewing Gu Jingyu, the reporters asked him, "Are you confident about the movie this time?"
Gu Jingyu replied, "What do you think?"
They were talking nonsense. Of course he had confidence. The quality of his movie was obvious. He had absolute confidence.
The reporters smiled in embarrassment. They knew that Gu Jingyu had always been like this and never gave anyone face.
The moment the reporters saw Lin Che, their faces immediately blossomed into smiles. In comparison, it was so much easier to interview Lin Che instead.
The reporters looked at Lin Che and asked, "Qin Wanwan's movie started showing a few days ago. Now that the two of you are in the same company, did you attend the premiere to support her?"
Lin Che said, "I've been busy recently, so I didn't have the time to watch the movie. But looking at her box office results, I don't think she needs my support either. One or two tickets is literally a drop in the ocean to her total box office results."
The reporters thought to themselves that sure enough, interviewing Lin Che was better. Look at how easy conversation was with her.
"So you didn't watch the movie."
"I did not."
"Then, since her movie did so well at the box office, are you worried that your movie won't do better than hers?"
"The person who should be worried is probably Gu Jingyu. After all, he's one of the producers. A small actress like me only has to worry about whether or not my acting skills will be acknowledged by everyone."
The person who should be worried was Gu Jingyu…
And Gu Jingyu was not worried at all…
Had Lin Che also learned to follow bad examples? She now knew how to digress from the topic of discussion and even knew how to divert the question to someone else.
Soon after, the movie began to play.
It was also Lin Che's first time watching the final version of the movie. She was extremely excited while watching it.
Because the final product was really terrific; the special effects could match up to those used in Hollywood movies, the pacing in the movie was just right, and the funny bits and sad bits all evoked the emotions they were meant to evoke.
Lin Che really felt as if she herself was in the movie.
When she recalled how arduous the filming process had been, she felt that it was all worth it.
The next day after the premiere, reviews of the movie were released.
The reporters thought that the movie was extremely groundbreaking; it was the first domestic fantasy movie that was of such good quality.
The 3D effects definitely matched up to good movies like "Transformers". The action scenes and the special effects were extremely beautiful. The post-production quality was exceptionally good. As for Gu Jingyu, it went without saying that even if he did nothing, the media outlets dared not say a single bad thing about him because they were worried about his fans.
As for Lin Che, despite the fact that many female leads had been criticized for being mere pretty faces in movies like these, her character was not overlooked at all. Everyone was also heaping praise on her for her beautiful fighting scenes, her androgynous appearance in the later part of the movie, and her exceptionally explosive acting when stranded in the wilderness.
In comparison, Qin Wanwan was criticized for simply acting as a ditzy and sweet girl. Immediately, everyone felt as if her acting was no big deal.
At the company, everyone was reading reviews and articles about the movie.
As she read the articles praising Lin Che's acting skills to the high heavens, Qin Wanwan was so angry that the muscles on her face were pulled tight.
Her manager Sister Lin stood there watching and said to Qin Wanwan, "Wanwan, don't get angry. No matter how much praise she gets, we can simply say that she achieved it by cozying up to Gu Jingyu. On the other hand, our movie is of top-notch quality."
Qin Wanwan said, "Alright. Go and tell them that! Quick, go."
Sister Lin looked at Qin Wanwan and quickly called up reporters with whom they had good relations to release false articles about Lin Che.
In no time, "Bandit Fairies" started showing in cinemas.
As the ratings for the movie were very high and had been given the title of being the first domestic blockbuster, it immediately topped the box office and broke the record for the number of viewers on its first day in cinemas.
The members of the production team were also elated. They felt that their individual efforts had finally paid off. Furthermore, everything else aside, the reality was that they would all get a significant percentage of the profits. That was cold, hard cash.
However, Lin Che had barely had the time to be happy about it because she saw articles stating, "Lin Che, does she really have acting skills or did she get on the path to success by cozying up to someone powerful…"
The article directly questioned whether the reason for the complete lack of poor reviews for Lin Che's movie was her stellar acting or because she was close to Gu Jingyu, such that everyone dared not criticize her out of respect for Gu Jingyu.
Then, the article compared her to Qin Wanwan, stating that Qin Wanwan had been criticized so heavily despite its good performance at the box office.
But Qin Wanwan was fighting a lonely battle. Since there was no top celebrity like Gu Jingyu, it was a few teen idols who had held up the movie and accomplished the box office feat.
In summary, the comparison was for the purpose of asserting that Qin Wanwan was the one with real skills as opposed to someone like Lin Che who had gotten this far by cozying up to someone powerful.
Yang Lingxin was so angry when she read the article and said, "The article is totally baseless. Qin Wanwan's movie has so many teen idols with so many fans. Sister Che, your acting skills have always been terrific. How dare they criticize you like this?"
Lin Che said, "Of course, this was Qin Wanwan's doing. If not for her, these articles wouldn't state such rubbish either."
Yang Lingxin asked, "Then, what should we do?"
"Forget it. The articles are spouting nonsense anyway. There's no point responding to them. We'll just let our skills speak for themselves."
"Precisely. The two of you are about to participate in the casting for Witch's Diary. Whoever gets the part is the one with better acting skills."
Lin Che said, "Exactly. We'll just audition for the role first and put everything else aside."
People found it a huge coincidence that the auditions for Witch's Diary were happening during this period.
They did not know who first released the news that Witch's Diary was having casting calls. Furthermore, it was said that the choice for the female lead had been narrowed down to Qin Wanwan and Lin Che.
Coincidentally, the relationship between the two of them was being fiercely questioned and widely discussed. Now that they were going to compete for the same role, it was really exciting to watch.
That day, Lin Che and Yang Lingxin arrived at the audition venue together.
Because the audition was a private one arranged between the companies, they did not expect to see a crowd of reporters standing around the entrance.
The moment they saw Lin Che, they surrounded her.
"Lin Che, are you confident about today's audition?"
"Lin Che, we just saw Qin Wanwan arrive. Did you two come together to attend the audition or did you each come alone?"
"Now that the two of you are competitors, will you wish her all the best if she gets the role?"
Lin Che looked at these reporters in disbelief. She really could not believe that they were asking such stupid questions.


Wealthy, powerful and handsome; Gu Jingze is the cream of the crop in the entire country. Every guy wants to be him and every girl wants to be with him. His life is perfect... except that he has one tiny secret that keeps him from getting close to any woman—apparent impotency.

That is, until he wakes up in bed with a total stranger one day. The next thing he knows, he is forced to marry this stranger; a feisty and boisterous woman by the name of Lin Che. 

Lin Che is an average girl whose only aim is to become a successful actress. Ostracized by her family and forced to become independent, she cooks up a scheme to attain her goal. But her plan fails and she ends up marrying this cold and seemingly heartless Gu Jingze. Not only that, she must now find her place in high society, where jealous women and devious plots lay abound - all while juggling her new career.  

Two strangers under one roof: From the outset, they agree to stay out of each other’s lives, but he somehow always manages to appear during her moments of crisis. Slowly and unwittingly, Lin Che begins to find it difficult to imagine a future without him. Will their relationship grow, or is their marriage destined to remain just a contract?

Some netizens rebutted the negative comments. [Hades calls Xiang Yi little sister* too, maybe they are really related.]
Immediately, a hoard of people countered.
　　——[Hehe, she already said in an interview that she was an only child. Where did this older brother come from?]
　　——[I'm questioning if Smog is even her brother now! Maybe he's just colluding with her to start a scandal!]
　　——[There can't be this many coincidences in this world. Do you think real life is more entertaining than TV dramas?]
The comment section became noisy as several people were unknowingly brought into the fray. Some people simply closed the stream, while others blocked the barrage.
Why was there so much bickering for a variety show?
The staff immediately reported the live comment situation to Li Jianyu.
Li Jianyu frowned. There were so many netizens, it was normal for a few haters to show up.
But it was meal time right now.
The most appealing aspect of "Two Under One Roof" over several days had been Xiang Yi's culinary endeavors.
Usually, comments during mealtimes were very peaceful and harmonious, so for a large scale dispute to happen like today...
It was very uncommon.
Suddenly, Li Jianyu thought of something and opened Chen Mian's—the "Heartbeat" director's—WeChat moments.
He updated his status a few minutes ago.
[ChenMian - Muyao TV]: Muyao TV's new livestream variety show "Delicious Three Meals" has officially set sail, thank you Meijia milk, Milky Clean Laundry Detergent, and Great Sports for their endorsements. Two top-tier celebrities will descend, and their identities will be revealed tomorrow at 9:00 am!
Li Jianyu gritted his teeth. He didn't expect Chen Mian to be able to start another variety show in light of what happened lately with cheating fans of their money!
And with this title, plus the number of attendees, it was obviously copying "Two Under One Roof"!
"Shameless..." Li Jianyu said fiercely. He didn't think Chen Mian could still be so vile after leaving Muyao TV!
The PR Department at Muyao TV was quite powerful. It wouldn't be completely off to assume all the bad reviews from their own stream had spawned from there.
In order to promote their own variety show, they wouldn't hesitate to bring down their competitors. This kind of vicious competition was really low!
At the dining table, nobody present knew of the feud that was happening in the comment section.
Once the dishes were all ready, the boys began to eat very slowly.
Xiang Yi didn't understand. "What's wrong? Does it not suit your taste? Do you want me to make you something else?"
She had taken into account the fact that the boys were still growing but still had to watch their figures. Hence, she'd made dishes that were high in protein but low in calories.
The most nutritious dish had been a medicated diet soup to nourish the kids, where the oil had been skimmed.
Jiang Chen gazed at her and pitifully said, "Sis, tomorrow we won't be able to eat your cooking..."
The atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became sullen.
They probably won't even be able to eat a full meal, let alone Xiang Yi's cooking.
Only then did they realize how accurate the phrase Senior Shi had said earlier "losing something hurts more after you've obtained it" was.
Such wisdom; no wonder he is their senior!
A casual sentence spoken by him can be the truth of humanity!
"How about this? If you guys want to eat anything, you can message me on WeChat. I'll cook it and get the driver to bring it to you." Xiang Yi was quite patient toward the pretty boys.
"Really?!" Jiang Chen and the others could feel their eyes light up.
"Mhmm. I always keep my word."
With this, the live comments in the stream became more brutal.
　——[Is she going crazy thinking about men? Spreading her net wide, I see]
　——[I suggest everyone report this show! The reason? It's setting bad examples!]
　——[Is the production team dead? Hurry up and set your dogs to drag this Xiang woman away! You can't let her ruin Shi Yingdi, Hades, and these poor little boys! She can go die alone to atone for her sins!]
*Translator's Note: Just like gege can be used to call a guy who is not actually your brother (Like Oppa in korean), people can call girls little sister, or "meimei" too without being related.


Xiang Yi was most famous vase in the entertainment industry. The subject of ridicule on the world wide web, she suddenly announced: She was going home to farm. Her anti-fans: Hehe. She deserves it. The next day, Xing Chen APP started a live broadcast stream of Xiang Yi's rural life. Heh? Why did a top ranking lawyer stop by for dinner? Heh? Why did a doctor come to raise chickens? Heh? Why is a famous fashion designer here to dye cloths? And why is an esports legend installing a swing set? What, you're her brother? You're also her brother?? As the much anticipated grand slam actor Shi Sui made his grand descent into the scene, the anti-fans began to tremble as they weakly typed out on the screen: You... Are you also her brother? The film star calmly squeezed Xiang Yi's cheeks and says indifferently: I am her husband. The anti-fans: Unabletolaugh.jpg 

Oh Hoon.
Woosung remembered seeing him on TV in his previous life. 
Oh Hoon said to Woosung, "I heard a lot about your data analysis skill."
Lee Sunghyun nodded. 
Woosung answered, "Thank you."
"I wish we could have met sooner but we have been both very busy."
Oh Hoon sounded genuine. It was no wonder he was a successful politician. His words sounded sincere and kind.
"I should have visited you sooner. I apologize." Woosung said to him respectfully. 
Oh Hoon replied, "Should we get to the business on hand? I heard you think I will be re-elected?"
"Yes. Currently, my analysis tells me you will win but only by a little. Unlike the Democratic Party's Han Minsook, you have already proven your skill as the mayor of the capital city. You have made the city better with natural gas public buses and building a customer support service to hear the public's suggestions and complains. Most people like the improvements you made."
Woosung complimented him, but Oh Hoon wanted more. "Can I hear the specifics? How did my work affect people exactly?"
"Firstly, when I search your name on Google, one of the most popular relevant terms that come up is the public call center. The public's reviews all state how convenient it is for them." Woosung took a deep breath and continued. "I collected the positive and negative words that came up with your name online and compared them. I did the same for Han Minsook too."
Oh Hoon looked at Woosung with interest. 
Woosung continued. "I also collected the public's countless comments about you and the other candidate. What I came up with was based on all of these data, but remember, I am not saying I am giving you data that speaks with a hundred percent certainty. It is all about the game of numbers."
Oh Hoon suddenly looked disappointed. Lee Sunghyun's eyebrows flinched. 
Woosung continued. "But to be honest, I have never been wrong so far. I have made many predictions and they all turned out to be accurate."
Both Oh Hoon and Lee Sunghyun brightened once again, but their frowns returned after hearing Woosung's next words.
"But then, perhaps I made things to happen my way and that is why I have been right so far."
Woosung said it with a hint of mystery.
He was implying he could make things happen.
Oh Hoon smiled again and replied, "Haha, no wonder Lee Sunghyun recommended you. Make things happen…And do you think you can make the election result go my way?"
"If the reward is big enough."
"Hahaha, you're a true businessman. What would you like me to do for you?"
Woosung answered slowly. "You must feel the world changing. The era of hardware is gone and IT technology is the new future."
"Are you talking about smartphones?"
"Not only that. I was also thinking even more progressively."
Lee Sunghyun looked at Woosung in confusion. Oh Hoon also looked curious.
Woosung asked, "Do you know the bus-only lane?"
Both nodded. It was the previous mayor's crowning achievement.
"The goal was to make sure the public transportation gets to its destination faster. Another improvement was the Transportation Card system."
Both nodded again. 
Woosung continued. "This was why the low-income citizens loved this idea. Subway used to cost 90 cents and another 90 cents for the bus separately. However, with the card system, they now only have to pay 90 cents for both the subway and the bus fee."
Oh Hoon asked impatiently, "I know all that. So what are you trying to say?"
"If I go to a convenient store and load my Transportation Card with my credit card, 2% fee is charged by the VAN (Value Added Network)." Oh Hoon and Lee Sunghyun appeared to be ignorant of this fact. Woosung continued. "Currently, the reload system involves the VAN and the credit card company sharing this 2% fee. This was created before the internet became widespread, but at this point, this is unnecessary and is costing the public."
Oh Hoon asked quickly, "So do you have a solution to replace the VAN?"
"I also think the fee is too expensive."
"So?"
"I recommend a new system. You can call it Seoul Pay or S Pay for short. It will replace VAN. It will also decrease the fee to 1% maximum and as low as 0.5%. This will benefit the public a great deal."
Oh Hoon seemed unconvinced. "But if that's possible, why wouldn't it have been applied already?"
"Before now, we didn't have the technology or the funds for it. Not to mention, the main problem was due to the many small businesses that won't support the idea."
Lee Sunghyun glared at Woosung. This was something new and he didn't like to be surprised like this.
Oh Hoon asked again unconvinced, "Are you sure?"
"Can I show you right now?"
"I would love that."
Woosung made a quick call, and his assistant brought in various items with bar codes and the POS machine.
***
 
Woosung showed many examples. When he took the POS onto the Blue S2 phone, it beeped with an alert that said the transaction was completed. One could also check the transaction history right away.
"You can use the existing POS system or the ones that can be provided by KND."
"By using S Pay, you will earn S Coin, but you will get less of it as your fee will be less as well?"
"That's right, and if they want to cash their S Coins, they can do it at any KND POS stations or through my new company Bitmain at the rate of 1:1."
"I don't see that much of a difference between S Coin and the existing credit card reward points."
"The main differences are the security and the future value of the coins. Firstly, I will be using blockchain, which is a new technology." Woosung brought out the paperwork he prepared. "This is the proof that it is a superior system."
Oh Hoon nodded earnestly. Woosung could tell it was almost a done deal.
"The second advantage is the value of the coins. These S Coins could become more valuable in the future."
Both men's eyes widened. "How?"
"You are probably aware of how popular Blue S2 is currently." Woosung continued. "I am planning on creating another line of luxury phones. For examples, Blue S2 Diamond and Gold. They will be limited editions. They will also have KND services included in the phone for free. These phones could be purchased only through the use of S Coins."
Oh Hoon rubbed his chin. 
Woosung added. "Of course this plan does not have to be disclosed immediately to the public. The first thing will be to sell this idea by emphasizing the advantage of fee reduction. I think this will be the way for you to win this election with 100% certainty."
"It sounds like your idea is an innovative system that can be applied anywhere. It doesn't actually have to start in Seoul. It almost feels like I should be asking you for it, rather than you suggesting it to me."
"As a matter of fact, I was going to launch it in America first, but I wanted it to be applied in working condition as soon as possible. A nationwide application would take too long, but if we start in Seoul first, it could yield results immediately. Once the people see how beneficial it is, it will spread like wildfire nationwide. I can then take it overseas." 
Woosung added. "What I want is to prove this system a sense of speed and security. What you will get is a lasting achievement as the mayor of Seoul. Who knows? This could get you even further in your career."
Oh Hoon looked excited.
Every Korean politician's dream was to become the President of Korea.
He asked, "Are you confident about your plan?"
"I just proved it to you."
"S Pay. S Coin."
"Seoul Pay. Seoul Coin. This could be your shining legacy."
Oh Hoon nodded again. There was no room for Lee Sunghyun to join between Oh Hoon and Woosung.

Is money really everything in a life?
If you could live through your life again you must become a God of money. A person who lives for money. A person who treats money with the worth it deserves.

"What are you busy doing? The battle's already begun, so why aren't you going outside?"
The liches gathered their mana and summoned a thick blanket of dark clouds that blotted out the sun, while skeleton mages summoned a never-ending sea of skeletons. With a fierce intent to do battle, the infinite amount of cannon fodder arrived on the battlefield. The fighting had reached its peak…. Just joking!
Although the first part of all that was true, it wasn't important.
The undead indeed began their battle against Oak Town. But strangely, they seemed to be highly unmotivated. The battling wasn't fierce at all. High-level undead troop types like Abominations weren't even sent out.
Even though it was quite a common tactic for undead mages to summon a sea of skeletons to overwhelm their enemy with the force of numbers, the sea of skeletons still needed a sufficient amount of supporting, powerful troops to be at its most effective. Only summoning weak skeletons and having them attack by themselves would be no different from giving their enemy free practice targets and experience.
The defending adventurers felt that it would be a waste to even use arrows against this pure sea of skeletons. It was enough to simply have the treants toss large boulders. A single boulder rolling downhill would act just like a bowling ball, sending shattered bones flying everywhere.
"How boring. That's just nothing but testing our defences. There's nothing worth watching at all."
There would be no possible result because both sides were still testing each other right now. All they were doing was wasting a minor amount of ammunition and losing a very low amount of lives.
"What are you doing? [The Adventurer Review System]? What is this?"
"I'm just adding a new patch to the 'Contract Heroes' system."
"A patch? What kind of hellish idea have you come up with now?"
"Well, something that's obtained too easily won't be valued. And, if everyone is treated equally in the Contract Heroes System, it's actually unfair to those who work the hardest and have the most accomplishments. So, I created this VIP level system, where the best 'employees' will obtain even greater honors and levels in the system."
I even started laughing out loud as I said this. It was precisely of that spy's appearance, as well as the large mercenary groups and adventurers remaining on guard against each other, that helped me discover many insufficiencies about my Contract Heroes system.
"Why are you laughing so evilly? Honor? Are you such a nice person? Why do I feel like you're going to make others suffer again?"
"No, I just recalled something funny. So what do you think of this level system I came up with?"
"One heart, two hearts, three hearts, one diamond, two diamonds… One crown, two crowns? What's with all these designs? Hearts, diamonds, and crowns? Is there a connection between them?"
"It is something you wouldn't understand, a representation of the greatest honor! It's a label that represents how much money you've spent. Although in the end, many people started grinding and making fake accounts, in addition to those professional counterfeiters, rendering it completely unreliable… at the very least, it was quite reliable when it first appeared."
Actually, what pictures were used for the designs was unimportant. Although I evilly plagiarized the designs used in a certain Chinese application [1], Contract Heroes indeed needed a clear level system that indicated their level of reliability.
In this world, mercenaries and adventurers didn't have a clear level system. How mercenaries and adventurers got hired relied completely on their past reputations and personal connections. This was precisely why that empty shell of a mercenary group from before that lost all but a few of its members still had people fighting over succeeding its name. The reputation that it established over the past hundred years was the greatest wealth of all.
Establishing a credibility rating system for adventurers and mercenaries would require a neutral accreditation party that the public and all the countries trusted in. Previously, this would obviously be impossible in this generation where so many countries existed in opposition to each other.
The Mercenary Guild? Many mercenaries would treat the Mercenary Guild as a neutral intermediary which provided services for them. In fact, the Mercenary Guild would often help retired and injured mercenaries find new jobs, provide water and food for mercenaries, fix and maintain their weapons, enchant their equipment, provide job opportunities for current mercenaries, and other such services. But most of the time, the Mercenary Guild relied on the mercenaries themselves to support it. They lacked any forceful measures against the mercenaries themselves.
This was what the royalty of every country wished to see. Not a single country wanted to see the neutral Mercenary Guild have its own power and independence. Otherwise, the power the Mercenary Guild possessed would become dangerous to their interests.
"Absolutely neutral, and we focus on providing services to all mercenaries." This could basically be the catchphrase of the Mercenary Guild.
The end result was that all Mercenary Guilds and mercenary alliances lacked credibility in the minds of most adventurers and mercenaries. There was also no way for countries to recognize the validity of Mercenary Guilds from other countries. If you mentioned a particular mercenary group or adventurer, the most you could describe them with was "Oh, they seem to be quite famous" or "He sounds like he's pretty powerful." Vague words like these, but they were obviously unconvincing and unreliable.
The lack of a very clear review system wasn't good for either the employers or the employed. After all, potential employers would also be afraid that the bodyguards they spent so much money on hiring turned out to be bandits that attacked their own employer or a group of weaklings posing as the strong. The mercenary groups would also worry whether their employer would treat themselves as nothing more than expendable cannon fodder. This was why the hardest missions with the highest requirements could only be found through personal connections or privately notifying a Mercenary Guild. The oldest and most veteran mercenary groups would only become stronger and stronger, and newly-established mercenary groups would find it impossible to receive high-level jobs.
Without a doubt, this limited the ability of the average mercenary and adventurer to improve themselves. But if there was a completely reliable and trustworthy neutral party that assessed all the mercenaries and adventurers, the situation would be greatly improved. At the very least, a mercenary group with over 90% excellent reviews would definitely look a lot better than a mercenary group that had more than 50% negative reviews… why did I feel like I was turning my Contract Hero into Amazon.com?
Reviewing a mercenary's personal strength as well as paying the mercenary would be connected to the level system I had in mind. For instance, a mercenary who had a level of double crowns, the highest level in my system, would mean that he had performed lots of tasks for his employers and had a large number of excellent reviews. Naturally, this mercenary would be able to charge higher prices for his services and could be considered a very trustworthy individual.
"And this isn't only for mercenaries and adventurers. Just take a look at the battlefield. Don't you feel that something's wrong about the situation?"
"Nah, I'm not interested in children's games like this battle."
Fine then. Although I was just saying so, I had indeed noticed that something seemed off about the situation since I really did feel that these small-scale battles, which were only meant to test the enemy, were quite boring.
"In the past, for the most difficult of missions, multiple mercenary groups would team up together. Naturally, they didn't particularly trust each other or know how each other worked. So either someone everyone agreed on would be voted as a temporary leader or all the leaders would work together in a temporary alliance. Perhaps this is sufficient for small-scale battles, but there are also obvious limitations to this. If this continues for the Contract Heroes, there will be quite a number of disadvantages."
Indeed, as the Contract Heroes system expanded and the "Heroes" became stronger and more numerous, the individual Contract Heroes not tied to any organization would become more and more important. For example, this defensive battle at Oak Town was basically the first time the Contract Heroes acted as the main forces, but in the future, Contract Heroes would be appearing at much larger-scale battles, perhaps even at a national level. It seemed far too outdated and inefficient to continue using the same old leadership system from before. This current battle was exposing quite a number of problems.
"Just take a look at the warriors standing on the frontlines. While they're accepting orders on the frontlines, they're still turning around to look at people on the castle walls. They're probably looking for their real bosses' orders, instead. Also, all the archers are actually 'kill stealing' to try and obtain more Justice Points, which means that they're focusing far too much to fire at targets worth a large amount of Justice Points. This is far too much of a waste of important ammunition. As long as 'Contract Heroes' remain like this, no matter how powerful they are, they're still nothing more than a loose pile of sand."
Not even mentioning the fact that the Heroes had spies amongst each other working for rival organizations, they lacked trust in each other. They were all proud individuals who weren't willing to be others' subordinates apart from those they recognized. How could they possibly trust in others' commands? The moment they met a dangerous task, pushing responsibility onto others and blaming each other for failure was the most natural thing to do. On the battlefield, lacking an "absolute authority" was definitely damaging.
Perhaps it wouldn't be that noticeable if the battle was going well, but the moment a battle started going poorly it would be easy for internal conflicts to arise and people to resist orders. Maybe even the entire battle would be lost or traitors would appear, all because the leaders lacked absolute authority or were filled with selfish intentions.
At the very least, currently, the most obvious problem was that there were far too many commanders. There were quite a few adventurers and mercenaries giving orders. But all these people wanted to be leaders, not to win the battle, but to have their own subordinates safely and reliably earn as many Justice Points as possible.
So, apart from personal honor in my planned level system, apart from being able to give reviews to ordinary warriors, certain special individuals could also receive titles such as "Top-level Commander" or "Professional Commander" and so on. This would make it more convenient for them to take charge, and it would even help us create some classic examples and heroes, giving us more control over people's opinions of us.
But when I explained all this to Harloys, she had a different opinion from me.
"Why not just use a military title system, with sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and other such titles? Wouldn't that be a better and more direct system?"
I could only smile wryly at this. Although Harloys was incredibly talented in magic, she didn't know much about politics. For some things, I just couldn't rely on her.
"That would be far too sensitive of a topic. It would sound like we created a personal army. What would each country's royalty and church think of that?"
Yep, I was certain that the moment we used military titles for our system, our Justice Points system would immediately be targeted as a threat by every single country.
"Tsk, humans are so troublesome. I'm going to go out and take a look."
"Let me know if there are any changes in the situation. Have a few people keep a good eye on those high-level undead, especially the two living individuals in their camp."
Harloys turned around and left, leaving me alone with my frustrations.
Creating a review system would directly relate to the credibility and future of our Justice Points system. I needed it to have an obvious level system in order to make it more convenient to establish leaders that everyone would follow, yet I also couldn't make it too rigid of a system that would make the various countries in this world sense danger. The more I thought about it, the more troublesome I felt it would be.
"Hmm, should I add in a 'Thumbs-up' system? A person can increase in level with thirty-two thumbs-ups. Or, after receiving some set amount of thumbs-ups, they'll receive an official title… Wait a moment, there will always be things I can't predict—I need to also think of a way to preemptively prevent career negative reviewer trolls from appearing!"
[1] Taobao, China's version of Amazon


This is the story of a crazy lich who possesses an internal game system and brings catastrophe to the entire world.
“Let’s look at the daily quests today… it’s the damned choose one-of-two-options-type again. Destroy a town with a population of 30,000 people or above; reward: 10,000 evil points. Steal lollipops from 3 children; reward: 1 evil point. If neither of the quests is completed, then 2 points will be deducted.”
“Tsk! You think I’m stupid? If I really destroyed a town, a crusade of Myth-ranked Holy Knights would definitely come hunting me down. Even if I earned the points, there wouldn’t be any life left in me to spend them. I better just go be a kindly lollipop bandit.”
I’ve already had enough of being a notorious lich. Who says a lich can’t be a good person? I’m definitely going to beat this damned system and be an upright and dignified good man.

For new authors like me, the reader's comments give us support. Reviews give us direction, and collection gives us motivation.

So what is collection? Collection is the number of people that add our stories in their libraries. It is a way for authors to gauge whether their story is popular or not. There is a hidden truth that most readers don't know about the "Collection" count on Webnovels. 

The Collection count is the number one killer of new authors. Killing would be an extreme word for it, more like…the number one "reason" why authors drop their stories.

Why? Because a story that no one reads is a dead story. 
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Xandarx: You guys have any idea how to build mercenary?

WWFire: Money can answer most of things.

Elyon: If all else fails USE LOLIS.

WanderingQi: I got flamed for introducing a loli in my novel LMAOO!

Elyon: Who is that heretic?

WanderingQi: And all my collections dropped by like 200 lol.

Elyon: Give me the name and I'll set LittleSister loose on him.

Madreader: @WanderingQi 200? Really?

WanderingQi: Yea, I dropped a lot. Made me go on hiatus and considering dropping the entire novel.

WWFire: Do u lewd the loli?

Elyon: Are you sure it's the loli's fault? I don't believe it.

WanderingQi: No. I made the system take the loli form lol.

Elyon: That doesn't make any sense.

Murakami: I bet it was those MILF lovers.

Elyon: Having a loli system gives you brownie points. Maybe you did something wrong?

Murakami: Loli Grand Summoning.

WWFire: That is highly possible will lead to lewd the loli path.

Madreader: @WWFire loli lewd path will achieve top ten ps ranking.

Elyon: Adding lolis will guarantee that you get high ratings it's a fact.

WWFire: What a dilemma of lewding the loli. #lolialwaysright

Elyon: Yes.

Madreader: @WanderingQi you must've added them late.... after absorbing the 1 percent loli haters.

WanderingQi: Haha, it was added in the beginning. Well, near the beginning. But then again, I'm also a scrub author.

Madreader: @Elyon Probably his dao of lolis is low.

Elyon: @Madreader sir my respect to you have increased by ten points.

WanderingQi: What is your dao? "The dao of lolis."

Elyon: The Dao of lolis is a passive. It just boost your skills. It allows you to freely give lolis head pats and hugs without making them run away.

WanderingQi: Favorability +1 towards lolis

Elyon: Yes +2 to charisma. Oi oi I'm not a lolicon SMH <-- member of the Lolita no Touche Faction.

[A/N: Let me say it loud and clear! I, AM, NOT, A, LOLICON. Don't listen to the authors of Webnovels, they are besmirching my good name especially Zenith. Hmmph! I saw your comments while I was sleeping. Don't make me catch you later!]

WanderingQi: I'm a trash author, but I think it works lol.

Elyon: Fellow trash author hello.

WanderingQi: Hello.

Elyon: *Shakes hand*

WanderingQi: *shakes hand* Nice to meet you fellow trash author!

Elyon: It's good to see you too fellow trash author!

Murakami: *looks in disdain at the trash discovery writers*

WanderingQi: We can continue to write junk food novels for the masses!

Elyon: Yes, give them diabetes, kidney stones, and gallstones.

WanderingQi: Haha.

Elyon: Haha! cheers to trashy authors.

Murakami: Kek.

Elyon: Wtf is this nonsense? I posted that I'll be taking 2 days vacation and I get 3 collections? What kind of logic is this? *is considering taking an extended vacation*

Murakami: Goes on hiatus, collections shoot through the roof.

Elyon: *goes back with 1k collections feels good man*

Murakami: Kek.

Rychil: @Elyon you also write smut?

Elyon: AHEM!

Rychil: I thought you're a pure and innocent person.

Elyon: I am pure and innocent. *nods*

Murakami: Rychil you are trolling me.

WWFire: *suddenly posted a real loli with big muscles.*

Elyon: Aargghhh! My eyes! What is seen cannot be unseen.

Rychil: *laugh emoticon*

Elyon: OMG! She has Ladybeard with him?!

The authors in the discord chatroom once again descended into procrastination mode, and some of them failed to write their chapters for the day. Another normal day in the discord chatroom.






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Author's Thoughts

When I first started writing, I was unaware of the importance of collection. I just want to write my story so that people can read it. But, after posting it in this platform called Webnovels, you tend to learn about things that make you change your perspective.

When I got my first ten collections, I was very happy. I thought that this number will continue to rise as I write my story. Then my senior authors started talking about collection count and I found out that my collection/view count is way "toooooo looooooooow".

Mmm, thinking back, it was one of the most depressing days of my life as a new writer. I only got ten collections after writing so many chapters and I thought that, how can people not love my story? It's so awesome, so epic, so fabulous that they will be pestering me instead to release more chapters. 

Authors are like that. They think that their stories are the best. The most beautiful, the most exciting, the most engaging, the most…so on and so forth. Unfortunately, in the face of reality, all of "THESE" crumble.

That day, I stared at my collection and asked myself. Why did they add it? Is my story interesting enough? Did my drop-dead, gorgeous, sexy body passed through the walls of space and time, and forced them to reconsider to add my story to their libraries?

For them to survive my story that had been labeled as… a story that will make people want to stab their eyes for the horrible grammar, tenses and sentence structures, breaks my heart.

To this day, I still don't know the answer. But, I'd like to believe that these ten silent readers of mine are there because they genuinely loved my story. That was enough, that was more than enough for me.

Silent readers is a term used by some of the authors in Webnovels. They are the people who love to read stories, add them to their libraries, but don't give comments or leave reviews. They're just there. Silently reading, silently supporting their favorite authors with their presence. 

We appreciate these readers, but you know…we want you to talk to us too. We want you to say something. We want you, to make your presence known. 

Do we really have to say "Please notice me Senpai?".

My friend, sleepteddy, said a few words before about improving his grammar for the sake of his reader's mental health. Believe it or not, some of the authors worry about our reader's mental health as well (Sleepteddy and I are the perfect examples of responsible authors!)

My beloved readers, I'm not telling you this so that you will avoid removing stories in your libraries. No, that's not the reason why this chapter was written. I want you to know that every time you remove a story from your library, somewhere out there, a new author is facing a heartbreak (LMAO! Guilt-tripping eh?)

A small snippet is needed to show you, how a decrease in collection count affects new authors. 
(Some of the conversations here was made up…or was it?)
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A Certain Story Teller: We ain't genius authors mate we're just amateurs. I'm not crying TWAT! TWATS!

A Certain King: *kicks the chair next to him* Damn it... I knew I had a problem with character connections.

A Certain Chat Killer: I'm depressed, please give me a shoulder to cry *cry emoticon*

A Certain Story Teller: BOI WE THE DEPRESSED DUO.

A Certain Hateful Person: *sings* Hello Darkness my old friend…I've come to talk with you again.
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Mmm, I'm surrounded by these kinds of authors. Can you think of my mental health whenever you remove a story in your library?

Joking aside, I do believe that a good story will always have fans waiting for the author to upload the next chapter everyday. If a story is interesting enough, then having a big collection count is just around the corner.

A gem will always shine once it is discovered, so it's just a matter of time, a bit of luck, and pray to the RNG GODS that your novel will be featured on the trending and daily updates list.

For new authors, their first 100 collection is a milestone. This gives them the assurance that there are people, somewhere out there, that are reading their story. The second milestone is 500 collections, then next 1,000, then 5,000, and finally 10,000.

The moment a story hit a collection count of 10,000, the authors can give themselves a pat on the shoulder because they had crossed a certain threshold. It means that a small minority of people deemed their story to be worth reading.

Of course, it doesn't stop there. There is a certain author in Webnovels that I know that have…millions in his collection.

Perhaps, someday, some of the authors in the discord chatroom will also reach that milestone. Until then, we just have to keep writing, keep improving, and keep making exciting stories that will make people "Want to ADD our stories in their libraries."

Have you ever wondered what your favorite Authors in Web Novels do during their free time? Don't forget that Authors are humans too and they have their own quirks and opinions. 

How can those Domineering CEO's that you love to read even compare to the manliness of our drop dead gorgeous authors who cries like little babies when they are stressed out and can't write anything due to Writer's Block!? Cultivation Chat Group can't even compare! 

Join our fearless Author Elyon as he show you a world filled with Frustrations, Stress, Anxiety, and Procrastination! 

WELCOME to The Webnovel Writer's Chatgroup!
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P.S The Cover Drawing is not mine. I just find it nice so I used it. Full credits go to the owner.

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