I really don't know why these people would seize the opportunity to brag about Otto.
In this book, because Otto's plan went smoothly - at least in his eyes, so in the Awakening of the Herrscher of Death in the middle of the plot, Otto's murderous intent towards Maki, who "might have realized the truth", was no longer so strong.
After all, Otto killed those who were capable of sensing his true intentions not because he was bloodthirsty, but simply because he was afraid that others would discover the truth.
The plans in this book have been progressing rapidly. Otto must consider leaving a team behind to help Theresa. Someone with strong scientific research ability like Maki will naturally not be killed after returning.
Let’s go back to the previous topic, why I feel that Maki’s ideas must be strongly criticized.
Maki developed the HSN serum after her granddaughter died. That's amazing, really amazing.
But the method is ridiculous - seeing Kiana injected with serum directly is only because Kiana herself is special enough. If other Valkyries were given this injection, they would probably be turned back into ordinary people.
Because the Valkyrie's body needs to be transformed and she will be able to fight on the front line when she reaches a high enough level, the average age of the Valkyrie is concentrated in the second half of her twenties (25-29, this period comes from the Japanese official book which is full of loopholes), so this profession is high-risk and short-lived.
Then let's see what happens to these Valkyries after Machi tries to "save" them in this way so that they won't be overly eroded by Honkai energy.
I have to say one thing first. Some of the Valkyries are trained to become Valkyries in order to protect humanity, while the other part are simply so upset by the Honkai that they want to fight the Honkai after their families are destroyed.
Anyone who has been following the main storyline of Honkai Impact 3rd knows that miHoYo will occasionally come up with some chapters about supporting characters without dubbing when releasing the main storyline.
In one of the supporting character chapters, it is mentioned that some Valkyries would go to special equipment to look at their past happy memories every time they returned from a mission before continuing to fight.
Then let’s go back to Maki’s operation.
For a warrior who wants to protect humanity, Maki's actions are equivalent to depriving her of the power to fight regardless of her thoughts, which is actually a bad thing.
For people like Lin Yu who want to take revenge on Honkai, giving him an injection and turning him into a cripple might be more painful than killing him.
Your intention is good, but I think it is really unacceptable to make decisions for this group of people without asking for other people's opinions, which is self-satisfying - especially when your decision will harm the interests of others.
So actually, whether it was when I was writing the previous book or this book, I had a pretty bad impression of Maki.
Of course, there is a reason why I didn’t write it this way as it is in the book.
When Maki and Ji Ran met, Ji Ran had already been separated into good and evil in his subconscious because of the power of control. It was the good side that was acting outside at the time, so Maki was controlled by him and locked up in the Demon City to do scientific research.
Why does it sound quite vicious... Never mind. Considering that Ji Ran himself has the characteristics of a demon king, this is already very gentle.
Then look back at Lin Yu.
Unlike Ji Ran, Lin Yu took the initiative to forget the past in the early stage, so his personality was not so extreme and he was not disturbed by the power of the devil.
And in this book, in Lin Yu's eyes, Maki is half his benefactor.
In Changkong City, he survived by relying on Maki's serum. In the Singapore chapter, he also won after weakening Yuno by relying on the serum sprinkled by Maki.
Maki is not a good person, but with Lin Yu's personality, he will definitely be polite to him if he feels that he owes Maki a favor.
In addition, although everyone may think that [he doesn't think he is wrong, he just regrets it after hurting himself], this is normal and even correct. In my opinion, if Maki's granddaughter hadn't died, he would probably still be that evil old man instead of an abstract idiot.
But feeling the pain yourself will make you regret it and want to repent, which is at least five hundred times better than not repenting after feeling the pain and continuing to find ways to cheat others.
Everyone knows who is being scolded, so I won’t say more here.
In my opinion, the conversation between Lin Yu and Maki in the final ending is my own personal speculation about Maki.
Judging from the fact that he chose to stay behind without hesitation at the end of the Moon Shadow chapter to cover the retreat, Maki probably didn't want to live anymore.
So after the war, Maki had been sorting out the information, just so that he could find a place to rest in peace after completing the final work.
But after Lin Yu came back, Lin Yu, who had already completed his revenge, would definitely be relatively gentler in character.
So he thought of a way to let Lin Yu help a group of people win the resurrection match, among whom was Maki's granddaughter, so that Lao Deng could finally meet his granddaughter again.
It's not a particularly good plot, and it can't even be said to be a plot that everyone wants to see, but it's a plot that I wrote because I thought "Lin Yu would do this."
Well, there's probably nothing more to say, next one.
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Ghost - one of the characters determined from the beginning of the story.
In fact, the writing concept for this character can basically be applied to Yuno's side.
Because there is very little about a ghost, the author has a lot of room to play around with its appearance, abilities, and a little bit of experience.
With a basically blank setting, I gave Ghost the character of "Veteran of the Second Honkai Impact" in this book, so she and Siegfried's character are even semi-acquaintances.
The reason why she was chosen as a teacher was simply because there were only a few well-known and suitable Valkyries at the headquarters.
In my opinion, Ghost, an A-class Valkyrie who has super disguise skills [in fact, those who have read the original novel may not necessarily recognize this as a disguise, because there is no disguise that can directly make up for the height difference and enlarge the chest], and can lurk in the front line of the enemy's battle and get away with nothing, should have a higher status than ordinary A-class Valkyries.
So in the setting of this book, the ghost is the one who is responsible for managing intelligence.
She took Lin Yu as her student for a variety of reasons, half of which was due to Rita's request and half because she had high hopes for Lin Yu.
I would also like to add some personal settings that are not written in the plot.
Although Lin Yu became a vengeful ghost after his parents died, he still has a conscience.
However, this little bit of conscience would not allow him to maintain the mentality to try not to involve other people when he took revenge later.
The reason why he became so gentle later on was, on the one hand, because when he first became a Herrscher, he took the initiative to use the cutting technique, allowing his extreme side to withstand the pressure of Honkai, and the remaining side was relatively gentle.
When Lin Yu regained his other side, even if there was enough hatred in his heart, it was somewhat diluted by the [family love, friendship, and love] he felt from his companions at that time.
Another factor is that Ghost is taking his apprentice seriously.
In the setting of this book, she is a veteran of the Second Honkai Period. During the Second Honkai Period, Otto's actions led to the death of almost all the Valkyries. In this situation, Ghost will definitely pay more attention to the safety of the members of the Destiny, and on the other hand, he will definitely have a deeper hatred for Honkai. At the same time, he will have a sense of responsibility to fight against Honkai that exceeds that of ordinary members of the Destiny.
Before Lin Yu became successful, Ghost definitely had no intention of passing on this sense of responsibility to Lin Yu, but although she didn't have this idea, when she taught Lin Yu, it did have some influence on Lin Yu's mentality.
It can be said that Lin Yu did not become a pure revenge ghost later, and the ghost had a positive influence in this regard.
As for the later plot, after Ghost confirmed that Otto was a troublemaker, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees. After reading the above statements, everyone should be able to understand it.
Fourteen years ago, Ghost watched his comrades die one by one and only a few people survived, including himself. Fourteen years later, he found out that it was all Otto's fault.
Even though Ghost is a relatively calm person in my eyes, his blood pressure would probably soar because of something like this.
In addition, from the moment it was confirmed that ghosts would appear in this book, I had no intention of writing them as a harem. In my opinion, the protagonist should have some normal predecessors and elders. It's too much for all women to be lesbians.
By the way, Ghost was mentioned by other characters in the book starting from around 120,000 words, but he officially appeared only around 700,000 words. In a sense, this is quite consistent with the code name "Ghost".
There’s nothing much to say about the other feelings, let’s move on to the next one.
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Anna - a character that I had no intention of writing from the beginning of the plot.
To be honest, before writing about Anna, I went back to read the plot before I could figure out what she looked like in the original book. Because the original book had too little plot, it left too little impression on me, so I didn't know how to start writing.
Then I did some research and found that she is essentially shy. She would blush when Chen Tianwu said a few words to her. So I could only write in this direction.
As I was writing I realized something was not right. I was shy and struggling while giving it away for free. It felt a bit like what happened with Mei.
Having overlapping attributes among the main characters is bad enough, and it's even worse to write about.
After this terrible situation occurred, it was too late to follow Yuno's example and create a super second character whose character design was not up to par with the original one.
Originally, there was a separate personal storyline planned for the awakening of the law, but a serious problem was later discovered.
Lin Yu... is too strong.
When the plot of Anna's awakening could be arranged, Lin Yu directly opened the barrier to destroy her power, then hugged her in his arms and shot her in the back with the God-killing Spear - it was over.
Then I'll have to write a stupid single-player story, which has no beginning.
Failure to control combat power will cause the plot to get out of control, and insufficient writing skills will cause some characters in the plot to become victims.
It’s a pity that Anna became a victim because of my personal lack of strength. In the next book…
Let’s talk about the next book later, the next one.
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Su - When writing about this character, I have to review some of the ideas mentioned in the previous article on the protagonist's character to help everyone review them.
In my opinion, most of the worlds Su saw should have something in common. As long as he can combine the information he saw in these worlds and then enter Tianming to investigate a little, he can verify where Otto's trump cards are.
After all, Su, who has a lot of information and can hypnotize, teleport and even fight well, is simply a super plug-in when released.
As for Su's skill set, personal ability and intelligence, if they are given to ordinary time travelers to operate, in my opinion, they can basically become the king of Honkai Impact 3rd. They only need to pay attention to a few nodes to avoid being killed by any forces other than the End.
Except for being unable to beat Kevin, Su, who can dual-wield the Death and Rock God Keys and use the Sky Key to activate his ability, can fight with three God Keys at the same time.
Except for monsters like Kevin who can kill him instantly with a few clicks, most of the others cannot beat him. The few who can beat him will be thrown to other places by him using the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle.
From the perspective of plot rhythm, releasing Su is a terrible move, because after he comes out he can solve many problems for you directly. If not handled properly, the plot will be too smooth and there will be no conflict at all later.
Otto kept laughing in the early part of this book, but he stopped laughing later because Su showed up in the middle part.
In the case of insufficient intelligence, when a super master appears who has an IQ as high as Otto, has more information, is really good at fighting and will not be secretly out of print by Otto, and is a good person, Otto is actually doomed to lose.
Only Su has a kind heart as a doctor. In order to avoid large-scale sacrifices, he would choose to spend more time to find out Otto's cards. If someone a little more ruthless had sufficient intelligence and power advantage and was sure that Otto was not a good person, I think the probability of taking direct action would be greater.
He can teleport everywhere, has a lot of intelligence, and can assist Anti-Entropy in developing technology and helping Lao Yang in making the Key of God. As a courier, he can fly to any place to deliver medicine directly. He can even use the Black Abyss and White Flower. After Lao Yang made a copy of the Black Abyss and White Flower, Su can even fly around the world to heal people at will. His own strength is not enough to be assassinated, so letting him out will only do him a favor.
From the perspective of the plot, it must be my fault. In the previous book, Su was detained in the Demon City and he didn't have much chance to mess around. But in this book, Su flew out after he let himself go...
Ah, what a bad move.
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After reviewing the above content, let’s talk about Su’s positioning in this book in combination with the above content.
First of all, under the circumstances at that time, Lin Yu had comrades around him but no one could keep up with him [those with strength have trouble controlling themselves, those without strength have a bunch of problems, and those with strength but no major problems—are not around], so when Su was still alive in the inheritance chapter, many things could not be avoided.
Because the timeline in this book is earlier than the original, the inheritance plot that happened to Bianca in 2015 appeared in Lin Yu in 2014, a full year earlier.
Su ascended to heaven in 2015, so he was not dead in 2014.
In this situation, it doesn't matter whether Lin Yu gives the medicine to prolong his life or not.
Lin Yu, who was unable to defeat Su at the time, was also unable to suppress and dominate Su like Ji Ran in the previous book.
So, now that Su sees hope, will he just continue to sit in his world bubble and watch the show?
I don't think so.
After Su stopped watching the show, all the problems that were giving me headaches started to come to my mind.
We have come into contact with many entertainment works. If an all-rounder fails to handle problems well in the story plot, it can be very serious.
As long as the omnipotent person remains omnipotent, he can easily resolve many plot conflicts. Without plot conflicts as a driving force, the story will become very boring.
Take the works related to Haihu Wushen, which have suddenly become popular again in the past two years, as an example. In the plot, Bai Chou in the mid-300s of Wushen has a similar positioning to Su in this book.
As long as he is by the protagonist's side, many problems will not be problems, and then the plot will not be easy to unfold, and if the story is not easy to unfold, the story will be ruined.
So to a certain extent, I understand Mr. Wen Riliang's idea of banning Bai Chou. Whether the ban is good or not is one thing, but if he is not banned, the story cannot be written logically, and then the work will not be criticized but will be in trouble.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that I can understand if there are problems with the plot. As a creator, I can understand his ideas, but that doesn’t mean that readers have to understand and sympathize with them. To put it bluntly, these things depend on the individual.
In fact, after Su came out, I realized the problem and wanted to ban him, but in the end I didn't find the opportunity.
Because Su has the Space Key, and he knows how to use illusion + Space Key to move through the air. He can directly suppress those who are weaker than him, and those who are stronger than him can run away when they are hit by him. Why would I ban him?
In fact, those who followed the updates found that in that plot, I wrote a scene where Otto was trying to sow discord between Su, Lin Yu and Bianca to make them fight.
I really had this idea, but the fight didn't come to fruition in the end because of the reason mentioned above.
There's no point in fighting, because Su can't be banned if he's on guard.
If we really want to ban him, we can only give him a reason to be wild like Bai Chou did...
The problem is that Bai Chou is a martial arts fanatic, so it doesn't really ruin his character if he wastes some time.
Sue is not.
Some people may think that Su is a nice guy who is easy to talk to, but in fact, this guy is very decisive after 50,000 years.
As soon as something went wrong with Kevin, the Monitor Plan was implemented directly to lock Kevin up. You have to know that this was his best friend, not anyone else.
In the modern plot of the inheritance chapter 1,500 years later, he directly attacked Bianca.
This kind of person is decisive, has a clear mind, and has powerful means of escaping. If you want to ban him or get him out of the game without destroying his character...
did not expect.
Really didn't expect that.
Letting him out was a bad move.
I definitely didn't handle the problems Su brought about well, which indirectly led to a significant increase in the frequency of my headaches as I progressed through the story.
But it’s okay, the plot between Su coming out of seclusion and Kevin coming out of seclusion was not too long, so the time I had a headache was only during this period of time. Later, after Kevin came out, although Su could still play a good supporting role, his impact on the plot was not that great.
