The Old Gods Are Whispering

 Final remarks

Gu Jianlin’s story ends here, thank you for your hard work.

 Fourteen months, close to 2.3 million words, with a lot of gains and a lot of regrets. There were brilliance of being in the top five in terms of votes in the first ten months of sales, and there were also troughs in the middle and later stages when it was struggling. But fortunately, this story is finally over. The process was bumpy, but at least it has a beginning and an end.

If I grade this book myself, I can only give it fifty points.

 Due to insufficient preparation in advance, physical problems occurred in the middle and late stages, so that the update became delayed. Over the past year, there has been a thought that has been bothering me, that is, if I start from scratch, I will definitely be able to write a very exciting and very good story.

  But the reality is that there is no if.

 It's like someone is not satisfied with the ending.

　　Although many people have told me, no matter how good your writing is, it is impossible to meet everyone's expectations. There will always be people who are not satisfied with the ending and think it is bad.

I think this sentence is correct, but it is also incorrect.

It is true that I cannot satisfy everyone, but I can always work hard in this direction.

 So get up from where you fell.

 The postscript leaves the foreshadowing of the second part.

 Although my next book will not continue this worldview, I will come back one day to make up for the unsatisfactory regrets of this book.

 Of course this is a story for later.

 The reason why I have this kind of confidence is that I became enlightened in the later stages of this book and realized a lot of things like a sudden enlightenment. Taking the setting of this book as an example, if I was only at Level 4 when I started the book, then I feel that after writing more than one million words, I would already be a demigod.

Of course I can find the state, and then quickly complete the previous plot, use a small space to lay the groundwork, and write the subsequent story more exciting. The price is that my follow-up subscriptions will be cut in half in a short period of time, and then return to the peak a month later.

 But doing this seems... pointless.

 Because I can clearly feel that what people want to see more is me filling in the holes.

 Instead of continuing to inherit and transfer money, it is just bad money.

 So let’s get this book off the ground.

 The average subscription is maintained at 22,000. This is my first complete original work. Compared with the summer vacation after graduating from junior high school in 2014, when I was still writing free fan fiction at the starting point, it has made great progress.

  I can also find value other than money in the process of writing books.

 That is to convey belief.

 At the end of writing this book, I found that what I really wanted to express were two words.

 “Reconciliation.”

 Reconcile with the world and yourself.

 The best time for this book is December.

At that time, I happened to be positive, and then I also had emotional problems and became seriously depressed.

At that time, I didn’t even read the comments very much. I felt that the whole world was full of malice and the Internet was full of negative energy. I just wanted to finish writing this story quickly, adjust my state, and start again.

　Until near the end, I wrote a sentence.

 “Human is the sum of social relations.”

 This sentence comes from Marx. Of course, I have forgotten whether it is the wording.

An older brother appeared below this sentence and said: "What's wrong? If everyone you know is dead, you won't live anymore? Just get to know other people again? How hypocritical!"

 I was greatly shocked and told him very sincerely that you did not understand the meaning of this sentence. I suggested that you read more books and improve your cultivation.

As a result, the eldest brother said: "If I were you, I wouldn't attack the readers."

 Honestly, this is the most frustrating conversation I’ve ever had on the Internet.

 As someone who relies on words for a living, I don’t know how to reply to him.

 It was that day that I figured it out.

　　 Just like what Lin Youjia once sang.

 “Communication between people is sometimes useless.”

It was then that I realized that the purpose of writing is to allow people with different values ​​​​to find identity in stories and to eliminate conflicts and contradictions.

Although I have seen many people in the comments who did not even understand the plot of the story but continued reading with wrong reading comprehension, and I have also seen many people who complained all the way with wrong understanding, but there are also people who have been People who are prejudiced but find recognition in later plots.

 I was very happy at that moment.

  I feel that I have realized value in the process of creation.

 It allows people to see themselves in the joys and sorrows of the story.

 It’s like Gu Jianlin finally conquered Master Zhulong with his persistence and paranoia...

Great sense of accomplishment.

It’s just that when I write the next book, I probably won’t be so young and in middle school. I’ll probably use the newly acquired expressions and convey the new story in a relaxed style.

 After all, this book has burned away all my literary and secondary souls, and I am very tired.

 Well, the new book will be released to you probably in September or October.

 The theme is still urban superpowers.

Hmm, as expected, I started to get anxious when I mentioned the new book.

I have to think about how to write about the beautiful sister in the new book first.

 Sometimes, separation is for the sake of a better reunion.

 I wish you all good health and a happy life.

see you later.

 (End of this chapter)