Forces of Temptation Chapter 157 Discussion

Ok, so I read the MTL so forgive me if there's a mistake on the point that I make. At first, arc 1

feels a bit mediocre for me, but arc 2 really makes up for it and got me hooked. Really love the uniqueness and design of each dungeon puzzles that author puts.Spoiler

There's actually different types and levels for each dungeon, like there the one that focus on deduction, there's the one mainly about physical strength, etc. That's why each of them feel fresh at least for me.

[collapse]MC's team focus on the PVE dungeon so there won't be much drama between players

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although, we do get some of the PVP stuffs later

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About the character, the author makes "Don't Pick Up Boyfriends From the tr*sh Bin' so it's pretty much guaranteed. Cannonfodders don't just court death everywhere they go, they might even keep their lives intact and help MC's team a little bit in the future, basically everyone got brains, solve some puzzles too, and don't just get carried by MC or ML.Spoiler

If there's an annoying a** character it's probably means they are high on something lol, it's deliberate, not the author writing at fault

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There's a reason why MC's personality is like that, and man it's a pretty awesome plot twist too Spoiler

imagine being the only one "alive" from your birth

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ML also aint got some cookiecutter tragic backstory. In my opinion, his past is really down to earth and vivid/realist? it also explain how he got that many skillsSpoiler

Long story short, his dad fall to his death when they were hiking. Then his mother got crazy and blame him because on how much she loves his father. BUT, he still takes care of her until she died, and then ML quits his high paying job, he then goes around the world and do odds jobs to pay for the travel, so that he can enjoy his life and freedom I guess ?

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There's not much drama, it's mainly about how ML cope his feeling on MCSpoiler

ML got his mother's "crazy for love" gene so I guess he's in denial or want to protect MC from his crazyness

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The story is not a "one man show" between MC and ML, it's nice that the other players is also important for the big things that's going on inside the game. The only bad thing in this novel (for me) is that there's to much side CP for my taste and I hope we can know things about how the outside world is right now.

Here's the list of the arc for now (i won't count the city introduction/rest? arc, except for some) :

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1. Three people become ghosts
2. Xiao Ming's Daily Life
3. Sand, sand, sand (i think this's supposed to be a dragging sound effect?)
4. 8 hours game battle (it's technically a city arc but...)
5. Fear of the full moon
6. Eternal day (this is a backstory arc)
7. Brain invasion
8. Thousand-man pursuit battle (also a city arc, kinda a PVP)
9. Dark war (i forgot lol)
10. Evil drop
11. Doomsday syndrome
12. Dou zhuan
13. Homeland/Suprise
14. Ants
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(i stopped to stack chapters/wait until the novel finish at evil drop arc so don't know about the rest of the arc title lol. my fav arc is "xiao ming's daily life" and "brain invasion" btw).