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One of the most underrated novel I ever read. Even the original website where this novel was released (jjwxc ofc) has only gotten pitifully amount of traffic compared to it's quality. (The title and synopses doesn't really did it justice. Why are cn webnovels these day likes to have uncreative title and synopses that might as well give us nothing smh.) Story start with our MC, a laissez faire but genius mecha player finding himself in an unknown environment. Then he quickly realized the body he resided was part of secret anti-government organization. Thus from the get go, he was already in a severe situation he can't escape from no matter what. While MC was cautious, had tried to gather a lot of information of this organization, and wanted to escape from it eventually, I initially thought it will never happen, or at least happen far in the future. Because honestly, the current government doesn't looks good to me. Let's just help this guys topple it than to join the sus, very controlled government. Plus, the team MC's former body owner was in was quite promising. It has 'MC and co' feel in it, very main team looking, they all very capable.But then... a lot of things happen, the plan can't keep up with the changes. I was very surprised this was confirmed to be HE by readers who had finished it because holy sh*t MC would always find himself in a impossible situation. And it was not MC fault per say, cuz it was mostly because his friends find themself in a dangerous situation (or just straight up killed) or the danger brought from his identity/existence. There's also betrayal and coincidence following along with it. Yet despite of it, this novel does not feel angsty/tragic. Somehow, the author could still keep a somewhat lighthearted tone while there's obviously a heavy undertone in the story. Perhaps it's because of the MC perspective?Also, there's a LOT of plot twist everywhere and it's insane, just constantly making you on the edge of your seat. The mecha part was also very intricate, I can see that the author is a massive mecha fans themself. Usually in webnovel, especially cn one, mecha is just a tool tbh. They rarely bothered to read more to it other than that it was a very formidable weapon. But here, each mecha was written to have it's own uniqueness. The action description is also very engaging, you can easily imagine the specific scene yourself.They only weakness of this novel (in my view) is the open ending tbh. I WANT to know how things going after they all go through that sh*t. As for romance, I don't really bother with it. The current 'bromance' was already perfect cuz it has never disrupt the plotline but still vividly depict us how they (MC and ML) was the only thing they have for each other and how great trust they put, even the cost of their lives.I both resent and grateful of it's unpopularity because if it does get a massive amount following, I'm pretty sure the quality will drop as well. Why? because this novel pretty much violate many standard, and/or even regulation in China:
- Most of the characters, including the MC himself, kills, a lot, onscreen, cleary written.
- Following that, MC has 'a crocked three worldview' (?) as they usually said it. He does have a moral bottom line, and this is especially prominent at the beginning of the time. But as time went on, we see that he actually mostly passive and quite unfeeling. It's not that MC is the ice cold kind of guy, he's pretty chill and outgoing especially to the people he close to. It's just that he's more of a logical kind of person, and get over his complex feeling very quickly. Also, he will not hesitate on getting revenge for his people. Not petty revenge, but kill and torture kind of revenge.
- This one is very unexpected in cn webnovel, but villains, yep even the one who almost killed MC repeatedly, could be our (the MC's) ally in the future! They also have very clear motive and goal in mind. And the thing is, author doesn't sugar coat the crime they do. Like, that guy who killed many people no matter whom, old or young? He might become our ally too :)
- Even the theme of the novel itself is borderline regulation violation. It's all about rebellion and MC (+ a lot of his allies) had joined what can be said to be a terrorist group. Heck, even if he didn't, he was a fugitive in almost the entirety of the novel lol.