Chapter 322 Are you happy? (Update 1)
Liuzi feels a little sad today.
His old serial has ended, although his editor has always said that his comics are still on the rise, the sales of single volumes are good, and the second season of animation is also on the schedule, and everything is stable and improving.
However, he feels that his inspiration is losing, and subsequent plots tend to use the same plots from the past instead of innovating.
There are more and more new characters, but the creation of characters is tending to be the same. Although my works are still ranked very high, the feedback from readers is still good. My editor even called this a rare love story in "DUMP" this year. But he still doesn't have the passion he used to have.
This is the sequelae of a long series. After all, the author's inspiration did not arise for no reason. His little virgin's fantasy of love has been completely exhausted, and there is really not a drop left.
The weekly serialization has become a kind of torture. He doesn't know whether what he writes every day is good or not. Worry about the future makes him unable to even play games well. The game cabin is now a sleeping tool for him.
Whenever this happens, he is very envious of heretics and heartless guys who can have fun wherever they go.
Therefore, despite the editor's objections, he insisted on stopping his serialization, and then fell into a state of self-doubt.
What will you draw next?
Can I continue the glory of "The beautiful girl next door keeps sticking up"?
Can I accept the serialization rhythm of "DUMP" again?
Comics is also a very cruel place. Although seniors may have certain advantages, once it is proven that their popularity has declined, even if the god of comics comes, they will still rush to the street.
The ranking of comics is a reminder. If you are at the bottom three times in a row, you will risk being cut in half. This Sword of Damocles hangs over everyone's head, making them have to work hard to please readers.
Before becoming a cartoonist, he believed that this was a mechanism that allowed cartoonists to constantly push themselves so that they could continuously provide good cartoons.
But after becoming a cartoonist, he discovered that this mechanism is really not acceptable to humans. The guy who invented this mechanism should be sent to hell, and then let him work on drafts every week and let him see what he can draw. Come.
All the assistants have been dismissed, and the usually bustling studio is now empty. Without the enthusiastic rush to finish the manuscript, the assistants snoring like thunder, and the imminent schedule, Liu Zi suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable.
Picking up the phone, he found that his mother had sent him another message.
The other party still expressed confusion about his decision to leave China and draw comics, but after not seeing each other for many years, this stern mother seemed to be slowly becoming gentler.
She still said that there was no future in drawing comics, but she also implicitly said that her health was not good and she hoped that Liuzi could go back and take a look when she had time.
Putting down the phone, Liuzi's mind was still empty.
He didn't know what he should do anymore. Everything during the serialization period had burned him out and burned his emotions completely.
Just when Liuzi was in a daze, his editor Zhongshan sent him an email:
[Teacher Liuliuzi:
I still don’t understand your decision to end the serialization. After all, everyone may encounter a similar situation. A temporary lack of inspiration does not mean everything. I still hope you can continue to persevere.
But personally, I did find some problems with you. You seem to have lost the original passion. If you are not in a relationship, I suggest you get one. If you talked about it, then you can talk about another one. ]
"What kind of hell joke is this!" Liu Zi complained helplessly, and then continued to read.
[You must be thinking now, what kind of bad joke is this. Sure, the joke kind of sucked, but it was a good approach. Teacher Lan Yuejian will fall in love every time he starts a new series and seek inspiration from this love. 】
"Lanyue Key... isn't that the teacher who draws doctors? Who are his love interests?"
【If you are not willing to take this path, then I suggest you take another track, then It's just a funny cartoon. Of course, this is not a purely funny comic, just a comedy about love. ]
"That's it..."
[Teacher Liuliuzi, you are a very smart person. I believe you can find your own method. During this period of rest, if you have good contact with people, play games with them, and download dungeons together, you should be able to find a better way out of the predicament. I hope to see your masterpiece as soon as possible]
After reading the email from editor Zhongshan, Liuzi was a little moved.
Nakayama is the most unlike Sakura nation he has ever seen. He is very smooth, like a chameleon, changing his color at different times and in different places to adapt to different disguises.
However, he is also the most considerate Sakura countryman he has ever met. He seems to have control of all his dynamics, making Liu Zi feel that he is not alone.
After reading the email from editor Zhongshan, he decided to give it a try and see if he could find inspiration.
But immediately, he found that someone had sent him an email again.
[Teacher Liuliuzi, I am very happy to hear that your serialization has ended. Anyway, your later routines are too old. Once you can't draw anymore, you just add new characters to make up the numbers. You just give out some benefits and treat it as a new issue. You completely lose the natural feeling of creating characters in the early stage. Since you no longer draw comics, does that mean you have time to come over and play games with us? Hurry up and come to "Sunrise", we have a new way to play. And we've discovered new tricks you're going to love. 】
【Love your heretic~】
After reading the email from the heretic, Liu Zi felt speechless for a while.
When you write an email, just write an email. What does it mean to leave a heartfelt message at the end?
And what displeased him the most was that the heretic was the one who understood him best.
The Zhongshan editor's opinion was based on his own professionalism, but the heretic looked at this matter from his own subjective attitude as a reader, and his views were exactly the same as his own. He even saw his own little tricks. .
He felt uncomfortable all over when he thought that he actually had the same feelings as this guy.
But what the other party said makes sense. It was the last time I played a game, and it had been a while since the last time.
After all, at the end of the series, I need to draw the first color page. I have to give each character a final swimsuit bonus, and then arrange an interview and a book signing. Every day is extremely busy.
Now, it's time to play the game properly.
Putting aside everything today, he got into the game cabin. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the goddess of art not far away from him.
The other party's body was still emitting a glistening white light. She was sitting in the apartment, lying on the floor with Xiao Mukui reading a book. Her long hair covered the ground like running water, and her chin-supporting movements looked quiet and graceful. Xian, Liu Zi had the urge to pick up a paintbrush and record this moment forever.
Hearing the footsteps, the goddess of art raised her head and became obviously happy when she saw the six sons arriving.
She climbed up directly from the floor, then threw herself into Liuzi's arms, and said excitedly: "Did I think you wouldn't come today?"
The game cabin conveyed the good smell of the goddess of art, making Liuzi aware again. Yes, the goddess of art is a very lovely and touching woman.
He hurriedly pushed the other person away and said to the goddess of art: "Let's go play games today."
"Don't you want to sleep together?" the goddess of art asked curiously.
"When did we sleep together?" "No, I just read the forum and found that this can make you happier. Your recent state does not look very good, I think this should cheer you up."
" Don't read those useless contents. I'm playing the game first, it doesn't matter if you come over later."
Awkwardly bypassing the goddess of art, Liu Zi entered the portal.
Watching the six sons disappear, the goddess of art sighed helplessly, and then continued to read the post on the forum "How to Improve the Relationship between You and Your Pets".
After watching it for a while, she said to herself: "Would it be better to use it the other way around?"
After entering the game, Liuzi's heart was still pounding.
Zhongshan's suggestion was recalled by him at this time, which made him subconsciously think about the goddess of art, and found that she was really much cuter than he thought.
Damn Fangcheng Studio!
Why is your art so good?
Just when Liuzi was struggling, he suddenly felt his scalp numb. He subconsciously dodged and pointed forward, and a large number of thunder flew out crazily, forming an airtight thunder net in front of him.
He is an authentic disciple of the Leibu Sect, and he also learns techniques such as thunder. Although he has not used them for a while, the lethality of the thunder is still powerful, entangling the enemies in front of him.
Looking around, he found that he was in his bedroom, and there was only one person who could come in and out at will and dare to launch a shameless sneak attack on him.
"Heretic, what are you doing!"
This is the way to die for the heretic. Unexpectedly, a large number of thunders not only failed to strangle the heretic, but continued to shrink, and finally dissipated without a trace like smoke.
In the depths of the thunder, the evil sect held a projectile together. The words on the projectile flashed for a while and then disappeared. The evil sect took the thunder pill and said to Liuzi: "Long time no see, teacher Liuliuzi. Do you like my thunder pill?"
The five elements of spells all have their own restraints, and thunder pills are specialized in thunder spells. One thunder pill can seal a thunder spell, and can be released directly when necessary. The power does not decrease but increases.
However, this kind of thing is a one-time item, and the price is very expensive, so Liu Zi did not expect that evil people would have money to buy this thing.
And looking at the heretic's hand, several thunder pills were flying up and down, as if he was deliberately showing off the number of thunder pills he had.
Frowning, Liuzi asked: "What bad things have you done recently? Why do you have so many thunder pills? Did you rob your own sect?"
"How much money can an NPC sect have? I have been an intermediary for a while. , it’s just a price difference of 1 point each time. However, there are too many people trading, so the price difference accumulates a bit too much."
After recalling it, Liu Zi remembered that when he went online last time, the heretics did come to ask him Some hidden content of the game.
At that time, he already knew that the NPC here seemed to have a channel that could lead to another area, but he had other things at the time and thought that there should be no problems here, so he did not delve into it further.
But now it seems that the heretics are doing a pretty good job.
After walking outside with the evil outsiders, Liu Zi found that Leibu Zhengzong was already crowded with players. A huge teleportation array was suspended in mid-air. A large number of words were constantly rotating on it, building a complex formation and connecting this place with another world. Come together.
Players come in and out from time to time, and every player who comes back has a varying number of stones in their hands. These stones can effectively carry a large amount of spiritual energy, and are a method developed by players to receive rewards.
After all, players do not need money, they only need the aura of the opposite country. After these auras are brought back, they can be used in a variety of channels to continuously improve the players' own strength.
"Now the average spiritual energy level of players is twenty-three. Everyone has more methods and can do more work."
Interrupting the heretic's words, Liuzi asked in confusion: "Why is it so fast? I remember that I The last time I was temporarily offline, the average spiritual energy level was only ten?"
"So you are out! Now, everyone has too many tasks to complete. Every time you go to a world, you can get a lot of spiritual energy. This is equivalent to letting everyone go. Tens of thousands of worlds support practitioners like us, and each world can only have a few hundred players at most. This speed is actually very average." After
calculating in his mind, Liu Zi found that the heretics were right.
The Immortal Village used to be a closed environment, and everyone could only slow down the pace. After all, there were only so many resources, so we could only take our time.
However, after opening up the external environment, everyone found that the needs of players can be met from the outside, and the resources for practice were released in an instant, so it is normal for everyone's spiritual energy level to increase.
But Liuzi is not ready to go on a mission with others. After all, the most attractive thing for him in "Sunrise" is farming, so he is still ready to continue his farming career and cultivate his own fields.
Realizing that Liu Zi was not interested, the outsider said, "I know you only think about farming now, but I also have other ways to play here." "
Don't tell me it's a new game, and don't tell me your family is pretty big."
"...Tch ...Here, follow me."
The heretic who failed in the trick called the six sons to come together and flew to another mountain gate.
In mid-air, Liuzi discovered that the situation here was completely different.
The area near Immortal Village has been developed, and many players are jointly casting spells to change the landscape here to make it more in line with their perceptions.
They have decorated some places in a stylish way, and the various environments are full of fairyland, making this place more like a fairyland.
Flying all the way to a mountain gate, the evil outsider pointed at the teleportation array here and said: "This is it, Teacher Liuliuzi, you will be happy after entering."
Looking at the evil outsider in confusion, Liuzi stopped talking.
Seeing this, the heretic said aggrievedly: "Teacher Liuliuzi, what do you mean by not going in? After I discovered this place, I left it specially for you." "
...Oh, then I'll just take a look. "
Walking into the teleportation array, Liuzi thought it was a prank by some heretics, but he soon discovered that the feeling here was different.
This place is obviously just an ordinary place, but for some reason, after Liuzi came here, he felt something was abnormal.
Seems...
very happy?
(End of chapter)