Volume three was finished,
Confetti for the finale!
Ahem, just kidding,
Volume four, [Tinkers' Construct for Everyone], was about to begin. This was going to be a very, very interesting volume,
What would happen to the world when Shen Jin could grant other people the Blockify Ability?
When the goofy netizens got the Blockify Ability, the wild tricks would begin.
Home No. 1... changed beyond recognition!
Shen Jin: "Huh? Why did it feel like everyone was better at this than me?"
(Huh? Wasn't I supposed to be writing a wrap-up for volume three? How did this turn into a preview of volume four? Doesn't matter!)
Let me talk about the earlier chapters,
Honestly, I hadn't planned to write this much for volume three. I'd expected to start volume four a week ago,
There was a problem with my approach to writing.
I looked back, and volume three was a little bloated as it stood. Some parts could actually have been left out,
Mm... I'll learn from this going forward and control the pacing a little better,
To avoid excessive description (a problem I'd kept having since my last book).
The plot of volume three had Shen Jin return to Q City, reunite with old friends, recruit people, and firmly establish himself,
While also coming to understand his own identity, with his mindset changing again from volume two,
I felt that ordinary people wouldn't be decisive and ruthless or farsighted right from the start,
They would slowly change through their surroundings and experiences,
This was also an important part of how I planned each volume.
Also, volume three had less raunchy humor. I looked back over how my thinking had evolved, and it mainly came down to the following reasons:
First, the warning from my editor,
Second, too many reports from