First.
This book's poor performance is a problem with Ting Ri's ability; it has nothing to do with the subject matter. I've always believed that the concept of "Rebirth Through Death" could serve as the foundation for an excellent plot structure. It's just that my writing ability, plotting, style, and all the rest were too messy and inadequate, so I failed to make good use of the concept's strengths.
I really hope this idea can take off, so I can see more books of the same type (teary-eyed).
Just like Little World. But I haven't seen any books of the same type as Little World become popular either. I did come across some well-written ones elsewhere, but their updates were even more sporadic than Ting Ri's...
Then.
Let's talk about the plot of Volume One.
Simply put, Volume One combined many of Ting Ri's various kinks.
The most obvious influences were The Ravages of Time and The Invisible Guardian. Making references was still one of my motivations for creating this story. Chen Fu was half a junior from The Invisible Guardian and half a subordinate from The Ravages of Time's assassin group. Several other characters also contained many elements from The Ravages of Time, but I won't go into detail.
However, the main source of Volume One's plot was actually an idea that suddenly occurred to Ting Ri:
"A group of girls eat around a stove and sing songs on a train, unaware that their families have already been wiped out."
Don't ask me why I like this kind of plot. I just find it incredibly thrilling.
Of course, what was even more thrilling was how they changed after learning of their families' deaths, as well as the scene when Le Yu ate with Qian Yuya next time... Ahem, I'm