The new book Gods' World is out!
The new book Gods' World is out!
After nearly half a year, I opened the file for Confucian Sage again and began writing these words.
A warm current surged through my heart, and for a moment, I didn't know what to say.
Other than telling my fellow readers that the new book had been released, I mostly just wanted to chat.
The new book had actually been released four days ago, so why was I only saying it now?
Some readers might think Lao Huo was kind of... well, that I hadn't said anything the moment it came out.
This had to do with my perfect view of time.
In the Zimbardo Time Perspective System, I was especially inclined toward a future-oriented perspective. Specifically, I believed that what happened now was not important; what pointed toward the future mattered more. The reason I didn't mention it in the old book on the day the new one launched was simple: the first arc of the new book hadn't ended yet.
Today, the first arc of the new book had finally ended. At the very least, my fellow readers could finish a complete story arc, so only then did I come to the old book to talk about it.
To put it bluntly, everyone judged different things differently. At least personally, I felt that presenting readers with a complete story mattered more.
Some things weren't suitable to say in the new book. Saying them there would be complaining, but saying them in the old book was much better—it was just chatting.
People like me, with a future-oriented perspective, tended to have a relatively far-reaching gaze, or rather, could persist in delayed gratification. But the downside was pain—pain in the present, pain every moment.
Because I