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Chapter 525 Is there really such a big bug on Qidian?

Huizhou.

One night in mid-May, around 11 p.m., Cao Sheng finished writing the fifth chapter of the day's manuscript and was already very tired.

Five chapters, with a total word count exceeding 15000.

Not only do you have to type it out, but you also have to concentrate fully while typing it, which is very physically and mentally taxing.

So, even though it was only past 11 o'clock, his exhausted body made him unable to muster the will to write another chapter.

However, it was only a little past 11 o'clock, and going to bed was a bit too early for him.

So he relaxed and leaned back in his chair, casually opening the Qidian homepage and looking at the works on the Qidian click ranking, recommendation ranking, and monthly ticket ranking.

Especially "Legend of the Little Soldier" and "Mad God" on the monthly ticket chart.

He had noticed long ago that both books were performing exceptionally well this month. First, "Mad God" surged to the top of the charts with unstoppable momentum, surpassing many popular works along the way, and finally reaching fourth place on the monthly ticket chart.

Then, just when Cao Sheng thought that "Mad God" was about to crush "Legend of the Little Soldier" which was ranked third, more than a week passed and "Legend of the Little Soldier" still firmly held "Mad God". More than a week, "Mad God" did not surpass "Legend of the Little Soldier" even once.

This evoked many memories for Cao Shengyuan.

He remembered that around 03 in the original timeline, two books were very popular online and ranked high on various pirate websites.

One of them is "The Legend of the Little Soldier".

The other book is "The Journey of the Wanderer".

If we broaden the scope, "Mad God" also ranked quite well on various website charts back then, generally placing in the top ten on each website's charts.

now?

"The Journey of the Wanderer" hasn't been released yet, but "The Legend of the Little Soldier" seems to have been released ahead of time.

It seems that "Mad God" has also been released ahead of schedule.

In Cao Sheng's memory, before writing "Mad God", the Third Young Master had a book called "Child of Light".

But there is no "Child of Light" now.

The first one released was "Mad God".

"Mad God" was gaining momentum, but it encountered "Legend of the Little Soldier," which was considered the king of popularity in the original timeline, and was blocked from climbing the charts by "Legend of the Little Soldier."

It's worth mentioning that while "Legend of the Little Soldier" blocked "Mad God's" path to the top of the charts, it couldn't stop "Mad God" from reaching third place on Qidian's monthly ticket ranking.

reason?

Originally ranked second, "Nine Sons" was overtaken by "Legend of the Little Soldier" and "Mad God," which were reportedly seeking more monthly votes.

Simply put: the fourth brother fought with the third brother and defeated the second brother.

Now, all that stands in the way of "The Legend of the Little Soldier" is its own "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts".

Looking at the total number of monthly tickets for these two books on the monthly ticket ranking, Cao Sheng thought: Should I also update more frequently and ask for more monthly tickets?

The current total number of monthly votes for "Legend of the Little Soldier" is 4288.
The total number of monthly votes for "Mad God" is 3872.
The total number of monthly tickets for "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" is 6944.
Before "Mad God" surged in the rankings, "The Legend of Chinese Martial Arts" had a commanding lead in total monthly votes, and Cao Sheng usually didn't feel any pressure to compete for the rankings.

The number of monthly votes for "The Legend of the Little Soldier" has never been this impressive before.

It was the ranking action of "Mad God" that put pressure on "Legend of the Little Soldier", forcing "Legend of the Little Soldier" to also start updating more frequently to ask for monthly votes.

As a result, the monthly pass advantage of "The Legend of Chinese Martial Arts" is much smaller than before.

Just to be on the safe side, how about I write a separate chapter to ask for votes next month?
This thought flashed through Cao Sheng's mind.

He estimated that "Legend of the Little Soldier" and "Mad God" probably don't have the idea of ​​surpassing "Chinese Martial Arts Romance" yet, but if "Chinese Martial Arts Romance"'s monthly ticket advantage gets smaller and smaller, "Legend of the Little Soldier" and "Mad God" will probably both have the idea of ​​rushing to the top.

When the time comes, the monthly ticket battle between these two books will drag him, Cao, into the fray as well.

With that thought in mind, Cao Sheng nodded, logged into the author's backend, and wrote a special chapter requesting votes.

The title is: "Who found my monthly pass?"

The message reads: "When I checked my monthly pass count just now, I found that I'm missing over a thousand. Has anyone found my monthly passes? Could you please return them to me as soon as possible? Thank you!"
If everyone can return my monthly votes to me, I promise to update an extra chapter tomorrow as a way of thanking you all!
I hope the kind person who found my monthly pass will return it to its rightful owner as soon as possible. Thank you!

This is probably the first time Cao Sheng has written a single chapter for monthly ticket sales since his rebirth.

After all, since his rebirth, he has not encountered any significant challenges on the monthly ticket rankings.

The chapter was written and sent out.

He was too focused on the effect of this vote-seeking chapter, so he returned to the Qidian homepage and browsed the titles of various books on the lists and recommendation slots.

I'd like to see if any of those popular works from my memory have recently reappeared.

result?

In the new book section, he saw a work whose fame in the original timeline was no less than that of "The Legend of the Little Soldier"—"The World of Mercenaries".

I also saw "In Search of the Supernatural" on the new book list.

Cao Sheng opened the book "Mercenary World" and saw that the author's name was indeed the original author from the original timeline—Master Shuobude.

Opening the pages of "In Search of the Supernatural," the author's name is also that familiar Shuxia Yehou.

"The Search for the Gods" has climbed to 6th place on the Qidian New Book Chart.

Cao Sheng squinted at the two works that had long occupied the top spots on various novel websites in his original timeline. For a moment, his mind wandered, as if he could see a magnificent era of online literature unfolding before him.

A group of talented writers with diverse skills are about to flood into this industry.

It can be said that the reason why online novels in the original timeline were able to grow wildly into a new and popular industry in just a few years is largely due to the contributions of these talented writers.

Their works have attracted countless people to the world of online novels, captivating countless readers.

"Mercenaries' World, Legend of the Little Soldier, Mad God, Search for the Gods..."

Cao Sheng read the book titles softly, feeling a great deal of pressure.

I wonder how long I can withstand the impact of these works?

at the same time.

As more and more readers see the monthly ticket chapter he just published in the main text of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts", the number of monthly tickets for "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" is growing rapidly.

It's almost an explosive increase.

Just when Cao Sheng was wondering how long he could withstand the onslaught of works like "Mercenary World," "Legend of the Little Soldier," "Mad God," and "The Search for Gods," the total number of monthly votes for his "Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" seemed to have taken a growth stimulant. Every time Xuan Yu refreshed the pages of "Romance of Chinese Martial Arts," she could find that the total number of monthly votes for "Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" had increased by dozens. After several refreshes, "Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" had gained more than three hundred monthly votes.

That's terrifying.

He was just checking his personal bookshelf to see which books had been updated.
I wanted to take a look to pass the time before bed.

As a result, he saw that "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" had been updated.

Upon clicking, it wasn't the main text, but rather a post from Zhongyuan Yidianhui saying that over a thousand monthly passes were missing, asking if anyone had found them. They hoped the person who found the passes would return them as soon as possible.

The contents of this chapter left Xuan Yu speechless.

He certainly didn't believe that Zhongyuan Yidianhui could have lost more than a thousand monthly tickets.

Can I just throw away the monthly vote I've already cast for this book?
I've never even heard of such a thing before.

Zhongyuan Yidianhui is using such a reason to ask for monthly votes.

Isn't this treating everyone like fools?

but……

Out of curiosity, he returned to the pages of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" and refreshed the page several times, only to be surprised to find that the book's monthly ticket growth rate seemed to have really increased significantly.

Every refresh brings dozens more monthly votes. How come so many readers believed Zhongyuan Yidianhui's nonsense?
Or perhaps—they actually found a piece of the lost monthly pass in the Central Plains?
Taken aback, and for reasons unknown, Xuan Yu returned to his bookshelf page to check his account for monthly tickets... None!

Not a single one!

It's obvious that Xuan Yu definitely didn't get any monthly tickets.

Are these readers really that easy to fool?

Muttering to herself, Xuan Yu scrolled to the book review section of "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts".

I saw some fresh book reviews like these:
"What luck! I found three monthly tickets. Ah Hui, is that the one you lost? Here you go! Don't forget the extra chapter you promised!"

"I was wondering why I had two extra monthly passes in my account! So you lost them? Here you go! You'd better keep them safe this time. It's lucky I found them; if it were someone else, they might not have returned them!"

"No one else on the entire internet lost their monthly tickets, but you did, and over a thousand of them, Ah Hui! Your luck is just too bad! If I hadn't actually found a few, I would have thought you were lying! Here you go!"

"Ah Hui, although I didn't find your monthly pass, I'll give you my three monthly passes since you're so pitiful. Pat pat, don't cry!"

"I was wondering why your total number of monthly passes seemed to be less. Oh, you lost so many! Don't worry! I'll give you two."

"Look at you, so forgetful! You can even lose something as precious as monthly passes. Here, take two as a reward! Keep them safe this time! If you lose them again, I won't be responsible for you!"

……

In front of the computer.

Hyunwoo could hardly believe her eyes.

He wondered if he was dreaming.

I wondered: Did these readers really find monthly tickets?
It's one thing if one or two readers are fooled, but how come everyone can fall for it?
……

The next morning around 9 a.m.

After staying up late writing last night, I got up, dressed, washed up, and made myself a bowl of instant noodles to fill my stomach.

Log on to Qidian and check the monthly ticket rankings of the top few.

He first watched "The Legend of the Little Soldier," and the total number of monthly votes had already risen to 4414.
Below "Legend of the Little Soldier" is my own "Mad God," which has also seen a rise in monthly votes, reaching 4077.

Finally, he looked at the number one ranked book, "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts". When he saw the total number of monthly votes for "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts", his first reaction was to doubt that he had read it wrong.

He squeezed his eyes shut and then opened them again.

The number I see is still 8892.
It not only surpassed its own "Mad God" by more than double, but also surpassed "Legend of the Little Soldier" by more than double.

He clearly remembered that the difference wasn't this big yesterday.

How come the gap between me and others has become even wider, even though I worked hard writing until 2 a.m. last night and updated two more chapters than the day before yesterday?
"Could it be... that Zhongyuan Yidianhui has also released a new chapter at once?"

He muttered to himself, a bad feeling creeping into his heart.

He's recently been scared off by the constant updates of "The Legend of the Little Soldier".

Originally, given the upward momentum of his "Mad God", it was absolutely certain that it would surpass "Legend of the Little Soldier". But what happened? Just because "Legend of the Little Soldier" started updating more frequently, his "Mad God" couldn't surpass "Legend of the Little Soldier" no matter what.

And now?
Is "The Legend of Chinese Martial Arts," which is still separated by a book called "The Legend of the Little Soldier," also starting to update rapidly?

This……

Do I still have a chance to destroy these two books?

Is it really that hard to reach the top of the list even once?

With a heavy heart, he opened the book "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts" and was surprised to find that the book had not been updated yesterday, but only a short chapter was published.

"Who found my monthly pass?"

The title of this chapter left the author speechless for a moment.

"What's going on? Is this a lost and found?"

He pursed his lips, clicked on the chapter, and after reading its contents, his expression became even more speechless.

Thinking about the exceptionally good vote-getting effect of this chapter, he was even more speechless.

He suddenly realized that asking for votes for a single chapter seemed to be even more effective than bombarding readers with comments.

Out of curiosity, and also out of anticipation.

He logged onto the author's backend and posted a request for votes in the main text of his novel, "The Mad God".

Title: "The system seemed to have a bug yesterday; this book lost a lot of monthly votes!"

In the chapter, he imitated Cao Sheng's writing style and wrote: "Yesterday, the Qidian system seemed to have a bug. Many works lost monthly tickets, such as Zhongyuan Yidianhui's 'The Romance of Martial Arts' and our book 'The Mad God'."

According to my count, "The Mad God" has lost at least 1000 monthly tickets. I hope those who found them will return them to me as soon as possible; I would be extremely grateful! I will try my best to update two more chapters today to repay everyone!

After writing it, he reviewed it several times and sent it out with trepidation.

He worried that his influence was far less than that of a speck of dust in the Central Plains, resulting in this chapter being far less effective than "The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts".

That would be embarrassing.

He was already thinking: Should he register a few more accounts? And prepare some monthly passes to boost his popularity?
result?

To his surprise, after this chapter was released, the monthly ticket growth rate of "Mad God" did indeed increase significantly. Although it wasn't as dramatic as the monthly ticket growth rate of "National Martial Arts Chronicles", it was still quite gratifying.

At this rate, he's confident that "The Legend of the Little Soldier" will be a hit today.

only……

Xuan Yu, the author of "The Legend of the Little Soldier," is not stupid.

He quickly noticed that "Mad God" had posted a request for votes, which was actually imitating the monthly vote request of "Zhongyuan Yidianhui".
So you think you're the only one who can imitate?
So you lost your monthly pass?

If you can throw it away, why can't I?

Xuan Yu held her breath and quickly wrote a separate chapter asking for votes and sent it out.

The title is: "Many books lost monthly passes yesterday, and ours lost quite a few too!"

The message reads: "Yesterday, many authors discovered a bug on Qidian. For example, 'The Romance of Chinese Martial Arts' lost over a thousand monthly tickets, as did other works on the monthly ticket ranking. Our book also lost over a thousand tickets. I hope that the friends who found my monthly tickets can return them to me. Thank you!"

result?

The monthly ticket growth rate of "Legend of the Little Soldier" has also increased significantly.

The more popular a work is, the more effective writing a monthly pass chapter will be; anyone who writes one knows this.

That morning, many authors and readers noticed that the top three works on the Qidian monthly ticket ranking had posted chapters about the loss of monthly tickets.

I also noticed that the vote-getting efforts were very effective.

Then?

More and more works are starting to post similar requests for votes.

Almost everyone is saying that Qidian had a bug yesterday, and their works lost a certain number of monthly tickets. They are asking friends who found the tickets to return them to them.

When a single chapter like this is published in one or two books, Qidian (the platform) doesn't react much.

When hundreds of works published similar chapters that morning, the editors at Qidian's editorial department couldn't sit still any longer.

"No way! Did Qidian really have such a huge bug yesterday?"

An editor couldn't help but ask his colleague next to him.

(End of this chapter)