Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 197 196. Comments on "What It's Like to Become a Vampire"

Today I would like to recommend a novel about becoming a vampire.

"What is it like to become a vampire", author: Shenxing Hamburger, level 5 author.

Category: Urban-Urban Life.

【Introduction】

"What's it like to be a vampire?"

Xiang Kun never expected that this question, which he had answered on Zhihu not long ago as a story, could now be answered with his personal experience.

【Golden Ten Chapters】

Chapter One: Unemployment. The protagonist, Xiang Kun, had worked for seven years at an internet company in a big city, finally bought a house and had a sliver of hope for the future. But then his company went bankrupt, and he was out of a job. He drowned his sorrows in alcohol, fell asleep, and woke up two days later.

Chapter Two: A Change. Sleeping too long and not feeling hungry is unusual. The protagonist goes to see an old doctor, who gives him very general advice. He eats at a restaurant and vomits it all. Passing by a chicken butcher shop, he smells delicious food. He buys a chicken, kills it, drinks its blood, and goes back to sleep. Waking up again, he begins to change his teeth and shed his skin.

Chapter 3: Analyzing the Current Situation. As a modern person familiar with the internet, the protagonist quickly realizes that his symptoms mirror those of a vampire. He hypothesizes that the cause of all these changes is factor X, and meticulously lists the possible causes of X, the physical changes it causes, and how to address X.

Chapter 4, Recording. Following the aforementioned list of questions, the protagonist began recording the main factors affecting his body. He discovered that the cause of his vomiting was related to the sugar content of his food. Foods with less sugar stayed in the stomach longer. This, in turn, made him appear younger and stronger.

Chapter 5, Investigation. The protagonist discovers his physical fitness has improved tremendously, now able to do 58 push-ups in a row, and then, after a one-minute rest, can do another 58. He pretends to order food from the food stall he visited last week, but when he checks the security footage, nothing unusual is happening. Returning home, he tries various exercises, only feeling exhausted at dawn.

Chapter 6: Eating. Considering the importance of blood for strengthening the body, the protagonist went to the market, bought a rabbit, killed it, and drank its blood. This time, he slept for 25 hours. When he stepped on the scale, he discovered he had gained four pounds overnight.

Chapter 7: Strength. To better control the movements of his body, the protagonist decides to go to the gym. While he's doing his bench press, a personal trainer arrives to offer some pointers, essentially selling him a class. The two begin a competition, and the trainer quickly reaches his limit, while the protagonist's strength seems to be capable of significant further refinement.

Chapter 8, Chang Bin. After leaving the gym, the protagonist received a call from his college classmate and best friend, Chang Bin. After some caring, he reluctantly agreed to visit his friend's fiancée and watch them eat. Actually, he couldn't eat at all. Watching others eat was too painful.

Chapter 9, Introduction. Friend Chang Bin is a truly kind person. He's ostensibly bringing his fiancée to meet the protagonist, but in reality, he's setting her up on a blind date. Chang Bin's fiancée is the younger sister of a classmate, and she's quite good in every way. But the protagonist, still unsure of what's happening to his body, wouldn't be so reckless to go on a blind date. However, he can't refuse his friend's concern.

Chapter 10: Training Program. Regarding blind dates, the protagonist is quite open-minded. With such excellent qualifications, the other party likely doesn't like him, so he just needs to be himself. He also has a relatively detailed plan for physical training, which he implements smoothly.

【Brief Comment】

About the Author

Shenxing Hamburger, a level 5 author, is the author of "What is It Like to Become a Vampire" and "Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty Hawkdog".

His previous book was a typical flop, and the number of collections did not exceed 1,000 in the end.

I don’t know where the inspiration came from, but the first order of Blood Clan was 6100, and it has 40 collections on Qidian.com, 5.13 collections on Bookstore, and 85 fans.

Such rapid progress is really enviable.

summary of the story
This book mainly tells the story of the protagonist Xiang Kun suddenly becoming a vampire.

The book spends a lot of chapters in the early part of the book introducing the changes and causes of the protagonist's body, as well as how he copes with the changes in his body.

The documents he created were very detailed, recording in detail the types of food, increases in strength, length of sleep, changes in vision, and so on.

Because of these detailed data in the early stage, it gives people a very rigorous feeling, which is completely different from those previous transformation stories that can complete the transformation with just a slogan. However, whether it is due to the author's personal reasons or the plot is becoming dull, the activity of the chapter comments in the latest chapters of this book has obviously dropped a lot, and there are only 392 monthly votes.

This is a huge difference from the book's incredible start. It actually starts strong but ends weak and seems unsustainable.

Character characteristics
The protagonist Xiang Kun is a very calm person, which may be related to his profession.

As a programmer in an Internet company, his objective, rigorous and true character gives people the illusion of being aloof.

People like him are humorous and witty in front of familiar friends, but they are often reluctant to even fart in front of strangers.

Therefore, if you don’t have a particularly close friend to support you, it is perfectly normal to still be single when you are thirty years old.

In short, the character imagination of the protagonist is completely in line with most programmers, otakus, and the general public who love novels.

Style characteristics
The style of this book gives people a sense of cool simplicity, just like the style of home furnishings, black and white, stripes, hard plastic, no unnecessary plots, no unnecessary lines.

A small notebook is enough to record the changes in your body and the improvement of your abilities.

Only the rituals or formations in the later period are too fantastic.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment!

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”!
Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

First of all, I would like to thank the book friend 2014 for the reward of 1600 Qidian coins, and the book friend 20190513183723330 for the reward of 100 Qidian coins.

To be honest, I have been writing books for such a long time and have never received rewards for several consecutive days, except for the 20 experience points I received for the web version.

I have to wonder if these two book friends are smurfs opened by some good friends.

Otherwise, it is totally inexplicable.

Most readers nowadays would rather read pirated versions than genuine ones, would rather not give rewards if they can subscribe, would rather not persist in giving rewards, and would rather not not come out and tease the author if they can persist.

Actually, I’m really good at flirting!
One Silver Alliance can add another chapter!
Closer to home.

I have tried reading so many books and seen many works and authors that started off strong but ended up weak. To sum up the reasons, this is fate!
People are always easily lost in various things, and a work may fail for many reasons.

It may be limited by the subject matter, the author's level, the general environment, or being reported.

Overall, the book is really amazing in the early stages, otherwise the 400,000 collections would not have come by chance.

The story deviated a bit towards fantasy in the later stages. It is very likely that the author had problems controlling the plot. Is fantasy definitely easier to write?
Readers, on the other hand, have long lost interest in traditional fantasy!

Finally, come on and persevere!
(End of this chapter)