Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 411 407. Comments on "Diablo: Destruction"

Today I would like to recommend a very long novel to you.

"Diablo: Destruction", Seventh Quartet 01, Level 5 author.

Category: Games-Games in Another World.

【Introduction】

The fantasy dark continent war (jie) and destruction history of the princes of a hundred races.

【Golden Ten Chapters】

Chapter 1, Untitled. The protagonist, Wu Fan, is an unemployed young man with nothing to show for his time except playing games. He's also a terrible gamer. After being slammed by DOTA, he uninstalled Warcraft, dug out Diablo, and tinkered with the editor, ultimately finding himself in the game world.

Chapter 2, Untitled. The protagonist awakens to an unfamiliar environment and a light rain. Believing he's still dreaming, he attempts to return to sleep and return to his original world. But this proves impossible. After a long pause, he rushes out, wandering for a considerable distance before encountering a rotting corpse.

Chapter 3, Untitled. The protagonist was rescued by a group exploring the Crimson Wastelands, including a barbarian, a paladin, and the protagonist, a recently upgraded druid. Yes, he finally confirmed that he had entered the game world.

Chapter 4, Untitled. The four protagonists advanced a short distance and encountered a camp of fallen demons, a recurring group of monsters, including an elite one. As is often the case in games, scavenging monsters is necessary. The four of them prepared for a sneak attack, but were spotted. The protagonists, still unfamiliar with their own abilities, harbored a bitter hatred for the fallen magician.

Chapter 5, Untitled. Working together, the group successfully defeated the group of Fallen Demons, even finding a ring that was assigned to the most suitable Savage Warrior. The protagonist asked a teammate how to learn skills, but after checking their dashboard, they realized they were only level 0, with nothing but stats.

Chapter 6, Untitled. The protagonist's job change is great news for the team; at least there's one more person on night watch. However, Lar, the team member, is quite nice, almost like a real person. This makes the author a little confused about whether this is reality or a game. Lar not only lets the protagonist rest early during their night watch, but also gives them a blank weapon that dropped while killing monsters. In this game, blank weapons are also very rare equipment.

Chapter 7, Untitled. Now that the protagonist has his weapon, he must join the battle against the wights. Cautious and cowardly, he's always cunning in his battles against the wights, lacking any awareness of a class-changer. Lal is furious, scolding him several times. Gradually, the protagonist realizes that in this world, class-changers are distinct from ordinary people, shouldering a sacred responsibility. He abandons his previous sleazy approach and begins to earnestly kill monsters.

Chapter 8, Untitled. The protagonist's combat skills still left Lal unsatisfied, so he gave the protagonist his plain leather armor and threw him into a group of Fallen. These monsters were agile, making them the perfect place to practice taking beatings. The protagonist had no choice but to adapt and continually improve their resistance. Only in this way could they ensure they had a good response in future battles, even if they sustained injuries.

Chapter 9, Untitled. They finally arrived at Rogue Camp, Lal's base. Although a group of Fallen daemons strayed in, they were driven back by the camp's warriors. The protagonist's newly minted druid status was welcomed and recognized by the camp. The protagonist was confused and kept asking difficult and inane questions, such as whether the camp could withstand the attack of the big boss, Andariel, with his troops.

Chapter 10, Untitled. The Rogue Camp is vast and packed with people, like a small town. The protagonist, like a country bumpkin, surveys everything with caution. When Lal invites him home with him, he firmly refuses. After all, Lal has been away for three months, and his wife must miss him terribly. This suggests the protagonist knows that if he follows, he'll immediately be a complete ignoramus.

【Brief Comment】

This is the only book under the author's name.

This book has been written since July 2008 and has been updated to 16.6 million words. It is still being serialized. It currently has 130,000 collections on Qidian.com, 33,200 collections on Shucheng. It has 340,000 fans. In November 2018, the number of alliance leaders exceeded 100, and there is also a silver alliance.

Judging from the number of words, this book is also ranked among the best on Qidian.

In terms of genre, there are relatively few dark game articles.

From the perspective of narrative style, writing in the first person was also quite popular in that era.

I just didn’t expect that the author actually wrote for 12 consecutive years!
Regardless of whether anyone is still playing this game now, the perseverance he put into writing it is something that not everyone can do.

His update speed isn't particularly fast, considering there are still those tentacle monsters like Eagle. It's a shame Eagle wouldn't spend 12 years writing a single book. Currently, only "The Son-in-Law" can rival this book in terms of longevity.

Because of its age, the content, setting, style, etc. of this book are not very suitable for today. If you are not a die-hard fan of this type of game, it will be difficult to immerse yourself in this book.

Because the reading experience is not particularly good and the writing style is relatively rudimentary.

Therefore, if you are a nostalgic reader, you can take a quick look at this book to find the memories of your youth.

【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】

There used to be a lot of first-person writing, but now no one dares to write like that.

The early plot of the book is a bit dragged out. The protagonist enters the game world, meets Knight Lar and others, and fights monsters all the way until he arrives at Rogue Camp.

The simple plot, the slightly simple game settings, the simplified monster-killing process, the uncomfortable moral preaching, etc., are all very likely to discourage today's young readers.

Some readers have reported that this book was one of the three great books along with The Xiling Empire.

The so-called "holy books" that have been ruined by all kinds of unscrupulous self-media authors actually exaggerate the historical status of certain books.

The main reason is that in that era, there were too few people writing books and there were not many topics available for reference.

Once a work is published and achieves good results, it will be regarded as a sacred book by old readers.

And nowadays, what book has the potential to become a classic online novel?
I have no idea!

However, a few days ago, the National Library collected 100 excellent online articles, which are definitely worth reading.

Among the one hundred works, at least one third are also included in "Cang's Ramblings".

This must be the legendary fate!

When this book includes a thousand online articles, I hope the National Library can also update it simultaneously.

It would be better to include "Cang's Ramblings" as well, after all, it is just multiple bibliographies.

It doesn't take up memory~
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