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She wasn't the only one to give Qu Yin's posts a triple like!

Singers who have collaborated with Qu Yin have all done the same thing as Ying Mei!

Of course, besides the singers they had collaborated with before, there were also several unfamiliar faces.

For example, accounts named "Shining Idol" and "Pink Fairy" are both highly focused on Qu Yin. Even more outrageous are accounts named "Milk Tea Overlord" and "Pure Love God of War," which are clearly male!

Why are there two men here?

Yingmei was confused.

However, she quickly realized what was happening! The look of vigilance on her face grew even more intense!

Teacher Qu Yin's fame is growing! More and more people will follow him in the future! And my competitiveness will also increase!

Every singer who has ever collaborated with Qu Yin hopes to work with him again!

And those singers who haven't collaborated before are also eyeing the opportunity! They will definitely not give up as long as there is a chance! They will pounce on us like wolves!

We must steadfastly carry out the "Way of Licking"!

Yingmei absolutely has to cling to Teacher Quyin's thigh!

After this battle of the gods, not only Qu Yin's fans, but Ying Mei's fan count also increased several times!

Many people were attracted by her unique voice and became her supporters.

She originally had just over 20 million followers, but after this incident, her follower count has surpassed 100 million!

This result wouldn't have been possible with just third place in the Gods' War competition. However, due to official promotion, many people began to focus their attention on Yingmei, a new singer. They started to discover that this young girl's voice seemed to possess a kind of innate magic.

She seems to be a born singer!

Many people are also wondering why Qu Yin is so lucky to have met such a talented singer.

Could it be that Qu Yin not only writes songs, but also has a keen eye for people?

They discovered that the singers who had collaborated with Qu Yin all seemed to have some unique characteristics!

This discovery further confirms the speculation that Qu Yin has a keen eye for talent!

So naturally, Qu Yin became a minor sensation again, and his fan base has already surpassed 200 million, and is heading towards 300 million!

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Bai Qianqu was naturally very happy to see Qu Yin's fan base surge.

However, after looking at the number of Qianjian and Zhiyin's fans, he frowned again.

The difference in followers among the three accounts is too great, especially for Zhiyin, whose follower count is less than one-tenth of Quyin's.

The main problem is that comics gain fans much slower than songs and novels. If they could be adapted into anime in the future, it would probably be better.

As for Qianjian, his fan count is currently just over 100 million.

The novel has a strong ability to attract fans, and many people are now loyal readers. Even if "The King's Avatar" ends, most of these fans will still stay.

The comic book is currently being helped by Gretchen, and it won't be finished anytime soon. I have a lot of free time during the Chinese New Year holiday, so I can start writing a bit of the next novel first.

I haven't even started writing yet the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" novel that I just got my hands on!

As a series of novels, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" consists of eight volumes. The first four volumes are titled "The Ancient City of Jingjue", "The Mysterious Cave of Longling", "The Insect Valley of Yunnan" and "The Shrine of Kunlun", while the last four volumes are titled "The Yellow Weasel's Tomb", "The Ruins of the South China Sea", "The Angry Xiangxi", and "The Coffin Mountain of Wuxia".

The version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" that the system gave him was also modified. The original version's background, which included both the Republic of China era and the educated youth movement, was far too complicated. Moreover, that period of history didn't exist in this world, so the reader's sense of immersion wasn't strong.

The revised setting is now in the early stages of global unification, making it more relevant to the world.

During that period, the world had just experienced many wars, and order was in chaos in many places. The Chinese region was also a mixed bag, and many unknown things happened.

Therefore, setting the background of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in that time period is very appropriate and makes perfect sense.

As for the tomb raiders, although most people don't know about them, they do exist in this world, but only those more professional historians can talk about them.

As for the main storyline of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", there are not many changes. The legendary tomb raider Zhang Sanlianzi is the origin of the whole story.

Zhang Sanlianzi was originally from a prestigious family, but after his family's downfall, he wandered the countryside from a young age. As a teenager, he participated in solving several strange cases and became famous for suppressing bandits in Jiangnan. Later, he became a military officer. He was a veteran of many battles and had countless adventures throughout his life. Later, he changed careers and became a tomb raider.

He carried three tomb raiding talismans and, combining them with ancient feng shui theories unearthed from ancient tombs, wrote the unparalleled book "The Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique." Understanding this book allows one to know feng shui, observe astronomy, and thus discover the ancient tombs hidden in the Qichuan Mountains. However, he destroyed half of the book because he revealed the secrets of heaven.

Zhang Sanlianzi has four apprentices: the eldest, Flying Lion (Elder Liaochen); the second, Golden Abacus; the third, Yin-Yang Eyes Sun Guofu; and the fourth, Iron Millhead.

After the four completed their apprenticeship, Sun Guofu was unwilling to continue in the tomb raiding industry, so Zhang Sanlianzi passed on the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" to him. He gave the three Tomb Raider Talismans to the other three apprentices and left behind the admonition that the Tomb Raider Captains and the principle of "separate or die" (meaning to either live or die).

After completing his apprenticeship, Sun Guofu traveled around and encountered a destitute young master of a landowning family who was digging up a grave due to drug withdrawal. This young master was Hu Guohua, the grandfather of Hu Bayi, the protagonist of "Ghost Blows Out the Light"!

Sun Guofu planned to take Hu Guohua as his apprentice, and before his death, he passed on half of the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" to him.

Eventually, as time passed, the book ended up in Hu Bayi's hands.

The time period coincides with the early days of global unification. In that chaotic era, Hu Bayi, armed with the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique," embarks on a thrilling and exciting tomb raiding career with his good friend Wang Pangzi, at the urging of antique dealer Da Jin Ya.

The story of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" begins from this point.

The story consists of eight volumes, each with a relatively independent plot and little connection to the others. Each volume could be considered a completely new novel, and each one is like a brand new adventure.

From the above perspective, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" should be considered an adventure fantasy novel, and it wouldn't be a problem to put it in the fantasy genre.

After all, the zongzi (rice dumplings) and corpse beetles in the story are more like monsters that only exist in fantasy novels.

However, unlike fantasy novels, the terrifying and eerie atmosphere in this novel seems to be amplified many times over, giving readers a chilling feeling.

Looking at it this way, this novel seems perfectly suitable for the horror/suspense genre.

Bai Qianqu sorted through the contents of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in her mind and found that in addition to the original story fragments, the novel had added a lot of text to enhance the terrifying atmosphere and even added some inexplicable supernatural events.

This content gave Bai Qianqu a chilling feeling.

He had read the original work and had a general understanding of the plot, but when reading this novel adapted by the system, he actually felt nervous, as if he were reading "Ghost Blows Out the Light" for the first time.

There was once a question: Are horror movies scarier or horror novels scarier?

Many people subconsciously believe that horror movies are scarier because they have more direct visuals that make people feel as if they are there, thus arousing their fear.

But in fact, words have their own advantages over horror movies. If the words are well-written, they can create a vivid image in the reader's mind. Moreover, this image is the most terrifying aspect that the reader imagines.

Bai Qianqu is certain that the version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" given by the system is even scarier than the original!

Just reading some of the text descriptions inside creates a vivid picture!

Some of the content, in particular, may not seem like much at first glance, but the more you think about it, the more frightened you become!

This is what they call "terrifying upon closer inspection"!

Even a seasoned reader like him broke out in a cold sweat, let alone readers around the world who had never encountered this type of novel before.

Of course, this novel isn't all horror. It's scary when it's supposed to be scary, but the atmosphere is quite lighthearted when it's not, especially the banter between Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, which is particularly hilarious.

When describing the mechanisms and traps in tombs, *Ghost Blows Out the Light* highlights two main features—

Ingenious! Exciting!

The ingenious design of the mechanisms and the complexity of the tomb layout demonstrate a level of skill that leaves people speechless!

The danger of the traps adds to the thrill of the whole book; if they are accidentally triggered, the main characters will often be in a desperate situation with no chance of survival!

Chapter 282 "Spark" Annual

Tomb raiding is not a leisurely trip; it's a life-or-death struggle!

On many occasions, tomb raiders have to risk their lives!

One wrong move and you lose everything!

The charm of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" lies even more in its ability to turn adversity into opportunity!

Many times, just when readers think the main characters are about to be wiped out, a glimmer of hope appears. These reversals don't happen directly; they're usually foreshadowed beforehand, making the reading experience very enjoyable.

Furthermore, the protagonist Hu Bayi's calmness and resourcefulness further enhance his appeal as the main character.

Bai Qianqu recalled that when she first read "Ghost Blows Out the Light," she found it very novel and exciting, but she experienced some aesthetic fatigue as the story progressed because some plot points were sudden and difficult for readers to explain.

However, the version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" that he has now is designed very reasonably in every aspect and can be explained in a self-consistent way.

Bai Qianqu wiped away cold sweat as she thought about the revised plot.

He has never dared to watch horror movies since he was a child. He remembers watching Lin Ching-ying's zombie movies with his friends when he was a kid, and he would be so scared that he would not dare to turn off the lights to sleep for several nights, for fear that a zombie would crawl out from under the bed and bite him.

People always comforted him with the saying, "If you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear," but in reality, this didn't work.

When he went to the haunted house, he didn't even dare to open his eyes. He held onto people's clothes the whole time until the exit, wasting a ticket.

Having never dared to visit a cemetery since childhood, how could he not be nervous when he is now writing a "Ghost Blows Out the Light" novel that is even more terrifying than the original?

But panicking was useless. Just thinking that she had spent a golden selection chest to get this novel made Bai Qianqu grit her teeth!

I have to finish what I chose, even if it brings me tears!

Moreover, courage can be developed through training.

Bai Qianqu once had a friend who was even more timid than him. Whenever ghost stories were mentioned, he would immediately cover his ears and refuse to listen.

Later, he found a girlfriend. Because he was laughed at while watching a horror movie, he became determined to overcome his fear!

His method for building courage was simple: every night he would force himself to watch a horror movie or listen to a horror story, then turn off the lights and sleep without covering his head, and he would never turn on the lights when he went to the toilet!

After persisting for a month, his friend was indeed no longer afraid of horror movies, because he already knew the plots of horror movies by heart!

In that friend's words:

He could tell what a ghost was going to do just by the way it sticks its butt out.

Bai Qianqu greatly admired this, and he was also facing a similar situation at the time.

When I first started writing "Ghost Blows Out the Light," I was a little scared, but as I delved deeper into it, my fear seemed to lessen considerably.

Most of the events in "Ghost Blows Out the Light" are based on reality, and many things can be explained scientifically. Although some explanations are somewhat idealistic, they are still self-consistent. After all, the tomb raiding industry is a product of imagination, and it is impossible to know whether there are tomb raiders in reality.

Many paranormal events are like this: they may seem terrifying at first glance, but once you understand the underlying principles, you're no longer afraid.

The once-popular TV show "Approaching Science" contains numerous examples of this.

Just as Bai Qianqu was working hard on "Ghost Blows Out the Light", the annual issue of the short story magazine "Spark" was finally released!

As a short story magazine, Spark has always been lukewarm in the market, neither good nor bad. It has a stable readership, but it has found it difficult to attract a large number of new readers.

After all, there are so many short story magazines on the market, and "Spark" doesn't have any particularly strong features.

In any case, the three strongest writers in the short story world have never submitted their work to Spark.