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The Seal of the Tomb Raider, the Talisman of the Tomb Raider, the Technique of Moving Mountains and Unloading Ridges to Find the Dragon.

Humans light candles, ghosts blow out lamps; they survey tombs and search for star peaks.

Mercury spots, used to nourish funerary objects, have been found in countless dragon towers and precious palaces.

There is a sunken coffin and a bronze coffin. If you don't have a strong character, don't come near it.

Vertical burial pits and box-shaped graves are avoided by those who move mountains and unload ridges.

The red clothes are fierce, and the corpse is smiling. It is better to listen to ghosts cry than to laugh.

—Ghost Blows Out the Light

Chapter 353 Tomb Raiding Theme

This novel is very novel and mysterious, completely different from Qianjian's previous works.

The fans were stunned for a moment, then went wild.

"Didn't Qianjian write about gaming and esports? Why did he suddenly switch? What kind of genre is this 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'? Is it horror or suspense?"

"I don't read horror novels; they keep me up at night."

"Why don't you keep writing about esports? I'm totally hooked!"

"Isn't this kind of range too big?"

"Qu Yin doesn't write songs, he makes movies; Qian Jian doesn't write about esports, he writes about new genres. These two are truly good friends, they really have the same temperament."

"What I'm worried about now is what if Qianjian fails at trying a new genre and the writing isn't good?"

"Given World Snake's aggressive advertising, its quality shouldn't be too bad, right?"

"It's hard to say. There have been cases of people being heavily promoted and then dying suddenly."

It's clear that most people aren't very optimistic about Qianjian's new novel.

After all, writing a novel depends on the author's imagination. Generally speaking, when writing a long novel, an outline is written in advance. However, when you actually start writing, you will find that the outline can only provide a general direction. Most of the time, the author writes wherever their thoughts lead them.

In this situation, it's convenient to write some more traditional online novels or light novels for beginners, since there isn't much logic involved, and readers won't ask for too much; just enjoy the story.

However, this doesn't apply to horror and suspense novels.

They place greater emphasis on logic and the completeness of events, requiring a beginning and an end. The events that occur are planned to some extent, and even some details can affect the overall reading experience.

This is why some people who write horror and suspense stories eventually run out of steam and end up writing cultivation novels.

The logic was out of control.

Therefore, this type of novel is very difficult to master, and most authors cannot write it.

However, Qianjian actually wrote this type of book in his second book?

Not to mention fans, even those in the novel industry were stunned.

Many people carefully read the promotional material released by World Snake and confirmed that this was a novel called "Tomb Raiding".

The group looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

By all accounts, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" should be considered a horror/suspense novel. The "tomb raiding" genre is a subgenre and should also be categorized under horror, suspense, and supernatural.

The so-called founding of a new school of thought was not taken seriously by the public; after all, people are used to boasting and exaggerating in propaganda.

Many trashy products, when they come out to promote themselves, often claim to be "epoch-making" products.

What people are mainly curious about is just how excellent this book is that it would prompt World Snake to promote it so extensively.

How good can a suspenseful horror story be?

Everyone's seen those formulas before, what new formulas can you possibly come up with in this book?

Furthermore, niche topics already have a small audience, and you won't attract many readers just by promoting them heavily.

Finally, an industry insider speculated: "It's certain that this 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' is of good quality, otherwise World Snake Bookstore wouldn't be putting so much effort into promoting it. I personally think the quality of this book is above average. As we all know, World Snake's suspense novels have never produced a blockbuster. Since Qian Jian just wrote this one, World Snake wants to take a gamble and see if this book can take off. Even if it doesn't, doing this will still give Qian Jian face, so it's not too much of a loss."

After reading his remarks, everyone began to ponder them.

After all, Qianjian is a bestselling novelist, and he has made great strides in the field of short stories. His status has risen significantly, and World Serpent has to do its best to please him, so it's not impossible for him to make such a move.

For a writer like Qian Jian, even if his work isn't of very high quality, editors won't easily reject it. After all, that would be too offensive. Besides, editors' judgment isn't always accurate. There have been cases where novels rejected by editors were taken to another publisher and became bestsellers.

Therefore, if the author of a hit novel insists on publishing it, the publisher will comply with their wishes.

Moreover, to be honest, everyone thinks Qian Jian is a bit strange.

He seems to have never failed.

Whenever he takes action, he will surely shock everyone. Even if no one is optimistic about him at first, he can always turn the tide.

Therefore, people gradually developed a blind trust in him.

It seems that everything he writes is a success.

There are quite a few people who think this way.

For example, that's what the editor-in-chief of Tomato Publishing House thinks.

He strongly suspected that Qianjian's new work contained a bombshell, the kind that would shock the entire novel world.

If it were only Qianjian who insisted on publishing this novel, the publicity for World Serpent wouldn't have been so extensive.

This is clearly propaganda aimed at a much larger goal.

When "The King's Avatar" was released last time, World Snake attracted a lot of readers, which made Tomato's editor-in-chief very envious. In particular, after the physical book was released, it seized a lot of market share.

Many of Tomato's original readers have gone to World Snake, which has caused Tomato a considerable loss.

"There's definitely something wrong! Gray Snake isn't stupid!"

"Tomb raiding? But what's so interesting about tomb raiding?"

The more he thought about it, the more convinced he was that his guess was correct. He became restless and couldn't sit still. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand how Qian Jian could write another suspenseful horror novel that would become a bestseller, or even a groundbreaking work.

There are many people like Tomato Editor-in-Chief who are confused, but this does not stop World Snake from continuing to increase its publicity efforts.

This time, they not only promoted themselves in China, but also went overseas to promote themselves.

Qianjian naturally has overseas fans, and quite a few of them.

When they saw the advertisement for "Ghost Blows Out the Light", they were completely shocked.

"My Holy Mother Mary, these ads from China are actually being placed on my Florida turf?"

"Yosh! Senken's new novel, my favorite thing to do!"

"Sukabul! I missed out on 'The King's Avatar' at the bookstore last time, so I have to get my hands on this new book! It's time to dig out my long-forgotten RPG!"

"Whatever, you can rob me all you want, I'll trade you three tons of oil."

"Oil? Where is there oil?"

"Get out (ノ｀Д)ノ"

Fans overseas are very enthusiastic; they don't care what kind of novels Qianjian writes.

Chapter 354 The Pattern Opens

After all, many people haven't finished watching the last season of "The King's Avatar" yet.

Because "The King's Avatar" is only available in Chinese, and although Chinese is a global language, not everyone can learn it well, some overseas fans who are not good at Chinese need to wear translation glasses to watch it.

These translation glasses can automatically translate the text in front of you into a language that the wearer is familiar with, which is very high-tech.

However, due to location differences, overseas chapters are always one book behind those in China, which is about 300,000 words.

Many impatient fans even spent a lot of money to buy Qianjian's latest book in China.

However, this time is different. World Snake has made it clear that this time, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will be released in multiple languages!

This delighted many people.

Of course, World Snake's move also demonstrates its attitude: to expand its market!

They want to expand overseas!

Achieve true global bestseller status!

This matter has caused many publishing companies in the industry to frown.

The current novel market is extremely competitive. Qianjian has not only suddenly released a new work, but is also going to expand overseas. This is not a good thing for everyone, because everyone has witnessed Qianjian's abilities.

If anyone still underestimates Qian Jian and thinks he's a newcomer, they're simply out of their mind.

Meanwhile, when World Snake launched its advertisement, bookstore owners also immediately took action.

They called one after another, expressing their intention to pre-order a large number of Qian Jian's new books, with the smallest order being several million copies.

Having learned from their previous painful experiences, the bookstore owners have reached a consensus:

As long as it's a work by Qianjian, no matter how unreliable it seems, just pre-order a large number of them immediately!

If you buy too much stock, you can sell it slowly.

If you don't buy enough goods, watching others make money while you don't is even more painful than losing money.

The World Serpent's advertising campaign was so massive and widespread that even people who hadn't read any of Senken's works were taken aback by its sheer scale.

Due to geographical differences, although Qianjian is very popular in China, its reputation overseas is not very widespread.

Many people are not very familiar with him.

"What's going on? I was on the bus this morning, and the little TV on board kept playing a weird advertisement video on a loop. It said that someone named Qian Jian wrote a novel called 'Ghost Blows Out the Light.' Who is this Qian Jian? Is he that great? People who can enjoy this level of publicity are usually the best in the literary world, right?"

"I've heard of him a few times, mainly because I've read his short story 'The Gift of the Magi,' which is indeed well-written. I just didn't expect him to write a novel."

"I don't know, are Senken's short stories better than those of Rikov from Europe?"

"I remember that among the three strongest figures in the field of short stories in China, there was no one named Qian Jian."

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These overseas readers don't know Qianjian, so naturally someone will take the initiative to introduce him to them, with readers from China being the most enthusiastic.

They rushed to provide scientific information in the comments section of each other's posts.

"Qian Jian started by writing long novels, and 'The King's Avatar' is his most famous work!"

"Qian Jian is now considered one of the most prominent figures in the world of Snake! He may not have many works yet, but his influence is definitely among the top! His previous work, 'The King's Avatar,' sparked a writing craze for e-sports novels, and he has also achieved amazing success in the field of short stories. He's definitely a big shot!"