daoist_2B

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At the end of the novel description I believe.

I don't like being the bringer of bad news, but the inconsistent updates are because ryukurou stopped with writing altogether. You can check his discord for where the story would've gone. I do agree with your criticisms though, in particular the Mc's unconvincing reasoning for helping the OG Mc, but I think that mainly stems from the fact that the story as a whole was a bit convoluted (once again, you can check his discord for an outline of the whole thing in general chat, just read from the pinned message). In general, most of it does make sense in the full picture though.

miss it? Did ryukurou drop this?

So webnovel decided to remove the spaces between my paragraphs, for anyone reading this or who has already read the review I'm very sorry for the absolute aneurism that wall of text likely gave you.

To start off the review, the setting is very interesting. The world they're in has a more open feel to it than most other novels based in another world. Due to the fact that the author changes the scenery a lot and wrote a sizeable cast of characters, it doesn't have that near claustrophobic feeling some other novels do. Where the world is constrained to where the cast is and anything outside of that feels out of reach. The decision to put known characters in the abyssal realm works wonders for this effect and is also one of the main reasons it's possible in the first place. Ronin is also a breath of fresh air as an unreliable narrator of his own story, especially when it comes to how he views Min Cheng. The concept of an unreliable narrator can do wonders for deeply flawed characters like Ronin because it gives the audience a chance to distance themselves from Ronin's motives and look at them through a more objective lens when necessary. Although that part of Ronin's character can also be wildly inconsistent at times to the point that I'm wondering whether or not I'm misinterpreting the author here. Now I'm not exactly clear on the nature of the world they're in, Ronin calls it a "fake" world as a former system and seems to treat everyone as a living doll. The problem with this is the fact that for this to be a "fake" world the people in charge of the entire procedure must be capable of creating something like that. Yet Ronin remains not only safe from these people, but he doesn't hear a peep from them throughout at least 16 in-cannon years (as far as I'm aware). It isn't a horrible thing or anything to have the people in charge not care about one measly system from a low-ranking transmigrator. But Kai has yet to mention anything about the higher-ups after the introduction, which would have to mean they're ignoring everything Ronin is doing. But that can't be it either considering Kai's existence in the first place. Replacing a system means acknowledging that the previous has vanished without a trace, so the higher-ups are simply letting Ronin do whatever the hell he feels like. The other option here is that the higher-ups have purposefully given Ronin false information about the nature of the worlds or that he has developed a sense of fakeness as a coping mechanism toward his past. Both options would imply that the higher-ups of Ronin are most certainly not omnipotent as they're either selecting "ideal" worlds or they're slightly manipulating existing worlds to fit their transmigrator's tastes. The second would definitely explain a lot of things that happen as opposed to the first. It also brings the validity of the wish consolation prize into question as there is a very real possibility they won't even be able to grant a complicated wish. The problem is that these concepts aren't presented to the reader in a way that would make them think it's something meant to be considered. I'd also like to say to any new readers that if you can't handle slow story development then this novel is not for you. the beginning can move at a snail's pace at times so keep that in mind while getting into the novel. regardless, I enjoy this novel quite a lot and will look forward to its progression. If the author is reading this, I hope I wasn't too harsh or perhaps missed something that makes my criticisms invalid. I'm only on chapter 99 (the limit for free chapters) so some things in here might've already been addressed later in the story.