Immortality, a gift, or a curse, this is the theme of the fourth part. In fact, it is reflected in many people, such as Azik, Anderson, Leonard, and so on. In the end, when Azik saw those cocoons and the earthlings wrapped in modern clothes, and saw that three of the cocoons had broken, the question of whether it is a gift or a curse, I think there is no need to point it out specifically. The tone of horror, suspense, madness and darkness of the whole world is revealed again.

This was one of the most impactful scenes I imagined before opening the book, and it seems to work pretty well now, haha.

The entire fourth part is progressive and reconciles the foreshadowing, including the Anderson line that was buried in the middle of the third part, which finally had a strong outbreak and reverberation. I am quite satisfied with it. The remaining lines will also be recycled in the fifth part.

However, there are still some problems with the fourth part. One is the lack of conflict in the rich man's daily life. Once it is prolonged, I don't know how to build tension, and many points have to be explained and mentioned. This made me a little anxious before going to Chanis Gate. The turning point was not smooth enough and lacked the final cushion. I have said it before, so I won't say more.

Second, the plot is a bit long, and there are some problems with the rhythm in the middle and late stages.

From late June to mid-July, I was in a bit of a state of panic when writing. From the moment Klein got the formula to the end of Leonard's grave digging, the tension of the entire plot dropped from its peak. I tried to make up for it, to reconstruct, and to find new excitement, but the results were not very good. As for the reason, I later roughly figured it out: there was a lack of change.

In simple terms, the upgrade took too long, from the middle of the third part to the Puppet Master, it took two or three hundred chapters to get there in the middle and late fourth part. The aesthetics started to get tired, the tension started to drop, and a fundamental change was urgently needed.

So, I adjusted the pace, pushed to the back everything that could be put at the end, described everything that could be described indirectly, and aimed very clearly at the two lines of upgrade and revenge. Judging from my own feeling and specific data, the effect is still good.

Of course, this also caused some problems. There were a few places that were rushed, such as the Calderón section, which should have been more stretched out and winding.

Well, for me, upgrading is not only a pleasure, a point of anticipation, but also a tool to control the rhythm. The former is easy to understand. Even in the real world, upgrading is everywhere. Employees have their own promotion paths, as do businessmen and officials. The reality of not upgrading does not exist, but some are not very obvious.

The latter is more complicated. I simplified it into the pursuit of change. Even everyday books need changes and the stimulation of new things. An upgrade can bring a lot of changes, so it can be used to control the rhythm and measure problems.

Speeding up the pace and reaching the final plot, the most important thing for an author is to sort out the emotions, sort out the emotions that he wants to express, eliminate the harmful and unnecessary things, and ensure that the progression, accumulation and outburst of emotions are not disturbed, interrupted or diluted.

So, in the last part, I gave up a little sense of urgency. First of all, after Adam's line was pulled out, unless the Rose School was brought in, there would naturally be a lack of urgency. If that was done, the scene would be too chaotic and it would be impossible to focus the emotions on revenge and sadness.

Secondly, Xiao Ke is the director in this scene, and he needs to keep things under control. Too many unexpected and urgent things will make it difficult to digest the upgrade smoothly. If revenge and upgrade are divided into two lines, the rest will be too dragged out, and there will definitely be problems with the rhythm and no tension.

Also, the existence of the Red Angel evil spirit in the beginning would make it difficult to create a sense of urgency, which could be considered a sacrifice for the sake of character development.

Well, inserting Ins’s memories to enrich the character actually didn’t help the emotions, so I sacrificed it.

Actually, it is not impossible to create a sense of urgency in the middle, such as bringing forward Daly's death, detonating that kind of emotion in the middle, and creating a sense of urgency that Ins can kill everyone and escape. But in this way, the aftertaste of the ending and the poignant ending cannot guarantee the right emotions. After weighing it, I can only make this choice.

For Daly, in my earliest character design, I put her in the line of the goddess of night pursuing the authority of the god of death. Later, I gave up this idea and made her an ordinary genius. Together with the captain, an ordinary middle-level night watcher, they had a story that was not so much a protagonist template. This was very unique and rare in the context of the entire story background and atmosphere.

Yes, and, in many cases, my words may be a little irregular and strange, and the word order is also strange. I am making some attempts, I hope to convey the pictures in my mind and the emotions in my heart to you in the most vivid way. At this time, I will not consider whether to use adjectives, verbs, or nouns, but which word or words can better show the key of the picture, more intuitively, and more intuitively.

Many authors have similar troubles. I remember that in many of Wen Ruian’s later books, some parts seemed to be spammy, such as a bunch of “knife” characters surrounding a person’s name, but in fact they were all intended to better shape the picture, better convey the feeling, and break through the limitations of words. In this regard, words are always inferior to pictures.

This is the technical summary of the fourth part. As for who the third or first time traveler is, you can guess, hehe.

Well, as usual, I'll take a break after finishing one and sort out my ideas. Although there is a weekend, I'll only take three days off and will resume updating next Tuesday at 12:30 noon.

The fifth part, “The Red Priest”, you can do your reading comprehension now, haha.

Finally, I would like to recommend two books. One is "The Dragon System of All Heavens and Myriad Worlds". The stories it tells are rare, like Blood Romance and In the Name of the People, which are quite novel.

One is "Talking to the Sword", a new work by the veteran master Landi.

Finally, the fourth part is finished. Please give me a monthly ticket~