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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
11/01/25 re-read
Ahhh I can't believe I forgot how much I enjoyed this book. Decided to re-read it on a whim because I had a boring flight.
It was funny, sweet, interesting and action packed, no notes.
(also packed with a lot of dog food)
Ahhh I can't believe I forgot how much I enjoyed this book. Decided to re-read it on a whim because I had a boring flight.
It was funny, sweet, interesting and action packed, no notes.
(also packed with a lot of dog food)
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was a great read until it got to the extras, I didn't think we'd see 2 full chapters filled with fatphobia. The time travel chapters were forgettable as well.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Spoiler
Basically in this world, there are special humans aka Protectors who protect the Earth from Destroyers who, you know, want to destroy the world. In reality, the Universe is ruled by Chief Deity who runs The System, a game-like setting in which levelers travel from one Opened World (aka ruled by The System) to another on missions, gather points, until they clear all the levels, gain basically unlimited powers and immortality and are granted one wish. You guessed it, Yu Hua’s wish was to be left alone to live a quiet and peaceful life with a husband.So, Mr. and Mr. Smith both try their damnedest to sugardaddy their hubs with money they have stashed away while keeping up the appearance of a humble man with a low-income job. Such hardship! Yu Hua finds out very soon that his hubs is a Protector, You Zhengping finds out around halfway through the book and then holds back because “if I don’t say it aloud it’s not true.” The story soon evolves to gathering a cadre of defecting Destroyers to fight against the machine aka The System, and the Destroyers and Protectors uniting their forces for common good.
This is mostly fun and games (literally), until the story takes a darker tone around Ch 87 with a flashback of how Yu Hua became what he is. And then it evolves to heroic men sacrificing themselves for their comrades, city, and country (they don’t die but they lose their special powers). Two of the three extras are blatantly fatphobic and I skipped them, but extra 3 sheds some light on the World Law thing, it was interesting.
This is such a fun romp! Speical powers! Identity porn! Immortals (or something something)! It has very SCI Mystery team dynamics feels, it’s silly and over-dramatic, sometimes stupid, and it cheerfully ignores things like basic laws of physics and, you know, common sense. The language is often pointedly childish (which I think goes with the comedy genre), the author’s chapter endnotes made me giggle and snort a lot. At times I raised my brows at what must be culturally appropriate comments and reactions but that felt very very weird to my Western self. I’m glad I happened to see the article about Unlimited Flow because it cleared up quite a lot…
I've only read two of Cyan Wings' works, the first one I ended up loving and the second was more eh. This time I did enjoy it, but there was a section of the novel where the science of the universe fully lost me, and it was like a whole arc so you know several chapters of being confused as hell. But the worldbuilding and the plot were intriguing as always even though the extras after the main story sorta left a bad taste in my mouth. The MC and the ML were also personable and felt like characters with actual personality traits which is always good to have. All in all, I would say it was definitely an enjoyable novel, just have to shut off your brain for a couple of chapters midway through the book lol