Superhumans of the Dome City-Chapter 75 - 1 Volume Reflection and Summary

75: 1 Volume Reflection and Summary

75: 1 Volume Reflection and Summary

This update ends here, and the next one will be in two days…

oh, there’s no dice this time.

The first thing that popped into my head when I thought about writing a summary was this phrase; I guess old habits die hard.

No need for more idle talk, let’s get into the summary of the first volume—although this is basically just my idle talk section, using the phrase “no more idle talk” sounds kind of odd.

I’m not used to not having Teacher Xu’s pictures for section breaks, so I’ll use the dot symbol instead.

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First comes the routine reflection section.

It was my first time writing an original story, and there were really a lot of areas I needed to reflect on.

I tried my best to make each character distinct, but I focused too much on designing their powers and neglected their personal traits, I must admit my inexperience…

especially with Xu, who I initially wanted to be a stoic and stern man but ended up like a dedicated game master in role-playing groups because his powers needed explaining, really…

sorry to put you through that.

Creating original powers was indeed challenging, and the powers of almost everyone had prototypes to some extent.

What most discouraged me was Miss Shiyu; I had a great idea suited to her, finished the detailed setup of Water Mirror Immortal Shadow excitedly, only to realize when I started writing—it’s kind of similar to the Light of Judgment (from Magical Index, a power from Left Side).

Oh, I seriously wanted to dig a hole and bury myself.

But with things as they were, I couldn’t change the script at that point, so I just had to grit my teeth and continue writing (sadly).

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Being used to the feeling of writing posts in the past led to having too many dialogues, and my lack of skill made the characters’ speech somewhat homogenized; it was a disaster when many characters were involved in the conversation.

I will work on improving this to ensure the next villain doesn’t end up a chatterbox like Xu.

Controlling the pace of the narrative was also a tough issue.

Introducing the worldview and setting (casual conversations when Alice and Ah Ce first met) unexpectedly took up three chapters, oh my gosh…

The number of participants in the beast battle made Mr.

Takizawa, who was already a minor character, appear even more so…

After the beast battle, the deduction and underground chapters took up quite a few sections, even longer than the initial setting and world explanation…

Looking back makes me want to hide my face and sigh deeply.

I can’t grasp the balance between detail and brevity, always wanting to explain every point in a detailed discourse, intent on clarifying everything related, which is really a bad habit of mine.

Additionally, the story’s timeline being too packed was also a problem.

I wanted to add more everyday scenes of Alice’s snarky dates, which would have made the heartfelt reveal at the end even more impactful.

Unfortunately, there was only half a day’s time; they rushed around half the city and could only sneak in a few words during their busy moments, a real pity.

I’ll have to extend the timeframe of the story a bit in the next volume.

Even looking at the prologue now, it seems pretty nonsensical, right?

I feel the same.

But I really wanted to write it; I wanted to use that scene as the start of this story, so I still went ahead and included it.)

There are many more points to reflect upon, but if I continue listing them one by one, it will turn into a grand reflection meeting.

So for now, let’s turn this page and talk about the story in this volume.

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The title of the first volume is “Superpower Users and Impermanence Law Enforcers,” which is mainly about the story of the Impermanence Skill.

The Impermanence Law Enforcers appearing in this volume are mostly middle-level Divine Communication practitioners, with a few high-level manifestations and one representing the ceiling—Creation Realm.

How do you all feel about it?

The Impermanence Skill is fundamentally related to one’s inner self.

By seeing their abilities, you can somewhat understand what kind of person he or she is.

I guess that’s the basic tone of the story.

Many characters introduced in the first volume were deliberately given “dual identities.” Mr.

Shiyu shifted from a charming gentleman to a friend covered in scars, Yuankai from a minor chubby character to a big brother, Yan Qi from a nobody masked man to a strong man, and Qin Qianbai transformed from a simpleton into…

a masked simpleton (laughs).

The most deliberate one, of course, was Miss Alice, who shifted from a helpful Hunter to a fugitive prey, from a good woman to a bad woman—the first Hunter wanted Ah Ce’s heart, and so did the second one.

Naturally, the leading lady of this volume is Miss Shiyu Ling, who also doubles as the final boss.

What would happen if a character who had always been nice to the protagonist suddenly betrayed him and turned into a major villain…

That’s the thought process that designed her character.

Malice churned in her heart, yet the kindred conversations were not false; she only loved herself but quite enjoyed the random encounters with the chatty grey-haired man.

Among the words spoken by Alice, how much is true and how much is false…

Ah Ce must have been pondering this in the end.

As for the truth, only she knows.

Initially, I really, really, really wanted Miss Shiyu to decisively bow out at the end of this volume.

Hehe, time to kill off a character!

I always had to pull my punches in previous writings, but there’s no reason not to “pack a lunchbox” this time, and the first one’s you, Shiyu Ling!!

—In reality, as soon as I started writing, I thought, “Oh, no, this is a bit…

I mean, she may be rotten but she’s kind of nice too, so maybe nevermind.”

Knowing my own soft nature, I had prepared two outlines with slight differences—one for killing off Miss Ling and one for sparing her.

When I wrote about a dozen chapters, the former outline was thrown in the trash.

Consequently Miss Ling survived, thanks to Ah Ce’s mercy and her brother’s life-saving sacrifice.

After that, there shouldn’t be a reason to cause any more trouble…

probably.

In reality, while writing, I realized it’s impossible to delve deeply into every character, so the stories of Miss Qin, Mr.

Shiyu, and others will be told later.

Since she was the main female character of this volume, the stage was given to Alice.

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The first volume is positioned as an introduction to the most important content of this world, so I chose a sudden incident.

And in the following Second Volume…

After a whole volume with Impermanence Law Enforcers, it’s time to let the Superpower Users have some fun.

I think it’s also time for Ah Ce to catch his breath, enjoy some of the daily life in the sky city, bring in some superpower campus comedy, and show a day-to-day side of this city.

Maybe throw in a bit of anime culture.

A romantic plot?

Ah, no rush, no rush.

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Regarding word count, I asked in the comment section before, and some friends said the current chapter length is fine while others felt a bit shorter might be better.

I plan to compromise: the relatively boring transitions will try to be wrapped within 2k words per chapter, and the rest will remain at the current level.

If you have any better suggestions, feel free to mention them in the comments or chapter reviews, whether about the pace of the words or anything else; after all, I do have many shortcomings and need to keep improving by listening to advice.

And just like when I used to post, seeing comments makes me really happy.

By the way, I won’t use the female character deceit trick for the second time; after all, repeating it would just be boring.

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Finally, thank you very much for your comments, bookmarks, recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and contributions!

I really wanted to write a thank-you note at the end of the chapters when I received them, but it might affect the reading experience, so here, I extend my gratitude altogether.

Thank you very much for your support!

The first volume is complete.

I need to take some time to revise the outline for the next volume, so the publication will temporarily halt for the next two days, and the serial will resume on Wednesday.

Some character settings introduced in this volume will be posted separately in the comment section like before, coming out tomorrow.

So, this update ends here.

The next update will be in two days, and the content will be the Second Volume, the unearthly non-daily life.