Embers Ad Infinitum

The title of the fifth volume comes from Beethoven's Third Symphony "Eroica", which means both the literal meaning and the connotation of the first and second chapters of the music. It also contains some of my own thoughts.

You should have noticed that the main body of "hero" refers to the "Salvation Army", which is the spirit and dream that never fades. When I first thought about writing this thing, I didn't have the outline of the story of The Long Night, and I still Have fun playing the game.

At that time, I was playing the game "Disco Elysium". The final BOSS, which cannot be said to be a BOSS, is just a suspect. He is a veteran who has witnessed the collapse of reality and pursued his ideals and fell into confusion and pain. In short, it is very important to us. Many people in the country can understand that feeling very well.

After playing, I said when chatting with the prince that I wanted to write about people and things that faced the collapse of ideals and cruel reality, but still persisted in themselves, and chose to continue to be alone after confusion and pain. In the past many years, I also heard about encountering some, so I came up with the setting of "The Salvation Army".

This is a bit sensitive. I originally planned to develop the corresponding story in the early stage so that what Shang Jianyao shouted "to save all mankind" could be concrete, vivid and full, but in the end I still put it in the second half. , even if something goes wrong, I can rush to the end quickly without worrying too much.

Moreover, this also has its advantages. After such a long journey, after suffering from psychotic obsessions and even brainless impulses, Shang Jianyao’s concepts and ideas have been consolidated through the people of the “Salvation Army” and are no longer empty. .

This perfectly matches the meaning of a hero's growth in "Symphony of Heroes".

In addition, under this lofty ideal, the second-level dream of Jiang Baimian, the third-level dream of Bai Chen and Gnawa, and the fourth-level dream of Long Yuehong, haha, are all displayed one by one.

This one has returned to the road movie or travelogue style of writing, but because there are five holy places running through it, and the previous four movies have also shaped the group members bit by bit, so when I wrote it, I felt it was better than the third one in the same travelogue style. The third volume is better and has a higher degree of completion.

Of course, there are many problems. First, the part that connects several holy places, because the goal is too clear, it loses the tension it should have and the mood of appreciating the scenery while traveling.

The second is related to the "Salvation Army", because the strength of the "Old Tune Team" has been too strong and it has not been able to expand too much. You must know that my original setting of the anti-secret control organization is much more than what is shown.

The third is that there are not enough changes. There are no new members, and there should be no new members. What follows is the transformation and integration in the transformation and integration, and the entire power system under the "New World" is almost presented, and there are new things in battle. There just aren't enough, and the lack of change often results in a lack of freshness and surprise.

Regarding the sixth part, the title comes from Haydn's symphony "Astonishment".

This is a short chapter, similar to the second one. It may be more or less. The specifics have not been determined yet. According to the usual practice, I should take leave again. Originally, I planned to take only two days off for the short chapter, but I happened to have one today. There is no time to think about the subsequent writing during this activity, so I still take three days off and resume updating at 12:30 noon on Saturday. Well, it will still be a single update on the weekend.

Okay, if everyone is bored while waiting for the sixth part, I can recommend two novels that I am following:

One is "Secret Martial Arts: The Record of the Knight's Rhinoceros". In addition to being slow, the first dozen chapters are too funny, which is perfect for my liking. The feeling of being serious and talking nonsense is really great. It makes me want to write Benke. Sulu Xingyiquan.

The other book is "The Strange Fairy". Compared with the first book, this one is more crazy and chaotic. So far, the feeling of combining folklore and Cthulhu is not bad. The author's last book "The Mysterious Earth Sea" I I also watched it, and I quite liked it at first, but then the plot became faster and faster, the encounter stories became more and more dense, and the pace was too fast. I gave up after about a third of it. I hope this book can keep up. Current rhythm.

Finally, I wish everyone a prosperous 2022!