Words Upon Release (Including Update Information—Hope You’ll Take a Look)

The Age of Staying In Zhai Nan 1585 words 2026-03-22 18:24:17

Let me start by announcing something everyone already knows: the book is going live.

First, I want to sincerely thank Boss Ye and Editor Green Bean for their support. Now, let’s get down to business.

Honestly, I’m quite nervous about going live. I once wrote a book with nearly 900,000 words but only got two thousand bookmarks and an average subscription count never exceeding seventy. Then, when it was close to hitting a million words, that book got caught up in a wave of censorship and was wiped away.

Well, the results weren’t great anyway, so it went down the drain.

But to be frank, that experience gave me a kind of fear about launching a book. Even though I could have gone live at 200,000 words, I kept postponing it until now.

There’s a saying—though I don’t know whose—that going live is the only true test of whether a book will flop or not. So, it’s time to put this theory to the test.

I once shared a theory in the author group: whether a book flops or succeeds is like Schrödinger’s cat—half dead, half alive. Before going live, every book exists in a superposition of success and failure. Only when the observer—going live—is introduced does the wave function collapse, resulting in either flop or triumph.

Some authors counter, “The cat you put in the box was already dead; no observation will bring it back to life!”

But is this book really a dead cat?

Anyway, I have to introduce the observer and give it a try. If it truly is a dead cat, then I’ll accept it.

So, if you can, please subscribe to the legitimate version as a form of support. If you can’t, and you have to read pirated versions, I can’t stop you. Just do me a favor and cast a few recommendation votes. If you occasionally use your gifted coins to subscribe, that would be even better. Of course, if you’re able, please pay with official site coins!

As for tipping? No pressure. If you do, I’ll provide extra chapters. If not, it’s fine. You all know the author’s principles—at the very least, I won’t skip the two scheduled updates every day.

Now, here’s a frustrating issue: the book will officially go live at midnight, which means VIP chapters can only be released after midnight.

What does this mean? It means the author’s streak of releasing chapters exactly on time is about to be broken! The myth of punctual chapter releases is about to shatter!

To avoid this tragedy, the author has decided to release the first chapter at 1 a.m. on May 1st. As compensation, on May Day, I will release one chapter every hour. In other words, besides the originally promised twenty chapters for the launch, you’ll get three more chapters on top of that.

How’s that for sincerity from the author? So if you have the means, please consider subscribing to support the initial launch.

And finally, the part everyone loves best: the jinxing segment! You might not know this, but authors in the group—no matter how big or small their fame—go wild whenever they hear about a chapter boost. Every day, the same question is repeated: “Who’s got a chapter boost to share?”

So, as a rare author who once jinxed an editor, I’ve decided to jinx a few books. There’s a saying—again, I don’t know whose—that jinxing is the only true test of a big shot’s strength.

Here are some titles I’m jinxing:

- “Naruto: The Savior” (A top-tier book with a thousand subscriptions, a remarkable dark horse. I wonder if my jinx will bring it down.)
- “A Certain God’s Marvelous Daily Life” (A big author’s work, always gives me a hard time. Will the jinx stick?)
- “2D Idol System” (Another big author’s book, with a completed infinite-flow novel. Let’s see if it survives the jinx.)
- “Superdimensional Agency” (A big author’s simultaneous release, has two completed works already. Am I betraying an ally by promoting him?)
- “My Sister is Naruto” (The only book that turned Naruto into a palace intrigue drama.)
- “This Life’s Reckless Fantasy” (According to the author, it starts funny, gets intense in the middle, and ends sadly.)
- “The All-Round Crossdresser Shopkeeper” (By an author obsessed with big, cute girls; claims that even in disguise, he must have a pencil.)
- “One Piece: The Onmyoji” (I hate the name Onmyoji. After achieving the ‘Great African Onmyoji’ title, I deleted the game.)
- “One Piece: The Strongest Ninja”
- “Tales of the Urban Demon King”
- “Naruto: The Demon Sword Susanoo”
- “One Piece: The Strongest Lord”
- “2D Dominator”
- “Crossing Over to Battle Through the Heavens”
- “The God of Sacrifice”
- “My Right Eye Sees Hell”
- “One Piece: Blue Phantom”
- “Chuunibyou Still Wants to Play with Swords”
- “The Weakest Lord in History”
- “Kuroko’s Basketball: The Strongest Empire”
- “I am the Curtain General”
- “A Time-Travel Career from Zero”
- “God-Level Atonement System”
- “Pokemon: The Strongest Player”
- “The Ever-Changing Firefly Dance”

That’s all for now. Let’s see which of them survive till the end!