By the time the final words of this chapter were published, they were first published on August 13, 2020. In total, this book actually took more than three years and one month to write.
I only wrote 1.7 million words, I’m covering my face ()
There are actually various reasons, but I actually feel pretty good about having this word count when writing a book for the first time.
Well... to reveal a little bit, when I signed the contract, the estimated word count of the finished book was 1.2 million words.
At that time, I thought it was great to be able to write 1.2 million words for the first contracted work... However, in fact, it dragged on all the way until the current 1.7 million words, which is the second largest book in total. The volume is finished.
Because the title was useless, I didn’t deliberately divide it into volumes and choose volume names (mainly because I was not satisfied with the several volume names I thought of). It can be roughly divided into "City Chapter" and "Alola Chapter".
The next volume will naturally be "Galer Chapter + Donghuang's Road to Champions"
When I opened this book, it was just around the time that "Pokémon Sword and Shield" Gai's Island was released, if I remember correctly.
In fact, I still have a deep affection for "Sword and Shield". Although most of the current reviews of "Sword and Shield" are mixed, I still enjoy the battle of "Sword and Shield".
Affected by this, most of my early battles in this book were based on the Dynamax environment of "Sword and Shield".
"Jiu Zi" is worse than "Sword and Shield" in everything, but its performance in battle is not as good as Sword and Shield... Ahem, I'm going too far.
Talking back to Sword and Shield, Xiaoyu is my favorite protagonist. In addition, the reason why most of the generational protagonists in this book are women is because I chose heroines ()
At that time, I remember that the third family I chose was the Banglui Kongangang, but when I was writing about Xiao You, I thought... Banglui Kongangang and Xiaoyou were a little bit incompatible, but the Flaming Ace already had one (referring to Su Yuan), had no choice but to choose the most frustrating Thousand Faces Avoidance, and the King Kong Ape went to Hepu ()
However, defeating a strong enemy by inverting attributes and inverse strength can also show Xiaoyou's strength from a side, right?
As for why I chose Flare Ace when I was the third Pokémon... ahem, because at that time I was playing against Flare Ace Team ()
Many of the early chapters of this book were my personal "whims."
Including writing.
I have mentioned it in the group before, but there should be many book friends who have not joined the group. I will briefly mention the beginning of this book again.
As we all know, the beginning of this book is actually a little strange.
Because my original setting at the time was that this book was not "Pokémon", but "Infinite Worlds", and at that time, there was no such category as "Infinite Worlds", so I plunged headlong into the depths of the universe. The bottom is light.
The reason why I set it to "Brave"...the reason is actually simple. I was watching/playing this type of genre at the time, and I set it like this as soon as my mind got excited.
In addition, regarding the more detailed setting of "Brave", I initially made some modifications based on the setting of the brave in the "Lance" series... I deleted many anti-human settings. In short Highlight an invincible.
Later, I was set to be a game anchor... It was also because I was watching AG at that time. A lot of it at the beginning was based on what I was watching/like at the time. In addition, it was the product of a twitch in my head, which was actually very uncomfortable. qualified.
If according to my thoughts at the time, the world is infinite, after the beginning, it will actually be a conflict between Groudon and Kyogre, and then a series of developments, Su Yuan himself will come to the "finishing point"... Ahem, that's a bit of a dud.
But after writing three or four chapters, I felt that the theme of Infinity was a bit troublesome, so I made a big change and directly set it to a single Pokémon world. In the early stage, I wrote whatever I thought of to highlight it. One has no outline and just writes randomly.
So when I was coding later, it was quite painful a lot of the time, because I had to conceive the subsequent chapters and developments on the spot, and at the same time, the materials for the competition were the best to write. After all, I played ranked every day, and there were a lot of materials I could use in the game. ’s... Then we were matched with AG () at five or six in the morning
Uh-huh, that game was actually quite interesting. I still remember that at that time, I was on loan with a Korean player’s team under AG’s dynamics. I self-destructed the Magnemite team, covered with Roaring Tiger, and harvested with Combo Style Martial Arts Bear Master. of.
However, this team is not easy to deal with Bulbasaur. Many times they need to guess whether the opponent should be very direct and ground attack, so at that time I chose a more mine-based play style, Gigantamax Blazing Roaring Tiger, with the help of the opponent's On a sunny day, he backhanded Gigantamax Bulbasaur for seconds.
Then when I met AG, he also chose Bulbasaur. I didn't even think about going to Dynamax Roaring Tiger to do it. Then he changed players + yawned, emmmm... In short, I still remember it fresh.
Going too far again.
As mentioned above, there is no outline in the early stage. The plot is improvised and written on the fly. When it is really impossible to write, I will use the competition water to pass it. Therefore, most of the previous chapters...the battles in the game occupy a very long space.
But in fact, if you really have to count it down, it’s not that long when you say it’s long. It just feels like it’s a lot, including me.
Coupled with the problem of poor writing, it seems very confusing and difficult to understand.
Moreover, if you think about some things clearly when you are thinking about them, you may inadvertently make them messy when writing.
For example, I only learned a month ago that in the first few chapters of my opening chapter, the attack power of the Blazing Roaring Tiger's intimidation was reduced by half. This was an obvious mistake, but I never knew it. A book friend reminded me in the middle. Yes, but at that time I was in a state of long-term interruption and didn't notice it at all.
And then... Let’s talk about the problem of original characters. The appearance of original heroines in fan works is indeed a poisonous point when I think about it now, but at the time... ahem.
Next, there is the aspect of character setting. Maybe it’s because I was still playing Lance during that period, or maybe the concentration of the second dimension is a bit high. I don’t know how to set up a “perverted lily girl” like this. written()
Anyway, as of now, everyone doesn’t like it, so I’ll try to mention it as little as possible in the subsequent plot.
Also, let’s talk about the heroine.
According to the initial thoughts above, I wanted to have more heroines in this book from the beginning. It is undisputed. Why do I want more heroines... I am watching "Fairies Please Respect Yourself" /"Asking the Red World", I am a fan of Ji Da, cough cough.
But now, as I write... I feel that in the Pokémon genre, especially in today's urban setting, having multiple female protagonists is always a bit weird.
So when I come back, the other original female protagonist, who can also be said to be my xp, Bai Xin'er, may be deliberately ignored by me. At least this book will definitely have two female protagonists.
In fact, Bai Xin'er has a lot of elements of dating. When the regular server can't describe it in detail, I just briefly mention it with a look similar to XXX. In addition, I mentioned that I am the single recommendation person of Tohka, Rinni, and Rokugho!
"Do you know why crows look like writing desks?"
"Because I like you, there is no reason."
I still quite like this tone...ahem!
If it were based on... well, I won’t say too long, at least a year ago, I might have a lot of candidates to decide on the heroine.
Xiaoguang, Lillie, Mingyi, and Xiaojuer are all likely to get it.
But forget it.
I’m not even going to add my current favorite Riko!
Uh-huh, I’m the one who recommends Rico and Meowha!
Actually... Mainly because I have written it up to now. If the plot as a whole is not easy to revise, I might not even plan to add Lillie to it, just the heroine Xiaoguang. If the plot is still there, then The words before Laura's chapter.
With the current development, if Lillie is not included, it would be better to just cut it all off, not to mention I quite like Lillie.
If you really want to rank the heroines of Pokémon throughout the ages, from my side, Kodena will always be number one, followed by Riko (uh, overtaken by Horizon, but listen to me, Riko and Miaha is really cute), then Xiaoyu, Lillie, and Mingyi.
Besides, when I was writing the plot of Alola, I had already decided...the Alola arc is Lillie's arc. I decided on this theme before I even decided on the main plot of the Alola arc. .
As for "The Magic of Victory"...I quite like it.
Finally, I can actually talk about why Lillie and Kukui were suddenly added when I was writing about the city.
For a very simple reason, I didn’t have an outline at the time, so I was stuck.
It’s strong to be irrational!
My initial thought about Lalulas was that she was abducted home by Pseudomantis who sneaked out to play.
It makes perfect sense for Pokémon of different colors to kidnap Pokémon of different colors.
But when I was actually writing it, I got stuck and wasn't very satisfied. I was racking my brains to think about how to solve it... Then after thinking about it, I flipped through the Pokémon Encyclopedia (Pokémon Encyclopedia). When Kukui, he saw the experience of traveling to Kanto and fighting against the champion Wataru.
Since Kukui once traveled to Kanto, why shouldn't I travel to China?
So the decision was made directly.
As Dr. Kukui's assistant, Lillie showed up along the way, bringing along Lalulas and mentioning Su Yuan's parents. There was nothing wrong with that.
That is why, when I was about to decide to end the urban chapter (still without an outline), and when I was thinking about which region to go to first, Alola was the first thing that came to my mind.
In addition, the seventh generation of "Ultimate Sun and Moon" has not passed for a few years, so it still leaves a deep impression.
When deciding to write about the Alola region in the next volume, when it comes to the story of Alola, it will definitely include Little Nebula, Necrozma, and the Ultra Beasts.
But in the plot of the original game, Nebula follows Lillie directly at the beginning.
How to connect Little Nebula with Su Yuan and Lillie is actually very difficult.
I thought about it a lot at that time, and then decided to refer to some settings in the anime and entrust it to the island’s guardian angel.
Then I contacted Su Yuan's parents and Lunayala, and briefly conceived the structure.
Having said that, I was actually not very satisfied with the opening chapter of Alola.
Now it seems that there are many places that can be modified. To put it simply, it is caused by the problem of no outline.
Then when the plot reached the Altar of the Sun, I thought... it was almost time for Necrozma to appear.
But before it appears, you have to find a reason, or a cheat, that allows the protagonist to defeat Necrozma.
Necrozma in the jet black armor state also has the strength to easily suppress Lunala and Solgaleo (Necrozma in the Pokémon special short story is really strong), in general Don’t portray the protagonist as too deliberately invincible.
In this book, I actually deliberately blurred the concept of "level".
But I still have a rough idea of the specific division of strength.
At that time, Su Yuan had just arrived at the Altar of the Sun and was being tested by the overlord's Staff-Tailed Scaled Dragon. The fighting prowess of Lan Mantis and Gardevoir on hand could not compare to the master's level.
Being able to defeat the Overlord Staff-Tailed Ankylosaurus (my rating of the Overlord Staff-Tailed Scaled Ankylosaurus is that it is the main force of the Heavenly King) is mainly due to tactics and command, of which attribute restraint plays a large part.
In addition, it was a test, not a real indiscriminate battle. At that time, it was not so far-fetched for Su Yuan to defeat the overlord Staff Tail Scale Ankylosaurus.
Then there is what I mentioned above, the first plug-in to face Necrozma - the ultimate beast.
The strength of the Ultra Beast far exceeds that of Pokémon, but it cannot be compared to Necrozma, that's for sure, so the Paper Mitsurugi I set to appear can be said to be the best among the Paper Mitsurugi group. special individual.
In terms of monster hunters, it is probably "King of War" and "Two Names". The Black Flame King is to the male fire dragon, the Blue Lightning Lord is to the electric dragon, the devil is to the horned dragon, and Asuka is to the resentful tiger dragon. That's it.
This paper sword has a very strong growth rate, and its own strength is not weak, but it has an extremely deadly four times weak fire.
Combined with Capu Fin and the evolved Explosive Flare Ace, he can be defeated and forced to conquer.
As for the actual conquering battle that followed, it was specifically targeted at Zhiyu Sword's inability to deal with "abnormal conditions" and its ability to cut off "fire", which he had not yet fully mastered. In the end, Zhiyu Sword was about to run out of strength and was defeated by Su Yuan himself.
As for Su Yuan's own strength, this goes back to what I said above - about the "brave" setting in the "Lance" series and after the magic modification.
I will briefly mention a few key points: the level will not be reduced, no matter what the situation is, the strength will not be reduced. Originally, in Lance, as a limitation, it was difficult to increase the level of the brave, but I changed it to If you don’t do it, your strength will slowly increase ()
There is also the ability to see through. As long as a move is used once, it will be seen through immediately the second time it is used.
But...just take a look at these settings, I won't describe them in detail.
All you need to know is that the protagonist’s strength can increase even if he doesn’t do anything ()
Said it was far away again.
The first battle against Necrozma in my setting.
In addition to the paper sword, the island's patron saint was bound to appear, but it was still not enough, so he started shaking people directly and shook the original Donghuang King. In addition, he was preparing to return to Alola and became a half-step king. Dzogchen Kukui ()
The name Meng Yiran comes from a sentence I wrote blindly before: "Looking back, Penglai Mountain is still the same, and many dreams from before are still the same."
(Why is it Hoglai Mountain? Because I am the single pusher of Hoglai Mountain Kaguya. Although my Q avatar keeps changing, my ID is always Hoglai Mountain Kaguya!)
In fact, there is another sentence, which was picked up by a friend: "Looking at the eternal Daocheng Temple from afar, I still feel regretful about it."
He is Qing Ji's single recommendation person.
In my setting, Meng Yiran is not weak in strength and grows quickly. After his travels in Sinnoh and his battle with Zhulan, his strength is at the championship level.
(As a side note, the setting of the championship-level trainer that appears in Zhuzi is indeed very civilized.)
So far.
The lineup for the battle against Necrozma was determined to be the champion's paper sword with the assistance of Su Yuan, the championship-level trainer, the island guardian, the king's trainer, and Lunayara in a weak state.
Such a lineup is barely enough to deal with Necrozma.
After all, at that time, other regions, including the Alola region, did not know the existence of Necrozma who went berserk and hunted down Lunayala, so it was difficult to shake the champion king of other regions.
I wrote it according to this script. To be honest, it was the first time I encountered such a "big scene" battle, and it was a bit difficult to control the rhythm.
Overall, it's not satisfactory. I feel good about myself.
After the first battle with Necrozma, we actually entered the main plot.
I have been imagining this scene for a long time in the final battle with Necrozma of "Wings of Dawn" at the Altar of the Sun.
The first idea was that Su Yuan would fight on his own, and finally use "Sunlight Swirling Under the Sky" to inject energy into Necrozma's body and awaken it.
As you will know later, I gave up this idea.
I think it's a bit too much.
The difficulty is no less than crushing Arceus with an incomplete stone slab with one punch.
I thought about many ways to defeat Necrozma, and finally I saw Zygarde when I was flipping through the Gods. It just so happened that Zygarde cells also existed in the Alola region (according to the game collection).
Taking the encounter between Little Nebula and one of the core bodies as an opportunity, a series of subsequent plots will unfold.
Originally, on my side, Zygarde appeared more as a "tool man", with not much interaction, and who should leave the game after defeating Necrozma.
But even if he is a tool, well...if he is Little Nebula's new friend, according to Lillie's character, if she doesn't know her specific name, she should have a very cute nickname.
Thinking like this, I thought about the name of this core cell body.
There is no doubt that I chose a bad name, but I was lucky. The core cell body I set has a red gemstone.
However, for some reason, I quite like horse racing. At that time, I was playing Horse Racing Tycoon 92022 or 10.
The earliest script starts.
In 2022, my game-breaker is "Miscellaneous", which is the Thousand Representatives. My favorite is riding CB to crush Rudolph.
For 10, I don’t consider the stallion factor. My favorite horse is "Tosho Boy/Fujimasa Boy", which is also the sire of the Thousand Representatives.
Then, in 1987, among the offspring of Tōsho Boy, there was a mare named "ダイイチルビー" No. 1 Ruby/No. 1 Ruby, which happened to be my favorite historical horse.
Therefore, this core cell body has a name - Ruby.
Ruby is ruby.
Later, it was also because of this name that I had the idea of interacting with Ruby, and gradually I became the idiot Ruby I am now.
As for the anthropomorphic image of Ruby, you can refer to the first ruby of the horse racing girl. When I wrote Ruby, that image was in my mind.
(Besides, I’m really not a two-dimensional person. I prefer realism to horse racing girls!)
Then based on the setting in the anime that Zygarde’s 100% form requires the fusion of two core bodies, I created the corresponding little Z. In fact, Shafia is the most correct name, but I chose to be closer to Shafia, usually a female name - Sophia.
Although now they are all called Little Z.
In my setting, Ruby is a soft-spoken, stupid person who is close to humans; the corresponding individual, Sophia, is a little cold and arrogant, and is not very interested in humans.
As for Sofia’s nostrils that often appear in the back to look at people...ahem, I am a tassel single pusher!
Qingjun, Chengcheng, Minghe, Xiyue, etc. are not as good as the eldest wife ()
(The above is from Ji Cha's Xian Xia, now titled "Asking the Red World", but most of the chapters have been deleted or revised due to some unavoidable reasons)
Since I chose to place Ruby on the side of Lu Lu Su Yuan, I naturally chose to place Sophia on the side of the protagonist of Sun and Moon, that is, Meiyue.
Gladion's temperament...I think tsundere versus tsundere, well...I can't say what will happen.
Also regarding the improvement of Mitsuki and Gladion's strength.
I set it up exactly according to the template of the game protagonist, except that what I am best at is "indiscriminate battles".
In terms of growth rate, Meiyue is definitely the fastest one in Alola, bar none.
In addition, he fought with the "Skeleton Team" and "Ultimate Beasts", traveled throughout Alola, completed the test of the island tour, and later fought against Necrozma, and finally with the help of Little Z Uproot Team Skeleton.
The main reason is that there is too little description of Mitsuki's improvement in strength. In fact, after experiencing this series of events, it is certain to reach the master level and becoming the champion is inevitable. This will wait for the follow-up.
At the same time, Su Yuan, who is only more ruthless than Mitsuki in Lien Chan, must be at a major level after experiencing the Alola incident.
After all, training with Zhi Yujian every day, or training with Kapu, Fin Fin, and Meng Yiran as the main force, his strength must have improved very quickly.
But because the main opponent is Necrozma under "Wings of Dawn", who is at the master level... I can't quite imagine standing in front of Necrozma like this.
But it’s not good to not show up completely.
Therefore, when conceiving the second battle with Necrozma, the main Pokémon was decided to be Gardevoir, which also laid some foreshadowing for the third battle. (Is this considered foreshadowing?)
Super-type Pokémon have always had bugs, and Gardevoir can sense emotions. In the setting, it can create a black hole with its hands in order to protect the trainer.
After absorbing Necrozma's negative emotions, the trainer's will, and with the help of repaying kindness and resolving anger, his strength increased in a short period of time. After Mega evolution, he can probably be regarded as the peak of the king.
With this strength, it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat a normal Necrozma in a weak state.
In addition, the reason why Su Yuan defeated Necrozma easier than others was mainly due to the fact that he had poor information.
Pokémon battles are intelligence battles.
The champions Xue Zijin and King Wu Song were also chosen by me temporarily to fight Necrozma.
Four island gods, a champion, a champion-level king, the strongest king in the region, Solgaleo, the perfect Zygarde, a champion-level paper sword...
In addition, the consumption of the previous overlords Ankylosaurus, Mitsuki and Gladion.
Against Necrozma of "Wings of Dawn", the lineup is very luxurious.
But even so, victory is still a bit difficult.
But...this is the strength I imagined Necrozma should have.
After all, in the "Wings of Dawn" state, in addition to Necrozma's own power, Lunayala should also be added.
After returning to Ultra Necrozma, it was the strongest legendary Pokémon in my setting.
Say it again.
Arceus' phantom beast is not a legendary Pokémon.
At the same time.
After setting the main background of the second volume after Alola, I classified Ultimate Necrozma as one of Su Yuan's cheats.
Not only will there be big bosses to take care of everything when emergencies arise in the future, but also in daily aspects, such as move training and strength improvement.
The moves of the legendary Pokémon will be decentralized sooner or later!
Necrozma's two exclusive moves are both super-type moves, so they are naturally used for Gardevoir.
Orchid Mantis's exclusive move... I wonder if you can guess what I will give you?
The single scabbard should be a no-brainer.
As for the other ones, I don’t have a better idea yet.
Before I knew it, so much had been said.
I almost forgot that this was the end of the volume.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone for your support. After all, I have stopped updating for such a long time, and there are still people who persist in urging updates in the group. It is indeed quite touching.
The next volume is also mentioned above.
It's "Gaar + Road to Champions". This is the main plot and the main title. The subtitle is naturally Xiaoguang.
Alola is Lillie's arc, and the next volume will be Hikaru's arc.
However, in this article, the main plot of the Galar region will not progress too much. The main content is the gym challenge, Xiaoguang's emotional line, interspersed with the growth of Xiaoyu, Ma Li, and Hepu.
As for the Blazing Roaring Tiger, I classified it as one of Lillie’s branches, and I will start Lillie’s branch when I go to Galar for the second time.
Also, regarding the theme of "treasures"... I wrote this deliberately.
The dawn of scarlet and purple, the brilliance of the sun and moon, and the treasures... are all laying a thread for "Jade Purple" ()
I won’t reveal too much details.
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Thanks again.
