After the Fairy Disappeared

  Nine Party Tea Party 4: Wedges and Giant Trees

  "Utopia of Demons (Volume 1 has been over for a while, and I received feedback from friends in the background. Some reported that the proportion of solving cases in this volume was too long, and some reported that the amount of information was too large and detailed, and I was a little confused.

  In this tea party, I will communicate with you on these two points. In fact, they are all good questions, because there is only one answer. ^_^

  There are thousands of writing techniques, why did Jiufang choose to solve the case?

  Because when you are a rootless outsider, there are basically no means. It is easier and faster to get closer to the root of a country’s contradictions, the pinnacle of struggle, and the center of power than holding privileges and tracking major cases.

  It allows you to go beyond the obstacles on the surface and go straight to the inside.

  Refer to the series of foreign suspense dramas and detective dramas, the final spearhead will inevitably point to the peak. I won't give examples in China, it's inconvenient, just know what you know.

  Why does it take so long to investigate a case?

   This brings us back to the second question: because the content it carries is too large.

  Beqa is a six-hundred-year-old empire. If I write it seriously as an encyclopedia of imperial folklore, I am afraid that tens of thousands of words will not be able to stop it. But after all, this is a serious Misty Fairy novel, and the author is very reliable. I must show you all aspects of Bega in a limited space, including politics, economy, culture, and people's sentiments... Of course, there are contradictions.

   Especially contradictory.

  As the Red General said, nothing is invincible as long as you understand it well enough.

  He Lingchuan, from the beginning of entering Bega to stepping up every step of the way, must understand the various contradictions between humans and monsters, dignitaries and civilians, vassal kingdoms and Lingxu City, gods and humans, gods and spirits.

  All kinds of distortions hidden under the prosperity are often caused by deep-seated contradictions. We who live in the real society should also have feelings.

   Just take the contradiction between humans and monsters as an example:

  Although the status of commoners in Bega is low, they are full of vitality. They are naturally good at management, eager to develop, flexible in means (extreme), and their dreams are to accumulate wealth and cross classes.

The monster race dominates in Bega, and their number is less than one-tenth of that of human beings. However, they monopolize resources, monopolize wealth, and monopolize justice. Naturally, there are powerful individuals/groups among them, but overall they are energy-intensive, Low output, dead meat.

  How could there be no conflict between two groups like this?

   (About the book, cough, don’t make random associations)

  In short, the above is the background, the contradiction, the anchor point for the continued development of the plot in the future, and also provides a reasonable support for the protagonist's ideals and actions.

  I also saw my friends in the background ask why the protagonist is so firmly standing in the opposite camp of Vega?

  In fact, the formation of human will is nothing more than external and internal causes, and it is often from the outside to the inside.

  How can you feel something when you don’t see it?

  Here are the lumberjack tips:

  The giant tree is so tall that it seems unshakable. The smart way is to drive a wedge in the right place. As long as you use the force skillfully, there is no big tree that cannot be dug down.

   Conversely speaking, the purpose of maddening the wedge is not the wedge itself, but to overthrow a tree that is so tall that its top cannot be reached.

  The Ageless Medicine Case is this humble wedge.

  Through it, we gain an in-depth perspective on a six hundred-year-old empire.

  And the protagonist prying it will eventually bring Bega a double pain of soul and body.

  The above is the author's design circuit for the volume.

Taking a few steps back, in fact, no matter whether you can understand the above, as long as you put down the book and close your eyes, you can have an intuitive impression of the Beja Empire in your mind, and feel that it is three-dimensional and vivid as if it exists in reality. Utopia (Vol. 1 is considered a success.

  (end of this chapter)