Global Fog Survival全球迷雾求生

Not good.

Alright about 90~ chapters in. seems to be heavily inspired by the game "Blasphemous "
6.5/10 worth a read

Just finished the book (though I skimmed the last 20 chapters).

If 10/10 would be a perfect novel, TLM for me would be a 8-9/10 (due to certain flaws) and the average trash CN would be below 5/10. I give this novel a 6-7/10.

Let's talk about the good parts:

1. It's a Global Game-themed novel. These kinds of novels have quite interesting premises.
2. It has a proper "anti"-system premise where actual logic is used.
3. To a certain extent the MC behaves logically but when he doesn't it is clear the author is holding him back.
4. The whole backstory of the novel is quite refreshing.
5. The author did try to reduce Chinese Nationalism.

Now the bad:

1. Even though the author tried to reduce Chinese Nationalism he kind of failed. He even admits that past the 1st volume, the writing quality weakens. So, despite trying to give other characters non-Chinese names, they still behave like Chinese nationalists.
2. I will never understand why Chinese people have to hold their culture to a pedestal in order to feel proud of their nationality. Chopsticks must be the most amazing utensil (it isn't). You need to use specific spices in order for food to taste good. You have blind trust in someone who uses the same utensils as you (the mini-arc where they go to the living dead area). The only important people are Chinese. The only "good" "foreigners" are females who are potential love interests for the MC.
2. Many plots were left uncompleted because the author was too rushed to finish the story. He could have easily written 700 more chapters and the plot pacing would have been more smooth.
3. The same problem with any extraordinary power novel. Individuals hold far more capabilities whether physical or mental compared to normal humans but they behave like normal humans. For instance, the MC is already an extraordinary individual with a divine nature (source of light) and he somehow doesn't understand advanced math. This is such a cliche excuse that becomes more idiotic the more I see it. When you have a mini computer in your head maths isn't an issue. At that point, you don't even need to understand the underlying principle. Just use the equations. On the same note just because someone acquires power, the power doesn't make him inhumane. He already had inhumane values/characteristics. He just didn't have the power to enact on them. Or more simply those inhumane values are the objective truth.


Although there is still a lot of room for improvement, I believe this novel is worth a read. Definitely a huge improvement compared to normal fast food CN.

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Global Games Novels Are Becoming Oversaturated And Most Off Them Are Always On The Lower Rankings Of Novels.

This novel could be great but it is just fine, the cheat just kill 90% of the fun from a suspense novel. The author is trying to merge to different genres but I don't believe he is doing a good work

It's Like global demon king but the Mc isn't that overly op. He is still op but still acceptable. This time there is some struggle on the mc's side but not that much. There also some fear of the unknown type horror but the execution is not the best. Aside from these differences everything is the same.

Conclusion: a novel to pass time but nothing more.

Finally some new content on this site

Being honest, the writing level of these ‘global game’ type stories is usually, pretty trash tier. We read them anyway since they can be entertaining (at least at the start). This one also had bit of a dodgy start, but I can easily say it’s one of the best of this type. For one, there is some actual world building, the MC is actually challenged and writing isn’t superficial and generally low level.

But this is all based on the low bar of this genre in general. Otherwise quite a bit of dodgy decision making by MC, sometimes with info we have no idea about. MC, who we don’t get any background info about is one of those ‘competent’ at most things type, one who don’t have any real weakness etc.

And while the story is progressing, the world balancing also gives a definite feeling of grim dark with no hope for anyone else other than MC tbh. But this might just be part of the overall plot/world building we have no idea about which is fair.

Overall, a good read, especially for its sub-genre, but to me, it feels like it’s relying on too much ‘no hope’ style shenanigans for horror, but it is trying, so that something I guess…