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I took some time to answer some reviews and comments on Shadow Hack and what I saw was a complete chaos, from people who did not understand anything about the novel, people who did not read the novel talking about it, people who invented something that was not in the novel. CHAOS.

So I'll be doing this thread here to answer questions, as well as to talk about the novel itself.
Ask what you did not understand, talk about your expectations and more importantly; Do not ask me why I read this story.

Why do you read this story?

Asking the real question lol

Gamblejay Do not do it.
I really do not know how to explain why I read a cn and why I do not read a cn.
I feel good reading certain novels and I feel bad reading others to the point of sweating cold. It's like a cat that likes to hide in a box but does not like being forced to stay in the box.

GodBrandy There's even a review of a translator called 'Meh' there. I did not know that you translators also read the novels posted here at QI.
Too bad he, like many others, just wrote something generic that I can copy and post on 20 other novels.

Gamblejay I can't edit my post. The answer for your question is above.

Cytric I haven't started Shadow Hack yet but before it was upvoted to come out it seemed to have a decently sized hype train. Has it lived up to it?

The power level in the novel is not explained clearly...in the recent chapters MC mentioned about temperol and Nirvana fluxes levels, it will be really nice of you to explain the power level..

TearsOfRose I'm not as elitist as other readers are, so I'd say yes.
It delivers exactly what the synopsis promised: an ordinary guy with no super intelligence or inhuman willpower who survives relying solely on the system. There are no nerfs or restrictions in the system as in other novels.
If I were to cite a problem it would be the translator who does not deliver chapters quickly (10/w, 14/w if lucky) and also makes several mistakes (does not bother me since I do not speak English natively) and even skips parts of the chapters that end up causing people not to understand what they are reading (I say it is the translator's fault because since the mistakes happened he did not show up to give an explanation and I do not believe a writer would skip parts like those that were skipped) .
Reading the novel you will feel a certain familiarity, you will even think you know what will happen in the next chapter, but the novel will go in another direction, catching you by surprise.

PS: I had to read through chapter 20 ~ 30 to really start liking the novel, so if you do not have free time, I do not recommend it.

Yashashva https://qidianwiki.wordpress.com/2018/02/10/shadow-hack/

How they work I can explain only the first five levels.

Opening points: Using energy from a crystal drawn from a dimensional monster of a level similar to yours you can open certain points on the legs, arms, wrists, and head.
Armor formation: After opening all the points of your body, you can form a 'net' of energy through your body and with the assistance of a crystal extracted from a dimensional beast of a level higher than yours you can form an armor of the same level as the crystal you used, thus increasing your cultivation.

Spoiler:

It has not yet been explained why it is only possible to use "King"/"Rainbow" class crystal to form an armor while it is Ordinary Fluxer or why it is possible, since it is not possible to go from ordinary Fluxer to Fluxer silver. lol

Mercurial So it's really sad that the author makes these kind of mistakes. If it continues like this I'll end up taking another point from my review, even though I really like the setting. The other mistakes I say was what I saw many other people talking about. I did not speak English natively and did not realize technical errors, but I need to talk about them.
I read the GoS part (before sigma starts to translate) that everyone says it's impossible to read without even noticing the problems. lol

Speaking of GoS and Sigma, I say that you launch rate is low because I am accustomed with that of Sigma which is 18~20c/week and GoS is not even Rank # 5 while Shadow Hack is # 1. Do not take it to heart. <3

Also, thanks for the response.

Cytric Which novels are you reading that you find 14 chaps/week is less. There are very few novels that have >=14chaps/week

Okay I'm having a hard time undertanding things now

Mowuji_immortal God of Slaughter, The Strongest System.

Isagani11 Ask and you will be enlightened

Mowuji_immortal Welcome, my friend. You can join the 14/week legion right with me.

Mercurial Is there some part missing during the meeting they have at the city lords mansion? It goes from him coming out of the tower to them talking about rebellion without explaining why

Barewolf You're Lam right? I have already joined 14chap/week legion. But there aren't many novels in that >=14chap/week legion

Cytric oh that's a very small sub set of novels that's why you feel 14chap/week is less. I have read almost all of the novels here or at least have given them a try and there are very few novels which have >=14chap/week. I would love to have >14chap/week but most of the novels have around 7-10chap/week release rate so if I see a novel with 14chap/week that's a good speed.

Ironcarrot Report this. There is a minimum quota of 10 chapters per month, if the translator does not comply, he is replaced.

Cytric minimum quota of 10 chapters per month

Which does not include all translator/novel. Translator who don't get paid by Qidian are an exception (I guess they earn their money through SS, Ads and Patreon).

Cytric Nah i think its just that FTMH is unpopular and MAM is looking for a translater or other crap. I like SH, I just found it funny people complaining of lack of chapters when there was around 20 last week. Dont wanna report when im leeching. ( Never bought anything )

Ebu8b
Qidian has to make clear who gets paid and who is not.
It is difficult to put together a business model when you have these random variations.

Ironcarrot
You're paying one way or another. This in itself already gives you the right to complain, if Qidian pays them then you have even more reason to complain.

[unknown] Qidian has to make clear who gets paid and who is not.
It is difficult to put together a business model when you have these random variations.

Cktalon had the same problem, he also didn't know who is paid and who isn't (too lazy to post a picture now)

If the workers don't know, they will probably not tell us.

Ebu8b S A D
Sad about the lack of transparency and sad about the lack of people interested in this thread.
I should have done a "Shadow hack: hate thread", wait for the members to bite and then started to respond.

hi! can you summaries the power level of this story? thanks

Mercurial Thanks for translating Shadow Hack. It has an interesting story.

qwerf2
I kinda did not understand your question. If you want to know the scale of power of this world, I would say it is low. Even at the highest levels of cultivation, there not rays of energy causing havoc there, nor physical attacks that destroy cities. At least not as far as I read.
Now if you just want to know the cultivation levels, here it is:

credits goes to @zswaleh

Flux Disciple.

Ordinary Crystal Layer

Black Crystal Layer

Silver Crystal Layer

Golden Crystal Layer

Rainbow Crystal Layer

Flux Master.

Transcendent layer

Temporal layer

Nirvana layer

Flux Sage.

Ordinary Sage

Domain Sage

Battle Sage

World Master – 1 – 12 Star Rank.

it got my attention at the beginning, only at the beginning lol

shana13 How many chapters did you read?
I read up to 9 and dropped, but out of boringness I started to read it again and was hooke between chapter 20~30.
Btw, this is not an attempt to change your mind.

Ironcarrot I'm not sure why FTMH is less popular than Shadow hack.

FTMH is miles ahead of SH in terms of plot and writing. And FTMH has a relatively generic plot. Thats how overhyped SH is.

Bodhi Please, can we not turn this thread into "My taste > your taste"?

Dear mercurial sama, can the chapters be released together as a real mass release rather than with a gap of 3 or 4 hours? chapter delay is not a problem if they are released in mass.

Never knew this thread was here, I also thinks the same. Shadow hack is a cool story indeed. the theme of hacking is unique and not seen in other webnovels. the reviews are just written by people who haven't read the story at all maybe. and i think shadow hack deserves the top position in ranking coz the author releases way more chapters than others, even to the extent he can't meet the patreon pace and releases all for free readers. whereas the other authors even if they might have stacked up the chaps are too stingy to give more chapters

ReaderDaoist You can use an "@" before people name to talk direct to them. Example:
@Mercurial pls resply to @ReaderDaoist

Mowuji_immortal Haha yes I am. We'll build more along with time, love and effort! HAHA! Cheers!

Barewolf time, love and effort, the three pillars of success :P