Counting the nine major characteristics of brain-dead melodramatic novels...

Feature One: Terribly bad writing. As childish as elementary school essays, or as plain as plain water, barely knowing any idioms, with dialogues long and tedious. For example: “Spirit of the wind, please hear my summons.....” and other spell-like phrases, or “Under the guidance of the energy flow” leading to a series of thrilling and absurdly powerful mutations (in short, “energy flow” is a universal catalyst; any unrelated martial power, as long as guided by the energy flow, can be made all-powerful), or repeatedly using the word “existence,” like “invincible existence,” “ridiculous existence,” “being crushed into meat paste as if a parallel existence to the earth,” and so on. Or, the heroine says, “Will you love me for a lifetime?” The hero says, “No!” Then the girl turns pale, heartbroken, and afterward, the hero says, “I will love you until the end of the world,” and the girl is relieved, throwing herself into his arms. There are many such idiotic depictions, which will not be listed one by one here.\Feature Two: The protagonist is unbelievably lucky, adored by everyone, and carried by every vehicle. When short on money, they immediately win the lottery; when needing followers, various legendary characters pledge loyalty. A random stone on the street is left by a supreme god; catching a loach by the stream might be a descendant of an ancient dragon; any magical pet caught is an exceptionally mutated one; a beggar accidentally helped hands over the original version of Rulai Divine Palm; chatting idly with a passerby A can trigger hidden storylines; falling off a cliff inevitably leads to surprising encounters, martial arts manuals, priceless treasures. In short, every misfortune becomes a blessing, every accidental action bears great results.\Feature Three: Harem! Harem again! From underage elementary school students to millennia-old demons, from mature women to lolis, from noblewomen to samurai girls, whenever the protagonist shows a hint of virility, they fall onto his bed, freely available. Temple priestesses, who would annihilate others for teasing, become “special” and “unforgettable” when teased by the protagonist. Female CEOs of conglomerates, ignoring numerous high-level elites, can instantly recognize the protagonist's uniqueness with a mere glance through the car window, perceiving his extraordinary valor. Beautiful witches who have lived for millions of years and mastered eternal youth are spun around by the protagonist, barely in his teens or twenties, and ultimately fall utterly in love with this “bad man.”Girls who have been educated in modern monogamy since childhood—female police officers, female CEOs, female teachers, heiresses of wealthy families—instantly 'discard worldly views,' N women share one husband in harmony, calling each other sisters, engaging in 3P, 4P, 5P, or NP play. The protagonist also possesses exceptional stamina, working tirelessly all night; not only does he remain potent, but he grows more vigorous with each encounter, and the next day he gets up and goes to work as usual. Moreover, although the protagonist has the build of an Asian, his 'equipment' must conform to the European model, as if even a slightly normal size would be embarrassing and looked down upon by the heroines.\Characteristic Four: A smooth-sailing life with a step-by-step progression in leveling up and fighting monsters. When the protagonist is a level-three warrior, a level-ten sword saint would never trouble him. When the protagonist has just reached the foundation-building stage, higher-level experts at the nascent soul stage would inevitably avoid him, citing reasons like 'it would be disgraceful.' The protagonist then leisurely defeats slightly stronger enemies using various cheats, leaps levels, and naturally levels up rapidly. Whenever facing an insurmountable danger, a hidden invincible dad or an all-powerful master descends from the sky, waving their hand casually, or a concealed magical artifact automatically protects the protagonist; the protagonist's role is merely to faint on the spot and summarize afterward.\Characteristic Five: Frequently playing the pig to scare the tiger! This is a writing technique that both attracts and frustrates readers. The rise and fall increase reading interest, but if too frequent, it becomes irritating. Like a roller coaster, a few minutes of ups and downs feel thrilling, but riding it for two hours, even an astronaut would end up vomiting. For example, the protagonist, a duke, prefers to emulate emperors Kangxi and Qianlong, often incognito, investigating injustices. When encountering wrongdoing, he first allows the destined-to-fail petty snobs to flaunt their power, causing the bullied weak (mostly beautiful women) to feel humiliated and desperate, but ultimately, either his divine skills resolve the issue or he calls his followers to handle it, finally revealing his identity. Spectators are shocked, the petty snobs are humbled, and the rescued are petrified and pledge themselves. Additionally, although he commands millions or holds outstanding resources, he remains silent, frustrating allies, even leading them to despair, refusing to act until a critical moment, finally appearing as the savior and earning gratitude and reverence from all.\Characteristic Six: The enemies are all idiots.Any trap designed by the protagonist will definitely be triggered by the enemy. Any lousy idea casually thought up by the protagonist cannot even be imagined by the main bosses or high-level elites of the opposing faction. The enemies are all fools, and the protagonist's own subordinates are brainless, only capable of real-person PK, yet blindly admire the depth of the protagonist's wisdom. In the whole world, only the protagonist is smart; everyone else is an idiot. Among the numerous time-traveling armies, casually using a strategy from the Thirty-Six Stratagems in the current world of that time and space is considered a high-level tactic. The local human history of tens of thousands of years cannot compare to the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, and even as a descendant of Yan and Huang, I dare not be overly arrogant.\Characteristic Seven: The author seriously lacks common sense of life. Although clearly just a college student, they insist on writing workplace and officialdom stories. Although completely ignorant of history, they insist on writing rebirth, time-travel, and alternate-history stories. Although they have never served in the military and are not even a qualified military enthusiast, they insist on writing about special forces; the firearms mentioned in the text mostly rely on the sparse information from CS. In urban sniper battles, they even dare to use an AWP, meant for field battle, against armored vehicles. I can recite the range and caliber of an AK47, yet they insist on flaunting those firearm data copied from the internet. Most of the time, it is purely imagination, fantasies, and guesses. The protagonist's bosses are always kind and righteous; evil bosses definitely meet a bad end. Leaders and superiors are upright, selfless, and willing to listen to honest criticism. A crucial negotiation involving tens of millions or billions of business deals—if asked to lose a dozen percent of the profit, it happens. When the protagonist steps in, simply showing “a sincere face” and “honest eyes,” even veteran negotiation experts who have been conquering the business world for years will concede. Negotiations that should be drawn out over repeatedly tugging and pushing are resolved in tens of minutes; drafts, filings, memorandums of understanding, or supplemental agreements are all skipped, and only the formal contract signing is necessary.\Characteristic Eight: Supporting characters are incompetent, protagonists are omnipotent. The insignificance of supporting characters is meant to highlight the greatness of the protagonist? In many books, supporting characters are actually not needed; the protagonist alone, along with his girlfriend's army, can solve all problems. With a mere wave of hand from the protagonist, the supporting characters rush forward, braving all dangers.In short, the BOSS is always killed by the protagonist, the minions are cleaned up by the supporting characters, the beauties all end up in the protagonist's bed, while the supporting characters can only get an ordinary-looking woman, and some remain bachelors for life. The protagonist always uses the highest-level equipment, while the supporting characters can only get the leftovers of the protagonist's old gear after upgrades. Whether one should be relieved or not, the protagonist is immortal, and so are his friends; in the midst of chaos and gunfire, it is always the minions who die. Every named supporting character seems to have a protective charm— even if all the soldiers are killed, they only get seriously injured at most. Otherwise, if they were to die, the readers in the review section, overflowing with love, would massively complain about the author's cruelty. Perhaps it's unfair to blame the author, maybe out of helplessness? Who knows...

Feature Nine: Some works either have a loose overall structure, chaotic logic, or frequent bugs, with contradictions between chapters. A character who dies in chapter seventy might inexplicably appear in chapter two hundred. Some seemingly important supporting characters with grand appearances are eventually just ignored, with no proper ending. Those with some culture might lay down foreshadowing, but some amateur authors don't even know what foreshadowing is. Some others forget about foreshadowing laid down many chapters ago until the very end. This is a subtle feature that can only be recognized after reading at least a hundred chapters to evaluate the quality of the structure.

Finally, here's a tip for picking books: you cannot trust the top ten on the rankings. Almost none of the books listed in the top ten are good, and exceptions are very rare. Not to be self-righteous, but the majority of readers are beginners. Otherwise, how could authors like Fanqie and San Sha, with their limited skills, consistently occupy the top three? I really feel sorry for the readers. Most readers read only for excitement, rush, and gratification—they skim through pages quickly to kill time and don't have high standards. If a book is too sophisticated, they might not understand it or might even feel their pride hurt. Damn it, let them curse; I can take it. I want to be in the minority and to my fellow supporters: help push this post up and reject beginner-level novels!