The second-to-last monthly forecast... probably. Maybe the last, depending on the writing progress this month.

There isn't much to say about the plot, as the s3 story arc has already ended.

Yes, you read that right, it's over.

Not counting the previous foreshadowing, the s3 competition plot started in late July and has been written for more than three months, totaling 200,000 words.

As you all have seen, the content is almost entirely combat scenes.

I think it's fitting to have Feng Bujue and Gui Xiao's battle as the last battle "in the game." The combat part is enough, right?

Too much repetition will only become more and more boring.

If every round, every match, and every character were written in detail, the s3 plot alone could reach 800,000 words, and *Thriller Paradise* would truly become an online game competition novel. Hmm... I guess that's not wrong.

Let's stop talking about the plot here and move on to something else.

Although *Thriller Paradise* has been relatively successful commercially, my stubbornness in writing and less mainstream creative speed have ultimately hindered my own path to wealth.

Even now, I don't want to defend my writing style as an author anymore. I have always believed that writers should not, and do not need to, bow their heads to anyone for "writing slowly."

Bowing your head to anyone is, in the end, bowing your head to money.

I can earn money on my knees without doing this. If I really have to bow my head to money, I'll move bricks to support my family and still stand tall.

I'm getting off track... Anyway, the income *Thriller Paradise* brings me is good, but it's far from enough to let me retire early.

Although I could write this book for another year or even longer, I really don't want to drag a story on for the sake of a stable income.

Sacrificing the quality of the work to allow the author to eat a comfortable, full meal is putting the cart before the horse.

Even if someone who can foresee the future tells me that my next book will have a very poor income, and will make me live a very frugal life, I will still write it, and finish it with all my heart.

Of course, the first thing to do now is to finish *Thriller Paradise* well.

The specific plot of the ending of this book was just cleared up in my mind some time ago. I can't estimate how many words it will be; what is certain is... it will not exceed 100,000 words at most, so the finale of *Thriller Paradise* will be coming either this month or next month.

I'll save more to say in the completion speech.