[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train":3,"chapter-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-410":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Apocalypse: I Built an Infinite Train",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2262174,4414,"Chapter 410: Volume Four Ends; Kele Kneels, Begging for a Wave of Monthly Votes","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-410",410,"\u003Cp>Volume Four ends; Kele kneels, begging for a wave of monthly votes\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Volume Four ends; Kele kneels, begging for a wave of monthly votes~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Month’s end—begging for a wave of monthly votes (purely for the sake of it, hehehe~)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as usual, let’s chat about the plot—I’m used to placing this kind of self-reflection at the start of the next volume, just so it won’t break readers’ immersion in the story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, this is the end of Volume Three, because Qidian separates free chapters from VIP chapters, so Volume One should have ended at Konggang; but for convenience, we’ll call it Volume Four instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shuguang City arc is now fully concluded; I gave Xilan City a 65 in the previous volume, and I’ll give this one a Mianqiang  70.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not that I think I wrote better—I simply made fewer stupid mistakes than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reason both volumes scored low is simple: Kele wanted to show too much, yet could only write so much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is purely a matter of writing skill—no excuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kele is someone who loves grand narratives and is passionate about themes like The Three-Body Problem, Pacific Rim, Evangelion, The Wandering Earth, zombie films, and post-apocalyptic survival; I also hold a fervent reverence for Longguo and its military, so I unapologetically pay homage to certain plots and characters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is—I want to write too much…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, many readers have already noticed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xilan City was twice the size of Konggang, and Shuguang City was three to four times larger than Xilan City; such a massive war cannot be reduced to simple military maneuvers and endless explosions—it demands intense emotional buildup, and both word count and preparation must double.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this regard, I didn’t do well, but I truly gave my all—my current ability simply can’t exceed this scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Shuguang City required too much scale to portray, the middle stretch—over twenty chapters, nearly a month—was pure setup between the minor climax (Xingyuan’s Chuanyue ) and the major climax (the defense of Shuguang City), and it was painfully dull; subscriptions dropped by half.\u003C\u002Fp>",350,"2026-06-19T18:20:07.351Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","757dc2ac2b1e056702a901f6b6771541d37dc2974959dd1d0802a9e3b5648909","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-411","apocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-chapter-409",541,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-i-built-an-infinite-train-cover.jpg"]