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The Legendary Mechanic #1
The Legendary Mechanic
Chapters 1 - 20
What do you do when you wake up and find yourself inside the very game that you love?
What do you do when you realize you that you have not only become an NPC – you have even been thrown back in time to before the game even launched!
What will happen when our protagonist’s two realities coincide?
Han Xiao was a professional power leveler before his transmigration. Using his past life’s knowledge, Han Xiao sweeps through the universe as he prepares for the arrival of the players. This is definitely not your typical transmigration novel.
What do you do when you wake up and find yourself inside the very game that you love?
What do you do when you realize you that you have not only become an NPC – you have even been thrown back in time to before the game even launched!
What will happen when our protagonist’s two realities coincide?
Han Xiao was a professional power leveler before his transmigration. Using his past life’s knowledge, Han Xiao sweeps through the universe as he prepares for the arrival of the players. This is definitely not your typical transmigration novel.
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October 24, 2020
Before you start: You must know, that this novel is over 10,000 pages in length. It is two or three times the length of THE ENTIRE Game Of Thrones series. It is also extremely hard to find good translations of this novel, after chapter 1030. There are over 1,450 chapters. Each chapter is 10 to 30 pages. Not shorter. Read this book for free: it is available online on many sites. Don't buy it. However, also know that for this scope of work, finding the author and sending him cash, would continue this series and other similar series. I found him on Facebook and sent him $200.00 . Anyway
To give an honest review. Let me say, I am well read and travel ALOT. I am 9 months in and currently on chapter 1053. I find myself memorized. Even while on the hawaiian islands or in paris. Rather I'm in the states or overseas, after sex or in a business meeting, I find myself reading more and more.
This book is GOOD. The protagonist is unbelievably shameless. He is a monster at times and the tales he tells and the things he encounters are absolutely crazy. Yet, the author does such a fantastic job or making you fall in love with the character, that you are TRANSFIXED. Constantly rooting for him throughout the series.
If you want something to do for a very long time, read this book. It stays the same throughout. I just recently found myself reading during a meeting, and was reprimanded for laughing at an extremely inappropriate time due to this book. It's that engrossing.
To give an honest review. Let me say, I am well read and travel ALOT. I am 9 months in and currently on chapter 1053. I find myself memorized. Even while on the hawaiian islands or in paris. Rather I'm in the states or overseas, after sex or in a business meeting, I find myself reading more and more.
This book is GOOD. The protagonist is unbelievably shameless. He is a monster at times and the tales he tells and the things he encounters are absolutely crazy. Yet, the author does such a fantastic job or making you fall in love with the character, that you are TRANSFIXED. Constantly rooting for him throughout the series.
If you want something to do for a very long time, read this book. It stays the same throughout. I just recently found myself reading during a meeting, and was reprimanded for laughing at an extremely inappropriate time due to this book. It's that engrossing.
October 21, 2020
This book is the absolutely underrated and ,in humble opinion, ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN
Don’t belive me, go read the first few chapters.
Anyway , how do i donate to show my support for the legend who wrote this book?
Don’t belive me, go read the first few chapters.
Anyway , how do i donate to show my support for the legend who wrote this book?
February 1, 2020
One of the best I've read in LitRPG genre.
Video Games/Sci Fi/Reincarnated/Rebirth/Transmigration/System. There are elements of all these great mechanic driven foundational themes in the novel.
The main character is a veteran competitive player of a famous VRMMO. He is sent back in time and inside the game, as an NPC before the game's debut, transmigrating into the body of another person who died in an experiment. When he arrives, he has the advantages of having an NPC interface AND a Player interface. With these dual tools of growth and advanced foreknowledge, he is able to plot out and plan incredible feats.
And it is exciting. Some of the most exciting scenarios I've read in these reincarnated/rebirth style novels.
Video Games/Sci Fi/Reincarnated/Rebirth/Transmigration/System. There are elements of all these great mechanic driven foundational themes in the novel.
The main character is a veteran competitive player of a famous VRMMO. He is sent back in time and inside the game, as an NPC before the game's debut, transmigrating into the body of another person who died in an experiment. When he arrives, he has the advantages of having an NPC interface AND a Player interface. With these dual tools of growth and advanced foreknowledge, he is able to plot out and plan incredible feats.
And it is exciting. Some of the most exciting scenarios I've read in these reincarnated/rebirth style novels.
August 29, 2020
Extremely contrived. The level of superficial character interactions to promote the authors "cool" protagonist is nauseating.
MC gets tortured or looked down upon.
He's so kewl and cold and cunning!
Let's do a cunning plan where major elements rely on luck and fails epically with no second chances if your luck isn't amazing!
*Protag may not be the luckiest but best friend author dude will look out and make sure he won't fail*
SUCCESS! SUPA SMART PROTAG GO!
OH NO! He accidentally runs into those who he doesn't like while escaping!
Protag dude: "Hahaha!!! I was acting all along WORSHIP the IMPOSSIBLE actions of mine!"
*cue long-winded action sequence*
Antagonists: "How could you be so cool you're just a bug"
*insert monologue that technically should make supa cool protag vulnerable but it's okay plot armor ftw!*
*continue long-winded action sequence*
Muahaha! Main character barely wins perfectly and escapes
*repeat because more enemies who looked down on him track him instantly or run into him x4. *
Set for new situation and repeat forever to show the awe inspiring cool word count boosting dazzling protagonist ever!
Only four chapters to go for book 1 but I hate what I've seen and what other reviewers say is that it only gets worse (or better if this sort of thing entertains you).
-Dropped Ch 15
MC gets tortured or looked down upon.
He's so kewl and cold and cunning!
Let's do a cunning plan where major elements rely on luck and fails epically with no second chances if your luck isn't amazing!
*Protag may not be the luckiest but best friend author dude will look out and make sure he won't fail*
SUCCESS! SUPA SMART PROTAG GO!
OH NO! He accidentally runs into those who he doesn't like while escaping!
Protag dude: "Hahaha!!! I was acting all along WORSHIP the IMPOSSIBLE actions of mine!"
*cue long-winded action sequence*
Antagonists: "How could you be so cool you're just a bug"
*insert monologue that technically should make supa cool protag vulnerable but it's okay plot armor ftw!*
*continue long-winded action sequence*
Muahaha! Main character barely wins perfectly and escapes
*repeat because more enemies who looked down on him track him instantly or run into him x4. *
Set for new situation and repeat forever to show the awe inspiring cool word count boosting dazzling protagonist ever!
Only four chapters to go for book 1 but I hate what I've seen and what other reviewers say is that it only gets worse (or better if this sort of thing entertains you).
-Dropped Ch 15
October 7, 2021
LitRPG, a VRMMO where a player gets reincarnated becoming an NPC, starts strong, repetitive, and dragging in middle and ends in a confusing/interesting note
The review is for all 10 books comprising 1463 chapters.
The initial 1/5th of the book is a real fun read, lot of gaming elements and a nice twist in the MMORPG genre. There are a lot of pages wasted on the status page/character info which I scrolled over, but the overall character development and story arcs were fun and engaging. A solid 4/5 rating.
The rest of the 4/5th book is very repetitive. What the web novel stands out in the genre for is having a coherent storyline and characterization right till the end, the world-building is huge and well thought out, all the plots and subplots get realized, none of the minor characters forgotten, just the whole process is very repetitive. Not entraining at all, I was literally just scrolling over the wring as the plot progress was so very slow. A 2.5/5 rating.
The review is for all 10 books comprising 1463 chapters.
The initial 1/5th of the book is a real fun read, lot of gaming elements and a nice twist in the MMORPG genre. There are a lot of pages wasted on the status page/character info which I scrolled over, but the overall character development and story arcs were fun and engaging. A solid 4/5 rating.
The rest of the 4/5th book is very repetitive. What the web novel stands out in the genre for is having a coherent storyline and characterization right till the end, the world-building is huge and well thought out, all the plots and subplots get realized, none of the minor characters forgotten, just the whole process is very repetitive. Not entraining at all, I was literally just scrolling over the wring as the plot progress was so very slow. A 2.5/5 rating.
June 4, 2021
Me lo estoy devorando en un par de semanas todo. Super entretenido y te metes de lleno en la historia.
August 9, 2021
Best novel I have read in awhile! Worth checking out!
August 9, 2021
too good
September 10, 2021
One of the best Chinese novels ever! The world-building is incredible and the main character is remarkable and overpowered (just the way I like it!)
February 2, 2022
I liked the first half of this super long online novel, and in fact spent quite a bit of money reading it. At some point, about $300 into it, I could no longer afford it. I know the book available somewhere for free, but the experience soured me. I'm willing to buy books if I like them, but this was over the top expensive. Lesson learned and will never pay on "that site" again no matter how much I like a book.
About the book: The relentless repetition of stats and levels got old really fast. I liked the plot, but after a while I skimmed over most of the level info. It's part of the conventions of the genre, but if you read batches of chapters at a time like I do (I read quickly), this is overkill.
I liked the plot, and the world building was interesting. You might like this way more than I did, because it was well written. I just had a bad experience with the site it was posted on that I read from, and as a very casual gamer, I found the leveling focus a drag.
About the book: The relentless repetition of stats and levels got old really fast. I liked the plot, but after a while I skimmed over most of the level info. It's part of the conventions of the genre, but if you read batches of chapters at a time like I do (I read quickly), this is overkill.
I liked the plot, and the world building was interesting. You might like this way more than I did, because it was well written. I just had a bad experience with the site it was posted on that I read from, and as a very casual gamer, I found the leveling focus a drag.
November 1, 2021
Interesting concept :)
March 10, 2023
To anyone looking for a novel with excellent progression, a unique well developed system, and an MC that starts out weak and eventually becomes strong you've found a great title.
It has many positives but it has a big negative as well. If you can look past the few glaring plot holes you'll find an excellent novel.
Despite it's massive world-breaking literally the plot holes are so large you can fit the entire story into them and not even touch the sides the story cannot actually have occured the way it is ended there are too many unsolved contradictions it remains one of my favorite novels.
You just can't find novels where MC starts on a single planet, does everything there is to do on that planet and then progressed into the galaxy, and cleanly progresses more and more throughout the universe until he's a major player not just within the galaxy he started in but the entire universe.
And meanwhile his starting planet and galaxy are never forgotten, the people he meets along the way continue to be relevant.
It is an exceedingly well designed world, absolute top notch worldbuilding Tolkien couldn't have done better.
Its only failure is the unsolved plotholes and to a much lesser extent the romance which was a slow burn for much of the story and then a brightly lit candle for only a few pages. It wasn't bad, but it was unsatisfying. But that's just my opinion on the romance, I've argued with several other reviewers on other websites who strongly disagreed with my take so don't take my word for it, they definitely thought it was good.
The plotholes might not even be savable with after stories or a sequel, they're just that big I don't know how much duct tape and gorilla glue you'd need.
Still, an amazing read and the plot holes are hidden enough that if you don't overanalyze the story you'd never actually notice.
I highly recommend.
It has many positives but it has a big negative as well. If you can look past the few glaring plot holes you'll find an excellent novel.
Despite it's massive world-breaking literally the plot holes are so large you can fit the entire story into them and not even touch the sides the story cannot actually have occured the way it is ended there are too many unsolved contradictions it remains one of my favorite novels.
You just can't find novels where MC starts on a single planet, does everything there is to do on that planet and then progressed into the galaxy, and cleanly progresses more and more throughout the universe until he's a major player not just within the galaxy he started in but the entire universe.
And meanwhile his starting planet and galaxy are never forgotten, the people he meets along the way continue to be relevant.
It is an exceedingly well designed world, absolute top notch worldbuilding Tolkien couldn't have done better.
Its only failure is the unsolved plotholes and to a much lesser extent the romance which was a slow burn for much of the story and then a brightly lit candle for only a few pages. It wasn't bad, but it was unsatisfying. But that's just my opinion on the romance, I've argued with several other reviewers on other websites who strongly disagreed with my take so don't take my word for it, they definitely thought it was good.
The plotholes might not even be savable with after stories or a sequel, they're just that big I don't know how much duct tape and gorilla glue you'd need.
Still, an amazing read and the plot holes are hidden enough that if you don't overanalyze the story you'd never actually notice.
I highly recommend.
April 26, 2021
A dry reading of a videogame playthrough. Doesn't feel like real art, but rather like a grocery list.
Characters: 2/5 Okay. I can't complain because I willingly read xianxia lol
World: 2/5 Fine
Story: 1/5 Unbearably boring and clinical
Characters:
Pretty bland, but most of what I read has bland characters, so I can't knock this book for that.
World:
Fine
Story:
Boring and dry. The book reads like it was written by an 11 year old. It is all telling.
Like, his stamina was low, so he stopped running and started jogging. He found some berries on the floor, and picked them up. Then he heard a vehicle, and stopped behind a tree. He heard the vehicle stop and shouting, and then a gunshot. He dropped to the ground and a bullet grazed him. The bullet did 18 damage!!! That is as much as a handgun bullet, so he deduced that this was a sniper rifle.
You can see how cut and dry this is. There is not much exploration of the characters, and even the fight scenes are badly narrated compared to many other books. Also the stats. In the first 5 chapters, 3 of them are just telling you facts, such as what each stat affects etc. So boring. I understand that this is litRPG, and you need to explain stuff, but half of litRPG stands for literature, and I'm just not seeing the art.
Characters: 2/5 Okay. I can't complain because I willingly read xianxia lol
World: 2/5 Fine
Story: 1/5 Unbearably boring and clinical
Characters:
Pretty bland, but most of what I read has bland characters, so I can't knock this book for that.
World:
Fine
Story:
Boring and dry. The book reads like it was written by an 11 year old. It is all telling.
Like, his stamina was low, so he stopped running and started jogging. He found some berries on the floor, and picked them up. Then he heard a vehicle, and stopped behind a tree. He heard the vehicle stop and shouting, and then a gunshot. He dropped to the ground and a bullet grazed him. The bullet did 18 damage!!! That is as much as a handgun bullet, so he deduced that this was a sniper rifle.
You can see how cut and dry this is. There is not much exploration of the characters, and even the fight scenes are badly narrated compared to many other books. Also the stats. In the first 5 chapters, 3 of them are just telling you facts, such as what each stat affects etc. So boring. I understand that this is litRPG, and you need to explain stuff, but half of litRPG stands for literature, and I'm just not seeing the art.
March 28, 2021
Currently on chapter 1276 (latest) and there are less than 200 chapters till completion once the translation catches up. This book is essentially an isekai, but with a unique twist. The main character wakes up during the beta version of a game he played as an NPC and learns how to take advantage of the players to increase his level and take advantage of the situation. Some of the great things about this book is its stated uniqueness, the interaction between the players and himself, and the stories/characters we encounter in this book. I only have a couple things to complain about, which if fixed would increase the rating of this book for me.
First, the most obvious thing is the nationalism displayed. The author is Chinese and unfortunately in some of these novels, I don't know why, but there is nationalism. Can't I enjoy the book without bringing your political two-cents into it? It's incredibly annoying, but I am used to it.
Second, we do not see the game developers do anything- it is as if they don't exist. The only reason why we know that the MC is in the game is the existence of the players and what the MC stated himself. Perhaps we will get a reason in these remaining chapters?
No, I will not read the machine translated chapters. They are cancer to read.
First, the most obvious thing is the nationalism displayed. The author is Chinese and unfortunately in some of these novels, I don't know why, but there is nationalism. Can't I enjoy the book without bringing your political two-cents into it? It's incredibly annoying, but I am used to it.
Second, we do not see the game developers do anything- it is as if they don't exist. The only reason why we know that the MC is in the game is the existence of the players and what the MC stated himself. Perhaps we will get a reason in these remaining chapters?
No, I will not read the machine translated chapters. They are cancer to read.
May 21, 2025
A man who used to play a very popular game, a VR world that replicates reality, suddenly finds himself becoming an NPC in that game.
He has all the advantages, he has memories on the future progression of storylines, and even information on the universe outside of the small planet "Aquamarine" that he has spawned into as his first base.
However, his spawn point is less than ideal, as he finds himself in a secret research lab by an evil organization, "Gemini" who seeks to overthrow the rule of the leading organizations, "The Six Nations".
In the chapters listed in The Legendary Mechanic, #1, we see how the main character navigates a game world that has become his reality through utilizing his memories of the "future" and his handy "Golden Finger" that has spawned with him.
He has all the advantages, he has memories on the future progression of storylines, and even information on the universe outside of the small planet "Aquamarine" that he has spawned into as his first base.
However, his spawn point is less than ideal, as he finds himself in a secret research lab by an evil organization, "Gemini" who seeks to overthrow the rule of the leading organizations, "The Six Nations".
In the chapters listed in The Legendary Mechanic, #1, we see how the main character navigates a game world that has become his reality through utilizing his memories of the "future" and his handy "Golden Finger" that has spawned with him.
February 17, 2020
The premise of the novel is very interesting. The protagonist finds himself awakening in the novel as an NPC in a MMPORPG. The novel is all about how the protagonist uses his unique understanding of the advantages of the his NPC character and his understanding of the game line from his previous experience as a pro gamer in the same game to strengthen himself to survive in a world filled with gamers who can respawn and level up at insane rates. An interesting if repetitive and in sections technical (gaming terminologies and special powers etc) read. Might particualrly appeal to MMPORG gamers.
July 19, 2020
Could be an extremely good story, but it's lack of a real book format, (having multiple advertisements on every page), and the whole reading, only on a web page is a bit irritating. Even so, the story is a decent one, but it would need much editing to become the gem it could be. Even with all of that, if you don't mind ads in your story pages, and bad grammar doesn't bother you, then this would be a pretty decent story.
However, I don't intend to continue with the story, it doesn't interest me enough to keep reading, at least, not with the limitations of the current format.
However, I don't intend to continue with the story, it doesn't interest me enough to keep reading, at least, not with the limitations of the current format.
May 14, 2025
I'll be using this as my entry for the entire book series.
This is one of the greatest science fiction tales ever written and nobody can convince me otherwise. Few other stories I've read span such a wide time range and nail the immaculate pacing and character development. I truly don't think there's hardly anything this book does badly.
Truly an incredible epic that ranges from assassination plots to ruling over planets and intergalactic politics. It doesn't get much better than this.
This is one of the greatest science fiction tales ever written and nobody can convince me otherwise. Few other stories I've read span such a wide time range and nail the immaculate pacing and character development. I truly don't think there's hardly anything this book does badly.
Truly an incredible epic that ranges from assassination plots to ruling over planets and intergalactic politics. It doesn't get much better than this.
January 29, 2025
Review for series: pretty alright start, good middle, incredible mid to late, very confusing ending. The story just kept building and watching the main character advance the games story through becoming one of the most important NPCs was very entertaining. A unique power system and a pretty fun read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 23, 2021
+1 for the background
February 1, 2022
Good idea and very strong motive to destroy it all
April 11, 2022
The second best book of all time.
Read
April 29, 2022The first 30 chapters were too boring for me with the mc just leveling up , i cant seeing where this story is going i just dropped it
June 3, 2022
One of the best Light Novels I've ever read
February 12, 2023
so he transmigrated inside the game as NPC and went back in time
cool cool cool cool
cool cool cool cool
March 19, 2023
Light and fun.
April 25, 2023
Exceptional beginning, grand-masterful ending.
December 10, 2023
Una obra maestra lloro de recordar el final 10 de 10
February 12, 2024
It pulled me in and kept me interested. There were many nights I stayed up way too late with this book open
May 23, 2024
Amazing Sci-fi & Fantasy novel. Recommended!
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