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Strange Warfare

Rating 3.5
Chapters
40
ISBN
9787802254183

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Summary

Cao Sen, a student at Dongda University, is a special-operations enthusiast who loves to lead and loves to stir up trouble. On the Dongda campus stands an old haunted building, and Cao Sen and a few friends, who do not believe in ghosts or spirits, break in at midnight—and truly run into something they should never have seen. This nighttime expedition becomes the turning point of his fate: battle after battle, narrow escape after narrow escape, and one inexplicable eerie experience after another push him from ordinary student onto a completely unfamiliar path—into a mysterious paranormal department, rising step by step from a grassroots participant to its head, and ultimately to a general commanding special forces. And the opponents awaiting him at the end of that road are far more than the campus "ghosts": the King of the Underworld from hell, vampires from distant Europe, cultivators and paranormal talents of every school, and even a legion of magical beasts from another dimension. The book twists together two threads—urban paranormal powers and an iron-blooded legion—bringing the traditional cultivation system into head-on collision with modern firearms, tactics, and command, and advancing the real world and other-dimensional space in alternation. Leveling up and combat form the main line, suspense and the supernatural supply atmosphere, and war scenes determine the scale. The pacing is brisk throughout, and the book is one of the representative early urban paranormal web novels to attempt a "supernatural + military" combination.

Editor's review

这本书的看点,在于它把两套彼此排斥的写法放进同一个故事里。前半段是典型的校园灵异:一栋鬼楼、一群不信邪的学生、一场半夜的“探险”。作者不靠血腥吓人,主要用日常细节里的不对劲制造压迫感。后半段格局陡然放大,主角从校园走进神秘部门,面对的不再只是鬼影,还有成建制的异能武装、跨国而来的吸血鬼势力,以及来自异次元空间的军团。作者王琰(笔名光栅尺)本身是工科出身,做过CAD/CAM工程师,写枪械、战术、指挥体系时带着明显的“技术流”习惯,战斗描写讲究组织和配合,并非只有主角单枪匹马逞英雄。对看惯了纯升级流爽文的读者来说,这种“现代军事×超自然”的搭配在当时相当新鲜;对怀旧向的网文读者,它也是一份有年代感的口粮。需要注意的是,本书为2008年出版版本,语言与节奏属于那个时期的网文风格。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 喜欢都市异能、灵异悬疑与军事战斗混合题材的读者
  • 对早期网络文学、有怀旧情结的老网文读者
  • 喜欢现代枪械战术描写、看重团队作战与指挥体系的读者
  • 想了解2000年代都市异能网文写法与格局的读者

Not a good fit for

  • 只接受硬核纯军事或纯现实题材的读者
  • 不习惯早期网文语言风格与节奏的读者
  • 对灵异、鬼怪元素敏感、排斥的读者

Reading tips

  1. 先按章节顺序读,前半段的校园灵异是理解主角动机的关键,不宜跳过
  2. 把注意力放在“修行体系与现代战术如何对接”上,这是本书最有辨识度的部分
  3. 读到中后段人物与势力变多时,可随手记一下部门、帮派与敌方阵营的关系
  4. 若读过网络连载版,注意纸质版本经过整理,章节划分可能与网版略有出入

About the publisher

New Star Press China · Founded in 1989

New Star Press focuses on classic works, mystery and detective fiction, science fiction, history, foreign literature and art, and its 602 titles in the library show a balance between popular reading and humanistic depth. Representative books include The Complete Works of Shakespeare: Illustrated Collector's Edition, And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, The Player of Games, Local Government in Qing China, A Good Man Is Hard to Find and A Collection of Fine Ukiyo-e Prints, spanning classic literature, detective fiction, science fiction, local history and visual art. Its authors and contributors include William Shakespeare, Agatha Christie and Iain M. Banks, as well as translators such as Zhu Shenghao and Su Fuzhong and illustrators such as John Gilbert and George Cruikshank. Known for the detective series Midnight Library and for social-science and humanities titles, the press emphasizes edition design and reading experience; public information is limited, so this profile highlights the publishing features reflected in the library's books.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Are Ghosts Real?
  2. Chapter 2 The Bride in the Boys' Dormitory
  3. Chapter 3 The Girls Join Too
  4. Chapter 4 Ghosts in the Old Building
  5. Chapter 5 Wufeng Mountain
  6. Chapter 6 Caught in a Flash Flood
  7. Chapter 7 The Power of Lightning
  8. Chapter 8 Terror in the Woods
  9. Chapter 9 The Ghost Woman Is Angry
  10. Chapter 10 Clouds of Suspicion
  11. Chapter 11 An Unexpected Admission
  12. Chapter 12 The Second-Generation Heir of Tongtian
  13. Chapter 13 An Energy Breakthrough
  14. Chapter 14 Old Ma, Master of Spirits and Ghosts
  15. Chapter 15 What on Earth Is It?
  16. Chapter 16 Meeting Real Special Forces
  17. Chapter 17 Buying Weapons
  18. Chapter 18 Beauties Bring Trouble Too
  19. Chapter 19 The Jiujiu Hong Nightclub
  20. Chapter 20 The Fuse
  21. Chapter 21 Gunfire at Xifo Mountain
  22. Chapter 22 In the Thick of Battle
  23. Chapter 23 A Life-and-Death Contest
  24. Chapter 24 A Riddle Within a Riddle
  25. Chapter 25 Taifeng Mountain
  26. Chapter 26 Xiangxiang and Old Trebark
  27. Chapter 27 Energy Turbulence
  28. Chapter 28 The Ancient Path Disintegrates
  29. Chapter 29 Turned into a Storage Battery?
  30. Chapter 30 Going to Claim the Grand Prize
  31. Chapter 31 Transforming the Body into an Infant
  32. Chapter 32 Drowning in Maternal Love (original title)
  33. Chapter 33 Bloody Battle at Quancheng
  34. Chapter 34 A Wonder of the Starry Sea
  35. Chapter 35 The Road Is Hard
  36. Chapter 36 The Water-Fire Pearl
  37. Chapter 37 Who Are You?
  38. Chapter 38 Three-Way Standoff
  39. Chapter 39 Gang Leader? Sect Master? Chairman?
  40. Chapter 40 The Little Pervert

FAQ

《诡战》的作者是谁?
作者笔名光栅尺,本名王琰,1973年生,1995年毕业于青岛科技大学机械系,做过CAD/CAM工程师,2003年底辞职转为专业写作。他此前还写过《都市伏魔》《法师保镖》《反物质世界》《枪》等作品。
这本书由哪家出版社出版,哪一年?
纸质版由新星出版社于2008年出版,第1卷ISBN为9787802254183,定价25元,16开平装,共297页;同系列还有《诡战2》《诡战3》等分卷。
《诡战》讲的是个什么故事?
大学生曹森因夜探校园“鬼楼”卷入异能事件,从普通学生进入神秘部门,逐步成长为特种部队指挥官。他的对手包括地狱冥王、欧洲吸血鬼、修行者,以及异次元空间的魔兽军团。
该书评分和口碑如何?
据豆瓣平台信息,第1卷评分为6.9分,评价人数较少(约20人)。它属于小众早期网文,口碑样本偏少,评分仅供参考,其价值更多在于题材融合的探索。
《诡战》和同名网络小说是同一部吗?
本书就是光栅尺(王琰)的都市异能小说《诡战》,该作在起点中文网等平台也有连载版本。请注意,网络上另有作者笔名为“诡战”的作品(如《兽王纪之觉醒》),二者不是同一部书。

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