Return to 2006

Mu ZixinQidian

Rating 4.2

Word count: 2.4M words
Chapters: 40

Summary

Return to 2006 is an urban-life web novel by Mu Zixin, serialized on Qidian and completed on October 9, 2024, at about 2.4227 million characters and 817 chapters. Before his rebirth, the protagonist Sun Quan was a struggling web novelist who barely scraped by writing fiction; he finally produced a slightly promising work, only to have it banned for review reasons. He wakes up back in 2006 — when web literature was just taking off and industry rules were not yet strict — and everything starts over. In this life, Sun Quan does not choose to leave the field entirely but decides to write again. Drawing on his accumulated writing experience and knowledge of where the industry is heading, he reposts the work that was taken down back then and, with "unprecedented typing speed," seizes the new-book charts, repeatedly dueling with contemporary authors over rankings, monthly tickets and first-subscription figures, step by step escaping the fate of a "flop." But as the blurb says, he always feels that "writing novels is a dead end," so he reaches elsewhere too: he takes over a small shop and starts a braised chicken business, gradually expanding it into a chain brand, and ventures into variety-show planning, trying to bet on both web fiction and brick-and-mortar business at once. Beyond the career line, there is a romance with the aloof heroine Yuan Shuiqing, and daily interactions with Kuang Longfei, Tang Xin, Teacher Qin and others. The novel's core appeal is the ecology of the web-fiction world, interspersed with industry details such as publishers, chart competition and first-subscription figures after launch; the pace is slice-of-life and full of everyday atmosphere, a typical lighthearted rebirth story of "writing books until you become a winner in life."

Editor's review

在重生文扎堆的都市分类里，《返回2006》走的是少见而讨巧的一条路：把镜头对准“写小说的人”。主角孙全不是什么商业奇才，重生前就是个为稿费发愁的普通网文作者；回到2006年后，他最大的“金手指”不是系统，也不是记忆里的彩票号码，而是对网文行业十几年演变的经验。这种设定让整本书天然带有一层自嘲式的真实感。作者木子心本身就长期在网文一线写作，《重生2003》《返回1998》《梦回1997，我成了网文鼻祖》等作品都围绕“写书改变人生”展开。因此书中关于新书榜、推荐位、上架感言、首订数据、月票争夺的细节格外扎实，老读者常能在字里行间看到自己追更、骂水、等更新的影子。书里另一条主线是“总觉得写小说死路一条”，于是主角开起黄焖鸡店，慢慢做成连锁。事业线琐碎、生活化，节拍不紧不慢，适合当作日常解压读物。缺点也明显：感情线评价两极，节奏偏平，缺少高强度的打脸爽点。但如果你怀念2006年前后的中文互联网氛围，想读一本不靠外挂在榜单上摸爬滚打的故事，这本书仍值得一试。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢都市重生、创业经营类网文的读者
对网文行业发展史与“文抄流”设定感兴趣的人
偏好日常、轻松、生活气息浓厚节奏的读者
想找一本已完结、篇幅足够长可长期追读的老书虫

Not a good fit for

追求高频打脸、极端爽点与快节奏的读者
对感情线质量要求较高、介意“舔狗”式描写的读者
不喜欢大量行业细节与琐碎日常描写的读者
希望阅读实体出版图书或需要正规出版物的读者

Reading tips

先读前十章，判断是否接受作者偏琐碎、慢热的叙述节奏
把它当作网文行业“内部视角”读物，留意榜单、推荐、首订等细节
感情线争议较大，可快速略过相关章节，专注事业与创作线
篇幅较长，建议分批阅读，或选择校对版全本一次读完

About the publisher

Qidian

Qidian is a platform whose catalogue brings together online literature, with about 45,000 titles in the library spanning categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, science fiction, selected fiction and quality web novels. Representative titles include Reincarnation Paradise, War Soldier Leon, The Fairy Is Fierce (also known as Tai Mang), The Expert Is Right Beside Me, Dragon Herder, You Should Cross the Mountains Like a Hero, The Adventures of a Clever Girl and Summoning Heroes of All Ages in Another World, with themes extending from fantasy and xianxia to science fiction and adventure. Representative authors available in the library include Na Yi Zhi Wen Zi, Chi Gua Zi Qun Zhong, Guan Guan Gong Zi, Chenxing LL, Luan, Chen Mo De Ai, Piao Yi Dao Zhang and Dong Tian Bu Leng. Their works mostly appear as serialized web fiction aimed at readers who prefer long genre fiction. Public information on its founding background and scale is limited, so no inferences are made here; the description is based solely on the library's titles and categories.

Chapter 1 Back to 2006
Chapter 2 Kuang Longfei, Winner in Life
Chapter 3 The Sooner We Break Up, the Better
Chapter 4 Copying the Previous Work
Chapter 5 Unprecedented Hand Speed
Chapter 6 You Said Forever... It Was Only Two Years?
Chapter 7 Drinking
Chapter 8 Uploading the New Book
Chapter 9 A Timely Opportunity
Chapter 10 Signing the Contract
Chapter 11 Enemies on a Narrow Road
Chapter 12 I Have a Suggestion
Chapter 13 Getting Recommended
Chapter 14 Should We Add More Chapters?
Chapter 15 He's Going to Cheat
Chapter 16 A Silent Duel
Chapter 17 Tang Xin
Chapter 18 Stay Away from Him from Now On!
Chapter 19 Next Week's Biggest Rival
Chapter 20 An Encounter with Teacher Qin
Chapter 21 The Birth of "Flower Fruit Mountain"
Chapter 22 Aiming for Number One
Chapter 23 A Fierce Contest
Chapter 24 Playing for Keeps
Chapter 25 Tang Xin's Curiosity
Chapter 26 Can't You Stop Cutting Off at the Crucial Moment?
Chapter 32 Nearing Release
Chapter 33 A Shameless Release Speech
Chapter 34 First Subscription Numbers
Chapter 39 Bai Xiaosheng's Statistics
Chapter 46 Yuan Shuiqing
Chapter 47 First Meeting
Chapter 48 Round One, Total Defeat!
Chapter 49 What Kind of Girl Do You Like?
Chapter 50 Round Two, Victory
Chapter 52 Yuan Shuiqing's Bad Luck
Chapter 53 What I Saw on Our First Date
Chapter 57 Let's Break Up!
Chapter 58 Have I Become That Butterfly?
Chapter 65 You Invited the Wrong Person

FAQ

《返回2006》有实体书出版吗？

目前没有查到正式出版的实体书版本，正式出版信息不详。该书在起点中文网连载，全书约242.27万字、817章，2024年10月9日完结，网络流传的多为TXT电子文本。

这本书和《重生之2006》是同一本吗？

不是。《返回2006》作者为木子心，主角是网文作者孙全；《重生之2006》作者为雨去欲续，主角是汽车销售陆恒。两部书书名相近但内容、人物完全不同，注意区分。

主角孙全重生后主要做了什么？

孙全凭借前世写作经验重新投入网文创作，作品《不死龙戒》获得成绩，同时经营黄焖鸡连锁品牌，并参与综艺策划等商业尝试，另有与袁水清的感情线。

阅读体验中的主要缺点是什么？

读者反馈较集中的问题有三点：感情线处理不佳、部分读者认为有“舔狗”感；节奏偏平淡、缺少强烈爽点；主角在小说内容选择上的设定不够合理。接受慢节奏日常流的读者评价相对更好。

作者木子心还写过哪些类似作品？

木子心长期创作都市重生类网文，代表作包括《重生2003》《返回1998》《回到2006》《高考前，20年后的我发来短信》《梦回1997，我成了网文鼻祖》等，多数围绕“写小说改变人生”的主题。

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About the author

Mu Zixin Author

Mu Zixin is an author who mainly writes online fiction; public information about them is limited, and details such as nationality and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds fourteen of their works, including representative titles such as Return to 2006, Rebirth 2003, Wonderful Rebirth, The Eagle Claw King of Online Games, The Passionate Martial Sage, and The Reborn. Judging from the titles and common categories, their writing is concentrated in urban fiction and fiction for male readers, while also touching on xianxia and wuxia as well as science fiction. The stories often revolve around rebirth, returning to the past, and online games, showing clear features of genre web literature. Among these, Return to 2006 and Rebirth 2003 appear repeatedly, suggesting that their rebirth-themed works have drawn particular attention. Overall, Mu Zixin is a genre author active on online literature platforms, with a focused range of subjects aimed mainly at a male readership.