Shadow Hack

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By coincidence, Li Yunmu found a super machine from humanity’s age of darkness. From that point onwards, his ordinary life would never be the same! Aptitude? Innate talent? What are these? Could they be eaten?

I have neither aptitude nor innate skill, but my shadow can level up using hacks. Experience, Ability points, battle prowess… all of them could be hacked. Even while he is asleep or tired, he could still increase his skills.

[Ding, your shadow has killed an ant, you have gained experience points and ability points.] [Ding, your shadow has successfully killed a dragonfly, it dropped a dimensionality box.] Crap, even killing insects can also increase his experience and get him rewards. What else!

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我的影子会挂机
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wait321
wait321 rated it
April 25, 2018
Status: c150
This is just a cookie cutter cultivation story where the cheat item is a shadow training system. Enemies are still arrogant for no reason. The hero still grows strong with no real goal. Each chapter is still filled with tr*sh talk, hero praising, and pointless fights. Nothing about the character stands out.
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valzione
valzione rated it
April 17, 2018
Status: c230
Originally read this and thought it was kind of unique and interesting with its concept.

Reasons for the initial thoughts:

1. Cultivation wasn't "sit in cave for bajillion years for x"

... more>> 2. There seems to be modern society with its comforts which usually doesn't exist or gets dropped fast

3. Cultivation wasn't your usual "random qi" shit.

4. The cheat itself was kind of new and original

Now that all this has been said, the reasons I came to drop this now are:

1. The chapters were never good, they were bearable, but I don't really recall enjoying reading this. Mainly done to kill time in train.

2. MC's personality is terrible, it isn't at level of "ok I got my cheat now, I better desperately run as fast as possible to make sure the first thing I do is slap those who 'wronged' me", but it is not much better, and with latter chapters it has gotten worse and worse.

3. Author seems to be obsessed with killing and violence, seems like there are feelings of repression irl, idk. I do know its expected in wuxia/xianxia, but I just feel it is kinda overdone here. On bright side, there dont appear to be so many s*x obsessed people as in say, strongest abandoned son.

4. Turbogreedy villains, another cliche that is also overdone here. The villains are legit so greedy that it feels like they got lobotomized whenever they see something they like/want even if it is just suspected. It gets so bad author pulls the endless reserves cliche to counteract the losses and making them seem pointless.

5. World doesnt make much sense since it hasn't been described properly and lot of things have to be guessed. At some point you kind of just accept that the virtual world, dimensions etc. Work how they do just because they do.

6. Cliches and hypocrisy a plenty of. The longer you read the more obvious they become, would add inconsistencies but can't really recall any examples.

That is just some of the reasons. Overall I'd give this a 2 stars, since things just seem to be going downhill.

Tl;dr not particularily good, and seems to be getting worse, but hey it kills some time atleast until ch 200-ish <<less
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Nikhilzzz
Nikhilzzz rated it
April 12, 2018
Status: c58
What a load of bull crap....

First of all I think there is some kind of hack to make this novel so hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype... that everybody atleast giving it a try but as you can see the rating and total no of people who reviewed it 1 star hahaha... And for the people who rate it 3 star or above I don't know what kind of novel they read or their minds are blank, just fill... more>> in anything.

And secondly intially the MC was no one nothing nada he was a zero, and suddenly he gets a hack (well it's ok) but he becomes so OP that everyone else is tr*sh in front of him... At least it takes few chapters to make the MC arrogant and treat everyone in a tr*sh and condescending way but here noooo... literal meaning he is an asshat.

And thirdly the explanation of the author is so confusing sometimes for world buildup and other imp stuffs. Like when he gets the hack of the computer was it an old antique computer of a big size or just like a wristwatch that gets into him or he takes it anywhere how does that work.... Atleast in every story like ISSTH CD BTTH or any other novel the hack or cheat thing is explained properly.

Anyway the story deserve it's present rating but just because of the hype on qidian it's rank is 6 here at this date.

Edit: pretty hilarious to see it's rating 44%for 1star (which I haven't seen for any novel) <<less
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ItsVulop
ItsVulop rated it
April 11, 2018
Status: c220
BTW it should've been 4 stars rating but I dont know how to change the rating lol so its 3 stars :v

Don't know why all the hate and 1 stars, I mean...

Its freaking good brah

... more>> Or im just wierd for liking this novel so much :3

Well first things first. Please dont say that the MC is too op when you read it... I mean, its Shadow Hack, it has the word "Hack" in it.. wad are u expecting man. Granted he is op thats true. lol

Second. The first few (Or ten) chapters might be boring and just feels to unrealistic and bad but just bear with it.. it gets super fun at 50..60 ish so just stay put. Especially at the newest chapter right now (215-220) not gonna spoil but its pretty fun for me.

Well this is not a review though just a rant lol so sorry if you've wasted your time reading this :P

Ps : My first time writing this kinda thing... No one will read this anyway :P <<less
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darn2k
darn2k rated it
March 8, 2018
Status: c160
I've read a couple of complaining reviews but don't agree with them. Shadow Hack is a very interesting and slightly addictive story. It is essentially a story set several centuries in the future where the MC acquires a 'Cheat' that allows him to practice two different systems of cultivating his abilities and what he does with them.

Some people have said that it is just him going around slaughtering people and while there is some death, a good deal in fact, this is a Xuanhuan novel so it is kind of... more>> expected - so get over it and just enjoy the story. <<less
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Eternalnightking
Eternalnightking rated it
March 3, 2018
Status: c150
If you wanna read a story just for good world building this is for you. This story has a great potential except for the fact the author never utilized it.I thought the author would improve the story after first 100 or so chapters even though the MC is s*upid and the hack sound too op to handle and there are a lot of s*upid plot holes that are so s*upid that even a little kid won't make the mistake.... more>>
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Man I really do wanna ask author is there really no f*cking internet or so other forms of information transfer between fluxers. I mean there is a virtual network alright and still he is ignorant about everything abut the fluxers I mean secrets about dark fluxers is okay. But what about the announcement to the world about his achievements in some f*cking tower, he just wanna be low key then be f*cking low key why the hell are you gonna announce entire world about it. Author says he don'no about it but man when he wanna be low key should he not take precautionary measures. There are a lot of s*upid plot holes like he gives some exp and BAM!! All abilities level up.

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But the author seemed too adamant on writing this s*upid story with full of plot holes. Finally if you wanna read a novel with genre like modern, fantasy, cultivation please don't read this only if you wanna read a novel with good world building read this. This is the longest review I've ever written by so far the novel is so s*upid that I can't stop writing this review. <<less
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2big4life
2big4life
November 6, 2020
Status: c989
This series simply ends. There is no conclusion or wrap up. The enemy the main character has been planning to over throw is still alive. He is more powerful than ever and living as a god. The author opens up new worlds and power levels and then never the protagonist never goes there. The author simply stopped writing and there are no new chapters coming. If the novel was free then I could understand stopping but since it's on webnovel where you have to pay I can't. If you like... more>> the story and you don't care about the plot then continue reading but if you can't stand the lack of an ending then stop now. <<less
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Random student
Random student
April 5, 2020
Status: c644
It was pretty interesting but after chapter 550 when the system gets a real personality it turns to tr*sh. The story splits into two and one of the stories is very boring and VERY predictable to the point I could foresee every conservation from first time it split. The MC stops making any decisions but only follows the flow and only expresses his reaction to the situation. Even worse Quarter of the time he is not even in control of his own body and half of the time someone is... more>> talking through him without him being able to stop it.

After that chapter they started to Bring things out their an*s from having 'top experts being very rare that only the most powerful sects had to literally having clans of extinct God's sleeping under regular cities such as the ducking olympic GODS and the ducking God's Thor belongs too in one chapter.

It goes to pure carp I can't go any further. It when from a guy TRY to reach the the top moving step by step with a system he hardly use and shadow that can learn and be used in cool ways

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To random crap coming out of nowhere such as

. The system becomes a huge cheat from the MC not being able to defeat sage level people to wbeing able to defeat God's under 30 seconds in about 10 chapters

. The shadows basically become useless or not used

. His shadows become intelligent to where they are people in one chapter and when I say this I mean they just start talking and the writer just acts like they could have done this for a long time.

. He marries a Odins daughter in like 3 chapters and only introduced them in those 3 three chapters and that happens due to her having a weapon that makes her fall inlove with him

. And finally then he drops a world ending item that causes it to activate

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Beast68
Beast68 rated it
August 25, 2019
Status: c645
I have never wrote a review before, but after reading this I am forced to, ya literally forced to. At 1st this novel was quite good, all the story and world building was going fine and at a point I was even upset how a good novel like this can get such bad rating. But in the later phases the story went on without and bases, it just went on, no plots or anything. It all started at about c 400, but I still thought it will improve. But sadly... more>> it didn't and finally I got to know where the rating came from. Just remove this novel, as a novel lover I can tolerate a bad novel, but seeing a good novel getting destroyed its just... Nvm just don't waste ur time on this guys that's all. <<less
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DicerX
DicerX rated it
June 1, 2019
Status: c481
Honestly, if you read this novel without expecting much, then you'd not be disappointed. But if you're looking for the next LOTR then look elsewhere mate. The world building is shaky, and every now and then it seems like the author is cooking up the plot as he goes through, which is a huge pain in the ass because there's no discernible plot in mind and as such there's no cohesion in the plot's logic sometimes.

For instance, once the author introduced the ability of the MC cheat ability... more>> to automatically scan the surrounding terrain and give maps. But that was quickly taken away, and now the MC can only use surveillance find to scan terrains. The MC also initially had the game like the ability to choose battleground for training, but that was abolished as well. And as the novel developed many such loopholes are found, and this is all because the author is patching up his messed up attempts at making the MC stronger.

What's most pathetic is when the author introduced this super broken pet to the MC, this Pet was a God, and the author, later on, realised that the pet is too much, so she never showed up except for a few chapters. To silence the readers for good, he had the pet inhabit an item (permanently) so that the pet can never leave the item and break the story, or what’s left of it ?.

But despite it all, when it comes to the level of "romance" that the novel had I must say was good enough early on because we can see hints of devotion towards one woman, but as he advances to later realms MC's loyalty goes out of the window. But I still wouldn't call the tag harem in. Overall the novel is "okay", and as long as you don't hold your hopes up for it, then it will do you just fine. <<less
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Evil Sword God Emperor
Evil Sword God Emperor rated it
May 17, 2018
Status: --
When I read this, it becomes too interesting and makes me hype so much it makes me forget about plot, plot holes or whatever biased sh*t you jealous reviewers complain about. This Novel is actually a little based on League of Legends, Shadow Hack = Zed. The reason its got lots of biased, hater reviews is because its top 10 ATM, these (I read lots of novels so this is typical shit) people tend to compare it to other novels, when you read martial world, a will eternal and lots... more>> of famous CN novels you try to find more better. This is a good novel for newbs, a good novel for first time, just read for the creativity, action, hype and uniqueness just dont mind f*cking small stuff eg, like pokemon, those people Ive mentioned above would probably review (ew, too repetetive, no plot, very slow paced, idiot MC (ash), etc..) but thats not the reason why we watch pokemon right?

Joke haha forget what Ive said I agree with the other 1-2 star reviewers it went down after 125chap+ <<less
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Kang Y.
Kang Y. rated it
April 17, 2018
Status: c35
I did not know what to do to waste time in my life, so I decided to read this novel. No seriously guys, if you wonder if anyone can write a Novel without talent, without writing, without imagination, this Novel will answer all your questions. It's just one of the worst novels I've read in my life, I think the author had to write it when he was 5 or 6 years old because it's one of the worst novels ever!

The main character is OP, energetic, s*upid, immature. Who has... more>> great techniques out of nowhere... to beat everyone easily. Without forgetting that the story is downright non-logic...

But this novel is great, because once you have read 40 chapters of this novel, the novel you will read after will be gold in your eyes so much that Shadow Hack will have pierced your eyes. <<less
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introparadox
introparadox rated it
April 9, 2018
Status: c120
Simply the MC's cheat is so exaggerated, his morals and mentality are not likable either, he is quite lucky, and a lot of things are not logical, let's say not acceptable as you feel their existence is only there to serve the MC's needs.
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Wise old fisher
Wise old fisher rated it
March 6, 2018
Status: c158
The main character is just an insane bastard that goes around on a killing spree just to win a bet. That world setting a slightly good but everyone than main character shallow. Only good to alleviate your boredom
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KingCahir
KingCahir rated it
March 4, 2018
Status: c152
Honesty don't understand why people are giving it a bad rating when they're still reading it. Yes sometime just story is kind of rushed but the same time it is organized. And yes it doesn't have to make sense in terms of science or physics because this is fiction
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D34TH
D34TH
February 22, 2018
Status: --
Wow there are really people who hates this so much but I recommend this for newbees here, cause it's simple, no hassle, straight to the point, MC is happy we are happy, no hard plot and many information. You can understand it easily. Unlike those wuxia where there so many details to think and when you are waiting for another chapter and you read another novel and go back you forgot the details. But this it's so straight where you can't bother other details.

Just think of it as a dream... more>> of yours where the protagonist do whatever he wants. Without care who he offended and what he do. <<less
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Redzeth
Redzeth rated it
February 11, 2018
Status: --
This is my first review, mind you my reviews will not have pros and cons, just a small resume and then my toughts.

Shadow hack's world core (is what I like to call the common knowledge of the world) is about a new way of cultivation which you have to awaken to (the energy for this is called flux). Any family who doesn't have a fluxer in their family is basicly living either a mediocre or even sh*t life. When you become a cultivator you can go to a higher dimension... more>> to fight monsters, some of these monsters possess special crystals which basicly help them cultivate. The higher the cultivators level, the higher the dimension they can go to. To awaken to this flux energy you have to either buy your way in with a special object which costs too much for normal people or you have to awaken normally where a greater bloodline increases your chances. Now our MC is a common guy with no aspiration to become anyone big in the non-cultivator society, as for the cultivator society? He doesn't have the talent to awaken on his own and his family only has enough money to get by. Then he unlocks his cheat ability (which is basicly an active game system with a semi-ai build into it which can give advice). This ability gives his shadow the ability to fight and gain xp and ability points, beside this he can also gain the chance to get special fluxer abilties by lucky drops or buying them with a different currency in the future. Because of this ability the MC decides to stay low profile as to not get found out and basicly disected and studied for information.

Now as to what I think of this story, there are only a few questions to be asked,

  1. Is it enjoyable? Yes definetly, haven't found any real boring arc so far.
  2. Does MC have brains and not overlook the obvious? Yes he does so you don't have to scream at your screen.
  3. Are there regular uploads? It get's about 3 chapters a day so yes there are regular uploads.
I would definetly recommend reading this, it's overall enjoyable story to read. <<less
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rhianirory
rhianirory rated it
January 28, 2018
Status: c270
futuristic setting with some game elements, but in the end this is mostly a typical cultivation novel with a typical cheat MC cultivator. I'm guessing that the people who call him psychotic in the comments haven't read many xainxia or xuanhuan series because this MC is pretty mild and likable in comparison to some. bullying, face-smacking, interfering with or destroying other peoples cultivation, and callously destroying large groups of people/ sentient beings are all very typical actions in 97 out of 100 cultivation novels so I don't get why some... more>> people are outraged by it here. its all formula and so far I find the novel very middle-of-the-road; neither great nor bad but entertaining enough.

the one thing that does bother me is he gets strong really fast, even for a cheat cultivation novel. he goes from a beginning fluxer to rainbow whatever in 2 months (yes, up to the current chapter he's only been cultivating for 2 months). he cultivates three complete stages in five days at one point, going from first stage past black and silver and strait to the peak of gold. five days. if I rolled my eyes any harder they'd fall out of my head. I don't see myself ever giving this story a rating higher than a 3.

as for racism... almost all the Chinese web novels I've read that are set in the modern or future era have their moments of hate-mongering and lots nationalistic propaganda. even the end of the world zombie stories and sci-fi have their share of racist comments. <<less
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goofydude
goofydude rated it
January 28, 2018
Status: c77
Guess I'll write a review because so many terrible reviews are out for this story (going both ways).

First I shall get stuff out of the way.

Racism - not really (or not yet at least and some reviews hadn't even been this high [chapter wise] when they claimed it), yes it is asian (specifically chinese) centric, but especially from Chinese novels like this you should expect this. And it actually fits in with the character so far as he really is ignorant about the world outside. And it isn't anywhere near... more>> the worst I've seen. People are too sensitive on the race issue these days (and there are plenty of stories I've read where it was too much/prevalent for my liking). In fact aside from everything being focused on China I didn't really get the racist vibe at all, it was more like a isolationist vibe probably not even a general xenophobic vibe. But there are plenty of chapters for that to change, mainly when it really starts interacting with people from the other.. territories. Honestly I probably wouldn't have been able to find anything that could be considered racist if I wasn't looking for it ahead of time, even then I feel like I'm grasping. TLDR: If You are oversensitive to racism you might have a problem... and you might want to stay away from Chinese stories that have other cultures in it in general.

MC is a psychopath - Not really, and in cultivation books almost all MCs are anyways. If you have a race of beings that slaughter people on sight no matter what they can be considered a racial enemy. It is perfect reasonable for someone to discover they have sentience and not let it stop them from wiping out the race. I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but it is justified because realistically not many people would try to stop what they are doing with a deadly, pretty much bloodthirsty race to see if they can make peace. Logically it is a s*upid idea, and I think at the least it should have been a race that was passive until attacked then very aggressive, as that would mean you started sh*t and you got shit. And as to the causing lots of suffering accidentally and shrugging it off, that is being pragmatic, and most people treat him like sh*t anyways and he did worry about the people that were decent to him, but even if he did cry about it, what could he actually done about it. If he continues to do it and cause alot of grief to others for his own gain, I can understand complaining about it then, but when it was already done and he had no idea it would happen, It is a difficult world he lives in and he can't be burdened down so easily. TLDR: MC isn't psychopathic, if anything he is just thoughtless, but he only really cares about people that treat him decently.

Now onto the review which will probably be pretty short.

The idea behind this story is botting. Plain and simple, he has a bot program that grinds for him and helps him get stronger. That bot program also comes with it's own system so it is adding a game system to a cultivation world. If you don't like botting/cheating then you will probably have serious issues with this story.

The story itself is light but entertaining. And a pretty fast pace (some slow parts but the chapters are pretty short). The MC isn't really the smartest and the system has a habit of using internet slang in messages... which is a whatever in my book. At first it irritated me but then I figured the author thought it was amusing so I just gloss over it a bit and it becomes a non-issue.

The MC, I would consider him an introvert, he cares about those he is close to, yet has a... naive way of viewing how the world should work (I suffer from the same issues). He isn't really the smartest and his luck does a lot in carrying him, which isn't anything new. However he does put in hard work, he just gets more for his effort than most, and can profit while doing nothing (once again: botting). So a wish fulfillment? probably, but the MC does prefer to lay low (even though he wants to become worldshaking) and is generally more laid back than most Chinese/Korean MCs. He does have his random moments of getting pissed for a s*upid reason though.

Plot - Driven by people that need a face slapping pretty much. It is a mix of grindfest/I look down on you now fight me, pretty much. But I expect that from these books. And it is done in a way I actually find relaxing.

So I find this to be an entertaining light read. Definitely not worth #1 on QI, that should go to HN1F. I kind of cut the review short because I got tired of typing. I might come back. <<less
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longshot3990
longshot3990 rated it
January 27, 2018
Status: c235
People keep hating on this story.... Go read some Harry Potter then, apparently the "plot" is way better. No story is perfect, especially this one. I would read this to pass the time and not care about what happens in the background of the story. This story is very direct in its plot progress and the characters are not memorable, but it's still readable to the point that you can waste time on it.
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