The Dark Tower is the work of the famous writer Stephen King over a period of thirty years, and although he claims to have been inspired by Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, the two are actually very different."
The Lord of the Rings" is a magical epic, a very simple kind of magical background, there is no particularly complicated story, everyone can understand, and yearn for that fantasy continent.And "The Dark Tower" is more complex, even difficult to understand, at least in the era of its publication.Around 1950, quantum physicists first proposed the concept of parallel universes, giving an example of a fox eating grapes, and talking about the subsequent differences caused by the two possibilities of 'eating' and 'not eating'.At first, it was just a discussion in the scientific community, and at that time, ordinary citizens often did not care about these things, and there was no convenient way to learn such as the Internet, and for a long time to come, it was just a scientific hypothesis, the talk of a small circle of high-end talents.In 1961, the concept of parallel worlds appeared in the 123rd issue of "The Flash V1", which tells the meeting of Earth 1 Barry and Earth 2 Flash Jie, and thus led to the setting of DC parallel universe.It can be said that The Flash is the pioneer of the comic book industry, and in every sense of the word, he is a pioneer in opening the way.Since then, the concept of parallel universes has followed the comics into many families and gradually become fashionable.But it's only for young people.Then, in 1982, Stephen King introduced the concept of parallel worlds into his novel, writing the first installment of the "Dark Tower" series, building a multiverse that really made it a household name, and made adults and old people alike accept the concept.Because in 1980, when Stephen was 32 years old, he had a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars by writing novels, what was the concept of hundreds of millions of dollars in that era?
Anyone who understands understands that billionaires are absolute superstars in a capitalist society.In short, "The Dark Tower" exploded at that time, and even created a meme that everyone is still playing today.A reader was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night after watching "The Dark Tower", so he wrote to Stephen, saying that he had cancer and was dying soon, and hoped that the author could tell him about the next plot development, or he would die.This is also a mountain monster, creating a new genre of urging, self-cursing flow.Kim is said to have replied, saying, "I'm a horror novelist, and the biggest compliment for me is that readers are scared to death when they read my novels." ”All in all, the "Dark Tower" series of novels constructs a diverse world, you can just look at it as a horror movie universe, which has a lot of thinking about 'karma' and 'life and death', and also pioneered the creation of the setting of 'being hit by the subway'.Su Ming knew that the general environment here was like this, so it would not be strange to say that this town had been eaten by zombies, or that someone had done a massacre, and he would definitely see more curious scenes when he entered the house."
Huh."
Strangulation reminds those who are lurking that they are approaching from underground, they are probably good at tunnel warfare, and they are digging fast."
Whew, the quantity seems to be quite a lot, but I don't know what the quality is."
Death Knell swapped the cigarette in his mouth and squinted his eyes to unleash the hammers of the two guns.A few seconds later, the calm streets suddenly rose to the sky, and one after another pits appeared densely in the field of vision, and many green-skinned monsters poured out of the ground, holding all kinds of broken cold weapons in their hands.These green-skinned monsters were dressed in human clothes, both male and female, but they were covered in pustules and sores, and the yellow-green liquid swirled in these bulb-like pustules as they moved.Su Ming immediately fired, and the bullets of the two guns accurately hit the eyes of the monsters, just like a gun fight, and the powerful computing power made these monsters look like they were catching the bullets with their faces.The revolver is very easy to use and will never jam, just empty the bullet and then take a new one from the fanny pack and let the strangler help reload the empty gun."
It turned out to be a super mutant, interesting."
While happily fighting monsters, Su Ming also laughed and chatted with Strangler: "Originally, it was a human, but later it suffered from excessive radiation and turned into a humanoid monster with green-skinned abscesses, this setting can be seen in the later "Wasteland" and "Radiation". ”It's not that super greenskin, it's just a group of crazy people affected by radiation, not particularly strong, but they all seem to be quite tyrannical.They eat almost anything they can see in this wasteland, including humans, but they also mimic humans with their broken memories of being humans.These twisted and deformed freaks will wear human clothes, use human farming tools, and even repair houses and vehicles.That's why the town looks like it's a trap, and it's a trap for super mutants to use the town to attract people who want to stay or dine here."
Huh."
Strangulation shows that they are weak and not challenging at all, similar to hunting wild ducks.Although the axe thrown by the super mutant with the axe can penetrate tens of centimeters deep into the wood, it is undoubtedly too weak compared to the enemies that Strangling has seen."
Normal, super mutants are miscellaneous soldiers in this kind of world, and the single world we are in is set to be a western world that has experienced a nuclear war, which is closer to the technological side.The most dangerous creatures here are actually people, and there will always be many more people killed by their own kind than monsters. ”Su Ming used the double revolver for a few rounds, and he also felt a little slow, so when he saw that no one was paying attention, he took out a ten-barreled revolver cannon from his waist bag, and twisted his waist pole a few times as if he was sprinkling water on the street.Between the flesh and blood, it was quiet, except for the sound of the cannon's electric motor idling.The strangled bean sprouts nodded, leaned over and fished out a brain flower to taste, and then the crescent moon narrowed his eyes: "Phew!
”It spits out, the corners of its mouth curling downward, revealing a Batman-like expression, obviously these monsters don't have good brains.Of course it's not delicious, they hardly have any intelligence, their brains are about to degenerate into a pack of radiant green water, whether they have memory or not is another matter, and even if they have, they are probably similar to earthworms."
Are there any survivors in town?"
Su Ming put away the cannon, looked left and right around the street, and after finding the sign of the tavern, he walked there."
Huh."
The strangulation indicated that there really was, although I don't know why, but there was still a living person in this town, in the well, although the breathing was very weak, but still alive, judging by the body temperature, it should be a human being.The death knell who was just trying to mend the knife stopped, and he walked to the well: "Human?"
Then a 'gunslinger' like me should save people. ”