Chapter 71 - 71: Finale Release Day and the Surge in Votes

Reader votes and ratings are meticulously tracked. Every legitimate reader who buys a physical copy can scan a QR code on the final page, enter a unique verification code, and cast their judgment. This data is recorded instantly on the publisher's backend. While a vote is final once cast, ratings are a different story.

If a reader initially gives a series a lukewarm score but finds the subsequent chapters extraordinary, they can submit an application to modify their rating. The score displayed on the public site is the cumulative average of every chapter rated throughout the serialization.

The top four novels in the current issue all boasted a "9.0," but the internal numbers told a more precise story. Winter Lake sat at 9.09, Star Sea at 9.07, and She's a Bit Strange at 9.01. The public display simply rounded down, hiding the cutthroat competition happening at the thousandths place.

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