 The popularization of HTTP and the Web browser caused the decline of Hitel and other commercial online services, and Lee's readership on the forum was greatly reduced.But Lee continued to use Hitel forum to 2005, completing "The Bird That Drinks Blood," the last of his multi-volume novels as of July 2014.After the forum was closed in 2007 Lee said in an interview that he was searching for a place to serialize his work online, saying that "the realtime feedback from the readers is a big joy, and I miss that feeling."