Looking for a Male Lead Who's Highly Intelligent, Powerful, Cunning, and Puts His Interests First 求男主高智商实力强，阴险狡诈利益至上的小说。

1. 1 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1k14d adds

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   This is truly awesome.

2. 2 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score37614d adds

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   I don't know if it counts

3. 3 异 The Lone Wanderer in Another World 异世界的独行者 Uncle Nan Yao南妖叔Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted Black Jiu, an introverted high school student who secretly works in the underworld, gets into a car accident during a school-organized spring outing. The entire group transmigrates to another world crawling with monsters. There, he meets his younger sister, whom their parents sold when she was little. Now a slave of the demon race, she is trying to kill herself... “If justice has its heroes, then darkness deserves its own savior, too. But saviors always like to keep clean. So people like us, the 2.1kReads9.0Score20314d adds
4. 4 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.8kReads8.5Score68314d adds

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   A high-quality, completed novel in a new genre, a hardcore work by a science and engineering enthusiast. It starts slowly but builds to a bang, a slow-burn, mind-bending story with science fiction, realism, suspense, and mind-bending elements. The writing is brilliant and logically rigorous, the narrative humorous yet concise, and there are no time-travel, reincarnation, system, or cheat codes. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacking, and aerospace electronic warfare. The ending features a profound twist. Tailor-made for veteran readers; if you don't enjoy it, I'll kill myself!

5. 5 审 Judgment Rebooted: I, Light Yagami, Have Returned 审判重启：我，夜神月，回来了 Hearing Aid Out of Battery助听器没电Anime Fanfiction547k WordsCompleted The story begins with a breathtaking twist: after the original timeline came to an end, Light Yagami returned to the peak of his life at seventeen. Carrying all his memories and regrets from his past life, he returned to the moment he first met the Shinigami Ryuk... 4.5kReads8.3Score62114d adds

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   Sexually frigid, highly intelligent, selfish, handsome, and manipulative.

6. 6 二 New Game Plus: Light Yagami Catches Up on the Anime in One Second 二周目：夜神月一秒补番 Hearing Aid Out of Battery助听器没电Anime Fanfiction116k WordsOngoing My new work is out! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 284Reads—Score10514d adds
7. 7 死 Death Note: A Fanatic’s Rebirth 死亡笔记：狂信徒的重生 Judgment of the Three of Pentacles审判星币三Anime Fanfiction236k WordsOngoing A Death Note fanfiction Kira is dead. After witnessing a god fall with his own eyes, the arrested Teru Mikami is consumed by regret and despair, and eventually goes mad and dies in prison. When he opens his eyes again, he's returned to six years earlier. “Kami... Kami...” It must be that God has given him a chance to atone, that God has let him start over! “Please give me a chance to serve as your right-hand man once again...” “This time, I won't let you down!” *The plot and characterization d 779Reads9.4Score14714d adds
8. 8 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds

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   The protagonist of this book infiltrates the game of gods through deception. Everyone's intelligence is on point, and there are constant plot twists. The Cthulhu-themed worldview, coupled with a plethora of exciting moments, makes for a thoroughly enjoyable read.

9. 9 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
10. 10 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6k14d adds
11. 11 遗 A Song of Regrets 遗恨歌 Zhong Qi钟麒Historical297k WordsOngoing In the early Hongwu years of the Ming dynasty, Chen Shixun, son of Chen Youliang, the former emperor of the Chen Han regime, enters the imperial court by a twist of fate, secretly supported by former Chen Han officials and taking the place of Zhu Yuanzhang’s lost son. Together with an alliance of avengers formed by Yan Wang Zhu Di, the posthumous son of Yuan Shundi; Han Miaotong, younger sister of former Red Turban leader Han Liner; and the monk Yao Guangxiao, who entered the clergy after losing 19Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The male lead is cold, intelligent, and wise; everyone in the group is quick-witted, and if even one of them is missing, they won't survive to the next episode! The tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease; after turning evil, he wreaks havoc in all directions!

12. 12 老 The Cheat's Underworld 老千蓝道 Yu Meng Haotian宇蒙昊天Urban629k WordsCompleted Trained in the Southern School, with knowledge of both Chinese and Western methods. This is my true account of years spent as a professional swindler! Using all kinds of cheating techniques, I’ve fought my way through casinos large and small across the land. Burning with ambition, I clawed my way upward, enduring the hardships of the underworld and a life of wandering with no way back! Schemes within schemes, tricks within tricks, and all kinds of dark and shady memories: I’ll expose every techn 1.6kReads7.1Score10714d adds

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    Read my story

13. 13 这 This Cultivator Is Rather Cunning 这个修士有点心计 Cigarette Between the Fingers指间香烟Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing This story focuses on schemes, suspense, and plot twists. If you enjoy this style, dive right in with confidence. Her family is wiped out, a bounty is placed on her head, and she is hunted down. She moves among the great clans, repeatedly teetering between life and death. When talent falls short, cunning makes up the difference. So what if I’m only at the Qi Refining stage? I can still scheme a Golden Core cultivator to death. So what if I have a crippled spiritual root? I can still join a major 103Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    A fantasy battle of wits, a strategy to break through the impasse—you could give it a try.

14. 14 无 Infinite Planes: Starting with Final Destination 无限位面：从死神来了开始 Madman of the Mohist School墨家狂人Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted I battle wits with the invisible Reaper in the world of Final Destination. In the Three Kingdoms, where eunuchs hold sway, I bide my time and become sworn kin to the Ten Attendants, changing the course of history. In A Chinese Ghost Story, I dance with beautiful female ghosts... I don't know why I'm alive, or what keeps me going. Maybe I'm chasing the thrill of life and death in an instant. Maybe I'm searching for something exciting enough to make my frozen heart beat again... 4.9kReads8.9Score35914d adds

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    Self-interest above all else, no female lead

15. 15 神 Mystery Awakens: I Can Evolve Without Limits 神秘复苏，我可以无限进化 Chu Daxiao楚大校Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Also known as: Reborn with Infinite Skills] [Urban imagination + reborn + unrestricted genre mashup] A mysterious invasion. Aliens descend. The terrifying will of Earth begins to awaken, and countless urban legends become real. 159Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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    I think this is what you need.

16. 16 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 3.4kReads—Score17214d adds

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    This book is for you.

17. 17 全 Global Manhunt: Crushing the World's Viewers with My Genius from the Start 全球追捕：开局智商碾压全球观众 Pancake烙饼Urban533k WordsCompleted Ye Lin wakes up after transmigrating to a parallel world with an extremely high crime rate. He is suddenly selected as an amateur contestant with the highest bounty on his head for a reality show about pursuit and escape. His opponents aren’t just the other dangerous contestants, but also pursuit experts from all over the world. Award-winning actresses, hackers, criminal investigators, detectives! A 24-hour citywide escape! A thrilling game aboard a luxury cruise ship! A countdown to survival on 969Reads7.8Score14514d adds

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    Both are urban novels, so the ratings might be a bit low.

18. 18 全 Global Manhunt: I'm Playing a Mouse, So Why Am I Chasing Cats? 全球追捕：明明扮演老鼠却追着猫打 Li Er Bu Ha李二不哈Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A completed novel, a great read: high-IQ characters + endless twists] A battle of wits between pursuer and fugitive. A fierce clash of deduction and logic. A contest of tricks and countertricks. The Cat-and-Mouse Game begins now. Are you ready, dear little mouse? 1.6kReads8.8Score14714d adds
19. 19 鬼 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 Qing Chong Yue Er青虫月二Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 554Reads6.6Score10214d adds

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    A powerful male lead!

20. 20 末 Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在 On Jiufeng Mountain九峰山上Sci-Fi & Apocalypse783k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn 3.6kReads8.7Score31414d adds

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    A breath of fresh air in the post-apocalyptic genre! The protagonist is highly intelligent but not a saint, the plot is full of twists and turns, realistic and mind-bending, and veteran readers all praise it.

21. 21 末 Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂 Mighty Cockroach伟岸蟑螂Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoqiang is an insignificant nobody, a lazy loser who had been content to lounge around and wait to die. Staying at home lets him avoid the first outbreak of the zombie virus. When he sees his neighbors in the same apartment complex turn into zombies, he is overcome with boundless terror. He struggles to survive alone in an Apocalypse where people prey on each other. At last, worn down by loneliness, he picks up his gear and heads out into a world shrouded in smoke and fire. He takes the 26.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
22. 22 大 Great Qin 2025: My Asura Path of the Strange 大秦2025：吾的修罗诡道 Surveying Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains观山河万里Mystery408k WordsOngoing On television, a glamorous female host held a microphone and said, “Good evening, viewers. Welcome to this edition of Great Qin News. Today’s featured figure is the Chancellor, who has governed our Great Qin for over a thousand years.” The camera cut to an elderly man, frail with age. Even through the television screen, his sharp gaze was like a knife, making it hard to look him in the eye. “Your Excellency, why did you go to the local police station to turn yourself in?” “Oh, I wanted somewhere 5Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    👻 *The Qin Dynasty 2025*: Power struggles escalate, the mystery of immortality unfolds! A modern-day battlefield, teeming with ghosts and monsters. A mind-bending plot with constant twists and turns, challenging the limits of your thinking! 😱

23. 23 死 Death List 死亡名单 Taotie Hermit饕餮居士Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.5M WordsCompleted A horrifying murder that shocked the entire city took place in the capital of Handan. On Christmas Eve, a middle-aged couple were brutally killed, and the only person left at the scene was their eight-year-old stepson, covered in blood. Over the next twelve years, the boy murdered dozens of people by various means. Now he is about to be sentenced to death... 80Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    The protagonist is a serial killer with a dual personality known as the "Dissecter".

24. 24 乱 Burying the Heavens in a Chaotic Age 乱世葬天 Don't Underestimate Bean Buns as Rations别拿豆包不当干粮Eastern Fantasy677k WordsOngoing A nameless young man, with little time left to live, watched the old man from the funeral home who had been his only companion die a cruel death before his eyes. He chose to live on, and he chose revenge. The sorrow of small fry belongs only to those who willingly give up. If the world treats people like pigs and dogs, then destroy this wretched world and bury the heavens and earth! 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The new book is pretty good, I recommend it. It's not a harem novel.

25. 25 争 The Fight for God's Body 争夺神的躯体 The Ghost-Eyed Butcher鬼眼屠夫Urban241k WordsOngoing (Tags: An entire cast of villains, no idiotic plotlines, tightly woven logic, distinctive characters, and a male lead who uses strategy to dominate his corner of the world.) After Lu Si gains a divine arm, factions possessing divine bodies begin to emerge one after another. They scheme and clash in a struggle to claim the body of a god, all for the power of immortality it holds. 4Reads5.5Score—14d adds
26. 26 江 Jiang Yan’s Dream: Flowers Bloom from His Brush 江淹一梦笔生花 Gurgling Spring泉之淙淙Historical505k WordsCompleted In the winter of the seventh year of the Daming era (463 AD), Jiang Yan was gathering firewood in the biting wind by the Qingxi River. Suddenly, he spotted a young woman stumbling along the main road, clutching her wounded left arm, with three constables from the Court of Justice in hot pursuit. Jiang Yan pulled her into a reed bed, helping her evade the officials’ deadly grasp. It turned out she was Xie Wei’s daughter. Xie Wei had been implicated in the Fan Ye case because of his poetry and pro 126Reads—Score—14d adds

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    High intelligence and strategic thinking

27. 27 龙 A Dragon Kingdom Police Cadet Charges Into Maitira 龙国警校生，勇闯迈提拉 Thousand-Year-Old Stone Monkey千年老石猴Urban137k WordsOngoing [Decisive, not a bleeding heart, self-serving, scheming, highly intelligent, always planning several steps ahead]+ [Everyone is ruthless]+ [No System, no golden finger]+ [No characters acting stupidly, logical]+ [No heroine, female supporting character] Ye Zilu plays by his own rules! This is a logically consistent power fantasy: With his options exhausted in Longguo, Ye Zilu, a graduate of the Longguo Police Academy, ventures into Maitila to survive. After joining the police force, he uses ever 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Decisive and ruthless, self-serving, shrewd and calculating, with high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and not a saint—Ye Zilu's path is quite unconventional.

28. 28 青 Chaos at Green Mountain 青山乱 Li Youcan李友参Historical2.6M WordsCompleted [Historical transmigration + high-martial-arts world + power struggles and passion + war-era romance + mature, trope-defying + high quality, no fixed heroine] Original title: Green Mountains in Turmoil 1: From Death to Life (The turbulent life of the heaven-chosen one. A slow-burn, growth-oriented male lead. Deliberately paced, not a power fantasy. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.) My wish came true!!! A retired assassin dies, his soul vanishing, then transmigrates to another world. His gre 41Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    This book absolutely meets your needs. Highly intelligent and ruthless. An assassin's soul transmigrates to an ancient world, wreaking havoc. He conquers battlefields, vying for supremacy. The remnants of his army rise up, advancing step by step, the snowball growing ever larger. Looking closer, I've already reached the foot of a kingdom's capital?!

29. 29 末 The Eighth Book of the Apocalypse's Superpowers 末世的异能的第8本书 Esper of the Apocalypse末世的异能者Eastern Fantasy211k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 346Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    Evil, Gu-controlling script, selfishness—you know what I mean. You can give it a try.

30. 30 穿 Transmigrating Through the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Sun and Moon Light My Way 穿越之日月照我隋唐路 Xuanwu Ji玄武季Historical4.1M WordsOngoing He was just a 2025 spy operating on the edge of a knife. An accidental explosion sent him transmigrating to the turbulent years of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Reborn in another body, he finds himself the young lord of a frontier people. Should he take up the shepherd's crook and continue living a pastoral life? Or command a hundred thousand mounted archers and challenge the Sui and Tang, the Tujue, and the Gaobaixin Japanese? A cinnabar mole, a moonlight of the heart... His reach extends to ever 18Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    A smile hides a dagger! The Sui and Tang dynasties are not the same as before, they are different! Recommendation index: 💎💎💎💎💎 A time traveler ⚡️ makes the Sui dynasty take a detour 🚲! 🔥 Tribes, 💋 Family ties, love 💏, friendship, affectation, 🔍 treachery, enemy affairs, 👻 ruthlessness, expressions... There is always a mysterious force that leads him closer to the deliberately concealed 📷 truths... There is no class in the world, everywhere is a scheme, people are the pawns! Dreams of home and country 🐴, chivalrous feelings, portraying weak pride and indulgence... Kings, ministers, commoners... White hair 💡! Passerby, have a drink 🍸.

31. 31 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9k14d adds

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    The schemes and plots are meticulously crafted, and every choice affects the subsequent course of events. Countless internal struggles unfold between temptation and principle.

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