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What’s the Most Mind-Bending Novel You’ve Read Since You Started Reading? 入坑一来你看过最烧脑的小说

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  1. 1 Quick Transmigration: This Time, I Refuse to Be a Jerk! 快穿：这一世，拒绝当渣男！ Quieted Down 1102安静了1102Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration / no fixed couple / fictional setting / pocket dimension / scumbag redemption) 1. An honest man in ancient times 2. An Eighties simp 3. A victim of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war 4. A dutiful son 5. A gambling addict 6. A golden phoenix who flies out of the mountains 7. An educated youth sent to the countryside 8. A younger sister living with her parents … 2.9kReads7.0Score168Shelves
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  2. 2 Conquest: From the Start, I Summon Zhao Zilong 争霸：开局召唤赵子龙 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 138kReads8.9Score12kShelves
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  3. 3 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 606kReads9.7Score73.1kShelves
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  4. 4 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... 2.1kReads9.3Score581Shelves
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  5. 5 Yellow Springs General Store 黄泉杂货铺 Ninth Elder of the Wu Clan巫门老九Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted At the end of a street on a quiet, late-night evening stands a grocery shop with old-fashioned decor. Getting something for nothing is simple: just agree to do a ghost a favor, and it'll make it happen. 10.8kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
  6. 6 To Hell with the Tragic-Novel Heroine! I Want to Become a Demon-Slaying Celestial Venerable 去他丫的虐文女主，老娘要做捉妖天尊 Yan Shengsheng言笙笙Ancient Romance448k WordsCompleted The serious blurb: Yan Zi was so enraged by a tragic romance novel that she died, only to become the heroine of that very novel. The moment she entered the story, she found herself at the plot's turning point. The villainous male lead was about to strip her of her memories, magic, and divine status, then send her down to the mortal world. Yan Zi immediately turned and ran, jumping down to the mortal world herself and landing in the thatched hut where the injured God of Cultivation was recuperati 645Reads9.0Score104Shelves
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  7. 7 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 Long Yuan龙渊Historical4.8M WordsCompleted In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 7.6kReads9.1Score766Shelves
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  8. 8 The Southern Song Dynasty’s Top Undercover Agent 南宋第一卧底 Long Yuan龙渊Historical7.4M WordsCompleted In the sixteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Shen Mo, a modern-day undercover agent, began manipulating the fate of the empire in the palm of his hand. Countless ingenious schemes, ruthless plots, and brutal tactics poured from him. His modern forensic techniques cracked one bizarre Southern Song case after another, while his espionage skills crushed the secret agents of the Liao and Jin. When the Mongol Yuan cavalry, invincible across the land, came thundering toward them, the 8.1kReads9.1Score958Shelves
  9. 9 Horror Phone Game 恐怖手机游戏 Sad Internet Cafe Attendant悲伤网管Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted When the God of Death decides to make the most entertaining mobile game in the world... 1.6kReads8.5Score163Shelves
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  10. 10 A Prosperous Age of Power Plays: Beauty Rules the World 盛世权谋：红妆倾天下 Gentle Breeze风轻Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted She was the guardian deity of Daye, the renowned Prince of Linjiang. After fulfilling her oath and retiring in triumph, she was betrayed by the person she loved most. Her legs were crippled, her face was flayed, and the officials memorialized the throne as the people pleaded for justice. Her entire clan, five generations and nine branches, was slaughtered. In a ruined temple before an arhat statue, she tore open her chest and crushed her own heart, dying with eyes wide open. She was the notoriou 1.2kReads8.5Score163Shelves
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  11. 11 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... 78Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  12. 12 The Living Dead 活死人 Beyond Yanmen Pass雁门关外Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted In the middle of the night, something strange happened at a gas station: a paper car pulled in to refuel. One after another, everyone who watched the surveillance footage died under bizarre circumstances. And I was the last one marked for death. To stay alive, I sought help from a blind old woman who knew how to drive away evil spirits, but she died because of it. I was struck by an evil spell and became a special kind of living dead. But none of this was over. It was only the beginning of a sin 269Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  13. 13 Zero Hour 零点 Cavalryman骠骑Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Through the formal establishment of Unit 5619, code-named “Zero Point,” a team is tasked with protecting a group of scientists carrying out a mysterious mission as they explore the Great Abyss of the World in Lop Nur, the Ear of the Earth. Along the way, they encounter a sandstorm, and the ruins of a thousand-year-old city suddenly appear. They trace a DNA mutation and unravel the mystery of the beast-like transformation in the ancient Demon Luo Kingdom. Faced with an enigmatic prehistoric civil 1.4kReads8.2Score190Shelves
  14. 14 The Rocky Life of a Country Youth 山村青年的坎坷人生 White Elephant King白象王Urban909k WordsCompleted After his father was murdered and his mother abducted, Chen Jun, a young man from a mountain village, failed to get revenge and was forced to flee. He worked odd jobs while searching for his mother. Factory Director Qi and his wife were desperate to carry on the family line. After they had a daughter, the husband lost the ability to have more children in an accident, and the couple both set their sights on Chen Jun. Faced with this opportunity, what kind of life will Chen Jun embark on? 686Reads8.8Score150Shelves
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  15. 15 A Life Out of Place 错位人生 White Elephant King白象王Urban578k WordsCompleted My wife has a secret. I made an excuse to return to my old family home in the countryside, leaving her alone in the city, then doubled back... This is Baixiang Wang's first novel, written with great passion for Tomato Novel. 654Reads7.2Score—Shelves
  16. 16 A Leisurely Life in the Countryside 乡野悠闲生活 White Elephant King白象王Urban588k WordsCompleted A poor young man gets his hands on a magical dog-beating stick, but it eats pills refined from precious herbs like ginseng and ganoderma, and it needs an astonishing amount! With such a glutton by his side, the poor young man has no choice but to build a massive medicinal herb plantation. The village beauty, village girls, and village wives all gather to help. With beautiful women all around him, can the young man's country life still be leisurely? 18Reads7.4Score—Shelves
  17. 17 Infinite Challenge Game 无限挑战游戏 Tang Sanzang唐三葬Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted He was an ordinary loser: no house, no car, nothing to show for himself, and a terminal illness that burdened his whole family. Then, one day, a stroke of luck fell into his lap. The goddess he had secretly loved for years suddenly invited him to a secret location to get a room. But just as they met, she was assassinated by a mysterious attacker who appeared out of nowhere... He was dragged into a deadly game full of endless challenges. To save the goddess and find a cure for his illness, he had 677Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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  18. 18 The Internet Cafe Haunting 网吧诡事 Ao Xiao Wu傲小五Mystery314k WordsCompleted Internet cafes are familiar to everyone. You’ve probably heard those headline-grabbing stories about people dying suddenly or giving birth in one. I’m an internet cafe attendant, and I’ll share the even more terrifying truth behind those deaths, based on what I’ve experienced firsthand. Remember, some computers in an internet cafe aren’t meant for the living... 354Reads8.7Score—Shelves
  19. 19 Gold Coins Are Justice 金币即是正义 Pangu Chaos盘古混沌Eastern Fantasy6.8M WordsCompleted Above the sword is magic. Above magic is power. Above power is profit. And money is the symbol of profit. With his secrets and 100 gold coins, Eiro arrives in a remote border town of the Empire. Here, he’ll build himself up from nothing and establish his own Adventurers’ Guild. Then he’ll use it to create his own economic empire. 15Reads7.3Score—Shelves
  20. 20 The Eerie Craftsman 诡匠 Yanshan Oak燕山栎Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Nineteen years ago, seven of my relatives, including my father, were brutally slaughtered. Nineteen years later, I was dragged into an enormous conspiracy. Hatred, schemes, and attacks became entangled with family, friendship, and love. Would I rise above the rest and clear away the clouds, or sink into ruin and become someone's puppet... The woodworker's art of curse and counter-curse, a strange and mysterious craft, would prove the key to resolving it all... 240Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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  21. 21 King of the Eternal Night 永夜君王 Misty Rain Jiangnan烟雨江南Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted Qian Ye rises from hardship, then falls through betrayal. From that moment on, with only a man and a gun for company, he walks between eternal night and dawn, carving out a legend. If eternal night is the fate he is destined for, then he will become the king who rules it. 912Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  22. 22 The Extraordinary Life of a Young Man from a Small Village 小村青年的非凡人生 A Dao阿刀Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In that moment, I truly understood why the poor stay poor. It isn't because we don't work hard enough. It's because of the environment we live in, the resources we have, our narrow-mindedness, and the few, fragile opportunities available to us. All of it traps my impoverished family in a struggle just to survive! I gave everything I had for a chance to “change my fate,” yet a single storm was enough to destroy it! 26.2kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
  23. 23 The Crown Prince of the Great Tang 大唐皇太子 Ling Ji凌己Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Plot-driven story] One day, he transmigrates into the crown prince. Li Chengqian looks at his little arms and legs and smiles faintly. If this is what fate has decreed, then he’ll make the Tang dynasty even more prosperous and glorious than it was in history. He, too, will become an emperor for the ages. 527Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  24. 24 The Strongest Prince of the Great Tang 大唐之最强皇子 Fat but Not White胖不白Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke becomes a virtuous prince of the early Tang! But this prosperous Tang is not quite the same! It has not only the twenty-four meritorious officials of the Lingxiao Pavilion, but also ten military governors! In a single day, he turns the tables on treacherous ministers, rebel armies, and insurgents! He secures his position as military governor of Lingnan, taking control of Guangzhou Port, the most prosperous port in the world, and commanding the greatest s 291Reads—Score—Shelves
  25. 25 Your Majesty, Stop! You’ve Destroyed Ten Kingdoms in Two Months on the Throne 陛下收手吧，您登基两月灭了十国 Bear-Riding Fisher骑熊钓鱼Historical537k WordsCompleted [Overpowered Tang Dynasty adventure + no groveling to Li Er + absurd laugh-out-loud comedy] He transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty and becomes the unfortunate son Li Er fathered during a pleasure-seeking visit to a brothel. He receives the “God-Tier Nation-Wrecking System” and, from the start, forces Li Er to abdicate and tears up the “Treaty of the Wei River,” provoking an army of 200,000 Turks to surround Chang’an... Li Er questions everything: “Every move this rebellious son makes should destro 319Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  26. 26 Great Tang: I Report Li Er for Rebellion and Become Emperor 大唐：举报李二造反，我当上皇帝 Deified Zhou神化周Historical160k WordsOngoing I transmigrated back to the Tang dynasty and became Li Chengqian, just before the Xuanwu Gate Incident. If I can just make it through tomorrow, I'll be Crown Prince. I'll change history and become the next emperor of the Tang dynasty. But, of all the things that could happen, a self-destruct System just had to activate: [Ding! Host, report Li Er for rebellion before the end of today, or you will be killed.] What? I have to report Li Er for rebellion today? I'm about to become Crown Prince, the f 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves
  27. 27 Great Tang: Please, Don't Force Me to Become Emperor 大唐：求你了，别逼我当皇帝 Supreme Little Lord太上小君Historical182k WordsOngoing Li Yufeng was reborn in the seventh year of the Zhenguan era and received an epic main quest. He had originally planned to find some minor official post in the prosperous Tang dynasty and live as a carefree recluse. But “Heavenly Khan” Li Shimin forced him to take the opposing side. As someone who had transmigrated, how could he submit to the tyranny of such a backward civilization? Li Yufeng faced Li Shimin in his own unique way! He outlasted a generation of sage emperors. Li Shimin was one of —Reads—Score—Shelves
  28. 28 The Carefree Prince of the Tang Dynasty 大唐逍遥王 Lost Old Wolf迷途的老狼Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Who is the one person in the Tang dynasty you should never offend? Of course, it's Prince Xiaoyao! Life and death don't matter. If you have a problem, fight it out! This is a history full of intrigue and uncertainty, yet also one of grandeur and sweeping change! Reborn in the Tang dynasty, he lives freely and rules as a king! 1.8kReads7.9Score100Shelves
  29. 29 The Tang Dynasty’s Supreme Emperor 大唐之极品皇帝 The Third Day of the Seventh Month七月初三Historical2.3M WordsCompleted After returning to the Tang dynasty, Li Ke, grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui and third son of Li Shimin, the Great Emperor of Tang, was destined to have no chance at the throne. But Li Ke refused to accept his fate! He would defy heaven and change his destiny, fighting for a throne that was never meant to be his. See how he battles the Turks, crushes Crown Prince Li Chengqian, outwits the powerful minister Zhangsun Wuji, conquers the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, and wins the hand o 342Reads7.6Score—Shelves
  30. 30 Great Tang: This Crown Prince Is Way Too Wicked! 大唐：这个太子太妖孽！ Mister Three Highs三高大人Historical1.1M WordsOngoing [Alternate History + Lighthearted + Funny + Scheming + Goofy] This is a leisurely slice-of-life story meant to entertain. If you don’t like it, please don’t flame the author! He woke up to find he’d transmigrated into the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty! Right after transmigrating, his golden finger was about to leave him? [Ding!] [The randomly transmigrated Host has a powerful enough background. System automatically disengaging…] What the heck? Hey, don’t you dare! System, I urge you to be a 2.2kReads8.9Score114Shelves
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  31. 31 I Became Emperor of the Great Tang 我在大唐当皇帝 He Said 520他说520Historical369k WordsCompleted I just want to quietly live an ordinary life. Why do unexpected troubles keep coming one after another? I only wanted to ease the effects of disasters and misfortunes and earn a little fortune. Why has everyone at court, from the ministers to the princes, taken a dislike to me? I only want to save my father, who has terminal cancer, and help my brothers fulfill their dreams. Why are all of you trying to pry into my life? If you won't let me live in peace, then bring it on. Tremble before my gaze 10Reads—Score—Shelves
  32. 32 Great Tang: I Really Don't Want to Be Emperor! 大唐：我真不想当皇上啊！ The Elegance of Tang and Song唐宋风流Historical2.8M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to the Tang Dynasty, I become Li Shimin’s illegitimate son and marry Wu Meiniang from the start. I fight across the empire, sweep all before me, and build an eternal legacy of supremacy! 278Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  33. 33 Ice and Snow Phantom 冰雪鬼魅 The Truth Is Simple真相很简单Historical489k WordsCompleted China's version of Frozen. When you have nowhere to turn, come read this novel. In the final years of the Ming, amid ice and snow, the candidate Wang Guan accidentally wanders into a strange temple. There he meets mysterious spirits, setting off a chain of events that cannot be stopped, and becomes a key figure in one clash between humans and ghosts after another. Enjoy the cartoonish style, the strange world of gods and ghosts, and the bitterness of fate, as the gentle narration invites you to 4Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 34 The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局 The One Surnamed Yi姓易的Mystery3.0M WordsCompleted “If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau 5.1kReads9.2Score565Shelves
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  35. 35 Mysterious Space 神秘空间 Half a Free Spirit半个闲人Eastern Fantasy3.4M WordsCompleted Qin Mu is a big name in the Mysterious Space. His surname is Qin, his given name is Mu, his courtesy name is Half-Mad, his title is the Black-Hearted Recluse, and his codename is Raven. People call him the Immortal Black Market Dealer. Wherever he goes, he leaves nothing behind, like a swarm of locusts passing through. With a strange mask on his head and a black robe on his back, he cheats women and children alike, and swindles young and old. Welcome to the Mysterious Space. Join Qin Mu as he tr 929Reads8.8Score109Shelves
  36. 36 The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行 Ge Zhao格照Mystery299k WordsCompleted The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person... 281Reads9.4Score—Shelves
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  37. 37 The Complete Sherlock Holmes Mysteries 福尔摩斯探案全集 Zhang Yalin张雅琳997k WordsCompleted The Complete Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It brings together all four novels and 56 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The four novels range from A Study in Scarlet, which established Sherlock Holmes and his “deductive method,” to the advent —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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