No Female Lead, Masked or Cloaked Protagonist 无女主,戴面具或戴斗蓬
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Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球:开局扮演反派大佬
Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th
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My Madman's Organization 我的疯子组织
(Written before I learned how to write. Don't read.) [No CP, the world is completely insane and the author wants to be insane too, mindless story, move along if you don't like it, please don't insult the author, I'm fragile and can't handle bad reviews] Jiang Qiong, a miserable owner of a funeral-paper shop, accidentally binds himself to the You-Reap-What-You-Sow System. The System orders him to livestream his efforts to fight evil and promote good in places rife with wickedness. And that's how
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Doomsday Descends: A Hundredfold Drop Rate, Loot with Every Strike 末日降临:百倍爆率刀刀爆物资
[Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab
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Apocalypse Villain: Reborn, I Infiltrate the Protagonist's Crew 末世反派:重生后,我混入主角团
[Zombies + post-apocalypse + doomsday + self-interest + decisive and ruthless + villain] Important: The protagonist is neutral evil when he’s in a good mood and chaotic evil when he’s not. He has almost no humanity. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Only after Chi You dies does he learn that the hotheaded boy who’s always going on about love and peace is the chosen protagonist, destined to save the world, while he himself is merely a villain serving as a stepping stone along the protagonist
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Playing the Geo Archon: Taken into Custody by 749 from the Start 扮演岩王帝君,开局被749收容
“Su Yang isn't a mutant beast or an Awakened... Could he be a god?” “Hahahaha, how could that be? There are no gods in this world.” But when the world faced a god-level crisis, the Dark Evil God prepared to destroy it all. The entire 749 Bureau was at a loss. Then they realized Su Yang was gone. A golden figure slowly rose into the sky, and then that familiar voice rang in everyone's ears: “Let the heavens move!”
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Once I Put on the Mask, the Hunt Begins 带上面具后,我要开始狩猎了
[Urban Superpowers] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Transmigration] Chen Guan was an assassin. After his final mission ended in failure, he transmigrated to a parallel world much like Huaxia. He thought he could leave behind his old life of fighting and killing, living dangerously with a blade at his throat. He even figured he could use the classic movies, novels, or songs he knew from his previous life to enjoy the peaceful existence he had always dreamed of. But on the
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Is the Musician Class Weak? When the Suona Sounds, the Show Begins 乐师职业弱?唢呐一响,好戏开场
[Game Invasion + The Weird Descends + A Touch of Lovecraftian Horror + Class Advancement for All + Beloved by Everyone + Musician + Suona Folk Music + Invincible All the Way] In his previous life, Sui He was born into a suona-playing family. He grew up surrounded by the sound of suonas, and in his eighteen years of life, his two favorite things were attending banquets and sitting at the village entrance, whistling at widows. In this life, Sui He transmigrated to a world invaded by games, where t
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Starting as a Mysterious Merchant, I Rewrite the Rules of a Ghastly Game 从神秘商人开始,架空诡异游戏
[Ensemble cast + invincible protagonist + no female lead + founding an organization + people wildly misreading his intentions + making a killing off players and the supernatural] “When you encounter a mysterious being clad in a black robe in a supernatural game, remember: do not panic. Treat Them with the utmost sincerity and flattery. They are like a wish-granting machine. As long as you have enough supernatural coins, nothing is impossible!” "Must Read! How to Survive in a Supernatural Game" “
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The Big Shot Has a Little Conscience, but Not Much 大佬他有点良心,但不多
[Decisive and Ruthless] x [No Romance] x [Ridiculous Power Fantasy] x [Unhinged but Handsome Male Lead] x [Refined Pervert] “Executioner No. 001, mission completed perfectly.” After dying, Yan Wugui, who had spent ten years in a psychiatric hospital, became an executioner for the Myriad Worlds System. He travels across the heavens and countless realms to hunt down rule-breakers and keep the worlds running as they should. An executioner? Call me the Reaper. [System] Executioner No. 001. Assassina
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The Cursed Abyss Cannot Be Crossed 诡渊不度
[Supernatural resurgence + nonhuman protagonist + no female lead + evil gods] Note: This is not a livestream story, a wish-fulfillment power fantasy, or a brainless invincible-protagonist story. Feel free to ship any pairings, though (doge). It leans a little toward two male leads, but not much, and has an everyone-loves-the-protagonist vibe. If that bothers you, please move along. The worlds of ghosts and humans were once clearly divided, yin and yang keeping each other in balance. But as t
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I Eat Monsters Whole, But I'm Definitely Not Going Crazy! 生吞怪物的我,绝对没有发癫!
[No heroine, gradually becoming less than human, chaotic fun, decisive and ruthless but not dark] Cheat powers are meant to be fun! I transmigrated, so why should I have to deal with all this social etiquette? What the hell is with these brain-dead villains and stupid heroines? I’ll eat them! Bow to some damn master and make friends? I’ll just rocket over there, do a 360-degree Thomas Flair, and eat them! I’ll chomp down on the leader’s head! The authorities aren’t getting away either! I’ll poun
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Player Game: An NPC Becomes a Top-Tier Star 玩家游戏:NPC成为世界顶流
[No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood.
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I Became the Global Administrator of Hell's Games 我成了全球地狱游戏管理员
“From the moment the game begins, inferior, weak humans will be stripped of the right to breathe.” This world has no nations. It is ruled by five top conglomerates, and the gap between rich and poor is enormous. The wealthy feast behind their red gates while the poor freeze to death in the streets. The rich districts blaze with light and bustle with people, while the slums are shrouded in darkness and rife with violence and crime. This is an age of capitalist revelry, an age of splendor built up
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
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
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The Friend-Pestering System 友人犯贱系统
[No Couples Among the Main Cast] The Friend-Messing-Around System. Just what it sounds like. “Sorry, could you repeat who your friends are?” “One brainless guy who likes Transformers, one cowardly doctor who’s two-faced, and one cyborg with seriously weird kinks.” “So you mean you spend every day messing around with the world’s strongest Taoist sorcerer, the greatest legendary wood-magic healer in history, and a divine being turned into a cyborg by technology...?” “Sorry, I think you’ve misunder
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Magic for All: I’m the Only Cultivator 全民魔法师:我是唯一的修仙者
The legend of a generation's Divine Emperor comes to an end, and a new story begins. Ye Feng was reborn in a world without cultivators, where magic was revered. On Blue Star, humans and demons were locked in constant war, and humanity fought for survival. After a lifetime of fighting, all he wanted in this life was to quietly be a shut-in. He looked down on magic and secretly cultivated immortality instead, but his cousin, who lived with him, thought he was a good-for-nothing and urged him to st
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The Beasts We Ate Until We Burst Back Then 那些年,我们一起撑死的异兽
“We transmigrated to a world where martial strength reigns supreme and countless races stand side by side.” “There are also exotic beasts.” “Original body, you have to keep us alive. Our lives are in your hands.” “Ha! Just some exotic beasts. Watch me take them down with a sliding tackle!” “I’ll tackle them too!” “Huh? Looks like we stuffed it to death.” “Nice.” … “Could you all be quiet for a minute? My head’s about to explode.” Qin Ze looked at the countless versions of himself surrounding hi
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Hokage: Starting with Dual Kamui 火影:从双神威开始
While watching Naruto at home, Lin Yu unexpectedly transmigrates into Obito Uchiha! The first thing he does is reclaim Kakashi's Sharingan and attain the power of Double Kamui! Send Madara packing, kill Black Zetsu, and with Double Kamui in hand, I can come and go as I please in the Shinobi World! The power of Hashirama's cells, the Rinnegan, and the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki: I swear I'll take on the Otsutsuki!
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The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷,卷卷有爷名
[Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l
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Raising All of Humanity: I Simulated a Perfect Future 饲养全人类:我推演了完美未来
Zheng Xuan transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes the Host of the Future Simulation System. He gathers the wisdom of six billion intelligent beings across the globe and builds a Tower of Wisdom, simulating and creating a supernatural system for humanity: “Equivalent Exchange: Truth Alchemy.” Drawing on generations of medical professionals’ research into the human body, he simulates and develops a supernatural martial arts system! Using the principles of civilization to open a gateway to
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Online Game: God-Tier Assassin—I Am the Shadow! 网游:神级刺客,我即是暗影!
[Online game, assassin, game merges with reality, stats-focused] The mysterious game Godforsaken arrives. Players can kill monsters to gain lifespan, then spend that lifespan to bring their in-game abilities into reality! And so the supernatural descends, and disaster spreads across Blue Star! In his previous life, Qin Feng and his younger sister, Qin Xiaoyou, grew stronger until they were among the world’s top hundred. In the end, though, his star-chasing sister gouged out his eyes to give his
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Matriarchy: The Yandere Hero and Demon Lord Won’t Stop Showering Me with Their Love 女尊:被病娇勇者魔王疯狂爱索取
[Matriarchy] [Hero and Demon King] [Yandere Possessiveness] Ito transmigrates into a hero’s world ruled by women. Chosen by the heavens to become a priest, he is forced to join the hero’s party. To keep his identity as a man from being exposed, Ito wears a mask over his face every day. But secrets never stay hidden forever. Anna, the elf princess in his party, discovers the truth. What awaits Ito now?
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The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
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
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Hey, You! Do You Really Have to Be This Low-Key?! 你小子!用不用这么低调!!
The immortal, undying ancient dragon left behind only a rotting corpse. The phoenix, unafraid of death, was reduced to a single broken root feather. The auspicious qilin, surrounded by good fortune, could not foresee its own death. The Black Tortoise, master of countless laws, had its shell forcibly stripped away. The cemetery of the gods still stands, watching the ruins endure for millennia, while grass and trees flourish and fade through the seasons. Who dares claim to be immortal… The years t
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The Masked Cage 面具囚笼
Xiao Chen was born with blocked meridians and abandoned by his sect, but by chance, he found a cracked Shadow Mask. >The mask devoured spiritual energy and channeled it back into him, helping him embark on the path of cultivation. >When a second, Flame Mask merged with his body, he heard a greedy hiss from deep within it. >When he obtained a third, Water Mask, the ancient being on the frozen throne finally opened its eyes: >“The twelve masks are fragments of a prison. Once they're all gathered,
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Divination with the Heavenly Eye: Summoning the Black and White Guardians from the Start 天眼算命:开局召唤黑白无常
Every time the Black and White Impermanence go to work, they say, “You have to die” 💢 I use the Heavenly Eye, only to find those Japanese ghosts won't leave The “System” nags me about paying it back every day 💢 I meet Sun Wukong before he becomes the Great Sage And help him dig out the Water Curtain Cave Then head down to the Eastern Sea to swindle him out of the Golden Cudgel 💢 In the end, I somehow get tangled up with the Heavenly Dao But my master says I won't live past twenty-five.
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The Essence of Heaven and Earth 地天髓
One man is eighty years old, another is four hundred. In my youth, I climbed the mountains until my shoes wore through. Why, then, do clouds rise from the peaks tonight? I see a rainbow in the sky, then return to the world after hundreds of years. In an instant, a vast red cloud sweeps across the heavens. “Supernatural Mystery + Urban Cultivation + Primordial Wilderness + Tomb Raiding + Ancient Masks + Comedy + Horror...” I was different from the moment I was born. Others have three flowers gath
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No Superpowers After Transmigrating? I'll Secretly Develop Alongside Myself 穿越没异能?我和自己偷偷发育
[Founding an Organization] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Clone Protagonist] + [No CP / No Female Lead] + [Late-Story Twist] The rating just went live, so it should rise in time. Monsters pour out of the Rifts of the Turbid Realm, and the world is reduced to ruins. I'm Lin Chen, a seventeen-year-old boy who can't even recognize himself. Gentle, violent, indifferent, deranged... Countless personalities battle inside my mind, until one day they gradually split from my body, don masks, and become independe
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Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼
[Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has
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Reborn as the Ringmaster of a Circus 重生之我是马戏团团长
[Gray Fog + no female lead + ensemble cast + sacred relics + talent tree] In July 2030, a multicolored meteor streaked across the sky. From then on, every 25 hours, everyone heard a strange sound of collapse. On the sixth day, a ethereal voice rang out alongside the sound: “I heard it, the sound of the Throne of Order collapsing.” Twelve days later, an unknown gray fog invaded. The lucky ones gained extraordinary powers through sacred relics, while those with talent awakened their “Talent Seeds”
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American Crime Drama: Summoning the Unforgivable Sins 美综:大罪指定不赦召来
From the moment he transmigrated, Kevin knew he had landed in a world of American TV shows. Still, he could console himself that at least it wasn't Marvel, with some purple potato guy constantly trying to snap his fingers. Until many years later... Kevin: So, um... is it still too late to find someone to snap their fingers? I feel like I'm not far from seeing Cthulhu and the Four Chaos Gods of the Warp... Everyone: You have a lot to answer for yourself, but you never say a word about that, do yo
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