Looking for Urban Novels with a System, Faction-Building, and Ruthless Protagonists 求几本都市小说，系统，组建势力，杀伐果断

1. 1 老 I'm a Gangster: I Smack an Angel with a Brick from the Start 老子黑社会，开局板砖拍天使 The Cabbage Who Can Type会码字的白菜Urban628k WordsCompleted [High Martial] [Gangsters] [System] [Passionate] [Decisive] A century ago, the world changed dramatically. American gods descended, supernatural horrors returned in Sakura Country, and mutants ran rampant in Goryeo. Meanwhile, some people in Long Country gained the chance to awaken. Lin Xiu has a gangster System. He develops his power openly and grows more brazen by the day, smashing angels with bricks and hacking supernatural horrors with cleavers! Before anyone realizes it, a force rivaling an 4.7kReads7.9Score402Shelves

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   Decisive and ruthless, not a saint, incredibly good-looking.

2. 2 重 Reborn in the Great Heist, the Black Gold Tycoon Strikes Back 重生大劫案，黑金大佬逆袭记 God and Autumn神与秋Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Urban rebirth + System + underworld boss + ruthless + scheming] A down-and-out middle-aged man unexpectedly reborn 28 years into the past. Caught in a shocking bank heist, he activates the “Black Gold System.” “Go ahead and make more money. It'll all become my fortune sooner or later anyway. Hahaha!” … Notorious bandit Ye Zhihuan: “Who's tougher than me in the underworld? Lin Dong? Never mind, then.” King of Thieves Zhang Ziqiang: “I once stole 1.2 billion from Li, the richest man in the coun 11.2kReads7.9Score528Shelves

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   This should be right for you. The protagonist has a black gold system and builds the world's largest underworld force, known as the God of Slaughter.

3. 3 末EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.5kReads9.3Score9.5kShelves

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   In the apocalypse, the protagonist, Chen Luo, uses his survival skills to hoard vast amounts of resources and gradually build his own power. The novel portrays the protagonist as decisive and ruthless, without any sanctimonious tendencies; his power expands significantly, and the plot is fast-paced.

4. 4 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Do You Want a Wife? 四合院：傻柱你要媳妇不 Strawberry Shendai草莓神代Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted [Love in the Courtyard fan fiction] [Survival in the 1960s] [Pocket-space golden finger] [Wits and strategy] [No System] He transmigrates into the Great Famine of 1960. Right from the start, his own mother sells off his older sister for half a sack of grain, then abandons her starving younger children to run away with another man! At the end of his rope, Jiang He, an extra actor, awakens a space-time portal that connects to a resource-rich, primitive planet! While the beasts of the beast-filled 1.7kReads6.7Score104Shelves

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   She had to participate in a fugitive show for her sister's sake. It's worth watching.

5. 5 第 My Ten-Thousandth Rebirth 第一万次重生 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After spending the last three months of his life battling a terminal illness, Chen Luo discovered that he had been reborn on the day his cancer was confirmed. Overjoyed, Chen Luo soon found that three months later, he still died of cancer. But what he never expected was that he’d be reborn again on New Year’s Day in 2019, the day he was diagnosed with cancer. By now, Chen Luo had been reborn ten thousand times. Over the more than two thousand years of this endless loop, Chen Luo had learned ever 22.5kReads8.6Score2.3kShelves

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   This book is good; it has a clear and logical structure, and it's an urban novel without the fantasy elements.

6. 6 走 The Horse-Riding Hidden Scheme 走马藏局 Kai Zhong Feng Shui凯中堪舆Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Geomancy and the Yin-Yang arts rule the world, while the Jianghu is full of schemes! At twelve, Shen Qianfan became an orphan and was cast adrift in the Jianghu. He grew up teaching himself from books scavenged from trash heaps, cleared his father's name, and pressed on through one Jianghu con after another, setting schemes and breaking them, navigating schemes within schemes. He cut a path through every obstacle, built a business empire, and leveraged his influence to establish a regional milit 1.6kReads6.3Score186Shelves

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   Exciting, engaging, unpredictable, and increasingly captivating! Kai Zhongkan's novels, starting with "The Path of Feng Shui Cultivation," followed by "One Man and One Mouse Cultivate Immortality," and then "Mecha Immortality: Invincible from Exile to Mars," are now complete. These three books form a cultivation trilogy. Now, he's back with a new book, but this time it's not about cultivation. Instead, it focuses on things closer to home: feng shui, human nature, kung fu, strategic planning, breaking through barriers, the eight major martial arts sects, and his journey of overcoming obstacles to build a business empire and leverage regional military power… This new book is called "The Hidden Game of Horsemanship," where "horsemanship" represents feng shui, and "hidden game of human nature" encapsulates the world. The book's message: In this world, the human heart is more terrifying than ghosts. But you can't be afraid; if you are, you lose. Highly recommended!

7. 7 龙 Dragon Head 龙头 Xun Fei寻飞Urban3.1M WordsCompleted For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing. 27.6kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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   Give this book a try; I hope you like it. The whole book is fast-paced and concise, with action straight to the point. The characters are morally ambiguous, with elements of both good and evil. A small-time character, forced into the underworld by life's realities, experiences a series of hardships, power struggles, and encounters with many brothers and sisters before ultimately becoming his father's pride.

8. 8 都 The City’s Super Bodyguard 都市超级保镖 Yun Xin云鑫Urban143k WordsOngoing The city’s dark side hides people with supernatural abilities, while ordinary people remain completely unaware. The world seems normal on the surface, but the “Hidden Society” has secretly divided it into spheres of influence. Those with abilities are ranked at every level: the powerful can turn the tide of events, while the weak struggle to survive. These abilities stem from the awakening of ancient bloodlines. Every hundred years, a great wave arrives, new talents emerge, and old powers change —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 9 救 The Savior Has Arrived: Ding Yuanying's Journey to Another World 救世主降临：丁元英的异界之旅 Yun Xin云鑫Female-Channel Fanfiction605k WordsCompleted Ding Xiaofeng, a twenty-first-century online novelist, transmigrates by accident into the protagonist Ding Yuanying from the book The Distant Savior. Ding Yuanying changes the story, saving Lin Yufeng and Liu Bing. His mission after transmigrating into the book is to save Rui Xiaodan and lift Wangmiao Village out of poverty. Ding Yuanying's golden finger changes the fates of the characters in The Distant Savior. The emotional story of Ding Yuanying, Rui Xiaodan, and Xiao Yawen brings a classic d 12Reads9.4Score—Shelves
10. 10 末 Apocalypse: I Build a Superpower and Establish a New Order 末世：我创建超级势力建立新秩序 Gui Yi歸奕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse129k WordsOngoing [Post-apocalyptic wasteland] [System] [Transmigration] [Special abilities] [Building a faction] [Decisive and ruthless] Xiao Chen wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a world overrun by zombies and plagued by endless disasters, where humanity faces immense challenges just to survive. With the System and his special abilities, Xiao Chen uses his unique strategies and leadership in a chaotic, lawless world to recruit talented people from all walks of life. Amid the ruins of the apocalypse —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Xiao Chen transmigrates to a zombie-infested post-apocalyptic world. Using a system and supernatural abilities, he builds a power base and gradually establishes a new order amidst the chaos. The novel features a protagonist who is decisive in battle, rapidly expanding his power, and a tense and exciting plot.

11. 11 重 Reborn as the Urban Immortal Venerable 重生之都市仙尊 Luo Shu洛书Urban12.8M WordsCompleted Luo Chen, once a supreme immortal, is ambushed and reborn on Earth. Though he holds an ordinary position in society, he faces contempt from his girlfriend, ridicule from his rival in love, his parents' miserable lives, and threats and provocations from the scions of wealthy families. He swears to change his unfair fate, stand at the pinnacle of the world, and show everyone that he, Luo Chen, was once here. 26.5kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    In "Rebirth of the Urban Immortal," Luo Chen returns as an Immortal Emperor, vowing to rewrite the chapters of destiny. From the abyss of betrayal to the pinnacle of glory, how will he single-handedly shake the entire world? This novel, with its dramatic plot twists and profound emotions, will stir the reader's heart, making them eager to follow in Luo Chen's footsteps and embark on this fantastical journey of defying fate.

12. 12 重 Reborn: Beating Up Martial Arts Masters in the City 重生之我在都市揍哭武道大佬 What a Loss亏鼠它Urban94k WordsCompleted Lin Ran, a supreme martial artist, is ambushed by his close friend and the three great clans while breaking through to the Divine Realm. He detonates himself and dies, then is reborn six years earlier. Weak and abandoned by his girlfriend, he is fired from his company and forced to rent a rundown apartment. After getting into a street fight, he activates the Cause and Effect System. His first victory over a thug grants him basic fighting skills. He defeats the hired goons sent by his former comp —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 邪 Even Evil Cultivators Have Official Jobs: I'm an Evil Cultivator at the Strategic Deception Bureau 邪修也有编制，我在战忽局当邪修 Chu Ci Shengyue楚辞圣约Urban403k WordsCompleted [No System] [Decisive and ruthless] [I will never coexist with evil cultivators] Who says an evil cultivator can't be a good guy? My name is Xie Xiu, and I'm an evil cultivator. By the time you read this, I will have… Ahem, ahem. I'll have started school. Xie Xiu, male, incoming freshman in the finance department at Modu University. He has transmigrated to Great Xia and lived there for eighteen years. And yet there's no System, his father is disabled, his mother is gravely ill, his little sister 245Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    He took the concept of "survival" to the extreme—he carried three hundred talismans with him when he went out, his clones scouted the way while his main body stayed at home, he laid poison pills and traps all along the way, and he used ten thousand backup plans to avoid danger, making his steady style full of laughs.

14. 14 全 A Sect for Everyone: My Sect Has Mutated! 全民宗门，我的宗门变异了！ Salted Fish Emperor咸鱼大帝Sports769k WordsCompleted Everyone transmigrates to a fantasy world and sets about building a sect. But Lin En discovers that something about his sect is not quite right. [Ding! Your Sect Master's Hall is very unhappy with how it looks right now. It says a thatched hut is completely beneath its noble status, so it made an effort and evolved!] [Ding! Your herb garden timidly asks you not to trample the Heaven-Rank spirit herbs it just planted. It's a very loving, hardworking, and kind little garden!] [Ding! Your alchemy r 715Reads8.1Score100Shelves

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    How to describe this book? One glance and you want to read it again.

15. 15 位 Interdimensional Business System 位面商业系统 Rose Steamed Dumplings玫瑰花蒸饺Urban484k WordsOngoing Yang Fan unexpectedly acquired a trading System, and from then on, everything went his way. When powerful enemies suddenly appeared, watch as he crushes them one by one and rises to the pinnacle of life! 22Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist has a system, allowing him to build a faction, recruit followers, and gather resources.

16. 16 废 Wasteland: I Can Bring Supplies into the Game 废土：我能带物资进游戏 Chuigong垂拱Sci-Fi & Apocalypse134k WordsOngoing [Wasteland] [System] [Leveling up] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] A global catastrophe transforms the world, and humanity enters the wasteland era. A virtual reality game called Wasteland appears out of nowhere, becoming humanity's last hope! Lin Fan, an impoverished young man with no parents who struggles to survive, unexpectedly discovers that he has bound the Wasteland Survival System. Items from the real world can actually be brought into the game! Using the System's astonishing abilit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After a global cataclysm, humanity entered a wasteland era, where a virtual reality game called "Wasteland" became a beacon of hope. The protagonist, Lin Fan, using a system, enters the game with resources, gradually building his own power and becoming a strongman in the wasteland.

17. 17 末 Apocalyptic Disasters: Stockpiling a Goddess's Space with Ten Billion in Supplies 末世天灾：囤积女神空间百亿物资 A Cool Eggplant一只酷茄子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsOngoing [Doomsday hoarding + tons of beauties + infinite storage space + no bleeding-heart hero] Disaster strikes, and the world plunges into an extreme-cold apocalypse. In his previous life, Luo Tian was betrayed and killed by a scheming woman and his neighbors! Reborn, he awakens an infinite storage space, stockpiles ten billion worth of supplies in advance, and builds a titanium-alloy safe house. Then he sets out on a path of revenge! While everyone else is freezing like dogs in the deadly cold and f —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 都 The City's Gene-Mutated Man 都市基因人 Melancholy Little Potato悲凉的小土豆Urban112k WordsOngoing [One female lead] [Urban fantasy] [Passionate] [Strong female lead] Tan Jie has a younger sister with depression. His greatest wish is to cure her illness and take care of her for the rest of her life. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at this book, it's quite good.

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