Looking for Stories Where the Protagonist Is Only Average in Combat but a Brilliant Strategist 求书，有没有主角武力一般但是谋虑超绝的书

1 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 195.8kReads9.6Score24.7kShelves

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Both of these books are quite consistent and both are quite funny. Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people

3 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 32Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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What do you rely on to bring peace to the world? After traveling through time, I will capture you entirely! Comprehensive work 😊 Gao Zhi Suiwen! Recommendation index:💎💎💎💎💎 He is incompetent🐷, but he can greet you📣! Since Chuan Shen drunkenly transported him to Da Sui, he can only accept the situation as it comes! He doesn't understand him and is a loser🐷, but he can find someone who understands and is not a loser🚀! Who is he? Those who make alchemy💊, those who seek immortality☁️, those who hunt ghosts👻, and those who mess around for no reason, those who make iron and swords🚲, those who build ships🚢carve jade and look for minerals... Rob, tie, dig🥶, buy💰, abduct, cheat, trap🕳️, deceive, steal... They do everything💡! He won, he won! Sui, you are constantly changing☁, just because of this 👆🏻dog🐶human!

4 争 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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This is very ok

7 十 The End of Ten Days 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score227.2kShelves

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Very awesome, I love Qixia Jidao, long live it

8 长 Immortality 长生 Feng Yu Jiuqiu风御九秋Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Ever since he was young, the boy Changsheng has inexplicably been struck by heavenly lightning time and again. He is saved by Daoist Lin, who takes him in as his final disciple. Daoist Lin was an abandoned disciple of Gezao Mountain, with the Daoist title Luoyangzi. For years, he explored tombs not for wealth, but to find treasures that could extend the life of the woman he loved. Before his death, he divides the secret manuals taken from the tomb among his five disciples and entrusts Changsheng 34.8kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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The protagonist is almost as smart as a demon and can control the world by himself.

9 寒 The Commoner Who Became Chief Minister 寒门首辅 Nangong Chenchen南宫沉沉Historical1.5M WordsCompleted When Gu Changliu wakes up, he has become a country scholar. He has no grand ambitions: he just wants to pass the provincial examination, become a minor official, put down roots, and spend his life in harmony with the woman he loves. But the officialdom is no easy place to get by. He had hoped to be a lazy nobody, but the political infighting leaves him no choice but to press forward with all his might. If he can't be a carefree salted fish, then he will take flight like a great roc, rising ninet 5kReads8.6Score313Shelves

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⚜️A scholar with no ambition📚, who just wants to live a better life, but is being coerced to keep moving forward! Step by step, he became the first assistant. However, he worked hard to teach but was suspected by the young emperor. He resigned and ran away. His son rebelled. In order to preserve the relationship between father and son, he wandered around the world. Fortunately or unfortunately, it's a win or a loss in the end 🈳 ⚜️ Shen Mo, who was an undercover in his previous life and is now a government servant, wanted to live a leisurely life but things always came to him. Fortunately, I am an all-rounder. I can solve crimes, catch spies, write poems and songs, train troops, build guns, and navigate the world. I am invincible.

12 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.3M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 874.1kReads9.6Score148.2kShelves

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The protagonist's martial arts talent is barely considered a genius, and his scheming is unparalleled.

13 请 Call Me Lord Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 170.8kReads9.5Score19.2kShelves

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It's a masterpiece, there's nothing more to say, just watch it!!!

14 我 In the Celestial Prison, Immortal and Undying 我在天牢，长生不死 Jie Jie戒界Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsOngoing [No System + invincible + wish-fulfillment novel + no female lead + fantasy] After Chen Guanlou obtains immortality, he secures a stable job as a prison guard in the imperial prison and begins spending his days slacking off at work. Throughout the long years, he watches them build towering mansions, then watches those mansions collapse. He watches them ascend to the imperial court today, only to become prisoners beneath the steps tomorrow. He watches their families enjoy wealth and honor, then w 320kReads8.7Score14.9kShelves

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This book is highly recommended and has a strong sense of substitution. Although the male protagonist has an endless lifespan, everyone he meets can easily crush him to death. The male protagonist relies on his sophistication, strategy and layout to survive step by step in this treacherous dynasty. The whole process is a battle of wits, no subterfuge, no noobs. Book lovers who like this kind of novels can read without thinking.

15 盟 The Mengjin Crossing 盟津渡 Facing South from the Mountain朝山南Historical267k WordsCompleted Also known as The Awakening of the Ferry Boy. Wu Heyuan, a young man from a Yellow River ferry crossing, suffers the massacre of his entire family, and his younger sister goes missing. After delivering a letter to the Weishui Alliance for a mysterious stranger, he becomes Jiang Shang’s disciple and embarks on a path of political intrigue. When his sister is trained to become an enemy nation’s assassin, when his beloved tastes poison to save him from the brink of death, and when his master gives —Reads—Score—Shelves

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I recommend this book. The protagonist's IQ is online and the storyline is compact.

16 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 41.9kReads9.6Score5.7kShelves

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Needless to say, if you don't have any idea, just watch it and it's over.

17 大 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 17.3kReads9.5Score2kShelves

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I highly recommend these two books, they are superb.

19 赤 The Red Tide Overwhelms the Qing 赤潮覆清 Golden Chicken Wings金黄的鸡翅膀Historical4.0M WordsCompleted [No System + No Cheat Skills + Transmigration to the Qing Dynasty + Farming + Rebellion] In the spring of 1673, the twelfth year of the Kangxi reign, Wu Sangui killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, and rebelled against the Qing. The whole realm rose in response, setting off the greatest upheaval of the early Qing dynasty, known to history as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. Hou Juncheng transmigrates to the Qing dynasty on the eve of the revolt. Chinese history has veered onto a dark pa 6kReads9.0Score337Shelves

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It looks good. Believe me, I'm not wrong.

21 天 Fated Villain: So I'm the Only Good Person in the Family 天命反派：合着全家就我一个好人 City Madman都市狂人Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System + domineering + not a saint + villain + scheming + ruthless] Gu Qingxiao transmigrated into a fantasy world and became the Gu family’s divine son. With his talent and status, wasn’t he set to win at life? He chose to give up and coast instead! Unexpectedly, a villain System awakened. Gu Qingxiao ignored it. Who cared about being a villain? Let someone else do it! But when he watched his followers die, and saw his family get entangled with chosen ones for all sorts of bizarre reasons, Gu 31.5kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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I read midnight books every day. I can't say enough about their quality. I highly recommend them.

26 异 The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 504.8kReads9.7Score65.3kShelves

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The protagonist's IQ in the early stage is off the charts, but his strength only grows in the later stages.

27 诡 The Haunted House 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 750.3kReads9.6Score91.2kShelves

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These books are not bad

31 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 117.5kReads9.4Score14.2kShelves

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The protagonist is not very strong but relies on strategy and illusion to control the enemy.

32 这 This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥 You Zi Yin油子吟Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 67.5kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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The protagonist begins to travel through time, but this is not the kind of mindless time travel story. The protagonist begins to enter the city to take the boudoir exam, and the game kicks off with his own body.

33 家 My Nephew Is the Chongzhen Emperor: Building an Everlasting Ming Dynasty 家侄崇祯，打造大明日不落 Schrodinger's Tiger薛定谔的虎Historical3.7M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the Ming dynasty and mistakes Emperor Chongzhen for his nephew. From then on, he becomes an overprotective uncle! A faction called the Donglin Party bullies my nephew and seizes his family’s property? Kill their leader and wipe that accursed faction off the map! A postman named Li Chuang forces my nephew to hang himself? I’ll rebel! Let this uncle beat him until he loses all his teeth! The Tungusic savages killed my nephew’s people and want to take his empire, too? Don’t be 9.8kReads9.1Score671Shelves

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The structure is compact, the plot is rigorous, and the characters are distinct. There is no golden finger, it is in line with reality. Worth a look!

34 阻 Get in the Way of the Underworld's Cases, and I'll Even Hook the Buddha, I Said 阻碍地府办案，如来也勾，我说的 A Hundred Flowers万花丛Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted After dying, Su Fan transmigrates into the body of a spirit in the Three Realms and becomes a soul-reaping ghost constable in the Underworld. From then on, the whole culture of the Underworld changes. “First of all, let me make this clear: I’m not the one who corrupted the culture of the Underworld. Ghost constables are supposed to reap souls. I’m just doing my job.” “If you can’t keep up with me, don’t blame me for changing the culture.” With that, Su Fan walks out through the Gate of Hell, car 102kReads9.3Score9.1kShelves

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Five thousand hours long, these are okay and can be watched.

46 废 The Good-for-Nothing Prince Recruits an Army to Build an Iron-Blooded Dynasty 废柴皇子招兵买马，打造铁血王朝 Pumpkin Seeds南瓜种子Historical4.0M WordsCompleted [Comedy] [Conquest] [Harem Intrigue] [War] [Scheming] [Farming] [No System] A modern medical doctor dies unexpectedly and transmigrates to ancient times, becoming a penniless prince. Bandits come knocking whenever they please, and the county magistrate doesn’t take him seriously. And yet... the emperor and the crown prince still want him dead. So he fights to protect himself, stay alive, and uncover the truth behind his birth mother’s murder. He also wants to protect and save the common people, 5.8kReads8.5Score457Shelves

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The good-for-nothing prince was conferred as a prince in a poor border county, but was frightened to death by bandits at the beginning. The protagonist travels through time forcefully, crushes the bandit's lust with one move, confiscates everything, and lays the foundation for making a fortune. From then on, he started a happy life of farming, raising soldiers and conquering the world, and picking up girls when he had nothing to do. There was no system, the protagonist knew some medical skills, and he read an illustrated secret book when he had nothing to do. The story was compact, easy and funny, and after reading it for a long time, it was like the spring breeze blowing on your face, the breeze blowing you awake, moisturizing things silently. Unconsciously, the fatigue of the day was relieved☞

47 全 Global Hide-and-Seek: From the Start, I Got Cheat Mode! 全球捉迷藏：开局获得作弊模式！ Entertainment King娱乐天王Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [The only one on the entire site!] Su Mu transmigrates to a parallel world where everyone is forced to enter a hide-and-seek dimension at the age of eighteen and become a challenger! Inside the dimension, they play all kinds of hide-and-seek games! Turn into an object and evade your pursuers! Explore a manor of coded puzzles and escape! Hide-and-seek in the style of Werewolf! Winners can earn money, superpowers, and magical items! Anyone who fails twice in the dimension will die! After entering 11.5kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves

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This one! Really pretty! The protagonist's strength is quite low, but his IQ is very high. I think it fits your requirements [I understand]

48 出 In Cultivation, It’s All About Your Connections. Who Do You Think You Are? 出来修仙要讲背景，你哪道上的？ Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s 3.4kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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This person is far-sighted, not holy, and decisive in dealing with matters.

49 财 The Path of Wealth, Magic, and Immortality 财法仙途 Mu Jing木井Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted After Lin Xi reached the pinnacle of immortality and became invincible in the world, he looked back on his past and couldn’t help but sigh: “The life of a cultivator is so plain and unremarkable, and so boring.” Everyone else: “You despicable rich guy, shut up! Go find out how hard and heartbreaking life is for a real cultivator!” This is the story of a rich man who used money to pave himself a smooth road to immortality. 4.5kReads8.2Score429Shelves

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