Looking for Novels That Lay Human Nature Bare! Ideally with a Realistic Setting 求充分暴露人性的小说！！！题材最好能接近现实
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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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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
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...
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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 Fake Heiress Becomes the Villain Squad’s Beloved, So Of Course She Takes It Easy 假千金成反派团宠了当然要摆烂啊
Yuan Luoyi thinks of herself as a little hamster in a nest of venomous snakes. Everyone in her family is a lunatic villain, while she, the fake heiress, is the only one focused on doing nothing. Her father is an arms mogul, and her mother is a top assassin. Her eldest brother is a business-world killing machine with factitious disorder imposed on another. Her second brother is a cold-blooded lawyer with no sense of morality. Her third brother is a born sociopath with a bloodlust. Her fourth brot
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I’m a Villainous Streamer, So What’s with This Male Awakening? 我，恶人主播，男性觉醒什么鬼？
Lin Hao transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Villain System. As long as he successfully brings out the evil in human nature and completes the System’s missions, he can earn all kinds of outrageous rewards! And so, the internet’s biggest villain streamer is born! [Street Challenge] Lin Hao says to a couple who have been together for years: “I have ten thousand yuan here. I’ll give it to you if you want it, but you have to swap phones for ten minutes. Can you do that?” Faced wit
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She Finds It Tiresome 她对此感到厌烦
[Transmigration + No Romance + Western Fantasy + Female Awakening + Strong Female Lead] At a friend’s recommendation, player 6237486 bought a dating sim called The Goddess Chronicle. But she never expected to transmigrate into the game and become its heroine, Lilith. Even after successfully winning over the male lead, Lilith didn’t return to reality. To escape the game, she had no choice but to complete every route. Round after round, she replayed the game, winning over all the male leads and re
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Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女
[Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i
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Fleeing Famine: My Whole Family Is Reborn 逃荒，我全家都是重生的
[Dreams of the Future + Whole Family Reborn + No Romance] In her previous life, Su Yin, her mother, and her aunt were brutally killed by rioters. In the blink of an eye, the three of them were reborn together. Before the rioters stormed their village, they took refuge in Xinghua Village, where their uncle lived, and fled in advance. On the road as refugees, they ran into Su Yin’s abandoned, blindly filial father. They thought he’d be dead weight, but it turned out he could see the future, and hi
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After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派
Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so
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Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife of a Mad Power-Hungry Minister 穿成疯批权臣的炮灰原配
[Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl
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Tear Off the Fig Leaf 撕裂遮羞布
[Judgment]+ [Revenge]+ [Angst]+ [Satire] This is a story about real life, though too many people have failed to understand it. In truth, it's more than just a story: it's a heart-wrenching cry that lays bare the deeper meaning behind it! Perhaps I can only finish writing this story alone, a story that no one seems to care about, yet is deeply connected to your life! (Story summary: Leng Yan is the captain of a special police unit, with another identity she herself wishes she didn't have. Yet she
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A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌
[Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend
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The Emperor's Brother's Golden Canary 皇兄的金丝雀
[The comic adaptation is coming soon] [Unhinged Crown Prince x sweet, adorable princess] (Not related by blood) Obsessive love story -- Everyone in the realm knows that His Highness the Crown Prince dotes on me. Only I know how twisted that “affection” really is. He controls every aspect of my life. He won’t let me speak to other men or take a single step beyond the palace walls. In the dead of night, he even barges into my bedchamber, grips my cheek, and kisses me senseless until I can barely b
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Escape from the Corpse Pile 尸里逃生
[No Harem, No System, No Invincibility, No Idiot Plot, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel, No Cliches. Read with caution if these bother you.] [Traditional zombie story + survival-focused daily life] [The second zombie novel set in the same world is already nearly two million words long. Visit the author's homepage to read it. Your continued support is welcome!] The zombies erupt, and the apocalypse descends. As an ordinary person, how can you survive in a world crawling with zombies? Rotting corpses
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世：全公司否认18楼存在
[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
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
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Transmigrate to Abyss City: My Master Is Max Level 穿越渊城：我的师尊是满级大佬哦
When Lin Wan wakes up, she’s completely bewildered She’s transmigrated into Abyss City, where foreign races are sealed away, and become a candidate to inherit some kind of divine artifact. The selection trials put her in hell mode from the start, forcing her to risk her life clearing all kinds of dungeons day after day. After barely surviving, she discovers that a horde of foreign races outside is watching her like prey. At least her teammates are pretty reliable: top-tier star Gu Yunshen is he
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The Gods Reclaim Their Authority? I'll Copy and Paste It Instead 神明收归权柄？反手复制粘贴
(The score is low because there aren’t many words. The book’s quality can be judged from the reviews.) [The author has a formula and is showing off a mountain of crap] [No heroine + no System + ensemble cast + vivid prose + original worldbuilding + no cookie-cutter tropes + careful, intelligent characters] That day, at 5:15:43 in the morning, Everything changed. When projections etched with stars covered the Earth, when the Titans’ chaotic divine voices exploded inside our minds, Humanity lost
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The Chinese Bodyguard 国产保镖
[Urban] [Special Forces] [Bodyguard] [Based on real life] [Workplace] [Realistic] My name is Xiao He. I grew up in the countryside of Heilongjiang. I enlisted at seventeen and left the army at nineteen. I've worked as a bodyguard for over ten years. I've worked for plenty of bosses: real estate developers, film company owners, oil traders, people in shady businesses, gamblers in Macau... Some were worth tens of billions, while others ended up behind bars soon enough. A lot of people think a body
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Shh, Whatever You Do, Don't Play a Murder Game on a Dating Show 嘘，千万别在恋综里玩杀人游戏
Cen Yueyue is a D-list actress who gets incredibly lucky when her agent shoves her onto a dating reality show starring famous actors, where she’s cast as a disposable extra. The director’s script calls for her to make a scene and squeeze every last drop of usefulness out of her supporting role. So on the very first night, the man Cen Yueyue is supposed to fall for gets a short arrow through the head. Night has fallen. Close your eyes. Killer, open your eyes and choose your prey... A mountain vil
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Reborn as a Super Spoiled Brat 重生之超级纨绔
[Reborn + Helping his father rise to power in politics + Battling for supremacy in the business world] “Mr. Chen Yang, may I ask how much wealth you have now?” “Every place you can see, every place you know about, every place you can imagine... it all belongs to me.” In his previous life, Chen Yang was left with nothing after his family was destroyed. He lived only for revenge, and in the end met a gruesome death. In this life, aside from making his enemies suffer worse than death, Chen Yang onl
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With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼
The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead!
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Apocalypse Cockroach 末日蟑螂
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
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Standoff 对峙
My name is Shen Yuan. Yuan, as in abyss. Before my mother died, she taught me only one word: survive. For that one word, I went from an orphan at the docks of Longkou Town to the king of Jiangzhou’s greatest business empire. I learned human nature inside out, mastered the rules, and fought my way through bloodshed. I thought that if I climbed high enough, no one would ever be able to bully me again. Then one day, standing atop the tallest tower I had built with my own hands, I realized I’d forgo
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The Ten-Day Journey Home: My Civilization's Dimensional Strike 十日归途：我的文明降维打击
Eighteen-year-old high school student Lin Mu and three strangers, each with their own remarkable skills, are hurled by a mysterious force into a primitive world pieced together from fragments of different eras. They must survive for ten days to earn the right to return to reality. While the other transmigrators struggle with fists and wooden spears, Lin Mu discovers he can connect to a special “Civilization Database,” which contains all of humanity’s knowledge, from the Stone Age to the Informat
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Reborn, I Woke Up in My Best Friend's Body, a Rich Beauty 重生后，我魂穿白富美闺蜜
[Soul Transmigration Mystery] [Clash of Human Nature] [No Self-Sacrificing Saint] [A Woman's Growth] Qin Peipei dreamed of being born into a good family, with parents who doted on her and a perfect soulmate. But reality was the opposite. It was her best friend, Yin Yuer, who had all of that from birth. Qin Peipei was forever swinging between jealousy and friendship. Then a car accident gave fate the chance to reshuffle the deck for her. This time, she had money, love, and family, but the price w
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Dear Housewife 亲爱的主妇
This is the story of four “desperate housewives” seeking redemption in their marriages. Four women living in a major city are each going through an emotional crisis: Zhu Tianlan’s nine-year marriage is shattered by a mysterious video of an affair. How will she save herself after uncovering the truth? Ji Lingyun, trapped in a sexless marriage, has a passionate encounter that stirs her heart. Will she give in, or find redemption? The domineering, mature beauty Mi Shu remains unmarried well into ad
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Pawnshop No. 7 第7当铺
In the darkest corner of the city stands the Number Seven Pawnshop, which never closes. It doesn’t take physical objects as collateral, but rather the “sinful traits” buried deep in human nature. The owner offers unimaginable wealth, success, or wishes, but the price is your greed, arrogance, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. The rules here are cold but fair: the more “sin” you pawn, the richer the reward. But without your “sins,” are you still truly whole?
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The Goddess Clan Rules Blue Star, and I'm Their King 女神族统治蓝星，我竟是她们的王
He was the only male God King in the Goddess race in ten thousand years, yet he lived in obscurity on Earth, passing as an orphan and leading an ordinary life on Blue Star. Then the Goddess race’s warships arrived, and his identity as the empress’s son was exposed against his will, shattering his peaceful daily life. On one side was the burden of ruling star systems and keeping the various races in balance. On the other were the tangled, inescapable “fates” linking him to an array of exceptiona
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The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行
[Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is
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A Beauty Has Set Her Sights on Me After I Was Bitten by a Zombie 被丧尸咬了的我被美女盯上了
[Apocalypse] [Zombies] [Crisis] [Bitten from the Start] [Superpowers] [Corruption] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Satisfying Read] The apocalypse is upon us, and zombies are closing in. I was unlucky enough to get bitten, but strangely, I didn’t turn into a zombie. I can even coexist with them. The unfortunate part is that the kind heart I once had has been corrupted by zombie poison, turning me evil... In this post-apocalyptic world, I don’t know whether becoming evil is a blessing or a curse. I don’
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My Brother Sold Me to Northern Myanmar? I'll Show You! 兄弟把我卖缅北？我让你狂！
My brother sold me out to northern Myanmar? I'll show you who's crazy!
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I Tamed the Other Woman and Sent My Husband Packing 我收服小三，顺利把老公送走
I took down the mistress and successfully got rid of my husband.
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Reborn Little Treasure Saves His Mother from Human Traffickers 萌宝重生，拯救被拐卖的妈妈
The Little One Is Reborn to Save His Mother from Being Kidnapped and Sold
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Su Yue’s Promotion 苏樾升职记
Throughout Su Yue's career, there were several people she could never leave out: One was the celebrity Jiang Yiyuan, who became her emotional anchor after she lost her parents, yet when he was assassinated, she was made the scapegoat and humiliated, then forced to resign; One was Xie Zhilei, the planning manager at Yishi Real Estate, who had made her take the blame. He shattered the once-innocent young woman she had been and drove her into a corner; One was Ye Qian, general manager of Housing Fa
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Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世
[Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a
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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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Surviving the Apocalypse: Stock Up on Food and Weapons 末世降临不要慌，先囤粮食后囤枪
[Apocalypse rebirth + stockpiling supplies + space + no romance + infrastructure building + ruthless heroine] Jiang You never dreamed that she would evade the zombies’ claws only to be betrayed by the very family she had protected. Years later, she destroyed the research center where she’d been imprisoned. Everyone who betrayed her? Dead! The base that turned against her? Wiped out! Who waits until the next life to get revenge?! With her revenge complete, Jiang You ran out of her supernatu
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Beneath the Dark Waters: Inferno 暗水之下：炼狱
Come with me, and endless riches lie ahead. Come with me, and crowds of beautiful women lie ahead. Come with me, and the pinnacle of your life lies ahead. Come with me, and the world of your dreams lies ahead. Come with me, and ahead... lies an endless abyss~ Not everything in this world is like a coin, with only two sides. Many things lie in a gray area, and you can't always separate them just because you want to. The deepest darkness often comes from the brightest places.
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The Most Outrageous Wedding, and I Was There! 最狗血的婚礼，被我遇上！
The Most Outrageously Dramatic Wedding, and I Stumbled Right Into It!
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Stepfather or Older Brother? There Are Only Four of Us in This Family, So Who Is It? 继父还是哥哥？家里就四个人！究竟是谁！
Is he my stepfather or my brother? There are only four people in this family! So who is it?!
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The Latest Rules Horror Stories of 2026 2026最新规则怪谈
The Latest Rules Horror of 2026
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The Most Outrageous Criminal Case of 2026! 2026年最狗血的刑事案件！
The Most Outrageously Dramatic Criminal Case of 2026!
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In 1983, I Turned the Woman I Loved Most into a Human-Skin Lantern 1983年，我把最爱的女人做成人皮灯笼
In 1983, I turned the woman I loved most into a human-skin lantern.
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All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生
Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft
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The Top-Tier Star Sacrifice 顶流祭品
His name was Yu Yu. He grew up by the sea, and his name held the promise of freedom. Later, they called him Shen Yao, saying it was a name destined for stardom. He signed the contract without reading the whole stack of papers: a 30-million-yuan termination fee, 90% of his earnings going to the company, and permanent transfer of his image rights. The moment he signed, he stopped being a person and became an asset. “I used to think the deepest place was the sea. Later, I learned that even deeper a
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Demon Hunt: A Hunter's Memoir 狩魔手记
After the nuclear war, slaughter began to spread across the entire world. The order of human society completely collapsed, and the law of the jungle became the foremost rule. Once desire was freed from its restraints, there was no road forward, only a choice to turn left or right. Hell lay to the left, and hell lay to the right.
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Superpower Awakening: I Keep My Strength Hidden 异能觉醒：我隐藏实力
[Japanese-style light novel + semi-experimental novel + multi-plot novel + no formulaic tropes + not a power fantasy + disjointed plot + no playing the pig to eat the tiger + no detailed plot + no everyday life] This has absolutely nothing to do with the plot you’ve imagined! There’s almost none of the thrill of playing the pig to eat the tiger, and the story doesn’t have a chain of interlocking events. It’s more like someone scattered a handful of beads across the floor: hooks planted early on
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Forced to Do Evil While Undercover 当卧底被迫为恶
Forced to Do Evil While Undercover
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When a Hurt-Comfort Author Meets Their Real-Life Inspiration 当虐文作者遇上正主
When an Angsty Romance Author Meets the Real Deal
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