Now This Is the Kind of Novel Chinese People Should Read 这才是中国人该看的小说

1. 551 演 Performing the Changes 演易 Zhang Tianming张天铭Historical246k WordsCompleted This is an incomplete book, in a way a failed attempt. But failure is the mother of success, and it helped me see the road to success. Heaven rewards diligence. I have no regrets. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   See the 9.6 Million square kilometers of land beneath your feet? This is what our ancestors cultivated. Name: Huaxia (Chinese civilization), Age: 5,000 years, Hobby: Loves farming, Hates: Not enough land to farm, Catchphrase: Give it to me! This book tells you the age of Huaxia. It might be more than 5,000 years old, actually 10,000 years!

2. 552 攻 After My Conquest Failed, I Used My Death to Fulfill Your Wish 攻略失败后，我用死亡成全你 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生Modern Romance19k WordsCompleted After My Conquest Failed, I Used My Death to Fulfill Your Wish —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 553 重 Back to the 1980s: From the Start, I Sell a Human Trafficker 重活80年代，开局卖掉人贩子 Rich Young Master from a Poor Family寒门阔少Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Nostalgic rebirth + beautiful wife and devoted dad + making amends and turning over a new leaf + no System + witty humor + cozy everyday life + getting rich through farming] He was once a good-for-nothing, yet also a peerless patriot! Burdened by immense guilt and regret over his wife and daughter, he lived alone to old age, then donated his entire trillion-yuan fortune before he died. But life begins anew. Through tears, the powerful Qin Dongfang returns to 1986, just before his poor, beloved 5.8kReads9.1Score624Shelves

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   Passionate Patriotism, A New Era

4. 554 睡 I Slept In, Then the Campus Zombie Outbreak Began 睡过头后，校园丧尸爆发 Water-Dipped Rice水点饭Sci-Fi & Apocalypse721k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + escape + zombies + wasteland + strong male and female leads] On the day of her exam, Mo Xiao overslept. She woke up after a nap in her dorm to find that all internet and communications had gone down. The messages in the class group chat had stopped two hours earlier. The once bustling campus had fallen into an eerie silence. Just then, a knock came from the door... [No System + no cultivation + character growth. The whole school flees together in the early stages; later, they defen 12.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
5. 555 洋 Foreign TikTok Refugees Livestream in China, and the Bunnies Take Over the World 洋抖难民来华直播，兔子卷翻全球 Thirty Is When I Started Reading三十开始看Urban276k WordsCompleted [Short-video app refugees] [Livestream] [No heroine] [Lighthearted] [System] When refugees from the overseas short-video app flocked to Xiaohongshu, Li Weigang stepped forward. “No need to compare notes. Just come to China and see for yourself!” Seizing the opportunity, Li Weigang invited two foreign guests from Xiaohongshu on a travel livestream: a top student at a New York law school and a Black young man who had grown up in the slums. Viewers watched as the two guests began their trip. As the 735Reads6.2Score108Shelves
6. 556 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Getting Rich Starts With Refusing to Be a Live-In Son-in-Law 重生七零：致富从拒绝拉帮套开始 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生15k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s: Getting Rich Starts with Refusing to Be Someone's Sugar Baby 7Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 557 城 The City's Pair of Wild Ducks 城市里的那对野鸳鸯 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Urban471k WordsOngoing Shan Gen is an honest migrant worker who barely makes any money all year. His wife, meanwhile, has been living with another man. The two of them put their son through college, and just as his wife is about to spend one last year living with someone else, Shan Gen’s coworker spots them, and their son runs into them while away from home and tells Shan Gen. His marriage is finally on the verge of falling apart. Will they end up divorced? 1.4kReads—Score111Shelves

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   Original new book!

8. 558 木 Muzi’s Life in the Northern Song Dynasty 木子的北宋生活 Fan Xiu凡秀Historical1.6M WordsCompleted The author tells the story of an ordinary person in ancient times in a lighthearted, humorous style, aiming for a plot that makes sense and trying to avoid the usual clichés. Give it a try and see what you think. 8.2kReads9.0Score903Shelves

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   The writing is good, the content is bizarre yet realistic, and it's emotionally resonant. It's a good read.

9. 559 破 Breaking the Formation 破阵 Shang Banbo商半泊Two Male Leads503k WordsCompleted Given another life, Tan Yixiu was determined not to repeat his past mistakes. With nothing but courage, he charged headlong down a dead-end path, only to have someone barge into his life before he had even gotten started. They not only stopped him, but sent him veering off course all over again. “The sunrise at Woluo Peak, the sunset at Jiuli Peak, the night sky above Youxian Peak. This time, can you come see them with me?” “Of course.” Perseverance, devotion, sacrifice... These are choices they 81Reads8.9Score—Shelves
10. 560 生 I Got Drunk at My Birthday Banquet and Mistook Someone for Someone Else! 生日宴醉酒后，认错了人！ Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生14k WordsCompleted After getting drunk at a birthday banquet, I mistook someone for someone else! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 561 士 Assault Squad: The Foolish Wolf Operation 士兵突击之憨狼行动 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Male-Channel Fanfiction258k WordsCompleted Xu Sanduo’s older brother, Xu Erhe, went to Japan for work, only to be kidnapped by Japanese criminals who demanded a five-million ransom and threatened to kill him if it wasn’t paid. Xu Sanduo, who is stationed with A Team, volunteered to resign and leave the unit. But Yuan Lang gave him a mission at that very moment: go to Japan and eliminate a traitor in the military. The operation’s codename was Operation Foolish Wolf. 20Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 562 天 Celestial Master, Divine Healer 天师神医 Draw a Blade to Cut the Water抽刀断水Urban10.3M WordsCompleted The mysterious master Wang Huan came down from the mountains. With his remarkable medical skills, he saves lives, and with his mysterious arcane arts, he takes the city by storm and rules the world! 9.4kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    The mysterious master Wang Huan descends from the mountain, using his medical skills to save the world. He possesses mysterious and extraordinary abilities, and his medical skills are astonishing. He navigates the city and roams the world freely! The cultivation process is gradual and not as exaggerated as others, but the author's imaginative and unrestrained imagination creates a fantastical and ornate cultivation novel. The protagonist is neither a good person nor a bad person. The book explains many principles and philosophies of life. In the early stages, he pretended to be weak while secretly protecting his country, and in the middle stages, he went on a killing spree. In the later stages, he reflected on life. Completed!

13. 563 小 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Male-Channel Fanfiction462k WordsCompleted Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 15.4kReads6.7Score363Shelves
14. 564 软 A Soft Rice King System? No, My CEO Wife Spoils Me Rotten 软饭王系统？不，总裁老婆超宠我 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生Marriage & Romance22k WordsCompleted Soft-Rice King System? No, My CEO Wife Spoils Me Rotten 5Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 565 撤 Retreat to the Savage Mountain? I Activate the Strategic System! 撤退野人山？我激活战略系统！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical168k WordsOngoing Tick-tock! Tick-tock! Deep in the dense forests along the China-Myanmar border, everything was silent, save for the soft patter of water dripping from the treetops. Li Chenfeng lay motionless in the undergrowth. A drop of water landed on a leaf beside his face, splashing into his eye, but he didn't dare blink. His neck throbbed with pain. A leech squirmed happily against it, swollen with blood. The bushes in the distance swayed. Li Chenfeng glanced at Zhang Xiaoyu, tamped down his agitation, 68.1kReads7.3Score8.5kShelves

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    Great book, highly recommended! You won't regret reading it! [Heart][heart][heart]

16. 566 国 National Fate: A Taotie Tattoo on My Body, Guarding the Dragon Kingdom's Gates 国运：饕餮身上纹，镇守龙国门 Smiling Orange爱笑的橙子Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Resources are running scarce across the world. A game of national destiny has arrived, selecting one person from each of 200 countries to represent their nation and compete. The resources a contestant obtains in the game will appear in their country in quantities multiplied a hundredfold. Ye Feng gains a Taotie tattoo that lets him evolve without limit by devouring things. “Ding! You devoured Iron Man’s armor and acquired the Metal Control skill.” “Ding! You devoured Ultraman and acquired the Tr 1.7kReads8.4Score188Shelves

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    As long as I have the people and the motherland behind me, I will never back down again.

17. 567 抗 God of Slaughter on the Taihang Mountains During the War of Resistance 抗战之太行杀神 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If you transmigrate to 1937, what's the first thing you'd want to do? Kill the Japanese invaders? No, fill your stomach first. Qin Yu struggles to survive with his younger sister. By chance, he gets his hands on a few guns. He learns to shoot, takes revenge, and kills collaborators and Japanese invaders. No System, no pocket dimension, no special forces experience. The only thing buried deep in his bones is his hatred of the Japanese, and the only skill he can boast of is his accuracy at shootin 11.8kReads8.8Score875Shelves
18. 568 拒 Three Years After Rejecting Me, My Wife Begs for Cuddles in Her Thoughts 拒我三年后，老婆心声求贴贴 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted After Rejecting Me for Three Years, My Wife Begs Me to Cuddle in Her Heartfelt Thoughts 12Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 569 寻 In Search of Demons and Their Tracks 寻魔觅踪 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Mystery117k WordsCompleted Feifei’s father is a police officer who’s hardly ever home. Something inside Feifei has changed, and she wants her father to find her a mother. Two women in the police force are both deeply fond of him, but Feifei’s father has fallen for a stranger, who turns out to be a dangerous person. Is she the one he arrested, or is she his other half? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 570 全 The World Is Stunned: You Call This a Zoo? 全球震惊：你管这叫动物园 Little Crayon小小蜡笔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted From the start, he transmigrates to a world where all animals have gone extinct and everyone's understanding of them is completely wrong! He inherits a run-down zoo full of “fake” animals and awakens the God-Tier Zoo System. A giant panda that keeps acting cute with dark circles under its eyes. A honey badger that glares with beady eyes and picks fights with everyone. A macaw that never stops spouting nonsense. An elephant house, an aquarium, a crocodile pond, an amphibian house, a dinosaur park 2kReads8.7Score200Shelves
21. 571 抗 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 6.5kReads8.9Score408Shelves
22. 572 我 My Artists Are All Top-Tier Star Goddesses 我的艺人全是顶流女神 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生12k WordsCompleted All My Artists Are Top-Tier Star Goddesses 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 573 后 A Love Story From the Restaurant Kitchen 后厨的爱情童话 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Urban217k WordsCompleted A recent graduate applies for a job at a star-rated hotel. Just because he knows the owner, he gets the same position as the head chef, earning the jealousy of everyone and the chef’s resentment. Then, by a stroke of misfortune and luck, he meets the daughter of the richest man in the country, who’s at the hotel to experience life for herself. Thus begins a hilarious romantic comedy. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 574 绑 Bound to National Fate: Professional Animal Keeper, Guardian of Xia Country 绑定国运：职业饲养员，守护夏国 Rebellious Outlaw逆亡徒Urban3.6M WordsOngoing Blue Star's resources are rapidly running out, and humanity's living conditions have reached a desperate point. Each country randomly selects one contestant to enter the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield and fight on behalf of the nation bound to them! Each contestant starts in a different environment, and the homes provided to them vary according to their country's heritage. With Xia Country's eight thousand years of history behind him, Mu Fan starts with a three-courtyard residence, complete with 2.9kReads7.6Score339Shelves
25. 575 超 Super God-Tier Black Technology System 超神黑科技系统 Book Exchange兑书Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [System + black technology + cultivation + an expansive world + the rise of Xia Country + an invincible protagonist + a fusion of multiple cultivation systems + the Immortal Realm] The super AI Red Queen, all-solid-state batteries that upend the battery industry, super gene-optimization fluid, controlled nuclear fusion, powered exoskeleton armor, anti-gravity engines, spaceships, quantum communications, super mechs, curvature engines... Countless black technologies erupt across Blue Star! From L 7kReads7.9Score531Shelves

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    Overflowing with pride, this is the kind of show we should be watching. The narrative is much more concise than others, with three chapters focusing on a single technology and ten chapters on a major breakthrough.

26. 576 抗 The War of Resistance Begins with a Dying Datong Coal Miner 抗战从濒死的大同煤矿工人开始 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Urban714k WordsCompleted In Datong in November 1937, the weather was already bitterly cold. Wang Hansheng, who had transmigrated there, felt his name suited him perfectly: in the freezing winter, he was about to freeze to death and be reborn. As a prisoner-of-war laborer in a mine, he knew that under the Japanese policy of exchanging people for coal, a serious illness meant death. Two moldy steamed buns a day and sixteen hours of digging coal: how could he survive in such conditions? Wang Hansheng envied those mighty tr 3.3kReads8.6Score165Shelves
27. 577 遗 A Name That Will Reek for a Thousand Years: The Whole City Witnesses My Affair 遗臭万年：全城见证我出轨 Mr. Zhang of the He Family何家张先生15k WordsCompleted A Stench That Will Last a Thousand Years: The Whole City Witnesses My Affair 2Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 578 过 Tiger Crossing the River 过江虎 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Urban690k WordsCompleted A man who fled abroad illegally after getting into trouble runs into an old classmate from twenty years ago, who was also his sworn enemy. But after a series of events, he discovers that he never actually killed anyone: he was framed. Follow a Chinese man’s struggle for life and death in a foreign country, and see if he can escape danger and make it safely back home. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 579 自 I Revealed My Ability to Transmigrate Between Two Worlds and Brought National Aid to the Long March 自爆两界穿越，我带国家支援长征 Hearing Dust听见尘埃Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Feng, a man who broke his promise, is driven into a corner and awakens the Two Worlds Transmigration System! On the other side lies an endless stretch of grassland... He wants to buy supplies and send them over, but he can barely afford to. He finds a channel on the home front and secures supplies. Whatever they need over there, he sends it. Self-heating meals, warm clothing, first-aid kits, cold-weather medicine... He saves a young soldier suffering from a high fever and helps a pregnant f 43.2kReads8.1Score5.3kShelves
30. 580 我 I'm a Mental Patient, and I Bind My Fate to the Nation from the Start 我乃精神病，开局绑国运 I Predicted Your Prediction我预判了你的预判Urban471k WordsCompleted National fortune + mental illness + international war + comedy + invincibility Every country selects one lucky player, binds them to their nation, and sends them to take part in this survival show in a forbidden zone! Resources seized inside the forbidden zone are manifested in the real world a hundredfold! Xu Lang, a man with a National Fortune Survival System, becomes Longguo's chosen player! When the people of Longguo discover that Xu Lang is mentally ill, the whole nation falls into despair: 613Reads8.5Score102Shelves
31. 581 我 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 Drunken Dream Kite醉梦鸢Urban155k WordsCompleted My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 582 吞 I Consume Nuclear Wastewater and Evolve From a Sea Cucumber Into Godzilla 吞噬核污水，从海参进化成哥斯拉 Cheese Spade芝士黑桃Urban360k WordsCompleted [Nuclear Wastewater Dumping + Godzilla Evolution + Invincible + Livestreaming + No Female Lead] Su Mu was reborn, returning to August 24, 2023. But he discovered that he had become a sea cucumber, and was right off the coast of Radiation Island! Japan pressed ahead with dumping nuclear wastewater into the ocean, defying the pressure of the whole world. Washed by the nuclear wastewater, Su Mu mutated. “Ding! Global Evolution Livestream launched. After each stream, the gifts from the current viewe 394Reads8.5Score100Shelves

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    I highly recommend this one. It starts with Godzilla, depicts Japanese people polluting the environment, and then proceeds to massacre ordinary people. [Smirk]

33. 583 足 Football: The Greatest King in History 足球：史上第一球王 Xiaofan逍凡Sports1.3M WordsCompleted Bound to the Soccer King System from the start, Xiao Jian receives a mission from the System: become the world’s greatest soccer king on Blue Star. Xiao Jian is astonished to discover that the legendary stars of different eras, including Pele, Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldinho, Mbappe, Haaland, and De Bruyne, have all returned to their younger selves. They are at the peak of their form and competing on the same field. “Come on, in my previous life I was just a fan. 5.7kReads8.7Score301Shelves

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    This is a novel that every Chinese person must read. Even if the author's writing is terrible, it's still their own creation. This book dares to write what no one else on the internet dares to write. It's the best football novel ever.

34. 584 绝 I Returned Home from Abroad with a Terminal Illness. The Whole Nation Begs Me Not to Die! 绝症留洋归乡？举国哭求我别死！ A Little Brain Fox一只小脑狐Urban352k WordsOngoing [Just Rated] [Returning from Studies Abroad] [Serving the Nation] [Genius] Lu Yuan transmigrates to the early years of the founding of the nation. The good news: he's a highly educated returnee from overseas. The bad news: he's on the verge of death, suffering from numerous terminal illnesses, some of which he's never even heard of. The even worse news: America let him return because they were certain he wouldn't survive three months. Bound to the "Return from Studies Abroad" System, can he exte 593.2kReads8.8Score83.7kShelves
35. 585 1 The 1949 Southern Campaign in Southeast Asia: Founding a Nation Overseas 1949南征东南亚，海外建国 Lord Cat Who Loves Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry爱吃番茄炒蛋的猫爷Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Guangxi Clique] [Transmigration] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Cold War] [Nanyang] [Feudal Enfeoffment] Li Chongwen transmigrates into the body of a Guangxi Clique general. On the eve of crossing the Yangtze, he leads a hundred thousand Guangxi troops south and seizes French Indochina. That is, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Milk the United States for all it is worth, snatch colonies from Britain and France, and found a nation in Nanyang. Redistribute land taken from local landlords, relocate the 98.4kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves

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    Good-looking, durable and enjoyable to watch

36. 586 上 I Handed Over a Portal, and the Whole Nation Returned to 1937 to Fight 上交传送门，举国杀回1937 w Jia Yi Bing Dingw甲乙丙丁Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [High-octane revenge + time-space travel + never forget national humiliation + in tribute to our forebears] A two-way time portal connects two entirely different eras. The souls of 300,000 expeditionary troops lie buried in a foreign land. China will never forgive the crimes of the Sakura Nation! Back to an age torn by war. Come on, I'll take you home! 3.2kReads7.6Score200Shelves
37. 587 秦 Qin Qi: Raising Horses and Founding a Nation 秦启：牧马立国 Xiaoyao Shisanlang逍遥十三郎Historical340k WordsCompleted An Early Qin Epic: Book One [Great Qin + Qin Feizi + Founder of Qin + First Lord of Qin] During the turbulent final years of the Western Zhou, Qin Feizi, raised on the grasslands of Longxi, saves King Xiao of Zhou from danger with his extraordinary skill at horse training and is granted fifty li of land in Qin. From then on, the young herdsman embarks on a thorny path of founding a state. He builds cities and settlements, unites the Zhou and Rong peoples, and lays the foundations of a kingdom am 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Every time I read this novel, I feel like I'm walking alongside Qin Feizi through those days of herding horses, guarding the land, and striving with all my might for the future. Thankfully, this book has preserved his resilience and sincerity. Whenever I think of the beginning of "Qin," I always think first of that horse herder on the western grasslands who dedicated his life to upholding the hopes of the Qin state.

38. 588 说 You Said We’d Focus on Technology, Yet You’ve Been Secretly Raising Dragons 说好拼科技，你们居然偷偷养龙 Thus Am I, a Mortal如是我凡Urban320k WordsOngoing Qin Shi transmigrated into a dragon and handed himself over to the government so he could make a living. Just then, a secret realm appeared beyond the heavens, and the consciousness of Blue Star manifested, calling on every nation to explore it. Countries raced to develop high-tech weapons, while the Dragon Kingdom poured its resources into raising a dragon. On the day the secret realm opened, the other countries sent out high-tech weapons, including steel mechs, super soldiers, intelligent mach 285Reads7.1Score101Shelves

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    The male protagonist becomes a dragon and surrenders himself to his country. While other nations develop high-tech weapons, the Dragon Kingdom dedicates its entire national strength to cultivating a divine dragon. A secret realm opens, and nations deploy high-tech weapons, including steel mechs and genetically modified humans. The Dragon Kingdom quietly sends out the male protagonist. Other nations: "... We agreed to compete in technology, but you've been secretly raising dragons!" A terrifying arena descends upon Earth. Each nation must summon a terrifying creature to battle. The male protagonist transmigrates and awakens the [Chinese Horror Classic] at the start! Summoning terror—Red and White Clash, level... Unknown. It's time for the world to truly experience the charm of Chinese horror!

39. 589 国 National Fate: Bringing Our Forebears Back to See China in Its Golden Age! 国运：接先辈回来看这盛世中华！ Yang Xiaotuanzi杨小团籽Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Patriotism + Fighting the Japanese invaders + Tearjerker + Historical livestream + Making up for regrets] “If I could just get the boys a full meal, even one serving of braised pork, I could die with no regrets!” In 1937, Commander Xie writes his final words, “Victory is certain,” in his farewell letter. The next second, a beam of golden light pulls him into 2025, eighty-eight years later. There is no gun smoke here, no hunger, only Chang’an Avenue lit as brightly as day, and a steaming servi 3.4kReads8.4Score380Shelves
40. 590 抗 War of Resistance: I Have a Summoning System 抗战：我有召唤系统 The Snail Who Wants to Eat Swan Meat想吃天鹅肉的蜗牛Urban1.0M WordsCompleted War of Resistance + System + transmigration An accident sends Han Ling to 1938 in another timeline, where he activates a Summoning System. For every Japanese soldier he kills, he earns a certain number of points, which can be exchanged for weapons. The System can also summon anyone from his original timeline to come fight by his side. When people in the other timeline find out, they fall to their knees and beg Han Ling to summon them. Among them are commoners hoping to start their own family lin 69kReads8.3Score9.3kShelves
41. 591 一 History Lost Overnight? I'll Bring It Back to Life 一夜之间历史断层？我来重现历史 The Leisurely Young Master Hua闲逛的花少Urban4.4M WordsOngoing Zhao Hong transmigrated to a parallel world where the “National Destiny Arena” had appeared. People had to use keywords to select talent cards and train their champions to compete in the arena. But the history of Xia had been erased, causing the nation to suffer defeat after defeat in the arena. Five hundred million people were even forced to eke out a living on just one-tenth of their original territory! Among all the keyword-linked cards known in Xia, the strongest was titled “Peerless General 33.9kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
42. 592 百 A Century of Upheaval 百年丧乱 Mo Ying Wu An莫盈勿暗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.6M WordsCompleted [Zombies + no saintly protagonist + decisive and ruthless + multiple narrative threads + ensemble cast + apocalypse fortress + war + survival + slow-paced] No rebirth, no supernatural abilities, no System or pocket dimension, no plot armor, and no romantic entanglements. This is not a power fantasy. It focuses more on realistic portrayals, particularly the story of humanity's resistance in an age overrun by zombies, and accounts of people trying to survive the apocalypse from multiple perspectiv 17.7kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
43. 593 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
44. 594 升 Climbing the Ranks and Proving the Way 升官证道 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lu Haoming's son-in-law said, “At government offices in the city, reaching director-general level is already the ceiling for people from farming families like us.” Lu Haoming refuses to believe it. The road to office is beset by countless obstacles. He's too handsome, attracting one beauty after another, and his outspoken nature brings him repeated setbacks. Watch how he breaks through and rises straight to the top. 89.6kReads9.5Score10.1kShelves
45. 595 彩 A Lottery Whiz Goes Undercover, Catching Crooks and Making Money 彩票高手当卧底，既抓坏人又赚钱 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban607k WordsCompleted He’s an informant. You know what an informant is? Someone who provides the police with information. He roams the underworld and is no slouch in a fight, but to outsiders, he seems like an ordinary guy. He can predict lottery numbers and get into brawls. He can drive all kinds of vehicles, often makes little mistakes, and is frequently hauled into the local police station. But his true identity remains a mystery... 1.9kReads9.2Score328Shelves
46. 596 后 The Chronicles of Later Zhao, Volume One: The Biography of Shi Le 后赵演义第一卷石勒传 Chrysanthemum on the Stone Palace Bank石宫岸菊Historical396k WordsCompleted Shi Le (274–333) was the only person in Chinese history to rise from slavery to the throne. Born into the lower ranks of the Jie people, he was once sold into slavery. He later rose to prominence with a band of “eighteen horsemen,” unified much of northern China, and founded the Later Zhao regime. During his rule, he introduced a number of reforms: he established the Imperial Academy, reduced taxes and corvée labor, and appointed the Han official Zhang Bin to high office. He also created a “thre 377Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "A direct assault would result in too many losses," Kui'an analyzed calmly, his finger tracing the Fen River on the map. "The river is frozen in winter, seemingly an insurmountable barrier, but it could also be a weakness. If we can find a spot with solid ice and lax defenses, we can send elite troops to cross the river at night and strike directly at their grain depot in Jiangyi (present-day Quwo, Shanxi), burning their supplies. Nie Xuan will surely be thrown into chaos! Then our main force can cross the river and launch a strong attack, achieving twice the result with half the effort!" "Cross the Fen River at night?" Liu Ying hesitated. "The condition of the ice is unknown. What if it breaks halfway..." "Fortune favors the bold!" A slightly childish yet unusually fierce voice rang out. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed. He was already tall and robust, almost like an adult, with a face that resembled Shi Le by five or six points, only with more rugged features, and his brows were filled with an untamed wildness and undisguised ferocity. His eyes, in particular, were narrow and slightly squinting, with pupils of a rare dark gold. When he looked at someone, it was like a beast staring at its prey, sending chills down one's spine. He was Shi Le's nephew—Shi Hu! A few days ago, this young man, having heard of his uncle's meteoric rise in the Han Kingdom, had single-handedly ridden through Sima Teng's layers of blockade, arriving at Zuoguo City covered in blood (mostly the blood of others). His fierce deeds of fighting wolves and killing pursuers along the way had already quietly spread throughout the army.

47. 597 界 Realm Capital 界都 Xiao Fei Loves Potatoes小飞爱吃土豆Urban1.0M WordsOngoing I contain all things. It all began on the first day I entered Jiangcheng Elite Academy... This is a world where Blue Star is divided in two, five hundred years after the spiritual qi revival. You'll find that everyone around me, whether ordinary or exceptional, is remarkable in their own way. The universe has ten domains, the ten domains have the Milky Way, the Milky Way has Blue Star, Blue Star has the Spirit Realm, the Spirit Realm has Huaxia, and Huaxia has Jiedu... Are you ready to embark on 355Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two novels that every Chinese person must read in their lifetime!

48. 598 人 A Dazzling Soul in This Mortal World 人间惊鸿客 Wang Lei王磊Historical91k WordsCompleted Did you know that Li Bai was a famous live-in son-in-law in ancient times? Why did this immortal poet, who cared nothing for wealth and status, marry into a wealthy family twice? Su Dongpo was not only one of the greatest writers in Chinese history, but also a true foodie! Dongpo pork, Dongpo pork knuckle, Dongpo cuttlefish, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo soup: all these dishes loved by people today are associated with the great man himself. The celebrated poet Li Qingzhao was also tormented by a “scumbag. 14.7kReads9.5Score3.1kShelves

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    History can be learned

49. 599 这 This World Is Such a Mess! 这个世界好混乱啊！ Xiao Fei Loves Potatoes小飞爱吃土豆Sci-Fi & Apocalypse329k WordsOngoing Who am I? Where am I? Am I dreaming? Everyone in the world seems strange. What was that I heard… My heart hurts so much. At last, I picked up my knife… I died… I came back to life, but I no longer had a heart… This is a world with just one continent and a few islands, and it is on the brink of an eerie apocalypse. Can someone without a heart feel the warmth and coldness of human life? How can I hold on to my heart in a world gone mad? Why can I calmly watch the living die right before my eyes? 188Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 600 施 Spread Spring Breezes for Ten Thousand Miles, Walk the Path to the Azure Clouds 施万里春风，步青云之志 The Rebellious Wolf逆袭的狼Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The greatest hero fights for his country and its people; the greatest doctor heals the nation and saves its people. Zhang Yi is a young prodigy who has studied medicine and martial arts since childhood. A star student at Yanda University, he starts a business with his classmates and amasses assets worth hundreds of billions. After graduating, he enters officialdom. With powerful connections and extraordinary abilities, he sweeps through the political arena using the way of the chivalrous healer, 37.4kReads8.4Score5.4kShelves

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    This one is good too!

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