High-IQ Protagonist, Decisive and Ruthless, Any Genre 高智商，杀伐果断，任意类型

1. 301 末 Apocalypse: The Years We Spent Coasting 末世:混日子的那些年 Evil Abyss邪渊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + System + Decisive and Ruthless + Humanity + Childhood Sweethearts] (All the events described in this synopsis unfold after Chapter 350. The System only provides support in the early stages, and its effects aren’t very powerful. If that’s not for you, you’ve been warned!) After dying, Lu Ning, an eighth-tier evolver in his previous life, returns to the time before the apocalypse. When he sees once more the girl who died before his eyes, Lu Ning swears he will protect her with all 197Reads8.6Score107Shelves

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   I've read so many truly excellent novels that I thought I was getting numb to them, but then I discovered this one is really worth reading. [Note]

2. 302 诸 The Bloodwing Cult Master of the Myriad Worlds 诸天万界之血翼教主 Lü Bu Battles Li Yuanba吕布大战李元霸Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsOngoing The protagonist, Zhou Yuan, binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Cult Leader System. He had planned to transmigrate into a famous wish-fulfillment novel and rise to the top, but instead he accidentally lands in Zhongzhou and inherits the legacy of the Immortal Venerable's first life: the Bloodwing Demon Cult. Joining forces with Wuji, he breaks through the barriers between worlds and explores the Myriad Worlds! (Three new arcs have since been added: the Cangwu Cultivation Realm, the One Piece worl 3.7kReads—Score141Shelves
3. 303 从 Evolution Begins with the White Snake 从白蛇开始进化 Let Sorrow Never Cease悲莫停Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Lin Ruoxue. I'm an ordinary office worker and a livestreamer in the pet section. I keep two pet snakes. One is called Xiaobai, and the other Xiaoqing. Over the past couple of days, I've noticed Xiaobai looking at me a little strangely. I have a feeling he's about to become a spirit. … As heaven and earth undergo a dramatic transformation and all living things thrive in freedom, a white snake, with the help of a System, leads the trends of a new era. 599Reads8.7Score134Shelves
4. 304 娶 Taking a Wife Makes You Stronger 娶妻当变强 The Fiery East冒火的东方Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted This book is also known as The Healer's Hand Covers the Heavens and The Phoenix's Shadow Shines on the Snow. A brilliant story of a remarkable heroine, full of political scheming and mind games that will make you think! The best is yet to come! A great book that nearly lost readers because of its title! Follow a woman as she revives her nation and becomes its empress. She opens her eyes amid a heap of bones, only to discover that she is the deposed empress. Her husband has just established a new 56Reads—Score—Shelves

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   High intelligence! Decisive and ruthless

5. 305 末 Apocalypse: Evolving from a Zombie 末世：从丧尸开始进化 A Serving of Grilled Fish一份烤鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted The apocalypse has begun, and evolution is the only thing that matters. Reborn into a new life, he has somehow become a zombie. But Zhuang Ling, who has a System, has nothing to fear. As long as he can evolve, who cares if he's a zombie? Strength, speed, mental power: what talents do you have? Sorry, Zhuang Ling is taking them all! This is clearly a savior's story, yet the role has been given to a zombie. ...Only when Zhuang Ling encounters the Shattered Lands and the Spirit Realm does he realiz 5.9kReads8.8Score461Shelves
6. 306 末 Apocalypse Fusion Master 末世融合师 Imperial Brush and Colors御笔丹青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse371k WordsCompleted The world changed, the apocalypse arrived, and zombies and mutated beasts overran the land as abyssal outsiders poured in. The Third Planet, now digitalized, gradually became a battlefield where all sides fought for supremacy. Su Yu, an ordinary Silver-rank raider, unexpectedly returned to the start of the apocalypse at the moment his life ended, and gained the power to fuse all things! An ordinary longsword and a chain could fuse into a rare weapon: the Chainblade. A basic Lightning spell and W 85Reads6.3Score—Shelves
7. 307 杀 Killing Enemies Adds Time, and I Rule the World 杀敌爆时长，我横推世间 Long Yangjun龙阳君Historical109k WordsCompleted [Imperial Brocade Guards + System + steamrolling everything in his path + scheming] Lin Ritian died suddenly in his previous life after staying up all night reading study materials. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn in a world where martial arts flourished and rival dynasties stood side by side. The good news: He'd transmigrated as the son of a high-ranking minister in a powerful dynasty. The bad news: He had not the slightest talent for martial arts! Eighteen years passed i —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist transmigrates to an alternate ancient world eighteen years ago. Lacking martial arts talent, he is murdered, a system is activated, and he infiltrates the Imperial Guard, rising through the ranks.

8. 308 谋 The Strategist’s Deception 谋士骗术 Slow Growth缓慢成长Historical1.2M WordsOngoing These stories blend fact and fiction, drawing on forgotten details to craft tales. Enjoy the wisdom of the ancients and see how human nature changes. Learn from the past to understand the present, and know when to reveal your hand and when to keep it hidden. The plots are built around human nature and follow the logic of ordinary people. Deception and countermeasures, strategists on both sides pitting their wits against each other, plans colliding to see who comes out on top. In battles with col 228Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Deception and intrigue unfold, strategists clash with tactics, their strategies clashing to see who prevails. Cold weapons battles rage on, showcasing the strength of battle formations. Adapted from the wisdom of real ancient people.

9. 309 逻 Logical Trap: Extending My Life in a Game of Human Nature 逻辑陷阱：我在人性游戏中续命 Bamboo Leaf Brew竹叶酿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: Logic Trap: I Keep Myself Alive in a Game of Human Nature [No humanity + original game scenarios + mind-bending games + survival through non-horror psychological battles] Human nature? Sorry, I don’t have any! I just want to survive! Yu Tu, who has terminal cancer, unexpectedly enters the mysterious Divine Cage: a ball-splitting game, the prisoner’s dilemma, Mafia… Clear the games, and you can extend your life! To stay alive, to hell with human nature! Gradually, even Yu Tu can’t 433Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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   A story about high intelligence, set in a parallel universe. However, it's a dark story, so gentlemen should proceed with caution.

10. 310 暗 Dark Blade 暗刃 Old Zhu老朱Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [A top-rated completed novel + ruthless hero + no filler + no saintly do-gooder + no System + no cultivation + all kinds of modern high-tech weapons + nonstop thrills] Dragon Guard Security! The company handles security for major overseas projects originating in Huaxia. Its captain, Xiao Feng, is a former commander of an elite special forces unit and a world-class soldier, code-named Dark Blade. With a band of battle-hardened brothers, Xiao Feng provides high-quality security services for Huaxia 136Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Dark Blade [God of War + Pure Modern City + No Mary Sue, No Harem + No System + No Immortal Cultivation] This is a special security company, active all over the world. Their business primarily involves security for Chinese projects abroad. Captain Xiao Feng, former captain of a top special forces unit, codenamed Dark Blade, leads a group of iron-willed brothers, providing security services for elite Chinese workers overseas. Billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions of dollars in projects—for profit, all sorts of powerful figures will stop at nothing. Luxury cars, beautiful women, fierce battles, death—let's see who has the superior skills to become the ultimate winner!

11. 311 全 Cultivating Gu as a Nation: From the Start, I Had a Golden Dragon of Fortune in My Body 全民修蛊：开局气运金龙罐体 Lonely Straight Man孤独直男Eastern Fantasy475k WordsCompleted Also known as: From the Start on Mount Tai's Summit, Dumping the Corpse of the School Beauty Empress What? The city in the Southern Border guarded for fifty years by Wang Zhaojun, Palace Mistress of the Ice and Snow Palace, has fallen? ...Wang Ye looked at the city that had just been breached and thought, This is bad. Retreat... It's an ambush... The city in the East Sea, defended for a hundred years by Wu Zhaoji, has also been taken by this brat? ...You little thief... Where do you think you're —Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    They all look pretty good, but some of the books are easily banned.

12. 312 末 The Global Arena of the Apocalypse 末世之全球竞技场 Wang Xin王信Sports412k WordsOngoing [Global Announcement: Earth will be destroyed in 24 hours.] [All humans, please make your way to the nearest portal within 24 hours and travel to a new world.] A mechanical voice suddenly rang out in the minds of everyone around the globe. All seven billion people on Earth were forced to flee to a digitized world teeming with dangers and death games. Chen Jiang, who entered this world one step ahead of everyone else, stared at the data panel before him and grinned, his eyes flashing with a dange 1kReads9.0Score103Shelves
13. 313 末 The Doomsday Bone Rebuilder 末日之骸骨改造者 Rain Falls on the Western Mountain雨落西山Sci-Fi & Apocalypse166k WordsOngoing [Dark] [Cold-Blooded] [Ruthless] This is not a wish-fulfillment story. After ten years of freezing hardship, the blood runs hot once more. Reborn for a second life, he finally understands that it was all a dream. He sighs for a world where all living things suffer, and speaks of a dream in which everything comes to naught! Li Xiang is reborn. He has reclaimed the fearsome power that made everyone dread him in his previous life: bone modification! What is the greatest danger in the apocalypse? Zo 2Reads7.5Score—Shelves
14. 314 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Mosquito 从蚊子开始无限进化 Sliced Bitter Melon苦瓜切片Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No human transformation, do-gooders beware, no heroine] Chen Feng transmigrates to another world with an Infinite Evolution System and becomes the most ordinary mosquito imaginable. As long as he drinks blood, he can evolve. From then on, Chen Feng embarks on a journey of endless evolution. Powerful sect leaders, ancient divine beasts, mighty dragons: they’re all just experience points. Leading an army of mosquitoes, Chen Feng conquers the world and makes it tremble beneath his wings. 2.3kReads8.5Score222Shelves
15. 315 无 The Invincible Heavenly Emperor 无敌天帝 What Is Immortal and Mortal?何谓仙凡Eastern Fantasy8.2M WordsCompleted A botched ascension sends Ye Fan back to life a hundred years in the past. A prodigy in every field, with an endless array of martial arts techniques, knowledge of everything under the sun, and the power to foresee the future. Now that I am reborn, I shall rule heaven and earth. Those who disobey me will die! Those who refuse to submit will be slain! One word can bring an age of chaos to heel; one sword can cleave the nine heavens. I command divine beasts, forge divine weapons, shatter the void, 15.7kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    What is Immortal and Mortal? The Pinnacle of Fantasy

16. 316 杀 Bai Quan, the God of Slaughter 杀神白权 Snow Woman雪女Urban314k WordsCompleted [Suit-wearing thug + no saintly heroine + no protagonist suffering] Starting out as a transcendent force disguised as a company, he grips a long sword with a black hilt and black scabbard and barges headlong into the supernatural world. Beneath his refined, courteous appearance in suit and tie lies a cold, sinister heart that stops at nothing. Behind his enviable success and dazzling life in public lies a path built on mountains of bones and rivers of blood. He rises from humble beginnings and f 1.8kReads9.1Score116Shelves
17. 317 邪 An Aura of Evil 邪气凛然 Minotaur弥洛陶洛斯Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Bravery + Wisdom + Harmony + Fairness + Justice] Lin Yuan, a demonic cultivator from the former cultivation world, died and unexpectedly returned to a thousand years earlier. In this world, people seek the Dao, cultivate it, and attain it. There is the Dao of War, the Dao of the Soul, the Dao of Yang, the Five Elements Dao, the Dao of Emotion… Reborn, Lin Yuan resolutely embarks on the path of demonic heresy! 30Reads7.5Score—Shelves
18. 318 诸 The Myriad Worlds: I, the System Experience Tester 诸天万界：我！系统体验员 I'm a Fatty Who Can't Lose Weight我是瘦不了的胖子Urban853k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no saintly protagonist + no heroine + billions of Systems] Bai Yujing binds countless Systems. From then on In the world of national martial arts, he reaches max level with a single click, becomes a martial arts sage, crushes the nations, and unifies the world! In the ghoul world, he becomes an evil god, brings Tokyo to ruin, and turns the island nation into a breeding farm! In the world of evil spirits, he spreads fear and ushers in a dark age, plunging the entire world 1.2kReads8.7Score104Shelves

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