Tearjerkers: Protecting Others by Sacrificing Oneself 催泪文 保护别人，牺牲掉自己。

1. 251 玄 Xuanhuan: After I Leave, I Hope Everyone Will Be All Right! 玄幻：我走后，大家都要好好的！ Selling a Kidney to Raise a Cat卖肾养猫Eastern Fantasy167k WordsOngoing [Emotional Fantasy + Angst + Too Late for Regrets + Invincible Protagonist] Nine hundred years have passed, and Su Ran has become the strongest person on the Tianyun Continent. But the time he agreed upon with the System has arrived. He has only a hundred days left to live. No matter how reluctant he is, he must say goodbye to those who have been by his side day and night, and those he wanted to protect. Until the day he leaves for good. His eldest disciple, Ping An: “Master, the ones who suffer 25Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   They're pretty much the same.

2. 252 我 Our Nation’s Chip-Making Nemesis: You Ask If I Can Fix a Lithography Machine? 我国补克星，你问我光刻机能修吗 Nuclear-Powered Baiting Immortal核动力打窝仙人Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Wei Xiu took over his family’s repair shop and began livestreaming snippets of his daily life online. To his surprise, he awakened the Fix Anything System. Every time he repaired something, he received a reward. Before long, business was booming. During one livestream, a fan asked in the comments, “Can you fix a tank?” Wei Xiu thought they meant a Tank 300 and agreed without hesitation. He never imagined the fan would bring in a completely wrecked Type 59 tank… From then on, his customers got mo 20.3kReads7.0Score2.3kShelves
3. 253 狐 The Tushan Clan's Number One, in Fox Spirit Matchmaker 狐妖小红娘之涂山大当家 Cat Scrolling on a Phone刷手机的猫Anime Fanfiction271k WordsOngoing Everyone knows that Tushan has three leaders, but no one knows that the three leaders have an older brother. People call him a once-in-ten-thousand-years good-for-nothing, a brute who bullies his younger sister, a useless waste. But they don't know that in a corner no one can see, he has protected Tushan for tens of thousands of years... (The protagonist's abilities are inspired by Kurama. Feel free to picture Naruto as you read.) 346Reads7.5Score—Shelves
4. 254 他 His Little Fool Doesn't Cry Anymore 他的小傻子不爱哭了 Love Rain into Dew恋雨成露Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [BL + both pure + angst + just rated] In a corner of Shengying Noble High School, there was always a figure named Su Nian. As the illegitimate son the Su family kept hidden from the world, he had suffered a childhood accident that left him with a brain injury. He was always half a beat slower than everyone else, and his clear eyes were often filled with timid confusion. When classmates mocked and shoved him, all he could do was tear up, like a little beast nobody wanted. In the hallway, Su Nian 9.3kReads9.3Score695Shelves
5. 255 神 God-Tier Archaeology 神级考古 Zhou Yu周宇Mystery1.7M WordsOngoing Qin An, a master tomb raider from the Northern School, transmigrated to a parallel world and became an unemployed drifter. But he soon discovered that his previous self had been arrested for tomb raiding and sentenced to seven years in prison! After getting out, he couldn't find work or afford food, and the cops had put him on a watchlist! At the critical moment, Qin An awakened a tomb-raiding education System! As long as he shared knowledge about tomb raiding and antiques with his online audien 26.4kReads6.8Score2.1kShelves
6. 256 原 Genshin Impact: Saving You? It's Just the System's Mission 原神：救你？系统的任务罢了 Rain at the Right Time, Time for Rain时雨雨时Anime Fanfiction306k WordsCompleted To help his seriously ill mother recover, Wu Di agreed to the System’s terms. He arrived in a world called Genshin Impact, where he had to complete three missions: “save” three women who would otherwise die or be imprisoned, and change their fates. Believing himself to be just a passerby in this world, Wu Di always made a point of avoiding emotional entanglements with these women. But by unconsciously choosing to help them, he made them think he was cold on the outside but warmhearted within. Th 1.6kReads9.2Score146Shelves
7. 257 上 I Turned In a Portal, So Why Is the Country Putting Me on Trial? 上交传送门，国家却要判我刑？ Zhang San Drinks Seven Liang of Baijiu张三一顿七两酒Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [The rating was maliciously manipulated, so please don’t hold it against the book! With a million words and tens of thousands of readers, there’s no way it could deserve only five stars.] “Farrell! You bastard! Prepare to die!” A thunderous roar shattered Qian Guanhai’s dream of grilling skewers. Inside the enormous door that had appeared out of nowhere stood the otherworldly warrior woman whose savings he’d swindled, and who’d been hunting him for three years. He’d thought his identity as Joe F 240Reads5.1Score258Shelves
8. 258 原 Genshin Impact Banner Character: I Make Players Across the Internet Cry 原神卡池角色，我刀哭全网玩家 Whoever Gets Nervous Loses Half谁急输一半Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing [Game character + meme references + heartbreaking ending + theatrical protagonist] Mu Yang transmigrates to Teyvat and obtains the Character Popularity System. With enough popularity, his powers grow stronger, and he can even customize his own storyline, influencing Blue Star in turn. And so, Mu Yang begins his outrageous antics. Meanwhile, on a parallel Blue Star, discussions about him are taking over forums and livestream chats. “This new character is so handsome, guys. Absolutely breathtaking 2.2kReads8.9Score169Shelves

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   The first part establishes the character and generates buzz. The middle section uses everyday scenes as foreshadowing, then the character is ultimately killed off.

9. 259 他 His or Her Infinite Reincarnation 他或者她的无限轮回 Star Silver Wing星银翼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse521k WordsCompleted [Charming Protagonist] + [Dark Worldview] + [Hellish Instances] + [No Romance] + [Apocalypse] + [Science-Fiction Worldview] + [Beautiful Characters] We were born from the dreams of technology, keeping watch between life and death! Exploring other worlds brought us endless technological breakthroughs, but also countless troubles? Our generation began in a state of drunken revelry and oblivion! Pioneers of UDA and WD colonization, buriers of the dead... (Apocalyptic World) + (Factions at War) + (S 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Happy New Year! Wishing you a joyful Chinese New Year!

10. 260 此 At This Moment, I Am China's Guardian Deity 此刻，我为华夏守护神 Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Joy风花雪乐Urban3.2M WordsOngoing On Christmas Eve, December 24, 0260, a large horde of sea beasts appeared in Old Copper Mountain, Mi Nation. Not a single person in the city survived! On April 23, 0261, Level 6 sea beasts appeared in North Bear Nation. The entire country fell! On New Year's Day, January 1, 0262, a Level 10 sea beast appeared in Huaxia, codenamed [Taotie]. Huaxia fell! In January 0260, Huaxia's God of War, Chen Feng, was reborn eleven months before the sea beasts emerged. He won the trust of the country's 1.4kReads9.0Score488Shelves

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    Whether pure tearjerker or tearjerker combined with comedy is good or not is up to you to decide; you'll have to judge for yourself.

11. 261 我 I Killed Myself, Yet People Put Me on a Pedestal 我自杀了，却被人们捧上神坛 I Was Sleepy Yesterday昨天睡困了Urban260k WordsCompleted He killed himself! An artist who thought the world was beneath him. While he was alive, people said he was a compulsive plagiarist, a womanizer and gambler, an arrogant diva, and morally corrupt. He was completely blacklisted. After his death, however, he was marketed as a once-in-a-millennium prodigy, a perfectionist and a jack-of-all-trades who excelled across countless fields! Capital wiped away layer after layer of the bans and smears against him, hoping to wring the last bit of value from h 370Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 不 If You Won't Write the Memorial, Why Are You Going on the Northern Campaign? 不写出师表，你北什么伐呀！ Autumn Wind Over Luoshui洛水秋风Historical2.8M WordsCompleted “This place is so delightful, I could forget all about Shu!” Liu Shan, who left behind this timeless saying, thought he had died. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Great Song. With none of Zhao Gou's memories, he gazed at the officials filling the court and fell into deep thought. They have a chancellor here too? The name Qin Hui might not sound like much, but surely he's as capable in both letters and arms as my foster father! Hmm? Wait, why is there 43.1kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
13. 263 在 I Guarded a Tomb on Mars, Until Earth Discovered Me 在火星守墓的我，被地球发现了 Frost Falls from the Pen笔落成霜Urban315k WordsOngoing In the year 2333, Earth’s resources are critically scarce. To acquire more, the three great powers unite to launch a Mars landing mission. The landing will be broadcast live around the world. [Dragon-Eagle-Bear spacecraft, preparing to land on Mars. This is one small step for us, but one giant leap for humanity.] The cameras show the complete Martian landscape to people around the globe. “Hello, everyone. I’m Zhang Yubing, the Longguo commander of this Mars mission. Our astronauts will represent 663Reads5.4Score103Shelves
14. 264 守 My Identity as Humanity’s Guardian Has Been Exposed 守护人类的我身份被曝光 Doomsday Prophet末日预言家Urban420k WordsCompleted Li Yu transmigrates to Blue Star and receives a mission to protect humanity. Successfully defending the human race will make him stronger. Over the course of two years, Li Yu quietly builds his strength by killing the alien gods and demons trying to pass through wormholes. Then, during the livestream of the seventh national census, Li Yu is accidentally exposed while trying to keep guarding Earth under the radar. With broken bones and blood all over the ground, netizens mistake him for a murdere 227Reads5.4Score—Shelves
15. 265 现 A Modern Female Rogue Cultivator's Astral Travels 现代女散修的元神漫游记 Fan Yishan梵一善Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted A female rogue cultivator from the city wanders into a ruined temple and unexpectedly finds a strange book capable of revealing the universe's ultimate secrets. From then on, she can leave her body in spirit form and encounters all kinds of supernatural events in the city. She often befriends the Black and White Impermanence, thinking she is about to ascend, but this wildly imaginative astral adventure through the city has only just begun! It turns out there are all sorts of ways to cultivate bo 71Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The knife came, "The immortal stroked my head, and bestowed upon me immortality." To protect the female lead, the Radiant Immortal burned his primordial spirit, smashed through the data barrier, and vanished into thin air... I cried so loudly!

16. 266 卧 The Undercover Agent Returns: His Scarred Body Exposed at the Airport 卧底归来：一身疤痕被机场曝光了 Rong Shang戎殇Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Xia Dongyang was the captain of the most mysterious unit, the Firmament. During his eight years of service, he repeatedly distinguished himself in battle. But during an undercover mission, he took a bullet to the spine that could not be removed as he killed the enemy and avenged his fallen teammates. With no other choice, Xia Dongyang left the military and returned home. He had just arrived at the airport and was preparing to go through security. Suddenly, alarms blared! He was immediately detai 2kReads7.8Score235Shelves

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    Crying 😭😭

17. 267 开 From the Start, I Transmigrate to 1949 with an Entire Nation 开局带国家穿越1949 The Nocturnal Tea Beneath Your Feet足下不夜侯Historical732k WordsCompleted From the start, he gains the ability to transmigrate and travels to the 1940s in a parallel world. He turns around and hands everything over to the country, helping lead it to prosperity. Modern knowledge and ideals become sparks that enlighten the past, while the other world's resilience and pure ideals light the road ahead. This is a journey of growth, responsibility, and dedication, bearing witness to a nation's spirit being passed down through time and echoing across the ages. 82Reads5.6Score—Shelves
18. 268 系 System Hunter Justice 系统猎手Justice Dora Loves the Absurd爱抽象的朵拉Urban267k WordsOngoing Systems run rampant, feeding on the sorrow, desires, and dreams hidden in people's hearts. When they pretend to help people while destroying the world's civilization, System hunter Justice is the one who steps forward. 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please, please, I hope someone will read this. I desperately want to improve and I really want someone to give me feedback.

19. 269 快 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 Miss Cat一只猫小姐Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.9kReads9.1Score802Shelves

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    This book made me cry my heart out! [Crying][crying][crying]

20. 270 大 The Han Standard-Bearer: One Man, One Blade, Guarding a City 大汉扛纛者：一人一刀镇守一城 Tragic Green Youth A Ri惨绿少年阿日Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted The setting sun was red as blood. Blood ran in rivers across the ground, and severed limbs and bodies lay everywhere, like the underworld of a blood-soaked asura. Before, there had been thirty men. This time, there were a hundred. What about next time? Would it be three hundred? Three thousand? I have only myself and a single blade! I'm so tired. I want to lie down! But in the isolated city behind me are 572 elderly people, women, and children, all placing their hopes in me. The Martial King's b 6.3kReads8.3Score447Shelves
21. 271 女 What Do You Do When the Woman Is Too Powerful? 女人太强，怎么办 I Wish to Be a Character in a Book in My Next Life来生愿做书中人Urban290k WordsCompleted [Matriarchy] [System] [Green tea] [Multiple female leads] Blurb 1: Cheng Su transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that gender roles are reversed: women are the breadwinners of the family. To marry a man, a woman must be sincere, prepare a house, a car, and lavish gifts, pick an auspicious date, and hold a grand wedding before bringing him home. And putting the man’s name on the property deed has always been a way for women to prove their financial strength. Blurb 2: Cheng Su has always 22Reads8.4Score—Shelves
22. 272 全 I'm the Only One Left in the World 全世界只剩我一人 Talking to Myself Through the Ages自言度千秋Urban416k WordsOngoing I often wonder: What would happen if humanity disappeared one day, leaving me alone in the whole world? Then one day, it came true. With no supernatural abilities, no System, no magic, and nothing else that defies reality, how am I supposed to survive? 712Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 刚 I Turned Eighteen Today: Enlisting to Slay the Gods 刚满十八成年礼，参军入伍斩诸神 Young Master Linhai临海公子Urban637k WordsCompleted “The Shanhai Pass is in danger! Blue Star Huaxia is in danger! The human race is in danger!” “The enemy forces are already pressing right up to the Shanhai Pass. Since peace is now hopeless, at this final, critical moment, we must stop the aliens from invading Blue Star and carrying out their plot to destroy our human race and our Huaxia!” “We have no choice but to resist to the bitter end. Only by staking the lives of our entire race can we save Huaxia!” “Whether you live in the north or south, 1.2kReads5.4Score105Shelves
24. 274 一 Three Simulations a Week, Legends Across the Heavens 一周三模拟，传说遍诸天 Jun Mozhi君莫知Anime Fanfiction199k WordsOngoing [Simulation Story + World Hopping + Principled Protagonist + Blended Genres] Zhang Yongan bonded with a Life Simulation System while traveling. In pursuit of life's meaning, he resolutely began simulating. World One: Honkai: Star Rail. In the Glamoth Empire beneath the starry sky, Zhang Yongan was Firefly's creator and the empire's most outstanding researcher... as well as its greatest rebel, raising his blade against the ruling elite. “From this day on, you are no longer weapons. You will becom 7Reads5.9Score—Shelves
25. 275 长 Longevity: Days of Splendor in the Ye You Court 长生：我在掖幽庭风华日月 The Breeze Comes Quietly清风静来Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Xing Bang transmigrates into the palace as a fake eunuch. From the start, he is sent to the Cold Palace, where he finds not only deposed consorts but also the families of disgraced officials. Even the stunningly beautiful birth mother of the Crown Prince has been imprisoned there. Xing Bang’s eyes light up, and he activates the System... (The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Please read the story.) 37kReads8.8Score3.9kShelves
26. 276 镇 Guarding a Lonely City, Invincible on My Own 镇守孤城，一人无敌 Young Master Linhai临海公子Eastern Fantasy316k WordsCompleted Blue Star was invaded by the demon race. Under the iron hooves of its armies, most of humanity’s territory fell, and the human race faced the threat of extinction. Yet in the occupied lands, one city belonging to humanity still remained unconquered by the demons. For five hundred years, the isolated city held out. Every resident grew gray-haired, and they fought until the last soldier, yet not one person surrendered or was taken prisoner. This was a human city, human territory. As long as even o 223Reads6.7Score—Shelves
27. 277 蘑 Back to Field: A Hundred-Year-Old War Hero Is Exposed on the Show 蘑菇屋：百岁老英雄，被向往曝光 Red Bean Paste Bun豆沙馅包子Urban500k WordsCompleted Season Six of Mushroom House premiered, and Teacher He and Chef Huang accidentally hit someone with their car. An old man with an otherworldly air stood there, staring back at them as if nothing had happened. “Sir, are you all right?” “Should something be wrong with me?” Teacher He: Oh no, we've run into a scammer! A few days later… Chef Huang: You became a Grandmaster at eighteen? Sir, you can't be serious! Zhang Yixing: What? You taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk! Chinese pop music went glob 13Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    The first and third books both tell the story of the male protagonist being misunderstood and exposed; the second and fifth books both tell the story of centenarians whose ideal life is exposed; the fourth book tells the story of the thirteenth son fighting against alien civilizations on Mars, who is later discovered by his homeland, who then searches for them and brings them home.

28. 278 我 The Sisters I Raised Only Want to Send Me to Prison 我养大的妹妹们，只想把我送监狱 Shi Yunxi十云蹊Urban856k WordsOngoing They swore that if they ever saw Ye Yuncheng, they would send him to prison! . Four of the most outstanding women of the new era, each at the peak of her field, appeared on a live broadcast to accuse their shared older brother, Ye Yuncheng. They said he had caused their parents’ deaths, kept them from seeing their relatives, schemed to seize their family fortune, and belittled all their achievements! Ye Yuncheng gave a bitter smile and swallowed all the pain and slander. But the viewers roared i 1.5kReads8.5Score349Shelves

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    The first book was alright, the second was a bit tear-jerking, and the third had a good plot, which lowered the overall rating.

29. 279 一 One Man Guards the Nation’s Gate: Facing a Trillion Dark Beasts Alone 一人守国门：独自面对万亿黑暗生 The Panda Who Likes Staying Up Late喜欢晚睡的熊猫Urban419k WordsCompleted A huge number of portals appeared on Blue Star. A trillion dark creatures emerged from them. With humanity facing extinction, people discovered a miraculous kind of seed that granted them the ability to control plants. Farmers became the most respected people of all. Ye Feihong was a new farmer. He would defend Tianmen Pass alone, holding back a trillion dark creatures by himself. 1.4kReads8.7Score111Shelves
30. 280 夜 Night Fishing for Ghosts: I Ask Her Where the Fish Are Underwater 夜钓钓女鬼，我问她水下哪里有鱼 Mystic Fishing玄学钓鱼Mystery283k WordsOngoing Fishing master Cao Kun transmigrates to a parallel world, joins a live-streamed fishing competition, and makes it all the way to the finals. Out of luck in the decisive round, he hooks a female ghost. With defeat looming, Cao Kun panics and bluntly asks her where the fish are underwater. The production crew is stunned, and the whole internet goes wild. “I can’t believe it. This guy’s a real fishing fanatic!” “He’d be casting a line even at the Bridge of Helplessness!” “That damn competitive spir 227Reads8.8Score—Shelves
31. 281 妻 Wife: My Husband Is a Scumbag, a Hopeless Good-for-Nothing 妻子：老公是人渣，烂泥扶不上墙 Big Zhong Who Loves Hot Pot吃火锅的大钟Urban169k WordsCompleted [High Martial Arts + Ten Thousand Races + Passion + Invincibility + Wife's Side of the Story] The variety show Let's Get Divorced has taken the internet by storm. Li Menglan, the youngest and most beautiful richest person in Xiazhou, goes on the show and demands a divorce from her husband! “My husband turned my parents against me and made them hide away in the countryside, where they can't even enjoy a decent retirement!” “He turned my little sister against me and stopped her from going to schoo 217Reads6.2Score—Shelves
32. 282 无 No One Came to Save Her from the Deep 无人救她于深海 Liang Shiqi梁拾柒Modern Romance135k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] [Youthful unrequited love + prodigal son turns over a new leaf + bittersweet romance + plenty of unresolved heartbreak + tragic ending (The male lead is hard to like at first. It's not exactly a tearjerker, but sensitive readers should proceed with caution.)] Youth is a foolish thing: foolishly falling for someone. At the beginning of the story, Xu Nuo falls in love with Zhou Yiming at first sight, as if sinking into the deep sea. At the end, Xu Nuo holds the box contai 19.2kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves

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    This book is truly heartbreaking! They were so close to spending their lives together, but their wedding turned into a funeral. After the male lead passed away, the female lead, missing him so much, went to join him. It was so agonizing, it hurt my liver. I'm not exaggerating when I say my tears flowed like water. I think after reading this book, I might never cry again when reading any other tragic novel…

33. 283 快 Quick Transmigration to Make Up for Regrets: From the Start, I Possess Yu Huanshui 快穿弥补遗憾，开局魂穿余欢水 Too Handsome to Sleep帅到睡不着觉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing [Upbeat Writing] [Multiple Female Leads] [Overpowered Protagonist] [Saving Tragic Characters] Traveling through the worlds of film and television, he saves the people whose stories ended in heartbreak. He accidentally transmigrates into someone else's body in the first world, then physically travels to every world after that. [If There Is a Tomorrow]: Leaves Gan Hong homeless and sends her father to prison. [Chronicle]: Gains psychic powers from a meteorite and becomes invincible. [Siheyuan]: Ta 27.9kReads7.2Score2.1kShelves
34. 284 渣 My Ex-Girlfriends Beg for Forgiveness After My Diary Exposes What a Jerk I Was 渣男日记被曝光，前女友哭求原谅 Cat-Crazy宠猫狂魔Urban418k WordsCompleted Lin Luoxue, the only queen of the entertainment industry in Daxia! In four years since her debut, she released ninety-nine songs, and all ninety-nine became massive hits. Her many musical styles were even praised for having advanced Daxia’s music scene by nearly a century! But at the launch of her hundredth new song, Lin Luoxue suddenly changed the subject and revealed that she once had a scumbag ex-boyfriend who made her life a living hell! He was a vile man who cheated her out of money, used h 646Reads8.4Score102Shelves
35. 285 白 White-Haired Veteran: One Man Guards the Nation's Gates and Subdues the World with a Flick of His Fingers 白发老卒：一人守国门弹指镇人间 Dang Dang Dang Da当当当哒Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Li Canglan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into a high-martial world under invasion by myriad races. Here, he becomes an unparalleled genius, reaching the Martial Dao Grandmaster realm at just twenty. Unfortunately, with the myriad races invading, Li Canglan leads his subordinates into battle, only to be surrounded by the enemy and forced into retirement with severe injuries. Eighty years pass in the blink of an eye, and Li Canglan becomes a white-haired old soldier on the verge of de 6.2kReads7.4Score492Shelves
36. 286 雪 The Blizzard Is Coming: Thirty Years of Turmoil in the Northeast Underworld 雪暴将至：东北黑道三十年浮沉 Secret Agent Rabbit 1975特务兔1975Urban396k WordsCompleted A criminal underworld swept by a snowstorm across the Northeast, and a bloody saga spanning thirty years. In the early 1990s, the old industrial heartland of Northeast China trembles through the pain of reform. Beilin City, once a source of glory, sinks into confusion and hardship as countless state-owned enterprises go under. With order collapsing and lawlessness taking root, an era of survival of the fittest quietly begins. Gao Yanfeng, the youngest technical section chief at Beilin Machiner 140Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Criminal investigation, the underworld, big bosses, high-IQ crimes →_→ A blizzard of organized crime sweeping Northeast China, a bloody underworld spanning thirty years. In the early 1990s, the old industrial base of Northeast China trembled amidst the growing pains of reform. Beilin City, once a city of glory, fell into confusion and distress with the collapse of countless state-owned enterprises. Order collapsed, savagery flourished, and a jungle era of the survival of the fittest quietly arrived. Gao Yanfeng, the youngest technical section chief of Beilin Machinery Factory, originally had a bright future. But the hammer of factory closure ruthlessly shattered his ideal world, and overnight, he went from a high achiever to a destitute laid-off worker. To survive, and more importantly, to reclaim his lost dignity, this exceptionally intelligent and meticulous man, with his extraordinary wisdom and courage, resolutely stepped into the gray area, navigating between a ruthless and decisive retired soldier brother-in-law, an ambitious street tycoon, and unfathomable high-IQ criminals, dangerously dancing on a tightrope of loyalty, interests, and survival. He started with a freight route, took risks in border trade, and plundered through extortion in demolition projects, gradually building his underground empire. He had a penchant for women but wasn't promiscuous; he always held a soft spot for the female journalist who tried to illuminate his path but ended up imprisoned. His actions were a complex mix of righteousness and wickedness; he could be ruthless for profit, yet at crucial moments he would uphold the last vestiges of morality. Thirty years of turbulent history saw him rise from a struggling survivor to a powerful figure shaking up the underground order of Beilin, personally witnessing and participating in the entire process of the Northeast underworld's transformation from rampant growth to corporatized operation, and finally its collapse under the iron fist of the state.

37. 287 陆 Mr. Lu, Are You Satisfied Now That She’s Dead? 陆先生，她死了你可满意 Lu Yitang鹿苡糖Modern Romance43k WordsCompleted “Mr. Lu, are you satisfied now that she's dead?” Sang Yuwan looked at him coldly. She truly wished she could kill the despicable man standing before her with her own hands. “Who are you trying to fool? You think putting her photo on some random urn makes it her? Ridiculous!” Lu Cichuan's eyes were faintly red as he stared fixedly at Sang Yuwan, as if he could still brazenly torment Li Mo as long as Sang Yuwan said she wasn't dead. But... Sang Yuwan was gone. That was true. 3.2kReads6.6Score306Shelves
38. 288 传 Portal: Conquering Another World with a Modern Army 传送门，带着现代化军队征战异界 Waves in Summer夏日里的海浪Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Han Cheng awakens a Portal System and contributes it to the nation from the start, joining forces to develop another world. Are cultivators really that powerful in a world of cultivation? They still can't stand up to modern weapons. If one shell isn't enough, fire two. If that still doesn't work, send in the Dongfeng Express. There's bound to be something that suits you. What, oil and gold are worthless in the cultivation world? Then our Great Xia will take it all. Bring over some scraps of glas 2.4kReads7.9Score154Shelves
39. 289 问 Aspiring to the Imperial Throne 问鼎皇尊 Counting掏数Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing [Growth-Focused | No System | Fresh Setting | Expansive Worldbuilding] When chaos first stirred and the world was born, how many ages passed in the endless struggle for supremacy? In the Chaos Realm, gods and demons came into being, only to vanish into the river of history after countless ages. In the Beast Star Domain, savage beasts roamed the wilderness, yet even they could not escape fate, disappearing from heaven and earth. The Icebound Era began, and no life remained in the world. In the Pr 8.7kReads9.2Score586Shelves

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    A particularly good fantasy novel

40. 290 二 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun 二哈和他的白猫师尊 Meat Bun Won't Eat Meat肉包不吃肉Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [The audiobook adaptation of the same name, starring Gu Jiangshan and Sanshi, is complete. Tune in and give it a listen!] Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning's disciple had been a mistake. His master was far too much like a cat, while he was like a silly dog wagging its tail and fawning over him. Dogs and cats can't reproduce together, and the silly dog hadn't wanted to reach out his fluffy paws toward that cat in the first place. He'd always thought dogs should be with dogs, like his senior bro 100.4kReads9.7Score19.3kShelves

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    This perfectly captures the essence of the story: the Master sacrificed himself to protect Mo Ran. [Learned][Learned]

41. 291 抗 War of Resistance: I Can Livestream Aid to the Heroes of the Past 抗战：我能直播援助先烈 Jiangjiang's Mom酱酱妈Urban255k WordsOngoing Lin Feng never imagined that his family's battered VR headset could connect to a parallel world during the War of Resistance Against Japan! Watching smoke and sacrifice flash across the screen in real time, he realizes he is the only link between the two worlds. [System bound! Time-streaming activated!] [Mission: Aid the fallen heroes, gather tears, and rekindle the flames of war!] And so begins an unprecedented livestream that stuns the entire internet: A centenarian veteran regains consciou 21Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 292 倒 How Did I, the Unlucky One, Become the Manga’s Only Variable? 倒霉的我竟成漫画唯一变数？ The Ninth King Has Arrived九大王来了Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate to another world + manga + passionate young team + forum-style storytelling + ensemble cast] [Content warning: This is not a power fantasy! The System will become useless later on! The original manga's main characters will not lose their protagonist aura! Every character needs to grow!] [A story about a group of passionate young boys and one unlucky person from another world joining forces to save the world.] After being caught up in a random killing spree, Duan Shizhang transmigra 12kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    I guess you could say that [laughs]. He sacrificed himself for everyone and then resurrected them all. But the price he paid was that everyone forgot him.

43. 293 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 215.6kReads9.6Score36.3kShelves

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    Having been through so much pain, I'm here to recommend some books... "I will end all nightmares, at any cost." —Even if the cost is everything I have. The first book is a side story to the second, both starting sweet and ending with heartbreak. The first is set in the entertainment industry → an infinite flow novel, the second is purely an infinite flow novel.

44. 294 二 Reenlisting: The Commander Offers Me Cigarettes with Both Hands from the Start! 二次入伍：开局首长双头递烟！ Red Apricot Over the Begonia红杏压海棠Urban544k WordsCompleted Qin Mo transmigrates into the body of a retired special forces king who is on the verge of death. Just as he is about to die, the System awakens. As long as he enlists again and enters the military, he will receive a divine-grade medicinal serum that can bring the dead back to life! Without hesitation, Qin Mo joins the army again as a recruit! A month has already passed since the new recruits enlisted, so when Qin Mo suddenly shows up, everyone assumes he has connections and targets him at every 607Reads5.1Score—Shelves
45. 295 我 After I Left, Why Are You Crying and Begging Me to Come Back? 我走后，为什么又哭着求我回来？ Tell and诉与Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment, the art of cultivating a twisted self, the carefree life of the ultimate archvillain, and the Life Choice System.] Ye Qiu transmigrated! He found himself in a vast, primordial world, during the period of recovery and rebuilding after the great calamity that had struck all races. His father was the Demon King Who Repels the North, one of the Seven Kings of the Frontier. His mother was the sole heir to the Tidehearing Sword Pavilion. His maternal grandfather was the master of 172kReads8.7Score20.5kShelves

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    It's so heart-wrenching, it'll make you cry nonstop.

46. 296 记 My Memories Exposed! I Bear the Infamy to Protect My Homeland 记忆曝光！我背负骂名守家国 Ink Conceals Mountains and Rivers墨隐山河Urban233k WordsCompleted [Exposed from the Start] [Traitor] [Utterly Evil] [Later Frontline Combat] [Mass Recruitment] [Regret Arc] [Livestream Comments] My name is Lin Mo. Everyone calls me a traitor. I worked for the Japanese, drove patriotic merchants to their deaths, and personally handed a list of undercover agents to the head of the secret police. Today, I’m ninety years old. They’re going to use the latest technology to make all my crimes public. Fine by me. Let them see how, amid the flames of a village massacre 18Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 297 暴 The Tyrant Is Reborn, and the Regent Kneels by His Bed Night After Night, Begging to Be Killed 暴君重生，摄政王夜夜跪床头求杀 A Guest Who Awakens the World醒世客Two Male Leads754k WordsCompleted [Bottom’s POV + Reborn + Groveling Chase + Heartbreaking Angst] Overbearing, unhinged, frail emperor as the bottom vs. obsessive, brooding prince as the top, whose mind was addled by love in their previous life In his previous life, the tyrant Hua Jiuyao is reborn in a good-for-nothing’s body and receives a mission to assassinate his own empress. He thinks the world has finally gone mad, but then… Huo Qingci, who once stabbed him on their wedding night, now sits alone every night, clutching his 2.1kReads8.1Score205Shelves

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    In both his lives, he paved the way for others, never thinking of himself. The tyrant always believed that no one wanted him to live.

48. 298 我 I Choose to Let Myself Go, and Let You Go Too 我选择放过自己同时放过你 I'm a Pineapple我是菠萝Urban304k WordsCompleted [Male lead lets go, female lead regrets it] [Giant panda Huahua] [One female lead] [No System] [Laid-back farming] It gets better as it goes After three years of college, Jiang Cheng finally broke up with Lin Yusheng. This time, he chose to set both himself and her free. The disappointments had finally piled up enough, and he resolved to live for himself. But after the breakup, Lin Yusheng realized she might have already become unable to live without Jiang Cheng. When she turned around to look f 2kReads6.6Score103Shelves
49. 299 快 Quick Transmigration: The Whole World Thinks I’m a Martyr 快穿：全世界都在脑补我是殉道者 Big Wrench大扳手Fantastical Romance292k WordsCompleted Xie Heng transmigrates into an expendable slave in a fictional ancient world. Disguised as a man, she only wants to follow the plot, die on cue, and complete her mission. She takes a blade for the princess and begs to die, but survives, only to be forced to steal the male lead's credit. She gives away her achievements and refuses rewards to keep a low profile, but everyone imagines she's still devoted to a deceased loved one. She starts a rebellion and begs to be executed by lingchi, but is hail 694Reads8.1Score101Shelves

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    This one meets the requirements.

50. 300 我 A Clown Demon Lives Inside Me 我身体里住着一只小丑恶魔 Li Dangdangdang李当当当Urban286k WordsOngoing Joker: What if I gave you a second choice? Su Xiao: Can you save my friends? Joker: Of course. But you'll go even more completely insane! Hahaha! Su Xiao: I've been crazy for a long time! Joker: Heehee... You might die... Su Xiao: Then let me die! Joker: Give me your body, and they'll all be saved... Su Xiao: Is that a deal? Joker: You could say that! Su Xiao nodded... Joker: Are you ready? Su Xiao nodded... Joker: Hahaha, one last time: you really will die... Su Xiao: You have to save them! Jok 49Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    A masterpiece! A novel concept! Thrilling and exhilarating! Top-notch quality! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Thinking][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

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