Looking for a Book That Leaves You Feeling Helpless and Despairing 想要一本看了会产生无力感和绝望感的书

1. 251 爱 Love, Beyond Control 爱，无法克制 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King13k WordsCompleted Love, Beyond Control 66Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 252 1 Day 17 of the Calamity: The Weird Arrive, and There’s Nowhere to Run 17日灾变：诡异降临，你逃无可逃 Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Mystery274k WordsCompleted [Wild Imagination + Horror + Strange Tales + Sci-Fi + Chinese-Style Lovecraftian Horror + Mystery + No Romance] “In years of great famine, people devour one another…” In the years of famine, corpses litter the land, and human nature cannot withstand the trials of hell. Nian Jiahe goes searching for snakes and water, but unexpectedly finds “Tai Sui flesh.” After eating it, he never feels hungry again. His eldest uncle turns into a cocoon of flesh, collapsing into a lump of primordial meat. His yo 1.6kReads9.0Score108Shelves
3. 253 他 His Love Is Fierce Yet Tender 他的爱，是铁血柔情 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingMarriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted His love is tender as steel. 41Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 254 总 The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 《总裁的灰姑娘不按套路出牌》 Clever Cat King聪明的猫King11k WordsCompleted The CEO’s Cinderella Doesn’t Play by the Rules 24Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 255 失 I Regret Losing You 失去你，我追悔莫及 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance13k WordsCompleted Without you, I regret everything. 122Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 256 怎 How Could I Bear to Miss You? 怎么忍心错过你？ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance14k WordsCompleted How Could I Bear to Miss You? 62Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 257 非 It's You or No One, Even If I Have to Fight the Whole World! 非你不可，就算与全世界为敌！ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance11k WordsCompleted You’re the Only One for Me, Even If It Means Defying the Whole World! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 258 拯 Rescuing Your Desert: I'm Your Guardian of the Galaxy 拯救你的荒漠：我是你的银河卫士 Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance9k WordsCompleted Saving Your Desert: I Am Your Galactic Guardian 15Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 259 请 Please Answer, 404 请回答，404 Bo L Tang波l棠31k WordsCompleted Please Answer, 404 6Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 260 内 This CP in Chinese Entertainment Nearly Went BE! 内娱这CP差点儿要be了！ Clever Cat King聪明的猫KingModern Romance6k WordsCompleted This CP in the Chinese entertainment industry almost broke up! 55Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 261 创 Strike Against Mary Sue 创击玛丽苏 Runaway Man-Eating Flower在逃食人花Modern Romance23k WordsCompleted [Mary Sue + secret identity + melodrama] Liu Li, the world’s number-one princess, whose full name is Liu Li. Bingjing. Dieying. Feiwu. Ruoli’er. Xue. Luoying. Qiangwei Meigui Lei. Zidian. Shangxue, falls in love with Lei Ting, the world’s number-one prince, whose full name is Lei Ting. Gaba. Ye Ao Nai Wo He. Wudi. Kuang Zhua Ku Xuan. Baolong Zhanshi. Pili. She is obsessed with his breakdancing, bewitched by his arrogant, wicked charm, and even jumps off a building, donates her brain, and has hem 482Reads8.8Score105Shelves

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    My sanity is plummeting, so don't let the ratings and title put you off!

12. 262 主 Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic? 主角祭天！法力无边？ Bo L Tang波l棠95k WordsCompleted Sacrifice the Protagonist to Heaven! Boundless Magic Power? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 263 不 Isn't This a Death Note? Why Is Everything Being Given Away?! 不是死亡笔记吗？怎么全变给了！ Shabi Niaoshou Shou莎比鸟兽兽Urban514k WordsOngoing [Not Fanfiction] + [Meme References] + [Wild Imagination] + [Absurd, Unhinged Comedy] + [Godlike Characters] When anything is born, it produces a notebook. Anyone who owns one can form a contract with the angel bound to that notebook and become a godlike being. Yue Shenye looks at the notebook in his hands, and all the humiliations of the past come flooding back. He grips his pen tightly. “I want every last one of you dead!” The ballpoint pen sweeps across the page, filling it with names. Then t 18kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves

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    We feel powerless, but the protagonist doesn't.

14. 264 情 Record of the Illusory Sea of Love: The Great Void Livestream 情天幻海录太虚直播间 Bo L Tang波l棠Ancient Romance479k WordsCompleted The Illusory Realm of the Great Void, by the shores of the Sea of Love. Fairy Jing Huan had been staring blankly into a water mirror for three days. What it reflected was not her peerless beauty, but the countless scenes of the mortal world: office workers scrolling through their phones on the subway, middle-aged men and women haggling at matchmaking corners, livestreamers crying, “Brother, love me!”, and exhausted wage slaves staying up late making PowerPoints until they went bald... “Such mudd 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 265 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy871k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 756kReads9.0Score137.5kShelves

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    How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's one of my absolute favorites. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

16. 266 我 I’m the Most Righteous Evil God Ever! 我这个邪神可太正了！ Sleep Until I'm Well Rested睡个饱觉觉Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [This is a deranged world!] [Cthulhu-inspired] [Careful: this story contains extremely intense psychological corruption. Read at your own risk.] One day, the world underwent a cataclysmic change! Every living thing was affected by an unknown force and mutated. And it wasn’t just living things... Human civilization was forced to retreat into the last nineteen fortress cities. People prayed to all kinds of gods for protection and blessings, struggling to survive in this hopeless world. Meng Yi arr 64kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves

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    How could I not feel despair?! I couldn't hold back my tears after reading it. I caught up with it. Chapters 313-316, especially those about Shen Shiwen and Shen Congshuang, were so disheartening. Were they insane? Why did this happen? We readers knew they were just a step away from getting better and better! But then, so suddenly, Shen Shiwen killed her daughter, Shen Congshuang… A calm madness, everyone got used to it. Only Zhu Hongyu asked [crying], bewildered and helpless, "Why? Why did this happen?"

17. 267 末 Surviving Among the Mad in the Apocalypse 末世，我在疯子中求生 The Cat's Dark Night猫的黑夜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse511k WordsCompleted Blood-Cross-like / Apocalypse / Strong Female Lead / Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy / Desperate Survival / No Romance / No Superpowers / Dark / Everyone Suffers / The female lead is not a ruthless, decisive type. She is sensitive and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Qingshui struggled to survive in the apocalypse in her previous life. After zombies overran the base, she risked her life to escort the only surviving researcher onto a plane, but was devoured by zombies herself. She tho 20.4kReads9.0Score3kShelves

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    They all felt a sense of despair and powerlessness.

18. 268 饕 Gluttony’s Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 饕餮刑场——食物链底层的罪与罚 Bo L Tang波l棠60k WordsCompleted The Gluttonous Execution Ground: Crime and Punishment at the Bottom of the Food Chain 2Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18kShelves
20. 270 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery540k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 201.2kReads8.5Score26.9kShelves
21. 271 永 Eternal Captivity: After Losing My Memory, I Had Eight Children 永恒囚禁：失忆后我有八个孩子 Little Girl Playing in the Mud玩泥巴的小女孩Two Male Leads352k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Handsome and Beautiful + Coercive Love + Amnesia + HE + Angsty + Cyberpunk + Over-the-Top Drama + Utterly Dark] Shao Xifeng, the racing team’s most promising driver, woke up one morning to discover that he had transmigrated twenty years into the future. An unfamiliar future, a frail body he didn’t recognize, and a twenty-year-old son. The people in the mansion looked at him as if he were a ghost. Everyone online called him a “cheater,” and all he could remember was being ni 9.5kReads7.3Score939Shelves

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    This book, I read a month ago, made me feel angry and helpless about the protagonist's plight.

22. 272 网EN Online Gaming: Lord of Boundless Infinity 网游：无垠无尽之主 The Easygoing One随性之人Sports3.9M WordsOngoing [Elegant + epic + expansive worldbuilding + lone wolf + plot-driven + solo domination] [Transmigrator Application Form] [You have chosen to tackle: Boundless Infinity (a despair-level online game world)] [Enemies: The Curse of Immortality, Eternal Aberrations, the End] [Golden finger: Fate's Guidance (Boundless Infinity, all-knowing and all-seeing edition)] [Transmigration point: Year 10,000 of the Online Gaming Era] [Transmigration method: Hit by a speeding truck] [Partner: None] [Application a 76kReads8.8Score4.6kShelves

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    Despair enveloped everyone; a sense of powerlessness permeated their entire being. Despair spread through countless hearts, from which there was no escape.

23. 273 橙 Beneath the Orange Blossoms, the One I Loved Is Lost to Me 橙花之下，旧人再难寻 Zeng Hening曾姀凝10k WordsCompleted Beneath the Orange Blossoms, an Old Flame Is Lost to Me 610Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this short story; it's a wonderful tale that will linger long after you finish reading. Stripped of unnecessary filler, it concisely depicts a complete encounter and separation. The writing is simple and beautiful, and the characters' joys and sorrows are portrayed realistically and powerfully. Without exaggerated or melodramatic plot points, the emotions hidden within the ordinary are most likely to resonate with the reader. [Send a heart] If you're looking for something to read, click here and give yourself some quiet reading time.

24. 274 打 What If I Can't Beat Them? Guess I'll Have to Win Them Over 打不赢怎么办？只好选择攻略了 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine, lots of everyday life, no angst, a single romance] Su Bei tries to clear the game Fantasy World. After staying up all night and failing a hundred times, he finally ends this miserable experience. Not by beating the game, but by giving up. Wait! How did I transmigrate? But as Su Bei digs deeper, the truth has already changed beyond recognition… This is a redemption story spanning fifty thousand years. 34.3kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
25. 275 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery804k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 207.8kReads8.9Score29.2kShelves
26. 276 小 The Novel: Leaving the City 小说离城 Ms An XueyueMs安雪月Two Female Leads303k WordsCompleted [A blood-red gown topples the Three Kingdoms; twin flowers in a chaotic age rewrite the history of emperors] ▲Two heroines, intense angst and political intrigue▲Empress of a chaotic age x princess of a fallen kingdom▲Three emperors, six doomed romances▲Innocence and political scheming locked in an ultimate struggle▲ If I hadn’t taken your place in the imperial selection that day, could we have lived each other’s lives? During the darkest decade of the Great Song, Mo Li and Qingcheng, twin lotus 11Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    She gave her all for everyone, yet was hurt by everyone's good intentions. She, a Liao woman, grew up in the Song Dynasty, fell in love with a Jin Dynasty prince, and eventually became the Empress Dowager of Western Xia. The uniqueness of the Southern Song Dynasty, the mystery of Western Xia, the legend of Empress Dowager Luo, and the former glory of the Jin Dynasty—only after reading it do you realize that everything that happened had untold stories.

27. 277 重 After Being Reborn, I Gave the Poisonous Potato the Wicked Child Had Given Me Right Back to Him 重生后，我把恶童送我的毒土豆还给他 Zeng Hening曾姀凝11k WordsCompleted After Being Reborn, I Returned the Poisonous Potato the Bad Kid Had Given Me 398Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 烈 Blazing Flames Sweep the Plains: Whose Ming Dynasty Is Burning? 烈焰燎原，谁的大明在燃烧 The Rabbit on Hanlin Street翰林街的兔子Historical2.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting] [No System] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Struggle for Supremacy] [A nation's fortunes at the bottleneck of civilization] [The budding of capitalism entangled with tradition] [Less court politics, more focus on ordinary people] History isn't about romance and beauty. It's where human nature collides. It's about surviving with no resignation, no surrender, and no regrets. In the Great Ming dynasty, wastrels, hypocrites, and selfish men held power. Nurgan, the Hetao r 15.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    No one can save them.

29. 279 土 Bandits Humiliate His First Love, and the Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Rages Helplessly 土匪凌辱初恋十六岁少年无能狂怒 Sprout of the Tusi King's City土司王城的嫩芽Martial Arts1.1M WordsOngoing 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How much torture do you need to be satisfied?

30. 280 寒 The Winter Cicada Still Sings 寒蛰不住鸣 Zhi Xia织夏Ancient Romance466k WordsCompleted [The Grand Minister of the Dali Court × a married heir's wife, purely historical, male lead has a secret crush, both leads are each other's only partners, crime-solving, female supporting character transmigrates into a book] Dong Shushen, the daughter the prestigious Dong family had recently acknowledged, was married off as the Prince of Rong's heir's second wife. His household already had concubines. For three years, while the heir was stationed away with the army, she worked herself ragged man 133Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The first two books received many recommendations, but the third one is a rather tragic and suffocating story set in a corner of the Song Dynasty. The sense of powerlessness is overwhelming. When an emperor is so focused on peace and neglects his duties, one can imagine how powerless his ministers who advocate war must have felt. [Crying]

31. 281 说 They Promised a Dating Sim, So Why Is Everyone in Tears Over a Desperate Last Stand? 说好恋爱游戏，血战孤城全网泪崩 Green Wind Inkstone Guest青风砚客Urban717k WordsCompleted “Guys, trust me! Chen Jin's Heartstrings 1937 is absolutely the best Republican-era romance game of the year!” Awei, the top streamer in the pure-love (LSP) category with tens of millions of followers, drooled on stream with a VR headset on. “He said there'd be dozens of stunning women with different personalities for me to win over!” “He said I could change outfits with more than a thousand gorgeous qipaos and Western dresses!” “He said reaching max affection would unlock hidden scenes!” But th 3.3kReads6.5Score319Shelves

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    Under the guise of a romance game, it's actually a desperate battle for a lone city. Ambiguous feelings clash with the chaos of war, and all tenderness becomes exceptionally fragile in the face of life and death. Every character is fully fleshed out; many scenes brought tears to my eyes, and the ending was heartbreaking. It took me a long time to recover after finishing it. A must-read for those looking for something to read!

32. 282 恶 Evil Spirit Catcher 恶灵捕手 Eight Delicacies Cross the Sea八鲜过海Mystery5.4M WordsCompleted A horror game appeared on my phone, so I tried it… Only it wasn’t a game. It was a key to another world. The women’s restroom is clearly empty, so why is someone speaking from the last stall? Every night, why does elevator number one descend on its own? The chef at the second-floor restaurant works late every day, but what kind of meat is he always chopping? Is the person in the mirror really you? When you turn away, have you ever wondered whether your reflection stayed behind, quietly watching 761Reads8.2Score109Shelves

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    Of all the books with this title on Tomato Books, I've only read a few. The second one might be a bit difficult to read, but after finishing it, I feel it's the best book I've read on Tomato Books. Nothing in this world is perfect, so a book doesn't necessarily have to suit everyone's ideas in every way. Also, if you want something that fits the title, there's another book outside the site called... "Making a Copy of Life".

33. 283 初 A Detailed Guide to Middle School Math Chapters 初中数学章节详解 Little Baby Tomato小小番茄宝宝Urban199k WordsCompleted We help you master the key concepts and challenging points in class, as well as address students’ biggest learning difficulties, all carefully refined into this book, Detailed Chapter-by-Chapter Guide to Middle School Mathematics. Closely following the middle school math curriculum, the book is divided into modules by chapter. It covers all the core topics across middle school, from rational numbers, algebraic expressions, and equations to geometric figures and the fundamentals of functions. Eac 781Reads—Score201Shelves
34. 284 薄 Love Burns Beneath Thin Ice: President Fu’s Daytime Fireworks 薄冰灼爱：傅总的白日焰火 Sprout of the Tusi King's City土司王城的嫩芽Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted In the power struggles of a business empire, Fu Yichen, a cold and domineering CEO, rules the business world with an iron fist. But the infighting within his family and the relentless pressure from his rivals leave him exhausted, with every day feeling like a walk on thin ice. Then Su Nian, bright as the warm sun, enters his life. Her optimism and kindness gradually melt the ice in Fu Yichen's heart, but one trial after another lies ahead. Can their love blossom amid the crises surrounding them? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 285 只EN As Long as I Outlive You All, I Can Be Invincible 只要把你们都熬死，我就能无敌 Sour Candy酸宝Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted Cultivation is a path toward immortality, but one’s lifespan eventually runs out. That is why cultivators must keep advancing, becoming saints and emperors to extend their lives. Chen Xia, however, was the complete opposite. Ever since he transmigrated, he had been immortal, and he had also gained a stat-allocation System. For every year he lived, he earned one attribute point. And so, a legend arose throughout the Myriad Worlds about an ultimate schemer. “A gentleman’s revenge is never too late 70.3kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves
36. 286 我 My Years as a Feng Shui Consultant in the Entertainment Industry 我在娱乐圈当风水顾问的那些年 Bitter Melon with Flower Crab苦瓜炒花蟹Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted Corpse-oil lipstick, raising little ghosts, summoning fox spirits, tattooed talismans: some celebrities will stop at nothing to get famous and go viral. My name is Chen Tian. I'm a feng shui consultant who moves in entertainment circles, specializing in handling the aftermath for celebrities who rose to fame through supernatural means. 137.9kReads9.0Score26.2kShelves

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    After watching this, I don't want to watch the entertainment industry anymore.

37. 287 我EN I'm an Impostor, the Only Prophet in a Horror World 我是伪人惊悚世界唯一预言家 Mushrooms Stewed with Pig's Head蘑菇炖猪头Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Adapted into an animated series of the same name by Hongguo] [Not Mindless] [Dark Horror] [Prophet] [Impostors] [Survival] Impostors lurk among the people, while anomalous entities roam everywhere. This is the terrifying world of what comes after. Later generations call it the "Afterworld," or the "Backrooms." No one can find the impostors hidden among the crowds. All they can do is wait for the slaughter! Fortunately, Lin Yang received the role of [Prophet]. [Each day, you may check one person 387.2kReads8.2Score51.4kShelves

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    It's utterly hopeless. The protagonist is on the verge of madness. People are eating each other, ghosts are killing people, and people are killing each other. There's no way for humans to escape alive.

38. 288 辅 Useless Support? No, She's the Emperor of Lu Xing! 辅助无能？不，她是陆星皇帝！ An Xingjian安行简Modern Romance407k WordsOngoing [The heroine is the ultimate ruler, with many female supporting characters + strong heroine + world-leap plan + feel-good story + leader + no romance, no male lead] An alien species invades, and Lu Xing is thrown into chaos. With the survival of every race at stake, the great Executor, Her Imperial Majesty the Emperor, takes up the banner of hope. Dong Qing, a low-ranking soldier from the Great Yong Dynasty who transmigrated here, unlocks secret realms, creates a forum, builds a trading company, 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone else judged her to be useless in terms of support abilities, but little did they know that she was the protector of Lu Xing, the emperor who held the highest position.

39. 289 乾 Ruling the Martial World 乾定江湖 Zhang Maojun by the Bridge桥头的章袤君21k WordsCompleted The Realm Under Heaven, Pacified 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The mastermind wasn't revealed until the very end, and in the end, the mastermind won, and the plan unfolded perfectly.

40. 290 丧 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 Bei Bei Bei Fu北北北馥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 59.8kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves
41. 291 原 Genshin Impact: Eerie Teyvat 原神：诡异提瓦特，我只想活下去 The One of Old Has Forgotten Love昔人已忘情Anime Fanfiction4.1M WordsOngoing [Genshin Impact + Transmigration + The Supernatural + Horror + Rule-Based Mysteries + Regressing] Su Yuan transmigrates to Teyvat. Another, eerie power descends upon this world. All of Teyvat is affected to varying degrees. To save Fontaine, Furina endures five hundred years of loneliness. But just before the dawn of victory, the eerie influence drives her mad… “No one understands my loneliness… No one understands my fear… There’s no one I can confide in…” “Why should I make such selfless sa 7.3kReads9.2Score560Shelves

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    The first book is great, but it's a story of despair mixed with passion, kind of like Dragon Raja (it didn't plagiarize, it's just that both are youthful and action-packed). Fans of Dragon Raja can jump in without worry. It's the story of a group of heroes before the world falls into eternal night. The second book is a tragic novel disguised as a wish-fulfillment story; it was very popular a few years ago. The third book is truly despairing; seriously, even with a cheat system, it's still incredibly despairing. You can tell from the title of the fourth book [laughs].

42. 292 觉 I Awakened a Machine Soul, and Now I Miss Humanity 觉醒机魂的我，开始想念人类了 Unique Player个性玩家Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Interstellar Sci-Fi + Lin Qi Style + Healing Humanity + Character-Driven Plot + Transmigrate and Start Over + First-Person POV + Unraveling the Truth + Not Mindless + Not a Warhammer Story + Plausible Sci-Fi Concepts] Also known as: After Awakening a Machine Spirit, I Started Missing Humanity (This book is like the origin story of the Omnissiah, the God of All Machines. The protagonist's abilities and form will grow ever more powerful: first a robot, then a Titan mech, then a starship, then a s 1.4kReads8.9Score148Shelves

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    This isn't a mass-produced novel; the author is an experienced writer. It's quite angsty, perfectly matching the sense of powerlessness you mentioned. Is "hope" truly hope, or just bait? This book previously reached a 9.1 Rating, but it was overshadowed by its overly angsty nature, so it's now at this level, along with other miscellaneous reasons. Or, as the author previously mentioned, the anti-fans and other similar factors that resulted in a 7.9 Rating.

43. 293 被 The Imprisoned Immortal Lord, Captured in War 被囚禁的战俘仙君 Falling in a Frenzy疯疯疯落Two Male Leads300k WordsCompleted The story of an imprisoned captive Immortal Lord, held by his archenemy Demon Lord for the sake of all living beings. “Two male leads / forced hatred / imprisonment / humiliation / abuse / coercion / draw-a-bead game” The Immortal Lord and the Demon Lord fought each other for ten thousand years. In their final battle, the Immortal Lord was captured. His archenemy brought the captive Immortal Lord back to the Demon Palace and locked him up. “Kill you?” The Demon Lord gave him a half-smile. “That 7.3kReads8.5Score774Shelves

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    The beginning was quite difficult to watch, but Yu Wei, Jin Yan, Gui Shang, and Xuan Huwei's disciples are all such good kids...

44. 294 序EN Sequence: The Forbidden Scholar 序列：禁忌学者 Three Rivers三条河Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Cthulhu + Leveling Up + Cautious Protagonist + Despair] This is a broken world. Giant insects are migrating through the wasteland, shadows from the depths of the sea are rising into the shallows, and human cities are rotting from the foundations up. Lu Yuan transmigrates into this world and gains the ability to see the little line of gray text in the corner of his vision. Whatever he looks at, he gains points in. [Imperial Language: +1] [Pharmacology: +0.1] Countless points of experience gradua 139.7kReads8.3Score15.6kShelves
45. 295 早 If I’d Known, You Needn’t Have Made Me Transmigrate 早知如此，大可不必让我穿越 The Writer Who Draws码字的画家Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [System runs in the background, ordinary-person cultivation, not a wish-fulfillment story, tactical spell battles, starting from scratch] Tang Zhen was among the luckiest transmigrators out there. In the eighteenth year after his transmigration, thanks to a spell-copying System with simple mechanics but ridiculously powerful functions, he became the leader of the greatest generation of prodigies in a thousand years of cultivation. The pillars of the righteous sects looked after him with great ca 23.9kReads8.8Score2kShelves

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    This one is easy to be fooled by the name; you don't get a strong feeling just by looking at the name. But it's really the book that I've read that I really like the most from Tomato. It's quite poignant, and it really captures the feeling of a genius falling into the mortal world. You used to be one of the world's top geniuses, but now you want to do everything but can't. At first, you lost the ability to do things, and later you clearly had the ability but couldn't. From Seeking the True Lord of the Law to Gou'an, aside from the system, the protagonist is a genius in his own right; the system merely serves as icing on the cake. The plot is unconventional, truly not at all. In all my years of reading online novels, this one is completely free of formulas and clichés. The author's writing skills are strong, and the characters are well-developed and three-dimensional. The downside is that it's too gritty and there are occasional moments of frustration. However, there are also moments of satisfaction, such as the storyline of Seeking the True Lord of the Law's Great Dao supernatural powers, and the later plot of "The Lone Tree Blocks a Thousand Armies," where the frustration is genuine, a feeling of powerlessness. This book is not suitable for those who like pure, enjoyable stories; it's more suitable for careful reading. Based on my reading experience across various websites and software like Qidian, Qimao, and Tomato, this book has already reached publication standards.

46. 296 都 I'm Already SSS-Rank, Is Delivering Food a Crime? 都SSS级了，我送外卖犯法吗？ Dawn at the Starting Point起点晨曦Urban41k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Livestreaming + Food Delivery + Lighthearted and Heart-Pounding] [Orders can be late, but defending our homeland cannot wait.] [After I smashed a D-rank beast with one punch, the National Special Bureau assigned me an armored delivery vehicle.] The System said I was the toughest food delivery guy around. I told it, “You’re wrong!” “I’m the best delivery guy among the fighters.” When I livestreamed myself punching a Sickleclaw Beast, I thought I’d get five hundred in tips at most. T —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books will make you so envious you'd never dare to hope you could find them in your next life.

47. 297 元 The Revival of Vital Energy: Yuanqi, the Arrow God 元气复苏之元启箭神 Black-and-White Arrow黑白箭Urban1.0M WordsOngoing A new work is here. Welcome, everyone! In the future, the star system containing Blue Star breaks free from the barren zone. Elements and spiritual qi revive, and all kinds of plants and animals constantly mutate and evolve to adapt to their environment. Blue Star keeps growing larger as spiritual qi revives. Ancient species and the legacies of various eras emerge one after another, ushering in an age of fierce competition. Watch as the protagonist, Liu Yu, grows stronger and stronger and protec 49Reads8.2Score128Shelves

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    This book is quite good; it's a different kind of post-apocalyptic world, and features a different kind of archer.

48. 298 开 Teleported into a Goddess’s Bathhouse from the Start, I Become a Saint Through Dungeons 开局传送女神浴池，我靠副本成圣 Dawn at the Starting Point起点晨曦Sports331k WordsOngoing Modern high-martial arts + game invasion + urban beauties + many divine maidens from the Primordial World War King Lin Fan is discharged from the military with severe injuries. He plans to lose himself in a life of urban luxury, but the mysterious virtual game Primordial World Online comes looking for him. From the start, it’s a living hell, and he’s transported straight into a goddess’s bath... Luckily, he activates the Infinite Instance System, turning every perilous place into his private tra 6Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 299 死 The Dead Black 死去的黑 Ci Yuehan此阅寒90k WordsOngoing Darkness, crime, suspense, oppression, fear, criminal underworld, counterterrorism, tension, realism, twists, “autobiography,” “not the original work,” altered plot, layered foreshadowing, disguises, hypocrisy, playing the victim... In the darkness, a fierce gust of power swept through. A voice inside the house shattered my peace. “You still opened the sixth door. Greed, you still couldn't resist.” I stood where I was, facing the eighteenth level of hell that awaited me, my heart filled with dre —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Both books are adapted from the author's true experiences (with some lightening). The second book is already finished, while the first book is temporarily on hiatus due to the author's health reasons.

50. 300 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.7kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves

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    How about trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

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