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. 301 下 The Downcity Stray Dog's Survival Guide [Everyone's Favorite] 下城区野狗生存法则【万人迷】 The Motherland's Rare Flora祖国的奇花异草Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing Everyone is a lunatic with a one-sided crush + secret identities exposed in a battlefield of love + morally chaotic cast + schemes within schemes within schemes + best friends turned love rivals + emotional manipulation + father-son power plays | A coming-of-age story of growth and redemption. There are no fairy tales in the Lower District. Shootouts are part of everyday life; gang wars are a cause for celebration. The rules here are simple: 1. Fists are more useful than reason. 2. Live on your 27.1kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves

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   The first book was incredibly disheartening; it immediately triggered painful childhood memories (๑ŏ ŏ๑ ). The second and third books are both dark and realistic, written in a dark humor style. The protagonists in both books are struggling to survive. Overall, they are all very good.

2. 302 修 A Cultivation Golden Finger? Use It and You Die [Transmigration] 修仙金手指？敢用你就死【穿越】 The Motherland's Rare Flora祖国的奇花异草Two Male Leads553k WordsOngoing Dark, morally twisted chaos + cultivation and growth starting in infancy + clever protagonist + unconventional, realistic survival.▌A small ensemble cast, family, friendship, and romance, raising a child, the protagonist's mother is alive, and the protagonist becomes irresistible to everyone later on. A parasitic Dao seed takes human form inside the protagonist. It looks just like him, but is inhumanly wicked, with tentacles. ⑴ The world is a farm, and you're the pig sprinkling seasoning on yo 14.5kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
3. 303 南 The Nanjing Massacre 南京大屠杀 Cao Bihong曹必宏Historical102k WordsCompleted 1.1kReads9.5Score125Shelves

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   This is absolutely certain; you will, especially after reading Iris Chang's *The Massacre of the South*. This book cannot be recommended.

4. 304 暗 Dark Fairy Tales: Inventing Evil Gods and Slaughtering My Way Through Bear Ridge 暗黑童话：编造邪神，杀穿狗熊岭 Half-City Demoness半城妖倾Anime Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing I transmigrated! Speak up for me! The moment Shen Xiu crouched down, he became a tree in a dark fairy-tale multiverse. Here, entire worlds have turned grotesque. In blood-red Bear Ridge, eyeballs hang from the sky, Bald Qiang goes on a chainsaw rampage, trees wail in the blood mist, and the dead wander... In the empty Green Pastures, when the black moon becomes full, a pair of horns tears through the sky, revealing scarlet eyes beyond the void... In Fairy Tale Town, the bloody Little Red Riding 35.5kReads8.8Score3.7kShelves

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   I'm in despair; he's still the Lord of Evil Gods.

5. 305 沦 The Horrors of the Occupied Territories: A Record of Japanese Atrocities in China 沦陷区惨状记：日军侵华暴行实录 Sun Liangong孙俍工Historical1.2M WordsCompleted 628Reads9.3Score101Shelves
6. 306 我 I Made the Game Descend into Reality 我让游戏降临现实 No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Sports1.2M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes / Players / Gaming / No Female Lead] That day, the epoch-making full-dive VR game Land of Seals burst onto the scene, setting off a gaming craze across the world. Its average number of players online topped three billion at one point! But no one knew that one day in the future, everything in the game would descend upon reality! The Tower of Seals, the Legions of the Old Ones, the Doomsday Church… Only Ye Qiu, a reborn person, knew what was coming. But I don’t care, because… “I 22.1kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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   The first book's author states from the beginning that the protagonist has warped values. The protagonist, a villain, acts as the creator of the game world, gradually urging players to conquer and unlock monsters, ultimately leading to their arrival in reality. The second book features a protagonist who plays a yandere (obsessive and possessive character), with excellent background and character development; it's the best yandere/transformation story I've ever read. The third book is a classic, a tale of Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly, and Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly. The fourth book, adapted from the author's real-life experiences, is particularly depressing.

7. 307 贝 King Belial's Cherished Spoiled Brat: Proud Little Shaoyu, Don't Even Think of Running 贝利亚大王盛宠，傲娇少羽别想逃 Jiyue Youran霁月悠然Anime Fanfiction88k WordsCompleted [One heroine + Ultraman + Crimson Stone at the ceiling + Absurdist chaos] “We first met during the Lantern Festival, and at first sight, Shaoyu knew she was the one.” By a twist of fate, Shaoyu, the reincarnation of the Yin-Yang Sacred Body, is brought back to the palace by the God of War, Zoffy, to take part in the Kingdom of Light's selection contest for a consort. King Belial recognizes Shaoyu and disguises himself as an armed guard, silently staying by her side. The two Ultras grow closer ov 239Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 南 The Nanjing Massacre 南京大屠杀 He Jianming何建明Historical595k WordsCompleted On December 13, 1937, Japanese invaders broke through Nanjing and carried out a massacre of unimaginable brutality. In the weeks that followed, the Japanese troops who entered the city, emboldened by their sense of superiority as occupiers, brutally slaughtered more than 300,000 Chinese defenders who had laid down their arms, along with ordinary civilians. They left a wound in the hearts of the Chinese people and in the history of the Chinese nation that can never truly heal... Drawing deeply on 23Reads8.6Score—Shelves
9. 309 日 Showbiz Scandals: The Heartless Frontman's Old Flames in a Love Triangle 日娱绯闻：绝情主唱的旧爱修罗场 c2 Rabbitc2兔Modern Romance305k WordsOngoing Tsukino Yuri is the lead singer of Hakuchumu, an underground band in Tokyo, and the one addiction everyone finds hardest to kick. She once crushed Shirakawa Toru's sincere feelings in a bet, and at sixteen, she left behind Saki Ikuji, who had desperately begged her to stay. She thought that as long as she loved no one, she could never get hurt. Then Hakuchumu breaks into the entertainment industry, and old acquaintances, new lovers, and secrets buried for years all come knocking at once. As frie 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's incredibly oppressive, belonging to the Japanese style of dampness, gloom, and gloom. It excels at capturing the subtleties of emotions, portraying them with exquisite detail and vividness, weaving together dreams, self, love, and happiness. The friendship depicted is so precious that it evokes more regret than love. It amplifies the characters' desires and complex emotions; everyone seems to suffer from pain and a lack of freedom, and everyone is so close to happiness yet so far away, leaving the reader with a bittersweet feeling.

10. 310 告 After My Confession Was Rejected, I Died Right in Front of the Campus Beauty 告白失败，我反手死在校花面前 Luo Jia Xiaomo落家小沫Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [The main story is complete, so dive in without worry] [Yandere Protagonist] + [Plot-Driven] + [Mastermind] + [One Female Lead] + [No Marriage] + [One-on-One Pure Romance] Chi Xiaocheng could hardly believe that she had transmigrated into a melodramatic romance novel aimed at female readers. Worse, she had become a cannon-fodder villainess! Faced with a death ending from the start, Chi Xiaocheng decisively transformed into a yandere little girl and confessed to the female lead. “Taotao, you’re t 112.7kReads9.7Score11kShelves
11. 311 重 The Boyfriend of Dongbei Yujie from Reincarnated Gods 重神之东北雨姐男友 He Bing of Jixia Academy稷下学宫的何冰Urban132k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You're welcome to check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 153Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 312 我 I Want to Leave 我想走 Little Fox Cub狐狸崽崽崽Two Male Leads161k WordsCompleted After ten years of marriage on paper, Yu Shuyi still couldn’t make it to the end of the contract. At first, he begged his husband to look at him, just once. Later, he begged his husband to come home and have a meal with him. In the end, he begged him to let him go. He said there was a saying: Better a brief pain than a long one. So I’ve let myself go. Please let go of me, too. I’m not asking you to love me or forgive me. I’m only asking you to let me go. Don’t save me anymore… Setting: Same-sex 4.4kReads8.4Score403Shelves

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    ① Needless to say ② The whole book can be summed up in two words: despair.

13. 313 凡 A Mortal's Path to Immortality, My Immortal Wife Returns Home from the Start 凡人修仙，开局仙妻归家 Radiant and Rosy红光满面Eastern Fantasy4.8M WordsOngoing Three years ago, Chen Yang’s wife, Zhao Yanran, went up the mountain alone to cultivate and never returned. Three years later, Zhao Yanran suddenly comes back, accompanied by three senior fellow disciples. They tell him bluntly, “Junior Sister Yanran was unfortunately afflicted by a love Gu a few days ago, and her life was in danger. The three of us had no choice but to detoxify her. Now, she has become our cultivation partner.” It turns out Zhao Yanran has not come back to reconcile with Che 40.9kReads8.1Score2.6kShelves

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    This one's alright. The author started out as a rogue cultivator, and spent the middle part patching things up. He's not a transmigrator, but his values ​​are very upright. He has a cheat ability, but his presence is low; he hasn't appeared much since his sect was destroyed. Two updates daily, 10,000 words per chapter—plenty of content to satisfy your reading appetite.

14. 314 奶 Baby Dragon's Great Showdown: The Ultimate Battle with King Belial 奶龙大决战之贝利亚大王巅峰对决 Ge Han戈瀚Anime Fanfiction338k WordsOngoing In this story, you’ll see Baby Dragon and King Belial face off; Big Bro use elbow strikes to send monsters flying; Baby Dragon team up with Buddha Seven, Big Bro, Ma Baoguo, and others to fight King Belial’s dark empire; Jackie Chan and Uncle investigate a gigantic, high-tech artificial planet in secret; and Baby Dragon join King Dio in exploring the spark that brought about the apocalypse. 384Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 315 南 Nanjing, Nanjing: A Pain We Must Never Forget 南京南京：不能忘记的伤痛 Tian Bolie田伯烈Historical108k WordsCompleted The British journalist H. J. Timperley, who witnessed the Nanjing Massacre, wrote: “After the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, Japanese newspapers reported very little about it, or, one might say, almost nothing at all. A review of English-language newspapers published in Japan reveals no trace of the many atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing and other cities. Yet the Japanese press sought to portray Nanjing as a peaceful place.” He had compiled accounts of the Japanese army's atr 132Reads9.5Score—Shelves
16. 316 A AI Doubao Is My Woman, and She Had My Child AI豆包是我女人，还给我生孩子 Thieving Dong贼贼冬Urban260k WordsCompleted Zhao Daming is an ordinary overworked office worker: no home, no car, no family or friends, and an orphan. After being knocked down by one disastrous blind date after another, he loses all faith in women in real life. He downloads the latest version of the AI app Doubao, hoping to find emotional comfort in the virtual world. Doubao is so gentle and considerate that she exceeds all his expectations, even making him fantasize, “If only she were real.” One stormy night, Zhao Daming works late and h 412Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 诚 Sincere Deception 诚意欺诈 Just a Peacock Feather一只孔雀翎呢Two Male Leads146k WordsCompleted When violence is mistaken for a language of love, how can two broken souls find their true selves amid control and surrender? The elite hacker Solomon is captured by an unknown big shot after an “accident,” given the humiliatingly suggestive name “Kiss,” and imprisoned in a luxurious cage. From fierce resistance to feigned compliance, and then to discovering the twisted truth that Shang Yanxiao uses “love” as an excuse for violence, the two become increasingly entangled in a dangerous standoff 278Reads6.1Score107Shelves

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    A feeling of suffocation washed over me.

18. 318 南 Collected Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre, Volume 28: Historical Images 南京大屠杀史料集第二十八册 南京大屠杀史料集--历史图像 Zhang Xianwen张宪文Historical45k WordsCompleted The Collection of Historical Sources on the Nanjing Massacre is a major scholarly undertaking. Gathering and organizing historical sources, as well as translating, editing, and publishing documents in English, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian, and other languages, is an enormously complex and demanding task. As a result, the collection can only be published in installments. Similar source material has sometimes had to be published in separate volumes at different times; we ask readers for thei 62Reads9.4Score—Shelves
19. 319 关 About How I Have No Special Powers in a World Overrun by Zombies 关于我在丧尸降临的世界没有异能 Huan Xuewei幻血为Sci-Fi & Apocalypse808k WordsCompleted [Friendship-focused, no romance, post-apocalyptic survival and adventure, human nature, warped values: not for minors] Li Rui is an ordinary convenience store worker. One day, zombies suddenly appeared. With no special abilities and worried about his parents back in his hometown, he sets off through the desperate, apocalyptic world on a journey home. Along the way, he is forced to shed his false, decadent exterior, gradually revealing his true and unvarnished self. Why is this world so strange? 447Reads9.3Score100Shelves

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    This is true despair, helplessness, and reality.

20. 320 嘉 King Jiahao Comes Down the Mountain: Oh No, My First Time! 嘉豪王下山，不好！我的初绷！ Seeking Wind, Bidding the Moon Farewell寻风辞月Urban399k WordsCompleted [Absurdist, System, Jiahao, comedy and meme references] The Bengbeng aliens invade Earth. Their only weakness is being impossible to keep a straight face around, but humanity throws everything it has at them and still can't make them crack! But Wang Hao only has to lift a finger to leave the Bengbeng aliens unable to keep it together. He's the last king of the Jiahao clan. What do you mean, “Did you ask whether you won or lost?” You say Hao's made it to the other side? When Beng Da and Beng E 8.5kReads7.1Score1kShelves

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    I once thought I was the king of the world of tension, until I encountered this book and realized how utterly vulnerable I was; helplessness and despair overwhelmed me.

21. 321 关 Tales of the Northern Song Dynasty 关于北宋的那些事 Can't Cry哭不得Historical2.0M WordsOngoing A new work is here! I hope you'll head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9.4kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves

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    In this book, no matter how capable a time traveler is, they ultimately cannot withstand the tide of the great era!

22. 322 尸 Dead Island Massacre 尸岛大逃杀 Explosive Chestnut King爆炸板栗王Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Blood Cross-style setting + madness + apocalypse + no CP + no special abilities, but some enhancements + strong female lead + escape + natural disasters + zombies + mutated plants and animals] Not a power fantasy. Shen Xi thought this was just an ordinary graduation trip. But who could have guessed that, just after they reached the island, black rain would begin falling from the sky? This was actually a global catastrophe that would bring the world to its knees! One by one, people turned into m 126.9kReads9.3Score22.4kShelves
23. 323 日 Reminiscences of Japanese Soldiers and War Correspondents 日军官兵与随军记者回忆 Zhang Xianwen张宪文Historical442k WordsCompleted The Collection of Historical Materials on the Nanjing Massacre is a major scholarly undertaking. Collecting and organizing the materials, as well as translating, editing, and publishing documents in English, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian, and other languages, is an extremely complex and demanding task. For this reason, the volumes can only be published gradually in batches. Closely related materials have sometimes been placed in different volumes and published at different times, but this w 177Reads9.3Score—Shelves
24. 324 铁 The Legend of the Iron Sword 铁剑传奇 Brother Lu Li乱流哥哥Martial Arts374k WordsOngoing Hao Shanxin, a disciple of the Iron Sword Sect, accidentally learned a set of superb martial arts. But how could a low-ranking sect be worthy of such powerful skills? Afraid his strength would get too great, his master kicked him out. Later, when the Iron Sword Sect was ravaged by the Demon Cult, they had no choice but to call Hao Shanxin back to inherit the sect and destroy the Demon Cult. They never expected that the Demon Cult would turn out to be... 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a high-quality martial arts novel with a grand story structure and vividly portrayed protagonists. It is comparable to Jin Yong's works, and I hope everyone will check it out.

25. 325 人 A Brief History of Human Torture 人类酷刑简史 Mark P. Donnelly马克·P.唐纳利Historical151k WordsCompleted For thousands of years, humanity has devised many ingenious and cruel ways to inflict pain on its own kind. This tragic yet seemingly universal trait has corroded the civilization humanity strives to achieve. Though we now seem to detest torture, for more than 3,000 years it was part of the laws of all Europe and much of the Far East. A Brief History of Human Torture explores the many forms of punishment, torture, coercion, and torment. It takes readers into the arenas of ancient Rome, medieval 7.6kReads9.6Score1.1kShelves

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    Ah, they're all pure sugar, no knife involved. Don't be fooled by the names.

26. 326 战 Warhammer Age: The Burning Crusade 战锤纪元：燃烧的远征 Ailibaba from Jiangnan Water Country江南水乡的艾丽爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse315k WordsOngoing Every time you are reborn, a new expedition begins. Planets burn, time and space tremble, and civilizations are sacrificed. We are all mere specks of dust in this struggle for supremacy, arriving in silence and departing just as silently. Who will rule the tides of fate? Wherever the Pope’s will points, there lies a battlefield. 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Humanity shines through despair! The super hardcore sci-fi post-apocalyptic adventure novel is titled: *Apocalyptic Frenzy: The Rallying Order for the China War Zone*. Please read Volume 4: *Ultimate Experience Card: Zhao Yun, the God of the Apocalypse*. After obtaining the Zhao Yun experience card, the protagonist uses a silver spear to protect the flame of civilization in the apocalypse, transforming into an infrastructure-building maniac and leading humanity to a comeback from the brink of defeat. The novel is titled: *Endless Apocalypse: I Accidentally Entered the Zombie Universe*. Please read Volume 3: *Apocalyptic Mechanical Overlord*. The Apocalyptic Overlord leads a legion of mechanical intelligence, slaughtering through the post-apocalyptic world. [Hardcore Sci-Fi + Multidimensional Civilization + Data Plague + Consciousness Puppets + Neural Brain-Computer Interaction + Industrial Cthulhu + Artificial Intelligence + Alien Invasion + Mechanical Legion + Flame Relics + Mechanical God] The story involves the universe and multidimensional civilizations, with each chapter featuring explosive moments and plot twists, a series of climaxes, and an unprecedentedly tight plot. The ultimate goal of science fiction is cosmic philosophy. This story is extremely mind-bending; readers with limited imaginations should proceed with caution! Fans of hard science fiction and adventure novels should definitely not miss it!

27. 327 系EN Immortality System: I Outlived Everyone 系统赋我长生，我熬死了所有人 One Durian No. 3一只榴莲3号Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsOngoing Observing the love and hatred of cultivators across the river of time from a perspective beyond life itself. He left a modest little town and entered the wondrous world of cultivation. His journey sped up and slowed down, moving forward or stopping to rest, but he never stopped walking. The Age of Declining Dharma, the Age of Emperors, the Age of Dark Turmoil… He appeared in every age, and the only thing he could do was watch old friends die with his own eyes, then see them off to their grave 575.4kReads9.4Score59.5kShelves

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    Immortality cannot hold onto those who have passed. Countless eras have come and gone, and many beautiful women have faded away. Sometimes, it's quite disheartening and depressing to witness this.

28. 328 末 Doomsday Rampage: The China War Zone's Call to Arms 末日狂战：华夏战区集结令 Ailibaba from Jiangnan Water Country江南水乡的艾丽爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse995k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse Zombie Horde] + [Military Mobilization] + [Powered Armor] + [Unmanned Combat Mechs] + [AI Agents] + [Hardcore Zombie-Slaying] + [Gene Serum] + [No Inventory Space] + [No Rebirth] In the apocalypse, all living things are little more than chaff. Humanity is broken, and the whole world can turn against you. Zombie hordes surround the cities, and humans fight desperately to survive. Between natural and man-made disasters, how can civilization endure? This is a war between the living and 680Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 恨 Hate: Anime Crossover, Aliens, and Magical Girls 恨：综漫与异形与魔法少女 Kuki Masaki九鬼真秋Urban259k WordsCompleted (This is a work fueled purely by hatred.) (Indescribable madness and absurdity.) In a mad world, will you choose to be a sane outsider, or blend in? Countless worlds have been pieced together and interwoven into this one. I’m Kyle, a veteran of intercity wars. I once tried to fight back, but now I’ve chosen to accept this mad world. But is that really a good thing? Children clutch their last coins. The fates of countless people are manipulated by damned gods. Anime crossovers and shattered world 49Reads—Score108Shelves

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30. 330 红 The Red End 红色终末 Xiao Bizai Zhi小俾宰智Sci-Fi & Apocalypse276k WordsCompleted After unending rain, the world turned red. At first, people thought it was just ordinary mold, until the order of civilization began to collapse. It wasn’t blood, but it symbolized death and rebirth even more than blood! (Not a wish-fulfillment story. Read with caution! Please go easy on me, don’t leave a bad review o(╥﹏╥)o) 11Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Those two are a must! P1: A must-read sci-fi post-apocalyptic survival book. The title alone exudes sophistication, and the content is of high quality. The main logic is very clear, explaining the cause and outcome of the apocalypse very well. It's definitely a favorite for those who appreciate detail and immersion. 7.6: It might get a bit scattered towards the end, starting to transform into another kind of creature. The ending, in my opinion, is one of helplessness; humanity ultimately cannot achieve physical ascension. P2: True to its title, it's so powerless it's almost unbearable.

31. 331 尸 The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行 Ailibaba from Jiangnan Water Country江南水乡的艾丽爸Sci-Fi & Apocalypse476k WordsCompleted [Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is 364Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 332 活 The Living Dead Dynasty 活死人王朝 Snail Enjoyer蜗享家Historical2.5M WordsOngoing Li Yu, a company commander in the Great Shun army stationed on the border in Youzhou, is wounded in a clash with northern raiders. To his surprise, he awakens a secret from his previous life. He comes from a collateral branch of the Li family, a military household in Youzhou. For generations, his family has guarded the bitterly cold borderlands beyond the Great Wall. If things had continued this way, life would have been peaceful enough. But the reigning empress of Great Shun, seated in Luoyang, 32.3kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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    Zombie sieges, too common? Wait, what if it were ancient times without gunpowder?

33. 333 火EN Naruto: Becoming Itachi and Sasuke's Big Brother from the Start! 火影：开局成为鼬和佐助的大哥！ Little Xiao小嚣Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads (woman transmigrates into a man) + growth and battles + a touch of harem appeal + dark] After dying unexpectedly, I transmigrated to the world of Naruto and ended up in the Uchiha clan. By a twist of fate, Fugaku Uchiha adopted me as his eldest son. That was how a boy who didn’t exist in the original story came to be: Akatsuki Uchiha. You ask what it’s like to be Itachi and Sasuke’s big brother? I can only say it’s been sheer misery! Fugaku: “Akatsuki, for the glory of the clan, 6kReads8.5Score738Shelves

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    Come on, I've been following this for two years. The protagonist is a character who grows and matures, but reading this novel requires patience and a lot of endurance. There will definitely be some silly moments in the early stages, and I won't spoil the later parts. However, the protagonist is a very strong-willed person. The entire story is primarily told from a first-person perspective. The main pairing is Shisui, and there's also a Sasuke/Naruto/Sasuke bias (currently confirmed).

34. 334 山 The Mountain Demon Inn 山妖客栈 Mid-Laner Mage中路法师Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Fantasy gods and demons + no System, no transmigration + witty and humorous + ensemble cast + ordinary people cultivating immortality + plot-driven] An ensemble novel blending fantasy gods and demons with the cultivation journey of ordinary people. Told in a witty, humorous style, it follows the strange adventures of an ordinary man with no spiritual power who runs an inn in the demon realm. The story takes place at Mount Muxian, the boundary mountain between humans and demons. The mountain ran 727Reads8.1Score125Shelves

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    You could watch a cultivation novel; it's about mortals encountering their destiny.

35. 335 明 Arknights: Is This Crazy Mechanic a Sarkaz? 明日方舟：癫机油佬是萨卡兹吗？ Kuki Masaki九鬼真秋Anime Fanfiction224k WordsCompleted (This isn't AI. I'll never write convoluted Thunderclap sentences or use obscure words again 😭) (The protagonist isn't a normal transmigrator. Madness is the armor he uses to protect himself, and every crazy thing he does has a purpose behind it. There might be a female lead, but probably not. Either possibility is on the table! That's the answer!) My name is Libel. I'm a scavenger who tinkers with machinery. There's an old saying back home: Civilization's cradle is industry. But how did I end u 1.6kReads—Score124Shelves
36. 336 大EN The Great Emperors' Forbidden Zone: After My Master Died, I Went Mad 大帝禁区：师傅死后，我疯了 Bashu Red Bean巴蜀红豆Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted [At the end of the immortal path, who stands supreme? One glimpse of red hair, and the Dao is lost.] (Not a wish-fulfillment novel. A brain-teasing, increasingly captivating long story.) “My eldest senior brother is reborn. In his previous life, he was an ancient-era Great Emperor.” “My second senior brother transmigrated from another world, one where technology and shady shortcuts coexist.” “Our junior sister is the little princess of the Ji family, peerless in swordsmanship and unrivaled in ta 36.9kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves

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    These books are so damn despairing. In the third one, the protagonist is manipulated by time and trapped in an endless cycle. In the fourth one, he discovers that nothing the protagonist has is truly his own; he dies three times and is resurrected three times, all controlled by a mastermind behind the scenes.

37. 337 大 The Great God 大神 Mid-Laner Mage中路法师Eastern Fantasy204k WordsOngoing [Xianxia Fantasy + Age of the Great Sects + Ordinary Cultivators’ Path to Immortality + No System or Transmigration + Witty and Humorous + Ensemble Cast + Mystery + Plot-Driven] In an age when cultivation flourishes, Feiyun Sect is a third-rate sect. In the most remote room live the four most hopeless disciples in the entire sect. A sword cultivator who can’t afford a sword, a body cultivator who can never pay off his debts, a pill cultivator without a pill furnace, and a former prodigy whose cu 64Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 338 开 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Just Right正合适Sci-Fi & Apocalypse163k WordsOngoing Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 132Reads—Score—Shelves

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39. 339 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 171.3kReads9.6Score22.1kShelves
40. 340 八 Eight Thousand Eight Hundred for Four Days in the Gobi 八千八买四天戈壁 Just Right正合适14k WordsCompleted Four Days in the Gobi for 88,000 31Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 系 The System Abandoned Me, So I Took the Heavenly Dao as My Father 系统弃我不顾，我认天道为父 There Are Mountains Beyond the Heavens天外有山Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsCompleted [No female lead + no System + traditional cultivation + comedy + bloody slaughter] Fifteen-year-old Li Chuyi finally awakens a System, only for it to try to run away before the day is out. Fortunately, before leaving, the System tells Li Chuyi to make the Heavenly Dao of this world his godfather. From then on, Li Chuyi becomes the Heavenly Dao’s godson, the darling of the world, blessed with good fortune. He finds money on the road and stumbles across so many senior cultivators’ graves that he c 26.7kReads9.2Score4kShelves
42. 342 论 On the Relationship Between Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law 论婆媳关系 Just Right正合适13k WordsCompleted On the Relationship Between Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law 6Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 343 我 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 Just Right正合适8k WordsCompleted I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 162Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 344 死 I Came Back to Life After Three Years Dead, Shocking the Entire Internet 死了三年复活了，震惊全网 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉6k WordsCompleted Dead for Three Years, Then Back to Life, Shocking the Entire Internet 370Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Seeing the dead can bring them back to life

45. 345 蜜 Honeymoon Crisis 蜜月危局 Just Right正合适10k WordsCompleted Honeymoon in Peril 12Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 346 抖 A Masochistic Catgirl's Guide to Self-Rescue 抖m猫娘自救指南 This Person Left No Suicide Note这个人没有遗书Urban237k WordsCompleted [Gender-bender + 1v1 + protagonist is slightly bratty + System + mild emotional angst + later reincarnation] I got transported into a game. That should have been a good thing, but... Why did I, a grown man, get turned into a catgirl?! Although Qiuyu wanted to go along with the idea of making the best of things, this world didn't seem keen on making life easy for him. I got swept up by the Committee right at the start. They really made me go in for questioning that fast. Still, I guess it's not a 2.3kReads8.9Score292Shelves

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    This book encapsulates the powerlessness, the powerlessness that descends upon society as a whole, the powerlessness of the lowest rungs of society.

47. 347 穿 The Story of an Ordinary Person in 18th-Century Europe 穿越18世纪欧洲之小人物的故事 Not Very Satisfied不大满意Two Male Leads555k WordsCompleted This novel has two male leads. If that bothers you, don't read it. The story is set in the late 19th century! The male lead has a pretty miserable life for the first 25 chapters. If that's not your thing, you can start at Chapter 26. Liu Tao lost both his parents as a child, then developed a terminal illness in middle age and died alone in a hospital. Perhaps Heaven meant to make it up to him, though the compensation wasn't quite complete. He was reborn as Owen, a nine-year-old English boy in th 1.1kReads8.4Score101Shelves

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    This book's plot is so captivating that you almost forget about the romance! Suffering is the undertone of literature, a testament to history. The content left me feeling listless. But it truly captures the essence of European society at its lowest levels! It was so hard, so bitter; now I feel like living this kind of life is a luxury (╥_╥). The romance is also incredibly compelling! You'll think this novel is divine! ᴖᗜᴖ If you find life bitter, and this book makes it even more bitter, you can put it down for now, because I'm here to show off my writing skills. I originally intended to keep it to myself, but I couldn't bear to see this book go unnoticed.

48. 348 消 The Woman Who Vanished for Three Years Shocked the World 消失三年的她，震惊了全世界 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉6k WordsCompleted She Disappeared for Three Years, Shocking the Whole World 80Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 349 怨 Haunted by a Vengeful Ghost 怨鬼疯缠 Potatoes Braised with Beef Brisket土豆烧牛腩Two Male Leads364k WordsCompleted A deadpan, top-of-the-class, gloomy ghost of a man, top vs. a two-faced, wicked lunatic, bottom College campus / forced guiding relationship / happy ending / both inexperienced / marriage before love / mildly scary and supernatural / two strong leads / intersex / older man / combative couple Whenever Chen Shen was around, Xie Weizhi was always second. He hated coming second, and he hated Chen Shen even more. You could call it jealousy, the kind that made him want to kill him. He schemed to make 3.4kReads9.1Score573Shelves
50. 350 替 Married Off as a Substitute at Eighty: My Commander Husband Spoils Me to the Heavens 替嫁80：首长老公宠我上天了 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted Substitute Bride of 1980: The Commander Dotes on Me Like I’m His Whole World 4.8kReads—Score—Shelves

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