High Intelligence, Deduction, Putting Profit First, and Scheming 智商高 推理 以利益为重 算计

1. 1 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 118kReads9.5Score12.7kShelves

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   The second book was especially good.

2. 2 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
3. 3 凶 Murder Case: The Mystery of Death 凶案：死亡之谜 Yue Cheng悦成Mystery208k WordsCompleted [A brilliant detective captain VS a host of highly intelligent murderers] When I thought this was an ordinary murder case, I discovered that the killer had led me astray. When I thought I had arrested the killer, I discovered he was nothing more than a scapegoat. When I thought I was close to the truth, I discovered the killer had committed suicide. When I thought the case had been hastily wrapped up, I discovered that the real killer was actually... 16Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 地 The Eighteenth Level of Hell: No Lying Allowed 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 74.6kReads9.1Score11.6kShelves

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   My personal assessment of the first book is that it takes more than ten days to finish. The second book has a slower pace in the beginning, but you can patiently read up to around chapter 21. The third book is very exciting.

5. 5 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Built a Web Novel Empire 穿越后，我创建了网文帝国 Jie Explains杰解说Urban225k WordsCompleted [No Harem + No System + The Heroine Is the Main Villain + Villains Stay Clever + No Clichés + The Protagonist Doesn’t Play Weak or Show Off] Lin Chen wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to a parallel world. Its technology is similar to that of Blue Star. The difference is… this world has no online literature. Lin Chen, a failed novelist on Blue Star, unexpectedly builds his own literary empire here. (Note: Male lead: Lin Chen. Female lead: Zhou Ting) 4Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 年 Only Eight Years Old, He Is Rushed Into Taking the Throne! 年方八岁，被仓促拉出登基称帝！ At Ease at the Edge of the World天涯逍遥Historical2.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the imperial family of the Yu Dynasty, Chu Ling found himself a son born to a concubine, without power or influence, and with a weak maternal clan. It seemed his best option was to become an idle prince, surrounded by beautiful women, frequenting pleasure quarters and indulging in wine and song. But the new emperor died suddenly less than a year after ascending the throne, and fate played a cruel joke on Chu Ling, forcing him down an entirely new path! 12.8kReads8.6Score946Shelves
7. 7 早 I Cleared the Game Ages Ago, and You’re Only Now Pulling Me into the Horror Game 早通关了，你才拉我进怪谈 City God城神Mystery2.4M WordsCompleted [Invincible] [No Female Lead] After practicing for two and a half years, Jiang Zhe cleared a game called Rule-Based Horror. After clearing it, he transmigrated into the world of Rule-Based Horror. Every country in the world selects one chosen player. Winners bring their nation prosperity. Losers have a monster randomly descend upon one of their cities, where it wreaks havoc for 48 hours. Jiang Zhe is selected and awakens an SSS-rank talent: “Unscientific Summoning,” which lets him summon p 10.6kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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   It's seriously amazing! I didn't read much of the first book, but the protagonist in the second one is incredibly calm and collected. He's so cool and handsome, remaining composed even in dangerous situations. I'm totally hooked!

8. 8 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5kShelves
9. 9 官 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban537k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.3kReads8.7Score128Shelves

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   A battle of wits and courage on the hidden front

10. 10 解 Dissociators: The Chronicles of Saint Judas Island 解离者：圣犹大岛纪事 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery203k WordsCompleted On the picturesque island of St. Judas, a series of locked-room mysteries and cunning murders unfold. The person who comes to solve them is a professional assassin. He understands killing and strategy, using a killer's instincts to unravel one impossible crime after another. Beneath the sunlit island, lies, old grudges, and conspiracies steadily rise to the surface. With classic locked-room mysteries at its heart, an immersive deserted-island atmosphere, and four linked cases, the story asks at 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A must-have: American crime fiction series

11. 11 冮 Gangcheng Storm 冮城风暴 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Mystery414k WordsCompleted [Officialdom + Power Plays + Big Shots + Suspense + Business + Deduction] A woman jumps to her death, and the clues point to the senior management of Jiangzhou Group. Canada’s Shen Group moves in, along with America’s Grid and Japan’s Cai Si… Who is the player, and who is the pawn? Power struggles in high places draw government officials into the fray… Powerful officials make their moves, foreign forces intervene, and a contest unfolds over the nation’s major Jiangzhou No. 1 Project… The male an 358Reads8.5Score—Shelves
12. 12 潜 Lying Low on a Lonely Island 潜伏孤岛 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban126k WordsCompleted Shanghai in 1941 is a battlefield without gunfire. Lin Mo, the youngest chief of the secretariat in the Wang Jingwei regime, conceals a Browning pistol beneath his immaculate suit and deadly sharpness behind his gold-rimmed glasses. When he finds a classified message encrypted with the “Plum Blossom Cipher” in a safe, cold sweat soaks through his shirt. There is a traitor within the organization, and this person knows that he is the Chinese Communist Party’s ace agent, code-named “Winter Plum.” 519Reads—Score104Shelves
13. 13 星 Interstellar Black Hole 星际黑洞 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Sci-Fi & Apocalypse231k WordsCompleted [Sci-fi + apocalypse + spaceflight + cosmic exploration + interstellar + black holes] Liu Weiqiang wakes from a long slumber to discover he is aboard the Shenzhou 88 spacecraft. Beside him is a talking dog, and the two set off on an incredible interstellar journey... Earth-like planets, planets that dance for joy, mysterious distress signals, the stars of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, fragments of spacetime, stellar explosions, portals, two Bai Ling, life on Earth devastated beyond recognition: h 19Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 激 Fierce Resistance War 激情抗战 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban271k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + transmigration + heroes + espionage + behind enemy lines + the spirit of Bright Sword + multiple heroines + revenge] Shen Guohui, a police academy student, transmigrates to Jinling in 1937 while visiting the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Enraged, he kills Iwane Matsui, the Japanese army's supreme commander. With help from Jiang Dan, his family's tutor, he escapes the residence and runs into Luo Manyun, Chen Gang, and other Nationalist special forces operatives planning an 61Reads8.1Score—Shelves
15. 15 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score207.7kShelves

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    These two books really live up to the title, and they're super good; definitely worth buying.

16. 16 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 518.8kReads9.7Score68.3kShelves
17. 17 黄 A Dream of Huangliang: The Mad Heroine Hates Me to the Bone 黄粱一梦，疯批女主竟恨我入骨 Cowherd Boy of Lonely Mountain孤山放牛娃Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning and Devious + Invincible Among His Peers] Ye Lingtian transmigrates into a romance-and-intrigue novel as the villainous Third Prince of Great Zhou. From the start, he’s supposed to marry the heroine, Feng Huojun? On their wedding night, the crazy heroine tries to kill me. The reason? She loves me to the point of obsession? As the poison-coated dagger sinks into my heart, I know I’m done for. This villain really doesn’t survive pa 68.2kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves

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    ✨High intelligence, reasoning, strategizing, breaking through barriers, and more! [Learned] From strategizing within a sect, to strategizing within a nation, and then to strategizing globally! 🔥Decisive and ruthless, neither a saint nor mindless!

18. 18 不 Not to Be Trusted 不可信奉 After Dusk昏黄之后Mystery1.9M WordsCompleted This world is full of the bizarre. Every household worships a god, and the more devout you are, the more power you gain. Everyone longs to become a god. New to this world, Jiang Yuan refuses to worship. His blood-red cleaver tears through the beautiful veil covering the world. Beneath that veil, the real world is mad, violent, and evil. Surrounded by monsters, he realizes that he is the one who doesn't belong. He has to survive. 22.1kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    ① A bizarre world where intrigue and scheming are everywhere for survival and profit. ② A masterpiece by Tomato, a survival game with high intelligence and complex reasoning.

19. 19 惊 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 Tender Little Puppy香嫩的小狗Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves

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    "Chen Ji, you murdered your mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse until your arrest. You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and will soon be transferred to a mental hospital for supervision. Do you have anything else to say?" The black-haired boy in front of me slowly raised his head, his expression calm. I reiterated, "I didn't kill my mother..." "It was a ghost."

20. 20 我 Who Touched My Novel? 我的小说谁动的 Grinding All Beings' Blood into Ink众生血研墨Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Xue Mo sat at his computer, typing away with great concentration. “Knock, knock, knock!” A series of urgent knocks sounded at the door. “Who is it?” Xue Mo asked, puzzled, as he went to the door. “The police.” Through the peephole, he saw two people in police uniforms standing outside. One of them held up his police identification. “Does Xue Mo live here?” “Yes, that’s me.” Xue Mo hurriedly opened the door. “We’ve found that several recent murder cases closely match your novel. We need you to as 1.8kReads8.8Score219Shelves

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    These are all good. The first one is a must-read; it's all about planning ahead, and reading it makes you feel like you're developing a brain. Everyone is highly intelligent, everyone has their own schemes, and everyone is a liar. I'm about to start lying! The second book is also very good, but the updates are a bit slow. The protagonist is mistakenly identified as a murder suspect, confronts the police, confronts the murderer, and remains convinced of his own innocence. The plot isn't complex, and there aren't many characters, but the author's descriptions are meticulous, creating a high level of suspense, often leaving you wondering who the killer is.

21. 21 我 I Created the Committee for the Management of Forbidden Objects! 我创造了禁忌物管理委员会！ Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban675k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Behind the Scenes] [Somewhat Dark] In a bustling city, mysterious items with incredible powers and negative side effects begin to appear. They are called Pandora, also known as Forbidden Objects. 3-001, Marquardt’s Mask. 3-002, Lilith’s Blood Needle. 2-00X, Eris’s Magic Mirror. 0-001, Forbidden Ring. … A mask that lets its wearer become someone else; a silver hairpin that, once driven into a person’s heart, drains every drop of blood from their body and prolongs its owner 7.5kReads8.5Score650Shelves
22. 22 绝 The Doomed Witness 绝命证人 Chaser of the Sunset追夕阳的人Mystery420k WordsCompleted What is evil? Anything born of weakness is evil! Fang Ya survived a massacre that wiped out his entire family. Nourished by the flowers that bloomed from the seeds of evil, he resolved to become a police officer. Ahead of him lay countless baffling cases: A murder in a locked room at a wealthy family’s estate, a deranged artist who kills, a deadly game of love, a killer who hovers at the boundary between life and death to carry out euthanasia, the vicious crimes of a social group whose members a 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A spy within a spy, a scheme within a scheme, twists and turns upon twists, you'll never guess who the killer is! [Smile]

23. 23 斩 Slay the Gods: The Demon Venerable of Mortal Life 斩神：浮生魔尊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wake up in a world that's both strange and familiar? Have you ever wondered if the friends of old might one day stand before you as enemies? Have you ever wondered which way you'd turn when forced to choose between an old friend and your own life? My name is Fang Sheng. I have a bit of a sweet tooth, especially for cake. 84.2kReads9.1Score9.4kShelves
24. 24 斩 Slay the Gods: It Was Just a Sacrifice, So How Did I Become the Villain? 斩神：献祭而已，咋就成反派了？ I Won't Fall as Long as the Little Tree Stands小树不倒我不倒Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Slaying Gods + No Female Lead + Hunting the Mysterious + Sacrifice + Bronze Coffins] Song Zhong transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and awakens a Sacrifice System. Ten bronze coffins sit in the System’s storage space. By hunting the mysterious or the supernatural, he can earn Sacrifice Points. Those points can activate the ancient coffins and let him draw on the abilities of their owners. “This System looks pretty messed up! But I like it!” To hunt the mysterious, Song Zhong decides t 6kReads8.0Score616Shelves
25. 25 无 Murder Without Guilt 无罪谋杀 Yu Chen宇尘Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted The most horrifying murders, the most unfathomable truths!! Cannibal banquets, the silenced woman, the frozen lover, the Nanda murderer turning himself in, sacrificial paintings made of human skin, ghostly figures in mirrors... You could never understand, by ordinary reasoning, the true motives hidden behind these terrifying and bizarre murder cases. Let a psychiatrist skilled in hypnosis guide you, from a unique perspective, into the minds of these terrible criminals and uncover the chilling tr 429Reads8.8Score—Shelves
26. 26 提 I Raise My Employees' Salaries, and You Say I'm Disrupting the Market! 提升员工工资，你说我扰乱市场！ Dong Fenghu东风胡Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The short drama is now online: I raised my employees' wages, and you say I'm disrupting the market] [Business growth, globalization, cross-industry expansion, coming-of-age story] How do you rate the youngest person ever to become the world's richest man on the Forbes list? Economic Times: “The whole world is working for Song Jiang!” Peace Master: “Thank you, Song Jiang, for your contributions to peace. The world has never been more peaceful!” America: “Damn it! China is so despicable! He's usi 52.2kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves

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    A mind-bending, fast-paced novel about getting rich and starting out.

27. 27 白 The White Whale Game: A Slaughter Feast Beneath the Neon 白鲸游戏：霓虹下的杀戮盛宴 Wo Pi Fei我皮飞Mystery719k WordsCompleted A familiar, pleasant Nokia ringtone. A Nokia phone that never runs out of power. A death game from a higher dimension. A killing spree lurking beneath the neon lights. College student Chen Hao has just succeeded in taking revenge when he receives a Nokia N97 phone at the brink of death, badly injured. The only app on it is WeChat. The moment he opens WeChat, he joins a game. This game from a higher dimension will grant him one wish if he completes a hundred rounds. 76Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The first book is absolutely fantastic, but the ending is terrible. You think what you see is the truth? This book will show you that seeing isn't always believing; the author loves to deceive, with endless plot twists. The only downside is the ending; if you can't handle that, don't read it. The second one is, needless to say, Tomato's number one masterpiece, and the third one is also highly recommended.

28. 28 特 Special Cleaner, Occasional Crime Scene Stager 特殊清洁员，偶尔也布置案发现场 South Morning, North Moon南晨北月Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (Content warnings: no female lead, no romantic ambiguity, dark plot, protagonist is not a good person, lighthearted everyday tone) (No female lead does not mean no female supporting characters. Recommended that you stay away. The male lead is very much a criminal, not a positive role model, and people get killed on a regular basis.) Good news: He transmigrated. Bad news: The body’s original owner seems to have just killed someone. Is Qi Shu panicking? He’s practically panicking to death. After a 511Reads8.6Score102Shelves
29. 29 全 Manhunt Across the City: I'm Really Not a Criminal 全城围捕：我真不是罪犯啊 Yuan Mu圆目Mystery657k WordsCompleted When he opens his eyes, Chen Mu, a former criminal police officer in his previous life, discovers that he has been reborn in a parallel world. And he has become an escaped convict wanted for an entire family’s murder! Shrill police sirens ring across the city as heavily armed officers close in from every direction. A net of traps leaves no way out. Ding! [Escape System issuing a mission] [Main Mission: Publicly serialize and update the story of your escape] [Side Mission: Find the real culprit b 57.6kReads8.5Score4.7kShelves

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    A high-IQ crime!! The protagonist transmigrates to another world but is falsely accused of murder. To prove his innocence, he escapes from prison, embarking on a path of no return—a relentless confrontation with the "hat-wearing uncle." However, just when he has found the killer and cleared his name, a sudden phone call drags him back into the abyss!! An absolutely high-IQ crime!!

30. 30 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    With high intelligence, he collects information databases of the entire world through cultivation techniques, uses the databases to predict the future, scheme against enemies, has multiple clones, and his main body hides in the background to remotely control everything.

31. 31 模 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 Chilly Early Autumn初秋微寒Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi 80.8kReads9.1Score7.6kShelves
32. 32 让 I Asked You to Simulate Crimes, and You Became a Master Criminal? 让你模拟犯罪，你成犯罪大师了？ Moon on Stone石上月Mystery286k WordsCompleted Li Xiwen transmigrates to another world, unexpectedly joins a simulated crime show, and gets bound to a Master Criminal System! Starting out as an ordinary contestant nobody believes in, he becomes the world’s undisputed master criminal. The show aims to warn people not to commit crimes: no matter the method, the criminals will be caught. But Li Xiwen changes everything. “Oh my god, escaping from prison, counterfeiting money, committing the perfect crime... Is there anything Li Xiwen can’t do?” 1.1kReads8.2Score—Shelves
33. 33 我 My 99 Perfect Hunts 我的99次完美狩猎 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Realism] [High-IQ crime] [Masterful mind games] [No female lead] [For readers who love logic] The police in Xikang City received a phone call from someone calling himself Ghost, who claimed he would kill a certain person in three days. More than that, he wanted the police to rush out and protect the target. He intended to carry out the killing under the police's tight security. The police took the threat extremely seriously and made careful preparations. When the three days were up, the result 39.6kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
34. 34 大 The Great Zhou Dynasty’s Number One Immortal Merchant 大周第一仙商 Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy250k WordsOngoing Chen Lu transmigrates to a xianxia world, born with blocked meridians and unable to cultivate. After lying low for more than twenty years, he schemes across the realm, holding power in one hand and wealth in the other. Without the talent to cultivate, he proves the Dao through business, step by step becoming the Great Zhou Dynasty's foremost immortal merchant! A humble birth is no disgrace. The ability to bend and rise again is what makes a true man! “Lay down your butcher's knife and become 788Reads8.9Score102Shelves

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    The first four books all feature characters with high IQs and are very shrewd; they all know how to bide their time and wait for the right moment to strike! You can tell what the third book is just from its title!

35. 35 直 Livestream: The Great Thief Show, I’m Playing Kaito Kid 直播：神偷节目，我扮演怪盗基德 Kidd基德Urban287k WordsOngoing Bai Yu, who had obtained a role-playing System, is reborn in a parallel world. After drawing the Kaito Kid template, he joins a variety show in this parallel world to improve his template progress. The show is called “Urban Thief,” and it has enormous influence across the world! It airs not only in Huaxia, where Bai Yu lives, but overseas as well! The show's guests have to carry out various thefts during the program to raise the public's awareness of crime. With Kaito Kid's abilities, Bai Yu is 780Reads6.5Score105Shelves
36. 36 谋 Murdering Eric 谋杀Eric Liu Su刘俗Mystery129k WordsCompleted On Monday morning, a murder took place in a bustling CBD. A partner at a globally renowned accounting firm was bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. The police questioned everyone connected to the case, only to uncover a suicide from many years ago... 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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    That's all!

37. 37 我 I’m Not the Villain: From the Start, I Sign a Contract with an Evil God 我不是反派：开局与恶神签约 Explosive Edamame爆炸毛豆Urban663k WordsCompleted [No System, slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment story, villain protagonist, numbered sequences, ensemble cast, ruthless and decisive] That day, seven enormous, mysterious black gates descended upon Earth and stood in the centers of its cities. The “Calamities” hidden beneath the dark side of human civilization had merely been divided into countless life-forbidden zones and concealed throughout the world. A boy who went blind overnight chose to make a pact with a Calamity and slay the gods. He said 3.5kReads8.7Score356Shelves
38. 38 开 Robbing a Bank From the Start, Then Fleeing the World 开局抢银行，全球大逃亡 The Little Soy Sauce Sneak Who Picks on Boys打男孩的小酱油Urban398k WordsCompleted Deception is an art! Qin Yan transmigrates to a parallel world, binds to a System, and engages in a thrilling battle of wits with the world around him. The youngest criminal psychology expert in Xia Country: "Please don't believe a single word Qin Yan says. He's the most consummate master of deception I've ever met." The newly appointed Minister of Public Security of Xia Country: "The moment you realize you've been deceived, there's only one possibility: you've already lost!" Citizens of Eagle C 6.4kReads8.3Score289Shelves
39. 39 警 Officer, Are You a Good-Luck Charm? The Spies Are Coming Right to Your Door! 警官你锦鲤啊，间谍自己送上门？ Come on, Let's Have Fun来啊快活啊Urban1.2M WordsCompleted After a chance encounter awakens a pair of mutated eyes, Zhang Xing can use their abilities to spot spies hiding among ordinary people. Having always despised spies, Zhang Xing resolutely sets out on the path of counterespionage. Protect Huaxia: this mission will never die! 7kReads8.4Score714Shelves

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    High-IQ mystery, absolutely captivating!

40. 40 苍 Cangyuan Demon Emperor: Reborn to Avenge Every Blood Debt! 苍渊魔帝：重生归来，血债血偿！ Young Master Run Yan润衍公子Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing Revenge + Strategy + Invincibility + Myriad Worlds + Ensemble Cast The invincible Demon Emperor Cangyuan ruled the Myriad Worlds, yet he was betrayed by his beloved and his sect, nearly suffering the annihilation of his soul and eternal ruin. With only a remnant of his soul, he was reborn in the lower realm, in Xuanxin Heaven, on the Xuanxin Continent, in the Great Qian Dynasty, in Thundercliff City. Reborn and revived, he returns in a trail of blood! He swears to ascend to the upper realm and m 934Reads—Score101Shelves

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    This is it! It's an absolutely mind-blowing, brilliant scheme. One wrong move and your entire family is wiped out. Every step is a meticulous calculation, every step a solution. It's mind-bending and incredibly exciting! The reincarnation of the Demon Emperor, top-tier political intrigue and ruthlessness.

41. 41 7 749 Bureau: Strange Case Investigations 749局：奇案调查 Liu Dong’s Requiem刘栋安魂曲Mystery254k WordsCompleted Liu Shui experienced a supernatural event as a child, during which his only family member disappeared without a trace. As an adult, Liu Shui is recruited by Bureau 749, an agency dedicated to investigating supernatural events. Under the guidance of his superior, Han Jiu, he begins investigating a string of mysterious cases. A shadowy figure on the last bus, a vampire attacking a zoo, a master craftsman with a thousand faces who sells bizarre artifacts, an alien creature with extraterrestrial tra 2kReads8.9Score181Shelves
42. 42 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 231.9kReads9.5Score28.4kShelves
43. 43 消 The Missing Lover 消失的情人 Liu Liu Liu Er六六六儿Mystery503k WordsCompleted Qin Guan is a successful, accomplished lawyer and, on the surface, the perfect husband who loves his wife, daughter, and family. But behind their backs, he is having an affair with an assistant at his law firm. During one secret rendezvous, in the heat of their passionate game, he accidentally strangles his lover to death... His lover disappears. Then his nightmare begins. What will he encounter? What does the past he is trying to hide and escape from hold? And who is pulling the strings behind 13.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    Well written, very promising.

44. 44 方 Fang Xiaoxiao 方晓晓 Don't Turn Off the Light不关灯Mystery134k WordsCompleted After an impulsive moment, Fang Xiaoxiao, a girl still in eighth grade, accidentally killed a classmate who had bullied her. Terrified, she decided to hide the body. To evade the investigation, Fang Xiaoxiao was forced to cover up the traces of her crime and convince herself that it was all an accident, just a coincidence. People can choose to believe lies, but they can never escape reality. The mind can pretend nothing happened, but the rotting body is real. On the seventh day after the deat 468Reads9.2Score—Shelves
45. 45 诡 The Strange Were Hiding Among Us, and I Exposed Them All 诡异隐藏人间，全被我曝光了 Innkeeper at Jingyang Ridge景阳冈店小二Urban231k WordsCompleted Another world. “Dad, are there gods in the world?” “Of course. There are gods three feet above your head. Haven’t you heard?” “Then are there ghosts?” “If there are gods, how could there not be ghosts?” “Then what are gods, and what are ghosts?” “Uh…” The man fell into thought. After a long while, he said, “Those who can grant your wishes are gods. The ones who can’t, well! They’re all damn ghosts.” After saying this, the man smiled, his mouth stretching all the way to his ears. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 开 An S-Rank Horror from the Start, but They Give Me a C-Rank Talent? 开局S级怪谈，但给我C级天赋？ Pale Era苍白纪元Mystery3.1M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Endless Twists + Wild Ideas and Clever Logic + Mild Horror + Protagonist and Villains Are Both Smart] [This is absolutely not a mindless power fantasy. If you don't like the first instance, go ahead and curse me out.] [This isn't a traditional rule-based horror story. The horrors can think and are intelligent, so readers who prefer traditional rule-based horror should steer clear.] Horrors run rampant, and strange tales are everywhere. Beneath every shadow may lurk an unknown t 142.2kReads8.9Score14.3kShelves

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    Aside from the fake mother in Chapter 5 and the vengeful ghost in Chapter 15, the characters—humans, supernatural beings, and vengeful ghosts—are all quite clever. The protagonist excels at learning from others' strategies. The red-clad doctor in the second instance is smarter than most of the supernatural beings, the Help Bureau, the chosen ones from other countries, and some of the protagonists in Tomato Rules of the Strange Tales. Even with his power sealed, the red-clad doctor nearly wiped out the protagonist's group. The protagonist's teammates are also intelligent. Currently, the final twelve gods are also very clever, treating the players, supernatural beings, and vengeful ghosts like sheep, with players only able to live for a maximum of three years.

47. 47 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.8kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves

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    First book: [licking screen][licking screen] When luck comes, you can't stop it; when bad luck comes, you can't either. He helped the police solve a case, but before he even got the money, [licking screen][licking screen][licking screen] his bicycle was stolen, making his already meager life even worse. [Licking screen][licking screen] What could he do? Keep writing novels, of course. No inspiration? No inspiration? No problem. Follow the police to the scene and learn; you'll always find something useful about the suspect. How to catch them? Ideas one, two, three—take your pick; there's bound to be one that suits you. Unexpectedly, the more he helped, the more he caught the eye of a big shot. Lu Ci said that if his intelligence didn't work here, he'd also use his fists. A certain captain: If I hadn't found out this kid had no criminal record, I would have put him in jail for years. He could plan everything, including himself. The second book: Chen Xiao wakes up to find his surroundings strangely unfamiliar, with only a diary beside him. He thinks this diary might answer his current confusion, but upon opening it, he's unsure of the diary's veracity. It's clearly a record of 'himself's' crimes. Just as Chen Xiao is about to finish reading, the piercing sound of police sirens downstairs wakes him, and he can't help but begin to have unsettling thoughts...

48. 48 人 In South Korea, I’m a Fugitive 人在南韩，身份是亡命之徒 Coffin Green Robe棺青衣Urban350k WordsCompleted At first, everyone thought they were just going after a slightly troublesome fugitive... Many, many years later, countries around the world would rate his threat level as nuclear-bomb class. From an ordinary man to the world's undisputed strongest one-man fighting force. He also founded a world-class mercenary group: the Qinglong Armed Forces. People gave him titles: Martial God of Earth, the modern-day Bai Qi the Butcher, the godfather of our generation's outlaws, the world's most wanted fu 6.7kReads8.3Score336Shelves
49. 49 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 7.1kReads8.9Score846Shelves
50. 50 暗 Shadows All Around 暗影重重 Revelry Before Dawn黎明前的狂欢Mystery777k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation] [Mystery and Deduction] [Murder-Mystery Game] [Romantic Suspense] [Strong Leads Clash] [Social Realism] [A Cross-Section of Humanity] Some lose the love of their life. Some commit murder in a fit of passion to protect the person they love. Some hurt everyone around them in the name of love. Some are willing to give up everything in pursuit of a little light and warmth! This is a tribute to Keigo Higashino. The writing is delicate, the emotions profound! The plot is tight 691Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    So realistic! The protagonist is a country boy returning from revenge. He created a Pandora's box, waiting for his enemies to walk right into it. He killed countless people, but if it weren't for a woman, he could have escaped unscathed… The script is well-paced, with strong logical reasoning and detective work. It focuses on current social issues, offers insights into human nature, and showcases the fates of different characters!

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