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The Age of Gloom 灰暗纪元
[No System]+ [Passionate]+ [No golden finger] In the bleak era after the war, resources are desperately scarce. Places suitable for habitation, relatively untouched by the fighting, have been designated as residential zones. Outside those zones lies a desolate wasteland, ravaged and hostile. A young man who wants nothing more than to survive makes his debut in this chaotic age and is swept into one struggle after another. Will he ride the wind and soar ever higher, or will his burning passion be
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Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝，天黑以后我说的算
(No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor
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- 3 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
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The Third Republic 第三共和国
[Apocalyptic wasteland]+ [underworld]+ [political intrigue]+ [underdog rises]+ [war]+ [no System] After an asteroid strikes Earth, civilization and order disappear without a trace. Resources are scarce, society is in chaos, and corruption runs rampant… Chen Wei makes his way alone from the lawless, chaotic zone to Shanxing City. All he wants at first is enough to get by, but the cutthroat environment, self-serving superiors, and privileged second-generation heirs… force him to transform from
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Wasteland Kingpin: Leizi, Fresh Out of the Undesignated Zone 废土枭雄，从待规划区出来的雷子
[Now available with multi-character narration and a live-action voice cast version! The animated series is now streaming on Hongguo!] [Wasteland underworld + no stockpiling + not invincible + no System + tough guy + ensemble power struggles + two strong leads + urban] In a wasteland where order has collapsed and warlords carve up the land, Jiang Ye leaves the three Chinese districts and arrives in District Ten, the "City of Sin." The rules here are simple: endure, get ruthless, or get out! Since
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King of the Underworld 江湖枭雄
An ordinary-looking confrontation pushes a callow young man to a crossroads in life. Faced with fate’s mockery and the crushing weight of life, he chooses to stand tall and fight back.
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- 7 Wolves and Brothers 狼与兄弟 The wolf may look cold and ruthless, but beneath that exterior lies boundless tenderness. He is willing to sacrifice himself for his family and brothers! Just like Wang Ying, the protagonist, his heart isn't cold. It's the way he looks down on worldly conventions that makes him seem that way! Like a wolf king, he can become the heart of any team, leading his brothers through life-or-death trials, never abandoning them! From the awkwardness of college days to the hardships of entering the working 7.4kReads9.3Score490Shelves
- 8 Tiger Husband 虎夫 [Born to be somebody, just going through a rough patch for now!!!] 3.9kReads8.8Score279Shelves
- 9 Beyond Redemption: A Notorious Bandit’s Rise to the Top 十恶不赦：悍匪的巅峰 [Elite Violent Criminals + High-IQ Crime + True Serial Murder Cases + Ruthless Killers + Criminal Investigations] Throughout the history of criminal investigations in New China, vicious criminals who kill without mercy have appeared time and again. Yet among the many offenders, only a handful can truly be called notorious bandits. Each of these criminals or gangs had something that set them apart, and each had a little-known story behind them. This book presents the most authentic side of these 34.1kReads8.9Score2kShelves
- 10 The Magnate of 1990 枭雄1990 [The whole world is a chessboard. Ask not who makes the first move.] In his previous life, Lu Ye trusted the people around him and met a tragic end in prison. Back in 1990, he faced the surging tide of a new era and rose from humble beginnings, fighting his way forward, though without the carefree swagger of a young man. Awake, he commanded the world; asleep, he lay beside beauties. See how Lu Ye became a legendary tycoon, taking control of the board and becoming the one who made the moves. 4.2kReads8.3Score296Shelves
- 11 The Legend Reborn 传奇重现 The four-part series by Wei Jie: We Were All Bad Kids, I Am Legend, Legend Reborn, and Hidden Dragon on the Right Path. A young man, still green, left his hometown in a fit of anger. Four years later, he returned, weathered and bearing the glory of success! In a city built from reinforced concrete, old friends were gone and legends had faded into retirement... Faced with his family’s reproach and his friends’ disdain, he had once wandered at a crossroads, pointing into the dark sky with his 31.7kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves
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The Official's Path: Rising to Prominence from a Funeral Home 官道：从殡仪馆平步青云
With a touch of scholarly refinement and a strong sense of justice, Zhang Yuanqing had been thriving in the officialdom until he hit a major setback. Then his girlfriend betrayed him, and he was banished to conduct research at a funeral home. Faced with deceit and sinister schemes, he refused to give up, finding a way to survive against all odds. Armed with the skill to bring down dragons, he set out from a humble background to forge a path to the very top. I am but a commoner from Jiangbei.
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- 13 The Official and His Charms 官人官色 The road to becoming an official is narrow, so narrow that if you want to climb it, you can only step on other people's shoulders. Yet it is also broad enough to encompass everyday life and the people's hardships. Along this road lie intrigue and shifting fortunes, ruthless decisions, and love and hatred... 267.2kReads9.4Score18.8kShelves
- 14 Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉 No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but 249kReads9.5Score27.2kShelves
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My Possessive Childhood Friend Is Obsessed with Me, and I’m Going Crazy from Her Clinginess 偏执青梅占有欲爆棚，我被她缠疯
Everyone knows I've got a childhood sweetheart who's dangerously unhinged. In front of everyone, she tore up the love letter a girl had handed me with her bare hands and snarled through clenched teeth, “Anyone who dares come near you, I'll destroy them.” Her possessiveness is twisted and domineering, so much so that she has forcibly marked me as her own private property. She keeps me trapped in an obsession so intense it leaves me breathless. No one in this world is allowed to covet my older
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- 16 EN Immortal Villain: Stealing Others' Love Makes Me Stronger 长生反派：横刀夺爱就变强 He transmigrates to another world and awakens the Love-Stealing System! Whether she's a junior sister or a senior sister, whether she's a fairy or a witch, as long as he steals her away from someone else, he keeps getting stronger. 27kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves
- 17 EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 164.4kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
- 18 In the Hehuan Sect, I Become the Saintess's Dao Companion from the Start! 人在合欢宗，开局成为圣女道侣！ [No System | Multiple heroines and romantic rivalries | Pure Yang Sacred Body | A playboy’s comeback | Hardcore cultivation fantasy in the later story] A good-for-nothing with ten spiritual roots, he starts out as a furnace partner for a Holy Maiden! A playboy from his past life transmigrates into the cultivation world. Lu Chen awakens the heaven-defying Pure Yang Sacred Body, which lets him break through simply by exchanging cultivation insights! The Holy Maiden abandons him for the chosen one, 131.4kReads8.4Score10.1kShelves
- 19 The Righteous and Upright Hehuan Sect: Fairies, Please Surrender 名门正派合欢宗：仙子仙子请臣服 [Hehuan Sect + multiple heroines + everyday cultivation] Cao Kun transmigrates to the Tianyuan Continent's Hehuan Sect and awakens a System through a stroke of fate. From then on, fairies start showing up at his door… Cao Kun: Don't come any closer! Fairy Master: You little brat, stop right there! Cao Kun: This is actually pretty great! 14.1kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
- 20 The Joyous Union Sect: A Feast for the Senses 合欢宗：活色生香 (Xianxia Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System) At first, the male lead hides behind his golden finger. Later, he turns into a ruthless maniac who slaughters his way through the cultivation world, becoming a powerful, handsome, and formidable big shot! Every heroine is a peerless beauty, utterly devoted to the male lead and madly in love with him! The excitement keeps building, and things get incredibly intense later on. Stick with it, folks! I can't do this story 9.1kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 21 Mind-Reading Dog Food: My Adorable Wife Is Fierce and Sweet 狗粮心声：超可爱老婆又凶又甜 [The cover girl is the heroine herself] [Yang Chen, enter your 2008 rebirth wish list] Wish One: [Drain the pretty Su Luoli’s secret stash] Wish Two: [Make tons and tons of money and buy Su Luoli out of the Su family] Wish Three: [Well, I hope I get a System to help me make money. I just want to slack off] That’s all!! 30.2kReads9.4Score3kShelves
- 22 More Children, More Blessings: The Immortal Maidens' Fertility Goes Through the Roof 多子多福，仙子孕气爆炸 [Adapted into a short drama, so read with confidence] Ye Kaishan transmigrated to the Cultivation World and spent his life pursuing immortality and the Dao, but he had no spiritual roots. Fortunately, there was still a way forward. Just as he was nearing the end of his life, the more children, more blessings System arrived in time. A hundred years of hard cultivation couldn't compare to one night for the Patriarch. He founded a sect and carved up the Three Thousand Realms, while Ye family's desc 54.8kReads9.2Score4.9kShelves
- 23 You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！ [Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~” 18.8kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
- 24 Transmigrate into a Book as the Villain: My Cultivation Is Gone, and the Female Lead Turns the Tables on Me 穿书反派：修为尽失，女主逆推 Xu Yang transmigrates into the world of a novel and becomes its villain, the master of Purple Cloud Peak, one of the six peaks of the Qingming Sect. Once he figures out his situation, Xu Yang panics and immediately wants to grab his things and run. The one thing he can be grateful for is that The story hasn't started yet, so there's still room to change his fate. After awakening the Ten-Thousandfold Return System, all he has to do is accept a gift from one of the novel's heroines for a chance to 56.4kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
- 25 Jia Erhu's Extraordinary Life 贾二虎的妖孽人生 The original story of The Invincible Jia Erhu: Abandoned as a baby 24 years ago, he grew up tough, struggling at the bottom of society. Now he has returned as a king, entering the world that once abandoned him with a towering rage. He shows no mercy to his enemies, killing any god or demon that stands in his way. Powerful figures beg for mercy, while his enemies tremble at his name. In the end, he stands at the pinnacle of power, becoming a legendary warlord! 45.9kReads9.2Score4.6kShelves
- 26 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5kShelves
- 27 EN Entertainment Spring and Autumn 娱乐春秋 In a fictional world of martial arts and a hundred schools, a modern person tells the locals that cultivation isn’t the only way to get what you want. Want to be the young hero everyone in the martial world adores? Easy, as long as you’re sincere... For example, why not invite your junior sister for a drink? Confucius said: “When you transmigrate, don’t just toil away at cultivation. The locals aren’t as capable as you!” The heavens make a board, the stars make its pieces, and knowledge is the g 38.7kReads9.5Score5kShelves
- 28 Should I Help, Master’s Wife? 师娘这忙，帮不帮？ You ungrateful brat, get down the mountain and find your fiancée! I’m done taking care of you! Ye Tian, born with the Nine Heavens Profound Yang physique, slunk down the mountain. He never expected that this would cost him all trace of his master’s wife, setting him off on a thrilling and dangerous journey to find her! He’ll search from the highest heavens to the depths of the underworld, and he swears he’ll bring his master’s wife home! 7.1kReads9.1Score927Shelves
- 29 The One and Only Alchemist of the Hehuan Sect, Even the Sect Leader Begs Me 合欢宗唯一炼丹师，宗主也要求我 For some reason, an elder of the Hehuan Sect took him in as a personal disciple, but never taught him any of the sect’s dual cultivation techniques. If no one was going to teach him, he’d just have to learn on his own. He could start by helping his fellow disciples refine some virility pills… 2.9kReads9.0Score370Shelves
- 30 They Sent You to the Palace as a Spy, Not to Flirt with the Empress 让你进宫当卧底，没让你去撩女帝 Fantasy power fantasy + lighthearted + guaranteed sweetness + no frustrating plot twists + no angst + no dragging things out + no do-gooder heroine + invincible Leng Huainian's soul transmigrates into the Crown Prince of Qinglan. He thinks he's reached the pinnacle of life, only to find himself in a hellish situation from the start: his country has fallen, his family is gone, his father is dead, and he's being hunted. How does it feel to be sent into Weiyang Palace as a eunuch while the woman yo 44.2kReads9.0Score4.1kShelves
- 31 At the Hehuan Sect, I Begin My Path to Immortality by Disciplining My Godniece 合欢宗，从教训干侄女开始长生 (Old man protagonist from the start + feel-good wish fulfillment with no putting up with mistreatment + a different take on cultivation + master schemer) Wang Jianqiang transmigrates to the cultivation world and wastes away the years until, nearing the end of his lifespan, he finally comes to his senses. He activates the System. Thus begins his path of cultivation, slaying anyone who stands in his way, be they gods or Buddhas. 50.9kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves
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The Usurper 犯上者
[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.
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I'm the Only Living Person in This Apartment Building 我住的这栋公寓，只有我是活人
I'm the only living person in the apartment building where I live.
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- 34 Living Sacrifice 活人祭祀 Living Sacrifice 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
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- 36 The Edge of a Special Forceswoman 特种女兵之锋芒 Gun-toting beauties and violent female generals: who says women can't go wild? Clad in military uniforms and armed with deadly weapons, female soldiers can show their edge too! 36.6kReads9.5Score3.8kShelves
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Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
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- 38 Game Invasion: I Became Emperor Before the Players Transmigrated 游戏入侵：我称帝了玩家才穿越 [Transmigrating ahead of time + political scheming + dynastic power struggles + succubus + worlds merging] This book is also known as [I, the Empress's Fiancé, the Strongest Villain Behind the Scenes]. After waking up, Xia Chen finds himself logged into the mysterious game from his previous life ahead of schedule, starting out as the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhendong. What? I have a younger brother named Xia Hao, who seems to have a mysterious bone inside him? It looks just like the lege 451kReads9.1Score45.8kShelves
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
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Global Metahumans: Awakening the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning at the Start 全球异能：开局觉醒紫霄神雷
On Blue Star, vicious beasts run rampant. Everyone can awaken an ability and has a chance to become a powerful force, feared across the land! Yet Xu Jingming, who transmigrated here, had only an E-rank ability. Fortunately, the Deep Blue System appeared, upgrading his weak E-rank electric ability into S-rank Purple Firmament Divine Thunder! That’s not all. Every time he kills a vicious beast, he earns ability points. Spend ability points to raise his level and strengthen his skills. “Deep Blue,
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- 42 Apocalypse Star Crystals: I Have an Army of Contract Beasts 末日星晶：我有一个契约兽军团 [Superpower Evolution] [Egoism] [Reborn] [Dark Humor] [Early Development, Lone Wolf] [Multiple Heroines, Skip if You Mind] A meteor shower descended, and the whole world collapsed into ruin. Most people turned into terrifying monsters, while animals and plants ceased to be resources for the survivors and became hunters instead. The meteor shower also brought star crystals, which could yield extraordinary food, weapons and equipment, evolution potions, and bloodlines with supernatural abilities.. 146.2kReads8.2Score11.4kShelves
- 43 A Tender Rose Becomes His Cherished Favorite in the Apocalypse 温软玫瑰沦为他心尖偏宠【末世】 [A post-apocalyptic setting + a trash man’s regret + the arch-enemy villain takes the lead + love triangle drama + mutual salvation + swoony romance + romantic aesthetics + both leads are devoted to each other] [Gentle, steadfast beacon of righteousness x refined, unhinged smiling schemer (irresistibly wicked)] Even as she lay dying, Wen Yao couldn’t understand what she had ever liked about Shen Yichuan. Was it his coldheartedness, or his selfishness? As his partner, she had risked her life for 43.4kReads9.5Score5kShelves
- 44 Doomsday Evolution: The Zombie Overlord 末日进化：丧尸大魔王 A blood-red sun hangs high in the sky, and the world is transformed! An utterly ordinary little zombie faces countless perils in the apocalypse, evolving again and again until it becomes the Zombie Demon King! 7.5kReads8.9Score576Shelves
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Doomsday Rebirth: Stockpiling Supplies and Building a Fortress 末日重生：从囤货建堡垒开始
[Memories restored + scorching heat + bitter cold + stockpiling + zombies + technological machinery + no bleeding heart + scheming, sharp-tongued protagonist + modest golden finger] Abnormal solar flares, scorching heat, extreme cold, and a virus. They destroyed the civilization and order humanity had built. A technological sphere from a higher civilization carried Li Fan's memories back to his college-age self. Reborn into a new life, will Li Fan unleash chaos upon the world with a twisted hear
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My Years as a Ghost Constable 我当鬼差的那些经历
My Experiences as a Ghost Constable
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Weapon System from the Start! Surviving the Apocalypse with My Sister-in-Law 开局武器系统！带着小姨子闯末世
[Apocalyptic underworld + power struggles + sister-in-law from the start + modern warfare + zombies + System + not reborn + lots of beautiful women + decisive and ruthless + no supernatural abilities, but people can evolve] [An apocalyptic underworld story that starts with the jianghu and moves on to the struggle for dominance. The protagonist is invincible and never gets tortured.] A mysterious blue fog engulfed the cities of Blue Star. Order collapsed, and zombies ran rampant. Three years afte
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Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城
Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a
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Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者
[Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide
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The Broken Stele of the Northern Frontier 北境残碑
Twelve years ago, during Operation Northwind, three thousand Federation brothers were betrayed by their superiors and left to die in the northern wasteland. Reconnaissance platoon leader Lu Chen crawled back to the land of the living from a pile of corpses, only to become an outlaw in a lawless gray zone. Here, there is no law, only guns, black markets, and survival. Thirty-two-year-old Lu Chen carries the lives of eighty-seven of his brothers in his hands and guards a checkpoint on North Sevent
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