Mind-Bending! Mind-Bending! Mind-Bending! I Want My Brain Charred to a Crisp! 烧脑！烧脑！烧脑！我要把我的脑子烧成焦炭！

1. 1 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   Just read them! The first three need no introduction. The second to last book features a protagonist with exceptionally high intelligence, and the plot twists are endless—it's truly amazing. The last book also boasts a protagonist with super high intelligence, using deduction, planning, and improvisation to solve problems. Absolutely fantastic. (Most of them either have a single female lead or no female lead at all.)

2. 2 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 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
3. 3 重 Back to 2008: This World Is All Wrong 重回2008：这个世界不对劲 Brother Tao滔小哥Urban720k WordsCompleted The day he is laid off at thirty-five, Lin Ye is hit by a car and sent back to June 6, 2008, the night before the college entrance exams. He gains access to the “Future Sight” System, which can predict the next thirty years: the toughest exam questions, the four trillion yuan stimulus, Yanjiao housing prices. The future is in his hands. But he gradually realizes that this world isn't quite like the 2008 he remembers. On a rooftop in the dead of night stands a figure in a long robe. In the sunlig 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Book recommendation: *Back to 2008: Something's Wrong with This World*! Recommended for anyone who's ever wished they could do it all over again: Thirty years of memories are stored in the mind of an eighteen-year-old. He knows exactly which questions will be on the test, which paths will lead to higher prices—his confidence is enviable. But the world doesn't agree. Putting yourself in his shoes, you'll feel anxious for him, and also feel a chill down your spine. 187 Chapters updated, two chapters daily!

4. 4 重 Being Reborn Is Fine, But Why Am I Facing the Execution of My Entire Family from the Start? 重生没问题，开局就来满门抄斩？ Crab Walk螃蟹步Historical398k WordsOngoing With his entire household facing execution from the start, he saves himself with a prophecy: "The tiger tally will be stolen tonight." From then on, he wields brush and ink as a blade and plays with memories as his pieces. But every time he wins, he loses a memory. The closer he gets to victory, the closer he comes to becoming a "blank slate." When he finishes rewriting history, will the history books record his own ending? 357Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm recommending a historical fiction novel with intrigue and power struggles. It's mind-bending, with a deeply intricate plot. It's not a fast-paced, action-packed story where characters constantly get their way; foreshadowing is scattered throughout the text, and many subplots require careful reading to unravel. It's best read slowly and attentively, pondering the power struggles between the various factions as you read.

5. 5 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted 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 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
6. 6 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves

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   Come on, let's all use our brains. They both have a 9.6 Rating (not faked).

7. 7 双 A Blood-Soaked Reckoning: Twin Sisters Return for Vengeance 【血色满门】双生姐妹踏血归来 Xiao Xiao Ran Zi萧萧然子Ancient Romance606k WordsOngoing An entire family of loyal officials is framed, and a century-old marquis’s estate is turned into a living hell. Twin sisters plunge from a cliff into the water, surviving against all odds. Once cherished young ladies who lived behind closed doors, they now tread a thorny path through the world. One struggles to survive on a sheer cliff, honing her edge; the other wanders in a foreign land, maneuvering at every turn. The court is rife with deceit and schemes, while the martial world flashes with 1.8kReads6.6Score189Shelves

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   [A Bloodstained Family] Bloodshed engulfed her entire family, and she crawled out from the shadows of the palace walls, posing as a noblewoman with her delicate beauty. In the court, she schemed against powerful ministers with tears and tripped up the empress with a smile; in the martial world, she used weapons and umbrellas to exact revenge, offering her blood as a sacrifice to the flag amidst the smoke of battle. Politics, palace intrigue, blades, and hooves were merely pawns she laid to collect the corpses of her entire family. And the man who should have been her enemy stood by her side in the face of death, their love story becoming a tragic one.

8. 8 发 Exiled to the Border, the Criminal Wife Clears the Wasteland and Raises a God of War 发配边关，罪妻开荒养出战神 Liu Li鎏漓Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Life on the frontier + wood affinity + beast taming + doting husband + fiercely protective + pioneering and farming + sweet romance + two strong, straightforward leads + contrasting couples] Great Jing has suffered drought for two years running. Food shortages are widespread, and war has engulfed Liaodong. Su He, a logistics worker from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a maid enslaved for a crime and is sent to become the wife of a military household. Her fellow convict women do t 146.5kReads9.0Score136.3kShelves
9. 9 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 36.4kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
10. 10 长 The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal Realm 长生剑，红尘仙 Feng Le枫乐Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted [Steady even in the thick of things, sharp-minded, kind-hearted, skilled in both combat and scholarship.] [Upright values, a conscience, and unmatched strength. Keep a low profile to the extreme, and you can afford to live boldly.] A little Taoist priest who has not yet mastered his skills arrives on the Flowing Cloud Continent. True to his unwavering Taoist convictions, he slays demons, exorcises evil, and upholds justice. This book is also titled The Longevity Sword, the Immortal of the Mortal 27.7kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
11. 11 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score17.7kShelves

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    The most mind-bending book is definitely the first one, *The End of Ten Days*, with a high score of 9.7 And over 2 million readers. The author's previous book, *Legend Management Bureau*, already had a score of 9.6, Guaranteeing quality. Go check it out!!! "On the other side of the wall are police, lawyers, doctors, and writers; on this side are liars, thugs, and prostitutes." Sweetie's tone was calm. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and continued, "Our 'allies' were determined from the beginning, weren't they?" "Is there anything you can't understand?" Yun Yao sighed, a smile appearing on her face. "One day, this world will be filled with our corpses."

12. 12 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38.7kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    I usually listen to other books while playing games, but I'm hesitant with this one because it's too mentally taxing! It's packed with professional psychology knowledge! Don't doubt me; just look at the length of the audio! It has that "Team Bugs" vibe.

13. 13 新 New Utopia 新，乌托邦 Broken Strings in the Rain雨中断弦Urban397k WordsOngoing [Political Thriller] [Montage Style] [Psychological Oppression] [Dystopian] (The story moves slowly at first, but more kinds of ghosts will appear later.) The calamity ended, and a city-state rose from the ground. People called it the New Utopia. Beneath its gleaming order, those in power were no longer human. Monsters wore human skin and occupied positions of authority. Their visions were linked, and everything was under surveillance. A colossal beast hung in the sky, while monsters roamed th 2.3kReads—Score195Shelves

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    This book is also

14. 14 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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    Mind-bending, extremely mind-bending; it's like taking the nesting doll concept to its extreme. The only novel that ever made me think and piece together the timeline.

15. 15 已 Do Not Move the Deceased 已死亡者请勿移动 Born Not Too Late未迟生Urban206k WordsOngoing In this era, no miracle is ever truly created. Its price is merely pushed into the future. When Pei Du woke on his own autopsy table, he discovered that he was already dead. The bank had frozen his account, the Liquidation Bureau had erased his identity, and his mother had collected his death compensation. Yet his death certificate had been signed by his own hand, fifty-six years in the future: Do not wake again. In an age when lifespans can be borrowed, memories sold, and the future mortgag 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My brain can't process this! The first book features the same protagonist as Qi Xia! ☝️ It's also a masterpiece! The past and future constantly bet on and adjust to one's present self! [Explore][Explore]

16. 16 快 Happy Exam Week 快乐考试周 Fu Ma覆马Mystery837k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication; personalized bookplate campaign underway in the book's fan community. The published title is Happy Exam Week] - An exam? The kind where your head explodes if you fail~ Boom! - A group of people are forced to take one bizarre weeklong exam after another. They enter the settings depicted in the exam questions and answer them with their bodies, battling with both brains and brawn. They will die if they fail, come in last place, fail to hand in their papers within the 8.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    A suspenseful mystery, a thriller game, and an ensemble piece. High in mystery content and knowledge, the characters are surprisingly complex, and the ending is completely unpredictable until the very end. The female lead is highly intelligent but conserves her strength in the early stages to avoid making enemies, only to reveal her true abilities later. The story incorporates both humanities and science concepts, such as the door god reliefs and the trust formula, giving it a mind-bending, high-level feel. There is a romantic subplot, but it's relatively minor, with the plot taking center stage.

17. 17 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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    I've only seen these so far, but they're absolutely amazing! [Heart emojis]

18. 18 规 Rule Horror: I Can See Hidden Clues 规则怪谈：我能看到隐藏提示 Xing Wuchen星无辰Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted The world of supernatural tales has arrived, and everyone must follow the rules! After hundreds of years, the world of supernatural tales has appeared once more. Sun Kai accidentally transmigrates into it, becoming one of the first contestants representing his nation’s fate. They carry the fate of Xia Nation on their shoulders! If they win, they survive, Xia Nation’s fortunes rise, and its people all benefit. If they lose, they die, the nation’s fortunes fall, and supernatural tales invade the 4kReads9.0Score518Shelves

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    I'm seriously speechless at the author's mind. I feel like my head is about to explode. Just read the whole thing and think "Holy crap!" [Shocked]

19. 19 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves
20. 20 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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    The mysterious house is mind-bending.

21. 21 猜 Guess Who I Am??? 猜猜我是谁？？？ Loves Seaweed喜欢海麻线Mystery71k WordsOngoing My name is Lin Jue. I’m face-blind and can’t remember people’s faces. On my eighteenth birthday, I woke up after a car accident to find that the world had changed. On the day I returned to school, a second “me” showed up in class. He had the same name, the same surname, and the same face. His shadow couldn’t keep up with him. I had a people-identification guide, and a forty-third name had appeared in it. The mirror my mother gave me cracked, and the version of me inside was smiling. I’m no longe 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 神 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 Witch's Evil Knight巫衣邪士Sci-Fi & Apocalypse213k WordsOngoing The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 222Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ethical dilemma + subtle philosophical reflection + subtle intrigue + intellectual battle + high-concept + strong emotion + dramatic twist. Imagine this: You wake up after death, your feet on burning coals, your flesh charred and regenerating. You scream, you wail, you beg for death but cannot. This is the cyber underworld. Professor Qi Yuan created it with a quantum computer, judging all sinners in the world. But right next to you, there is one person who doesn't cry out. She kneels on the coals, cups the face of a soul that has become a walking corpse, and kisses it. The soul calls out her name. With each kiss, she grows weaker. She is a prophet. This is the "Silent Stream." Pan Ye said: Once you enter the Silent Stream, everything from your life remains in the river of blood. But some refuse to forget, refuse to cry out, refuse to become beasts. They do the cleanest things in the dirtiest place in the underworld. And the person who created this underworld is now standing on the opposite bank of the river of blood, watching her kiss each one. He uses a quantum computer to judge all evil in the world—but he himself cannot even afford the price of a single kiss.

23. 23 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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    Reading these two books always makes me feel like an idiot [smile]. I could burn out my CPU and still not figure it out [smile]. While reading, I even took out paper and pen to mark places and try to solve it, but then I completely gave up. Whatever [smile].

24. 24 无 Infinite Escape: The Museum Curator Rules the Livestream 无限逃生：馆主飒爆直播间 Ling Yu令鱼Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + mostly imaginative horror + romance + ensemble cast] Lu Yu is a little-known actress who has spent three years in the entertainment industry. TV director: “What is this garbage acting? Get out of my production!” Variety show director: “You have no sense of variety-show humor. How could someone as mediocre as you think you can make it in entertainment?” Agent: “You’re good for nothing but your face.” But after Lu Yu becomes the owner of a game arcade and enters an escape game... 10.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
25. 25 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    ① Qi Xia chuckled: "If anyone wants to record my story, how about starting with 'The Empty House'?" [Exploration] The biggest foreshadowing in the original work is super, super, super good and mind-bending [Thumbs up] ② "In my life, I, Lin Qiye, only feel guilty towards three people: my aunt who has worked hard for me for ten years, my cousin who has been a burden to me for ten years... And you who saved the lives of my family of three. You saved my whole world, and in exchange, I will guard your world for ten years. After ten years, no matter what the situation is, I will have no relationship with the Night Watchmen, and I will have no relationship with 'all living beings' -- Sanjiu Yinyu I learned to slay gods in the mental hospital [Eating melon][Eating melon][Eating melon] ③ The writing style is different. Compared with Tomato and others, it is simply a world apart. You can see from just a few lines that the author's writing is delicate and the vocabulary is rich [Shy][Shy][Shy] ④ Tears flowed down drop by drop, soaking the hospital gown. "Sister, this is the last time I will exchange with you. I am an adult from now on!" "You must remember me!" A short while later, the girl's older sister slowly regained consciousness in her hospital bed. She saw a bouquet of flowers beside her. "Sister, the doctor said your heart is failing. I'll trade with you." The girl's older sister sat on the hospital bed, stunned, then burst into tears. She clutched the note tightly in her hand, thinking of the scene where her younger sister had wanted to trade everything for her years ago. It's incredibly beautiful.

26. 26 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.5kReads—Score494Shelves

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    In terms of quality, this is the only one that comes to mind! "Emperor Renzu of Tang" guarantees it gets more and more addictive as you read on! It's intellectually stimulating and logically sound! Quality is absolutely guaranteed! This nearly million-word novel, completed in September, resolves all foreshadowing, fills all plot holes, and has no disappointing ending. The writing style, word choice, plot structure, imperial strategies, political maneuvering, emotional nuances, military battles, and court intrigue are all top-notch. It boasts a grand scope, lofty ideals, profound thoughts, and deep cultural depth. If you don't enjoy it, you can beat me to a pulp!

27. 27 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
28. 28 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.5kReads9.3Score376Shelves

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    You'll never know the truth until you see the end!

29. 29 就 Even as a Fake Heiress, I’ll Still Daringly Embrace Doing Nothing 就算是假千金也要勇敢摆烂 Ji Furan纪扶染Modern Romance659k WordsCompleted [Print edition launching across all platforms on August 9, 2025] When Shen Yue was twelve, she accidentally fell into a pond while feeding the fish. That was when she learned the truth: her parents weren’t her real parents, and her five older brothers weren’t really her brothers. She was the Mu family’s fake heiress! Faced with a future where she was destined to lose everything, Shen Yue decided to get ahead… by lying down. If she was going to lose it all anyway, she might as well lie back and 117.8kReads9.6Score13.7kShelves

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    I personally think it's quite beautiful.

30. 30 仙 Love Between Immortal and Mortal: All Spirits as Slaves 仙凡恋：万灵为奴 Pomegranate Doesn't Want to Move石榴不想动Eastern Fantasy69k WordsOngoing [No System, No Harem, No Cliches, No Invincibility, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story, Mind-Bending] The celestial laws are amended, immortals and mortals fall in love, and their children are born. Divinity and humanity collide. Some gods keep to their place and abide by the rules, while others plunder the myriad heavens. Unluckily, I became a scapegoat for an immortal's descendant and was thrown into the Underworld. As my soul was about to dissipate, I stumbled into the realm between life and death, —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire cast is villainous, yet each character possesses their own thoughts and has the potential to become Tomato's number one masterpiece.

31. 31 给 I Gave You an Invincible System, and You Turned Alchemy into Milk Tea 给你无敌系统，你居然炼丹变奶茶 Oranges Are Happiness橙子是快乐Eastern Fantasy47k WordsOngoing Start reading from Chapter Eight. Early characters include Sun Wukong, Gojo Satoru, Fang Yuan, Kenpachi Zaraki, Dio, Jotaro, Light Yagami, L, and An Lan. [Invincible] [Ensemble Cast] [Cringe] [Infinite Flow] Chemistry-obsessed madman Lin Xiao, armed with an unrestricted Modification System, crashes headfirst into the flourishing cultivation world of the Ten Thousand Arts Continent. An alchemy tournament? He casually brews iced milk tea instead, filling the area with its fragrance for miles and s —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Don't be misled by the title; this book is as mind-bending as the college entrance exam.

32. 32 刑 After Being Released from Prison, the Paranormal Claims to Be My Ex 刑满释放后，诡异自称前男友 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Two Male Leads + Infinite Flow + Rekindled Romance + Not Invincible + Twists + Foreshadowing + Happy Ending] [A beautiful but hot-tempered bottom who’s always flirting with death, paired with a seemingly innocent, calculating, vindictive green-tea top.] Gu Wei is a lowly F-rank criminal in the live-stream performance system. After blowing an entire instance sky-high along with his little assistant, he is exiled by the System to a punishment instance. The players thought Gu Wei would 26.8kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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    The first one features two male protagonists and has many foreshadowing elements, including those related to the timeline; the second is an ensemble piece with no female lead and is quite mind-bending (^~^). Both are highly rated infinite flow novels with scores of 9.5 Or higher.

33. 33 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery718k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score590.8kShelves

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    So beautiful!

34. 34 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves

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    It's really good! If you think it's bad, come and hit me! I'm the kind of person who gives up on a book after reading it for a while, but these books below are ones I've never considered giving up on. After finishing them, I still felt a little unsatisfied.

35. 35 全 Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼 Tianzhuo Huazi天卓华子Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c 71.9kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
36. 36 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
37. 37 兵 Warrior King Xie Baoqing 兵王谢宝庆 Northwest Brother Mao西北毛哥Historical593k WordsCompleted Li Yunlong: Xie Baoqing! Get your sorry ass out here! Hiding in your hole like a turtle, are you? Xie Baoqing: C-Commander Li! Let’s talk this out! Our Black Cloud Stronghold has already agreed to join the Eighth Route Army under Commander Kong. We’ve even got our unit designation: the Independent Detachment of the New Second Regiment! Li Yunlong: The Eighth Route Army? You think you’re fit to say those words? Your men chopped off my guard’s head. You didn’t know about that? Xie Baoqing: Comm 394Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Suspenseful reasoning and crime solving

38. 38 恶 Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪 Liu Gang刘港Mystery102k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect 3.2kReads9.3Score774Shelves

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    A high-IQ, mind-bending crime-solving series with rigorous logical solutions and episodic cases.

39. 39 恶 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 Liu Gang刘港Mystery134k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.3kReads9.3Score482Shelves
40. 40 万 Peerless Among Ten Thousand Spirits 万灵无双 Golden Cicada Sutra Chant金蝉经声Mystery160k WordsOngoing A teahouse from the start, yet the Heavenly Dao claims I'm harboring divine beasts. Mysterious supernatural cases keep finding me, and now I've been diagnosed with a terminal illness! But I've discovered there are things in this world that can extend my life The last breath a spirit refuses to surrender A star shifted by someone's hand on a compass A lost art that the sages pursued with their lives A scheme passed down by emperors for a thousand years... Among the three teachings and nine schoo 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Have you ever considered that history and mythology could have another interpretation? A mind-bending new work! I've discovered something in this world that can prolong my life—the breath that spirits refuse to let go, the constellations on the compass that were stolen, the secret techniques that sages pursued with their lives, the millennia-long schemes of emperors... Among the three religions and nine schools of thought, beyond what is recorded in history—have you ever considered that history and mythology could have another interpretation? The first time, infused with mountains, rivers, birds, and beasts, came the tales of spirits and monsters. The second time... Why do living beings refuse to bow their heads to their obsessions? Is there still hope beyond the laws of heaven? Since ancient times, saving the world has not meant eliminating the extraordinary; today, choices must be made with utmost care from the very beginning.

41. 41 登 Ascension Plan 登神计划 Y MiY峚Mystery257k WordsOngoing “Complete a series of games, and you can become a god.” Four young men are lured here by different lies, but will things really be as simple as they expect? Ensemble cast, no main character. Borrowed plot elements will be noted. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Send Hearts][Send Hearts] (Mind-Bending Throughout) An ensemble cast with no main character, an infinite flow of gameplay! High-energy plot twists and turns throughout, every dungeon will leave you breathless!

42. 42 规 Rule Horror: I Am the Horror Story 规则怪谈：我即怪谈 Wish You Happiness祝你快乐呀Mystery1.8M WordsOngoing In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t 143kReads9.6Score18.8kShelves

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    The first one is amazing!! The character portrayals are so well done, I cried buckets, and it's not just the main character, the supporting characters aren't stupid either. It's incredibly mind-bending from start to finish, I really (can't describe it, sob sob sob) just... Go read it now!!! If you don't believe me, go read it, you absolutely must believe in the Insect Team's abilities! [Heart][Heart] The second one is intentionally rated lower, otherwise it wouldn't deserve such a low score. Afraid of being banned. It's also incredibly mind-bending, the downside is the slow updates. The main character has a dual personality, one is a psychopathic killer, the other is an ordinary person, the protagonist. And it's like dancing on a knife's edge, both the protagonist and the police are highly intelligent, a slight mistake and the protagonist is gone. Just (indescribably mind-bending). The third one is about the protagonist entering a world of supernatural tales, no cheat codes, high intelligence, every step relies on deduction. Note: None of the three books have a romance plot, so enjoy them without worry [Heart] I highly recommend the first one [Thumbs up][You should savor it]

43. 43 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Urge the Ghost Courtesan to Reform! 惊悚游戏：开局劝鬼花魁从良！ Sweet Sweet Sweet Stories甜甜甜故事Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror game + comedic mild horror + infinite-flow + livestream + no heroine + the protagonist doesn’t act human + everyone is clever + everyone lies + original game scenarios] [The only novel online to tell the story of what happened before the horror game invaded!] [Horror scenario “Ghost Brothel” fully loaded. Players, please get ready!] Lin Xun, a hack screenwriter, is transported into a horror game. Unblockable horror livestreams spread across the internet, turning this into a terrifying sp 5.6kReads9.3Score619Shelves

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    Trust me, just read Zhao Yi's first book.

44. 44 深 Deep Blue Corrosion 深蓝锈蚀 It's All the Same Anyway怎么都一样Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] [Foreshadowing] [Mind-bending] [Light Lovecraftian elements] Forty years after humanity won the war against intelligent machines, the world has become a fusion of near-future cyberpunk and fantasy. Technology is highly advanced, but society is deeply divided. Magic, arcane arts, holographic technology, and genetic modification all lurk beneath the surface. Hai Feng, a wandering, retired vigilante, stumbles upon a mysterious, strange phenomenon in a neon city and is drawn into a s 1.7kReads9.5Score141Shelves

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    Even if the CPU burns out, I can't imagine how it will survive. The apocalyptic horror environment is too harsh, and there are many foreshadowing elements, with very detailed foreshadowing.

45. 45 天 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 Xuan Chen玄尘Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 42kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
46. 46 恶 Dark Tales 2: The Fame and Fortune Circuit 恶谭2：名利场 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery267k WordsCompleted [Mind-bending mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic stories + the depths of human nature + stunning twists + hard-core sleuthing] “Where fame and fortune reign, disputes are sure to arise.” A woman's corpse hidden inside a Buddha statue in an ancient temple, a mysterious online celebrity, and a group of suspects with tangled connections: Tan Zheng takes on a baffling murder case. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the case is far more complicated than it first appe 257Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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    I can't believe anyone hasn't seen these yet! These are the kind of shows you'll regret missing! Absolutely amazing! Fast-paced, incredibly mind-bending, intellectually stimulating, and not at all overly sentimental! [Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food]

47. 47 救 Help, I Transmigrated into the Grave Robbers' Chronicles World 救我，我穿越盗笔世界了 Creeping Jenny连钱草Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [The Iron Triangle + Slow Burn + No Heroine + Not Mindless + Original Plot Follows the Source Closely + Both Heartbreak and Sweetness + Panzi + CP] (P.S. There are livestreams, but they're entirely from another world, and the livestream itself is a huge plot hook. There are no livestreams in Volume Two.) On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, five planets align. A fantastical transmigration journey begins. Lian Qian carries something closely connected to the tomb-raiding world, searching in t 8.6kReads9.4Score520Shelves
48. 48 恶 Dark Tales 3: The Abyss of Desire 恶谭3：欲望渊 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Mystery209k WordsCompleted [Mystery + criminal investigation + deduction + episodic cases + the depths of human nature + no romance + solving cases] [Desire is a wildfire, hard to contain once it spreads. It burns away reason, leaving only ashes behind.] Young Jiang Tingxu was presumed to have died by suicide, but years later he suddenly reappears and mercilessly kills the family members he once knew. A bizarre family history begins to come to light... The shocking discovery of several skeletons brings Longxue Village, a 184Reads9.2Score109Shelves
49. 49 当 After All of Humanity Disappeared 当全世界人类都消失以后 Fang Yebai方夜白Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After all humanity disappears from the world, there comes a knock at the door... Li Ge thought this was the kind of thing that only happened in science fiction movies and novels. He never dreamed he’d actually experience it himself! What’s it like to be the only human left in the world? Li Ge: Thanks for asking. I’m in Pengcheng, just got off the plane, and I have three things to say. I just found a gun and some grenades, blew up a bank, and set the cash on fire. Wanxiang City, the museum, the l 11.3kReads8.8Score770Shelves

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    🍀Produced by a die-hard Stone fan, guaranteed quality! 🌸①Chapter 497 (Complete). Logical reasoning is excellent, science fiction, extraordinary thinking. One of the dungeons features a super-intelligent AI named Cain, but the protagonist still manages to defeat it. 🌸②Chapter 487 (Complete). The protagonist, Du Yu, first dies unjustly because of Tai Shu, then unexpectedly becomes an operator at the Legend Management Bureau, experiencing a series of events, ultimately becoming "his first self."

50. 50 恶 Dark Tales 4: Tides of the Sea of Hate 恶谭4：恨海潮 The Out-of-Control Editorial Department失控编辑部Urban175k WordsCompleted [Mystery + Criminal investigation + Deduction + Case-by-case mysteries + The depths of human nature + No romance + Focused on solving cases] [Love and hate are poison. In excess, they consume flesh and blood and devour the soul.] A student at a foreign studies university carries explosives into a classroom, causing a tragedy that shocks the entire city! A wealthy boy vanishes on a rainy night, and his body surfaces in the river the next day. But the circumstances of his drowning are riddled with 246Reads9.3Score103Shelves

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