Modern-Day Stories With Creative Premises. No Power Fantasies, Seriously! 都市脑洞类型的 不要爽文不要爽文

1. 501 都 The Urban Villain Starts Out Penniless 都市反派从一贫如洗开始 A Fish Called Nan Feng叫南锋的鱼Urban848k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Mu Han, whose origins were shrouded in mystery, obtained the Villain System. With negative emotions as his foundation, Mu Han embarked on a path of overwhelming strength, crushing everything in his way until he reached the summit, stepping on every protagonist's head along the way. Mountains reach their peak, but I am the sky above the peaks. Lin Dong, who cultivated both medicine and martial arts, looked up at the sky. “Am I even the protagonist?” The Poison Lady of Yunjia 276Reads7.7Score—Shelves

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   Not bad, you'll know just by looking at it

2. 502 环 Pacific Rim: The Great Wall's Vigil 环太平洋-长城守望 How High the Heavens天之高兮Sci-Fi & Apocalypse637k WordsCompleted Luo Sen looked up at the steel giant. This thing had only ever appeared in movies and comics. It wasn’t until the “Seagull Project” was launched that men’s dreams finally became reality. To fight monsters, we created monsters. (Hong Kong Shatterdome Base:) 1.2kReads9.3Score157Shelves
3. 503 呸 Pah! How Could a Tough, Heavily Armored Brawler Like Me Possibly Be a Healer? 呸，横练重装的我怎么可能是奶妈 Last Night, the East Wind Visited the Little Tower小楼昨夜遇东风Urban774k WordsCompleted [Spiritual Qi Revival] + [Body Tempering] + [Invincible] + [System] + [Heavy Armor Healer] His surging blood and qi roared like the Yellow River. One punch shattered a towering peak, while his body shone like a sacred being, radiant with flowing light. Li Yang, glaring at the revived True Dragon he had cornered, demanded, “You little worm, you can eat whatever you want, but don’t go around talking nonsense! Tell me, what about me makes you think I’m a healer? Go on!” The domineering True Dragon 109Reads9.0Score—Shelves
4. 504 开 From the Start, I Was Murdered, Then Awakened the White Dragon Gene 开局被杀，我觉醒了白龙基因 Only a Tiny Bit Handsome只有亿点点帅而已Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + System + everyday life + lighthearted comedy] What if the cute younger student you confess to turns out to be a demon? Su Bai is stabbed through the body by his demon girlfriend right from the start, but unexpectedly awakens his original memories and gains the strength of an SSS-rank monster! Vampires, demons, cyborgs, Awakened, dimensional creatures, supernatural technology... This is a world where the supernatural and monsters coexist! It is also a world full of dangers! For th 7.5kReads8.9Score920Shelves
5. 505 直 The Genius Livestreamer: This Streamer Is the Real Deal, He'll Show Up When There's Trouble 直播鬼才：这主播能处，有事真上 Let Me Go Wild and Feast让我疯狂炫饭Urban688k WordsCompleted [Livestream + No heroine + Comedy + Lighthearted + Rebel] A flop streamer + the ultimate troublemaking System, leaving netizens stunned! Bai Ye transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to the [Never Back Down] System. Onlookers: “Streamer, don’t! You can’t win against those matchmaking aunties. They’re way too powerful!” A passerby: “Holy crap, he actually went straight at them! Holy crap, he made the aunties cry!” A fan of a certain brand: “If you’re saying our stuff is bad, go make 16.2kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
6. 506 属 Attribute Weaknesses? So What If I Have Every Attribute? 属性相克？我全属性又当如何 Heavenly Pivot天枢丶Urban84k WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [No System] + [Powerhouse] + [Teamwork] He was once a great general of the Dragon Kingdom, but fell victim to a conspiracy. Reborn, he unexpectedly gained a heaven-defying talent. From then on, he steadily rose to the peak, seeking the truth hidden behind the mists of the past... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   City + imagination + fantasy + high martial arts + superpowers + rebirth + time travel + team, no system, both supporting characters and passerby characters have distinct personalities, the characters also fit the personality, have high IQs, and a good sense of immersion. The frame structure is good and the picture description is detailed. It is a rare good book.

7. 507 全 Global Cataclysm: I Transmigrated as the Villainous Rich Heir 全球灾变：我穿越成了反派富二代 Cangyun Ferryman苍云摆渡Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Villain + System + Special Abilities] (If you only want mindless killing and can't accept the protagonist doing bad things, don't read this!) Lu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a rich second-generation heir. What? The apocalypse is coming in a week, and all of humanity will start evolving? And he's actually the villain of the apocalypse? When he learns that the protagonist, Chu Feng, will be reborn before the apocalypse arrives, he immediately starts laying his pla 28.1kReads8.8Score1.9kShelves

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   Not bad, recommended

8. 508 全 Global Curfew 全球宵禁 Po Shang Feng魄殇风Urban125k WordsOngoing [Spiritual Qi Revival, Apocalypse, No Female Lead] Night falls, and countless mysterious shadows plunge from the void into the city. Jiang Jinjiu descends with a mysterious sketchbook. The monsters he casually drew in his previous life turn out to be gods, and they merge with him. Immortal dark creatures, artists who walk in darkness: the sketchbook’s seals are their prison and their salvation! Jiang Jinjiu: If the light can’t save you, then I’ll fall into darkness! Old Li: Half a lifetime in da —Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   I sincerely recommend it. After the male protagonist was reborn, he was a genius in terms of learning, but after the spiritual energy was revived, a curfew was imposed, and the monsters in the night were the enemies... The opening chapter is full of suspense, and the battle descriptions are very passionate. I have the desire to continue watching.

9. 509 青 Qingyun Mengloubai 青云梦露白 Drifting Through the Mortal World浮沉人间Urban110k WordsOngoing Mu Bai, an ordinary office worker, came into possession of a mysterious black card by chance. From then on, it opened the door to travel between otherworlds. A bizarre realm of nightmares, ferocious exotic beasts, and a mysterious mastermind pulling the strings... One incident after another unfolds. As Mu Bai endures trials on the brink of life and death, he gradually uncovers the truth about the nightmare realm. How will he expose the leaders who have been assimilated, and the conspiracy to a —Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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   I stayed up late and couldn't stop. I stumbled upon this fantasy novel. It's unexpectedly good-looking. The plot content is very exciting. The theme of traveling through other worlds is novel. The protagonist has high IQ and strength. You must read it.

10. 510 超 The All-Purpose Errand Shop in a Supernatural City 超自然都市的万能跑腿店 March Millet三月黍Urban131k WordsOngoing [Original] [Urban supernatural powers] [Single male protagonist] [Slow burn] [No AI] Anomalies run rampant in Xinsang City, where a string of bizarre murders is growing into a citywide urban legend. The municipal government deliberately plays down the truth and covers up the threat posed by the anomalies. Ji Dao, a superpowered man who runs an all-purpose errand shop, spends his days taking delivery jobs and dealing with thugs and anomalies with his bare hands. All he wants is to earn enough to —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A potential new book that I casually clicked on in a book shortage, it is not a mindless and exciting article. After the male protagonist encounters a case by chance, he searches for clues with the genius hacker Luo Ge and members of the DRA Real Record Team 8, and slowly uncovers the inside story of the explosion in the Guhuai Industrial Park a year ago. The plot has some oppressive and thrilling parts, but it is also interspersed with a lot of joyful interactions, and the tension is well controlled.

11. 511 千 The Nine Nights of Qianmen 千门九夜 Jin Chenyang今晨阳Urban577k WordsOngoing "A Thousand Gates, Nine Nights": Blades hide in the dark, and the Thousand Gates are weapons. Fifteen years of planning, all for the truth and bloody vengeance! At seven years old, Lin Heng watched his closest family die, and his world collapsed. His only chance to survive was to follow his mysterious Third Uncle into the shadows of the underworld. Ten years in the dark prison forged him into a blade. His Third Uncle, Wu Sansheng, the leader of the Old Nine Tigers, taught him everything he kne 9Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    The dark night hides the edge, and a thousand doors serve as the blade. Lin Heng witnessed the tragedy at the age of seven, and learned from his third uncle the skills of Qian Sect Sophistry, Gu Sect Secret Poison, etc. Ten years later, he changed his name to Jiuye and began to trace the murder of that year, but found out that a conspiracy to usurp the throne was involved.

12. 512 被 Someone Tried to Frame Me, So I Put on a Bandit's Mask! 被人碰瓷，我带上了劫匪头套！ Dragons Fighting龙打架Urban230k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Jin is chosen to play a bank robber in a bank drill. On the day of the exercise, as he heads to the bank to carry out the “robbery,” an old woman falls right in front of him. Old woman: “You knocked me down. You’re not going anywhere until you pay me eight or ten thousand yuan.” With the planned time drawing closer, Lu Jin has no choice but to agree to take the old woman to the bank to withdraw the money. Once inside the bank, as the old woman urges L 4.2kReads8.7Score205Shelves

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    See for yourself.

13. 513 我 I’m Mentally Ill, and I Was Dragged into the Heavenly Court Chat Group 我，精神病，被拉入天庭聊天群 Wacky Bear · Grandpa Hui搞怪熊·慧爷Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Comedy + invincible protagonist + all kinds of twists + the Myriad Worlds + unhinged!] Bai Ye: a man with three distinct personalities, a mental illness, an extremely dangerous individual, and the heir to a top-tier tycoon family! He is currently confined in Qingshan Mental Hospital, which is owned by his family! [Bai Ye’s primary personality, codename “Childlike Innocence,” is always getting carried away...] [Second personality, codename “Evil Doctor,” enjoys dissecting people...] [Third perso 3.1kReads9.4Score424Shelves

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    This book is really too imaginative

14. 514 我 Me, I Arrested My Blind Date from the Start 我，开局逮捕了相亲对象 Cong Lin从霖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted “Ding!” “System activated...” “Skills are now being issued...” Lin Ran, a newly hired police officer, awakened the System during a raid on a foot massage parlor. From then on, solving major cases became as easy as eating and drinking. Criminals of every stripe trembled at the mere mention of his name... 4kReads8.3Score456Shelves
15. 515 天 Heaven’s Court Layoffs: The God of Wealth’s Soul Transmigration 天庭裁员：财神魂穿记 Wild Third Young Master野生三少Urban823k WordsOngoing The God of Wealth, Su Ying, was sabotaged by a rival during a round of divine layoffs and fell into the Reincarnation Pool. Her soul ended up in the body of Su Ying, an obscure actress at the very bottom of the entertainment industry. The original owner was in dire straits: her agency was exploiting her and forcing her to attend drinking parties to please investors; her parasitic father was pressuring her to come up with 300,000 yuan for her younger brother's wedding home down payment; and her A 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The God of Wealth who was once worshiped by thousands of people has now become an 18th-tier actress who is being chased and blood-sucked. Fortunately, she is bound to the prodigal system and can save her life by spending money. She directly starts a crazy consumption mode and counterattacks the entertainment industry!

16. 516 本 I Was Already Planning to Quit the Industry, and You’re Threatening to Blacklist Me? 本来就想退圈，你拿雪藏威胁我？ Jun Ting钧霆Urban1.6M WordsCompleted The entire entertainment industry began to stagnate, and even showed signs of going into decline. Countless internet users said it was all because of that star who had only been in the business for a few years and spent every day wanting to laze around instead of making good work. Can you please get serious for once? You never create anything and only think about quitting the industry. You can't quit! Lin Chen: If you won't let me quit, then I'll stir things up! 2.6kReads8.4Score172Shelves
17. 517 我 I Blew Through My School Beauty Wife's Secret Stash! 我！败光了校花老婆小金库！ Blade of Heartbreak心寒之刃Urban491k WordsCompleted Before he was reborn, his wife Mu Qingwu died in a bizarre car accident, and Ye Qiu was pushed off a towering cliff. When he opened his eyes, he was back in high school. “Mu Qingwu, you have a mole in your armpit and another on your back.” “Your favorite color is pink, especially Hello Kitty.” “The password to your secret savings is 521314.” “...” Mu Qingwu: “Ye Qiu, how... how do you know all that!?” Ye Qiu: “I'll come clean. I'm your future husband.” No way!!! Are you going to blow through my 3kReads8.9Score301Shelves

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    This is pretty

18. 518 双 Twin Bodies: Blessed by a Spirit Fox, She Roams the Underworld and Plays Among the Living 双体：灵狐加持，她游地府戏人间 Hu Zetian虎泽天Modern Romance526k WordsOngoing [Dual Worlds = Underworld x City + Mythology x Science Fiction (Illustrated)] This is a world where all things coexist. She is in prison, yet her mind is utterly free, because she shares a dual consciousness with a thousand-year-old fox spirit. In prison, she writes a novel called The Underworld's Female Official with a brush, recording everything that happened in the past. After her release, she begins a fantastical life, roaming the underworld and playing among the living... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is a bit interesting. The idea of ​​the heroine and the thousand-year-old white fox merging together is good. But the most interesting thing is that the two people tried to merge and failed, but their stomachs growled after the failure. It's fun, it's worth watching

19. 519 全 Global High Martial: Organization, I'm Really Not a Heretic 全球高武：组织啊，我真不是异端 Apple Cider Vinegar300苹果醋300Urban1.6M WordsCompleted My new novel is here: Weird and Powerful? No, This Time I Want to Be a Good Person. A story about an adult. After transmigrating to a high-martial-arts world, he gets a “Wish Fulfillment” System! Using the information and plans supplied by the System, Su Ming takes off on the spot and begins living life to the fullest! But! The world is in chaos, and heretics run rampant! For his loved ones, his country, and himself, Su Ming casually nudges the threads of fate, only to accidentally 3.2kReads8.6Score218Shelves

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    Character characteristics: The protagonist is not like some other novels, where there are enemies everywhere, and there is no kind of protagonist who is a waste and is ridiculed and looked down upon by everyone. It is relatively normal. In reality, a student with poor study will be ridiculed by everyone. It is relatively real. Protagonist relationship: There are not a lot of enemies, and there is no harem.

20. 520 基 Gene Frenzy: The Mystery of Shouer 基因狂潮：寿尔之谜 Seeking the Dao at the World's End寻道天涯Urban166k WordsOngoing When the first "immortality" serum was injected into the human body, human genes began mutating rapidly and uncontrollably. From then on, genes linked together like chains, spreading quickly through the population... Darwin's On the Origin of Species began to crumble, and disaster descended. The harmonious world did not improve with genetic mutations. Instead, the opening of Pandora's box would claim countless lives. In this world, people eating people became commonplace. While everyone remai —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Blowing kiss][Grass planted] When the male protagonist Xiao Yize was eight years old, his brain stem cells mutated, causing his limbs to atrophy and he was unable to walk. At the age of eighteen, he mustered up the courage to face death! Fortunately, he traveled to a parallel world and came back to life. His friend invited him to the wedding. Everything seemed to be normal, but the mutated bride at the wedding and the bloody wedding told him that the world has undergone earth-shaking changes!

21. 521 神 Mythology Invades: I Slay the Gods on Earth 神话入侵：我在地球斩神明 Yellow Pen黄笔Urban6.5M WordsOngoing In the year 0001 of the New Era, the gods descended and invaded Earth. After fifteen years of grueling resistance, human civilization was ultimately wiped out! Lin Fan, guardian deity of Great Xia, returns to three months before the gods arrive. In this life, he'll lead Great Xia in facing the gods with the strength of the entire nation! The God of the Ocean? Great Xia will answer with a steel wall! The God of the Sky? Great Xia's cannons will point straight at the heavens! The God of Winter? Gr 22.1kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    Very good!

22. 522 逃 Escape Game: Playing Kaito Kid from the Start 逃生游戏：开局扮演怪盗基德 The Cat Beneath the Tangerine Tree橘树下的猫Urban531k WordsOngoing “In a modern city, on the run and pitting your wits against the best crime-solving experts around, how many days can you survive?” Ye Luoyun discovers that he has transmigrated into a crime-prevention game that simulates reality. The game is one-to-one and absolutely realistic. He earns ten thousand yuan for every day he survives, and the grand prize is one hundred million dollars! “Director, how should I act to look more like a ruthless bandit?” “Just tone it down a little and you’ll look the p 913Reads9.0Score160Shelves

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    Story synopsis: Not bad.

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