Looking for a Novel That's Oppressive from Start to Finish, One That Leaves You Breathless 求全篇很压抑，让人喘不过气的书

1. 801 蠢 The Adorably Clumsy Imperial Consort Is the Emperor's Sole Favorite 蠢萌帝妃，陛下独宠 Fish in the Sea海里鱼Ancient Romance2.3M WordsOngoing Not faithful to each other! Sweet and angsty! No rebirth, transmigration, golden finger, or wish fulfillment! [Palace Intrigue + Political Scheming + Age Gap + Ensemble Cast + Healing + Family and Country + Slow-Burning Romance + A seemingly silly, adorable, pitiful heroine who's actually wise and perceptive vs. a clear-headed, rational emperor who dotes on her] Su Chao is sent into the palace as the family's “little pebble,” and things go disastrously from the start. Her paternal aunt is the em 4.2kReads8.7Score218Shelves

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   This book is truly bittersweet. My dear Chaochao, I so wish you happiness. It carries the subtle tragedy of feudal society, a backdrop of Yuan Nai's life. Regret is omnipresent; tears flow effortlessly, leaving the reader feeling oppressed, heartbroken, helpless, and sorrowful. A touch of sourness, a touch of bitterness, a touch of sweetness, a touch of warmth—a smile plays on your lips, yet tears still stream down your face.

2. 802 异 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score325Shelves

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   How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

3. 803 警 Warning! The Evil God's Followers Are Storming the Horror Instance 警告！邪神眷属正在杀入诡异副本 Fickle World Fungus世事无常真菌Mystery810k WordsOngoing Weird dungeons + livestreaming + lighthearted + no pressure (no couples, no romantic tension). Successfully adapted into a live-action series and a comic, so enjoy with confidence. Weird dungeons descend upon the world, randomly selecting players and leaving everyone in a state of panic. Then Qi Xie, a follower of an Evil God, enters a dungeon and immediately breaks down sobbing! Heavens above! Who knows how many haunted houses he’s slept in and how many mass graves he’s dug up just to keep that 207.8kReads8.9Score29.2kShelves
4. 804 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Mystery710k 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 2.8MReads9.5Score587.2kShelves
5. 805 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery275k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 273.6kReads8.3Score46.8kShelves
6. 806 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy871k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 756kReads9.0Score137.5kShelves
7. 807 我 I Have a Hypnosis App for Female Ghosts 我有一个女鬼催眠APP As Long as the Green Hills Remain苟得青山在Mystery540k WordsOngoing Qin Ming meant to download a hypnosis game app, but ended up with a female ghost hypnosis app instead. As he gazed at the app’s dazzling array of female ghosts he could romance, then watched one actually appear in the real world, he fell silent. If he wanted to stay alive, he had no choice but to romance the female ghosts! Female Ghost Hypnosis App: Activate! 201.2kReads8.5Score26.9kShelves
8. 808 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.4kReads8.5Score52kShelves
9. 809 全 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 A Lamp for the Bright Moon一盏明月灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 260.9kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves
10. 810 双 We Had a Mutual Crush for Seven Years, but Fate Won in the End 双向暗恋七年，最后我们输给了天命 Never Enter the Game in This Life平生不入局10k WordsCompleted We Had a Mutual Crush for Seven Years, but in the End, Fate Defeated Us. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short, heart-wrenching story featuring mutual deep love, mutual forbearance, and mutual sacrifice. No one is inherently evil, yet none of them have a solution; from beginning to end, fate is the only one to blame. The atmosphere is incredibly oppressive.

11. 811 美 Three Escapes by a Beauty 美人三逃 Summer Cicada Song夏日鸣婵Ancient Romance213k WordsCompleted (Possessive love + unhinged male lead + transmigrated female lead) Mad dog male lead × female lead he gradually drives mad Jiang Yuan ran away three times. The first time was when she learned that Pei Jing only intended to take her as a concubine. The second was after she pretended to be docile and obedient, successfully earning Pei Jing’s trust. The third was on the eve of their wedding. Unfortunately, fate played cruel tricks on her. She failed all three times, and Pei Jing grew more and more 9.4kReads8.2Score488Shelves

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    The female protagonist, initially full of hope, is tormented to the point of collapse by the male protagonist, ultimately leading her to poison him and perish together.

12. 812 那 The Book My Mom Burned, I Wrote Again 那本被我妈烧掉的书，我写回来了 Yun Yan陨言Urban102k WordsCompleted When I was fourteen, my mom said, “If you don’t do your homework, I’ll burn your books.” I didn’t wait for her to do it. I piled all my homework on the kitchen floor, doused it with oil, and lit it myself. As the flames leapt up, she stood beside me chopping vegetables. Her knife thudded against the cutting board, once, twice, three times. She didn’t stop me or scold me. She didn’t even look over. That was the first time I spoke with fire. Later, while I was away, my whole class signed a petit 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's good, I love watching it, please everyone watch it!

13. 813 无 No Official Relationship 无实名关系 Three Three Days三三日Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted New rating just in: [Brooding, insecure sweetheart vs. aloof on the outside, warm-hearted young master] [Rekindled romance | School life first, then city life | Each other's first love | Happy ending] * Cheng Zhike witnessed a farcical debt-collection scene in a dead-end alley. He was just an onlooker enjoying the spectacle, but somehow ended up taking home the filthy schoolmate who was being hounded for money. The schoolmate was beautiful, with sparkling, limpid almond eyes that seemed able t 17.3kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves

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    It was so bittersweet and depressing; the scene where they reconcile after a breakup made me cry [crying][crying][crying]. The female lead suffered from depression and was hallucinating, and the male lead was heartbroken.

14. 814 妄 Reckless Youth 妄稚 I'm a Pomelo Tree是柚子树呀Modern Romance113k WordsCompleted "What did you say?" "Was I wrong?" "Wenzhi, I think I've fallen for you." (PS: The male lead is cruel and may not be faithful, so don't read if that's not for you. The ending may be a bad ending, so I'm letting everyone know in advance. Lastly, I'm a new author. I hope you'll show me your support.) 1.8kReads—Score103Shelves

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    😢😢😢

15. 815 泥 Mud Pearl 泥珠 Edamame Buddha毛豆佛爷Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted [A socially awkward, insecure mountain girl x a wicked young master with the world at his feet] ㅤ When Yu Pan Di was thirteen, her parents "entrusted" her to the Yue family for a hundred thousand yuan. Yue Jian Che renamed her Yu Zhu. He said Zhu meant a rare pearl, but what he really had in mind was the word for pig, as in stupid as one.ㅤㅤ She was a dingy mountain moon from the depths of the Qinling Mountains: quiet, awkward, and insecure, never daring to ask for anything. He was a handsome, vi 139.6kReads8.6Score20.1kShelves

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    The female lead gives off a feeling of being dependent on others, and after reading a few chapters, it really makes me angry.

16. 816 扮 Playing Huangquan, I Bring Honkai: Star Rail to Another World 扮演黄泉，我让崩铁降临异界 Joyful欣喜的Eastern Fantasy857k WordsCompleted “Playing Acheron” “Alternate fantasy world” “_ _ : _ _ _ _” “Decisive killing” “No genderbending” Roadside gacha, ten-pulls for max Eidolons, crawling through the shadows, and getting flattened by a heavy truck. After being hit by a truck, a young man transmigrates to another world and plays Acheron. While cutting down anything in his path, he searches for Pathstriders who meet the System's criteria, gradually reshaping the entire world into Honkai: Star Rail. (More than 90% of the plot is origi 4.1kReads8.2Score370Shelves

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    In the bad end, almost everyone except the protagonist died. The protagonist himself nearly died while fighting the boss. The author also suffered a setback, being targeted by the platform.

17. 817 我 I Fell in Love with a Long-Legged Older Man 我爱上了大长腿叔叔 Foxtail Grass by the River河边的狗尾巴草Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted Today is my graduation ceremony, and I’m incredibly excited. I haven’t seen my tall uncle in ages. He’s the big brother who’s been supporting me, only twelve years older than I am. He won’t let me call him that, but to me, he’s my big brother. He promised he’d come to my graduation ceremony today! After I graduate, he’ll take me to his company… But the ceremony ended, and the figure I’d been longing to see never showed up. As soon as I could, I nervously called him. But the person who answered w 1.4kReads6.1Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is incredibly angsty. He's handsome and rich, but a car accident leaves him paralyzed, and he suffers daily rehabilitation pains. The details are beautifully described 👍🏻 The female lead is a girl he sponsors, 12 years younger than him, who has a crush on him. After they grow up, her crush turns into a passionate advance, which the male lead tries desperately to avoid but is powerless to resist!

18. 818 宋 Mr. Song, It's Hard to Hate You 宋先生，与你难生恨 Ning Chun宁淳Two Male Leads20k WordsCompleted When we kissed, our sticky saliva clung between us like a dying fish struggling for life. It had long since foretold the worst. Mr. Song, only you and I can know this hatred. | Words for Mr. Song, a whisper in the same hue as my beloved. Our memories flashed by like scenes from a film, and I remember every detail with perfect clarity. I hate that my feelings can’t be taken back, making it hard for you to choose and driving me to torment myself. 448Reads—Score107Shelves

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    A bittersweet story: one death, one marriage – a true story.

19. 819 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves

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    The book is called "Fang Siqi's First Love Paradise". I can't find it anymore. You should really check it out. After reading that book, I became a little afraid to go out. I wanted to stay far away from strangers, and everyone seemed like a bad person.

20. 820 我 I Am the Immune System! Either You or the Virus Has to Die 我，免疫系统！你和病毒得死一个 Chen Erliang陈二两Urban892k WordsCompleted When Liang Chuan transmigrated into the immune system of Qin Ruxue, a goddess on campus, and she was diagnosed with a terminal illness, everything changed! [White blood cells]: “A large number of cold viruses detected. Requesting reinforcements!” Liang Chuan: “Mobilize the body’s energy and mass-produce an army to fight them!” Meanwhile, Qin Ruxue acted as though she were possessed by a starving ghost. “I’m so hungry… I want to eat!” Doctor: “You can’t eat yet.” [White blood cells]: “Cancer cell 9.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    If I had to pick a book that's generally depressing, I'd say the second one is. The author focuses on realism; there's no system or cheat code, which made me feel heartbroken. The author even added a twist at the beginning and end, really well-placed the plot holes. Apparently, the ending was due to a power outage and the nuclear power plant being deserted, causing it to explode and plunging the entire world into radiation, resulting in physical mutations in humanity. In the first book, the female lead gets sick with a rare genetic disease, I think, and the male lead tries his best to save her. The author wrote two endings, one happy and one tragic. I think the tragic ending was probably the author's intention, but writing only one ending might be criticized, so they wrote both. The third book is quite lighthearted and lively at the beginning, but later the protagonist dies while saving the world, goes to hell with no memories, and has to save ghosts. The ending seems to involve returning to Earth. The fourth book has an overly optimistic protagonist, so optimistic it's heartbreaking. It's not entirely depressing, but I'd still recommend it… As for the last book…😳

21. 821 穿 Back to My Parents' Teenage Years 穿回爸妈的少年时代 Ying Mufeng应沐风Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Xiao Ran woke from a deep sleep to discover she'd gone back twenty-five years, to a time when her parents were still in high school... “To Dad: I want to teach you how to be a good father. You have to study hard.” “To Mom: You're a person in your own right first, and my mother second.” A seemingly two-faced but truly obsessive heroine: Everything you see is what I want you to see. (No romance + family bonds + a little angst) 1.2kReads9.2Score106Shelves

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    [Completed, Depressing] 🦋 Xiao Ran unexpectedly travels back to her parents' high school days and begins her plan to break them up. In Xiao Ran's eyes, her mother was originally an outstanding person, but she gave up her dreams for her and her father. Her father, however, harbors feelings for a past love and dislikes her and her mother, and the rest of the family despises her. Since that's the case, then let's make sure it never started. 🦋 Shen Nian lost her best friend and lover due to a wrong choice, living in an abyss of regret ever since. She dared not relax, nor dared to leave, because she wanted to atone for her sins. Later, she did leave; she was finally able to see her best friend again.

22. 822 血 Crimson Neon: The Tenth Shattered Pregnancy 血色霓虹：破碎的第十次怀孕 Yang Xinsheng杨新生Marriage & Romance23k WordsCompleted Blood-Red Neon: The Tenth Broken Pregnancy —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A short, illustrated ethical drama series featuring a woman who is pregnant ten times and imprisoned in the delivery room. [Learned something new]

23. 823 末 Apocalypse Descends: Global Power Outage 末世降临：全球断电 This Author Is No Good这作者不行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse556k WordsCompleted The electromagnetic radiation and high-energy charged particles released by a solar storm will trigger violent activity in the upper atmosphere and near-Earth space. They can disrupt Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals, interfere with high-frequency radio communications, completely cut off high-frequency communications along aviation routes, damage electronic components, and destroy optical systems. ...When that happens, there will be no phones, computers, internet, Wi-Fi, or even 2.5kReads9.1Score357Shelves
24. 824 血 Blood-Red Neon: Being Reborn Can't Change Fate 血色霓虹：重生改变不了命运 Yang Xinsheng杨新生18k WordsCompleted Blood-Red Neon: Being Reborn Can't Change Fate 2Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 825 穿 Transmigrate to Another World and Start as a Mountain God 穿越异世从山神做起 Song of the Dao道前歌Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted and fun] [An otherworldly system of immortals and gods] [The protagonist becomes a mountain god, but is more human than divine. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] [No female lead] Li Yuan is the disgrace of transmigrators. While everyone else transmigrates as a live-in son-in-law, an invincible agent, or an almighty emperor, he transmigrates into a rock and spends several thousand years on a mountain. Until one day... A golden book descends from the heavens, and Li Yuan becomes 40.9kReads8.9Score4.4kShelves
26. 826 以 A Prison Painted with the Heart 以心画牢 Yang Xinsheng杨新生Two Male Leads796k WordsCompleted [Slow Burn + 1v1 Romance + Wealthy Family Secrets + Intense Push and Pull + Two Strong Leads + Substitute + Winning Her Back] Emergency room doctor Su Nuanyang saves business tycoon Gu YeHan, only for him to mistake her for the “white moonlight” of his memories and treat her as a substitute. She stands by her principles, while he keeps pressing her at every turn. When he takes a knife for her and teeters on the brink of death, she finally falls for him. But on their wedding day, his mother produ 5Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 827 重 Reborn: I Give the Nation a Cheat Code 重生之我给国家送外挂 If I Do Not Leave若不辞Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [No romance + post-apocalyptic rebirth + ensemble cast + the nation steps in] (The first season of the animated series is out.) The Civilization Codices descended, devouring Blue Star in a dimensional attack and bringing the world to an end. Greed, envy, sloth... What secrets do the seven great Civilization Codices conceal? Yan Chu, a tomb keeper, was hit on the head by a brick and inexplicably reborn in the past. She decided to hand over what she had to the nation. With the Book of Fate and a b 29.9kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves
28. 828 废 Wasteland Rose 废土蔷薇 Jiang Ruoyu姜若渝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse205k WordsCompleted [Wasteland Apocalypse, No Romance, Coming-of-Age Heroine, Fast-Paced, Not for Everyone] [Note: The protagonist barely stockpiles any supplies. I don't know why it was given the “stockpiling supplies” tag, and I can't change it 😭] Lin Wei, a college student who loves working out, turned down an invitation from her classmates to go to a party, then immediately stumbled upon a “mass brawl.” After a series of pursuits, with zombies, monsters, and hostile factions all chasing her, Lin Wei discovered 17Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 829 只 I Only Want to Love You 只愿钟情与你 Always Twelve一直十二Modern Romance99k WordsCompleted Clear-headed beauty × calculating, controlling powerhouse (1v1 coercive romance, forced love, a tragic love story, not for everyone) The thing Xi Yuanwan regrets most in her life is marrying Jiang Chengshen. _ After her parents passed away, she inherited the company’s assets on her own. Her third uncle, the only elder in the family, looked after her devotedly. - Xi Yuanwan first met Jiang Chengshen at a dinner party, where she was taken in by his outward appearance. At the time, he was a promisi 3.6kReads—Score125Shelves

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    I only wish to be entangled with you, even until death. The male protagonist's love is mixed with a trace of feigned sincerity.

30. 830 旧 An Old Skin 旧皮囊 The West Is Not at Peace西方不宁Modern Romance297k WordsOngoing While studying abroad in Country M, Fang Zhiye stumbled into a “concubine selection” and from then on took on the identity of Beryl. “Beryl. That's your name.” “My Chinese name is Fang Zhiye.” “You don't need it here.” From then on, her past, her identity, her wishes, all were casually erased. Coercion / melodrama / tortured romance / dark / authoritarian / high society / oppressive There are no perfect characters. The male lead is not a good person. Not a strong female lead, not a lighthearted, 674Reads8.4Score108Shelves

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    Both of these books were quite suffocating, making me realize how lucky I am that I'm just an NPC.

31. 831 强 Forced Love: The Enchanting Parasitic Flower 强制宠爱：菟丝花她过分美丽 Wushang Zhen无上真Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, Innocent 19-Year-Old Clinging Vine × Benevolent-Looking, Wicked-Hearted 29-Year-Old Underworld Boss] Forced possession, love at first sight, and a long road to redemption Synopsis: An underworld boss sets his sights on his subordinate's crush and takes her by force. To save a friend, He Tang panicked and claimed to be the niece of Mr. Liang, an underworld boss. In reality, she had never even seen his face. Later, in a spontaneous act of kindness, she rescued a university professor. 825Reads7.7Score147Shelves
32. 832 毁 Destroying the Evidence 毁尸灭迹 Thousand-Year Pea Pod千年豌豆荚Modern Romance26k WordsCompleted [Sickly beauty who’s afraid of dying × psychopathic murderer with a touch of a romantic streak] [Heartbreaking, tragic love, madmen, mutual destruction, dark, villains] Shang Wang came across a murderer. Beneath the heavy curtain of rain, she had just finished an IV drip at the hospital. Wandering idly, she came to a secluded corner and looked up. In the distance, in an abandoned garden, a pitch-black figure like a ghost was bent over, digging at something again and again. Suddenly, a flash o 3.2kReads8.2Score327Shelves

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    So desperate and depressing [crying]

33. 833 他 They Call Me the Savior, but I'm an Evil God 他们叫我救世主，可我是邪神啊 Yun Le Xiao Feng云乐霄风Urban239k WordsOngoing [Urban Supernatural Powers + Top-Tier Chaos-Loving Evil God + A Team of Lovable Idiots + I’m Really About to Stop Being Human] Other people’s golden fingers are Systems or old masters. Mine... is the evil god “roommate” in my head, who spends every day messing with me. I failed my graduate school entrance exams, and my girlfriend ran off. I thought my life couldn’t get any worse, until a civil servant contract offering a monthly salary of 50,000 yuan and seven types of insurance plus two housi 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book doesn't have any cheat codes. It's just the story of a few people who don't want to become monsters and desperately try to stay human.

34. 834 极 After Enduring Unimaginable Humiliation, She Found Redemption in the Mafia 极限受辱后，她在黑帮里找到救赎 Wu Wu Wu Wu無无雾舞Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted The most harrowing torment, the most unbearable pain, the most overwhelming love. The heroine, Jiang Chen, is kidnapped and imprisoned, and loses her loved ones. Later, she meets the man she loves most, Qin Shuo. Love and hatred, betrayal and redemption intertwine. Can this man save her? 813Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The emotions were a bit heavy and oppressive, only easing at the end.

35. 835 杀 The Pig-Butchering Scam Game 杀猪盘游戏 Da Da Vinci达Da芬奇Modern Romance244k WordsOngoing [Disfigured, brooding male ghost x imperfect heroine] [Mental illness | disfigured male ghost | obsession | escape | coercion | imprisonment] [A scoundrel's true love | ruthless seas and clear skies | the moon hangs high, but its light doesn't reach me] [No redemption arc | groveling after losing her | age gap] Under the moonlight, Chu Ying accidentally witnessed a murder. As she tried to escape, the killer spotted her, and the chase began... Cornered on a high platform, she fell from it and 546Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Both of these books have very depressing openings. The first one, "pig butchering scam," opens with the male protagonist deceiving the female protagonist, undergoing plastic surgery, and transforming himself into a business tycoon to get close to her.

36. 836 寂 Beneath the Silence 寂静之下 Alloy Wooden Fish合金木鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsOngoing [Military apocalypse] [Science fiction] [Alternate history] [Sovietpunk] [Slavic supermen] [Mystery] (In 1975, while the West was mired in an oil crisis and economic stagflation, an internal upheaval in the Soviet Union had become inevitable. As Brezhnev's health rapidly deteriorated and conservatives and rigid bureaucrats dragged the country toward decay, an internal coup launched by the military and reformists completely changed the course of a stagnant era. From then on, the Soviet Union emb 737Reads6.9Score108Shelves

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    This one is about solar storms, the main character is a former KGB agent from the Soviet Union. There's another one I can't recommend, also on Tomato, called Fusion I: Red Ruins, the main character is a prison militia member.

37. 837 全 Global Survival: The Bottom 10% Will Be Erased 全民求生：后百分之10被抹杀 U Shield i Fie RenU盾i覅人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse284k WordsOngoing (If you enjoy wilderness survival and competing systems, read the first 71 chapters. If you prefer gods and dungeons, you can start from chapter 72. An epic feel, and everyone is smart.) Seven billion people are thrown into a world of mist. Every seven days, a purge erases the bottom 10% of the rankings for good. Lu Chen, a forest ranger in the Qinling Mountains, starts out ranked three billion two hundred million. While others break down in the dense fog, he crouches by a stream, collecting or —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is pretty good 🥰 It's not that depressing, just the world-building is oppressive, but the protagonist has a pretty fun time.

38. 838 女 The Goddess Took Her Backup on a Blind Date, and Things Took an Unexpected Turn 女神带我这备胎去相亲，结果意外 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted My crush took me, her backup option, along on a blind date, and then something unexpected happened. 6.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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39. 839 分 After We Broke Up, I Married My Ex's Best Friend 分手后，我娶了前任的闺蜜 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance18k WordsCompleted After the breakup, I married my ex's best friend. 4.2kReads—Score—Shelves
40. 840 同 My Girlfriend Vanished at Our Class Reunion, Driving Me Insane 同学会女友失踪，搞得我神经错乱 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted My girlfriend vanished at our class reunion, and it drove me out of my mind. 2.5kReads—Score—Shelves
41. 841 美 A Beauty Says She's Pregnant, but I Only Brushed Against Her Skirt 美女说怀孕了，可我只碰了下她裙子 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A beautiful woman says she’s pregnant, but all I did was touch her skirt. 720Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 842 同 My Live-In Girlfriend Gets Intimate with Her Male Best Friend, and I Smile and Go Over to Say Hello 同居女友与男闺蜜亲热，我笑着上前问好 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance11k WordsCompleted My live-in girlfriend got cozy with her guy best friend. I walked over with a smile to say hello. 3kReads—Score—Shelves
43. 843 暗 I've Had a Crush on My Beautiful Coworker for Three Years. Will She Say Yes If I Confess? 暗恋美女同事三年，表白后她会同意吗？ The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted I've Had a Crush on My Beautiful Coworker for Three Years. Will She Say Yes If I Confess? 79Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 844 她 After Her Eighth Proposal, I Left to the Sound of Her Singing 她求婚八次后，我在她的歌声中离开 The Strategist策略派10k WordsCompleted After she proposed eight times, I left to the sound of her singing. 110Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 845 初 My First Love Faces Off Against an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 初恋大战AI美女，我该怎么办啊 The Strategist策略派12k WordsCompleted My First Love Is Going Head-to-Head with an AI Beauty. What Should I Do? 44Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 846 让 Have Her Pretend to Be a Rich Heiress's Girlfriend? Winning Five Million Is Nothing 让她假扮千金女友，中奖五百万不值一提 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted She pretended to be a rich heiress’s boyfriend, and winning five million was no big deal. 68Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 847 暗 My Unrequited Love's Tragic Past Life: Reborn, I'll Confess and Change Our Fate 暗恋校花前世凄苦，重生后我要表白改命 The Strategist策略派8k WordsCompleted My Secret Crush, the Campus Belle, Had a Miserable Past Life. Reborn, I’ll Confess and Change My Fate 31Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 848 美 The Beautiful CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Got Drunk and Called for Her 美女总裁嫁给外卖骑手，她死后，我醉后喊她 The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance9k WordsCompleted A Stunning CEO Married a Delivery Rider. After She Died, I Called Out to Her While Drunk. 158Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 849 美 A Beauty Contacts a Male Listener, but Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 美女联络男倾听师，背后藏着惊天秘密？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance10k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Gets in Touch with a Male Listener. Is There a Shocking Secret Behind It? 34Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 850 美 The Beauty Turned Down My Confession, Then Showed Up at My Door Two Years Later? 美女拒绝我表白，两年后竟主动找上门？ The Strategist策略派Marriage & Romance19k WordsCompleted A Beautiful Woman Turned Down My Confession. Two Years Later, Why Did She Come Looking for Me? 62Reads—Score—Shelves

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