A Brilliant Male Lead Who Excels at Strategy, with a Clever Band of Brothers at His Side 男主擅长谋略布局，一群手下兄弟，特别聪明的

1. 651 救 The Boy Who Saved Me Personally Pushed Me into the Alchemy Furnace 救我的少年，亲手推我入丹炉 Jasmine Bonbons茉莉糖球25k WordsCompleted The Boy Who Saved Me Personally Threw Me into the Pill Cauldron 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I went crazy! Beautiful and handsome people love to watch it!

2. 652 守 Border Guardians: Where Do We Draw the Line? Vampires and Weasels 守界人：以何为界？吸血鬼与黄皮子 Jasmine Bonbons茉莉糖球15k WordsCompleted Guardians of the Boundary: What Is the Boundary? Vampires and Weasels 1Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 653 山 Where Mountains and Seas Meet You 山海与君逢 Jasmine Bonbons茉莉糖球Ancient Romance350k WordsCompleted [Reincarnation of a Mountain God’s Beloved|Amnesiac God of War General|County Princess’s Rise|Revenge and Retribution|Fated, Exclusive Devotion] Can you believe it? I was a respected modern painter and calligrapher, and on my tenth wedding anniversary, I unexpectedly transmigrated in a temple to the Mountain Goddess! When I opened my eyes, I was living in what could only be called hell. I had no money, and my lodgings were dreadful. I hadn’t eaten for three days... sob! I’d become a lonely girl 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 654 大 The Iron-Boned Ming, Zhu Qizhen the Fortress Emperor 大明硬骨头，堡宗朱祁镇 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Historical204k WordsOngoing [No System, no golden finger, no overpowered protagonist, no crushing everyone with brute force] On the eve of the Tumu Crisis, he transmigrates as Zhu Qizhen and is emperor for just one day. Why did Zhu Qizhen clear Wang Zhen's name? Was the Zhu Qizhen who returned to power in history really the same man? Did the Ming dynasty truly begin its decline with him? Of the sixteen Ming emperors, how many met a clear-cut end? He must survive first. Only then can he think about anything else. With three 3kReads—Score123Shelves

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   In the Ming Dynasty, how many people are in despair? How many of the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty died a happy death? The changes in Tumu Fort are even more suspicious! The protagonist travels through Zhuqi Town, but it is the eve of the Tumubao Incident. How to break the situation? No system, no cheats...

5. 655 雪 Life-and-Death Gambit in the Snowlands 雪域生死局 Trusted Washlet心腹大浣Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Chinese Folk Horror + Gods and Ghosts + Folk Legends + Secret-Realm Exploration + Mystery and Deduction + Strong Allies] At an antique fair in Lhasa, I stumbled upon an ancient Tibetan stone tablet. Curious about its contents, I accepted an invitation to join a merchant named Lao Gun and the team he had assembled to search for goods. Together, we ventured deep into the barren mountains of northern Tibet to investigate an ancient temple. I never expected the old temple to conceal such mysteries. 4.8kReads8.6Score836Shelves

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   The desperate situation in the snowy area hides ancient secrets, the game between people's hearts creates a life-and-death puzzle, the Tibetan style is full of charm, and the plot is thrilling and exciting. The more you read, the more you get addicted! An immersive Tibetan exploration suspense masterpiece, a highly recommended book! [Praise]

6. 656 元 Legend of the Primordial Spirit Heroes 元灵英雄传 Cute and Handsome小萌帅Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted Once upon a time, the realms of Heaven and Earth were connected. The gods of the heavenly domains protected humanity, while mighty human martial cultivators roamed the world. The alliance between gods and humans held the foreign races of the earthly realm and the demons of Heaven’s domains at bay, temporarily halting their expansion. But then the Gate between Heaven and Earth suddenly closed. The gods fell or vanished, and humanity’s great powers dwindled and withdrew from the world, leaving man 410Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is pretty good. I like it very much.

7. 657 七 Hunting in the Mountains in the 1970s: My Divine Hound Rules the Deep Mountains 七零猎山，我带神犬镇深山 The Cat That Can't Climb Trees上不了树上的猫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The 1970s: A Mountain Hunter and His Dogs Transmigrate? Reborn? A System? None of that! This is a story purely about survival. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China in the 1970s, supplies are scarce and snowstorms cut like knives. He is just a down-and-out stranger from another place, swept by the tide of the times into this vast sea of forest. In his hands is an old rifle polished to a shine; by his side are several hunting dogs who will follow him through life and death. He lives off 1.9kReads6.2Score141Shelves

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   In Changbai Mountain in the 1970s, there was no rebirth, no system, and no cheating. It doesn't play with fictitious rebirth and counterattack, but only realistic hard goods from the mountains and forests. Chen Lei gathered his brothers and formed a team, with four loyal dogs to clear the way and a rifle to protect himself. Talk about teamwork, uphold brotherhood, go into the mountains, fight fierce beasts, investigate old cases, and eliminate evil spirits. Use your true skills to create a bloody world in the forest and snow fields

8. 658 天 Heaven’s Dao Yin 天道胤 Mr. Feng Yang风扬先生Eastern Fantasy386k WordsCompleted [Martial arts first, cultivation later] + [female lead appears later] + [not invincible] He was the strongest soldier king, a name that struck fear into his enemies. But during a final mission, he used himself as bait and detonated explosives, perishing in a sea of fire alongside the enemy. What he never expected was that, in the final moment before his consciousness faded, Ye Chenxiao would transmigrate to a world of martial arts. But this was no longer the jianghu of legend, where people live —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Not invincible, not Holy Mother! The king of soldiers wears martial arts, builds forces and fights for orders. The road to cultivation is long, and all the infinite heavens are battlefields!

9. 659 影 Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼 Yang Ximo阳夕陌Martial Arts557k WordsCompleted [Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Chapter 231 [The Reappearance of a Surprising Secret] Chapter 232 [Oath of One Heart, Rise of Hatred] I am not bragging about this book. As long as you calm down and read twenty chapters of this book, you will be completely immersed in it and unable to extricate yourself, as if you have personally stepped into the arena of swords and shadows and become a member of the martial arts world. This book features a young shadow guard as the protagonist, with a flying sword that drinks countless blood and never fails. It interweaves the swordsmanship of the rivers and lakes with the undercurrents of the court. The plot is compact and the fighting is neat. It not only contains the tense confrontation between life and death, but also the delicate and touching love between children!

10. 660 上 A Blood-Red Chess Game in Shanghai 上海滩血色之棋局 Cheng'er橙儿Historical760k WordsCompleted This novel is dedicated to the heroes who risked their lives on the hidden front during the War of Resistance Against Japan, fighting for the liberation of their country and people. The story follows its two protagonists, Shen Donglin and Su Yingxue. Shen Donglin is an agent for our Party, operating undercover at No. 76. Su Yingxue is an agent for our Party undercover within the Military Statistics Bureau, as well as an international anti-fascist operative. After enduring countless trials of lif 1.4kReads—Score136Shelves

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    An anti-Japanese espionage article that everyone is recommended to read.

11. 661 泣 Tears of Dew: Tang Branch Takes Revenge and Schemes for Power Behind Silk Curtains 泣露策：棠枝雪恨，锦帐谋权 Sparse Shadows 1717疏影1717Ancient Romance229k WordsOngoing [Ratings just released and still climbing | legitimate daughter + household intrigue + palace intrigue + political scheming] How deep the palace walls, where camellias weep cold dew; brocade curtains veil layers of screens, concealing plots and schemes. Yun Qingyuan, the general’s legitimate daughter, spent half her life plotting to protect her family. With deft hands, she set chaos right and watched the rise and fall of fortunes with a cool gaze. At the time, her birth mother had died suddenly —Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    Good 666 Machiavellian writing

12. 662 南 Nan Jingchun 南景春 A Melon in the Bowl碗里一只瓜Ancient Romance347k WordsOngoing A princess who commands armies and wields great power X a poor-born statesman who claws his way to the top Lu Nanjing is the Great Xi’s Goddess of War, a princess who rides through the imperial city with a mighty army at her back and the world beneath her feet. Du Ruolan is a statesman from a humble family, ruthless and cunning, who fights his way into the heart of power with sheer courage and ingenuity. One spring day on the street, she casually tossed him a fortune and rescued him from the mud 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It is a novel that I really like. I feel that every chapter is well written and the writing is smooth.

13. 663 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance622k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 7.6kReads8.9Score757Shelves

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    The text version of "News Queen", but the protagonist group is playing with capital.

14. 664 穿 I Transmigrated into a Pendant, and My Wife Handed Me Over to the Nation 穿越成吊坠，妻子把我上交国家 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban363k WordsCompleted [Urban high-martial world + transmigration + handing everything over to the state + passionate ensemble cast + protecting his wife from behind the scenes] This is another world where Chinese history has been lost to a gap in the record and exotic beasts run rampant. The original host dies in the opening. I’ve only just transmigrated and haven’t even figured out what’s going on when my soul is sucked into a broken pendant, a keepsake the original host gave his wife. Sealed inside the pendant is f 215Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Especially the first one, the behind-the-scenes flow and layout,

15. 665 嫌 You Thought I Was Too Weak, So My Cultivation Technique Went Dark Overnight 嫌我太弱，我的功法连夜黑化了 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban744k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted + Misunderstandings + Chat Group + Fully Automated Training + Overpowered Power Fantasy] Yang Tian transmigrates into a high-martial-arts world. With mediocre talent, he only wants to lie flat. But who could have guessed that the cultivation techniques inside him would think he was too weak and turn sentient overnight! And that’s not all. His techniques even set up a chat group: [Iron Shirt] left the group and wrote: “The Host is too fragile. I went for a soak at the nuclear power 656Reads—Score102Shelves
16. 666 我 I Used the Myriad Worlds Exchange System to Redeem Myself 我用万界兑换系统兑换我自己 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban343k WordsCompleted [System + mastermind behind the scenes + multiple worlds + apocalypse + no saintly hero] Yang Tian acquired a strange System. The items in its shop turned out to be attributes he had "lost" himself? [Looks +10]? I lost that! [Intelligence +20]? I lost that too! [Protective Astral Energy]? That's my passive skill! Yang Tian: "Hey, System bro, aren't you just making me pay to buy myself back?!" The world changed. The Gray Realm descended, and reality merged with the mysterious and uncanny. Wit 136Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 667 组 Team Up to Go Home for the New Year: Why Are All My Teammates Goddesses? 组队回家过年：队友竟然全是女神 Puppet Number Twenty-One二十一号傀儡Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Urban + System + multiple women + lighthearted + feel-good power fantasy + mostly everyday life] “Yang Tian, if you don’t bring home a girlfriend this New Year, you’re sleeping in the pigsty!” Faced with his mother’s ultimatum, penniless Yang Tian suddenly obtains the [Instance Party System]. As long as he posts a mission, all kinds of goddesses will accept it and “team up” with him to go home and conquer every obstacle. New Year’s Eve, family reunion dinner. Uncle: “I heard Yang Tian lost his 2.1kReads6.0Score215Shelves
18. 668 诸 The Heavens Have Arrived, but I Just Want to Be a Behind-the-Scenes Patriarch 诸天降临，我只想当个幕后家主 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人Male-Channel Fanfiction168k WordsCompleted Blood rains from the sky, and rifts split the void. The worlds of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Shrouding the Heavens, and more crash into the main world one after another. Everyone else scrambles for opportunities, while Huang Cong stays in the shadows, using his Family Fortune System to expand at breakneck speed. When the armies of the Immortal Realm bear down on them, he finally rises to his feet. “No rush. Let them fight first. Tao Gong, name your price.” 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come on, come and see

19. 669 白 The Secret Beneath the White Dress 白裙子下的秘密 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人12k WordsCompleted The Secret Beneath the White Dress 57Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 670 梦 Dreams Across the Myriad Heavens 梦衍诸天 The Kid Surnamed Huang姓黄的小子Eastern Fantasy120k WordsCompleted Huang Tian, a good-for-nothing illegitimate son of the Marquis’s household, has completely blocked meridians. Everyone calls him useless, and he suffers endless scorn! No one knows he has awakened an astonishing dream-cultivation technique! He practices in his dreams, perfecting incomplete martial arts manuals; he comprehends the Dao in his dreams, gaining peerless opportunities with ease; while others spend ten years painstakingly cultivating the Wild Bull Art, he masters it just by taking a na 5Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 我 I Use the Golden Bell Shield to Crush Internal Martial Arts 我以金钟罩横推内家拳 The Kid Surnamed Huang姓黄的小子Urban1.2M WordsOngoing If you transmigrate to a parallel-timeline Republic of China and are given a manual for the Golden Bell Shield, would you dare to train in it? Huang Fan would. While others practice martial arts for their health, he trains to get himself killed, seeking out places steeped in killing intent, like execution grounds, battlefields, and mass graves. That's because he has discovered that his body is anything but normal. Judo, boxing, kendo: no matter what kind of expert he faces, he asks just one thin 96Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 672 国 Chinese Martial Arts: My Golden Bell Crushes the Foreign Barbarians 国术：我以金钟镇洋夷 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人Eastern Fantasy177k WordsCompleted The night his family is massacred, the Martial Arts AI System awakens! Quantify his training in the Golden Bell Shield, crush the Black Tiger School with Bright Force, sweep through the Green Bamboo Gang with Dark Force, and slay foreign martial arts masters with Astral Force! If they won't submit, fight them. Cut down everything in your path! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 673 别 Don't Trust the Boss Lady in the Mountains 别信大山里的老板娘 Huang Yaoshi's Person黄药师的人34k WordsCompleted Don't Trust the Landlady in the Mountains 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 674 杀 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Cold Weather, Rain天寒雨Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 11.2kReads7.2Score790Shelves
25. 675 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 62.9kReads8.7Score6.5kShelves

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    Don't look at it while eating. You will laugh until you spit on your rice, and then directly spit on the face of the person next to you.

26. 676 宁 Ning Jinge 宁烬歌 Calm as Ever冷静如斯Ancient Romance684k WordsOngoing [Female commander × top-tier spy and assassin | Two equally matched leads | Court intrigue and the martial world | Standing together in troubled times | Devoted 1v1 romance] The sweeping scale of a male-oriented story, with the emotional depth of a female-oriented one. Fast-paced and tightly plotted, with no filler or dragging. The political intrigue is logical, and long-laid clues are brought back into play. A serious world with lighthearted, hilarious everyday moments, and an incredibly sweet 494Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    The real enemy is never on the other side, and there are shocking secrets behind the schemes, creating a full sense of suspense!

27. 677 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.3kReads8.4Score621Shelves

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    This is a highly rated, high-quality and unpopular in-depth article, a hard-core work for men in science and engineering. It does not have the golden finger of the time-travel and rebirth system. It has received no bad reviews so far. The subject matter is novel, smooth and readable, the writing is eye-catching, magical and realistic, and the comedy is rigorous and not watery. Full of suspense, brain-burning reasoning, it reveals the secrets of modern high-tech espionage, hacker warfare, and electronic warfare. After Chapter 10, I can't stop. It's specially designed to treat night owls who can't sleep at night and are busy reading!

28. 678 风 A Storm Rises, and the Beauty Takes a Stand 风起云涌红颜怒 Ten Miles of Spring Breeze, Pleasing Myself春风十里取悦自己Ancient Romance447k WordsCompleted The male lead is not chaste. Please avoid this if that bothers you. Since I've transmigrated, why not make the country strong and conquer the world? Even if I'm forced into a relationship, I'll still make money and build my career. After transmigrating into the body of a stunningly beautiful female doctor, she remains devoted to the man she loves. She and her fiancé are in love with each other and have sworn to stay together for life, growing old side by side. Yet the iron-blooded “God of Slaug 1.5kReads—Score126Shelves

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    The male protagonist controls heaven and man, plans deep luck, fights for love, hard-core tactics, self-consistent logic, high IQ duel, emotional game, extreme pull, strong country and army, and dominance all over the world.

29. 679 天 The World Is Falling Apart: Escape from Tumu Fortress and Flee for My Life! 天崩：逃出土木堡，亡命狼居胥！ Book Silkworm书蚕虫Historical450k WordsOngoing [Survival of the Fittest] [No System] [Political Intrigue] He transmigrates into Zhu Qizhen. He is emperor for just one day, before being forced to flee into the snowy north. The Battle of Tumu is riddled with unanswered questions. First, he has to stay alive. Only then can he think about anything else... 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is no system and no understanding of history. On the night of Tumu Fort, he traveled through time and killed Wang Zhen. He only served as emperor for one day, and allowed his substitute to go south and be captured. He then led three thousand remnants of his troops north to face hunger and cold, snowy fields, white-haired wind, no food, wolves... There was no golden finger, only survival in a desperate situation. At the same time, Zhu Qiyu was in the capital, watching the treasury empty, and guarding the country with Yu Qian. Two lines run in parallel, one light and one dark. This is the hardest bone and the coldest knife in the Ming Dynasty.

30. 680 刘 Liu Ling Turns No Guest Away 刘伶不留客 Lin Jiuchong林九重Historical524k WordsOngoing No transmigration. This is the story of a young man in the final years of the Eastern Jin dynasty. His entire family is massacred. His father dies after laying a plan in motion, leaving behind a fragment of a map. The young man begins by investigating an old case involving the Zhenbei Army, founded by his father, bent on revenge. Then Former Qin invades, and Xie An prepares to take the field. Should he investigate the old case, or save the world? After the war, a powerful minister usurps the thr 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is pretty much what you said, a historical martial arts novel, set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with rivers and lakes, temples, and powerful schemes, but there is no time travel and no companions. It's a bit of a fantasy. See if you can read on.

31. 681 失 The Unbalanced Abyss 失衡归墟 Although Not But Is虽然不但是Mystery584k WordsOngoing [Original | Not a power fantasy | Not mindless | Golden finger | Suspense and horror game | Self-redemption] “Let’s play hide-and-seek. You be It, and I’ll hide. Can you find me?” A text from an unknown number dragged Liu Xu into a deadly game set in the world of a novel. When he woke, he was inside an ancient theater governed by bizarre rules. Its master delighted in watching people die, and anyone who lost the game would vanish into a wisp of green smoke beneath the stage. As the other players —Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    It's neither brainless nor cool writing, just a series of shocking rules and human calculations.

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