Novels These Days Are So Frustrating 现在的小说真无语

1. 51 刀 The Silent Blade 刀不语 LazyEastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 33.9kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
2. 52 我 Selling Muscle Juice at the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院卖大力 Put Pen to Paper, Forget Your Worries提笔忘忧Urban374k WordsCompleted Lin Nan binge-read Slay the Gods all the way to its latest chapter. After staying up too late, he suddenly died at his bedside. When he woke up, he had mysteriously transmigrated into the world of Slay the Gods and inexplicably bound himself to a street-stall System. Will Zhao Kongcheng still die in battle on a rainy night this time? A tiny butterfly gently flapped its wings, and the world began to change in u 4.8kReads8.7Score290Shelves
3. 53 争 Conquest: From the Start, I Summon Zhao Zilong 争霸：开局召唤赵子龙 Xuan Zhi轩轾Historical3.1M WordsCompleted [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 124.2kReads8.9Score10.7kShelves
4. 54 从 The March to War 从军行 Rain Falling in the Dust风尘落雨Historical5.6M WordsCompleted “Where is the Imperial Guard? Who dares ride with me across the battlefields of the northern desert and trample the Yanrong King’s tent beneath our horses?” A general in a red cloak sat astride his horse, saber in hand. “We will go!” the battle-hardened soldiers before him answered in unison. A boy from a small mountain village joined the army only to spare his family some taxes. All he wanted was to save enough money to marry his childhood sweetheart. As his military achievements mounted, he ro 27.6kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
5. 55 出 In Cultivation, It’s All About Your Connections. Who Do You Think You Are? 出来修仙要讲背景，你哪道上的？ Wang Xin王信Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “Cultivators are people too, and people die.” Chen Dao sits at the table, staring at the calligraphy and painting before him. After a moment of silence, he says softly, “Pass down the order. Tell our Dao Gang brothers to get ready for tonight’s operation. The target is the Tianxian Restaurant.” “Keep it quiet. I don’t want my father finding out that there’s a band of bandits outside the city who belong to his precious son.” In a secret chamber somewhere in the Chen residence. Chen Dao’s 3.4kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
6. 56 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.3M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 889.8kReads9.6Score164.5kShelves
7. 57 斩 City of Demon Slaying 斩鬼之城 Dust-Covered Little Earth蒙尘小土Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Original title: The Card Game of the Ghost Slayer [No System] At dawn, Qiu Xiaoye obtained a card called [Sword God] and gained the power to wield the sword. Then he suddenly discovered that his younger sister, Qiu Xiaolu, was a ghoul. His sister bared her fangs and lunged at him, so Qiu Xiaoye had no choice but to draw his sword and hack away. The restaurant was instantly transformed into a heartwarming scene of deep sibling love. 63.4kReads8.3Score10.8kShelves
8. 58 我 My Beloved Is the Hegemon-King of Western Chu 我的良人是西楚霸王 Lowly Clerk of Ku County苦县小吏Historical119k WordsCompleted The story begins at Gaixia, surrounded on all sides, with just 48 hours left before Xiang Yu takes his own life at the Wu River. Han Xin watches like a tiger ready to pounce, Liu Bang is certain of victory, and the only person Xiang Yu can rely on is a transmigrator: the beauty Yu Ji. Transmigrated Yu Ji changes the Han Empire. Spirit tamers, dragon-shifters, shadowless assassins, rainmakers, dreamwalkers... All manner of extraordinary people arrive one after another. The winds of chaos rise onc 85Reads7.2Score—Shelves
9. 59 布 A Fearsome Man in Commoner's Clothes 布衣凶猛 Li Poshan李破山Historical3.5M WordsCompleted [War + Passion + History] “Mu, do you want a wife? Just say the word and I’ll bring one to you in a bit.” A streetwise young rascal crosses paths with a rich girl fleeing disaster. I transmigrated into a chaotic age. Armed with blades, bows, and horses, I’ll protect my family and keep us alive. 7.4kReads8.8Score761Shelves
10. 60 来 The Autobiography of a Tomb Raider 来自一位盗墓者的自传 Yun Feng云峰Mystery4.5M WordsOngoing [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 518.4kReads9.6Score34.7kShelves
11. 61 狼 Werewolf Game Space: I’m Always Full of Surprises 狼人杀空间：我总是出人意料 Xiaoyu's Whole World小羽的全世界Urban525k WordsCompleted [Mutant Infinite-Flow] [Plot-Focused] [One Heroine] [Don't think too hard while reading this. If you're coming in, don't be misled: the heroine only appears at the very end, so she's practically nonexistent. The male lead doesn't get a team until later.] I'm a lonely, starving wolf. With masterful disguises and formidable ninja skills, I carry out one killing after another. I'm never the cruel one. The world is cruel. All I want is to keep on living, forever and ever and ever and ever. I want to 508Reads9.0Score102Shelves
12. 62 黑 Black Diamond Besieged 黑钻围城 Loves Red Bean Cake爱吃红豆糕Sci-Fi & Apocalypse105k WordsOngoing (Reborn, no harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no brainless antics, not a power fantasy) A new topic from a new author Black diamonds crawled up from underground, and the apocalypse descended. Wang Jie was reborn twenty years before the city fell. He vowed that in this life, he would seek neither wealth nor glory, only peace and safety for his family. But fate had other plans. Swept along by the tides of a great age, he was forced to witness one magnificent vista after anot —Reads—Score—Shelves

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