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1. 451 退 After Dropping Out, I Became the Female CEO's Bodyguard 退学后我成了女总裁的贴身保镖 Little Wharf小码头Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Invincible] [Multiple Heroines] [Spatial Powers] [All-Rounder] [Fast-Paced] [Wish-Fulfillment] When Chen Fan jolts awake, he finds himself trapped in a women's bathhouse and is falsely accused, forcing him to leave school. His campus beauty girlfriend abandons him. With nowhere else to turn, he enters a mountain cave, where he encounters the legacy of an Immortal Emperor and masters both medicine and martial arts! He awakens a Pure Yang Divine Body. He spends a year cultivating in a secret real 19.6kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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   Urban cultivation novel, multiple female protagonists! (Male-oriented)

2. 452 乖 Submit Obediently, or Be Conquered 乖乖臣服，否则征服 Little Wharf小码头Urban310k WordsOngoing [Fast-paced wish fulfillment | Multiple heroines] With only seven days to live, Xiao Xiaohuo descends the mountain. He can only overcome the poison and start a new life by winning over the women named in four marriage contracts! He checks into an inn after dark and gets some attentive service. A female officer bursts in and catches them red-handed. He takes a closer look at her ID. Xia Bingbing! She's the fiancée he's supposed to visit tomorrow to propose marriage! 12.1kReads7.2Score972Shelves
3. 453 灵 The Five Strokes of the Spirit 灵之五划 Zhang Shiba章十八Eastern Fantasy557k WordsOngoing No one gets to define what web fiction should be! Within books lies a path to heaven; between the lines are the deeds of ten thousand ages. Three thousand great characters, each taking root; roots plunge deep into the earth, branches flourish and pierce the sky. Where does the mystery lie? Where does the fantasy begin? Hold a staff in either hand, swing blades with every stroke, hook your fingers around a cup, and join me for a drink. 3.1kReads—Score210Shelves

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4. 454 傻 The Foolish Boy Makes a Comeback, Shocking the Whole Village 傻小子逆袭，全村都惊了 Please, Let Me Go Viral求求你让我大火Urban710k WordsOngoing Down-on-his-luck college student Ye Tian was beaten into an idiot after doing the right thing and sent back to his rural hometown, where he stayed with Li Tianbao. The village was full of gossip, and Wang Cuihua complained day after day. In their desperation, Li Tianbao turned his attention to his idiot cousin. He might be simple-minded, but he had once been a top student at a medical university, stood six feet one, and was handsome to boot. What they didn't know was that a mysterious jade pend 9.8kReads6.9Score742Shelves

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   These two books are quite suitable.

5. 455 月 Moonlit Night, Conquest 月夜，征服 Long Wind Chasing Waves长风逐浪Urban387k WordsOngoing Lin Fan, a poor country boy from a mountain village, awakens an ancient medical inheritance by accident. From then on, his medical skills are divine, and his fate takes a turn for the better. By day, he's an unremarkable village doctor. But who could have guessed... 215Reads6.9Score118Shelves
6. 456 霸 The Overlord Won't Cross the River, and the Concubine Won't Return to the Hall 霸王不渡江，姨太不归堂 Call Me Bunny叫我兔子君9k WordsCompleted The Overlord Won't Cross the River, and the Concubine Won't Return to the Hall 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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7. 457 X X Expedition Records X探险实录 Call Me Bunny叫我兔子君Mystery208k WordsCompleted Whatever~ I'm giving up~ The writing is bad~ I can't keep making this up. Respect to everyone who can finish reading it! I can't stomach this story anymore, so read it yourselves. [Not a power fantasy + eerie exploration + no female lead] 9Reads6.4Score—Shelves
8. 458 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—Score334Shelves

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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 (another world) 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.

9. 459 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.1kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves
10. 460 七 The Seven Surnames' Sinful Crossing: Chronicles of Urban Ancient Martial Arts 七姓罪渡之都市古武录 Dasheng Seeks Codes大生寻码Mystery184k WordsOngoing [Urban ancient martial arts + spiritual qi revival + mystery investigations + underground factions] Seven years ago, a spiritual qi revival swept across the globe, bringing ancient martial arts, once found only in legends, back into the real world. Wall-running and projecting internal energy, which once appeared only in martial arts novels, became tangible powers. Overnight, ordinary people could awaken as martial artists, while the old martial arts families, with their generations of inherited —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is absolutely a hidden gem, free of traditional tropes and clichés, offering a fresh and original perspective. I highly recommend "Seven Sins of Sin," and "The Divine Calculator" is also quite good.

11. 461 山 Smoke and Fire in the Countryside 山野烟火 Dasheng Seeks Codes大生寻码Urban155k WordsOngoing This is a brutal experiment in human nature, and a difficult journey toward proving the Way. After retiring, former investment bank vice president Liao Mudong uses a 200,000-yuan wager to “take hostage” Lao Dao, a gambling addict drowning in debt. He tries to transform the nearly bankrupt valley farmhouse with the logic of absolute business rationality... Only at the end does Lao Dao realize that true “salvation” does not mean waiting for someone to save you. It means learning to save yourself. —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 混 Chaos Divination 混沌神算术 Dasheng Seeks Codes大生寻码Urban294k WordsCompleted When algorithms become the fortune-telling of a new age, who can see the human heart behind the numbers? At the darkest point in his life, the protagonist Liao Muran awakens the Chaotic Art of Divine Calculation. He could read the secrets of fate and claim a fortune for himself, but instead he chooses the harder path: using mathematical thinking to guide people lost in confusion. If Genius on the Left, Madman on the Right explores the limits of thought, this book reveals its warmth: how the olde 24Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 民 Tales of Folk Mysteries: The Paper Doll's Funeral Wail 民俗迷谈，纸人哭丧 Dasheng Seeks Codes大生寻码25k WordsCompleted Folklore Mysteries: Paper Dolls Weep at Funerals 1Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 公 Highway Survival: Why Is the Boss Inspecting Monster Supplies? 公路求生：大佬咋在验收怪物物资 Icebreaking Sledgehammer破冰大锤子Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Road Survival raft + Infinite Dungeon Progression + Stockpiling] [Not an ensemble story, with a lone-wolf focus. Team battles only begin much later, after around chapter 450. Not a war-between-nations story, and not a rebirth story.] The early chapters borrow general elements from road-survival stories, such as vehicles, professions, and service stations. The story gradually opens up around chapter 100, combining an infinite-dungeon format with a road-survival setting. Current dungeons include 86.9kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves

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15. 465 人 Writing a Diary in the Jie Sect, Tongtian Gets Played for a Fool 人在截教写日记，通天被玩坏了 Rampaging Portuguese Egg Tart暴走的葡式蛋挞Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsCompleted Ying Yuan woke up one day to find that he had transmigrated to Mount Kunlun in the Primordial World. He had become an evil dragon, formed from the power of wickedness at the dawn of creation. As an innate evil dragon, he was steeped in wickedness and burdened by karma. The Human Religion refused to take him in, the Chan Sect despised him and called for his death, and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas wanted nothing to do with him. With no other choice, he joined the Jie Sect as an outer sect disc 77.2kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves
16. 466 大 Great Qin: Emperor Qin Shi Huang, I Really Don't Want to Live Off You! 大秦：始皇帝，我真不吃软饭啊！ The King of Qin Circles the Pig秦王绕猪Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [The Analects + Hilarious + Cunning + Lighthearted + His Majesty Zheng + Shamelessly Stealing + Absolutely Outrageous] Qin Feng inexplicably transmigrates to the Qin dynasty before Qin unifies the six states, and the First Emperor overhears his thoughts. The two then embark on a hilarious daily battle of wits. “Qin Feng, tell me, what does ‘The Master does not speak of prodigies, force, disorder, or spirits’ mean?” “It means the Master doesn’t want to talk to you, and will use brute force to bea 45.2kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
17. 467 我 I Became Qin Shi Huang’s Dog 我穿成了秦始皇的狗 Clouds Drift, Not Chasing Birds流云非逐鸟Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: I Was Reincarnated as Qin Shi Huang’s Dog [No romance, a real pet, can hear thoughts, can talk] Web novelist Ying Bai has just finished writing the ending to a novel. Before she can even send it out, she slumps over her computer. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become a dog. The good news: she’s landed in the great Qin, home of her fascinating ancestor! The bad news: she’s become a dog?! Ying Bai curses the heavens with everything she’s got. In 221 BCE, Ying Zheng successi 11.2kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
18. 468 大 Ten Thousand Years of Great Qin: Who Let Him Teach the First Emperor? 大秦万年，谁让他当始皇老师的？ Just an Ordinary Man本是俗夫Historical1.1M WordsCompleted At the end of the Warring States period, amid one of the greatest upheavals in Chinese history, Jiang Wang arrives in this era. He studies under Guiguzi, plunges into this turbulent age, and personally sets in motion the fall of the six kingdoms and the unification of the realm. The First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng, calls him his teacher. Unifying the written language and measurements, establishing academies, and enlightening the people: one groundbreaking initiative after another takes shape un 8.1kReads8.9Score457Shelves
19. 469 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 177.9kReads9.7Score21.5kShelves
20. 470 神 The Divine Beggar Comes Down the Mountain 神丐下山 World Explorer探界者Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Overpowered Urban Fantasy] [Immortality and Godhood] [Multiple Heroines] At the age of three, he was driven out of his home by his second uncle. Then he met a mysterious old beggar, who taught him the supreme cultivation technique, the Heavenly Evolution Art. From then on, he grew at an astonishing pace. He travels across Earth, the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, and the God Realm, breaking through layer after layer of the heavens. He reaches the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, then ascends 2.5kReads8.1Score384Shelves

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21. 471 战 War God: Wolf Soul 战神狼魂 World Explorer探界者Urban1.7M WordsCompleted A new book is out. Please check it out: When Ye Yunfan was five, he was kidnapped by human traffickers. Luckily, his master rescued him, kept him by his side, and taught him medicine and martial arts. Ten years later, he enlisted in the army. At eighteen, he was sent to the northern frontier, where he fought his way through one challenge after another. A few years later, he led a special unit renowned around the world, the Wolf Soul. He earned the title of Wolf Emperor, with four Wolf Kings unde 1.9kReads7.3Score196Shelves
22. 472 合 The Hehuan Sect's Number One Cauldron? More Children, More Blessings, Until I Become a Demonic Elder 合欢宗第一鼎炉？多子多福成老魔 Liu Zixian刘子羡Eastern Fantasy199k WordsOngoing Does having a pure Yang body automatically make you a cultivation furnace? Why can't you just be good at alchemy? His master taught Chen Changsheng the Everlasting Spring Technique, helping him cross the divide between mortal and cultivator. Chen Changsheng began his pursuit of immortality. Along the way, he met many charming women, but his resolve to attain immortality never wavered. Gradually, he became known as a member of the demonic path. What exactly happened to the former Sword God of Bal 6.1kReads—Score325Shelves

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    Auntie is invincible

23. 473 经 Running a Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic: From the Start, Treating Young Ying Zheng 经营中医药馆，开局救治少年嬴政 Liu Zixian刘子羡Urban670k WordsOngoing Chen Che was a doctor with advanced degrees in both Chinese and Western medicine. After graduating, he joined a top-tier hospital in Chuting, Chuyun City, Nanyue Province, as an emergency medicine clinician. But an accident destroyed his reputation. He was fired and forced to leave the hospital, and all his earnings went to compensating the patient's family. With no other choice, he moved to a village in Yongzhou, Guixi Province, and began practicing traditional Chinese medicine. From then on, h 167Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 474 我 Me and My Dongguan Sisters 我与东莞姐姐 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban266k WordsCompleted [A Tale of Passion and Brotherhood] [Love and Longing] Gao Yang, a country boy with an uncanny talent, leaves his hometown for the first time! He heads to Dongguan to seek refuge with his older sister, only to discover that people are far more sinister than they seem. Through a series of coincidences, he ends up working in a factory, quickly rises through the ranks, and finds himself surrounded by romantic prospects. In the end, he gets dragged into a gang war and sets out on a path of no return 7.9kReads6.4Score460Shelves

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    Hill Start Parking Control System

25. 475 一 Yizhi Xiaoqi's 17th Book 一纸小旗第17本书 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban648k WordsCompleted A country boy with superb medical skills lands a job at an electronics factory in the kingdom of women. From then on, there's no stopping him. With charm and skill to back him up, he thrives and rises to the pinnacle of life! 1.3kReads8.1Score148Shelves
26. 476 江 There's Something Wrong with the Martial World, 江湖有病， Dongfang Nan东方南Eastern Fantasy570k WordsCompleted [A Sick Jianghu + Historical Setting + Comedy + Ensemble Cast + Court Politics + Anti-Trope Wuxia] Key highlights: Hilarious battles caused by martial arts side effects, commercialized sect management, and unconventional battles between good and evil. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 477 转 Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Only Suck the Empress's Blood 转生成蚊子，我只舔女帝 Dongfang Nan东方南41k WordsCompleted Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Only Suck the Empress’s Blood 4Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 478 我 All My Mounts Are Empresses! Ha Ha! 我坐骑都是女皇！哈哈 Dongfang Nan东方南37k WordsCompleted All My Mounts Are Empresses! Hahaha 20Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 479 我 I Treated the System Like a Treasure, But It Tried to Outsmart Me 我把系统当成宝，竟然跟我玩心眼 Dongfang Nan东方南38k WordsCompleted I Treated the System Like a Treasure, but It Played Mind Games with Me 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 480 顶 Ultimate Wasteland: Mad Genius 顶级废土：疯子天才 Dongfang Nan东方南44k WordsCompleted Top-Tier Wasteland: Mad Genius 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 开 Peak from the Start 开局即巅峰 Dongfang Nan东方南12k WordsCompleted From the Start, at the Peak 3Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 482 恋 One Hundred Percent Love, 恋爱百分百， Dongfang Nan东方南63k WordsCompleted Love at One Hundred Percent, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 我 My Name Is Jiang Xiaojiang 我叫僵小僵 Dongfang Nan东方南30k WordsCompleted My Name Is Jiang Xiaojian 2Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 484 楚 The Chu Soul Rekindled 楚魂复燃 Dongfang Nan东方南Historical9k WordsCompleted The Chu Soul Rekindled 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 485 老 Old Spicy Strips 老辣条 Dongfang Nan东方南6k WordsCompleted Old Spicy Strip 3Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 486 绝 Absolute Obedience: Her Taming Game 绝对服从：她的驯养游戏 Dongfang Nan东方南10k WordsCompleted Absolute Obedience: Her Taming Game 3Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 487 重 Reborn to Make Money, Not Even a Dog Would Date 重生只想搞钱，恋爱狗都不谈 Dongfang Nan东方南Ancient Romance44k WordsCompleted Reborn with One Goal: Make Money. Even Dogs Won't Date 21Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 488 恶 The Villainess Is Not a Capture Target! 恶役小姐才不是可攻略对象！ Xi Huan Zhuo Ai戏幻琢艾Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing Mostly everyday life | Slow burn | Comedy | Western fantasy | Invincible | Harem | “Pure friendship” | Villainess | Reincarnated in the womb | “Cultured lady” (self-proclaimed) | Secret identity | King of a Thousand Gifts | All the ingredients are here: narcissism, yandere, stand-ins… A certain unknown “cultured” college girl, who got every CG in the acclaimed white-label Galgame Heartbeat Echoes: Poems of Fate, was hoping to get a lovely night’s sleep only to open her eyes and find she’d been r 3.6kReads8.0Score109Shelves
39. 489 掉 Fallen into the Banshee's Cave 掉入女妖洞 Dongfang Nan东方南32k WordsCompleted Falling into the Demoness's Cave 3Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 490 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
41. 491 贫 A Poor Student Applies for Financial Aid, but Every Step Is an Obstacle 贫困生申请助学金，处处都是坎儿 Dongfang Nan东方南7k WordsCompleted Applying for a Grant as a Student in Need: Obstacles at Every Turn 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 492 反 Villainess, Please Spare Me! Yandere Heroine, Let Me Go 反派小姐求饶啦，病娇女主放过我 Cherish Every Heart心心香惜Urban358k WordsOngoing [Gender-bender] [Gender Swap] [One-on-one] [Sweet and naive] [Yandere] My name is Chu Xi. I transmigrated into a novel as the villainess, the wicked supporting character. But before I transmigrated, I was a guy! I could accept turning into a girl… but why did I have to arrive the day before the heroine was supposed to punish me? To keep the heroine from getting rid of me, I had to come up with every possible way to apologize, buy her little cakes, and stand up for her to declare my claim whenev 1.2kReads7.8Score143Shelves
43. 493 高 A High School Story 高中的故事。 Dongfang Nan东方南36k WordsCompleted A High School Story. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 494 自 Ever Since I Got a Mental Illness, I’ve Been Feeling Much Better 自从得了精神病，整个人都精神了 Barbecue Salted Fish Knight碳烤咸鱼骑士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + eerie happenings + multiple personalities + comedy + slow burn + everyday life] A red moon appears, and contamination descends. Most people in the world become mentally ill, carrying mental contamination. Xiao Liang is a mentally ill man who has been contaminated but hasn't gone mad. He uses his dissociative identities to beat eerie creatures, and moonlights as a one-stop murder-and-body-disposal service. Only when a god dies beneath his own iron shovel does he realize that he 15.7kReads9.1Score3.7kShelves
45. 495 阴 Haunted by a Yin Debt 阴债缠身 Dongfang Nan东方南38k WordsCompleted Haunted by a Debt to the Dead —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 496 写 I Wrote a Fairy Tale and Forged the Twilight of the Gods 写个童话，铸成诸神黄昏 Milk Tea Cats and Dogs奶茶猫狗Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing One day, countless [Gates] suddenly appeared across the world. At the same time, a power known as [Truth] began to echo through the human realm. Some awakened the Truth of Isaac Newton, father of mechanics, and learned the sky-rending magic of manipulating gravity. Some awakened the Truth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear bomb demon, and could turn an entire city to lifeless ruins with a wave of their hand. Some awakened the Truth of Li Bai, the immortal banished from heaven, and could d 63.7kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
47. 497 非 Non-Human 非人哉。 Dongfang Nan东方南65k WordsCompleted So Not Human. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 498 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves
49. 499 全 Global Check-In: All My Teammates Are Big Shots 全球签收：我的队友都是大佬 Dongfang Nan东方南12k WordsCompleted Global Sign-In: All My Teammates Are Big Shots 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 500 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 497.6kReads9.7Score72.9kShelves

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