Superpowers, Angst, and Hype; Ordinary People Don't Know, No System, No Copying 异能，刀子，燃，普通人不知道，无系统，不要复制

1. 1 都 Urban Life: I Just Want a Quiet, Ordinary Life 都市：我只想过平淡的日常啊 Lin Xi Lin Xi Lin林夕林夕林Urban102k WordsOngoing [High Martial]+ [Plenty of Daily Life]+ [Superpowers]+ [Lighthearted Romance]+ [A Touch of Angst] In my last life, I buried myself in my studies, only to end up plagued by illness. Heaven has given me another chance. This time, I’ll take back everything I lost! But what do I want back? Wu Ming clenches one fist proudly and declares, “Obviously, a carefree life! I want a little house, a cat and a dog, and a simple, happy life!” Wait a minute! What do you mean there’s a monster in the mirror? What —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   New book, but still readable

2. 2 曙 The Bugle of Dawn 曙光号角 Frogs Croaking on a Summer Night夏夜的蛙鸣Urban148k WordsOngoing A young soldier king is betrayed during a mission and becomes a globally wanted fugitive. After assuming a false identity, he enters the city and begins living life as a game. But no one could have guessed that an ordinary student was actually a top assassin wanted around the world, a soldier king who had once terrified world leaders, codenamed “Scorpio.” 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   So pretty, I dreamed of looking like this when I was little

3. 3 我 I'm No Game Changer 我不是破局者 W CandlelightW烛光Urban441k WordsCompleted [This book takes you on a journey through a different side of intangible cultural heritage.] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel]+ [Urban supernatural powers]+ [One female lead]+ [Multiple transmigrations]+ [Endless plot twists]+ [Superpowers rooted in traditional culture] This is a world where every inheritor of intangible cultural heritage possesses extraordinary abilities. This is a world where ancient customs and taboos have become monsters that prey on the living. This is a world where right and 22Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 天 Scars of Heavenly Fire 天火之痕 A Journey on Drifting Wings飘羽之旅Eastern Fantasy99k WordsOngoing A meteor crashed into the earth, creating a spatial rift known as the Scars of Heavenfire. He is a dragon-blooded sorcerer and the child of a demon. This is the story of Hope's mercenary adventures as he makes his way to the Scars of Heavenfire. A barbarian brother, a ranger sister, and a fiend-blooded poetess join Hope on his journey, each driven by their own reputation, vows, dreams, and revenge. Together, they write a new heroic saga as mercenaries. Expect thrilling battles, cunning monsters, 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   An unsystematic Western fantasy novel. The protagonist is a dragon-veined warlock. The author basically doesn't read novels, so the quality is guaranteed.

5. 5 极 When the Stars Fall 极陨之时 An Old Friend from Beixuan北玄故人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse156k WordsOngoing (Also known as From the Start, He Killed the Reborn. An apocalypse novel with no brainless moments: even the villains have brains, and the protagonist isn’t a bleeding heart. If someone needs killing, he kills them without hesitation. He follows an invincible path, with two separate paths of evolution. There are supernatural abilities, and the protagonist mainly uses thunder and other such powers, but his abilities aren’t all he has. No female lead planned.) As all things begin to perish, everyt 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is my first new book. If you have any comments, see if you can point them out [I also strongly recommend it]

6. 6 棱 The Prism’s Dark Matter 棱镜的暗物质 May the Weather Be Fair, and May Xinxin Face the Sun风调雨顺爱欣欣向阳Mystery103k WordsOngoing When physics PhD Lin Shen exposes academic fraud, he discovers that he has become a superconducting electron in the System of power. To save the truth from corroding, he must let his ideals drown in a swamp of data. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   When Lin Shen, a doctor of physics, exposed academic fraud, he found that he had become a superconducting electron in the power system - he had to let his ideals drown in the data swamp in order to save the corroded truth.

7. 7 全 I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能 Do Not Speak of Immortality莫道长生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes. 5.1kReads9.4Score650Shelves

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   A super knife that meets all your requirements

8. 8 原 Primordial Superpower: My Cells Can Slay Gods 原初异能：我的细胞可以屠神 United Ants团结的蚂蚁Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Growth-Type Superpowers + Satisfying but Not Brain-Dead + One Heroine] The vast universe is full of wonders. From the start, Ren Fangyuan unlocks an original superpower, only to become a war slave to aliens. He says: “My cells can kill, heal, track, devour, create, be reborn, split into clones, and slay gods! What could you possibly use to hold me?” Also known as: You told me to be a slave, but I’m going to rule a planet? 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ordinary people don't know, because there are no ordinary people in this world

9. 9 绝 The Terminally Ill 绝症之人 Oolong Tea乌乌龙茶Mystery41k WordsOngoing The world is full of suffering and hardship, but a doctor's heart is compassionate. That is why we created this beautiful space, welcoming all who wish to come and helping the people you care about, whose hearts are trapped in misery, escape their suffering. The world holds countless different lives and countless calamities. What afflicts you? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Saving terminally ill people, but being surrounded by deceptions everywhere

10. 10 混 A Mixed-Blood Succubus's Travelogue 混血魅魔的旅行记 Amazing Lu Xingyun神奇陆星云Anime Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted [No romance + fanfiction + anime-inspired, but not quite so anime + races with a somewhat Western fantasy flavor + modern city setting + maybe urban supernatural powers + the source material calls it a rule-based urban legend, so I suppose that's what it is; it probably counts as a new kind of urban legend] !!! The first volume doesn't enter the main storyline!!! !!! There are expected to be over a hundred characters who aren't entirely original, and every one of them is important to me!!! It's 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Self-recommended, everything except Ran is considered consistent (or it may be written in the plot later).

11. 11 都 City of Ten Thousand Ghost Lights 都市万鬼灯 Trace of the Rising Wind风起之痕Mystery206k WordsCompleted A disturbance in the magnetic field connected the underworld to Earth. As spirits and humans clashed, the supernaturals rose to power. What trials await Earth hundreds of years later, as good and evil wage war? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Everyone can find their own shadow in it, the pride of saving the common people when they were young, the joys and sorrows of life and death, the unexplained cowardice, and the determination not to break up but not to stand up! When you read this book, you will be really moved, as if you are seeing the heroic dream you had when you were a child. It seems to be writing about the end of the world, but in fact it is about every one of us who are young!

12. 12 缅 I Have Superpowers in Myanmar 缅国我有异能 Brother Luo Sen洛森哥Urban145k WordsCompleted [A medical ship in northern Myanmar successfully develops a gene serum using living people] [Luosen awakens a special ability and discovers plants five thousand meters beneath the Arctic ice] [As nations vie for a new world and resources grow scarce, the forces behind each country slowly emerge. Humanity enters an era of total evolution.] 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fast pace, lots of fun, and innovative abilities! I want to see fast-paced progress

13. 13 救 After Saving a Tycoon, My Food Delivery Side Hustle Went Wild 救下富豪后，我的外卖卷疯了 Xiao Que, Who Loves Fancy Date Buns爱吃花样枣馒头的萧阙17k WordsCompleted After Saving a Tycoon, My Food Delivery Orders Went Through the Roof —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm still young and I'm eager to hit the road

14. 14 博 System Binding After My Doctoral Admission Was Revoked 博士录取被取消后的系统绑定 Xiao Que, Who Loves Fancy Date Buns爱吃花样枣馒头的萧阙37k WordsCompleted Bound to a System After My PhD Admission Was Revoked —Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in 1980: I Lead My Whole Family to Prosperity 重生之1980年我带全家奔小康 Xiao Que, Who Loves Fancy Date Buns爱吃花样枣馒头的萧阙Urban461k WordsCompleted Jiang Yuanchao died. After forty years of struggle, from being laid off in the 1980s to becoming an IT magnate in the internet age, he had witnessed the opportunities of every era and tasted the bitterness of missing his chance. On Lunar New Year’s Eve in 2026, a sudden heart attack struck him at the New Year’s Eve dinner table in his own villa. In his hand was a red envelope he hadn’t had the chance to give his grandson. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1980, the year he turned twe 14Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 穿 I Transmigrated and Became a Live-In Son-in-Law in Ancient Times 穿越，我在古代当上门赘婿 Xiao Que, Who Loves Fancy Date Buns爱吃花样枣馒头的萧阙Historical217k WordsCompleted Xu Ye, a modern young man, died suddenly after working overtime all night. When he opened his eyes again, he was slumped over a wine table by West Lake, with half an unfinished poem, “Ode to the Willow,” in front of him. Core conflict: His original body belonged to a penniless scholar who had gambled away his money and been tricked into joining the Bai family’s poetry gathering to find a live-in son-in-law. Now he was being publicly humiliated by members of the Lu family, as his golden finger fi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 重 Reborn: The Foolish Young Man Becomes a Peerless Medical and Martial God 重生之傻子极品医武神婿 Xiao Que, Who Loves Fancy Date Buns爱吃花样枣馒头的萧阙Urban849k WordsCompleted Protagonist: Qin Fei Setup: After being reborn, he becomes a “fool” in everyone else’s eyes and finds himself in a difficult situation. Background: Apparently a live-in son-in-law, known as the “Divine Son-in-Law.” Golden finger: Combining medicine and martial arts, he seems to possess both medical and martial skills. Style: A classic play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger, comeback, and face-slapping power fantasy. Typical plot developments: Stories of this kind usually follow this pattern: At first, he 63Reads—Score—Shelves

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