Looking for Novels About High-IQ Showdowns 寻找高智商对决的小说

1. 1 地 The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 63.4kReads9.1Score9.7kShelves

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   The world view is complete, there is no fault in the logic chain, the protagonist and supporting characters have online IQs, it doesn't matter if you can't understand it, I can't understand it either

2. 2 上 The Affairs of the Gods 上帝们的那些事儿 Loves Maocao Liquor 521爱吃茅草酒521Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted [Once the top post in the Three-Body Tieba forum, with over 100,000 replies] [Ensemble cast of geniuses]+ [Infinite Flow]+ [Mind games]+ [Wild ideas] Two hundred geniuses are invited to take part in a God Game spanning 28 different worlds. Contestants must conquer their own worlds within 30 days, while entering into battles and strategic contests with other worlds. A mechanical world ruled by AI… A zombie world overrun by the undead… An electronic world gone virtual and chaotic… A world populate 5kReads8.7Score1kShelves

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   Who can find someone who is smarter than this book? I'll take it

3. 3 恶 Evil Bones 2: The Ashen Mystery 恶骨2：灰烬谜踪 Liu Gang刘港Mystery102k WordsCompleted [Criminal Investigation + Criminal Psychology + Hard-Core Deduction + Genius Detective + Serial Murders + Fighting Side by Side + Ensemble Cast] The dead can speak, and clues never lie! Thirty years ago, a shooting sent shockwaves through the entire town. A man and a woman died on the spot, while the killer remained at large. Years later, another case brought the true culprit behind the cold case to light! At the same time, a young girl vanished under mysterious circumstances, and every suspect 3.7kReads9.3Score803Shelves

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   Full of suspense 👍 Read this book for criminal mystery!! I will control you to the ss! Cases follow one after another without any delay!

4. 4 恶 Evil Bones 4: Partners in Crime and Love 恶骨4：罪爱同谋 Liu Gang刘港Mystery134k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Case-of-the-Week Stories + Crime + Criminal Investigation + Stunning Twists + Fighting Side by Side] A shadowy hand controls a deadly game. Out on the sea, a white suitcase drifts slowly across the water. When it's opened, it reveals the bloated, headless corpse of a woman! Is the butterfly tattoo on the body a clue to the victim's identity, or a warning from the killer? A blood-soaked coffin appears on a stormy night, its oozing blood horrifying against the darkness! The 1.4kReads9.2Score454Shelves
5. 5 神 Divine Punishment Descends 神罚莅临 Witch's Evil Knight巫衣邪士Urban144k WordsOngoing The virtuous suffer poverty and die young, while the wicked enjoy wealth and long lives. When you are oppressed by evil, have you ever wished, even for a moment, that the underworld existed? If it did, would you dare to peer into it for even one-millionth of a second? The year quantum computing underwent a revolution, Company R offered an answer: the Cyber Underworld. Professor Qi Yuan used computer simulations to resurrect sinners in a virtual world after death, where they would endure eternal 225Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ethical dilemma + micro-thinking + micro-knife + intellectual battle + high concept + strong emotion + strong reversal. He uses a quantum computer to create a virtual underworld to judge all evil in the world - but who will judge him?

6. 6 恶 Demon Game: I Can Command Unmatched Luck! 恶魔游戏，我能驾御无双运势！ Can Sleep Even Standing Up站着也能睡着Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Mind Games and Deception + No Dumbed-Down Characters + No Saintly Hero + Infinite Worlds + Horror Game + Mastermind of Fate] Su Yi, a mystery novelist, was chosen for a demonic game that stakes players' lives. From the start, he drew the unpopular class of Deceiver and was cursed with only sixty days left to live. Demonic Game: “Do you want supernatural power? Do you want astonishing wealth?” “Then win the Demonic Game and stay alive...” Su Yi: “I'll gamble sixty years of my lifespan for t 51.2kReads9.1Score11.8kShelves

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   I have recently become addicted to 2 super brain-burning masterpieces! It's an intellectual storm, every character has an incredible IQ, and the gaming scenes made my CPU burn! The various game copies are exquisitely designed, with both classic elements and twists. After reading them, I feel like my brain cells have multiplied! The second book has a bit of the dark fantasy style of "The Lost City", and the plot is full of tension. It is a strong benefit for book lovers who like to use their brains!

7. 7 斩 The Card Game of a Ghost Slayer 斩鬼者的卡牌游戏 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. 32.8kReads8.3Score5.1kShelves
8. 8 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 219.9kReads8.9Score42kShelves

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   The magic didn't fail, you just fell into a well-designed trap

9. 9 与 Followed by Ghosts 与鬼随行 Green Wine and Red Lips绿酒朱唇Mystery351k WordsOngoing Immersive, terrifying, and packed with suspenseful mystery and deduction. I have a strange world, and I want to take you there! After the college entrance exams, I took a fatal blow meant for my friend and lost my sight. By chance, I ended up at a bizarre vocational college. My classmates are dying one after another under strange circumstances, and there seems to be a much bigger secret behind it all. This world seems so strange... so strange... I have to solve the mind-bending challenges one by 830Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 黑 Black Sun Cataclysm: Reversing Time and Space 黑日灾变：逆转时空 Simple-Stroke Xiaoxin简笔小欣Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no stupidity, not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. The timeline has been revised, so read with caution if that bothers you.) I thought it was just an ordinary dream. In the dream, a black sun hung in the sky, and monsters a hundred meters tall roamed the wasteland. Humanity hid underground, barely clinging to life. Fewer than one in a hundred survived, and people struggled against desperation for survival, desire, and hope. Yet everyt 8.8kReads9.1Score772Shelves

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    The story is excellent, with a unique apocalyptic style and a grand world view. Unfortunately, most of them are short stories, but they are very closely related. There are many foreshadowings in the front, and at the same time, it gives people a strong shock in the end, but the gray curtain ending is too sloppy.

11. 11 全 Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery938k WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 990.7kReads9.3Score197.8kShelves
12. 12 御 Beast Taming: In the Urban Legend Dungeon, I'm the Lazy King from the Start 御兽：怪谈副本，开局我是懒大王 Chaos Without a Thought混沌无念Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Rules-based horror + beast taming + comedy + System + no romance] The protagonist isn't a bleeding heart! (This isn't traditional beast taming or a national-fate rules horror story, so feel free to dive in.) After waking from a night's sleep, Lin Yu found himself transmigrated into a parallel world where people mainly made contracts with the supernatural. He was also a soon-to-be senior in high school, training to become a supernatural beast tamer?! "All I did was stay up late watching Blue Fox 10.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    High IQ showdown [Adoration][Adoration][Adoration]

13. 13 怪 Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！ Stone Giant Monster石头巨怪Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive. 173.8kReads9.7Score18kShelves

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    I recommend the third novel. This novel is a multi-element novel characterized by beautiful and romantic writing style. It has unique advantages in shaping characters. The plot of the novel is compact and full of ups and downs, allowing readers to feel the atmosphere and style of the entire era. It is a novel with high literary value that deserves to be cherished.

14. 14 灰 The Gray Veil: No Way Out 灰幕绝途 Captain of the Smiling Boys爱笑男孩大队长Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted On his way to work, Li Jiqiu unexpectedly transmigrates to another world. Instead of welcoming him with beautiful foreign scenery, it greets him with a disaster beyond imagination, strange and terrifying in the extreme. In an instant, the world is turned upside down, and all of humanity is pushed to the brink of life and death. Here, there is no System or golden finger, no flashy supernatural powers at his disposal. He's of average physical ability, has no extraordinary fighting skills, and lack 4.5kReads8.9Score344Shelves
15. 15 惹 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 265.8kReads9.7Score33.1kShelves

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    [Two of my favorite Machiavellian books] 9.7 High Score Ancient Words has been completed! After reading this, you will have a brain! IQ article! ①The female protagonist is smart and wise, has a well-organized strategy, and helps the male protagonist plan the world. ②Online article on everyone's IQ! The IQs of each of them are so shocking that your scalp will tingle! Drive low and go high. In the early stage, Jiaojiao changes her fate according to the script. In the later stage, it is pure IQ PK! The person you thought was playing chess turned out to be just a chess piece. Who is planning the layout of this huge chessboard in the world...

16. 16 全 The Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts: I’ll Just Watch You Perform 全家偷听心声，演，我就看你们演 I Really Love Little Crabs超爱小螃蟹Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Physical edition of "Claiming the Pearl 2" goes on presale October 17 at 7:30 p.m.] [Mind reading + System + adored by the whole family + transmigrate into a book + play the pig to eat the tiger] Qiao Jiaojiao had accumulated so much virtue in her past life that the Old King of Hell granted her a rebirth with all her memories intact, plus a golden finger: a Virtue Points Shop. Qiao Jiaojiao was thrilled to start her new life, only to discover she hadn't been reborn at all. She'd transmigrated i 133.1kReads9.7Score15.8kShelves
17. 17 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score228kShelves

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    I really enjoyed reading these books, the scores are high, and I can see the protagonist's super high IQ, which is really cool (the first one was a bit of a cheat)

18. 18 深 A Master Plan 深度布局 Mist-Shrouded Mystery雾锁谜局Mystery215k WordsCompleted A High-IQ Revenge With a single move, the “Soul-Severing Meridian Needle,” he can kill without a trace. On a crowded bus, he makes his target die silently, without anyone noticing. Police captain Zhao Gang sees everything clearly on the surveillance footage, yet is powerless to act. This is the third unsolved case, and every clue points to his own older brother, missing for twenty years... When the person closest to him becomes the prime suspect, how will he choose between the law and blood ties 2.1kReads6.4Score274Shelves

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    These two books are good, I have listened to them both

19. 19 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 5.2kReads8.4Score616Shelves

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    This book has been completed. It is a hard-core work for men in science and engineering. There is no golden finger for the time-travel and rebirth system, and the reading threshold is high, so the rating has been cut in half. The writing is unique and eye-catching, the narrative is smooth and humorous without being watery, the subject matter is novel, science fiction and realism, the suspense is full, the reasoning is brain-burning, and the logic is rigorous. The content covers history, workplace, military, technology, national security, criminal investigation, bureaucracy, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacker warfare, and aerospace electronic warfare. The final ending is refreshing and in-depth, specializing in all kinds of book shortages.

20. 20 诸 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 534.8kReads9.7Score72.6kShelves
21. 21 欺 Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.2M WordsOngoing [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 530.9kReads9.3Score102.3kShelves

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    "Game of Death: The Deceiver at the Beginning, Pretending to be a God" is an attractive novel. The following is a detailed introduction to the novel: 1. Basic information **Name of the novel**: "Game of Death: The Deceiver at the Beginning, Pretending to be a God" Author: Violent Purple Man Type: Suspense, brain-burning, intellectual warfare 2. Story summary The novel tells the story of the protagonist Lin Yu who was accidentally involved in a death game. Lin Yu originally thought he was dead, but when he opened his eyes, he found that he had entered a brand new game world where death was the bet. In this world, only the winner gets the chance to "live again." Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the ability of the "only professional deceiver", that is, as long as the lies he tells are believed by others, they will come true. In order to survive and win, Lin Yu chose to pretend to be a god in the game, and relied on his own wisdom and the ability of a trickster to gradually become a real god. 3. Main characters **Lin Yu**: The protagonist of the novel, the owner of the fraudster profession, has excellent intelligence and acting ability. He gradually rose to prominence in the game by pretending to be a god, and eventually became a real god. Other players: Lin Yu's competitors and partners in the game. They each have different professions and abilities, and together they form this game world full of suspense and intellectual battles. 4. Features of the novel **Compact plot**: The plot of the novel is compact and full of suspense, making it difficult for readers to predict the next development. Distinctive characters: The characters in the novel are distinctive and have their own characteristics, making the whole story more lively and interesting. Intelligent warfare is the main focus: Different from traditional violent battles, the novel focuses more on the use of intellectual warfare and strategy, making the whole story more brain-burning and fascinating. Overall, "Game of Death: The Beginning of the Deceiver, Pretending to Be a God" is a novel worth reading. It not only gives readers an exciting reading experience, but also stimulates readers' thinking and wisdom.

22. 22 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M 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 896.8kReads9.6Score233.1kShelves
23. 23 你 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Ling Jiu San Yao零九三妖Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 15.5kReads9.3Score2kShelves
24. 24 请 Call Me the Ghost Messenger 请叫我鬼差大人 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted After the Eternal Night, terror returned. Ten miles of desolate graves, eerie singing. An old man searching for his arms, a headless baby... They kept piecing their bodies back together, unleashing an even more terrifying aura. In the wasteland, even a severed hand could destroy heaven and earth. In this world of darkness and despair, a post office appeared and vanished from view... A mysterious young man, a postal carriage traveling through the void... One blood-red letter after another became 129.6kReads9.5Score13.3kShelves
25. 25 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The new book, The Night of Absolution, is out now! If you enjoy Old Li's style, come show your support~] [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 255.4kReads9.4Score56.4kShelves
26. 26 不 No Gambling, Just Life! The Desperate Gambler Villain 不赌钱只赌命！绝望的胜负师恶棍 Jin Yeye金野野Mystery973k WordsOngoing When you’re out of options, remember: you still have at least one life left! As long as you’re alive, you possess the universe’s most precious asset: life! As long as you’re still breathing, you’ll always have a chance to start over! Please do not associate this story with any real people, events, things, or organizations! This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance is impossible! Over 95% five-star reviews! Don’t go by the new-book rating; check the comments! Want to know how to go from pe 460Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    The first two books are completely high-IQ games, and everyone's IQ is online! Amway [Like][Like][Like] There are games that I have seen and played, and there are also different copies, but they all have novel ways of playing, and I feel like I have grown my brain after watching them🧠! The third book has a little bit of the feeling of Lost City, you might as well give it a try [Cool]

27. 27 水 A Murder Buried at the Waterworks for Twenty Years 水厂埋凶二十年 Bai Suzhen白素针儿Mystery192k WordsCompleted Twenty years ago, in the autumn at the Xichang Waterworks in Qingcheng, three people vanished one after another, leaving no trace, dead or alive. Police officer Qi Xiaojun pursued the lead for half his life, only to be forced out by fate just as he was about to reach the truth. Zhang Youfei, the young factory director, once loved a woman named Jinhua deeply, but he had no idea how many secrets her silence concealed. Twenty years later, another person disappears from the Xichang Waterworks. Sick 5.6kReads8.5Score716Shelves

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    This is beautiful

28. 28 权 The Women in the Shadow of Power 权力阴影下的她们 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban441k WordsCompleted Ten years in discipline inspection, and enough corruption case files to fill half a lifetime. Among the countless cases I've handled, I've found one hidden rule: behind every fallen corrupt official stands at least one woman, often a whole group of them. To thoroughly investigate a corrupt official, you first have to understand the women behind him. They are mistresses, money mules, and bait used to ensnare officials. They are also where power, money, and sex intersect, living keys to the code o 733Reads6.2Score100Shelves
29. 29 官 An Unbounded Official Career 官途无疆 Lone Reflection孤照Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Han, a billionaire who resigned from public office to go into business, is framed and reborn as a third-year college student. He makes a fortune in the stock market, becoming a hidden billionaire. To repay his hometown for supporting him for more than a decade, he returns as a village official while still a college student and leads the villagers to prosperity, embarking on a career in government. In the treacherous world of politics, his exceptional wisdom and insight, along with his sinc 17.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    I think people who like reading this book must also have certain experience in real life and have goals and pursuits for their career future. I am also of a certain age, so I was very immersed in reading it. The three views in the book are correct, and many of the views and work techniques are also reflected in reality. The book has a strong realistic flavor. I really admire the author's skill, it's well written. (Selected from a reader's book review of "A Quiet and Beautiful Life".)

30. 30 官 The Hidden Rules of Politics 官场暗格 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban396k WordsCompleted In July, Yun City sweltered under the heat. The resume of fresh graduate Lin Hao, much like the man himself, was trampled beneath the crowds at the job fair. Graduation led straight to unemployment, and reality weighed heavily on him, until one phone call opened a door: an internship at a subsidiary of the City Investment Group. A monthly salary of 1,750 yuan, with no guarantees and no promises. It was the only straw within reach in his desperate circumstances, and a dusty entrance to an entirel 309Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 我 I Navigate Officialdom with Geology 我靠地质学纵横官场 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban254k WordsCompleted The top student Fang Jue had studied such an obscure field that, when he first entered government service, people dismissed him as a bookworm who knew all about mountains and rock formations but nothing about the real world. Then, on the eve of a once-in-a-century torrential downpour, he used his formidable expertise to issue a precise landslide warning despite withering skepticism. Overnight, the once-underestimated tech geek became the hero who saved 78 lives in the town. But behind the honors 28Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Built a Web Novel Empire 穿越后，我创建了网文帝国 Jie Explains杰解说Urban225k WordsCompleted [No Harem + No System + The Heroine Is the Main Villain + Villains Stay Clever + No Clichés + The Protagonist Doesn’t Play Weak or Show Off] Lin Chen wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to a parallel world. Its technology is similar to that of Blue Star. The difference is… this world has no online literature. Lin Chen, a failed novelist on Blue Star, unexpectedly builds his own literary empire here. (Note: Male lead: Lin Chen. Female lead: Zhou Ting) 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Please be patient and read the first book until Chapter 20. The male and female protagonists' battle of wits, hunting and counter-hunting, and business war. I like the setting of the second book very much. However, in the later stage, the IQ was too high and I couldn't understand it, and I could only understand those with 3-star abilities. The third book is a short story.

33. 33 别 Don’t Mess with Me, I’ve Got Connections in the Capital 别惹我，哥朝中有人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Urban142k WordsCompleted I’m Lin Ce, a rookie at work. My boss publicly dumped the blame on me, pinning a three-million-yuan disaster on me so neatly there wasn’t a crack in it. Just as I was about to pack up and leave, my ancestral jade pendant suddenly grew hot: “Tsk, even those censors in the Wanli era cited chapter and verse when they framed someone. Your boss is way too crude.” Zhang Juzheng, Grand Secretary of the Ming dynasty, is living inside my jade pendant! From then on, being made a scapegoat? Not happening. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 纯 The Pure-Love Hunter 纯爱狩猎者 Jie Explains杰解说36k WordsCompleted The Pure Love Hunter 2Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 神 The Gods Devour Earth 神噬地球 The Old Donkey Keeps Braying驴子老叫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse507k WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast] [Anti-Cheat System] [Political Intrigue] [Slow-Burn, Not a Power Fantasy] [No Stereotypical Characters] [Mind Games] (Revised through Chapter 8 of Volume Two. Subsequent chapters will be updated gradually.) Thermodynamics applies in this book. Meditating won't restore your mana! Any method of increasing one's power will gradually be discovered by others over time, leading to diminishing returns until the benefit is gone entirely. The protagonist has no plot armor. Some random pas 20.3kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves

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    The protagonist, an atheist, is the weakest in the world at the beginning of Tianbeng. He can only rely on his intelligence and cognition to navigate the gap between gods and gods, in a world where believers are everywhere. The characters in the book all have brains, there are no paper figures, the games are all dynamic, and the details are carefully polished. The specific setting is in the introduction. The setting of background power is different from other novels, and it is contrary to Tiangang flow. Friends who like to try new things can take a look. I wish you all a lot of money every day. Recommend diligently every day, it's hard for newcomers to get involved.

36. 36 穿 The Woman in High Heels 穿高跟鞋的女人 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted Wen Xinzhu, born in the countryside, earns a place in the civil service through her own hard work and becomes a grassroots official in Taohua Town. She thinks that putting on high heels and securing a stable government job will bring her a peaceful life. But the world refuses to stay still. Inside this seemingly glamorous bureaucratic fortress, her beauty becomes her most conspicuous label, and her heaviest burden. Men’s covetous eyes follow her everywhere, while women’s jealousy hides lethal in 91Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 一 I Accidentally Committed a Crime 一不小心犯了罪 Mist at the Heart's Tip迷雾心尖Rural Life243k WordsCompleted In the February chill of Wushi Village, five-year-old Ding Ding lay collapsed in a vegetable patch, her tiny, cold body wrapped in a bright yellow cloak. A rusty nail embedded in her foot, a fatal bruise from a skull fracture at her temple: Detective Jiang Yuan knew at a glance this was no accident, nor a simple act of murder! As the investigation deepened, the case grew shrouded in mystery. Beneath the village entrance’s parasol tree, three black stones had been arranged in a sinister “Three Yi 36Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 时 The Closed Loop of Time and Sin 时罪闭环 Call Me Big Tree请叫我大树Mystery95k WordsOngoing Everyone you save is killing the person you will become in the future; If saving someone is murder, then I would rather be the sole killer in every case; Every victim I save will become a perpetrator in the future, leaving me to choose between saving lives now and mass murder later; Time is the kindest executioner: it makes you personally sign the death notices of everyone you hold dear; Featuring a dense barrage of mind-bending cases, the most unhinged champion of justice, and the most yandere 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    High IQ, big brain, I'm going to start catching up.

39. 39 血 Blood Pact Star Chart 血盟星图 Call Me Big Tree请叫我大树Mystery333k WordsOngoing On a stormy night, elite forensic pathologist Chen Wen is urgently summoned to the murder scene of wealthy businessman Zhou Yongchang. It looks like a robbery-murder, but the metal shard clutched in the victim’s hand bears a symbol that makes Chen Wen’s blood run cold: the signature mark of the “Red Thread Serial Murders,” the case that drove his father to shoot himself twenty years ago! Even more chillingly, the autopsy reveals that the victim’s body contains the same rare anesthetic found in t —Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 诡 The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 746.7kReads9.6Score126.3kShelves
41. 41 规 Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常 White Beard白胡子Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr 49.3kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
42. 42 十 Eleven Madmen 十一个疯子 Lu Ban Banban鲁班班班Mystery2.5M WordsCompleted My new book, Nine Hells: The Strange Nuo, is now out! It’s a sequel to this one. You can find it on my profile. Come check it out! (Not mindless, no harem, no System, and not a conventional power fantasy. Please read with that in mind.) From the day you were born until now, have you ever had doubts like these? “Do I really exist?” “Does the world really exist?” “Why do I exist?” “And why does the world exist?” “Is my existence inevitable? If I die, will the world keep existing?” “At the moment m 38kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves

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    Go and go and go and go and go and go and see everything

43. 43 一 Confessions of a Mentally Ill Person 一个精神病人的自述 Multiply by Two乘二Mystery169k WordsCompleted Sometimes I wonder what I am, what the world is, and what my existence means to it. Am I an NPC? Or just a virus that doesn't matter? A virus, yes. I feel like I've caught some kind of virus, or maybe I've always been one. My name is Zhang Shun. I'm an ordinary person, and on an ordinary day, I suddenly saw things no one else could see... 1.6kReads9.3Score400Shelves
44. 44 我 I’m the Grim Reaper, and I’m About to Start Committing Crimes! 我是死神，我要开始犯罪了！ Newly Enamelled, Drunk with Beauty彩釉醉颜新Mystery659k WordsCompleted [High-IQ Crime] [No Female Lead] [A Rational Madman] [No System] Twenty years ago, Yi Bo's entire family was slaughtered. Twenty years later, he walks out of a psychiatric hospital. From that moment on, the fates of certain people are sealed! Yi Bo swears to uncover the truth behind his family's murder and kill the people responsible! But as his investigation goes deeper, he discovers that things are far from simple. An unseen hand is guiding Yi Bo as he painstakingly unravels the mystery. “The 3.3kReads6.9Score212Shelves

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    This book is super good-looking, with endless conspiracies and intrigues.

45. 45 死 The Dead: Samsara Sacrifice Game 死者：轮回祭杀游戏 Listening to the Wind by the Water水边听风Mystery207k WordsCompleted [Twists and Deception + Squid Game + Class Division] (Short title: Dead Man's Game. A first full-length novel packed with thrilling battles of wits. Watch the protagonist turn the tables.) “How can there be fairness in the six paths of reincarnation? Ordinary people are nothing but playthings of the Grim Reaper. The end of life is set from birth, and death is already decided.” 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A book about human nature and wit, a book about suspense reasoning

46. 46 逆 Defying the Classics: A Strategy for the Realm 逆经：山河策 Ren Fanwuyin任梵无音Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [This work has been selected by Hongguo for adaptation into an animated drama] Life is unpredictable; the adaptable follow Heaven's path. Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born to the lowest rung of society, he refuses to accept a life as a nobody. He waves the yin-yang banner and unlocks the secrets of the six-line hexagrams. Watch him play the mystic, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch a hidden dragon soar into 43.6kReads9.4Score4.4kShelves

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    High IQ competition, martial arts ➕ crime solving ➕ suspense ➕ genius, humorous writing style, brain-burning and shocking! Sincerely recommend! 🍋🍋🍋

47. 47 你 You Think You Can Get Away with the Perfect Crime? No! You Can't Hide Anywhere 你想完美脱罪？不！你无所遁形 Mu Yan牧延Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads, episodic investigations + overarching case, 1v1.] [The story focuses on solving cases, with romance as a secondary element. The romance develops very slowly and subtly. Early on, it's roughly a 9:1 split, with 9 parts investigation and 1 part romance. The romance gets more focus later.] [The male lead, Song Kui, isn't entirely a righteous person.] [Volume One: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Tao Li] [Volume Two: Song Kui, Tang Yu, Li Zeru] [Volume Three bonus stories: Chen Yunning, Rong Chen 4.9kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    The first book has two male protagonists, the second one has no CP. Unit case (one case in about ten chapters) + main line long case. No system, no cheats, no plug-ins, and plot flow. . The main focus is on solving crimes, and the secondary focus is on emotions. It involves criminal investigation reasoning, trace investigation (blood, footprints, ballistic handwriting analysis, etc.), Criminal psychology (criminal cartography), and forensic autopsy content.

48. 48 犯 Crime Scene Investigation: The Clues 犯罪现场调查：蛛丝马迹 Mu Yan牧延Mystery604k WordsCompleted (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no System, no romance, traditional criminal investigation) While the officers of the Changlin Criminal Investigation Division were still grieving the death of former Deputy Division Chief Xu Wei, who had died in the line of duty, their new deputy chief, Shen Yanning, arrived out of nowhere, stirring up resentment and rejection among them. But as time went on, they discovered that their young, handsome new superior could unravel cases thread by thread, finding the t 1.1kReads8.7Score154Shelves
49. 49 猎 The Crime-Hunting Trio: An Unsolved Vendetta, a Deadly Gambit 猎罪铁三角：宿仇悬案，以命赴局 Word Weirdo文字怪人Mystery501k WordsCompleted The ultimate crime-solving team is ready to roll: A hard-nosed female team leader, a young psychology prodigy, a criminal investigation king, a search specialist, a computer whiz, a highly personable cleaner, and a theatrical security guard! Unsolved cases that have piled up for thirty years keep landing on their desks, and the team tackles them with all kinds of methods: Reconstructing crime scenes with AI, Werewolf-style psychological deduction, hypnotic mind-reading, and designing custom murd 269Reads—Score108Shelves

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    Families are reading fast code! Highly recommend this high-IQ crime suspense novel ✨ The top criminal investigation consultant male protagonist 🔍, the iron-fisted female leader ⚖️, and the criminal psychology genius female protagonists 🧠 form a crime-solving triangle. There is no emotional line in the whole process, specializing in unsolved cases that have been dusted for 20 to 30 years! The clues are intertwined and the logic explodes. Every reasoning is an extreme game with the mastermind behind the scenes. It is full of brain-burning feeling. Crime suspense lovers close their eyes and rush~

50. 50 剑 Eighty Years in the Sword Pavilion, Then I Emerged as an Earthly Immortal 剑阁八十年，出世陆地神仙 Am I a God?我是神吗Eastern Fantasy2.7M WordsOngoing The original novel behind the hit short drama “Earthly Sword Immortal: Eighty Years Guarding the Sword Pavilion” Meng Fan, gifted with the talent “Swordsmanship as Divine,” is reborn in a cultivation world and becomes the sword keeper of the Sword Pavilion at the Shushan Sword Sect. Touching the “Seven Stars Sword,” he obtains the Seven Stars Sword Art. Touching the “Demon-Suppressing Sword,” he obtains the Sword Intent of Demon Slaying. Touching the “Fuxi Sword,” he obtains the Fuxi Divine Body 33.8kReads8.5Score2kShelves

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    The first masterpiece of martial arts! High IQ showdown! Book Two: One day you discover that your grandparents, parents, brothers and sisters are not human! The third book starts with the Land Sword Immortal! Eighty years after Shoujiange broke the sky with one sword!

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