Looking for an Apocalyptic Story with a Jianghu Feel, Like The Ninth District 求一种有江湖气息的末世文，类似于第九特区内种
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The Usurper 犯上者
[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.
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- 2 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.5kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
- 3 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
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My Brother's Getting Married, So This Fat Guy Is Stepping In 兄弟结婚，胖子我顶上了
Tian Bohao, a three-hundred-jin man, looked at his bride, Xiao Yingxue, who stood before him with tears in her eyes and not a word to say. Ring, ring! Wasn't that a phone call? It had to be the newlyweds having a spat and calling me for help. He answered and deliberately turned on the speaker. “Elephant?” Cao Xiang's voice came through the phone, frantic but deliberately hushed, begging for help: “Haizi! Haizi! I've landed in serious trouble this time. It's an emergency, and you've got to
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Weapon System from the Start! Surviving the Apocalypse with My Sister-in-Law 开局武器系统！带着小姨子闯末世
[Apocalyptic underworld + power struggles + sister-in-law from the start + modern warfare + zombies + System + not reborn + lots of beautiful women + decisive and ruthless + no supernatural abilities, but people can evolve] [An apocalyptic underworld story that starts with the jianghu and moves on to the struggle for dominance. The protagonist is invincible and never gets tortured.] A mysterious blue fog engulfed the cities of Blue Star. Order collapsed, and zombies ran rampant. Three years afte
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- 6 EN Apocalypse Underworld Emperor: After Dark, I Make the Rules 末世地下皇帝，天黑以后我说的算 (No System, passionate, brotherhood, not an invincible protagonist, high martial arts) (Ensemble cast, every character has a distinct personality and their own moments to shine) A young man framed and imprisoned by his own boss unexpectedly gains the blood of the Demon Ancestor and awakens as a superpowered fighter, embarking on a path of revenge. The story of a group of youths from the bottom of society fighting their way up. A legend about a young man who rises to become the Underworld Emperor 62.9kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
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Tales of a Paper Effigy Maker 纸人扎匠诡事录
Tales of the Paper Effigy Artisan's Strange Cases
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- 8 Thirty Meters Underwater, a Bride-Clad Corpse Opened Her Eyes 水下30米，一具女尸穿着嫁衣，睁开了眼 Thirty meters underwater, a female corpse in a wedding dress opens her eyes. 3.6kReads—Score—Shelves
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After the Cataclysm 浩劫余生
A cataclysm turns the world into a lawless wasteland. Some take shelter in fortresses, some hide in the wilderness, and others are transformed into different creatures by radiation. The world splits into two extremes. The powerful possess cutting-edge technology and shut themselves away from the chaos behind fortresses that rise from the ground. In migrant camps rife with danger, where people resort to eating their own children, a hunter struggling to make ends meet sets out on a rugged path to
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One Man, One Dog, One Zombie 一人一狗一丧尸
[No superpowers + no System + plot-focused + no harem] Huang Jin, a young man who secretly worked in a specialized line of business, received a call from his boss at the beginning of the zombie outbreak. His boss ordered him to stay put in C City and wait for the organization to rescue him. But time passed, and after waiting for two whole years, Huang Jin still saw no sign of anyone from the organization. He decided to head to Z City, where his boss was, on his own. Along the way, he came across
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Global Blackout: Back to the Age of Cold Weapons 全球断电：重返冷兵器时代
[No System, no rebirth, no showing off and humiliating others, not a power fantasy. The story of an ordinary person surviving in a time of chaos.] When electricity vanished worldwide and gunpowder and fuel stopped working, Xia Zhi carved out a kingdom in the midst of chaos with nothing but a bow. With transportation and communications cut off, humanity's ambitions began to grow. Everyone wanted to be emperor; even a village chief dared to call himself king. Xia Zhi had wanted to stay home in the
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Masks of Ghosts and Gods 鬼神面具
[No System] + [Apocalypse] + [Brotherhood] + [Underworld] Two hundred years after the Apocalypse began, humanity rises again. A boy from the bottom of society climbs step by step to the top, becoming the underground emperor of the post-apocalyptic world. Put on the mask of a demon god, and after dark, I call the shots in this city.
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Three Thousand Splendors, Six Thousand Years 三千繁华，六千流年
[Two male leads + redemption + tragic romance + destined soulmates + heartfelt emotion] O Udumbara flower, I grant you spiritual grace. Protect his soul for six thousand years, and let it never fade. You will cultivate in peace in the heavenly realm, build up your merits, and wait for the apocalypse to arrive. Six thousand years, not one day more, not one day less! “In six thousand years, a great extinction will once again befall the mortal world. Heaven and earth will be remade, and the gods an
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Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城
Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a
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- 15 The Seventh City of the Apocalypse 末世第七城 In the wake of the apocalyptic disaster, all the glories of the past have faded into distant memories. With everything in ruins and awaiting renewal, watch as a hero from humble beginnings rises amid the chaos and soars to the heavens. In ungoverned zones, human lives are as worthless as grass. In the city-state safe zones, hidden attacks come like arrows from the shadows. An unknown nobody struggles to get ahead amid the chaos and displacement, turning the tide in a brutal world of bloodshed. 965Reads6.4Score105Shelves
- 16 Gray Ice 灰冰 Extreme-cold dungeons + light sci-fi + decisive, ruthless action + no female lead + mildly dark + not overpowered + revenge The apocalypse arrives, and a brutal winter is on its way. Warlords carve up the land while bandits block the roads. How can an orphan born in a battlefield hospital survive in a frozen post-apocalyptic world? In the soil of the apocalypse, good and evil blur together. At the boundary between black and white, who is that delicate shade of gray? 188Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Wolves and Brothers 狼与兄弟 The wolf may look cold and ruthless, but beneath that exterior lies boundless tenderness. He is willing to sacrifice himself for his family and brothers! Just like Wang Ying, the protagonist, his heart isn't cold. It's the way he looks down on worldly conventions that makes him seem that way! Like a wolf king, he can become the heart of any team, leading his brothers through life-or-death trials, never abandoning them! From the awkwardness of college days to the hardships of entering the working 7.4kReads9.3Score490Shelves
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The Man Who Reached the Top of the Underworld 黑道触顶之徒
The underworld is shallow waters teeming with big shots. Thousands shout my name: Brother Tian. Xia Tian, a young man from the bottom of society in Northeast China, gets caught up by chance in the feud between two underworld bosses. From then on, he sets out to climb to the top of the criminal world. Benefactors, moles, bandits, desperados… all sorts of characters take the stage, and the action is heart-pounding. Watch as he leads his brothers from small-time nobodies to become the biggest kin
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The Doomsday Collapse 末日之崩塌之世
(Fantasy, cultivation, urban, post-apocalyptic, zombies: what kind of story will come from boldly blending them all?) “In this collapsing world, how are we supposed to survive?” One year, a virus broke out. We didn’t know where it came from. We only knew that anyone infected lost their consciousness and wandered all over the world. Humanity faced an unprecedented catastrophe. We had to save ourselves, and the people we wanted to protect. Let’s survive together.
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Demon Slayer of the Frozen Abyss 寒渊诛魔
I'm pleased to recommend my new book, Dustblade Suppresses the Palace Gate. Old friends and new, come join us in a world of wuxia, where the imperial court stands tall and the rivers and lakes stretch far and wide. Ordinary people lead extraordinary lives. They pursue vengeance and justice with abandon, and fight for their homeland and family. Each person pushes forward with all their might for the wishes they hold dear.
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- 21 Don't Call Me a Scoundrel: Playing Dirty Is How You Stay on Top 别叫我狗贼：玩的脏才站得稳 [Rousing Action]+ [No System]+ [Superpowers]+ [Ensemble Cast]+ [Apocalyptic High Martial Arts]+ [Brotherhood] Two hundred years after the Great Cataclysm, winter and famine sweep the land. Inside the city, there is order and hope. Outside, there is wasteland and hell. A child raised by a band of desperate outlaws masters assassination and poison. His methods are ruthless, but his heart longs for the light. Born with the bloodline of a demon, he becomes, by a twist of fate, the Daoist sect’s sole 102kReads8.6Score11.7kShelves
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The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition 官场：一个小人物的野望
Starting as a grassroots police officer in 2005, he repeatedly cracks major cases. Amid the treacherous twists and turns of officialdom, he carves out a distinctive path to promotion.
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- 23 Wielding the Strongest Superpowers, I Sweep Through the Apocalypse 集最强异能于一身横扫末世 [Zombie apocalypse · No System · No rebirth · One heroine · Squad growth · Ensemble cast · Strong protagonist · Decisive and ruthless] The apocalypse arrives, and staying alive becomes the greatest challenge. Scarce supplies, zombies everywhere, terrifying mutated beasts, and… human nature under the apocalypse all turn survival into a nightmare. Shaoguang → Kaiyang → Yuheng → Tianquan → Tianji → Tianxuan → Tianshu → Yinyuan → Dongming Lighting up each star grants an ability. Everyone else gets a 145.6kReads9.0Score12.7kShelves
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Apocalypse Star Crystals: I Have an Army of Contract Beasts 末日星晶：我有一个契约兽军团
[Superpower Evolution] [Egoism] [Reborn] [Dark Humor] [Early Development, Lone Wolf] [Multiple Heroines, Skip if You Mind] A meteor shower descended, and the whole world collapsed into ruin. Most people turned into terrifying monsters, while animals and plants ceased to be resources for the survivors and became hunters instead. The meteor shower also brought star crystals, which could yield extraordinary food, weapons and equipment, evolution potions, and bloodlines with supernatural abilities..
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- 25 Doomsday Is Here: A New Era for Earth 末日即临【地球新纪元】 “Where is this?” All I can see is a blurry figure… “...Have you ever heard a story...” “What story...?” “I’ll tell you a secret... Love is real, but the world is...” Suddenly, in a flash... A six-year-old child opened their sleepy eyes... Love... how could that be possible… I’m real… It seems to hold Earth’s age-old secrets. Ancient legends unfold here. This isn’t a story, it’s reality… More ancient secrets are waiting to be uncovered, waiting to be discovered… Are feelin —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Dream Calamity: I Can See How Nightmares Fail 梦灾降临：我能看见噩梦败因
After the black rain, a new calamity appeared in the world: dream disasters. Born from people’s fears, obsessions, and regrets, they drag nightmares into reality and reality into a deep slumber. Chen Jin was a low-level temp at the Dream Disaster Response Bureau, responsible only for clearing away belongings and sealing off crime scenes. Then, during a low-risk dream disaster, he saw a prompt that should not have existed: Dreams have weaknesses, too. The Dead Return Home, the Black Rain File
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- 27 The Ruins of Shan Hai: The Origin of the Apocalypse 山海归墟：末日起源 For millions of years, humanity has lived in a world where spiritual energy has run dry and the divine way has faded, in the dying remnant of an age when magic no longer works. We thought technology was the ultimate truth and all myths were nonsense, never realizing that... The Classic of Mountains and Seas was never a collection of strange tales. It was a historical record of an ancient world sealed away completely. When the heavenly locks of Guixu shattered, rifts erupted across every ley l 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！
[Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris
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The Calamity of the Human Heart 人心灾
[Dual Systems + No harem + Not a power fantasy + Urban supernatural abilities] When he was fifteen, Lin Zhen watched four meteorites fall, unaware that they would change his life. At eighteen, Lin Zhen accidentally discovered the secret of the meteorites: they were actually extraterrestrial life forms, steadily replacing the people around him. At a moment of crisis, he awakened the System [Natural Disaster]. And so the story begins.
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Dragon Head 龙头
For the sake of the goddess, I crossed the big shot in the county. To stay alive, I fought my way up, one step at a time, until I became the boss... One day, the hidden dragon will find the rain it needs. With a single roar, it will shift the mountains and rivers and move the Big Dipper. Stories of the underdog rising to the top will always set the blood racing.
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I’m the Only Cultivator in the World 全球就我能修仙
I, Li Xinghe, am nothing but a dead man. What kind of waves could I possibly make? Look at the people we’ve encountered along the way. Can any of those with power and influence really be called good?
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The Ninth Secret Bureau 第九守秘局
“If we want the people of this world to live in the sunlight and keep their sanity, then we must keep secret the things they were never meant to know.” “Because the moment they see those terrifying beings that defy all known science and truly discover how horrifying this world is... believe me, Earth will become the biggest asylum in the universe.” Chen Xian, Ninth Secret Bureau
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- 33 Zombie Express 丧尸专列 [Apocalypse, hyper-realistic, no System, hardcore, trains, heavy trucks, slow-paced, road-trip novel] [This book has a complete, independent world. Please don’t confuse it with similar works.] [The protagonist grows over time. If you want a protagonist who never makes mistakes, is invincible, and handles every situation perfectly from the start, please move on. This book isn’t for you.] A new virus spreading around the world was only the beginning. After infecting most people, it began causing m 59.3kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
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Apocalypse: The Ninth District 末世：第九特区
This isn't mindless wish fulfillment. It's a desperate path to the future, blasted open with fists, full of tears, laughter, love, and passion. If a problem can be solved by fighting, there's no need to waste words! At Lin Kun's back stand bloodied brothers, a mysterious old man, and a troublesome younger brother. They have nothing, yet they can do anything. In the world after nuclear war, snow falls endlessly, and civilization has become a luxury. Lin Kun only wants to save up some money, find
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Warlord of the Apocalypse: I Slay Japanese Invaders in the Wasteland 末世枭雄我在废土斩倭奴
In the fifteenth year of the New Era, the shadow of nuclear winter still lingered. Zhang Cheng, a major general in the Huaxia District, slaughtered the Japanese invaders who had surrendered, then leaped from the top of a military tribunal building, shocking the world. He never expected to be reborn as Cohen Zhang, an orphan in Washington. Five years earlier, he had been sold by human traffickers to "Death Island." After fighting his way through a hundred boys in a deadly battle, he became the un
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I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女，她在床边拿刀砍我
Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After
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- 37 Reborn in the Apocalypse: Building the Strongest Base from Scratch 重生末世：从打造最强基地开始 [No special powers + no System + natural disasters + base-building + stockpiling + farming + ensemble cast + no protagonist torture + decisive and ruthless] Friend, you've read so many apocalypse novels. Are you getting tired of all those messy superpowers, brainless Systems, and beautiful women throwing themselves at the protagonist? Why not see how ordinary people can build a sensible home in the apocalypse? An ordinary apocalypse farming story told from multiple perspectives. The apocalypse 18.2kReads7.7Score1.5kShelves
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From Infinite Duplication to Ruling the Ice Age Apocalypse 从无限复制到执掌冰河末世
The novel has surpassed 10 million reads. Its short-drama adaptation, The Awakening Journey in the Extreme Cold Apocalypse, has surpassed 6 million saves, and it has also been adapted into multiple animated dramas. Read with confidence. (Extreme-cold apocalypse, rebirth, genetic locks, comeback and face-slapping, decisive and ruthless, lone wolf plus a Primal Beast army, completed) Also known as: Extreme Cold Apocalypse: I Stockpiled Billions of Supplies with a Treasure Basin In his previous li
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Others Struggle Through the Apocalypse, but I'm Invincible 别人过末世，我无敌
[Decisive and ruthless + no saintly heroine + plenty of beautiful women + cold and merciless] Stocking up on supplies when the apocalypse hits? No way. I have an unlimited supply of everything. One biscuit makes the campus belle of old bow her proud head; one loaf of bread makes a once-famous star bend the knee. The world's ended. Who's got time for romance, bro?
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Film and TV Crossover: Jade Fingers, Slender and Graceful 综影视之玉指纤纤
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- 41 Film and TV Crossover: The Beloved Beauty Everyone Adores 综影视：娇美万人迷 A word of warning: The characters may be out of character. Expect a crowd of admirers, a sweet, clueless heroine, and more than just a second male lead. The male lead is fair game too. If he's handsome, he's in. Every story stands on its own in a different parallel world, with a distinct style, so you can enjoy them individually. Since fate brought us together, why not sit back and enjoy the show? 18.1kReads6.0Score342Shelves
- 42 Go Go Squid!: Quick Transmigration, I'm Going to Win You Over 亲爱的热爱的：快穿之我要攻略你 I thought it was one world, but it wasn’t. There’s never enough. This is only the beginning... 730Reads—Score—Shelves
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In This Chaotic Age, Watch Me Turn the Tables 乱世之下看，我如何扳回这一局
My name is Cui Qingyan. My father is Cui Hao, a high-ranking minister at court. He rendered great service in helping the late emperor ascend the throne and in establishing the Kingdom of He. But the late emperor was wary of us, so our entire clan was forced to move to the frontier to defend the realm. As a result, I was separated from my childhood sweetheart, Gao Cheng. In the first month of the year, during a heavy snowfall, we should have been waiting for a good harvest beneath the auspicious
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A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南
The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord
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- 45 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, A Lonely Road to Immortality 修真文明指南——序章2，仙途陌路 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 2, The Immortal Path Diverges 768Reads—Score105Shelves
- 46 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to the Mystic Thunder 修真文明指南——序章1，玄雷前传 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization: Prologue 1, The Prelude to Xuan Lei 1.7kReads—Score130Shelves
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From the Black Streets to the Wilderness 从黑街走向荒野
Firearms, gangs, mechanical bodies, drug-mutated humans, resource-starved wastelands, and a world shrouded in hunger. It's a feast for the ambitious, and the dawn of a new era. A hundred years into the wasteland age, the old generation's legends have faded away. The new stage has only just opened its curtains. Gangs, mercenaries, trading companies, rebel armies… And it all begins with a bowl of “Kang Shuaifu” instant noodles. Zhang Jiao arrives in this world by accident and uses one bowl of nood
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- 48 I Was Reborn, So Why Am I Still a Loser?! 都重生了，我怎么还是混子？！ [Undercover in the underworld + ruthless and decisive + no sanctimonious do-gooding + sharp as a tack] Brothers, this book once had over 500,000 readers following it, and kept that readership for several months. Quite a few people have adapted it into absurd animated videos and AI short dramas. I’m not a touchy person. You can post videos without my permission, but shouldn’t you at least show me a little respect? Couldn’t you include the original book title and the author’s name? Using Foqin’s n 25.1kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
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Brain-Eating Fungus 噬脑魔菌
At the York City Central Station subway platform, fourteen strangers jumped onto the tracks together as a train pulled in... At an Arctic research station, an entire United Nations expedition team was wiped out overnight... Three thousand kilometers beneath the surface, terrifying lizard people lived inside a gigantic, mysterious cube... All these strange events pointed, without exception, to a mysterious fungus from antiquity... And humanity had long since become a Host to its spores... Humanit
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The Dao-Cutting Art 诀天道
(No mindless protagonist, no clichéd plot, a cunning lead, fully realized characters, no System, twin swords) The twin swords ring out, cleaving the heavens. Let souls be severed and bones torn out as you will. The world shall know no more bloody storms. I am both demon and god! With everything shattered, can it be made whole again? Faced with the shackles of fate, he will cut them apart with his twin swords! The gods and demons wage war for a hundred years. The Heavenly Dao is merciless, treati
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