Looking for Stories With a Strong Male and Female Lead, Two Geniuses Beating Deadly Games! 有没有男女双强，两个高智商的一些死亡游戏通关！

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 73.6kReads9.1Score13.1kShelves

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   Kill the liar, secret room, brain burning, wits battle

2. 2 灰 The Gray Lotus 灰莲花 Clouds of Rough Noodles Again又见糙面云Modern Romance819k WordsCompleted [A textbook case of realist business warfare + a deeply romantic, top-tier intellectual romance] The world has gone mad. A top-tier rich, handsome young heir is forced to compete with his wealthy wife for a lover... “If she likes me and I like her too, then we’ll each have to prove ourselves.” The male lead is loaded with resources and comes with every advantage, while the female lead has brains and beauty and rises from humble beginnings. A textbook case of realist business warfare, arranged fa 37.1kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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   My favorite couple I have ever seen, a true duo. It's not the frivolous love story in internet articles. It's very high-end and not suitable for reading novels. It's suitable for readers with high experience and brains. It has a big layout and is a must-read.

3. 3 无 Infinite Escape: The Museum Curator Rules the Livestream 无限逃生：馆主飒爆直播间 Ling Yu令鱼Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite-flow + mostly imaginative horror + romance + ensemble cast] Lu Yu is a little-known actress who has spent three years in the entertainment industry. TV director: “What is this garbage acting? Get out of my production!” Variety show director: “You have no sense of variety-show humor. How could someone as mediocre as you think you can make it in entertainment?” Agent: “You’re good for nothing but your face.” But after Lu Yu becomes the owner of a game arcade and enters an escape game... 11.8kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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   Both men and women are strong gamers. Both of these books are very logical and super brain-burning. Those who love CP should take this [Grassed] [Sparrow Food Masterpiece] [I also strongly recommend]

4. 4 无 Infinite: People Can Die, but You Must Never Lose the Game 无限：人可以死游戏绝不能输 Ran Tu染途Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Infinite Flow + Logical Deduction + Death Games + Brain-Burning + Slightly Unhinged Female Lead + Strong Leads] (Content warnings at the end of Chapter 1) After her parents died, Xin Zhixia witnessed the ugly faces of her relatives during a dispute over the inheritance and grew disgusted with the world. She devoted herself to the games she loved and drifted through life in a daze. Finding life pointless, she decided to jump off a building and kill herself. A man appeared beside her. 13.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 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 765.3kReads9.6Score138.8kShelves

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   Single heroine, two heroes, come to me!!! [Angry][angry][angry]

6. 6 全 High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 287.2kReads9.4Score31.5kShelves
7. 7 我 I Play for a Comeback in a Mind-Game 我在智斗游戏里玩逆转 Nine Mouths Take Flight九口飞天Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Original mind-game competitions + Deception + Reversals + No romance + Brain-bending, read with caution] This isn't a survival game, but a pure battle of wits. There are no supernatural horrors, only schemes. No scares, just the thrill of putting your brain through its paces. Deception, exposing lies, and wild gambling aren't enough. You need an unexpected trick to turn defeat into victory. I entered the [Mic Hog Game], where I have to outsmart my way to freedom. “Hahaha! You pathetic ants 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The third game, the takeaway game: Two teams are competing to deliver takeaways, winning two out of three games. Which route is the best? Both men and women are available.

8. 8 我 Countdown in a Dream? 我在梦里倒计时？ Dreams Fall in the Rainforest梦落在雨林Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Infinite Worlds + Character Growth + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + No Harem] “Welcome to FM404. Today is August 23, 2024. There are three minutes left until the countdown reaches the 24th. Nothing major has happened… static… around the world… static… some people have… static… collapsed and fallen into a deep sleep… static…” “Sorry, we just lost the control tower signal. Let’s continue…” Some people have luck on their side, while others… have been blacklisted by the Goddess of Fortune. Those wh —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The name is abandoned, the apocalypse is accompanied by the infinite flow, and the world enters a survival challenge. The main theme is that everyone dreams, and when they dream, they enter the dungeon, and the way of death in the dungeon corresponds to reality. Each copy is an independent world, and it is more about human nature. Some of the dungeon plots correspond to certain real-life stories. The heroine has a high level of force, but her hands can't keep up and her brain can't keep up. Each pair of CPs has a clear line, and there will be no such kind of physical abuse. The male protagonist is very proactive and always guides the female protagonist towards him.

9. 9 快 Happy Exam Week 快乐考试周 Fu Ma覆马Mystery837k WordsCompleted [Signed for print publication; personalized bookplate campaign underway in the book's fan community. The published title is Happy Exam Week] - An exam? The kind where your head explodes if you fail~ Boom! - A group of people are forced to take one bizarre weeklong exam after another. They enter the settings depicted in the exam questions and answer them with their bodies, battling with both brains and brawn. They will die if they fail, come in last place, fail to hand in their papers within the 9kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
10. 10 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 8.7kReads9.3Score860Shelves

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    Maybe it's not just about the two strong characters, but the infinite group portraits, all the members are very strong, even the villains are also highly intelligent!

11. 11 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 136.3kReads9.3Score15.9kShelves

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    Come and see, it's beautiful [like]

12. 12 在 Roleplaying in an Escape Game 在逃生游戏里角色扮演 In the Lanshan Mountains岚山里Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite-Flow + Horror and Suspense + Two Powerful Leads + Twists + Ensemble Cast] [When human nature brushes against the narrow gap between death and survival, desire and pain become entangled. Will you tame despair, or enter a cycle that leads to certain doom?] On the verge of death, Bai Zheng was dragged into a horror game that required players to stay in character. She didn't want to die, so she chose to become a player. The game's evaluation of her was: [Player, please be careful not to br 6.2kReads9.2Score894Shelves

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    Shuangqiang IQ Online

13. 13 无 Infinite Flow: Big Shot, Your Cute Persona Has Crumbled Again 无限流：大佬你软萌人设又崩了 Plain Moon素月Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Episodic stories, infinite-flow, one-on-one romance between two strong and devoted leads, livestreaming, and play the pig to eat the tiger] From the start, Shen Qingyan killed an NPC and received a punishment mission: if she didn’t act like a sweet, helpless girl, she would die. So, while tackling terrifying escape missions, her teammates were busy showing their true colors, completing tasks, freaking out, and running for their lives. Meanwhile, Shen Qingyan was busy acting cute and batting her 11kReads9.4Score1.6kShelves
14. 14 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 1.7MReads9.9Score234.1kShelves
15. 15 京 The Tide Between Beijing and Hong Kong 京港澜渡 A Book Worth a Fortune一本千万利Modern Romance622k WordsOngoing [The rating just opened, slowly climbing] [Hong Kong old-money style vs. Beijing political circles] [Intrigue and covert battles among the wealthy] [High-IQ business and romance] [Slow burn, not a fast-paced power fantasy; feel free to skip chapters] Four pairs of hunters, four hunts. The rain pours over Hong Kong. Come enjoy a TVB-style romance, business-war, and suspense drama! Sweet nothings go beyond “Stay a little longer” and “I adore you” to include “I’m crazy about you.” Duplicity is the 7.6kReads8.9Score757Shelves

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    The male protagonist's love for the female protagonist goes from curiosity and exploration to obsession, and then to the fall of "she has to be". The process is written so delicately.

16. 16 穿 The Transmigrated Female Assassin's Seventh Way to Die 穿越女杀手的第七种死法 Traveler of Qingya青崖时客Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted Twenty-six-year-old office worker Qin Yan is practically a walking “Do Not Disturb” sign at work. Thanks to the “loving care” of her narcissistic parents, she’s unlocked the permanent “emotional detachment” skin, and even office gossip in the break room automatically triggers her soundproofing barrier. She survives each day on black coffee, and her cup even bears the haughty slogan, “Bitterer than life, and purer too.” Who could have guessed that her life-sustaining coffee would become her ticke 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Before the dizziness of traveling through time and space dissipates, the heroine falls into a memory confusion. But the mysterious aura lingering around her inadvertently revealed clues - the multiple identities hidden behind the amnesia fault seemed to be surging undercurrents. Prince Rui is also a leader among people, with a deep mind and great resourcefulness. When she loses her memory, the heroine is like a weak white flower, making people feel pitiable; once her memory recovers, her aura changes suddenly, and her invisible coercion makes people shudder. Sparks flew from the confrontation between these two people, and clever strategies emerged one after another, as if they had traveled through time from the "The Strongest Brain" competition, leaving others in a state of disbelief in this game of wisdom!

17. 17 我 I Cultivate Eldritch Gods in the Apocalypse 我在末世中培养异神 Snowfall Over the Sky瑞雪莹空Sci-Fi & Apocalypse788k WordsCompleted [The male and female leads share one body and two souls + ensemble cast + apocalypse + higher-dimensional world] After the supernatural apocalypse erupted, she obtained the game Ragnarok and met Yan Zhaoying, the person bound to her by fate. After she resurrected him, they became two souls sharing one body. In the apocalypse, they travel through countless strange cities and meet Ren Xinglan, a model; Yu Weiming, a frail young man; Qidiao Xiucan, a white-haired youth; Rui Yangsheng, a "yandere" y 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes! Everyone is trying to grow

18. 18 慈 Mercy Voyage: I Sacrifice My Girlfriend, and I Sacrifice the Whole World 慈航游戏：女友祭天，我祭全世界 He Jinke何金珂Mystery467k WordsOngoing [Horror game + rule-based horror + decisive and ruthless protagonist + one heroine] I died once trying to save my late girlfriend, Xi Yin But I can die twice more! She awakened inside the game as a vengeful ghost, with even her memories altered. I picked the most useless class on the server, building manager. I have no SSS-rank talent to take on the divine spirits, so I rely on the Building Manager app to master the rules. A divine spirit in my way? Players causing trouble? Do I really have to t 210Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In order to resurrect the single heroine, she fell into a horror, with high intelligence to break the situation, a copy of death, double strong CP, the kind that destroys the world for love!

19. 19 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery871k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 1.1kReads9.2Score122Shelves

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    Reborn from the grave, the system controls my life and death, evildoers are all mission targets, mourning halls, haunted houses, hunting games, all of them [laughing][laughing]

20. 20 来 The Bad Woman from Prison 来自监狱的坏女人 Who Could Be My Match谁与为偶Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: The Chaste Police Commissioner: I've Locked Away Your Heart Workplace romance + suspenseful romance + soul swapping + unhinged villainess forces her love + forbidden cop-and-criminal romance + the queen returns I'm Su Yu. The “Goddess of Finance” admired by everyone in the business world. A meticulously planned car accident sent me tumbling from the clouds into the mud. I became the “suspect” everyone cursed and was personally delivered to a detention center. My best friend betra 752Reads9.2Score111Shelves

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    Comparable to the Korean drama "Room 9", her split personality is her best vest and alibi for crimes. [Female suspect vs. Male protagonist, senior police inspector] The police and gangsters are rivals, dangerous and passionate, both men and women have high IQs and are both strong.

21. 21 神 The Mighty Little Constable 神通小捕快 Seven Stars in Hand手握七星Martial Arts1.9M WordsOngoing “One leaf riding the wind, roaming ten thousand miles; a dashing constable, famous throughout the land.” The most righteous men are often those society looks down on, and heroes rise from the streets. The spring breeze and I are both passing travelers, but your name alone belongs to the martial world. Ye Fei, a lowly errand boy at an inn, is rejected by the Su family because he's nothing but a nobody who runs errands! Who could have guessed that after getting drunk, saving a beauty, and catching 10kReads8.8Score926Shelves

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    There is no system or golden fingers, it all relies on brains, two strengths, and sincerity for sincerity.

22. 22 十 Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸 Sanqi Confused Fish三七糊涂鱼Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing (We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin 5.9kReads9.1Score458Shelves
23. 23 吃 I Ate the Game 吃了游戏 Yu Er Er与而尔Mystery241k WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow + strong female lead + ensemble cast + mild horror + comedy] [Wildly growing human heroine VS monster hero with healing powers] After working overtime until nightfall, Qi An is dragged into a game and gets her head split open by a sickle from the start. Players might not even be human. Qi An has no golden finger, so she saves herself by stabbing a monster to death with a plum-blossom silver hairpin. She has to watch out for the game eating her and monsters ambushing her, so she de —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists plot against each other in the early stage

24. 24 无 Infinite Loop: A Knitting Needle’s Counterattack Against the Data Cage 无限循环：毛线针反杀数据牢笼 Unarchived Blue Sea未存档的蓝海Modern Romance260k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + NPC + Mystery and Mind-Bending Puzzles + Wild Imagination + Virtual Game + Cyberpunk + Yarn-Needle Powers + Yarnpunk + Female Awakening + Ensemble Cast + Architectural Conspiracy + Workplace Conspiracy + Time Loop] Also titled: "Infinite Loop: Yarn Needles Strike Back Against the Data Cage" [Complete] After losing her job, Lin Xiao receives a mysterious text and is sent back to 2010, where she crashes headfirst into the abyss of Xingyao Group’s “Mirror Life” full-dive experime 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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