A Decisive Male Lead, No Heroines, Going It Alone, and a Smart Plot 主角杀伐果断 无女主 ！单干的！剧情有脑

1. 251 无 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse618k WordsCompleted [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.9kReads9.3Score599Shelves
2. 252 规 Rule Horror: From the Start, I Gained Resistance to Contamination 规则怪谈：开局获得污染抗性 The Last Little Fish最后一条肚肚鱼Mystery2.6M WordsCompleted [Rule-Based Horror + System Safety Net + Bizarre Absurdity + Light Comedy + No Female Lead] After dying, Zhang Chen is reborn on Blue Star, a world chosen by the realm of horror stories and extremely similar to the Earth where he lived in his previous life. One person from each country is selected to take part in a challenge inside the realm of horror stories, and Zhang Chen is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom. Instance: The Family of Five... Everyone else is terrified of Mom. Why are you 6.7kReads8.2Score676Shelves
3. 253 修 The Ten Arts of Cultivation 修真十艺 Furious Tiger怒虎Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [System-based, no female lead] The ten arts of cultivation: mining, weapon forging, spirit slaughtering, planting, alchemy, beast taming, soul refining, talisman crafting, formations, and spirit appraisal. He Cheng enters the world of cultivation with ten skill panels. 115Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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   No female lead, very decisive.

4. 254 让 You Want Me as a Side Character? I'll Become the Villain and Destroy the World 让我当配角？我反手当反派灭世 Fleeting Clouds and Mist云烟缥缈Eastern Fantasy99k WordsOngoing Also known as "I Killed the Saintess from the Start, and Became Invincible" (Invincible + no female lead + no golden finger) He Jinchao transmigrates into a fantasy world. He was the most powerful prodigy of the Ye clan, the empire’s foremost family, but an accident destroyed his foundation and left him a cripple, condemned to endure countless humiliations and disdainful looks. Fortunately... Kidding! Being crippled was all an act! He becomes a villain who schemes behind the scenes, slaughters e 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist, expelled from his family and scorned by his sect, suffers endless humiliation. Behind him lies a shocking secret: a descendant of a heretical vampire who has been possessed is seeking revenge against "justice." The world-destroying setting is truly unbeatable!

5. 255 反 Anti-Beast Taming: I Get Stronger by Killing My Contractors 反御兽：坑死契约者就能变强 Broken Maple Leaf破碎枫叶Eastern Fantasy422k WordsOngoing [Mythical Beasts] [Never Takes Human Form] [No Female Lead] [Pretends to Be a Battle Beast] [Schemer] [The protagonist is entirely self-serving and the story has a dark tone. Read with caution…] Wang Li transmigrates to another world of cultivation and becomes a tiger. He even has a Beast Taming Contract System in his mind. But… Wang Li is the beast being controlled… Luckily, this is a contract-reversal System, and who's controlling whom isn't as simple as it looks! What's more, every time one o 172Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   Main characters' relationships: Cold-blooded; Genre: Very good.

6. 256 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves

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   There are monsters cloaked in human skin, walking among us like normal people. These people are called Resurrectors, and they feed on human flesh. [Thinking] One peaceful afternoon, an ordinary high school student undergoes a mutation [What?], Becoming a Resurrector who stands against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god, walking among humans in the body of a god.

7. 257 末 Doomsday: The Blackflame Emperor 末日：黑炎帝君 The Evening Breeze Speaks Not晚风不语Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Doomsday] [Superpowers] [No saintly self-sacrifice] [Intelligence] [Decisive and ruthless] Humanity still strained to open its eyes and gaze up at the stars, filled with imagination and longing for the unknown. What no one knew was that soon, even this tiny world would no longer belong to them. 902Reads9.3Score105Shelves

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   It's worth reading; it's not just a lighthearted, entertaining read. It delves into some culturally significant aspects of the novel.

8. 258 永 Eternal Demon 永魔 Adding Ink to Continue the Story点墨续作Eastern Fantasy761k WordsOngoing Traditional cultivation. The protagonist is ruthless and merciless, no holier-than-thou hero, no heroine, dark fiction! No System!! If you want to become an immortal in the heavens, you must climb the road to immortality over the bones of others. This isn't AI-generated. I wrote it by hand!!! 3.2kReads5.4Score316Shelves

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   A traditional cultivation story, progressing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation. The protagonist is decisive, ruthless, cunning, and cold-blooded, willing to use any means to achieve his goals. No system, no female lead, and not a brainless or dark story. [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

9. 259 尘 No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生 A Sword in Ink and Water水墨一剑Eastern Fantasy837k WordsOngoing [Sword cultivator + genius + dual bloodlines of demon and immortal + ruthless + no transmigration + no System + not a saint] One man, one sword, roaming a world of dust for ten thousand miles. Amid broken walls and ruins, he beholds all the suffering beneath the sun. May there be no frost and wind to silver our hair, no sorrow to weigh on our hearts, and may every year bring peace and warmth. Life is fleeting, its meetings and partings like smoke, its fortunes and declines ever-changing. May eve 2.1kReads—Score105Shelves

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   Both the protagonist and the antagonist are intelligent; for the first few dozen chapters, it was unclear how the male lead would survive.

10. 260 恐 Horror Game: I Get Stronger by Talking Back 恐怖游戏，抬杠我就能变强 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No romance + infinite-flow + jokes and memes + System power fantasy] Cheng Fei transmigrates into a wilderness world and thinks he's doomed, but to his surprise, he's pulled into a horror game. He realizes that these games seem to contain tons of supplies he can use to survive! So he... This book is also known as: "A Mine Owner's Self-Cultivation" "I Went on a Free Shopping Spree in the Dungeon" "I Get Stronger Every Time I Roast Someone" "They Were Already Stupid, So Why Are You Teasing Them?" —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There is indeed no romantic pairing.

11. 261 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
12. 262 人 Life Is Boring, So I Can Only Get By on Thriller Games 人生无趣只能靠惊悚游戏度日 Can't Do Anything Right干啥啥不会Mystery231k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + no CP + power fantasy + mystery] The horror game, Life and Death, is a game only the dead can enter. Beat it, and you can come back to life. Shen Fufeng is a sinister, scheming capitalist with little regard for morality. After trying every interesting thing the world had to offer, he finally grew bored. One day, he discovered Life and Death. Ghost: “I want your eyes.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure.” Ghost: “I want you to stay with me forever.” Shen Fufeng: “Sure, sure.” After the instance 127Reads8.7Score—Shelves
13. 263 幕 The God Behind the Scenes 幕后的神明 Distant Dreamscape远方梦境Eastern Fantasy105k WordsCompleted No heroine, no romance pairing, original world, behind-the-scenes scheming, ensemble cast, dark, everyone is a villain, slow burn Cultivators in bandit garb, armed with magical AK-47s, storm into the Heavenly Court... In a world of wizards, unknown deities hidden in the black mist secretly manipulate the world’s balance of power, unleashing a tide of magic... Before long, new beings that had never existed appear in this world: vampires, werewolves, Titans... Yet the rulers of the world of ol 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Self-recommended; no female lead, no romantic pairing; the main characters are the mastermind, guide, and observer; ensemble cast.

14. 264 逃 I Was Targeted by the Boss in an Escape Game 逃生游戏我被boss看上了 Xiang Nan Yimo向南以沫Two Male Leads601k WordsCompleted Completed [1v1, Equally Matched Leads, No Female Lead, Infinite Realms, System, Escape Game] After accidentally signing an escape game contract, Xia Xi was sold into the game by his utterly useless friend. He could only say, it was pretty frustrating. But frustrating or not, he still had to play. While everyone else risked their lives trying to escape the game, Xia Xi risked his life trying to get away from a certain boss. Forced to become a bride from the start? This is ridiculous! A certain bo 1.8kReads9.5Score301Shelves

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    They're all great-looking, 9.0 Or higher.

15. 265 强 Horror Games Cured My OCD 强迫症的我被惊悚游戏治愈了 Rice God Has Cheated米神开挂了Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing Gu Xiaoyong, who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, obtained the Clear Mind System. As long as he cures his OCD, he can become stronger. And so... the ghosts in the horror game began to suffer as soon as Gu Xiaoyong entered it. Slit-Mouthed Woman: Some heartless person sewed my mouth shut... Crushed-to-Death Ghost: All the scraps of flesh on my body have been sewn back together... Terrifying Ghost: This guy ground down every sharp edge on my body... After Gu Xiaoyong had finished 2.2kReads9.4Score270Shelves
16. 266 惊 Thriller Survival: Beating Up a Clown at the Amusement Park from the Start! 惊悚求生：开局游乐场暴揍小丑！ Lamplight Beneath the Moths飞蛾下的灯火Mystery521k WordsCompleted [Wish-Fulfillment]+ [No Simping]+ [System]+ [Hilarious] A mysterious force descended upon Blue Star, periodically choosing lucky people to enter a terrifying survival game! A mysterious livestreaming app let people everywhere watch the livestreams and recordings of those trapped in the game. Li Xiao, a man incapable of fear who looked downright terrifying when he smiled, entered the survival game. The clown was crazy, but he was even crazier! The evil spirits were terrifying, but he was even mor 3.1kReads9.2Score350Shelves
17. 267 规 Rule Horror: You Want Me, Zhang San, to Follow the Rules? 规则怪谈：要求我张三遵守规则？ The Luo in Luo Xiu罗修的罗Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted [Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event 6.9kReads9.0Score834Shelves
18. 268 作 I Brought This on Myself, but Now the Escape Boss Won’t Leave Me Alone 作死的我被逃生boss缠上了 Bai Zuizui白醉醉Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + Two powerful leads + Infinite-flow + Comedy + Yandere] Some people enter the escape game with a bug built right in. Lu Wu is one of them. While everyone else is seriously trying to escape, Lu Wu treats the escape game as nothing more than a game. Most outrageous of all, the escape game’s boss confessed his feelings to Lu Wu. The players, who risk their lives and wade through blood just to survive, are depressed. They’re going to report Lu Wu for cheating! Lu Wu: I didn’t, I 14.3kReads9.6Score1.9kShelves
19. 269 大 The Big Shot Is a Little Twisted Because He's Too Refined 大佬因太过斯文而有些变态 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Decisive and Ruthless] x [No Romance] x [Ridiculous Power Fantasy] x [Unhinged but Handsome Male Lead] x [Refined Pervert] “Executioner No. 001, mission completed perfectly.” After dying, Yan Wugui, who had spent ten years in a psychiatric hospital, became an executioner for the Myriad Worlds System. He travels across the heavens and countless realms to hunt down rule-breakers and keep the worlds running as they should. An executioner? Call me the Reaper. [System] Executioner No. 001. Assassina 19.5kReads9.4Score3.9kShelves

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    [Evil laugh][Evil laugh][Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn]

20. 270 怪 Monster Survival: I'm Really Not a Monster! 怪物求生：我真不是怪物啊 Chenshen沉神Sports629k WordsCompleted [Monster Survival for All + Dual Systems] When all of humanity transmigrates against its will to a world teeming with monsters and becomes players in a doomsday survival game, no one knows whether they'll make it out alive. Wang Xu asked himself, “System, do you think I can become a god?” (Note: The first ten chapters focus on development. If you want to jump straight to the protagonist transforming into a monster, skip to Chapter Ten!) 333Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    No female lead (watched)

21. 271 从 Infinite Evolution, Starting as a Scorpion 从蝎子开始的无限进化 Demonfire Sweeping the Plains妖火燎原Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted He transmigrated into a world teeming with myriad races and crowded with heroes! Dong Yuan discovered that he had become a scorpion! Fortunately, he had an Infinite Evolution System. As long as he kept devouring living things, he could evolve without end! Even the weakest insects could have limitless potential! Rising from humble beginnings, he evolved endlessly and continued to transform! Across infinite worlds, myriad paths vied for supremacy. Fate itself was mine to command! 221Reads6.1Score—Shelves
22. 272 血 Immortal Journey Through a Sea of Blood 血海仙途 Forty-Sixth Route Plane Kid四十六路飞机仔Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A mortal cultivation story, no System, no female lead, with a touch of Lovecraftian style later on. With both parents dead, persecuted by his relatives, and blessed with poor aptitude, Shen Miao is on the brink of despair when he discovers an inheritance treasure left by his father in their ancestral home, along with an ancient demon who dwells within it. To survive and attain immortality, Shen Miao resolutely steps onto the demonic path. He proceeds with caution, never shying away from killing, 1.9kReads8.2Score160Shelves

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    Absolutely no female lead, ruthless and decisive, smooth writing style.

23. 273 无 The Immortal Path Without Dao 无道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [No female lead + ordinary mortal protagonist + brutal cultivation; From the Start: A Broken Piece of Jade Reveals the Secrets of Immortality, The Terrifying Road to Immortality, Mystery, Immortal Paths, and the Angler, The Strange Path to Immortality are updated simultaneously] There was no road in the world to begin with. A road appears when enough people walk it. Wudao found a mysterious piece of fine wood glowing with purple light and arrived in the world of cultivation. It was a brutal plac 18.4kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
24. 274 王 The Immortal Cultivation Saga of Wang the Demon 王老魔修仙传 Seeking the Way to Immortality问道朝仙Eastern Fantasy206k WordsOngoing [Mortal cultivation + characters stay smart + decisive and ruthless + steady updates] Wang Kou was once a top assassin in the martial world. Captured by demonic cultivators, he became a miserable miner, but unexpectedly gained an inheritance in the process. Starting as a menial servant, he climbed step by step to become a cultivator, wiping out sects and destroying powerful families, his demonic flames raging across the land. When he finally came to his senses, he realized that the laborer he on 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
25. 275 开 SSS-Rank Talent from the Start: Turning the School Belle into a Puppet 开局SSS天赋：把校花做成傀偶 Gu Li Yunzhi故里允之Urban612k WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + ruthless and decisive + urban + supernatural abilities + no female lead] After experiencing life and death, Qi Yan awoke again in a completely new world. This place was filled with all kinds of innate abilities and bizarre beasts. From the start, Qi Yan awakened a top-tier talent: an SSS-rank Puppet Master. Before he could even take it all in, his awakening brought a constant stream of assassinations, domestic scheming, and more... Qi Yan: ...What a pain. His hands were s 2.6kReads8.3Score390Shelves

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    There's no female lead, but because I watch such a wide variety of things, I sometimes get confused about the plot myself. I've seen all sorts of things – national destiny, horror, villains, etc. – But I get bored easily halfway through, so I can only guarantee that there's no female lead.

26. 276 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.1kReads9.6Score2.6kShelves
27. 277 被 Forced to Drop Out, I Can Only Hunt Phantom Beasts 被迫退学的我，只能去猎杀幻兽了 Doggo Doesn't Stay Up Late狗子不熬夜Urban881k WordsCompleted (A quick heads-up: This isn’t a traditional pet-beast novel. The focus isn’t on contracting a bunch of beasts and evolving them like crazy. The pacing isn’t especially fast, and it probably isn’t a power fantasy full of face-slapping, so please read with that in mind.) [A wooden pistol triggers the Mythic talent “Super Evolution” and evolves into an M7 pistol!] [The skill “Rapid” undergoes Super Evolution... “Super Acceleration”!] After being forced to drop out of school, Lin Feng sets out on th 2.6kReads8.4Score193Shelves
28. 278 开 From the Start, I Have Three Months to Live, So I Bet Everything on Solving Cases 开局三个月寿命，我全梭哈破案了 Mysterious Cherry神秘车厘子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead + crime-solving + suspense + minimal romance] [New book: "Reborn in 1992: Starting with a Cold Case"] I transmigrated into a police officer! I was happy for less than a second before the System informed me I had only three months left to live. Huh? How is that supposed to work? Solve cases to earn more life? I'm going all in! And so the criminals across the whole city went crazy. [Officer, I was just delivering food. The lady of the house had too many mosquitoes, so I helped her 5.7kReads9.2Score727Shelves
29. 279 开 I Awakened a Pen from the Start, and You Call That Good-for-Nothing? 开局觉醒一支笔，你管这叫废柴？ Piltover Detective皮城大侦探Urban1.4M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens a supernatural ability in the form of a calligraphy brush. What should he do? Easy! Write the character for fire, set a mountain ablaze, and spend the rest of your life behind bars! Write the character for wind, charge ahead without hesitation, and become the happiest wind swordsman around! Write the character for thunder, and use an anti-aircraft cannon to swat a mosquito. Now that's satisfying! What? He can also bring the imagery of poems to lif 9.1kReads9.2Score777Shelves
30. 280 极 The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道：我与我的十个魔偶 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban302k WordsCompleted This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly, 48Reads9.2Score—Shelves
31. 281 反 The Villain’s Arduous Road to Redemption 反派的艰难洗白路 Chen Mi晨米Two Male Leads532k WordsCompleted This is the story of someone who accidentally transmigrates into a villain and takes the long road to redemption to stay alive, only to end up looking more and more villainous the harder he tries to clear his name. Xiao Yifeng: “Stay calm! I’ll give all the women back to you. Could you get off me now?” The person on top of him gave a wicked smile. “Master, I won’t, ” Was this ambitious little wolf really the same sweet and adorable little disciple who had always behaved so well? 563Reads8.5Score102Shelves

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    Excellent reading, especially the second book! Highly recommended!!!

32. 282 我 My Lord Hades 我的冥王殿下 Little Fox Who Knows Kung Fu会武功的小狐狸Two Male Leads824k WordsCompleted Ming Jiu is an orphan who was raised by his grandmother. His eyes are not only a different color from everyone else's, but they can also see ghosts... For a certain reason, Ming Jiu begins helping ghosts seek justice. He has never been possessed before, but then he runs into a vicious ghost! This evil spirit isn't afraid of glutinous rice, black dog blood, or copper-coin swords. It even possesses him again and again, bullying him... And yet, it also saves his life time after time... Until one da 125Reads9.3Score—Shelves
33. 283 我 After I Died, the Sickly Crown Prince Turned Dark 我死后病娇太子黑化了 Gua Pi'er瓜皮儿Two Male Leads551k WordsCompleted Rebirth + obsessive, lovesick love interest + darkening + no female lead In his previous life, You Ziqing did every kind of wicked deed to help the Sixth Prince, Zhao Ji, and ultimately met a miserable end, discarded once he was no longer useful. Reborn, You Ziqing resolved to mend his ways and become a better person, only to discover that the crown prince he had killed in his previous life had also been reborn. His sworn enemy, the crown prince, hadn't just been reborn: he'd turned dark and gon 2.4kReads9.3Score338Shelves
34. 284 末 Reborn Before Doomsday: The Lone Wolf 末日重生之孤狼 Old Bookworm Author老书虫笔者Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrived, Lin Feng, once a combat expert, was betrayed by his teammates and used as bait for zombies. He died a gruesome death among the blood-soaked ruins. But fate had other plans: he was given a chance to be reborn, returning to the early days of the apocalypse with time and space abilities. The reborn Lin Feng is no longer the boy who trusted others. He has become cold and merciless, determined to walk alone. No heroine, no allies. In this apocalypse of zombies and human 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No female lead + early apocalyptic setting + ruthless + no female lead

35. 285 我 I Can Simulate Life Infinitely 我可以无限模拟人生 Begonia in Its Prime时年海棠Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [No female lead + semi-invincible protagonist + cautious growth] [Spending one tael of silver to simulate a life...] [Simulation results: At fifteen, you leave Qingshi Village and arrive in Ping'an Town, where you meet the Lin family. Later, you render a great service, and the Lin family rewards you with the Azure Sun Art.] [At thirty-two, you become a ninth-rank martial artist. But later, the Lin family is wiped out, and you fail to escape as well. You are killed at the age of thirty-two.] [You 3.8kReads6.8Score212Shelves
36. 286 修EN Cultivation Simulator: Ascension in Ten Years 修仙模拟，十年飞升 A Donkey Isn't a Donkey驴不是驴Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Changxing transmigrates to a world of immortal cultivation and obtains a Life Simulation System. As long as he has enough spirit stones, he can activate the System. [Day One: You unexpectedly acquire twenty spirit stones, but the bully Gao Teng threatens you, demanding sixteen of them. You act meek and obedient, but secretly resolve to use the spirit stones to cultivate.] [Day Two: Feeling your cultivation grow, you are exhilarated.] [Day Five: Your cultivation breaks through to the second le 15.2kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
37. 287 快 Quick Transmigration: Conquest Begins with Erasing the Target 快穿：攻略从抹杀攻略对象开始 Little Cat Eats Jade小猫吃玉Two Male Leads164k WordsOngoing [No CP, But With Emotional Intimacy + Everyone's Favorite + Bottom Protagonist] Among the countless stories where Systems bind Hosts and force them to pursue mission targets, one person stands out. Jiu Fangqing was once one of them. After a Romance System bound him and said he had to keep pursuing mission targets or be erased if he failed, he remained perfectly calm. He calmly tore the System apart by force and altered its final program. Now, if a mission failed, the target would be erased inste 5Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, a heartthrob type

38. 288 我 I'm the Invincible Big Bad: From the Start, I Ruthlessly Crush the Chosen One! 我，无敌大反派，开局狂虐气运之子！ A Lifetime一世Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Readers with fragile hearts, and holier-than-thou types, stay away) The chosen one, blessed with immense fortune, wants to kill me. The embodiment of Heavenly Law regards me as an aberration from the Great Dao. And the sword saint, whose life is a glorious tale of effortless success, declares me a demon… Should I just accept my fate? No. Never! How could I, Jiang Heng, let you kill me and walk all over me? You think you're the chosen one? I'll take your fortune. You want to kill me? I'll k 3.3kReads7.4Score146Shelves
39. 289 神 Mysteries, the Path to Immortality, and an Angler 神秘，仙路，钓鱼佬 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (A xianxia take on the Sequence genre, a schemer, a mastermind behind the scenes, and a battle of wits. Also updating: From the Start: A Broken Jade Peers into Immortal Secrets, The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation, The Path of the Unorthodox Immortal, and The Eerie Path of Immortality.) Twelve mysterious immortal paths, one hundred and eight ranks of immortal status, forging a mysterious immortal! … Su Changsheng transmigrates to another world and spends ten years as a beggar, with Old 2.3kReads8.8Score137Shelves
40. 290 玄 Xuanhuan: Lord of the Eternal Night 玄幻：永夜之主 Mr. Ink Brush墨笔先生Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted (No female lead, dark tone, character growth, extreme martial arts, low martial arts to high martial arts, vengeful-ghost cultivation, decisive and ruthless, cold-blooded and merciless, villain protagonist!) In the Great Xia Dynasty, evil ghosts run rampant and eternal night descends. Chen Mo has an Enlightenment Pearl inside him. By devouring rare treasures or slaying ghosts, he can steadily gather energy until the pearl reaches 100%, allowing him to enter a state of enlightenment. On his path 484Reads5.9Score—Shelves
41. 291 人 I'm in a Rule Horror Game, and I'm the Chosen Villain 人在规则怪谈，我是天命大反派 Duanmu Kuai Zi端木筷子Mystery284k WordsCompleted [Subverting expectations + horror administrator + creating rules + no romance, no female lead + invincible] Chen Fan woke up inside a rule-based horror scenario and discovered that everyone else had drawn powerful SSS-rank talents. He alone had no talent and no System. And wasn’t this task a little strange? “Kill the Chosen Ones in the scenario? Am I supposed to kill myself?” “Wait, I’m not a Chosen One. I’m the horror administrator?” “So I don’t have a talent or a System, but I do have all kind 6.1kReads9.0Score779Shelves
42. 292 诡 The Supernatural Returns, and I Am the Greatest Fear in the World 诡异复苏，我是世间最大的恐惧 Evil Clown恶魔小丑Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Dark] [Invincible] [No female lead] Qin Yu died, and his soul arrived in another world, merging with a haunted house. In this age of supernatural resurgence, he continually grew stronger and evolved, creating his own kingdom of terror. Whether human or supernatural, everyone saw him as their greatest fear. 13.8kReads8.4Score928Shelves
43. 293 诡 The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路 Big-Headed T头很大的T君Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been 11.9kReads8.4Score1kShelves
44. 294 异 Reborn as the Great Demon King in Another World 异世界，身为大魔王的我重生了 The Cunning Old Zhou腹黑的老周Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Villain + Anime Style + Dark Tone + Villain Protagonist + Ruthless + Playing Weak to Catch the Strong Off Guard + No Heroine + Reborn Power Fantasy] Ludi was summoned to another world as a hero. After defeating the Demon King, he gained the Philosopher’s Stone, a weapon capable of destroying the world. Once revered by countless people, he became the enemy of the human kingdom and was betrayed by his companions. In the end, he chose to blow himself up along with the Philosophe 7Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 295 无 Invincible Through Plundering Vital Energy 无敌从掠夺气血开始 Six-Eared Macaque六耳猕猴Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Chen Yang transmigrates into a world overrun by demonic beasts. He becomes a menial disciple of a sect and is also sabotaged by his fellow disciples. Fortunately, he has a plundering skill. “Ding! Killed a demonic ape. Plundered three units of blood essence.” “Ding! Killed a low-grade bloodline Azure Wolf. Plundered thirteen units of low-grade blood essence.” … And so… Chen Yang suddenly realizes that cultivation isn’t so difficult after all. 169Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is either killing people or on his way to kill people. There are no female leads, but he still kills women without hesitation.

46. 296 最 The Retired Life of the World's Strongest Assassin 最强杀手的退休生活 Qin Yun, Who Loves Blue Hyssop喜欢蓝香芥的秦允Urban140k WordsOngoing Once the world’s number-one assassin, a god of slaughter whose name struck terror into everyone’s heart, he suddenly chose to retire for reasons unknown. He went into hiding in a small city and became an ordinary man, but after more than a decade as an assassin, he found it hard to fit into society. What was he supposed to do now??? 708Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban setting, decisive and ruthless, works alone, incredibly powerful, intelligent, main storyline.

47. 297 名 Detective Conan: Who Exactly Is This Sherry You Keep Talking About? 名柯：你们说的雪莉到底是谁呀？ Old 101老101Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted No System, and the protagonist is not someone who transmigrated. He has some connection to the Miyano family. The setting draws on Magic Kaito and the Detective Conan movie universe, but the plot doesn't follow the Detective Conan storyline. It incorporates elements and plotlines from other anime, novels, and TV dramas, along with plenty of original worldbuilding. If that's not your thing, please don't flame me. Regular characters include Ai and Kaito. For now, I don't plan to pair the female l 242Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist is focused on cultivating immortality and doesn't engage in romance.

48. 298 对 That's Right! I'm a Psychopath 对啊！我就是神经病 Wuyi无伊Mystery353k WordsCompleted (Infinite Flow + no heroine + horror and suspense + a touch of Lovecraftian horror) I, Ruan Xunwen, am a mental patient. One night, unable to sleep, I accidentally opened Door No. 13. Everyone in the world behind it looked like they were in much worse shape than I was. 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Infinite flow horror with no female lead

49. 299 穿 I Transmigrated into a Cow, and I'm Done with This 穿越成牛，老子不干了 I'm Not a Confucian我不是夫子Eastern Fantasy607k WordsCompleted [Unconventional evolution + one heroine + comedy + absurd fun] Su Yun transmigrates, but he can't help feeling speechless. Other people transmigrate and become either the chosen one or a great villain. What the heck is he? He's turned into a cow??? If he has to be a cow, couldn't he at least be a divine cow? But what is he? Just an ordinary water buffalo??? Fine, he's a water buffalo. Su Yun can put up with that. But he's a domesticated one, and people even smack his backside??? Su Yun says, “Pl 3.6kReads8.7Score178Shelves

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    All of them are without a female lead. I personally think the last one might be a bit better. Please recommend any good books you all have.

50. 300 惊 What?! This Person Has an Absurd Number of Martial Spirits 惊！这人的武魂多的过分 Demon Realm Fat Spirit魔界肥灵Urban363k WordsCompleted [Invincible + incredibly satisfying] Qin Hao transmigrates to a high-martial world where vicious beasts run rampant and everyone can awaken a powerful martial soul. But he awakens an Infinite Martial Soul System, which rewards him with a top-tier martial soul from the start. Better yet, all he has to do is observe other people’s martial souls to awaken an unlimited number of them! “What? You say you awakened the top-tier superhuman-type martial soul, Seraph of the Throne?” “Funny, I have that to 313Reads8.8Score105Shelves

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