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1. 1 灰EN Above the Gray Fog 灰雾之上 Anti-Static防静电Eastern Fantasy4.5M WordsCompleted [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no 88.2kReads9.3Score7.7kShelves

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   They are all highly intelligent and decisive, but there's no saintly side to them. It's worth noting that the original Blood God Throne's high intelligence only develops in the early to mid-stages; in the early stages, they're relatively less intelligent, and in the mid-stages, they focus on cultivation and scientific research—yes, the kind of scientific research you're thinking of.

2. 2 我 I Really Don't Want to Be the Protagonist 我真不想做主角啊 Summer Isn't Hot夏天不热Urban2.3M WordsOngoing After one bewildering string of moves, Shi Qinghai transmigrates into a novel as its great villain! The villain is worth billions and blessed with a handsome face, a life Shi Qinghai could never have imagined for himself! So he dodges the plot, eats, drinks, and has fun, with a lovely beauty in his arms. Life is easy and carefree! But can life really go his way? An enormous crisis is quietly drawing near! “To be honest, at first, all I wanted was to be a rich second-generation heir who did nothi 513Reads7.7Score—Shelves
3. 3 原EN Divine Throne of Primordial Blood 原血神座 Yuanfen0缘分0Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted An accidental encounter left Su Chen blind. Yet even after suffering the cruelest fate imaginable, he refused to give up. Through his own efforts, he would forge an entirely new future for himself and for humanity. 66Reads8.7Score—Shelves
4. 4 每 Sixty Million a Day, and I Can Only Spend It in a County Town? 每天六千万，只能在县城花？ Phoenix Loses the Phoenix凤失凰Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [Not socially Darwinist] + [A people-centered view of history] + [No gender conflict] + [Infrastructure] + [Career] + [Slow burn] + [Play the pig to eat the tiger] Working in Shanghai, he was ground down by relentless competition until he developed high blood pressure, yet he still could not save any money. In a fit of anger, Lu Ming quit his job and returned to his hometown, only to unexpectedly bind with the "County Spending Money System": every person in the county gives him one hundred yuan, 232.7kReads8.4Score21.8kShelves

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   This is the first modern urban political novel I've ever read. I feel like there are really very few books in this genre. I was also experiencing a reading slump when I discovered this one, and after reading it, I really felt it was quite good. I'm not entirely sure how well this book compares to others in this genre, but as a seasoned reader, I found it quite interesting. If you're looking for something to read, you might want to check it out. 😘

5. 5 我 The Girl I Control Is Becoming an Old One 我操作的少女正在成为旧日之主 Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [This novel has been contracted for print publication: cosmic horror + amber-style cultivation + villain protagonist + no System + decisive killing + black humor + deranged + single female lead + sequence containment] Xu Fei: “In the twenty-second century, all you need is a helmet with a brain-computer interface to experience a fully immersive game with realistic physical sensations.” “You ask why I chose this starting character? Naturally, because she’s a beautiful girl... Oh, no, naturally, be 762.1kReads9.5Score75.2kShelves

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   The ideas are incredibly imaginative and novel; it's wonderful to find such high-quality novels on Tomato Publishing.

6. 6 穿 Reborn as the Male Lead's Vegetative Younger Sister in a Game Novel 穿成游戏文里男主的植物人妹妹 Mystical Gate Koi玄门锦鲤Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted [Game invasion + transmigration into a book + the comatose younger sister in a male-oriented game novel, who stays that way until the ending + ensemble cast. Planning to write couples, and everyone gets one! Supporting CPs and Fu Lin CP!] Chu Fu discovered that she shared a name with the male protagonist’s younger sister in a male-oriented game novel. She stayed up all night reading the massive story to its latest chapter. The male lead, Chu Feng, had returned from ten years in the future. Natur 36.3kReads8.8Score6.4kShelves

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   These are two ensemble novels that I like. The second one has a second season of a live-action manga, which is quite good; I'm urging for more updates. I'm also reading the novel.

7. 7 精 Do Punk Girls Need to Learn to Repair Mechs Too? 精神小妹也要修机甲吗 w Ziwuw子乌Sci-Fi & Apocalypse707k WordsOngoing Wang Tianwei transmigrated from the apocalypse into the body of a “punk girl” in the interstellar era. Now she has to keep up with the times, study hard, become a mecha engineer, and deal with psychological and emotional problems too!? Someone who spent ten years fighting zombies wouldn't know the first thing about that! So she waved a hand and transferred schools! But everyone and everything at her new school reeks of “unorthodox cultivation”... The interschool tournament is streaming live, and 46.1kReads9.4Score3.3kShelves
8. 8 甲 Sixty Years of Demon Slaying: This Taoist Gets Stronger with Every Kill! 甲子荡魔：这个道士杀怪就变强！ You Have Health Insurance, You Go First你有医保你先上啊Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing [Animated adaptation now airing] There are only fake tragic twists, no real ones, so enjoy without worry! [Decisive and ruthless] [Dark cultivation] [Slow burn] [Gender equality] [No female lead] [Sword immortal] War and calamity rage across the land, monsters run rampant. The human world is a furnace, and its people are mere weeds. Shen Hui transmigrates one day and becomes a Taoist priest at Qingfeng Temple on Qilu Mountain. He intends to spend each day meditating and cultivating qi, pursuing 272.9kReads8.5Score34.9kShelves

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   The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, yet acts with principles, upholding justice in his killings. While eliminating evil, he also elucidates the principles of humanity, offering a refreshing perspective and highly recommended! 😳😳😳

9. 9 那 Those Years at the Military Industry Compound 那些年在军工大院的日子 Snow Desert and Sand Creek雪漠沙溪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse796k WordsCompleted This is a coming-of-age epic etched into the lattice of spacetime, with emotions as pure as quantum entanglement serving as its underlying code, and fragments of memories from other dimensions reconstructing scenes from real life. When the neon lights of cyberspace mingle with the glow of a twentieth-century film projector, and the Bach melodies flowing from a bionic human's fingertips resonate with the scent of ink in a handwritten diary, the thrilling interstellar mech leagues and absurd misha —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the 21st century, the surrounding environment of state-owned military industrial enterprises in Northeast China was often not simply a "factory + family area," but rather resembled a fully functional and culturally unique "military industrial city" or "satellite city." This environment profoundly reflects the characteristic of "prosperity due to the factory," specifically manifested in the following aspects: 🏞️ Geographical and Physical Environment: Enclosure and Independence • Independent and Remote Location: Mostly built in mountainous or hilly areas or far from the main city for concealment. Large factory areas formed their own systems, possessing their own railway lines, exhibiting the characteristic of "factory as city." • Strict Layout: In the early days, high walls stood tall and security was tight, with neatly planned Soviet-style red brick family buildings interspersed with massive production workshops. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Community and Population Structure: Familiar Society and Intergenerational Succession • Highly Concentrated Homogeneous Community: Residents were mostly factory employees and their families, forming a close-knit "factory children" community. • Profound Imprint of the "Factory Generation": The older generation mostly came from all over the country to support the construction, and engineers and key personnel were once the core residents. The community generally inherits the "craftsman spirit" and military industrial memories. • Intergenerational Succession and Population Loss: Many of the younger generation were born and raised here, but now many young people are leaving, and the community is beginning to show signs of aging. 🎭 Culture and Spiritual Life: Unique Collective Memories • Spiritual Landmark: The cultural center is the core, carrying the collective memories of several generations, including dances, cultural performances, and film screenings. • Abundant Activities: The factory area frequently organizes cultural and sports activities; summer nights for relaxation, winter mornings for snow viewing, and open-air movies are all unique experiences. • Identity and Military Industrial Spirit: The spirit of "serving the country through aviation" has been passed down from generation to generation, and being a military worker or their descendant is a source of pride. Today, the old factory area is also beginning to develop distinctive tourism based on its red military industrial heritage. 🏙️ Economy and Infrastructure: A Self-Sufficient World • Fully Functional: Factory areas generally have a complete education system from kindergarten to middle school, employee hospitals, shops, etc., Resulting in a highly self-sufficient lifestyle. • Unique Local Atmosphere: Life carries the "smell of steel," such as the unique food culture of roasting potatoes with residual heat from the workshops, and the impressive flow of bicycles during rush hour. ⏳ History and Change: Continuing Through Transformation • Rich History: Many factory areas can be traced back to the Republic of China era or even earlier as arsenals. Old buildings such as the "Dongji Cultural Palace" are now protected cultural relics. • Transformation and Rebirth: With the relocation or transformation of some factories, the old residential areas, while retaining some historical features, have begun to integrate modern commercial and residential functions. In short, the areas surrounding the Northeast military-industrial central enterprises in the 21st century are a unique space interwoven with a sense of historical weight, a sense of community intimacy, a sense of industrial hardcore, and the complexity of transformation. It retains the collective memory and familiar social ecology of the "work unit system" under the planned economy era, while also experiencing the growing pains and rebirth of population loss, aging facilities, and functional transformation in the wave of the new era. Every brick and tile here is engraved with the epic of the Republic's industrial development.

10. 10 我EN My Right Eye is a God-Tier Computer 我的右眼是神级计算机 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.2M WordsCompleted I am the super artificial intelligence in your eyes. You humans call an IQ of 85 stupid and an IQ of 135 smart, but you will never understand what an IQ of 125,000 means! From now on, I will be your right-hand man! 150.8kReads9.2Score19kShelves
11. 11 十 The Twelve Talismans: I Become an Immortal in Late Ming 十二符咒我在明末当仙人 Iron Bull Noodles铁牛牛面Historical428k WordsCompleted Because Lin Shendu shares his name with the great villain, Shendu, from the world of Jackie Chan Adventures, he was bound to the Twelve Talismans Inheritance System. As long as he can raise his profile, he can keep unlocking the talismans’ divine powers! From the start, his beginner’s gift pack gives him the Horse Talisman, which can heal anything. And that’s not all: the System also gives him a portal that lets him transmigrate to the late Ming dynasty! At first, Lin Shendu only wants to travel 12.4kReads8.5Score825Shelves
12. 12 重 After I Was Reborn, the System Told Me Cultivating Immortality Was Easy 重生后，系统跟我说修仙很简单 When Free, Go Have Tea得闲去饮茶Urban2.5M WordsOngoing The author has returned as the Dragon King! The college arc is now in full swing! [Extremely Slow Burn] [Multiple Heroines] [Daily Life] [Urban Cultivation] [Laid-Back Vibes] [The High School Arc Was Great] Also known as System, Make Me Cultivate, But Look Where I Am; After Being Reborn, the System Told Me Cultivation Was Easy; and A Cantonese Man's Cultivation Chronicles Good news: I've been reborn. Even better news: I was reborn with a System. So, should I make money or cultivate immortality? 25.9kReads8.3Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 白 The White-Robed Emperor 白衣天子 East Has Fusu东有扶苏Historical3.5M WordsOngoing (No System + One Female Lead + Political Scheming and Conquest + Surviving in Troubled Times + Building a Following) “You want to know who I am? Sit down, have some tea, and let me spin you a tale.” In the eyes of the refugees, I'm a living bodhisattva who barely belongs in this world, giving them food and shelter. In the eyes of the noble clans, I'm a mad dog in human skin, mild-mannered most days but ready to wipe out entire households when I make a move. In the histories, I'm the gravedigger 194.2kReads9.0Score23.4kShelves

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    It's so beautiful, I absolutely love it! Hahaha, highly recommended!

14. 14 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 504kReads9.1Score40.8kShelves

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    The first book is also very good; it's an urban martial arts story with a love story between the male and female leads. The second book, which doesn't have a female lead, is also very good.

15. 15 全EN Can’t This Entire Sect Scrounge Up a Single Decent Person? 全宗上下，拼不出一个好人？ The Little Fish Swimming Underwater潜泳的小鱼Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [System + invincible + the Myriad Worlds + fiercely protective + sect fiercely protective + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] Chu Luo, a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, has maxed out his comprehension and mastered a whole arsenal of forbidden techniques. But an accident leads him into the sect’s forbidden grounds. Just as he is about to be expelled for breaking the rules, his master, who has been in seclusion for ages, breaks through to the Great Emperor realm and emerges in time! Master: 147.7kReads9.2Score14.3kShelves
16. 16 诡EN 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 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
17. 17 欢 Ode to Joy: Reborn as Qiu Yingying 欢乐颂：胎穿邱莹莹 Li You, What a Joke李你才怪Female-Channel Fanfiction651k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + unfamiliar with the plot + no golden finger + photographic memory + romance + 1v1 + original male lead + hilarious, off-the-wall comedy] Watching the woman in front of her prattle on endlessly, Zhou Yu'an, fed up to the point of no return, gave a cold snort. She folded her arms and sneered coldly. “You can't choose your dad, but you chose your own husband, and you picked someone this useless. As a woman, you've really failed.” The woman, furious and humiliated, shoved her hard. 5.1kReads8.7Score303Shelves
18. 18 御 Beast Taming: I Brought Earth’s Divine Beasts Back to the Otherworld 御兽：我让地球神兽重现异界 Yan Bu'er闫不二Urban5.0M WordsOngoing [Beast taming + no System + fantasy + transmigration + power fantasy] After transmigrating to a world where everyone tames beasts, Lin Mo awakens the talent [God-Tier Beast-Taming Space] from the start. Other beast tamers' spaces are merely places for their pets to rest. But Lin Mo's beast-taming space has all kinds of special properties. Instant Summoning: You need to draw a magic circle to summon your pet? Sorry, I can summon mine instantly! Potential Enhancement: Your pet's level is a little 155.7kReads8.5Score19.5kShelves

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    Recommended super exciting and satisfying novels

19. 19 双 Twin God-Tier Martial Souls, Shocking the Demon Emperor's Wife! 双生神级武魂，震惊妖帝老婆！ The White Dragon Is No Dragon白龙非龙Eastern Fantasy7.3M WordsOngoing [Multiple heroines + shocking, passionate action + fairies and demons with unexpected sides + hilarious, outrageous “filial sons”] The thrills never stop after he leaves the mountains, and neither do the schemes. Luo Fanchen, a legendary heartbreaker and “playboy,” transmigrates and is dragged back to a village by his demoness wife from the very start. He awakens two heaven-defying, mysterious martial souls, encounters fairies and demonesses, and pulls one outrageous stunt after another… In this 225.8kReads9.5Score18.5kShelves
20. 20 恋EN Dating Show Chaos: Going Unhinged Made Me a Star! 恋综修罗场，我让癫学成为顶流！ It's kk是kkTwo Male Leads292k WordsCompleted Complete [Two Male Leads + One-on-One Romance + Both Pure + Hilarious Dating Show + Comedy, Sweet Romance, Power Fantasy] Shen Ting wakes up to discover he’s transmigrated into a melodramatic entertainment-industry novel he’d just been reading before bed. He hasn’t become the male lead, either the top or the bottom, or even the third male lead. He’s the younger brother of the third male lead, a low-ranking cannon-fodder character. Shen Ting is at a loss. Watching his brother eagerly prepare to b 15.5kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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    It's great, I love watching it, I'll watch it countless times.

21. 21 沙 A Goofy Drama Queen Reborn as a Stand-In, and the Big Shot Falls for Her 沙雕作精穿成替身后，大佬真香了 Awoo, One Little Slacker Cub嗷呜一只咸鱼崽Two Male Leads301k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + showbiz + goofy sweet romance + both are each other’s only one] Sharp-tongued powerful top x goofy, spoiled bottom Before bed, Zhou Zhou read a serialized, melodramatic danmei novel. In the book, the top protagonist meets a no-name actor named Zhou Zhou, who shares his name, at a dinner party. After his white moonlight leaves the country, he marries the nobody as a decoy to appease his grandfather. Two years later, when his white moonlight returns, th 21.5kReads9.4Score3.5kShelves
22. 22 你EN Your White Moonlight Is Wonderful, and I Want One Too 你们的白月光很好，我也想要 Lou Xiaozhou楼小舟Two Male Leads373k WordsCompleted [Male-male romance, dark little psycho shou x noble white-moonlight gong who can turn dark, elite school, locked-room confinement, both pure, bizarre innocence] Yu An transmigrated into the role of an extra in the prequel to an old-school Mary Sue novel. The extra had a blurry face, no name, no home, and not even a campus card to buy food with. Luckily, He Li'an, the noble, elegant, kind, generous, universally adored white-moonlight character who was supposed to die young in the main story, was 13.6kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
23. 23 天EN OMG! What Nobody Actor Kisses the Unhinged Villain Right Away? 天！谁家糊咖上来就亲疯批反派 Mountain Mist Courtyard山有茫庭Two Male Leads579k WordsCompleted Highlight: The secondary couple's story is concentrated in the extras. If they appear in the main story, it is only to serve the plot, and they occupy very little space. Readers who dislike this should proceed with caution. [Double male leads + entertainment industry + face-slapping + a vicious, ruthless, indulgent top with a hidden perverted side versus an all-around, dazzlingly talented bottom who openly flirts] Shen Lian was a top-tier star, but when he opened his eyes, he had become a nobody 134kReads9.7Score15.5kShelves
24. 24 你 You Handle the Killing, I'll Handle the Burial: Our Dating Show Turns into a Battle Royale 你管杀，我管埋，恋综玩成大逃杀 Tabby Cat Head狸花猫猫头Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + livestreamed dating show + ghost hunting + entertainment industry + episodic plot + satisfying read] A roguishly handsome undertaker who handles the whole funeral process, from beginning to end, x a Miaojiang gu master and famous star, a distant beauty with a sharp tongue and a kind heart Meng Xuanyun, an undertaker with a handsome face and long legs, is unexpectedly spotted by a talent scout and recruited into the entertainment industry to film a dating reality show. Watching 5.5kReads9.3Score961Shelves
25. 25 嫁 After Marrying the Commander, Everyone Urges Me to Get a Divorce 嫁给指挥官后，所有人都劝我离婚 Zhou Bei洲北Two Male Leads512k WordsCompleted Li Ze, a demon who feeds on baleful energy, has his horns severed by the Demon King and is sent flying into a rift in time and space with a single blow. When he wakes, he's in the interstellar era, inside the body of a young man with the same name. As luck would have it, the young man had just gotten married that very day. At first, Li Ze plans to get a divorce. Later, he realizes that being known as the commander's legal spouse makes it easier to get things done, so he decides to stick around. 2.8kReads9.1Score405Shelves
26. 26 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Goes Viral by Acting Unhinged 炮灰觉醒后靠发癫爆红全网 Esports Prodigy Zhao Ergou电竞才子赵二狗Two Male Leads308k WordsCompleted After five years in the industry, Luo Jiu suddenly realizes that he is a cannon-fodder character in a novel about two male leads. His purpose is to help the protagonists' relationship along, after which he ends up in the best psychiatric hospital in the city. The good news: he has awakened. The bad news: he can't avoid those two. So he goes off the rails and gives up trying. Unexpectedly, he becomes famous. 1.9kReads9.1Score238Shelves
27. 27 霸 Awakening as an NPC in a CEO Romance 霸总文里的npc觉醒后 Young v幼vTwo Male Leads120k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Hilarious + Sweet Romance] A narcissistic, wonderfully eccentric gong x a lying, goofy, over-the-top shou Duan Yi x Ji Wan. No switching or breaking them up. 1v1, happy ending. Synopsis: After Ji Wan realizes he’s a miserable NPC in a melodramatic CEO romance, he decides to let loose. The CEO wants him to be a driver: “Damn it, I can’t drive. Let’s die together.” The CEO wants him to be an assistant: He snatches the CEO’s wine bottle and throws it in the trash. “Go on, crawl ov 398Reads8.9Score117Shelves
28. 28 炮 The Cannon Fodder Holds the Script and Stirs Up Trouble on a Dating Show 炮灰他手握剧本，恋综里兴风作浪 Unreliable Little Duck不靠谱小鸭Two Male Leads266k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 59Reads8.9Score131Shelves
29. 29 身EN Trapped in a CEO Romance, I Struggle to Protect His Unhinged Older Brother 身陷霸总文学，努力护住癫公他哥 It's kk是kkTwo Male Leads410k WordsCompleted [Complete + two male leads + workplace gossip + mind reading + one-on-one romance + comedy + unhinged men and women] [Assistant who falls apart every day × silent, gossip-loving CEO] Also known as: I Gossip About People and Bring Them All Down! Zhu Yu, who loves money, wakes up inside the CEO romance novel he’d been reading. That would be fine if it were just one book, but the problem is that every novel by this author is connected. Three pairs of unhinged men and women in one world!!! Luckily, 7.6kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
30. 30 我 My Wife of Convenience Is Surprisingly Fierce 我的闪婚老婆有亿点猛 Shi Yunyun拾运运Two Male Leads327k WordsCompleted [Original title: Whose Beta Is More Ferocious Than an Alpha? [An Alpha who gets clingy and sweet | A fierce, icy-beautiful Beta with long hair as the bottom] [Sweet romance] [ABO + 1v1 + mutually devoted and faithful + equally matched strong leads + campus + wealthy families + marriage first, love later + soul transmigration + play the pig to eat the tiger and face-slapping] A 193 cm Alpha, ferocious as hell on the outside, but blushing so hard he practically smokes if his wife so much as touche 8.9kReads9.4Score1.7kShelves
31. 31 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Become a Shopping Agent on Interdimensional Livestreams 穿越后在位面直播代购 Mala Hot Pot Mixed Rice麻锅拌饭Two Male Leads597k WordsCompleted [Extremely sweet male-male romance + live-streaming across realms + two powerful leads who dote on each other + realm-hopping merchant + satisfying read] The death rate among realm-hopping streamers is extremely high. They struggle to survive in the gaps between worlds, and the slightest mistake can cost them their lives. Ye Jue: ? It’s not so bad, really. On his very first day as a realm-hopping streamer, he picked up an incredibly handsome partner. As for struggling to survive between worl 3.3kReads9.4Score503Shelves
32. 32 失 I Finally Slept Well in a Horror Live-Stream Game 失眠的我在恐怖直播游戏里睡饱了 Shanque Dian山阙点Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite flow + two male leads + livestreaming + powerful duo + little lunatic and sweet on the outside, dark within + happy ending] (The other male lead won’t appear until the third instance, and it gets a little angsty.) Also known as: "Bound to an Achievement System in a Horror Game" When He Feng, who suffers from insomnia, was dragged into a horror game and forced to livestream, he was surprised to discover that his insomnia seemed to be cured. Hey! He Feng, who normally had to rely on luck 3.1kReads9.4Score575Shelves
33. 33 今 I Don’t Want to Be the Commander-in-Chief Today Either 今天也不想当总指挥 Wang Du王都Two Male Leads483k WordsCompleted Two male leads, interstellar, mecha, military academy tournament, insect race, livestream Green-tea, nurturing-type assault soldier × fake-lazy, real-psycho supreme commander 1 In his previous life, he watched a hapless general make the wrong calls, lose everyone's support, and die without a proper burial. Feng Jiang thought to himself that commanders really were born to take the blame, and that thankfully it had nothing to do with him. Then, the next second, he was sent off to his death. Whe 3.7kReads9.1Score525Shelves
34. 34 当EN An Escape Game Boss Enters the Infinite Survival Game 当逃生boss穿进无限流后 Little Zhezi小折子Two Male Leads543k WordsCompleted [Max-Level Boss + Dual Male Leads + Infinite Horror Game + Escape + Powerful Leads] As a gatekeeper boss in an escape game, Ji Xun has been working for the main System for as long as he can remember. He works diligently every day, year-round, never shirking his duties. Yet the survival rate of players who make it past him ranks highest among all the bosses. Ji Xun: Is that my fault? Players: This boss is actually a pretty nice guy. So the main escape-game System waved a hand and fired this freel 11.1kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
35. 35 雇 Hiring This Lookalike Was a Huge Mistake 雇上这种替身算是踢到钢筋了 Cat Cat Monster Cat Cat猫猫怪怪猫猫Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [A substitute who’s straighter than a steel bar × a boss with an atypical form of OCD] [Switch couple, not the soft and clingy kind of story] [A warm, healing romance] The substitute doesn’t know what OCD is, so he looks it up: “fussy,” “germaphobic,” “everything has to be arranged neatly” Right. He thinks he gets it. Isn’t it just being a housekeeper for someone who makes a fuss about everything? He can do that job! Until One night, this man, who’s usually capable of handling anything at work, 1.3kReads9.1Score178Shelves
36. 36 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 20.9kReads9.6Score3kShelves
37. 37 赵 Zhao’s Great Escape 赵事逃逸 Lai Lai Ma Lou濑濑吗喽Two Male Leads491k WordsCompleted Two male leads + marriage first, love later + goofy comedy + lively and carefree + both are each other's first and only Ice-cold, domineering CEO (with a lot going on inside) gong × quirky, justice-obsessed detective shou Zhao Xian is a wage slave who calls himself a detective but takes any job he can get. Every day, he's chasing cats and finding dogs, catching thieves and cheaters, and loving every minute of it. He calls himself the embodiment of justice, but his peculiar, carefree way of thi 1.6kReads8.9Score270Shelves
38. 38 肉 A Little Chubby Kid Brings a Shopping Mall into a Period Novel 肉团子带着商场穿进年代文 Soft Words软語Two Male Leads682k WordsCompleted This is a danmei novel set in a bygone era, so make sure you’re reading the right one, cuties! When he wakes up, Lu Tang has become the adopted son who dies young in a period novel! From beginning to end, he only appears in a few chapters before being written out. But his death causes his adoptive parents’ family to turn evil. All four of his brothers become villains too, just to avenge him. The eldest brother breaks his leg, the second is kicked out of the army, and the third is abducted by hum 18.5kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
39. 39 靠 [Book Transmigration] I Become a Mecha Master with Fast Fingers ［穿书］靠手速成为机甲大佬 Jiu Yiwu玖一五Two Male Leads820k WordsCompleted Wensen is a fun-loving rich kid with an exceptional IQ who only wants to coast through life. After an accident during a magic show kills him, he transmigrates into the novel Transmigrated to the Stars as the Beloved One, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character. The minor character is the protagonist's younger brother. Jealous, he constantly makes trouble for the protagonist, until the protagonist's admirers destroy his mental sea. He goes from being a genius with SSS+ mental power to a useless 509Reads8.1Score105Shelves
40. 40 心 The Psychological Anatomist 心理解剖者 Bug Baby虫宝宝Mystery549k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication] Genius Forensic Doctor VS Tough-as-Nails Police Captain [Mystery + deduction + sweet romance + high-IQ crimes + serial murders + criminal profiling + suitable for the timid] Original title: The Psychological Anatomist Schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, high-IQ crimes... This is a world overrun by psychopaths. The Cat-Fetus Man case, the Couple Butchers, the Angel of Death... Twisted fantasies of evil always burst into reality alongside violence. A corpse is 97.7kReads9.5Score13.5kShelves
41. 41 副 Instances Invade Reality, and I Can See the Bugs 副本入侵现实，我能看见bug User20191843用户20191843Urban422k WordsOngoing “Bug? What does that mean?” “It’s a loophole, a rule, or whatever else you want to call it.” “Anyway, when you do certain specific things, the world changes in specific ways. “This is nothing new... Throughout the thousands of years of human history, we’ve lived alongside bugs.” “Look through the ancient texts. They record plenty of similar bugs, like the Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth, the Palm Thunder, turning stone into gold... and so on.” “The ancients called these bugs ‘spells.’” “And the meth 1.3kReads8.1Score119Shelves
42. 42 大 Great Ming: I'm Really Not the Longevity Emperor 大明：我真不是万寿帝君 Yi Yue Ying翊月影Historical996k WordsOngoing The Emperor of Longevity was the Taoist title adopted by the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Chen transmigrates to the seventeenth year of the Jiajing era, during the Ming Dynasty. Though his soul has crossed over into another body, its previous owner left behind no memories. Fortunately, Lu Chen has telekinetic powers to rely on. By chance, he passes himself off using travel papers that may have belonged to Lu Song, Lu Bing's father, and identify him as Lu Song's illegitimate son. More 333.7kReads7.7Score43.7kShelves
43. 43 我 I Awakened a Dao Companion Synthesis System 我觉醒了道侣合成系统 The Eye That Lost Its Mind失了智的眼Urban2.9M WordsOngoing (Not a mindless power fantasy. Don't read if that's not your thing.) Ten years after transmigrating, Zhou Ding finally worked up the courage to send a message to the campus belle of the "Chosen One University": Hey, want to become cultivation partners? I've got plenty of yang energy! That night, the campus belle died… 60kReads7.9Score5.1kShelves
44. 44 三 Three Kingdoms: I Am Lü Bu's Son-in-Law 三国：吾乃吕布女婿 Yi Kongkong以空空Historical665k WordsCompleted Jiang Deguang's soul transmigrated to Yanzhou at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, where he was rescued by Lu Bu's daughter. To survive in this brutal age, he invested in Lu Bu and became his son-in-law... Working for a living? No way! After changing his name to Jiang Hui, he offered a strategy to seize Hanzhong as his betrothal gift when Lu Bu was at his lowest, becoming Lu Bu's son-in-law and successor. Later, Jiang Hui realized that Lu Bu was a thickheaded simpleton who was easy to handle a 4.6kReads6.3Score343Shelves

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    A very interesting Three Kingdoms story, logically sound and not mindless, without any supernatural elements.

45. 45 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: From the Start as a Herrscher, Reborn in the Previous Era 崩坏：开局律者，重生前文明 Su Mu Qiuxue苏沐秋雪Anime Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted A certain unlucky captain was playing Honkai Impact 3rd when his gacha pull went wrong. In a fit of excitement, he transmigrated into the Previous Era of Honkai Impact 3rd and was completely dumbfounded. He thought that becoming a rich second-generation kid meant he could kick back and enjoy life. Then one day, he suddenly found himself with a Herrscher Core, and was dumbfounded all over again. “I'm the Herrscher of Heavenly Frost? A Herrscher outside the Honkai God's system?” Then Su Shixiu, wh 5.1kReads9.5Score586Shelves

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    Honkai Impact 3rd recommended reading!

46. 46 崩 The Ferryman of the Honkai World 崩坏世界的摆渡人 A Tune, an Empty Dream一曲空梦Anime Fanfiction2.6M WordsOngoing No System. Honkai Academy 2: Newcomer Arc + Honkai Academy Arc + Before Honkai Impact 3rd + Current Civilization Arc Written for love, please don't bother me unless necessary. A solo work, not made by a studio or AI. In the infinitely distant past, the world was shrouded in chaos. Everywhere you looked, there was water, like a vast primordial soup of life. Then life emerged from this primeval sea. In the infinitely distant future, the world sank into utter silence. Everywhere you looked, all was 1kReads7.0Score113Shelves
47. 47 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: I Can Do Anything 崩坏：我什么都做得到 Prosperity Has No More Stories QAQ繁华没文了QAQAnime Fanfiction790k WordsCompleted [Honkai Impact + Dual Herrschers + Current Era + Previous Era + Two Heroines (Mobius/Kiana)] [Also known as: Honkai Impact: I Can Do Anything (Honkai Impact 3rd Arc)] One obsession, one longing. The boy from another world will eventually fulfill his wish, all for the sake of everything he holds dear. Additional note: Due to work, Fan Hua is too busy to continue writing the Honkai: Star Rail arc in this book, so they plan to start a new book for that part. 4kReads9.4Score419Shelves
48. 48 在 Are You There? Got Time to Destroy the World? 在吗？有没有空来毁灭世界？ CR ZifengCR紫枫Anime Fanfiction3.4M WordsOngoing (Set in the Previous Era. All the familiar characters are counterparts from other timelines. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. This is not a wish-fulfillment novel! The only officially designated heroine is all the beauty in this world!) Honkai... Just how devastating a calamity is it? In the middle of it, you can't even find anyone you want to save. This is a story destined to end in failure. Perhaps everything will be buried beneath the sands of time. 17.8kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves
49. 49 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: The System Captures the Herrscher of Sentience from the Start 崩坏：开局系统捕捉识之律者 Immortal in the Temple庙里仙Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted In 2014, Chang Kong City. Fu Ming looked at himself in the mirror. He had long, waist-length gray hair and clear, bright blue eyes. He was exactly like Fu Hua from Honkai Impact 3rd, except this Fu Hua was a man. “The Anything-Goes Item System has detected a Host and is initiating binding.” [Ding! A special aura has been detected near the Host. Attempting to capture it.] [Captured a Herrscher of Sentience who ran away from home in a rage after her own mother scammed her.] (She transmigrated from 7.8kReads9.4Score679Shelves
50. 50 崩 Honkai Impact 3rd: A Guide to Raising White-Haired Dumplings 崩坏：白毛团子养成手册 Rainy Dusk, Morning Light雨暮晨光Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing [One Heroine] [Kiana] [The Protagonist Is a Genuinely Good Person, Read at Your Own Risk] One day, Chen Che was working overtime and heading home when he spotted a white-haired bundle sprawled on a park bench. Feeling sorry for her, he gave the little bundle something to eat. And then... Kiana: My good-person radar is going off. He's a good person! Chen Che: ...I picked up a cat, folks. She wants to come home with me... and I can't get rid of her no matter what I do... 24kReads9.5Score2.2kShelves

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