The Protagonist Is Forced to Act Like a Big Shot, but Nobody Believes His True Strength 主角被迫装大佬。说出真实实力别人都不信。

1. 1 无EN Infinite Escape: From Cannon Fodder to Beautiful, Powerful, and Doomed 无限逃亡，炮灰爆改美强惨 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads830k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication][Audiobook narrated by a real person now available] Two male leads + Infinite Flow + Misguided assumptions A good-for-nothing cannon-fodder, Xie De, gets a System dropped on him. He thinks he can finally embark on the path of a legendary hero and triumph all the way, but it turns out his System is a useless, abandoned piece of junk that can’t provide a thing. Shop? No. Rewards? No. Missions? No. Fine, Xie De decides to keep slacking off. But the System won’t have it. Sure 77.9kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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   The first book starts with a newbie being constantly mistaken for a master, but he gradually becomes the real master. The latter two books have protagonists who are completely clueless from beginning to end, while others still believe they are the real masters. [Evil laugh]

2. 2 规EN Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start! 规则怪谈：开局被误认为是大佬！ Overlord Cat霸王猫Mystery726k WordsOngoing [Rule-based horror + delusions of grandeur + wild speculation + livestream + wish fulfillment + comedy + no romance] Chen Han dies right from the start. The moment he opens his eyes, he is thrown into a deadly rule-based horror game. While everyone else is still poring over the rules to find a way out, he panics and blunders around, somehow avoiding every deadly trap and stumbling his way to a perfect clear. The whole internet's livestream chat explodes. “Holy crap! That prediction was godlike! 740Reads9.2Score225Shelves

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   The first book starts with a newbie who's constantly mistaken for a pro, but gradually becomes the real pro. The latter two books, however, keep the protagonist clueless from beginning to end, while everyone else assumes they're the real pros. 😏

3. 3 无 Infinite Flow: I Become a God After Giving Up 无限流：摆烂后我封神了 Chang Chang Chang Xiao长长长消Mystery2.0M WordsOngoing No CP + System + mass misinterpretation Luo Yuejian has always thought of herself as plain and ordinary, with a touch of social anxiety and a poker face. Someone like her would be utterly unremarkable in a crowd and completely ignored by everyone. After dying under bizarre circumstances, she is forced into a survival game. She knows her own limits and realizes she has no chance of coming back to life in a terrifying survival game. As she agonizes over whether to fight with all she has or give 35.4kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
4. 4 诡 Eerie Descent: I’m the Only One Who Thinks I’m Weak 诡异降临：只有我认为自己很菜 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads478k WordsCompleted [Supernatural horror + delusional misinterpretations + role-playing + two male leads + rule-based horror] Chen Youshi is a timid, minor actor. To make ends meet, he takes on three scripts at once, each with a different role. In a romantic drama, he plays one of the male supporting characters who falls for the heroine’s charms, a flirtatious playboy who dates around. In a suspense drama, he plays the villain who appears at the end, a calm, highly intelligent criminal. In a horror movie, he plays. 25.2kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves

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   A dual-male protagonist story, the last one without a romantic pairing, for female readers. ① Lai Ji thinks he's a big shot, no, a big shot thinks he's a noob, suffers a split personality, strange things happen, humans and strange things are in a contract-like battle, the protagonist wanders around aimlessly, others: This is another part of the plan!!! ② Transmigrates to another world, binds to a system, and participates in the world's progress. Others: Hugging the big boss's thigh, protagonist: I want to hug him too [awkward laugh] ③ Infinite flow, dungeon crawling, our Mr. 39 Has also mastered the art of being expressionless on the outside, but inside: Ahhhhh, dungeon collaborator, completed, same author as the first book ④ "The God of Deception Never Lies" You can tell at a glance that our protagonist is an "honest and trustworthy" person, um, right (anyway, others don't know, so he didn't lie) #God's Descendant ⑤ Strange Tales, the protagonist is not human, the strange tales are lost, he still thinks he is an ordinary person, unaware of how others see him, eh~ #Completed ⑥ No CP female-oriented novel, transmigration to another world, cyberpunk, gang wars, from simply pretending to be good and not revealing his true colors, to surviving under the law of the jungle, to expanding his territory again and again, establishing his own rules, his ambition gradually grows.

5. 5 原 Wait, Am I the Big Shot Here? 原来我才是大佬吗？ West Doesn't Press East西不压东Two Male Leads1.0M WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads, Infinite Flow, Bottom, Delusion-Inducing Plot, Secret Identities] More plot, fewer romantic scenes, and a comedic bent? How is a useless office drone who’s afraid of the dark, ghosts, people, pain, heights, and death supposed to survive in instances with sky-high death rates? A deserted-island battle royale, a city with no way out, a maze of caves where sunlight never reaches… At first, Lin Qin just wanted to stay alive. After somehow ending up on the protagonist’s pirate ship, 17.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves
6. 6 欺 The God of Deception Never Lies 欺诈之神他永不说谎 Linear Operator线性算子Two Male Leads624k WordsOngoing [Sharp-tongued, scheming goofball bottom × older, imposing commander top] [Ensemble cast, power couple, satisfying story, mutually faithful, everyone has their wits about them, plot-driven] The leads meet relatively late. Includes mild coercion by the top toward the bottom, as well as voyeurism. Cheng Ling, an elite lawyer at a Jiangcheng law firm and a demon on the debate stage, had the misfortune of dying violently in the street. The three gods in charge of his life and death told him, “We can 55.1kReads9.5Score7.5kShelves
7. 7 怪 The Urban Legend Lost Its Memory, So Now Things Get Interesting 怪谈失忆了，那就有得玩了 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads250k WordsCompleted [Audiobook narrated by a human voice now available] Rule Horror + Delusional Misinterpretation + Two Male Leads + Protagonist in the Dominant Role Rule Horror descended upon the world. Just as humanity breathed a sigh of relief at finally gaining the power to resist it, the Rule Horror game played a cruel joke on them: an S-rank Rule Horror was about to descend on Earth. It seemed Rule Horror had no intention of letting humanity survive. Just as everyone prepared to face death without flinching, 16kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
8. 8 穿 Transmigrated Into Cyberpunk: Starting as the Gang's Big Sister 穿越赛博：从帮派大姐大开始 Copper Pea铜豌豆啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [Cyberpunk Transmigration + No Romance + No System + Business and Development + Light Ensemble Cast + Imagination] Wan Ning transmigrates into a cyberpunk world and becomes the leader of a small-time gang destined to be cannon fodder. Help, how am I supposed to keep up this act? To stay alive, she has no choice but to grit her teeth and play along. After taking out a traitor with a single shot, Wan Ning appears calm and composed, as if everything is under control. In reality, her legs are tremb 20.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
9. 9 无EN Infinite Rewinds: Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 无限回档：所有人都以为我是大佬 What's Wrong with Money?钱有什么不好Mystery414k WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic drama] [Audiobook narrated by a real person available] [Infinite Flow + Livestream Survival + Death Rewind + Half-Dihua] [No CP] [The story contains a lot of on-screen comment barrages] After Xu Xi died from overwork, he transmigrated to another world invaded by a survival game. He even discovered that he could rewind time after dying. By using this ability to escape danger time and again and successfully clear each instance, he unexpectedly became a top expert in the eyes 189.8kReads9.4Score21.5kShelves

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   You can tell from the title

10. 10 在 Becoming a Big Shot in a Comic 在漫画中当大佬 Ever Like a Breeze清风一如Sci-Fi & Apocalypse721k WordsCompleted (No romance + Ensemble cast in small doses + The Heavenly Dao is on our side + Strong official presence) Qin Wanqing’s perspective: Qin Wanqing was twenty when she finally remembered her past life. As soon as she did, she received Earth’s welcome gift: a System. She also learned that she was living in a comic book, where the main characters were her older brother and his friends. Qin Wanqing: !!! Qin Wanqing looked at the System, then thought about what would happen after the game descended upon 7.3kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist transmigrates and has a system. In her own eyes, she's a complete novice, initially lacking in emotion. However, later on, she develops one of her strengths—or rather, her own incredibly powerful emotions—making her appear as a powerful, almost ghostly figure to others.

11. 11 无 Infinite Flow: I Save the Protagonist by Pretending to Be a Big Shot 无限流：我靠假装大佬拯救主角 Crazy YangCrazy杨Two Male Leads774k WordsCompleted Two male leads / infinite-flow / mistaken assumptions A crazy, carefree puppy-like top versus a fox-like bottom who acts like a powerful big shot Bai Che is a stick-figure NPC generated by the System, bound to a mission to protect the protagonist. Bai Che: “Come on, I’m just an NPC who couldn’t hurt a fly. What am I supposed to do?” But then... Bai Che stares into space, and everyone thinks: The big shot is thinking through the key issue! Bai Che gets lost, and everyone thinks: The big shot is s 4.4kReads8.8Score545Shelves

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    Yeah, they all look good when they're pretending to be big shots.

12. 12 伪EN After Pretending to Be a Psycho Bigshot, Everyone Reads Too Much into Me 伪装疯批大佬后，我被疯狂脑补 Dongpo Gazing at the Moon东坡望月Two Male Leads671k WordsCompleted [Misunderstandings + two male leads + thrilling infinite-world story] [Cool, formidable big shot bottom (?) × gloomy, deranged divine top] When Bo Shuo was confirmed to have terminal cancer and began getting ready to die, the System approached him with a deal. The hugely popular infinite-world anime Dream Awakening had slipped out of control. The gods inside had learned that the real world existed, and they wanted to ascend to a higher dimension! Bo Shuo was the chosen savior, tasked by the Syst 11kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 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 10.9kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    This one's alright, actually. He doesn't have invincible strength; he relies entirely on his looks and intelligence. Everyone around him is like the sharpest knife in his hand.

14. 14 我 I'm Just a Mortal, So Why Does Everyone Call Me the Holy Land's Ancestor? 我一凡人，为啥都叫我圣地老祖？ Silver Vow银色誓言Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + Misunderstandings + Light System + Subverting Tropes + Funny and Easygoing] My name is Lin Fan, and I’m in a real fix. I have no cultivation, no schemes, and no connections, yet I’ve suddenly been mistaken for the ancestor of a sacred land and saddled with the fate of all humanity. This plot doesn’t seem right! “Just as expected of the Ancestor. None of us can see through your cultivation!” That’s because I don’t have any cultivation at all! “The Ancestor’s brilliant plans have dealt 66.1kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    I must recommend the Ancient Ancestor of the Vast Expanse. The protagonist is truly an ordinary mortal in the early stages; even crossing his legs can trigger his "Di-ization" (a popular internet meme). It's a blend of humor, rigorous logic, action, and "Di-ization."

15. 15 死 Death Rewind: I’m Really Not a Big Shot 死亡回档：我真不是大佬啊 Mozi Qing Qing墨子青青Mystery349k WordsOngoing [Rules-based horror + semi-misinterpretation comedy + death rewind + infinite-flow + no romance + survival horror + lots of bullet comments + urban supernatural powers + instances + suspense] Xie Yi died for reasons unknown and transmigrated to Blue Star, a world much like Earth. Blue Star had long since been overrun by supernatural horrors. When he transmigrated, he entered the body of a person with the same name who had been selected by a horror after falling into a pit on the way to buy medic 9.3kReads8.6Score764Shelves

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    These two books fit the bill quite well; however, they contain elements of death and rollback, and are related to the "infinite flow" genre.

16. 16 王 Honor of Kings: This Is How We Star Players Play 王者：我们星耀都是这么玩的 No Dealing With Fools不和笨蛋丸Sports463k WordsCompleted [KPL Esports Focus + Streaming on the Side + AG + Everyone Misreads the Situation + Reborn Without a System + Chosen One + Fun and Funny] Lin Jue is reborn in a parallel world and discovers that he's become a substitute top laner for AG. His predecessor was a gaming prodigy: he reached the top of the rankings at fourteen, became a hundred-star player in the clash lane at sixteen, and was recruited into AG's youth team. Now eighteen, he was in the prime of his youth. But Lin Jue soon realizes to 7.6kReads9.3Score564Shelves

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    These four books fit the bill and are quite good...

17. 17 混 Infinite: How Did a Slacker Like Me Become a Big Shot? 【无限】混子的我怎么成大佬了 Big-Headed, Chubby Bear Dog熊头大肥狗Two Male Leads188k WordsOngoing The ratings just opened. Thanks for your support! [Two Male Leads] [Infinite Flow] [People Think He's a Master, but He Never Gives Himself Away] [Bottom Lead] Qin Xi transmigrates into a book, a no-romance infinite-flow novel for male readers called Realm-Breaking Madman. The problem is, he has never read it. All he knows is that the male lead's name is Li-something-Yuan! With no other choice, Qin Xi strikes a deal with the original System. Luckily, the System is pretty reasonable (?). It agree 18.4kReads7.6Score2.8kShelves
18. 18 无 Infinite: The Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Big Shot Just Wants to Survive 无限：美强惨大佬他只求活着 Meng Lingml梦泠mlMystery243k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Bottom Protagonist + Misunderstandings + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic + Identities Never Revealed + Both Strong and Devoted + Pure in Body and Heart + 1v1 True Love + Infinite Flow + Author's Comedic Style] As a humble supermarket cashier, He Qi's ultimate dream was to live a quiet, ordinary life without ever having to worry about food or clothing. Then one day, it seemed his cat had been possessed. He Qi: ?! My baby!!! It said its name was 108. It had already accompanied 999 7.2kReads8.7Score747Shelves
19. 19 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Told You, I’m Just an Ordinary Temp 盗墓：都说了我只是个普通临时工 Slacker Mantou摆烂的馒头Mystery641k WordsOngoing [New book ratings are in, and they’ll rise later] [Everyone enters a tomb-raiding world + death rewind + livestream + mistaken-identity antics + no romance, female-led] [Content warning: There’s a “everyone loves her” storyline, with unrequited crushes from both men and women! See the beginning of Chapter One for all content warnings!] After overworked office drone Zhang Kaiyan dropped dead, she opened her eyes to find she hadn’t been turned into a loot box. The good news was that she had transm 1.8kReads8.5Score259Shelves

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    This is a parallel world story. The female lead slowly increases her combat power by going back in time ✌🏻, but ends up being mistaken for a mysterious, newly emerged powerful figure. Actually, she's incredibly goofy and talkative inside, but pretends to be nonchalant on the surface 😎 No romantic pairing, feel free to ship it yourself.

20. 20 盗 Tomb Raiding: From the Start, I Lead the Queen Mother of the West in Search of Immortality 盗墓：开局引领西王母寻找长生 Yang Jian's Third Eye杨戬的第三只眼Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + System + indulgent and satisfying + lighthearted] [Content warning: breaks up canon couples! Everyone’s favorite! If that bothers you, don’t read!] Helian is an unlucky college student who gets hit by a car and ends up in a vegetative state. An acting System comes to him, claiming it can restore him to normal. Helian opens his eyes to find himself in ancient times, face-to-face with someone known as the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West? Couldn’t the S 22.6kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful!

21. 21 无 Infinite Flow: Stop Overthinking, the Setting Is About to Become Reality 无限流：别脑补了，设定要成真了 Hai Miao亥喵Two Male Leads694k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads / Infinite Flow / Delusions of Grandeur] The rating just came in, so it isn't representative yet. [Instance One Complete] [Instance Two Complete] [Instance Three Complete] [Instance Four Ongoing…] Forced to work and play the alluring bottom × a brilliant hacker top who loves a good laugh After waking up, Ling Qi found himself bound to the world's consciousness. World's consciousness: Save me, save me! You can save me, can't you? Ling Qi: There's no saving it. Let's die together. 5.7kReads8.7Score743Shelves

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    I'd recommend it, it's alright.

22. 22 别 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC Nuo Yizhen诺以浈Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 49.1kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves

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    Super beautiful! [I'm full]

23. 23 我 They Called Me a God After I Tried to Get Myself Killed 我作死后，他们却叫我大神 Grass Is Grass草是草Mystery405k WordsOngoing [Infinite flow + no CP + livestream + everyone misinterprets everything] Bai Qi was selected for a death game, only to discover that the boss of the beginner instance was his best friend. His best friend told him that if you die in the death game, you can become an NPC and mess with the players. Well, then, time to elbow the concrete floor! But why is there a victory beam underneath me??? Every time Bai Qi tries to get himself killed so he can join his best friend, his antics accidentally turn i 6.6kReads8.7Score646Shelves
24. 24 这 There's a Demonic Cultivator Here 这里有一个魔修 Lord Xianyue仙月大人Eastern Fantasy121k WordsOngoing [Original Plot] [Entirely Handcrafted] [Xianxia] [Demonic Cultivation] [Corpse Raising] [Baleful Energy Refining] [Ghost Wedding Dress] [Cultivation Method Reform] [Resource Farming] [The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Human Nature] [The Way of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang] The protagonist is named Tishuang Shi. 1.3kReads—Score101Shelves

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    The protagonist is forced to wear a wedding dress and become a female ghost.

25. 25 神 The God-Tier NPC's Art of Disguise 神级NPC的伪装守册 I'm Not a Lady Shan我不是淑女杉Mystery678k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow + pure romance + a touch of horror + funny, sweet romance + powerful partners + everyone thinks the others are amazing] (NPC role-playing + mutual devotion, no useless beauties! Everyone grows!) Su Xiaoxiao was on the verge of a breakdown. “What kind of decent person starts an NPC job without even getting a script on the first day of training?!” As if having no newbie protection weren't bad enough, she had to compete with her “ghost coworkers” for performance reviews and got targe 60Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    This book, *The Disguise of a God-Level NPC*, is really good! The world of the infinite flow genre, with everyone being transformed, is very interesting!!

26. 26 这 This Emperor Is Not Only Lazy, He’s Also Rude 这个皇帝不仅摆烂，还没有素质 Three Jin of Grapes三斤葡萄Historical1.9M WordsCompleted Ying Yi transmigrated into a strange dynasty and became an emperor! But Ying Yi had no desire to be emperor. All he wanted was to find a reasonable way to die and abdicate as soon as possible, so he could go back and inherit his hundreds of billions in wealth! So he set out on a path of nonstop suicide by bad decisions! Politics is all about compromise, but Ying Yi never compromises! The empress dowager wreaking havoc in the harem? He chews her out! The literary, lovesick empress? He chews her o 95.1kReads9.2Score9.5kShelves
27. 27 我 I'm Socially Anxious, and I Survive Thanks to Their Rose-Tinted Glasses 我，社恐，全靠他们的滤镜活着 The Poem Says诗云Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted Ji Sui transmigrated to an era of advanced technology. Everyone here undergoes genetic testing at birth. People are divided into three classes: superior genes, commoners, and inferior genes. As a result, the system of governance here is extremely strict. Anyone caught faking their genetic test results is put to death. And as soon as Ji Sui arrived in this world, she was hit with devastating news: the original owner had faked her genetic results. Ji Sui, upon hearing this: “...” The worst part wa 3.2kReads8.2Score361Shelves

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    (๑\'ᵕ\'๑)⸝*🌟🌟🌟

28. 28 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Played Every Member of the Transmigrators' Alliance 盗笔：我扮演了整个穿越者联盟 A Melon Is Born一瓜生Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [No secret identities revealed, and the secret identities have no self-awareness!!! Original secret identities + every imaginable element + everyone's first love + wish fulfillment + Lobotomy Corporation] Fan Xiangwei is bound to the “One Person, Many Selves” System and from then on has a hard life playing different secret identities. Secret identity No. 1 is a powerhouse in an infinite-flow game: Fan Wu enters a strange dungeon where five of the six players are beginners. The young man called F 6.9kReads9.0Score777Shelves
29. 29 刀 Touken Ranbu: I Just Want to Enjoy Fighting, Not Be Misunderstood 刀乱：战斗爽玩家并不想被脑补 Fa Ximen法西门Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsOngoing Also known as “Can an Average, Unlucky Player Run Into a Superintelligent AI?”, “Gaming Is Risky, Since You Might Transmigrate,” “Fighting: Awesome! Socializing: Awful!”, and “Care About Socially Awkward Players, Stop Making Things Up.” Overall, though, it’s a self-healing story full of love and peace. 2.9kReads7.8Score208Shelves
30. 30 身 As the Most Popular Senior Brother, I Just Want to Clock Out 身为万人迷大师兄的我只想下班 Sleepy Potato Chip Butterfly眠眠薯条蝶Eastern Fantasy265k WordsOngoing Lu Fengmian transmigrates and gets bound to the Max-Level Senior Brother System. He thinks he's about to enter a supreme-protagonist power fantasy, but the System's goal is actually to become the perfect senior brother to the entire sect?! - Everyone in the sect knows that Senior Brother Lu Fengmian is the very model of perfection. His cultivation is unfathomably deep, he treats others with gentle courtesy, and he is fair and selfless. He's the sect leader's favorite, the light of his fellow dis 66.3kReads9.1Score8.4kShelves
31. 31 请 Please Don’t Doubt That I’m a Player 请不要怀疑我的玩家身份 Kitasezuyao北濑足夭Modern Romance846k WordsCompleted [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Ensemble Cast + Magic + School Life + Fun + Wild Imagination + Beloved by All + One True Pair] [A brand-new fantasy world: no tangled passions, only reason wandering] She crawled out of a boiler from the start and ran into a group who called themselves players. Only then did Mo Xiaoyu realize she had transmigrated into a game world. The players said there were no friendly NPCs in the game, so she had no choice but to pretend to be a player. The players said they co 835Reads8.9Score138Shelves
32. 32 集 We All Transmigrated? The Powerful Families of the Capital Beg Me for Help 集体穿越？京圈勋贵哭着抱我大腿 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Jiang Zhen, a top academic prodigy and the rock her elders rely on, is a specialist at whipping underachievers into shape. Then she transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the discarded wife of a poor scholar who passed the highest imperial exam. But the underachievers who used to give her headaches have become influential figures in the capital. The shut-in: Transmigrated as a spoiled young wastrel, he’s forced to eat, drink, and visit brothels, wearing an expression of pure misery every day 111.1kReads8.8Score11.8kShelves
33. 33 我 I Level Up on My Own in an Old-School Romance Novel 我在古早言情文里独自升级 I Really Am About to Cry我真的要哭了Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Unconventional wish-fulfillment + woman disguised as a man + adored by men and women, with everyone harboring one-sided crushes, no romance + no System, progression through cultivation + ensemble cast] Shuo Li spent her whole life working for the Federation in an interstellar society, then died after eating too much cheap takeout. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had arrived inside what might be a few-hundred-year-old fantasy romance novel for female readers. The heroine was kind 71.7kReads9.4Score7.9kShelves
34. 34 虫 Insectoid Race Vs. Ridiculous Players? I Hand Them Over to the Nation 虫族vs沙雕玩家？反手上交国家 Yi Pingping一平平Urban371k WordsOngoing [Interstellar insect race + the strongest backing + goofy comedy + no romance] Transmigrate into the only royal insect in the interstellar insect race. Gu Yuan is immediately seized for experiments by the deranged Male Insect Protection Association! The System starts by egging him on to summon goofy players to come to his rescue. Gu Yuan objects: “Transmigration? This is kidnapping!” “No way!” The System begs and pleads. In the end, when Gu Yuan proves too stubborn to give in, it lets him call h 358Reads8.9Score—Shelves
35. 35 我 I Really Run an Orphanage, Not an Assassin's Den 我开的真是孤儿院，不是杀手堂 I Am the Ox Warrior我是牛战士Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [The only imaginative ensemble martial arts novel on the entire site!] [At its peak, 1.5 million readers were following it, ranking seventh across all of Tomato Novel. Come on in and see for yourselves, dear readers!] [Ensemble cast + System + Traits + Martial Arts] Chen Ye transmigrated to the Great Wu Dynasty and became bound to the Orphan-Raising System. By raising orphans, he could earn points, which he could use to draw traits and bestow them upon the children. 116.4kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves
36. 36 我 I’m the Favored Son of Heaven in the Cultivation World 我在修真界做天之骄子 Kuntukutakatika昆图库塔卡提Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted No heroine + no romance + a goofy comedy (P.S. This is a silly, funny slice-of-life story, so don't take it seriously!) A story for female readers. If you're feeling down, come take a look! My dear readers, the world may be full of disappointments, but please believe that hidden in all the cracks and bumps are the little sweets fate has secretly tucked away. If you're unhappy, imagine you're the protagonist and grow alongside them! The author will write you a joyful, carefree world. What does it 34.2kReads8.9Score3.6kShelves

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    I highly recommend this. I've been hooked since I was in the womb; it's incredibly good. You should give it a try. It's a fast-paced, satisfying read from the very beginning. •ɷ• Hope you like it [shy]

37. 37 炼 A Qi Refining Errand Boy, the Sect Is Determined to Make Me Its Supreme Elder 炼气杂役，宗门硬捧我成太上长老 Thirteen Dragons by the Crane鹤边龙十三Eastern Fantasy390k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, a lowly menial disciple at the first level of Qi Refining (⊙︿⊙), is inexplicably hailed by the entire sect as its Grand Supreme Elder (◉‿◉). - - - - - -, , , → It's all because, when his soul crossed over, he brought along a trace of an ancient Immortal Emperor's instincts. He frowns, and the Immortal Emperor's pressure crushes his powerful enemy. He pulls up some weeds, and the dead grass turns into a celestial plant bearing nine-leaf Dao patterns. He complains about a disciple's cult 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Imagining Dihua + Hot-bloodedness] The entire clan kneels to memorize quotes, while the servants break down and beg for mercy [What?]

38. 38 我 There’s No Way All My Kids Are Infinite-Game Bosses 我的崽不可能都是无限流BOSS Sang Yuan桑沅Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Sweet and Adorable Favorite + One-on-One with Multiple Fragments + Pretending to Be Harmless While Hiding One’s Claws] Wen Zhining spent his life doing good deeds and even played his character-raising games with diligence. But unfortunately, he was chosen and dragged into an infinite-loop horror world. To stay alive, he sensibly hid behind the big shots, cheering them on and showering them with compliments. Who could have guessed that in the game... An evil doctor, whose intel 5.1kReads9.2Score818Shelves

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    And these two books

39. 39 玄 Xuanhuan: When Did I Become Invincible? 玄幻：我什么时候无敌了 Mr. Playing with Willows戏柳先生Eastern Fantasy3.8M WordsCompleted Also known as When Did I Become a Legend of the Cultivation World? Chen Ping'an transmigrates to the world of cultivation and spends several years striving to cultivate. When he sees that he still has no cultivation at all, he decides he's not cut out for it. So every day, he follows the System's instructions, feeding the chickens and fish, washing clothes, and growing vegetables. But one day, the arrival of a breathtakingly beautiful immortal upends his orderly, ordinary life. “Immortal maiden, 13.9kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    I recommended three books of different types, all of which met the requirements.

40. 40 苟 Laying Low in the Beginner's Village, the Saintess Imagines Me into Godhood 苟在新手村，圣女把我脑补封神 Swiftwind Kirito疾风桐人Eastern Fantasy944k WordsOngoing [#Western fantasy #transmigrated to another world #System-based #everyone thinks the protagonist is a hidden mastermind #misunderstandings and overactive imaginations #obsessive-love rivalry (!)] After transmigrating to another world, he awakens a Plunder System. Killing living beings lets him steal their abilities and talents! He originally planned to follow in Don Quixote's footsteps, roam the continent, and fulfill his dream of becoming a hero. Who knew that on all three of his trips out of t 22.5kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves

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    Fans of the "Dihua-esque" (a genre of Chinese fantasy novels) genre might want to check out this Western fantasy. The male protagonist's primary motivation is to keep a low profile and avoid trouble, only going out to deal with demons when necessary, wearing a mask. He doesn't actually try to act like a big shot, but viewers, seeing only snippets, automatically project a powerful image onto him. The characters' actions are logically sound, avoiding any forced attempts at humor, and the pacing is relatively stable.

41. 41 弱 I'm a Weakling, Yet the Righteous Call Me the Supreme Saint-Demon 弱鸡的我，却被正道人士奉为无上圣魔 Ouyang Yun欧阳晕Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing [A fresh take on misdirected assumptions + new twists + all kinds of reversals + pretending to be a tiger to eat a pig + wild fantasy ideas + lighthearted comedy] My name is Zhang Mo, and my family has been dirt-poor for generations. Yesterday, while I was farming, the local sect dragged me off to fill a vacancy. After I got up the mountain, I found out that our sect was actually an evil demonic cult. Even worse, after just one day on the job, they wanted me to become the sect leader. Damn this 7.8kReads9.2Score625Shelves

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    It has to be our model worker Zhang! His humor and Dihua style always make me laugh until my stomach hurts.

42. 42 沉 I Slept for Ten Years, and My Teammates Became Legends 沉睡十年，队友都成大佬了 Even Yogurt Needs to Be Chugged from the Bottle优酸乳也要对瓶吹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse141k WordsOngoing The heavenly fire catastrophe descended, burning the old civilization to ash. Across the scorched earth, cybernetics rule and gangs carve up the land. After ten years asleep, the ghost returns! Ling Yuan, once the blade of the 131st Special Operations Unit, was betrayed by his superiors during a classified mission ten years ago. He was buried in a research facility’s cryogenic pod and declared dead by the world. When he opens his eyes again, all his military cybernetics are gone, but his body ha 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Keep it up, it's a good book, it will only get better and better, anyway, I really like it.

43. 43 因 I Was So Handsome, People Mistook Me for a Chinese Sword Immortal 因为长得太帅，被脑补成华夏剑仙 Treating the World to Drinks赠饮天下人Urban456k WordsCompleted [System + mistaken assumptions + darling of the Heavenly Dao + showing off in public + child of fortune + top-tier incubus + modern world where everyone cultivates immortality] (The rating starts low, but will rise later) The proud and unruly divine beasts willingly become his mounts. The pure and pristine Saintess of the Heavenly Lake falls deeply for him at first sight. The chosen sons of various nations change their citizenship, just to stay by his side. The arrogant Great Sage of the dem 2.9kReads7.2Score277Shelves
44. 44 薾 The Season of Er’er 薾薾时节 Lala from the Corner旮旯角的拉拉Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted CEO × College Student | Age Gap | Foster Care | Secret Crush | Older Man, Younger Wife He is twelve years older than her, the feared “Mr. Jie” of Yancheng’s business world: cold, sharp-tongued, and heartless. She is just a little ray of sunshine living under his roof. She doesn’t dare tell him that the moment they reunited during her high school entrance exams, a little tree began to sprout in her heart. A wily older fox raises a younger one, and the younger fox sets out to win his heart. He lay 3kReads8.8Score233Shelves

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    The plot is quite tight, and the foreshadowing the author planted is all resolved later, without leaving anything abrupt. Furthermore, the characters are all very distinct, and their personalities change subtly as the story unfolds, maintaining a coherent logic. A good book indeed.

45. 45 被 Hunted by Assassins, I Somehow Ended Up with an Insanely Powerful Backer 被追杀的我却遇亿点点强的靠山 Su Yuanlan溯原兰Eastern Fantasy609k WordsOngoing [Upright protagonist! Powerful backing, goddess, multiple heroines, dual cultivation of body and magic, the Myriad Worlds, play the pig to eat the tiger, thrilling battles, no System, no saintly do-gooder, growth, xianxia, mortal cultivation, satisfying read, comeback, slow burn, ensemble cast, brotherhood] “Kid, stay alive. Climb to heights no one else can reach.” Su Lan was being hunted the moment he transmigrated, and he was miserable about it. Other people transmigrated as geniuses or big sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 快 Quick Transmigration: The White Lotus Root and the System 快穿之白莲藕和系统 Feng Ou冯藕Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [golden finger] [Alternate Universe] [Romance] [Ancient] [Modern] [Period] Legend has it that Bai Lianou was an ordinary fairy in the Heavenly Court. One day, she was reincarnated in the mortal world. From then on, Bai Lianou embarked on a grand and fantastical journey through countless lives… Over the long years, Bai Lianou was reborn as all sorts of people: a commoner’s daughter, a fashionable modern woman, an elegant beauty of classical charm, and even a fearless warrio —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, this one, this one

47. 47 穿 Transmigrating to an Ancient World 穿越到古代世界 Feng Ou冯藕8k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to an Ancient World 12Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 亏 Starting with Qian Meili, I Lose My Way to Becoming the Richest Man 亏成首富从钱美丽开始 Feng Ou冯藕9k WordsCompleted How to Lose Money Your Way to Becoming the Richest Man, Starting with Qian Meili 15Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 穿 I Transmigrated and Got a System 穿越从得到系统开始 Feng Ou冯藕25k WordsCompleted Transmigrating Begins with Getting a System 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one, this one, this one, this one, this one, this one

50. 50 高 High Martial: My Brother Is a Total Weakling, Yet He Livestreams Himself Playing the Martial Emperor 高武：我哥战五渣，却直播演武帝 Dry Bones of Zhou纣中枯骨Urban131k WordsCompleted Everyone, take a look! This is my brother, Ye Mo, successor to the Martial Emperor. Except that's fake! To scrape together my tuition, I started livestreaming with a selfie stick and dressed him up as a successor to the Martial Emperor. The principal lets his imagination run wild, the campus belle takes a liking to him, his rivals are scared stiff, and the chat keeps spamming 666. Only I know he's holding a chipped enamel mug of expired instant noodles, with a fake blood pack stuffed in his pock 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ⚠️If you don't like slow-burn stories, this isn't for you! ⚠️If you don't like nonsensical humor, this isn't for you! Here you'll find the most outrageous settings, the most authentic street life, and the most absurd campus cultivation livestream. If you like the style of "The Strongest Anti-Routine System," this book is definitely for you!

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