Any Novels Where the World Is a Chessboard and All Living Beings Are the Pieces? 以天下为棋局，以众生为棋子的小说有没有？
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From Pawn to Player 从棋子到执棋者
A real-life version of The Truman Show. When the world becomes a desperate reality show, I arrive as an “actor,” playing a god with lies and saving civilization with my acting. When the world becomes the set of a “mad universe,” all of humanity are actors there for its amusement. Chen Ling transmigrates into this world, bearing the sole path of the [Way of the God of Drama]. Detective, clown, commander… He is forced to play countless roles, struggling to survive within a desperate script. Other
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The World Is a Chessboard 天地一盘棋
No womanizing, no harem, no overpowered wish-fulfillment hero, no System, no golden finger. Follow the highly intelligent male lead as he rises from humble beginnings, endures countless hardships, teaches the gods and Buddhas of the heavens a lesson, and reshapes the order of the universe.
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A Journey Through Mountains and Rivers 山水行记
"Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not stupid, and not something to eat with your rice. It’s best enjoyed with a drink. This book is for readers with a long-term mindset. Take your time and savor it, and you’ll find that this novel is as tender as water, like the girl you love, intoxicating you." What seems like an ordinary opening is actually a grand scheme plotted long ago… Guangxi, a rainy night, a dilapidated Taoist temple, and a mystery upon mystery. A helpless young woman encounters a handsome
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Infinite Reincarnation: Archaeologists Dug Me Up 无限转生：我被考古学家挖出来了
Li Hao acquired a reincarnation simulator, and every time he reincarnates, he receives a random reward in the real world. Dashing martial heroes. Cultivators who refine their qi and pursue immortality. As he reincarnates through dynasties throughout history, Li Hao receives astonishingly generous rewards, but the real world also undergoes drastic changes. One bizarre archaeological discovery after another shocks the world, while experts confirm countless myths, legends, and strange tales. People
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- 155 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
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Even the Heavenly Dao Fears This Delinquent Senior Brother! Why Pick a Fight with Him? 天道都怕纨绔师兄！你们惹他干嘛
[Fantasy with a wild premise, goofy humor, feel-good satisfaction, an invincible hero, mutual devotion, and hiding one’s strength] In the Myriad Worlds stands a hall called the Boundless Hall. Its master is like a ghost, wielding the power of the netherworld and commanding the Heavenly Dao. With one finger, he can decide life and death. The male lead, Chang Xun, is known as the Sword Saint, a man so powerful that the heavens and worlds fear him. He commands life and death and turns hopeless situ
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Bound Together Across Two Lifetimes, We’ll Grow Old Together 双世缱绻，与君共白头
[Two powerful leads who rise to greatness | Complete souls | Extreme contrast | Love across two lifetimes | Sweet romance and court intrigue] A modern married couple are reborn as babies in the Tianqi Dynasty. He becomes an iron-fisted Crown Prince, commands the Xuanhuo Army, and plots to industrialize the realm. She becomes a queen of commerce, controls trade routes along three borders, and holds the lifeblood of the people in her hands! Toward their enemies, he presides over the execution of t
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Ten Years After the Wicked Minister Died, He Came Back to Life 恶臣死后十年，他活了
The emperor was dead, the crown prince was weak, and sycophants held the court in their grasp. Traitors ruled the land. Loyal officials dared not speak, and the court bowed as one. Those who refused to kneel had their bones broken. Those who dared to speak had their tongues torn out. Men of principle died beneath the executioner’s blade, while vile opportunists became honored guests in the halls of power. A spark smoldered in the mountains, barely clinging to life. A hidden dragon lay coiled in
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My Arrival in the Matrix Universe 我降临在矩阵宇宙
A young man arrives in this Matrix Universe, carrying a lantern. Inside it are his twelve manifested personalities. They weep, and they shine. He sets the lantern on the ground, lighting a small space around him. Before him, the continent falls, flames soar into the sky, and sixty million people plunge into the abyss. I am both the destroyer of this universe and its savior.
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Reborn: I Give the Nation a Cheat Code 重生之我给国家送外挂
[No romance + post-apocalyptic rebirth + ensemble cast + the nation steps in] (The first season of the animated series is out.) The Civilization Codices descended, devouring Blue Star in a dimensional attack and bringing the world to an end. Greed, envy, sloth... What secrets do the seven great Civilization Codices conceal? Yan Chu, a tomb keeper, was hit on the head by a brick and inexplicably reborn in the past. She decided to hand over what she had to the nation. With the Book of Fate and a b
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The Vast Immortal Firmament 万古仙穹
Heaven and earth are the board, and all living beings are the pieces! If you refuse to be a piece, become the one who makes the moves! Lose, and your body and Dao are destroyed. Win, and you live forever! An ancient Go stone carries Gu Hai as he transmigrates to the Divine Continent! The Heavenly Dao is boundless, but human life is limited. Be a piece in heaven and earth’s game, enjoy a few decades of life, and when you’re captured, turn to dust and vanish. Or leap off the board, become the one
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Nine Princes Vie for the Throne: Your Highness, Prepare to Die 九龙夺嫡，请皇兄赴死
In the eleventh year of the Tianqing era, Zhao Yin Qian, the ninth prince of Zhao, returned home after spending ten years as a hostage in Wei. All he wanted was to live carefree as a prince. But several of his elder brothers had murder on their minds and kept pressing him at every turn. He would endure it no longer. If they could fight for the position of Crown Prince, so could he. Zhao Yin Qian raised his sword to the heavens and roared, “By imperial decree, I come to suppress the traitors. Eld
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The House of Dread 诡舍
[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
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An Epic of the Ages: I Write the Myth with My Own Hands 岁月史诗，我亲手谱写神话
A new era dawns, and the mysterious returns. Ancient ruins stand tall across the wasteland. The Land of Divine Burials, the Lingxiao Ruins, the Eternal Library, the Decaying Dynasty… Time buried the secrets of the old world, and the supernatural returned. Humanity thought the future would bring a new dawn, never imagining that everything was racing toward the end. A dream beneath a scholar tree, a thousand years in a single dream. Were the things in that dream mere fantasies of the past, or a tr
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Behind the Scenes: Who Rules the Rise and Fall? 幕后：谁主沉浮
After a long drought, spiritual energy suddenly swept across the land. The sky was his plan, the earth his board, and all living beings his pieces. A thousand-year game of chess began with the wind. A young man emerged from an ancient temple deep in the mountains... An old Daoist, weathered by the mortal world yet still pure of heart... A Confucian scholar who aspired to pass his teachings down for ages, only to enter the Dao and ascend in a single morning... In this age of great upheaval, amid
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A Dazzling Soul in This Mortal World 人间惊鸿客
Did you know that Li Bai was a famous live-in son-in-law in ancient times? Why did this immortal poet, who cared nothing for wealth and status, marry into a wealthy family twice? Su Dongpo was not only one of the greatest writers in Chinese history, but also a true foodie! Dongpo pork, Dongpo pork knuckle, Dongpo cuttlefish, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo soup: all these dishes loved by people today are associated with the great man himself. The celebrated poet Li Qingzhao was also tormented by a “scumbag.
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- 167 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Northern School 北派盗墓笔记 [Published in print and available online] [The Beipai Notes horizontal-screen drama is now streaming] [Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Antiques] I'm a poor kid from a mountain village in Northeast China. In the early twenty-first century, hoping to make something of myself, I joined a northern tomb-raiding crew. From south to north, I've seen every side of the underworld and crossed paths with people from all walks of life. Over the years, I went from a young man to a middle-aged one. My drinking got b 948.8kReads9.6Score117.8k14d adds
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Soul Healer 魂医
Mortal life is filled with countless desires that are hard to restrain. What lies at the heart of the world, and where does the human heart finally lead? Everyone knows that doctors can treat the sick and save lives, but they can usually only heal physical wounds and injuries. So how can problems of the mind, or in other words, the soul, be treated? Amid great expectations, Long Yao sets out on a path of exploration. “Though my flesh is dead, my three souls and seven spirits remain. When I retur
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The Go Immortal 棋真人
To pursue the supreme Way of Go, he travels through the heavens and reincarnates across countless worlds. Life is like a game of Go: once you place a stone, there is no taking it back. Use all living beings as white stones, the Heavenly Dao as black stones, and the Great Way as the board.
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- 170 Setting the Trap 做局 A mastermind uses the martial world as a game board and people as pawns. Those drawn into the game are at their mercy. My grandfather was a Feng Shui master and a master schemer, yet he died after a charlatan set him up. My father was killed, my mother took her own life after being humiliated, and I ended up in prison. To avenge my family, I joined the Golden Sect and became a charlatan myself, rising to become a master strategist. I’ve set countless schemes in my life. Living schemes and deadly 16.9kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 171 A Sword's Thought for Peace 剑念平安 (A Sword of Coming fan fiction) I have a jug of wine, enough to console me through life. I have a sword that can cut through the world's turmoil. The grotto-heavens shatter, the pearl of Li Zhu falls to earth, karma turns in its cycle, and chaos gradually rises. The young Chen Ping'an from the small town carries a sword on his back and sets out to see the complicated world for himself. 2.7kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 172 A Wild Historical Mashup: I Build China's Greatest City of All Time 历史大乱炖，我打造华夏千古城 An ensemble story, no romance, helping people from every dynasty and changing the stories that left readers heartbroken! One by one, key points in history are unlocked, and figures from the past arrive at modern tourist attractions, where they collide with visitors from the present! Strolling along old-fashioned streets, you can see those who made their names in the histories, as well as those whose names never left the slightest trace in the record books. You can see lost crafts and the ingenio 35.3kReads9.1Score3.2k14d adds
- 173 Regrets of History 历史的遗憾 The Regrets of History combines history and literature, using clear, logical prose to tell the stories of famous historical figures and objectively recreate some of history’s most lamentable events. Drawing on works such as Zizhi Tongjian and Records of the Grand Historian, the author strives to reconstruct the facts and explore little-known stories about historical figures. The book also offers a thorough analysis of important events, seeking to present history as it really was. While respectin 1.9kReads9.0Score55014d adds
- 174 Fourteen Years of Hunting Ghosts (Complete in Five Volumes) 十四年猎诡人（全五册） Li Yifan’s spine-chilling ghost-hunting chronicles! A contemporary Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! A spine-chilling record of ghost hunts! First posted on Tieba, it topped 100 million views within three months! The acclaimed mystery writer Li Yifan’s breakthrough work, now with the unpublished continuation added! Every ghost was once a living person. I’m a professional ghost hunter. I turn the compass, circle the place with red 11.8kReads9.6Score2.2k14d adds
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From Hostage to Emperor for the Ages 从质子到千古一帝
Wei Huan, the ninth prince of Great Wei, was overlooked by his father. He volunteered to become a hostage in the state of Jin. After surviving countless life-and-death trials and experiencing one romance after another, he ultimately returned to Wei with the support of his many confidantes, brilliant strategists, and valiant generals. He ascended the throne, unified the realm, and became an emperor for the ages. This is not only a deeply moving, earth-shaking tale of love and passion, but also an
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- 176 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8k14d adds
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With My Sword, I Question the World 我以我剑问天下
[Wuxia + Political Intrigue + Swordsmanship + Ensemble Cast] [Epic Eastern Xianxia Saga + Jump In and You'll Be Glad You Did] The realm has only just been pacified, yet undercurrents stir among the various factions. Zhao Ye, heir to the Northern Frontier, enters the fray himself, using the martial world as a chessboard and wielding his sword to play a game on behalf of all under heaven…
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- 178 Fifty Famous Deceptions and Scams in History 历史上著名的50个诈术与骗局 The renowned American psychoanalyst Eric Berne believed that “most human interactions involve deception and pretense. Sometimes they are motivated by noble, good intentions; at other times, by base and malicious ones.” This book selects the fifty most famous schemes and scams in human history, and attempts to interpret history from an unconventional perspective. Set against the backdrop of real and fascinating events, it offers readers an emotional jolt and a profound intellectual impact. What d 336Reads8.4Score12514d adds
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I’m the Only One in the World Without Powers 全世界只有我没有异能
The apocalypse arrives, and after destruction comes new life. Everyone gains special abilities, while Li Chang'an, who has none, lives like a beast. Some teach him to be kind to others; others teach him to fight his way to a better world. Little by little, he comes to believe that there is light even in the darkness. Though the road is hard, he still wants to become one of the strongest, standing at the very top. But one day, the light vanishes before his eyes.
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- 180 Heaven and Earth as My Blade 天地为刀 Heaven and earth are the board, all living beings the pieces. One move throws the world into chaos. Who moves the pieces? Who breaks the game? Who protects all living beings? A handful of young men enter the martial world, full of ambition. Are they the variables, or merely pieces on the board? Buddhism speaks of saving all beings; the Dao says all things follow their nature. I have a blade that can sever every injustice under heaven, and I dare stand before all living beings! 1Reads8.7Score114d adds
- 181 Reborn, the Eldest Senior Sister Gets Rich Beyond Measure 重生后，大师姐她凭亿近人 Originally titled Reborn, the Senior Sister Is Worth Billions Su Chanyi never claimed to be a good person, but neither was she a vicious villain. Yet in the end, her entire family was wiped out, and her bones were ground to dust. Reborn, she cultivates both spiritual and demonic arts, masters both swordsmanship and formations, and proves the Dao through the Taiji. Her family is powerful, her status exalted, and her talent defies the heavens. With a phoenix and a Bai Ze at her side, she is the on 7.1kReads9.4Score94314d adds
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One Sword, One Flask, One Universe 一剑一酒一乾坤
[Swordsmanship + Wine Immortal + Fantasy Xianxia + One Heroine + Mutual Devotion + Humanity’s Survival] A year ago, the boy watched his father shoulder his sword, slay demons, and save humanity, never to return. A year later, the boy arrives at Qingyun with only a sword and a jug of wine. Shunned by all, he is confined to the peach blossom grove. The sword his father called the “Sword of Protection” stands in the most prominent place in the Qingyun Sect, yet the world calls it the “Sword of Sham
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- 183 EN The Reticent Blade 刀不语 Someone once asked me, “What is the jianghu?” I thought for a moment. I thought of a jug of rough wine on the table, a distant figure walking away beneath the setting sun, a grave beneath the moon, and the cigarette burning down to ash in my hand right now. That person asked again, “Where is the jianghu?” I smiled and looked out the window. There were countless jianghus out there. One person is a story. Two people make a jianghu. 28kReads9.3Score3.2k14d adds
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No Life in the Mortal World 尘间无生
[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
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- 185 The Sword of Snow Stride (Publication-Ready, Fully Edited Edition) 雪中悍刀行（出版精校版） The novel behind the hit TV adaptation Sword Snow Stride, starring Zhang Ruoyun! Get the complete, meticulously edited 20-volume edition of Sword Snow Stride, the perfect conclusion to the series. Read it all in one go! With a style that turns convention on its head and prose of astonishing power, Yaodao Fenghuo has created a strange and mysterious world, taking you on a journey through a different kind of Eastern fantasy novel! Unusual characters, fantastical settings, convention overturned, an —Reads8.5Score—14d adds
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The Little Princess Saves Her Imperial Father with Her Inner Voice 小公主心声拯救父皇
[Complete] [Mind-Reading + Beloved by All + Alternate History + System + Sweet Romance + Adorable Baby + Underdog's Rise + Transmigrate into a Book] (Mind-reading only works when affection for the heroine reaches the required level. The threshold rises as she grows older, and eventually requires maximum affection.) Bei Jingchu transmigrates into a book and gets bound to a governance System. Before she can even start celebrating, she discovers she's been reborn as the princess switched at birth.
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Chronicles of the Han Dynasty’s Last Empress 汉末女帝纪事录
Content warning: If you don’t accept a female lead in a one-on-one romance who has children, please don’t click. [Strong female lead + political intrigue + contest for supremacy + nation-building + one-on-one romance] At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land is in turmoil. A flash flood sends the soul of Liu Zhen, a modern teacher, a thousand years into the past, where she possesses the frail, sickly Liu Zhen, the Han Emperor Ling’s second daughter, who died young. At the brink of death,
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- 188 Ghost Emperor! Your Wild Consort Is So Incredible, Even the Demons Kneel 鬼帝！你家狂妃太绝，妖孽全跪了 [Strong female lead + power fantasy] During the upheaval at the Heavenly Puppet Palace, Shi Xi’s eyes were gouged out and her life-bound puppet was stolen. She was tossed into a forbidden zone like a stray dog! At death’s door, she awakened spirit eyes that could see countless souls, drawing the attention of the Ghost Emperor, Gui Li. “Little girl, help me restore my body, and I’ll help you get revenge.” From then on, a peerless prodigy was born in the forbidden zone! You gouged out her eyes, se 15.7kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds
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Tides of the Political Sea 宦海浮沉
No cheating spouse At the end of the day, every rule follows one fundamental principle: the strongest force gets to decide. This is the “meta-rule,” the rule that determines all other rules. The martial world isn’t all about fighting and killing; it’s about human relationships and social conventions. The same goes even more so for politics. Chen Bo is drawn into an unwinnable game of chess because of a debt he has no choice but to repay. He thinks he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, but
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No Hope of Survival 生还无期
[No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit
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If You Can Be Emperor, Why Be a Princess? 能做皇帝，谁做公主？
[Devoted daughter + saving the nation + political intrigue · Female lead has no romance, but does have admirers] [Max combat power + unconventional mind-reading + browser for the current world] Also known as "Saving the Realm" and "Seizing Power Through Reform!" What? I, Gu Nianyu, protect the realm and defend its borders, and someone still wants to stop me from ascending the throne? You must not know that I’m the one who appointed the crown prince! “I, Gu Nianyu, am the late emperor’s elde
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Qian Jinhuan 千锦欢
Completed · [A highly intelligent amnesiac fake princess x a cold, scheming prince] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Both devoted to each other + classic historical romance + no transmigration, rebirth, or System + political intrigue + doting romance + reunion after a long separation + devotion to country and family + exclusive devotion + the one who got away + happy ending] For twenty years, the second prince of Nantang, Chu Jinyuan, has kept his guard up and trusted no one, until Hua Qianmei ar
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So What If He's the Top Scholar? She Turns Around and Marries the Number One Scholar 探花了不起？她转身高嫁状元郎
[One-on-One Romance + Reborn in the Womb + Face-Slapping + Everyone's Favorite + Female General + Light Political Intrigue] She paid for her husband to sit the imperial exams, cared for his gravely ill mother, and supported his entire family. After two years of hard work, she was rewarded with his triumphant return as the third-place palace graduate, along with his new wife: supposedly the most talented woman and the highest-ranking female official in the dynasty, with a slight swell to her bell
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Transcendent: The First Human-Machine Hybrid in History 超脱者：史上第一人机
This is an age in which everyone longs to ascend through machinery. Anyone with outstanding achievements has a chance to attain mechanical immortality; Upload your consciousness to a virtual world, and you can be revived from its data; Yet the truly chilling thing is that people can no longer tell who is an impostor. And when AI goes out of control, those who ascended through machinery may instead become puppets of a mechanical empire... [Power levels in this book: 250+ high IQ, 222 genetic abil
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What the Heck! Everyone Around Me Is Completely Nuts! 癫！孤身边全是神经病！
Born a crown prince, Qi Yuanzuo was convinced that he was the only normal person in the imperial family. Little did he know what the Crown Prince looked like to outsiders: At seven, he shot a tiger and won nine hundred kilometers of territory in the Qilian Mountains. At thirteen, he cut through the great clans of Jiangnan and personally orchestrated the Case of the Ninety-Seven Mourning Robes, stepping over piles of corpses to claim the throne. At fifteen, he gambled on the Qilian Mountains once
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