I’m in a Reading Slump and Extremely Picky. So Far, I’ve Only Liked Two Books. See the Description 书荒，本人对书极为挑剔，目前就喜欢两本，看简介

1. 1 末EN Apocalypse: Stockpiling a Billion in Supplies from Day One 末世：开局先囤十亿物资 Hate Being Young and Naive恨年少无知Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Rebirth + Spatial Ability + Stockpiling Supplies + Ruthless, No Saintly Savior + Building a Faction] “Mr. Chen, your one hundred family buckets of fried chicken have arrived.” “Mr. Chen, your one hundred roast ducks have arrived.” “Boss Chen, your ten thousand tons of pork have arrived.” Chen Luo, known as the Void King, relied on his unmatched ability to lie low until every survivor had died. In the whole world, only monsters remained; there were no humans left. With nothing left 117.5kReads9.3Score9.5kShelves

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   This book is basically free of filler, and there's absolutely no drama; it's really quite good.

2. 2 无 Endless Rain: From the Start, I Stockpile 100 Million in Supplies 无尽暴雨：开局狂囤1亿物资 Panda Typing on a Keyboard熊猫敲键盘Sci-Fi & Apocalypse289k WordsCompleted [Natural disasters + reborn + stockpiling supplies + flipping cards] Torrential rain poured down without end. The world was submerged, and humanity faced catastrophe. Lin Xia lasted only 15 days amid the endless rain before the flood swallowed her. When she woke again, Lin Xia discovered she had been reborn on the day before the rainstorm. The moment the rain began, Lin Xia suddenly saw six cards floating before her eyes. Each card corresponded to a different reward. On the first day, Lin Xia re 10.1kReads6.7Score520Shelves

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   You can check out this book; it's one of the better ones so far that doesn't lower intelligence.

3. 3 我EN My Arrival in the Matrix Universe 我降临在矩阵宇宙 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted 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. 23.9kReads9.6Score2.8kShelves

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   A bookworm of ten years, this book has an unparalleled imagination; come and debate if you disagree.

4. 4 神 Godhood: Don't Compete with the Undead in Raising Armies 神祇：不要和亡灵比暴兵 Please Call Me Mr. Song请叫宋先生Eastern Fantasy367k WordsOngoing [Undead]+ [Mass production]+ [Logic]+ [Single] After Fang Cang was reincarnated, he thought he was headed for the peak of life. He never expected reincarnated people to be everywhere here. And he couldn’t even beat a janitor... That is, until his followers appeared and the undead began worshipping him as a god! “I hear you want to compete with the undead in raising an army?” Fang Cang looks at the God King across from him. Behind Fang Cang stand hundreds of millions of undead, their pale for 1.3kReads9.1Score108Shelves

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   I stopped reading the book you mentioned recently, after the part about the Star Beasts and the battle against the undead. I recommend these two books; they have similarities.

5. 5 穿EN Reborn Without a Cheat—Because I’m a Planet! 穿越没有金手指，因为我是星球 Jinwan Fights Tigers巾晚打老虎Eastern Fantasy706k WordsCompleted [World creation + behind-the-scenes mastermind + transmigration + planets + planetary consciousness + civilization development + lords + conquest + the Myriad Worlds] Zhang Yang transmigrates, but from the start he has no golden finger. Instead, he transmigrates into a ball: a planet! A planet lord must constantly simulate the planet's development and the rise and fall of its civilizations to raise the planet's level. While other planet lords are still pondering which direction their civilizatio 11.7kReads9.3Score973Shelves
6. 6 末 Surviving the Apocalypse: I Can Sublimate Everything 末世求生：我能升华万物 Ruo Yun Sui Feng若云随风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.8M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + divine skills + supernatural abilities + the Seven Deadly Sins + ruthless and decisive + opening with an overpowered move + invincible power fantasy] ♫ Gently awaken your sleeping heart, slowly open your eyes… When Lu Ming woke up, he discovered that all of humanity had been transported to the Jialan Galaxy. The apocalypse had descended upon the Jialan Galaxy. Mutants were invading, and humanity’s first priority was to survive in the resource-starved, perilous wasteland. But Lu Min 42.7kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
7. 7 末 The Fourth Calamity of the Apocalypse 末世中的第四天灾 Sima Big Lantern司马大灯Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.7M WordsOngoing “The apocalypse has arrived. How long can you survive?” Ye Chun once saw this question on a Q&A site and confidently replied, “You've got to be kidding. I'll definitely be the last person alive in the world.” Now he realized he was wrong. He didn't want to live a second longer in this Apocalypse. Huh? What? Players! In that case, never mind. My little players and I will be among the people who survive the longest in this world! 21kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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   The book is of good quality and the characters are well-developed, but there are too few characters. I'd recommend it.

8. 8 神 Divinity: The Awakening of the Military Soul, Mythology Is Bound to Descend 神祇：军魂觉醒，神话终将降临 Mu Shuangxi木双夕Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted In a world of deities, transcend dimensions and become a god! The Yellow Springs Road of the Forgotten River, the Flowers of the Other Shore, and the Bridge of Helplessness. With a three-spirit altar of heroic spirits, undead, and gods and demons, rebuild Fengdu’s ghost realm, forge the supreme netherworld, and roam the Myriad Worlds! 28.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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   I've been reading these recently, following them closely. The first was a novel about gods, the second was about the behind-the-scenes creation, the third was about invincible beings in the apocalypse, and the fourth was about rebirth in the apocalypse.

9. 9 盲 A Blind Box Opens into a Miniature World 盲盒开出微型世界 The Prince Has Arrived王爷驾到Urban3.1M WordsCompleted The blind box Wang Hui buys on a whim unexpectedly contains a miniature world! A few crumbs of bread can help a tiny tribe survive the winter, while a single soda can can fully arm an army of tens of thousands of miniatures... The tiny humans regard him as a god descended from the heavens! Even better, the blind boxes Wang Hui buys afterward yield a second, third, and many more miniature worlds! He can even connect these miniature worlds and watch different civilizations collide! “With countless 14.7kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
10. 10 末 Apocalypse: After Taking In My Landlord, I Became the God of the End Times 末世：收留房东后我成末日之神了 Dongguang Native东光人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse630k WordsCompleted [A shut-in + sleazy + gender double standards + ordinary world without magic] [The protagonist doesn’t literally transform into Homelander. This is about a lawless, unrestrained mindset.] “I’ve gone dark!” A biohazard outbreak engulfs the globe. Chen Tinghan, an insignificant nobody, becomes the Ancestor. The cheats from his previous life’s games activate. [Toxin Resistance: Immune to zombie viruses] [Zombie Mimicry: Become one of the zombies and move freely through the horde] [Demon Womb Seed: 1.1kReads7.9Score104Shelves
11. 11 玄 Xuanhuan: I'm the Ultimate Villain 玄幻：我是超级大反派 Cool Heart凉心Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsOngoing Lu Wuchen transmigrates and becomes a prince of the Shanhai Immortal Dynasty in the Great Thousand Dao Domain. He possesses a Dao Bone, exceptional talent, and a handsome face. By all appearances, he's someone blessed with incredible fortune. But after absorbing his memories, he discovers that things are completely different from what he expected. At three, he stole someone else's Dao Bone. At eight, he seized a dynasty's fortune. At thirteen, he crippled the protagonist's father... This is 12.6kReads9.0Score972Shelves
12. 12 环EN Pacific Rim: The Weight of Taishan 环太平洋之泰山之重 Old Xiao^0^老萧^0^Male-Channel Fanfiction308k WordsCompleted Whenever I looked up at the stars, I imagined that life existed out there. Only later did I realize I was looking in the wrong direction. It turned out that extraterrestrial life had burst into our world from beneath the Pacific Ocean. They came through an opening between two tectonic plates, a passage from a parallel universe. We call it a “wormhole.” To fight off the giant monsters sent by the extraterrestrial invaders, we created “monsters” of our own. This work is a spin-off of the Pacific R 844Reads9.2Score104Shelves

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    It looks great

13. 13 人 A Technical School Student Builds a Nuclear Fusion Reactor and Turns It Over to the Nation! 人在技校，造了核聚变上交国家！ Blazing Cosmic Sky炽宇天穹Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.7M WordsCompleted Chen Yang, a vocational school student who had obtained a technology System, had no choice but to go on a blind date with a female PhD student to complete a System mission. Instead, she mocked and ridiculed him. But when the woman returned to her research institute, the nuclear fusion data she had brought back from Chen Yang was classified as the nation’s highest secret. The entire institute was placed under tight control. Skeptical but curious, a nuclear fusion expert went to Chen Yang’s vocati 22.6kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Breaking through cognition,

14. 14 地 Earth's Space Force 地球天军 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.8M WordsCompleted Earth’s military forces wipe out the Zerg beyond the Milky Way and establish a new calendar. As technology advances and the population booms, major corporate conglomerates aggressively expand their off-world businesses, extracting resources from planets across the galaxy. Humanity officially enters a great new era of interstellar civilization. But in the end, they open Pandora’s box... The Zerg return! Star beasts descend! Tian Xiao dies on the battlefield, then is reborn three years in the past 24.7kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Good looks don't require procrastination.

15. 15 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves

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    These two books are really good.

16. 16 超 Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能：我有一面复刻镜 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th 117kReads9.6Score13.4kShelves
17. 17 神 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 Nuclear-Fueled Skate Shoes核燃料滑板鞋Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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    The first book mentioned, I've read it, and I recommend these two.

18. 18 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves

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    The first book features the wicked lolicon Lynn, while the second book features a ruthless protagonist who is never a saint and has no female lead.

19. 19 末EN Apocalypse Game: Killing My Girlfriend on Day One 末日游戏：开局手刃校花女友 Green Plums Fade Easily青梅易逝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.1M WordsCompleted [Game Stats] [No Romance] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible Protagonist] [Absolute Egoism] [Pure Wish Fulfillment] No saintly heroes allowed!!! After surviving ten years of the apocalypse, Lin Ziluo was reborn on the day the apocalypse game arrived. When he came to, the first thing he did was kill his campus crush, the girlfriend who had betrayed him and ruined his life for ten years. Unexpectedly, he activated a System that could grant him countless golden fingers. His first golden finger: Ab 131.1kReads9.4Score10.8kShelves
20. 20 从EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 The Cat from the Xu Family徐二家的猫Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.1kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
21. 21 我 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ Yu Zuo予作Mystery2.3M WordsCompleted A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 112.4kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
22. 22 我 I Started Scheming in the Womb 我在娘胎里开始内卷 Seven Fiendish Stars煞七星Eastern Fantasy225k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Wang Juan worked himself to death in the rat race on Earth. He was reborn in the arms of an empress and acquired the Rat Race System. [Open your eyes at four months old, surpass 99 percent of fetuses at your level, and obtain Imperial Eyes.] [Do 1,000 push-ups in the womb, surpass 95 percent of fetuses at your level, and obtain the Nine Suns Overlord Body, increasing your cultivation speed tenfold.] [Jump rope 597 times in the womb, the most of any fetus, and obtain super s —Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    A very good book (*๓´╰╯`๓)♡, and the author is also very handsome.

23. 23 黑 The Dark Forbidden Game 黑暗禁忌游戏 Seven Fiendish Stars煞七星Sports1.3M WordsOngoing [Everyday Romance + Gaming + Comedy + Survival and Building + Exploration] In 2100, virtual reality gaming technology advances rapidly, and the global governments release a survival MMORPG called Dark Game. Yang Ji lives with his mother’s close friend, who has a daughter and a younger daughter of her own. Tired of his ordinary life, Yang Ji accidentally triggers a special mechanism in the game pod his mother left him. If he dies in the game, he really dies. Likewise, thanks to the special game p 321Reads8.7Score—Shelves
24. 24 网 Online Game: I Became an NPC 网游：我成了NPC Seven Fiendish Stars煞七星Sports156k WordsOngoing [Virtual Reality MMORPG + Farming + Leveling Up + Comedy] In 2100, the virtual reality MMORPG Spirit Realm launches. Qin Fan enters the game during summer vacation, only to discover that he’s different from everyone else: he’s become an NPC. While other players kill monsters to level up, he builds dungeons to lead them into traps and help them level up. Even more unexpectedly, the boosts he gains in the game carry over into real life! Playing games makes him stronger! “I don’t like this X-ray vi —Reads6.0Score—Shelves
25. 25 我 I Have 99 Kinds of Twisted Personalities 我有99种变态人格 Little Half-Immortal of Shu Mountain蜀山小半仙Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted What would you do if one day 99 different psychopaths appeared in your mind, and you could return to normal only by perfectly acting out each and every one of their personalities? Su Mo smiled wickedly. “This sounds fun.” The cases in this book are based on real events, taking you into the strange world of psychopathic personalities. 419Reads9.2Score107Shelves

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    I thought the first two were great, and I haven't watched the last one yet, but it has a high rating.

26. 26 我EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Chen Erlan陈二懒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 90.1kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves
27. 27 鬼 Psycho Horror: In Front of Scumbags, What’s a Little Supernatural Weirdness? 鬼畜：人渣面前，诡异算个毛！ Sugar Quixote糖吉柯德Urban1.2M WordsOngoing Synopsis: From the start, he blew up the Nogi Demon Shrine and burned down the Yasukuni Demon Shrine. Reborn in a world filled with the supernatural, where gates were scattered across the land, and behind them lay endless horrors and madness. System successfully activated. Binding to the Justice System... Confess your love to a supernatural being? A supernatural being comes asking you to name its true form? “Young master, what do I look like to you?” Chen Si: “You look like a little blonde, blue 1.8kReads9.2Score183Shelves
28. 28 丧 The Day the Zombies Invaded 丧尸入侵日 New New Xiangrong新新向容Sci-Fi & Apocalypse332k WordsOngoing Something’s changed, something’s changed!! The zombie virus has broken out! Supermarkets, buses, trains, even the military have all been infected. In a crisis like this, no one can stay untouched. One day, half a month, two months... The military has suffered devastating losses and can’t carry out large-scale rescue operations. That’s when people start banding together to keep each other warm. “You’re very good-looking, but I’m not interested.” “You’re good in a fight, but I’m not interested.” . —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so good! The author worked incredibly hard too.

29. 29 天 Stockpiling Supplies for Natural Disasters: Surviving the Apocalypse with Two Cats 天灾囤货：带着两只猫在末世求生 Seedless Watermelon无籽西瓜瓜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse571k WordsCompleted [Natural disasters + reborn + pocket dimension + stockpiling + cats + no male lead + no romance + adorable cat photos in the comments] Extreme weather descended on Earth, bringing one disaster after another: floods, typhoons, extreme heat, extreme cold, and more. Jiang Zhi survived for ten years in the apocalypse before falling into an icy river, where two mutated snakefish monsters devoured her. Reborn five years before the apocalypse began, she unexpectedly gained a storage space where time st 6.2kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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    I'm quite selective about the books I read now, and it's rare to find one I can actually finish, let alone one that I can keep up with. These books really evoke epic scenes in my mind. Come check them out, and if you don't like them, come back and yell at me!

30. 30 神 The Gods' Game Allows No Slacking [Infinite Flow] 神明游戏不能浪[无限流] Shallow and Deep浅予深深Modern Romance711k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Sharp-tongued, spoiled heiress × sickly, stingy, mean rich heir] Anyone who dies by accident or passes away young has a chance of being chosen by a “god” to play a game. Collect all twelve Karmic Connection cards, and they can earn a chance to be reborn. Cheng Nuan met someone fated to her, who died on the same day, month, and year as she did, on May 20, the day when it’s perfectly legal to show off your relationship. “Ding-dong! Welcome, players, to the God’s Game! I’m your adm 3.3kReads9.3Score487Shelves
31. 31 抱 A Cannon-Fodder Supporting Lady’s Survival Guide to Clinging to the Infinite-Flow Male Lead 抱紧无限流男主的炮灰女配生存法 Black Flame黑火焰Modern Romance584k WordsCompleted Content warning: The female lead is not a strong-woman heroine. She grows gradually, and this is a funny, sweet romance. Romance is the main focus; the infinite-flow survival games are secondary. Please avoid if that’s not your thing. Note: The story includes infinite-flow plots and similar content. Readers with strong moral sensibilities may want to steer clear. Lin Shuang transmigrates into a modern fantasy novel aimed at male readers, becoming the rich young lady who goes on a blind date with 26kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves
32. 32 大 The Powerful Woman's Rise to Godhood from the Start (Infinite Flow) 大佬她开局封神（无限流） Cabbage白菜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Ning enters a livestream room for horror puzzle games. Everyone in the room writes her off, saying she has a pretty face but no talent, and that she's dead weight. But then she beats a third-rank female ghost senseless. A seventh-rank ghost, bruised and battered, kneels on the ground and calls her great-grandma. A ninth-rank Ghost King sings to cheer her up, hoping to get this fearsome ancestor out of there as soon as possible. But the people behind the scenes aren't having it. They've seen 1.3kReads9.2Score192Shelves
33. 33 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 147.3kReads9.6Score19.1kShelves
34. 34 末 The Apocalypse: I Drew a Team of God-Tier Traveling Frogs 末世，我抽奖神级旅行青蛙团 We Mere Mortals我等凡人Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [Farming + daily life + lighthearted fun + building + beast taming = ?] When the apocalypse game arrived, Qin He bound himself to a God-tier Traveling Frog System. He took naming his little frogs very seriously, despite being hopeless at coming up with names. Da Vinci: I have to find a pretty female zombie to be my master's wife. Cheng Yaojin: I bring two axes back from every trip. Is there a problem with that? Ding Chunqiu: As a poison dart frog, I'm a real assassin. Search for items? No, I wan 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
35. 35 基EN Gene Lock Unleashed: I Am Invincible—Do As You Please 基因锁一开，我无敌，你随意 Brilliant Writing Turns to Smoke妙笔生烟Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted [A classic old-school story, set in a fictional world, no System, full of passion.] Towering walls rose from the ground, turning Earth into a maze. Monsters mutated wildly and reproduced in grotesque forms. Humanity entered a post-apocalyptic era of biological mutation and energy control. All kinds of combat professions emerged. As a despised subspecies and a weakling on the battlefield, Fu Junlin should have spent his life just trying to get by. That was until a twisted, goofy life-form entered 7.3kReads9.2Score625Shelves

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    The first book is truly excellent and absolutely addictive; the writing is good and the plot is clear. Highly recommended. The second and third books are also quite good, covering different themes; they are all excellent books and worth checking out if you're interested.

36. 36 这 This Protagonist Won't Take Orders, So I'm Done 这届主角不服管，老子不干了 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Recruiting protagonists + ensemble cast + slow start] The black-hearted System gives me an impossible mission: make the urban war god, the miraculous doctor, the martial arts prodigy, the Dragon King God of War, the reincarnated emperor, the blind Sword Sovereign, the reincarnation, the reborn one... submit to me. What the hell? They’re all absurdly powerful protagonists. You expect them to take me as their boss? I quit! 100.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
37. 37 娱 Godfather of the Entertainment Industry 娱乐圈教父 Heading North向北Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A down-and-out keyboardist breathes his last in a hospital bed. From playing accompaniment in dance halls at sixteen to scraping by in Sanlitun at thirty-two, he'd tasted every sweetness and hardship life had to offer. When he opens his eyes, he's back in Northeast China in 2002. His young body houses a heart weathered by life's vicissitudes, along with classic melodies that shouldn't exist until the future. No System or cheat ability, just a lifetime's worth of musical talent and experience. In 51.2kReads9.2Score5.1kShelves
38. 38 机EN Mecha: Full Metal Storm 机战：全金属风暴 Chen Ran辰燃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.5M WordsOngoing [Apocalypse + Giant Beasts + Mecha] Giant beasts invade, and the apocalypse descends! Luo Yan, a surface survivor, awakens a mysterious eye technique, pilots a mecha, and takes on the giant beasts. Metal clashes against metal! Humanity's final roar! A legend of heroes... 396Reads9.4Score—Shelves

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    The recommended books are all pretty good, quite good for Tomato's selection. They cover various genres, so you guys can check them out.

39. 39 乌 Ura! Mercenary 乌拉！雇佣兵 Mountain Monster山里的妖怪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Tang Qing was a backpacker until an extraordinary experience turned him into a Dog of War. From then on, a mysterious special operations force appeared in Blue Star’s major hotspots. They were rule-breakers, war monsters who charged forward, killing without pause! Major PMC firms such as De Yang International, Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI), and Three Leaf Jungle trembled at the mention of them. Elite special forces such as the CPA10 Special Airborne Assault Team, the 22nd Special A 535Reads9.6Score—Shelves
40. 40 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 89.3kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
41. 41 穿 Transmigrated as a Dragon: The King Sacrifices a Princess From the Start 穿越恶龙：开局国王献祭公主 The Penguin Who Can't Wake Up睡不醒的企鹅Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + pseudo-DND + Western fantasy + beast-eared girls + farming + lord + one sweet, pampered heroine, cherished above all others + giant beasts] Su Nian woke up to find that he had become a wicked dragon everyone wanted dead. But what was a little girl doing cowering beside him? “Ding! Hello, Host. I am the War and Plunder System.” “Ding! Hello, Host. I am the Evolution and Modification System.” “Ding! Hello, Host. I am the Evil Villain System.” “Ding! Too many Systems dete 30.6kReads9.3Score3.4kShelves
42. 42 天 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 Xuan Chen玄尘Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 42kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
43. 43 异EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
44. 44 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves
45. 45 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves

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    All rated 9.5 or higher, the first one is absolutely amazing! All of them are novels you can read from beginning to end without skipping chapters.

46. 46 只 As Long as They Have Health Bars, I'll Kill Even the Gods 只要有血条，神明也杀给你看 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [Hunter: You can see the health bars of all things, and every attack is guaranteed to deal damage, even to gods!] [Stalker: Stealth through the darkness, hunt beneath the light!] [Executioner: The time for your sentence has come!] “Come on, come on, take a blade!” “Immortal? Once your health bar hits zero, you die!” “As long as it has a health bar, I can kill it, even if it’s a god!” The dark side of the world, a shattered map, strange creatures from the abyss... There is no light behind them, 130.1kReads9.3Score14.6kShelves
47. 47 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 49.5kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
48. 48 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 6kReads9.4Score804Shelves
49. 49 无 In an Empty Apocalypse, I Lead Players on a Rampage! 无人末世，我带着玩家杀疯了！ Bamboo Shoots Braised with Fried Food笋干煲炸Sports1.8M WordsCompleted Game designer Gu Zhe transmigrates to an apocalyptic world overrun by evil races. Undead, demons, dark elves, vampires, insectfolk, serpentfolk, and all manner of other evil races... Humanity in this apocalypse has already been wiped out by the evil races! Gu Zhe, being human himself, is in mortal danger! Fortunately, he brought along the game he designed. Through the game, he can summon players from Blue Star to descend into this world! In this lifeless apocalypse, Gu Zhe joins his players to r 5.2kReads8.8Score447Shelves

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    Various books, some I read before, but lost interest in over time. Those are still okay, I can still read them. Some books are enjoyable, but the plot isn't engaging enough, so they've basically been gathering dust on the bookshelf. Just read the book synopsis yourself.

50. 50 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves

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