Any Stories About Self-Interested Protagonists? No Self-Sacrifice, Taking the Short End, or Saintly Heroines 有没有利己主义文，不想看奉献或是吃亏，不圣母

1. 1 从 From Cannon Fodder to Protagonist: Filling In Across Three Thousand Worlds 从炮灰到主角，我在三千世界补位 Yam Gurgling Soup山药咕咕汤Modern Romance2.2M WordsOngoing Female-oriented quick transmigration + male lead's perspective + no redemption + self-serving wish fulfillment. The protagonist is cold and career-focused, neither a saint nor lovesick. What readers love The protagonist isn't a saint or lovesick. She's clear-eyed despite her double standards, puts missions and her own interests first, and takes decisive action. It's incredibly satisfying to read. Each world is short, tightly paced, and never padded. A quick-transmigration fan's dream. Reasons to 43.5kReads8.3Score2.6kShelves

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   I absolutely love it! The protagonist's character remains consistent throughout the entire story. He's a villain who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals and can be manipulated by anyone. Aside from the author revising the text and the initial chaotic parts, there are absolutely no flaws!

2. 2 疯 The Mad Villain: The Wicked Woman Kills at the Drop of a Hat 疯批反派：恶女一言不合就嘎人 My Name Is Gu Seventeen我叫顾十七Ancient Romance722k WordsCompleted After killing sixteen people in the modern era, I was sentenced to death. Then I transmigrated to ancient times, where I could wipe out an entire clan without anyone objecting, because my identity was, the emperor’s princess. [Ruthless, pure evil + Villainess protagonist + Selfish + Backstabbing, truly despicable person + Stockpiling in a space + Absolutely no charity + Absolutely no rescuing people + No fixed love interest.] Killing innocents left and right, Jiang Yuyan 2.0, completely unhinged 9.3kReads8.1Score801Shelves

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   This is a must-read! The female lead is an absolute egoist 🔥 A ruthless and vicious beauty, selfish and self-serving. She doesn't help the poor, isn't a saint, and doesn't save people. She doesn't care about others' lives, only her own. She lives a comfortable and unrestrained life, and will fight at the slightest provocation. Anyone who offends her is doomed, anyone who gets in her way is doomed ⚠️ Note: If you have high moral standards, don't read this. This is a pure evil female lead novel, mainly for satisfying reading experience.

3. 3 拿 After I Took the Wrong Gift, My Roommate Watched Me Woo His Goddess in Tears 拿错礼物后室友哭着看我泡他女神 Penguin King 999企鹅大王999Urban661k WordsOngoing My roommate had been secretly in love with the campus goddess for seven whole years, treating her as a pure, untouchable dream girl. But that day, thanks to a misunderstanding, she walked right into my arms of her own accord. My roommate cried and begged me not to play with her feelings. But weren’t these girls the ones throwing themselves at me? 23.4kReads8.2Score4.7kShelves

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   Yes, bro, yes. [Laughs]

4. 4 火EN Naruto: I Can Add Points by Bullying 火影：我能通过霸凌加点 Instant Noodles in a Daydream幻想中方便面Anime Fanfiction752k WordsOngoing [Bullying + harem + no girl gets left behind or given away + must-read list for Hokage transmigrators] After transmigrating into the world of Hokage, Lin Chongshu awakens the Negative Emotions System. Bullying Sakura: Genjutsu resistance +1. Bullying Lee: Taijutsu +1. Bullying Hinata: Byakugan +1. Bullying Naruto: Nine-Tails Chakra +1... Just as Lin Chongshu is having the time of his life grinding away, the people of Sunagakure surround Gaara. “Boss Chongshu, we’ve locked onto our target!” Lin C 6.9kReads6.7Score689Shelves
5. 5 修EN Immortal Cultivation: This Is How the Unorthodox Do It 修仙：旁门左道就是这样的 Fire Cloud Pillar火云柱Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Classical-style cultivation] [No System] [Growth] [The clash between new and old cultivation methods] [The passage of time] [Some farming and management] [No level suppression] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fellow Daoist, rent a set of internal organs and a brain to help you cultivate!] [When you practice the Golden Core, you can dig up your ancestors and have them help you cultivate] [My family has a lineage stretching back ten thousand years, with the bones of a hundred thousand grandmaster martia 146.4kReads8.5Score12.7kShelves

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   It has to be this one, the gold found in the tomato, the protagonist is vengeful for every flaw, there is no danger that can threaten the protagonist, a standard egoist.

6. 6 重 After Being Reborn, I Choose to Take It All and Win Over the Campus Beauty 重生后，我选择连吃带拿泡校花 Three Lives Ling Yue三生凌月Urban2.8M WordsOngoing What's the first thing you do when you get a second chance at life? The jerk gritted his teeth and said bitterly, “Get a room!” “Get a room? With who?” “That gorgeous idiot who dragged me off the rooftop in my last life. She owes me!” And then? “Eat her food, drink her drinks, use her money to get a room, and use her money to win over a gorgeous, brilliant senior student.” “She's so smart. Can you actually win her over?” “She taught me how.” “Holy crap! You people are wild. What next?” “Make mon 63.3kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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   Reborn, he takes the naive school beauty to a hotel, eats her food, drinks her drinks, and even makes her pay for the room. He uses her money to support female college students and then uses their money to start a business.

7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Tragic Novel's Supporting Lady Rejects Her Redemption Arc 快穿：虐文女配拒绝救赎剧本 Wu Yuzi巫鱼子Modern Romance448k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration + Fixing Angsty Novels, Overpowered Heroine from Her First Appearance, Male Lead in Multiple Fragments, One-on-One] Yan Tang is bound to a System and transmigrates into angsty novel worlds to save the protagonists, while also clearing her name as the vicious supporting female character. Yan Tang's response: Clear my name? Not a chance. * System: Villain detected! Choose a mission: redeem the villain, or eliminate the villain. Yan Tang: Eliminate him. System: Change the cour 554Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead is decisive and ruthless; she doesn't retaliate unless provoked. She's the strongest character in the entire book, and it's not nerve-wracking to read.

8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: Untouched by the Mortal World 快穿：不染红尘 Big Sister Just Likes Beauties姐姐就喜欢美人Fantastical Romance614k WordsOngoing No fixed romantic pairing. The protagonist is emotionally detached and does not casually get entangled in other people’s affairs. After a lifetime of hard work, Wu Ran enters a System world after death, binds herself to a System, gains a golden finger, transmigrates through multiple worlds, learns skills, and stockpiles supplies. Wu Ran: Transmigrate? Isn’t that just taking over someone else’s body? And if I’m taking over their body, you expect me to love their family and devote everything to th 6.7kReads7.8Score465Shelves

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   These are pretty good. [Smirk]

9. 9 综 Across the Worlds: Unleashing an Infinite Imagination 综穿之脑洞无限放逐 Chenggong Little Fairy成公小仙女Female-Channel Fanfiction883k WordsOngoing [Omnibus TV and Film + Quick Transmigration] To earn merit, Mu Yan travels with her System, Xiao Maizi, to pocket worlds to fulfill the wishes of those who make them. As long as you can pay the merit, any wish can be granted. There are no limits on gender or identity: the stories are fast-paced, satisfying, and fun, with clear-cut love and hate. She changes “her” fate: she can be a villain, the villain’s mother, the heroine, or even the ruler of a heartless ingrate... (If this isn’t your cup of 27.8kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
10. 10 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Alluring, Seductive Female Lead 综影视：娇软女配魅惑勾魂 White Rice Ball白圆子Female-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing Quick transmigration through TV dramas: Su Wanwan is bound to Daji's Nine-Tailed Fairy Fox System. With a bewitching aura, she rides others' luck to cultivate! Wanning from The Double / Song Si from My Journey to You 11.7kReads7.9Score224Shelves
11. 11 十 The Nineteenth-Century Adventurer: A Crossover of Classic Novels 【综名著】十九世纪冒险家 Lin Hualan林华兰Female-Channel Fanfiction622k WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Main story complete, bonus chapters updating] [Pride and Prejudice + The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes + Titanic. The setting blends the Victorian era of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with the other stories. Pairing: Sherlock Holmes] Li Li transmigrated to the year 1855 after an accident. She became Edith Bennet, the Bennet family's newly born sixth daughter from Pride and Prejudice. She's three years younger than Lydia, yet never appeared in the original novel. Li Li didn't dwell 28.3kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
12. 12 所 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Knows I'm a Big Shot 【快穿】所有人都知道我是大佬 A Thousand Miles of Joyful Windl千里快哉风lAncient Romance511k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead + No CP + System + Decisive and Ruthless + Healing and Growth + A Touch of Ensemble Cast] Across the three thousand worlds, there are always characters who, for one reason or another, are forced down a path they never chose, leading to even more tragedies. Yu Zhu's mission is to travel through the three thousand worlds and rewrite their fates. From then on, Yu Zhu's path through destiny becomes grand and eventful, because she comes with a cheat of her own. [Ancient World] Mot 1kReads8.8Score166Shelves
13. 13 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Supporting Actress Has a Golden Finger 综影视：女配有了金手指 Candied Lychee冰糖荔枝Female-Channel Fanfiction9.5M WordsOngoing What changes will the lives of the various supporting female characters from TV dramas and films undergo once they gain a golden finger? 60.8kReads8.9Score1kShelves
14. 14 8 Singing My Way to Legend in the Cultural Troupe of the 1980s 80年代，我在文工团唱出传奇 Prajna Little Bell般若小铃铛Modern Romance455k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, and it'll go up later~ [1980s + strong female lead + fiction plagiarism + overwhelmingly powerful + space + devoted male lead + one-on-one romance + no children in the main story, children in the extras] What was Nan Qi's biggest regret in her previous life? Being tone-deaf. Just after leaving the mountain with a whole arsenal of ancient martial arts skills, she ran into a System with a savior complex and was blown to pieces. She didn't cry. Instead, she swallowed the S 37.2kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
15. 15 快 Quick Transmigration: Why Need Beauty When You Have Freedom? 快穿风华：逍遥何须倾城色 A Zhen Na阿珍呐Modern Romance293k WordsOngoing [Slow transmigration · space · special abilities · no fixed couple] When the thoroughly ordinary Qin Ying first transmigrates into a period-drama world, she thinks she’s just hopping on the latest trend. Little does she know that one world is only the beginning. Other quick transmigrators have a System, peerless beauty, and extraordinary cunning. Qin Ying gets by from world to world with stealth, lockpicking, a blackjack, and nimble fingers... What happens to quick transmigrators can’t be called 10.9kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 盛 The Sheng Family's Twin Orchids: Starting with The Story of Minglan, I Fix Every Frustrating Ending 盛家双兰：从知否开始专治意难平 Fu Yin傅音Female-Channel Fanfiction434k WordsOngoing On the eve of her wedding, Rulan finally sees the truth: what she thought was true love was nothing but a trap laid by Wen Yanjing and Gu Tingye. She was merely a stepping stone for Minglan. Rulan and Molan, once bitter rivals, join forces to tear away every disguise and begin anew. Once the dust has settled, they set out to free their mother, Wang Ruofu, and Lin Qinshuang from the tragic fates laid out for them. By chance, they enter a multitude of worlds steeped in tragedy, determined to righ 5.3kReads8.0Score332Shelves
17. 17 快 Quick Transmigration: I Reject Dumbed-Down Plots, I Just Want to Make Money 快穿拒绝降智剧情，我只想搞钱 Snow Pear Seeds雪梨籽籽Urban867k WordsOngoing The rating has only just opened, so it may rise later. [Male lead in quick transmigration] + [building a career] + [lighthearted comedy] + [crossing between male- and female-oriented worlds] + [powerhouse] + [no CP] + [space System] On the day the apocalypse collapses, Su Qi stands atop the ruins and gets bound to the [World Observation System]. The moment he opens his eyes, he has become the fake young master of a wealthy family. The real young master has returned with memories of being reborn, 38.5kReads8.0Score3.5kShelves

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    Male protagonist transmigration novel, away from the plot

18. 18 年 In the Era of Change, the Scheming Beauty Refuses to Be a Tool 年代，心机美人不做工具人 Life Beneath the Floating Moon浮月人生Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [System] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] The female lead is selfish and completely self-serving. Su Yi'an, an orphanage darling from the 21st century, transmigrates. When she thinks of how the original host had three doting older brothers, she decides she might as well make the most of having transmigrated. What? She's transmigrated into a period novel called Li Zhenzhen's Happy Life at Sixty, and the original host's whole family are cannon fodder. She's 1.4kReads7.5Score109Shelves

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    This historical romance novel is really good. The female lead transmigrates into a book where the original female lead is reborn, but she doesn't seem to have gained any intelligence and is easily manipulated by the new female lead and her second brother! The whole family works together to hide their identities and protect each other because of their capitalist background. [Already hooked!]

19. 19 亡 The Necromancer Doesn’t Want to Become a Lich 亡灵法师不想成为巫妖 Floating Like Water浮若水Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing Edmund awakened memories of his past life and had hoped to scrape by in this world using what he remembered. But who could have guessed that supernatural beings existed here? Elemental mages, druids, demon hunters, monsters... Fortunate enough to become a necromancer, Edmund gained supernatural powers, but he also had to face the troubles that came with being one. The death magic corroding him had drastically shortened his lifespan. It seemed there was only one path before him: become a lich and 68.2kReads8.3Score8.2kShelves

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    I love the first Western fantasy book and the second cultivation novel. These two are the treasures I've found over the past ten years, and I'm still following them now.

20. 20 凡 A Mortal’s Demonic Cultivation: The Profound Yin Chronicles 凡人修魔：玄阴传 One Big White一只肥大白Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [Mortal-world setting + satisfying read but no overpowered, arrogant hero + genius protagonist + decisive and ruthless + demonic cultivation + technical approach to cultivation + creates his own techniques and secret arts later on + slow burn + Xuanguxian template + skips the mortal-world opening] Xiao Qing is reborn in the cultivation world carrying a mysterious jade pendant. After testing as a three-element spiritual root, he unexpectedly joins a demonic sect. Once there, Xiao Qing relies on h 49.4kReads8.6Score5kShelves
21. 21 开 I Was Sent Flying from the Start, So I Support Myself by Robbing the Rich to Help the Poor 开局被拍飞，我靠劫富济贫养自己 Don't Mess with the Little Rabbit别惹小兔Fantastical Romance135k WordsOngoing [Villainess] [Mortal Cultivation] [Ruthless] [Lone Rogue Cultivator] [Selfish] [Fiercely Competitive and Grabby] At twelve, Shi Zheng was found to have a low-grade lightning spiritual root. The immortal said, "Slow cultivation, short life. I won't take you." Then flicked her two li away with a sleeve. She refused to accept it! She fought her way out of the mortal crowd, stealing cultivation manuals and opportunities, and selling out her teammates. While others worked, she robbed. While others t 612Reads—Score110Shelves

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    This one! The female lead isn't a saint, and she doesn't meddle in other people's business.

22. 22 快 Quick Transmigration: Absolute Clarity 快穿：绝对清醒 Young Master Lan公子澜Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Clear-Headed Villainess + Sophisticated Self-Interested Charmer + No Fixed Couple + Alternate Universe] Everyone is a pawn, and she is the one pulling the strings. Chi Yan: "I'll be the one laughing last." World One: Alternate-History Era On the fishing platform, the willing take the bait. World Two: Alternate-History Era There is no such thing as absolute sincerity, only absolute self-interest. World Three: Alternate-Universe Port Mafia The flower blooming amid absolute evil will become the sh 15.9kReads8.6Score960Shelves

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    🌈🌈She is a girl who lives a refined life and only wants to enjoy life. If she had to choose between marrying for love and marrying for power, she would choose power without hesitation.

23. 23 灭 Extinction: From Beginner to Expert 灭绝世界从入门到精通 An Elementary Schooler's Keyboard小学生的键盘Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Villain + villain + villain + no female lead + ruthless and decisive] “Li Yuan, you’re a madman! I can’t comprehend your malice toward life. I can’t even imagine how cold and dark your heart must be. Your actions are appalling. I simply believe that killing you is more urgent than killing any other enemy.” “Li Yuan, are you trying to play God? You want to turn the world into hell, etching your crimes into every corner. You want to make life your plaything, with everyone’s survival hanging on yo 6.2kReads7.5Score487Shelves

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    Yes, the main characters are all selfish, and there is no romantic pairing.

24. 24 自 Choose Your Talent? Why Do They All Turn Me into a Monster? 自选天赋？为什么都是让我成怪物 Little Chenchen小臣臣Anime Fanfiction660k WordsCompleted [Infinite] [No Female Lead] [Flesh Ascension] We came from the apartment, and we came to kill. … When Bai Mo opens his eyes, he finds himself in an old, shabby room, with a blood-red screen appearing before him. [Welcome to the Murder Apartment] [Don't think about escaping. The walls here might be harder than your bones] [Complete as many missions as you can. That's the only way to become a qualified resident] [Improve yourself by any means necessary. We look forward to seeing you struggle] [Th 8.4kReads7.0Score750Shelves
25. 25 一 The Outcast: From the Start, I Destroyed the Medicine Immortal Society and Refined Gu to Become an Immortal 一人：开局覆灭药仙会，炼蛊成仙 Zhi Na之凪Anime Fanfiction250k WordsCompleted [Villain + utterly evil + no heroine + ruthless and decisive] Lu Tian transmigrates into The Outcast world and becomes one of the test subjects in the Medicine Immortal Society's efforts to cultivate a Holy Gu Child. To survive, Lu Tian pushes himself to the limit, eating twenty thousand kilograms of gu insects a day as he struggles to stay alive. The Medicine Immortal Society: “What do you mean, antisocial?” “We're the heroes who held back this unknown life-form. History will remember all we sa 3.5kReads8.0Score222Shelves
26. 26 诸 Seeking the Dao Across the Heavens, Starting with The Legend of the Condor Heroes 诸天求道从射雕开始 Longhu's Miao Meow Meow龙湖的苗喵喵Male-Channel Fanfiction983k WordsOngoing Seeking the Dao across the myriad heavens, turning the false into the real. This is my second life, and before long I will regrow my severed limbs. The story focuses on seeking the Dao and doesn't follow the plot much. Prequel: Qing Feng Ming Yue Begins with Stealing Ginseng Fruit 13kReads6.4Score741Shelves

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    Extremely self-serving, but the protagonist is also a normal person; highly recommended. I only recommend good books.

27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Supporting Character Is Reaching for the Sky 快穿：女配要上天 Lousy Uncle辣鸡的uncleModern Romance984k WordsCompleted (No CP, feel-good, powerful, no logic) An Qiao, a genius talisman master who cultivates through talismans, was betrayed by her disciple while undergoing tribulation. Her tribulation failed, and just as her soul was about to dissipate, she sensed a force of space, seized the System, and forcibly bound it to herself. To survive, An Qiao takes on mission after mission, never doing things the usual way. She is determined to let the male and female leads run wild, so she can complete her tasks. This 11.3kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    Selfishness; even the system was forcibly bound to her by the female lead. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

28. 28 序 Sequence Highway: Armed with Intelligence, I Hunt Specters with Two Sequences 序列公路：手握情报，双序列杀诡 Spirit RuinsQi灵墟QiSci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsCompleted [Horror + Road Survival + Intelligence System + Reborn + No Female Lead + Gluttony Sequence + Electromagnetic Sequence + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Slow Burn + Ruthless + Ascending to Godhood] Reborn three hours before the horrors descended, Ye Fan awakened the Gluttony Sequence and bound himself to a Daily Intelligence System. He called on his good friend, took the supplies from a warehouse, and hit the road to escape. He joined Bald Long Ye's convoy, slaying rioters, eati 15.1kReads6.0Score1.1kShelves

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    [Eating melon seeds][Eating melon seeds][Eating melon seeds][Eating melon seeds]

29. 29 九 The Ninth Prince's Only Son, Half My Cultivation Will Be Yours If We Divorce 九千岁独子，离婚就分得一半修为 Miaomiao Plants Trees苗苗种树Eastern Fantasy583k WordsOngoing Do you really have to use a golden finger according to the instructions? No. Sometimes you can use it the other way around. For example, use a succubus System to give a speech in a tavern and help Liu Bei restore the Han dynasty. Li Xuan obtained a Perfect Dao Companion Detector. It could tell whether a dao companion was sincere toward him. If they weren’t, they would explode, and he could take half their cultivation. But his father was the notorious eunuch Lord Jiuqiansui, a natural-born member 20.5kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves
30. 30 全 Gu World for All: From the Start, I Skin People to Refine Gu 全民蛊游：开局剥皮炼蛊 Master Qingxiao青霄先生Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] + [Ruthless and Cruel] + [Villain] + [Gu Insects] Today marks the eighteenth year since the game of Gu descended upon the world, and the second day since Fang Han used the [Primordial Gu] to be reborn. Looking at the familiar blackboard and classroom before him, Fang Han finally understood: in his previous life, his teammates and the major factions had forced him to his death. In a world that devours people like this, with no connections, no resources, no friends, and no one he 20.4kReads7.8Score2.4kShelves
31. 31 诡 The Supernatural Revival: Every Vengeful Ghost I Control Crashes 诡异复苏，被我驾驭的厉鬼都死机 Patrick Star the Typist码字的派大星Mystery727k WordsCompleted (The rating has just come out and is fairly low. It'll rise later.) (Mysterious revival setting + power fantasy + fast-paced + original dungeons + no female lead) In an age of the Five Turbidities, hell lies empty, evil spirits revive, and the human world becomes a living hell. My name is Xiao Yi. From the start, I face a mysterious old man from the Republican era and gain control of a ghostly mouth. I will devour every evil spirit in the world Become the one and only god, and bring this paranor 8.2kReads6.1Score569Shelves
32. 32 D DC: Still Force, Stillness DC：静止力止静 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Anime Fanfiction381k WordsOngoing No female lead, no System, and not a mindless wish-fulfillment story. There’s no golden opening trilogy and no forced, bizarre hook. This is a slow-paced DC fanfic. The story is grounded in the tone of the original DC comics, focusing on its characters and worldbuilding while following the main timeline of the comics. The pacing is gentle, making it a good fit for readers who are willing to settle in and savor the story. If you prefer stories with intense conflict from the start and fast-paced, 4.9kReads7.5Score365Shelves

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    A new DC fanfiction book. An American crime fiction series.

33. 33 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 320Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 解 Dissociator: The Glittering Decadence of Los Angeles Eats to the Bone 解离者：洛城的浮华噬骨 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery92k WordsOngoing Behind the glittering facade of Los Angeles, a foster care agency hides behind a veneer of compassion while repeatedly preying on wealthy, vulnerable foster children. It forges guardianship papers, drains their assets, then gets rid of the victims with staged deaths from illness. 125Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 解 Dissolver: Incoming Missile 解离者：导弹袭来 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban156k WordsCompleted Rick, the hard-bitten killer from the series, returns once more. His close friend is brutally murdered, and the trail leads to a major missile trafficking case deliberately kept under wraps. To avenge his brother, Rick ventures alone into the heart of the conspiracy. As he presses forward through a perilous investigation, he finally slays his enemy with decisive force and successfully averts a missile crisis threatening the United States. 146Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 解 Dissociators: The Chronicles of Saint Judas Island 解离者：圣犹大岛纪事 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery203k WordsCompleted On the picturesque island of St. Judas, a series of locked-room mysteries and cunning murders unfold. The person who comes to solve them is a professional assassin. He understands killing and strategy, using a killer's instincts to unravel one impossible crime after another. Beneath the sunlit island, lies, old grudges, and conspiracies steadily rise to the surface. With classic locked-room mysteries at its heart, an immersive deserted-island atmosphere, and four linked cases, the story asks at 89Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 解 The Dissociator: The Canary Heist 解离者：金丝雀大劫案 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery119k WordsCompleted This series focuses on a heist of the century. What seemed like an ordinary day at Collingwood Global Investment Bank is shattered when a gang of armed robbers breaks in. They force the bank employees to follow their orders. In the aftermath, a chief inspector caught in a dilemma races against time, vowing to discover who stole the £3.9 billion and why. 83Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 解 The Dissociator: The Extravagant Prisoner and the Underground Howl 解离者：奢囚与地下啸 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery160k WordsCompleted New York is split between day and night, two worlds at odds. Hired by a wealthy family to rescue their kidnapped heir, hitman Rick uncovers a sprawling conspiracy. Meanwhile, Roy, a subway veteran worn down by corporate exploitation, launches a fierce rebellion in the underground tunnels. There are no crime investigations or justice here, only struggles for profit and settling scores under a code of gray rules. The victors are free to rewrite the truth. Desire and the cruelty of class are laid b 94Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 解 The Disintegrator: A World of Black and Gray 解离者：黑灰世界 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban138k WordsCompleted Rick accidentally plunges into the dark abyss of an international drug cartel's deals, confronting the tangled connections between drug crimes and gang forces and witnessing countless bloody battles. Through one man's eyes, the story depicts a gripping, dark struggle for power, steeped in money and murder. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 解 Dissolver: Assassination 解离者：刺杀 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban159k WordsCompleted With the election approaching, the political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty. Acting on a secret assignment, Rick navigates official cover-ups, power struggles, and layers of deception. Following the faintest clues, he carefully pieces together the truth and hunts down the mysterious mastermind lurking behind it all. He quietly snuffs out a deadly crisis capable of changing the balance of power before it can take root. 121Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 解 The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery165k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of 115Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 复 The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery272k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame 421Reads—Score101Shelves
43. 43 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🌿✨The female protagonist transmigrates into a book. She's sophisticated and self-interested, but not a saint. Her "golden finger" is her tears, which she keeps secret from everyone, secretly working up her physique. She's focused on being a good first wife and inheriting her deceased husband's estate, but seeing her husband getting stronger and stronger, she's starting to question her life.

44. 44 精 The Self-Serving Women 精致利己的她们 Fruit-Loving Guoguo爱吃果果的果果Modern Romance306k WordsOngoing Short story collection + sweet romance + enlightened self-interest + golden finger The heroines believe in putting themselves first. They prioritize their own happiness, weigh the pros and cons, and make their own choices. With every clear-eyed decision, they carve out a good life for themselves. The highest priority in life will always be: me, first. The heroines are all ordinary girls. Rather than being calculatingly self-serving, they simply love themselves more. At every crossroads in life, 5.4kReads—Score511Shelves

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    The female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, but not a saint.

45. 45 快 Quick Transmigration: My Journey Through the Eras 快穿之我的年代之旅 Fruit-Loving Guoguo爱吃果果的果果Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted Also known as I Have a Job in the Underworld (No fixed CP. Each small world has a male lead, but the female lead always loves herself most. She has a golden finger, but it comes with limitations.) After an accident sends Sang Zhizhi to the Underworld, she also lands a government post. Having only just graduated from college in life, she feels like she's instantly reached the peak of her afterlife. She happily accepts, then begins taking on missions: stepping in for ghosts who died in accidents a 5.3kReads5.9Score659Shelves
46. 46 年 [Quick Transmigration] Playing a Fake White Lotus in a Period Novel 【快穿】年代文里当虚伪黑莲花 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted (Complete!) (Please consider adapting this into a short drama!) [Vicious and self-serving + universally adored villainess + dog-training romance + selfish and self-centered + immersive multiple-male-lead romance] [Original title: The Villainess of the Era, with Skin Like Ice and Bones Like Jade] Ye Qiutang is the most beautiful flower of wealth in the mortal world. The ability to bewitch people is innate to her, and her beauty is a weapon that always gets her way. But beneath her pure, saintly f 14.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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    Selfish, but the female lead isn't a saint! ① A charming villainous woman, 1vN, immersive strategy! Ye's mother wakes the female lead up to work early in the morning, cursing and swearing. The female lead brings her a blanket in the middle of the night and beats her up. She doesn't go too far because she still needs to rely on her to do the work!

47. 47 探 Paranormal Livestream: I Have Infinite Revives 探灵直播：我有无限复活 Enjoying the Ride坐享骑乘Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Livestreaming + Comedy + Absurdity + Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Wild Imagination + Folk Customs] Ghosts? What are those? A scientist will tell you they’re neutrinos, radio waves, or 21 grams… A philosopher will tell you they’re spiritual entities that retain self-awareness after leaving the body… It took Chen Mo a series of ghost-hunting livestreams to find out. What people call ghosts are really those they long for day and night, but can never see again… Chen Mo, known as Chen the Daring, 62.2kReads8.3Score7.4kShelves

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    [Making a face][Making a face][Making a face]

48. 48 每 Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation Every Second, How Will You Respond? 每秒万年修为，阁下如何应对 Red-Blooded Cuttlefish赤血乌贼Eastern Fantasy734k WordsOngoing [Overpowered Protagonist + Decisive Killer + Invincible Cultivation + Relentless Slaughter] After pulling an all-nighter to write, he suddenly dies and transmigrates into the vast world of cultivation, becoming the Lord of the Heavenly Ruins Sanctuary, with his life nearing its end and less than a tenth of his cultivation remaining. He is on the brink of death, facing a rebellion among his subordinates and a coup by his guardians. At the critical moment, the System drops from the heavens: [Ding! 43.3kReads7.0Score3.8kShelves
49. 49 名 In the Name of the People: The Strongest Crown Prince Starts by Furiously Rebuking Sha Ruijin 名义：最强太子爷开局怒怼沙瑞金 Zhouzhou Loves Ordering Snow周周爱点雪Male-Channel Fanfiction147k WordsCompleted Follow me, and your future will be as boundless as the sea! Cross me, and you’re finished! Zhou Jianhong took the initiative to come to Handong Province and laid out his grand ambitions for his father: “I’m going to make Handong the number one province in the world!” 4kReads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 什 What Is a Pirate? A Pirate Sets the Evil in Their Heart Free 什么是海贼？海贼就是释放心中恶 Loves the Beloved, Nightmares Come Long and Hard喜欢挚爱的夜长梦多Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted I won't fawn over Luffy, Ace, or the Monkey family. No saintly protagonist, no saintly protagonist, no saintly protagonist! I'll say it three times because it's important. Two hundred times the effort. Koby the escapee will die, and the brat Momonosuke will die too. He'll follow in his father's footsteps and end up in a boiling cauldron. This isn't a babysitting story. If you like babysitting stories about protecting Luffy, you can leave! This is a story about a protagonist who puts himself firs 1.5kReads6.0Score101Shelves

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    Selfishness is not just talk; it's not something you can just talk about, and it's not something you can just be the old man in the story.

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