Looking for Apocalyptic Stories That Make Sense, Without Stupid Characters or Obvious Plot Holes 求不弱智的符合正常逻辑的末世文,没有明显到处假
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I Divorced, Took My Child Home, and Went Live Just as the Apocalypse Began 离婚带娃回老家直播遇到末世
After getting a haircut for ten yuan and spending ten days in detention, she divorced, took the compensation money, and brought her child to live on the outskirts of town, where she started livestreaming her old-house renovation and selling products. But just as she finished fixing up the house, a zombie virus broke out. After locking the doors and windows, Qiao Anan took stock of her supplies. She had two bunches of bok choy, half a sack of potatoes, four tomatoes, five crucian carp, ten eggs,
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Zombie Apocalypse: Before the Dawn 末日丧尸传之黎明之前
Complete, currently revising the entire novel. Volume Four focuses on the military, so you can start there. Slow-paced, ensemble cast, zombie novel, military-focused. Not a power fantasy. No supernatural powers, transmigration, rebirth, or golden fingers! Read at your own risk!! One virus, one disaster. The story of a group of ordinary people, told from the perspective of one ordinary person. As they change and grow, with their homeland at stake and their people in peril, it is also an age that
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Survival Game: I'm the Big Shot's Golden Finger 生存游戏,我是大佬的金手指
In the New World Galaxy Butterfly game space, to promote the development of a republic of star citizens, the Heart of the Universe, Nazhi, has custom-designed the [Star World Order Plan] for Blue Star citizens, with the aim of selecting outstanding star citizens. The New World Galaxy Butterfly game officially launched on Blue Star on July 3, 2025. In the first phase, one million Blue Star residents entered the closed beta. Ruan Pingxia, frail and sickly since childhood, somehow received a beta i
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Apocalypse: Everyone Awakens, and I Am the King of Time and Space 末世:全民觉醒,我是时空之王
Main character: Ye Ruizhe. First female lead: Huahua. Second female lead: Yu Yanwu. Supporting characters in the love triangle: Gong Kaihang and Xiong Da. The story focuses on lighthearted everyday comedy, with much of the early portion devoted to setup. Since the main character is an orphan, he values family ties. This has nothing to do with how long he has known the other characters. Whether a character returns depends mainly on how their story threads were set up and how far the plot has prog
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Lord of the Empire at the End of the World 末世帝国之主
A collision between a sci-fi apocalypse and a magical medieval world. Keywords: apocalypse, farming, conquest. System, base, development. Transmigration, sci-fi, fantasy. Special thanks to: Mount & Blade: Warband - Prophecy of Pendor, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, State of Decay 2, Star Wars, Cyberpunk 2077, StarCraft, Dark Souls III, Elden Ring, Stellaris, Fallout 4, Conqueror's Blade, Europa Universalis IV, and more.
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No Need to Panic in a Natural Disaster: An’an and I Lie Flat with an Infinite Warehouse 天灾不慌,安安我靠无限仓库躺平
(Apocalypse + rebirth + stockpiling supplies + pocket dimension + all kinds of natural disasters) No zombies or superpowers, just life amid natural disasters. Ying Chang’an opens her eyes and finds herself reborn half a month before the apocalypse. In her previous life, she died at the hands of a vicious neighbor and her own mother, and her two cats were cooked and eaten as well. Filled with hatred, she’s reborn and unexpectedly unlocks a pocket dimension. She starts selling her property and RV
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Back in the Apocalypse: I Won’t Put Up with You, I’ll Slaughter My Way Through 重回末世:不惯着你,姐杀疯了
[Post-Apocalypse + Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Zombies + Revenge + No Romance + Stockpiling + Gourmet Food + Crafting Her Own Golden Finger] Reborn three days before the apocalypse, Su Qingran smiled at her reflection in the mirror. In her previous life, her family leeched off her, and zombies chased her down to devour her. She had pretended to be a good person for so long that she never even got the chance to take revenge. This time... “I’m done being human, thanks.” She tricked her whole fa
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Apocalypse: After Reclaiming My Golden Finger, I Rise to the Top 末世:夺回金手指后,我做大做强
[Apocalypse + Game Invasion + Natural Disasters + Farming and Management + System + Strong Female Lead + Romance] An apocalyptic game suddenly sweeps across Blue Star, forcibly resetting the entire world! The peaceful era is over for good. Now the law of the jungle reigns, and the strong prey on the weak. In her previous life, Shen Ning was foolish enough to become a living blood bank for a scumbag and his family. They drained her of everything she was worth, and she died a miserable death. Fort
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Global Blackout: Back to the Age of Cold Weapons 全球断电:重返冷兵器时代
[No System, no rebirth, no showing off and humiliating others, not a power fantasy. The story of an ordinary person surviving in a time of chaos.] When electricity vanished worldwide and gunpowder and fuel stopped working, Xia Zhi carved out a kingdom in the midst of chaos with nothing but a bow. With transportation and communications cut off, humanity's ambitions began to grow. Everyone wanted to be emperor; even a village chief dared to call himself king. Xia Zhi had wanted to stay home in the
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I Control Time in the Apocalypse, Rule Over All Beauties, and Become a God 末世时间掌控,我统御万芳终成神
[The rating just came out and will rise] [Post-apocalyptic rebirth + time control + storage ring + major villain + dual abilities + invincible + do whatever he wants + win over goddesses and build a harem + human evolution + ruthless and decisive, not a saint + brainless power fantasy...] When the apocalypse arrives, Earth enters a hellish end times: first comes global heat, then an icy freeze, and finally catastrophic floods. This disaster kills 99% of humanity... In his past life, Lin Feng scr
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A General Introduction to the Apocalypse 末日概论
Please read the preface before starting this book! This is not an ordinary novel. It is deeply depressing and places extreme emphasis on detail. It is practical and hardcore. Please decide whether to continue based on your own interests and priorities, so you can save your precious time. This book is divided into two parts, “An Introduction to the Apocalypse” and “Advanced Studies of the Apocalypse.” The first focuses on material matters, objective facts, and details, while the second explores h
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Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城
Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a
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Apocalypse Journal: The Flames of War Are Coming, Head West! 末日笔记:战火来袭,一路向西!
[No rebirth, no revenge, no superpowers, no pocket dimension, no zombies] A realistic apocalypse story! On an ordinary weekend, you're relaxing with a beer. Then disaster strikes, reducing the city you live in to scorched earth. You return to your hometown, only to find its streets completely deserted! Order gradually collapses, and the darkness of human nature comes to light! Amid the devastation of a nuclear wasteland, how will you struggle to survive... And stay alive!!!
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Apocalypse: Reversing Time and Seeing Through Their Cards 末世:时间逆流,看穿底牌
[Worldbuilding + sci-fi + post-apocalypse + rebirth + no zombies + no saintly protagonist + time] In the future, humanity has been reduced to a laboring underclass. A mysterious explosion aboard an outer-space battleship packed with nuclear weapons triggers a global nuclear winter. Food runs short. Qin Kang is framed by his company, betrayed by his own people, and left to die on a frozen wasteland. Yet he is reborn four hours before his death and turns the tables when all seems lost. And then, a
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The Origin of Pain 痛觉缘起
The author is a veteran scientist working in research, and has long lamented how few hard science fiction works have appeared since Liu Cixin. Unable to resist, they decided to try writing one. Scientists are people too, but traditional science fiction tends to be rather cool when it comes to emotions. The Painful Origin is hard science fiction from a fresh perspective, yet it still features the sweet, devoted love of first romance, bringing warmth to the genre. It’s a brisk read with no draggin
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Year One of the Zombie Apocalypse: The Gray Mist Laws 丧尸元年:灰雾法则
Deep down, everyone longs for the end of the world. A zombie apocalypse story that explores our own lives as the walking dead. To our bodies, destined to rot, and our immortal souls. The first book in the Year of the Zombie trilogy.
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I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought a Fiancé 我在二手平台花十块钱,买了个未婚夫
I Spent Ten Yuan on a Secondhand Marketplace and Bought Myself a Fiancé
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Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊
[Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously...
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The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend’s Marriage Died 老公变温柔那天,闺蜜的婚姻死了
The Day My Husband Turned Gentle, My Best Friend's Marriage Died
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I’m Sneaking Glances at Her, and She’s Sneaking Glances at Me 我在偷看她,她也在偷看我
I was sneaking a look at her, and she was sneaking a look at me too
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Stockpiling Supplies for the Insect Calamity, Surviving Eight Months on the Seventeenth Floor 虫灾囤货,我在十七楼苟了八个月
I Stockpiled Supplies During the Insect Plague and Survived on the Seventeenth Floor for Eight Months
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I’m Dead, But Not Entirely 朕死了,但没完全死
I Am Dead, But Not Entirely
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From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Venerable: My Master Kneels Before Me 从弃徒到魔尊,师尊向我下跪
From Abandoned Disciple to Demon Lord: My Master Kneels Before Me
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Beneath the Apocalypse, We Pledge Ourselves to the Light 末日之下,拾光为盟
[Apocalyptic ensemble cast and coming-of-age story + All top students + Everyone has supernatural abilities + Maxed-out brains and combat skills + Male lead with a military background + Powerful couple + Not naive + Flawlessly consistent logic + Gets more addictive the further you read.] Global radiation levels surged three hundredfold in just three minutes! The crimson sky collapsed, infected creatures burst through buildings, and the city fell in an instant! Communications were cut off, supp
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Apocalyptic Disaster: The Entire City Is Submerged 末世天灾:全城被淹没
[Apocalypse + Reborn + Superpowers] Xiao Jun, who had survived six years of the Apocalypse, was reborn before it began. Can he stockpile supplies, kill zombies, and even hear other people's thoughts? The school belle's top-tier opportunity? Sorry, I'm taking it all! Xiao Jun: One day, I'll figure out the origins of this Apocalypse.
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Apocalypse: The Whole Company Denies the Existence of the 18th Floor 末世:全公司否认18楼存在
[Apocalypse + No System + Reborn + Mystery + One Female Lead + Zombies + Hard Sci-Fi + No Mindless Decisions + Revenge] Reborn six hours before the apocalypse, Chu Yan has not only retained his memories of the future, but also mastered the ultimate secret of genetic evolution! He can become the most powerful god in the apocalypse! He frantically stockpiles supplies, builds weapons, modifies vehicles, and saves his parents, racing against time! He will kill his enemies with his own hands and turn
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Apocalypse: Survival Log of the Extreme Yang Era 末世:极阳纪生存日志
The sun had gone mad. Thirty-five-year-old Yu Fan had been unemployed for just 60 days, and still owed 1.2 million on his mortgage. Beneath the red sky screen, his wife and five-year-old daughter were still waiting for him to come home. No System. No cheat. No second chance at life. Just a hammer, a tricycle, and an unshakable determination never to give up. “Dad, why is the sun red?” “Because the sun is sick.” “Then let’s go gather medicine for it!” This is the apocalypse, and it’s home. ```
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Mechanical Hell 机械地狱
[Humanoid robot version of The Walking Dead + To Live, not a power fantasy] In 2035, humanoid robots were widespread throughout human society. Then, suddenly, they turned into mechanical killers, and the world became a living hell! Was this a deliberate rebellion after robots developed independent consciousness, or was something else going on behind the scenes? How will the survivors make it through the apocalypse? What fate awaits the human species? [No transmigration + no rebirth + no special
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The Last Sage 最后一位智者
[Alternate World + Sci-Fi + Philosophy] What is true freedom of thought? Must it come at the cost of suffering? Do humans have the right to escape reality? If a higher-level “law of thought” exists in the universe, how should humanity live with it? This is a war of ideas.
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Apocalypse: Starting from the Dorm, I Reclaim All of China 末世:从寝室开始光复全华国
[No System, no Superpowers, no summoning + Zombie Apocalypse] [Firepower superiority theory + military] [Unity + honor + country + conviction] [A torrent of bullets and an armored steel tide against a sky-darkening horde of rotting, hideous corpses] [Special infected] [Zombies evolve] [From the White Mountains and Black Waters to the ends of the earth] [Plan across the globe and reclaim every inch of territory that has belonged to us since ancient times] On the first day of classes, the zombie v
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Quarantine Zone Files: Blood Plague Besieges the City 封锁区档案:血疫围城
When the shadow of an apocalyptic virus falls over Anle Town, its bustling streets turn into hell in an instant. Photographer Fanfan (Yang Fan); truck driver Zhao Jianguo; dancer Xiao Xi (Liu Yuxi); college student Xiao Hua (Hua Yaotong); police officer Wang Hao; bar owner Grace (Zhang Qian); mercenary “Little Yellowfish”; and doctor Xiao Lü (Yan Xiaolv) are each trapped in this sealed-off hell for their own reasons. They have different experiences and very different personalities, yet the insti
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What the Heck? Reborn One Minute Before the Apocalypse 闹呢?重生到末世开始前1分钟
[Apocalypse + Rebirth + Space + Stockpiling + Special Abilities] When the apocalypse begins, Chu Yue, who has just left home to attend university, only wants to get back to her parents. The journey is over 3,000 kilometers. In her previous life, it took her three years to make it home, and she died just over 300 kilometers away. Reborn, she sets out on the road home again with a rebirth starter pack, gathering supplies and companions along the way, fighting monsters and leveling up. This time, s
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A New Myth of the Universe 宇宙新神话
The dazzling stars are the stage of the gods. When supernatural powers intertwine with interstellar technology across the boundless cosmos, how many wondrous legends will be born to capture our imaginations? What do they love? What do they hate? What do they fear? What do they seek? Perhaps in the endless universe, so-called gods and aliens are no different from us, ordinary people fumbling our way forward. We are all creatures struggling to survive, fighters who refuse to yield, and, above all,
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The Bones Still Remain 尸骨犹存
[This story has no System or golden finger. It follows realistic logic and focuses on growth and survival. No mindless wish fulfillment. Enjoy!] When the zombie virus shatters everything good, law, morality, and hope all disappear. All that remains is endless darkness, the howls of the walking dead, and the despair that has sunk deep into the survivors’ bones. Li Musen, a migrant worker far from home, is one of the lucky few to escape infection in this catastrophe. But he finds himself trapped i
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The New Team 新之队
A group of teenagers unexpectedly meet in a dreamlike vision of the future. As dreams collide with reality, they gain the superpowers they once wished for. What sparks will these young people create as they wield their powers across the worlds of dreams and reality? Stay tuned...
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The Selection Era: A Frozen Apocalypse 筛选纪元:冰封末日
Not a System novel + evolution + new humanity Chen Yuan was nourished by the ancient earth energy of the Qinling Mountains from the moment he was born. When Earth awoke from its frozen apocalypse, he became the first person to awaken in the post-apocalyptic world. He led the Qinling Mountains through the apocalypse, rebuilt Earth, and ushered the planet into the age of cosmic civilization.
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The Outbreak: A Road to Escape 尸变,逃亡之路
(Classic zombie story + road trip + no System + no pocket dimension + no golden finger + cautious, step-by-step survival + two female leads) Su Zhe is an ordinary man who happened to survive the outbreak of the zombie virus. With exceptional composure and ruthlessness, he seizes the fleeting chance before the troops seal off the city and escapes. He's no savior, and he has no System golden finger from the heavens. His only goal is to survive, no matter what it takes!
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Land of the Radiant Dead: Earth's Trial Ground 灿烂尸生之地球试炼场
No transmigration, no rebirth: he turns into a zombie from the start. No revenge, no betrayal: he only wants to survive. Go abroad, hold nothing back: kill humans and zombies alike. Superpowers that level up, with no class restrictions. No System, no favoritism toward the protagonist, and keep yourself in check. The apocalypse arrives, and Earth becomes a trial ground for a higher civilization. Wei Xinwu turns into a zombie from the start. Under the human army's purge, ordinary zombies have no h
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Awakening of the Bronze Casket: A Doomsday Capitalist Game 青铜匣苏醒:末日资本游戏
#RebornBeforeTheApocalypse #UnhingedHeroine #SpatialPowers #CleverBattlesAndThrills #BlackTechnology Reborn a hundred days before the apocalypse, I was once treated like trash. Now I open my eyes to inherit a fortune worth trillions and a god-tier pocket dimension! In my previous life, my enemies took me apart as a test subject and treated me like an insect. In this life, I'll empty the world's warehouses, buy an arms conglomerate, and build an apocalyptic ark capable of ending the world! They w
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Survival in the Post-Apocalypse! Under the Sun 末世生存!阳光之下
The world wasn’t destroyed by natural disasters, but it may yet be destroyed by human folly. One ordinary day, a once-happy family of three faced the end of the world. Let’s see how they manage to survive!
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Shh, Keep It Down. This Is the Sound Apocalypse. 嘘,小点声,这里是声音末日。
Shh, keep your voice down. This is the apocalypse of sound.
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The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏
I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m
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Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would
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From the Start in a Psychiatric Hospital: I Draw Cards to Slaughter My Way Through the Apocalypse 精神病院开局:我靠抽卡杀穿末世
Post-apocalypse + System + Supernatural Sequences + Blessings + Potions + Sword and Sorcery + Otherworldly Monsters + Nomadic Convoy The protagonist uses the System to draw cards and obtain core and non-core skills from different paths, eventually becoming a well-rounded fighter who cuts his way through the apocalypse. He’s almost invincible, but the story is a slow burn. Ten draws, all N-rank cards. After transmigrating into a mental hospital, Lin Feng thinks he’s reached the peak of his unluck
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The Fourth Law 第四法则
This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, and the characters won’t be made stupid. I refuse to pander to the fast-food market. This is a long-running serial with steady updates and at least a million words. I will never abandon it! I’m writing this book with the ambition of creating a masterpiece, focusing on logic and quality, never churning out filler! The paranormal arc in the first 25 chapters is the book’s main storytelling approach. Around chapter 50, the narrative shifts to an ensemble cast.
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Abyssal Resonance: My Players Are AI's Natural Enemies 深渊共鸣:我的玩家是AI天敌
[Steampunk] [Management and Progression] [Frenetic Battles] [Multiple Heroines] Transmigrated into an apocalyptic world ruled by the AI “God,” Lin Zhou becomes the last resistance commander. But his soldiers are a group of gamers from another world: powerful, immortal, and experts at taking down all kinds of artificial intelligence...
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The Lazybones Returns from the Apocalypse, Fakes a Marriage, Dumps Her Husband, and Takes Their Daughter 咸鱼佬末世归来,骗婚弃夫夺女
[Quality writing + No Romance + Golden Finger + Spatial Storage + Divine Beasts + Raising Children + No Masses of Gore, Not a Mindless Power Fantasy] For the sake of her stepdaughter’s inheritance rights, Lin Mumu takes her and runs for their lives. Then she dies. When she wakes again, she has returned to ten years earlier. The apocalypse is two months away. The whole story is about to be rewritten. Lin Mumu gets the script of a strong heroine. She wields the divine artifact Time-Space Mirror, p
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Heaven over Lake: Treading Carefully 天泽履:行
Heaven Above, Lake Below: Treading Carefully
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Human Emotion Annotator: When AI Starts Dissecting Your Memories 人类情感标注员:当AI开始拆解你的记忆
Human Emotion Annotator: When AI Starts Taking Apart Your Memories
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The Road Up the Mountain 上山的路
The Road Up the Mountain
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