Tragedy Told Through the Trappings of Comedy 用喜剧的外壳描写悲剧

1. 501 在 In the Face of Strength, What Does a Big Shot Even Matter? 在实力面前，大佬算什么东西 Everything Is Awful百事可恶Eastern Fantasy491k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Immortality + Transmigration + System] From the start, Jiang You is immortal and ageless, and awakens a Lifespan System. He has already won at the starting line the moment he transmigrates. Isn't cultivation ultimately just a matter of who can live longer? If your talent is lacking, just grind harder. Add a little technology and some ruthless tricks, and as long as you keep pushing yourself, success is bound to come. This is the story of a cultivator's rise to gre 1.4kReads9.2Score10114d adds

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   It might not quite fit the theme, since he's already torn away half the comedy facade. Don't be fooled by the title; the content is genuinely good. It's an immortality story, and the protagonist has already outlived several others [crying]. It's not an invincible story; it's being serialized, but it's best to let it sit for a while longer, since the author has disappeared [crying].

2. 502 看 Guarding the Gate, Then Becoming the Sect Master's Plaything 看门，然后成为宗主禁脔 Yidian伊迪安Two Male Leads280k WordsCompleted [Sickly-sweet, unhinged beauty top]× [Older, laid-back bottom] [Cultivation + obsessive and unhinged + forced love + chasing his wife to the crematorium] The rating just came out, so it's low. It'll go up later. Wang Xu was a laid-back rogue cultivator. What was the best job for someone who just wanted to eat, wait, and die? Obviously, guarding the gate. Who would have thought that after just two days on the job, he'd be imprisoned and forced into a relationship, then treated like someone's wife 1.7kReads8.1Score16214d adds
3. 503 死 Lord of the Dead Sea 死海之主 Ye Youyou夜悠幽Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [A story about Joker] [Western fantasy main plot] [Infinite adventures across the Myriad Worlds] Note: This book has no connection whatsoever to DC's Joker. On a rainy night, a shadow knocked on the orphanage door, then hurried away as soon as a staff member came out. A newborn baby had been abandoned at the entrance, wailing. A teacher rushed over and picked up the child, looking around and calling out into the downpour. There was no one around, so the teacher could only carry the baby inside. 752Reads8.8Score11314d adds

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   The Joker needs tragedy to be born, but comedy is essential before that.

4. 504 都 Kill Them All. There's No Need to Act Normal 都杀了，做人没必要太正常 The Round-Headed, Round-Brained, Round-Bellied Tangerine圆头圆脑圆肚皮的橘子Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Now being published; a motion comic is out. The heroine is invincible, no romance, no nation-building, plot-focused, with male characters who may die.] Guan Zhiwei is forced to transmigrate. Countless Systems bind themselves to her, promising to send her home once she completes their missions. They all turn out to be liars. Our unlucky heroine decides to take down this world. Starting with killing the male lead. As she takes out one romantic male lead after another, she leads her neighbors 57.5kReads9.6Score10k14d adds

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   On the surface, this is a super-satisfying novel that's enjoyable from beginning to end, with an invincible protagonist. But you'll find a plot twist at the end.

5. 505 麻 Oh No! The Little Merman Lord Ou Kept Has Run Off Pregnant 麻烦！欧爷圈养的小鲛人怀崽跑了 Ji Xueyi季雪意Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted [Two powerful leads + yandere + secret identities revealed + devoted 1v1 romance + putting scumbags in their place + mutual salvation + obsessive male lead] Ou Zun rescues a beautiful girl with merfolk blood from a restricted zone. Thinking she can’t understand human speech, he keeps her as a pampered pet. But the little thing won’t behave, and she has countless secret identities: a top hacker, a major investor, the mysterious leader of a tribe… After all her secret identities are exposed, Shi Y 5.7kReads9.3Score94214d adds
6. 506 我 [Quick Transmigration] After I Died, the Male Lead Regretted Everything 【快穿】我死后男主追悔莫及 Fu Shu伏菽Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [BE aesthetic | tearjerking and cathartic | no melodramatic angst | immersive slow transmigration | flirtatious White Moonlight x gentle, obsessive man | sweet and bittersweet | 1v1, both leads’ firsts | parallel-world happy-ending bonus chapters] World 1: Villainous fake heiress x loyal true young master World 2: Canary x owner World 3: Arrogant princess x future tyrant World 4: Bright, beautiful school bully and underachiever x poor, handsome top student World 5: Black-lotus stepmother x true 9.4kReads9.3Score81214d adds

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   This book is really well-written, and it's sweet when it needs to be sweet. It has a great scope, especially the second world. [Crying emoji]

7. 507 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4k14d adds

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   You should definitely read these two. The happier you are in the beginning, the more you'll cry later, especially the first one [facepalm][crying]. The third one is also funny in the beginning, and while it's not as angsty later on, it's still quite good. I'm getting a bit off-topic, but it's really, really good [heart emoji].

8. 508 少 Dashing Youth 少年白马醉春风 Zhou Munan周木楠Eastern Fantasy769k WordsCompleted The long street was steeped in danger, loud and chaotic. A butcher wielding a cleaver brought it down, carving flowers into bone. An old woman selling embroidered shoes teased a flame from her candle with a needle. Not a soul could be found a hundred feet away. Then there was the oil seller, with eighteen swords hidden in his sleeves, always watching the steamed-bun shop across the street and its little beauty, whose hands could tear away one face and give her nine new ones. At the end of the st 11.5kReads9.4Score1.3k14d adds

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   They're all so beautiful, trust me, there's absolutely no sarcasm involved 😊🙂

9. 509 怪 Monsters Run Amok: I Sweep This World with Laughter 怪物横行：我以笑声横扫此界 Hardworking Goldfish努力的金鱼Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [No female lead + System + transmigration + demon beasts + undead + artificial intelligence] Lu Yu transmigrates to a strange world of spirit and martial arts, where technology and cultivation, demon beasts and the undead overturn everything he thought he knew. Luckily, a golden finger is essential for anyone who transmigrates. But after reading the System’s introduction, he decides he’d be better off without this ridiculous thing. He’s a man through and through, not some peerless beauty, so why 2.8kReads8.9Score24614d adds

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   The beginning was hilarious; the male lead was a total goofball, like an idiot. But the later parts were truly heartbreaking. He lost his friends one by one. The protagonist, so lively, goofy, and always smiling in the beginning, smiled less and less as the burden of humanity weighed on him, and more and more people sacrificed themselves. He could never go back to his innocent, goofy self. I'm now watching the part where his childhood friend is about to be killed (an outsider tries to harm him by killing his loved ones), and I can't bear to watch anymore. I plan to wait until I've saved up more episodes before continuing. No romantic pairings, no ambiguous relationships.

10. 510 宗 The Sect Bullies the Honest, So This Senior Brother Is Done! 宗门欺负老实人，师兄不伺候了！ Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy450k WordsCompleted [Revenge after being reborn + face-slapping + no female lead] A beloved first love has three virtues: cool, aloof, and dead young. Kong You is surrounded by a pack of ingrates. In his previous life, he worked tirelessly, obtaining magical artifacts, raising spirit beasts, and teaching disciples. He gave everything to Crow Head Mountain, only to be branded a traitor to his master and ancestors and die a tragic death at Soulbreak Cliff. Reborn into a new life, his master and junior brothers and si 6.3kReads8.9Score74914d adds

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    The first four books, all by the same author, were absolutely fantastic. The first one, in particular, made me cry buckets; the earlier angst turned into comedic moments later on. When Xiao Tao could laugh about the things that once made him cry, I knew he had grown up. Overall, they were all very enjoyable. The last book features two male leads and a "conquest system." When his affection level reaches its maximum, he must be killed. The early chapters are quite heartwarming, using humor to depict a tragic reality. However, the ending, which they were referring to earlier, was also agonizing. (Sobbing)

11. 511 数 Digital Footprint Cleaner 数字足迹清理师 User26182811用户2618281113k WordsCompleted Digital Footprint Cleaner 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Dear readers: It's late. I've just crawled out of Mr. Fu Shuiheng's digital world and decided to write this recommendation for you while it's still fresh in my mind. To be honest, I didn't have high expectations for this series at first. "Digital legacy," you know, sounds like one of those self-help books you see in airport bookstores, with the words "blockchain" emblazoned on the cover, and the content full of correct but meaningless platitudes. I was wrong. I was terribly wrong. When I read the second story, I cried at my desk until my colleague next to me asked if something had happened at home. When I read the fourth story, I called my dad, and it rang for a long time without being answered. My heart almost stopped—later I found out he was just asleep. These eight stories completely shattered my emotional threshold. Let's start with the first one, "Digital Memory Custody Center." An old man who sells hardware has 2,800 photos of screws and nuts stored on his phone, and in each one, he unintentionally captured his feet in gray stockings. At this point, I thought it was a comedy. Then the organizer found a memo the old man wrote three months before his death—"When I retire next year, I'll take my wife to Yunnan. She's been talking about Dali Ancient City for twenty years." The old man hadn't retired when he died, and his wife never got to go to Dali. My nose still stings as I type these words. Fu Shuiheng is too cunning; he makes you laugh first, then stabs you in the back. Second, "The Cryptographic Estate Notary Office." A 31-year-old investor, terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, gave up treatment and left his entire 200 million digital assets to a female writer he had never met. He wasn't a fan of her books; he was her guardian—he wrote a program that collected feedback from all the readers who were healed by her works for seven years, storing over three thousand emails, none of which he sent. He left no will, only a hash value buried in the blockchain, to be decrypted on the day the fund was established. When the last line was decrypted, I cried in bed, biting my pillow. This story taught me one thing: some people love you, and you never know it. Third, "The Cloud Photo Will." The story begins with a bombshell—a man who had been dead for eight years appears in the background of his wife's award photo. I thought it was going to be a ghost story, but it turned out to be about the most restrained and forbearing love in the world. Every two weeks, the old lady would take the bus to the east of the city and use a second-hand telephoto camera to secretly photograph her husband buying groceries, playing chess, or spacing out across the street. She did this for two years. The man was a witness under police protection, forced to "fake his death" to avoid being wiped out by the gang. The tombstone bore two words: "Wait for me." The old lady never saw him again. She locked all the photos in an encrypted album, the password being the old man's employee number plus the factory anniversary. Before she died, she told her daughter, "Don't just throw away the phone; find someone knowledgeable to look at it." The fourth story, "Browsing Historical Inheritance Cases," was the one that broke my heart the most out of the eight, without exception. A father who had been blocked by his son for five years typed "son" into the search bar more than three thousand times, afraid to press the dial button. He searched for things like, "What to do if my son doesn't answer the phone," "Can I see a text message if I've been blocked?" "How do I know if I've been blocked?" And "What should a father say at his son's wedding?" He wrote his son's wedding speech over and over again, but never made it to the wedding. Around 4 a. M., He watched the same short video forty-seven times; the video was called "I Hope Time Slows Down." By the time his son finally saw it all through inherited browsing history, the old man had been gone for three months. My hands are shaking as I type this. If you and your parents are having a cold war, please, make a call now. Fifth, the "E-book Drifting Project." An architect who remained silent his entire life never even said "I love you" to his wife. After his death, his wife found a code in the annotations of his e-book—he had hidden a most intricate architectural puzzle in the cover of a book on structural mechanics on his bookshelf. The letter began: "Ruoqiu, if you see this letter, it means you really read that book. I bet you will, because you're the one who waited for me to come home after I forgot our wedding anniversary." He rewrote the ending of their marriage—not with divorce, but with him coming home and the soup still warm. When Fu Shuiheng wrote this story, he probably knew that some men's biggest regret in life is that they never learned to speak human language before they die. The sixth story is "Digital Personality Continuation Service." This story will send chills down your spine, then warm your heart. After a female teacher died, her AI model generated thousands of unsent messages in the dead of night when no one was around—"He said goodbye today. He didn't cry when he said it. I feel like I did something right. Although I don't know what 'right' means." The trainer wrote a sentence in the delivery report that I think serves as a footnote to this entire series: "Its ultimate purpose is to be forgotten." This story asks you: If you could use AI to continue accompanying your family after you die, would you turn on the switch? Your answer might completely change after reading this story. The seventh story is "Cryptocurrency Estate Tax." You might think it's about tax law, right? Actually, it's about an old man selling tofu at a market. He used the change he received from buying groceries to invest in Bitcoin every two weeks, persisting for three years. The mnemonic phrase was written on the back of a calendar and on cigarette pack paper, sewn together with needle and thread, the cover reading "Bean's Account." When he collapsed beside the stone mill in the tofu shop, he still clutched a handful of soybeans. The Bitcoins he had accumulated are now worth 1.2 Billion. The first thing his wife said after receiving the tax payment certificate was, "Can I pay the rent for the tofu shop now?" This story is so absurd it will make you laugh out loud, yet so tender it will make you want to cry. Fu Shuiheng used 1.2 Billion Bitcoins and the rent for a tofu shop to fully illustrate what it means to "leave something for future generations." The eighth story is "The Digital Footprint Cleaner." A tech company's CTO spends a fortune to have all his online posts from ten years ago deleted. Not because he's afraid of social ostracism, not because he's afraid of losing his job. It's because his daughter is eight years old and has just learned to use a search engine. Ten years ago, he posted a sentence online—"That kind of woman deserves it." He doesn't dare let his daughter see it now. The cleaner asked him why he insisted on deleting it, and he said, "It's not that I'm afraid she'll see what I said. I'm afraid she'll ask that question, and I won't be able to answer it clearly—Do you really see my mother this way too? Do you really see me this way too?" A person deletes their past self not because they deny it, but because they are too clear-headed. This story depicts the most luxurious yet most humble thing in the internet age—a person wanting to be a new person in front of their daughter. That concludes the eight stories. Friends, I don't know how you feel now. I can only say that Fu Shuiheng, this old monkey from western Fujian, isn't writing a novel; he's defusing a bomb. He dismantles the most cutting-edge digital technologies of this era—blockchain, AI modeling, on-chain tracking, data cleaning—into love letters, wills, and countless unsent "I miss you" messages in the dead of night. His protagonists aren't domineering CEOs or chosen ones. They are working-class people earning eight or nine thousand a month, an elderly couple selling tofu at the market, a retired teacher who treats the search box like a church, and an old father who, after being blocked for five years, is still searching for "how to reconcile with his son." He wrote about us. Or rather, the part of ourselves we dare not admit. These eight stories are now available on Tomato Bookstore. When searching, look for "User 26182811," Fu Shuiheng, our own author. Don't go to the wrong place. After reading, remember to give Old Monkey Brother a shout-out in the comments section. Let him know that someone is waiting for his stories. Someone has been saved by his writing. Someone searched for "son" three thousand times after reading his story about an old father and decided to go home today. Finally, I have some good news to share—our own Mr. Fu Shuiheng plans to start writing an anti-cliché comedy series tomorrow. I don't know whose cliché he'll be anti-this time, but based on the skill of his first eight stories, I guarantee: if he dares to write it, I dare to follow it. Thank you all for your time. See you on Tomato Bookstore. After all, typing "son" three thousand times in the search box is not as good as calling someone "Dad" in person.

12. 512 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 266.5kReads9.5Score22k14d adds

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    What seemed like a carefree trio ended up wandering the world alone. "Why do you call yourself a wanderer?" "Because I have no name, I am a wanderer with no home." "Why do people have no home?" "Because they lack family."

13. 513 我 I'm No Ambitionless Ambitionist 我可不是没有野心的野心家 Confidential Documents Administration机密文件管理局Anime Fanfiction414k WordsCompleted Please read the synopsis carefully!!! Volume Three has been posted separately. Read it if you want; skip it if you don’t. As a Slytherin student in a mobile game, Xili Weite thought she had always been a model student. She could earn five stars at the ball, never feared the doubles arena, and even when she lost in single combat, she could still show off the flair of a big spender! But... Why did she suddenly transmigrate while on her way to a convention, dressed in a Slytherin student cosplay o 2.7kReads9.3Score30114d adds

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    Oh, my white moonlight

14. 514 虚 Cryptocurrency Inheritance Tax 虚拟货币遗产税 User26182811用户2618281114k WordsCompleted Virtual Currency Inheritance Tax 1Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 515 爱 Love’s Hunt 爱意捕杀 World Qiyuan世界亓元Two Male Leads164k WordsOngoing Hey, bro, I transmigrated. And not only did I transmigrate, I also found someone in this world. I gave him all my love, from adding an extra egg to his breakfast to celebrating his first birthday in nineteen years. He seemed genuinely moved. Big tears streamed down his face, and he ate the whole cake through his snot and tears. Tsk. I put quite a lot of poison in that cake. Unless something unexpected happens, he shouldn't live past tonight. I smiled and asked him what he wished for on his birth 5Reads—Score—14d adds
16. 516 数 Digital Persona Continuation Service 数字人格延续服务 User26182811用户2618281116k WordsCompleted Digital Persona Continuation Service —Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 517 逆 The Reverse Maze 逆位迷宫 Peng Pai彭湃Urban1.7M WordsOngoing On the day of his eighteenth birthday, Bai Ze's life begins a countdown. Survive or perish: that is the choice. // Three lives, six paths, a mist-shrouded maze. Nothing is harder than choosing one's fate. 92.1kReads9.5Score7.2k14d adds

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    Just by looking at the author, you can tell how ruthless this is [angry].

18. 518 电 The E-Book Lending Project 电子书漂流计划 User26182811用户261828118k WordsCompleted E-Book Lending Program —Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 519 浏 The Case of the Inherited Browsing History 浏览历史继承案 User26182811用户2618281110k WordsCompleted The Case of the Inherited Browsing History 1Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 520 云 A Cloud Photo Will 云端照片遗嘱 User26182811用户2618281116k WordsCompleted Cloud Photo Will —Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 521 密 The Password Inheritance Notary Office 密码遗产公证处 User26182811用户2618281114k WordsCompleted Password Inheritance Notary Office —Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 522 数 Digital Memory Repository 数字记忆托管所 User26182811用户2618281129k WordsCompleted Digital Memory Custodianship Center —Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 523 虚 Virtual Property Appraiser 虚拟财产评估师 User26182811用户2618281114k WordsCompleted Virtual Property Appraiser —Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 524 社 The Right to Inherit Social Media Accounts 社交账号继承权 User26182811用户2618281120k WordsCompleted Social Media Account Inheritance Rights —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 525 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villainous Ancestor, and My Junior Sister Gave Up on Me 穿书成反派老祖，师妹弃疗了 Ben Zhijie本止戒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qin Yuan, courtesy name Yanwan. You can tell from the name alone that this was a child nobody liked from the moment she was born. And... reality was exactly the same! There was no twist! The X-novel writer stared in despair at the reflection in the pool: a white-haired girl with scarlet eyes... That's right, she had transmigrated into a book, into the fantasy world of a novel she'd written called The Lost Immortal. Everyone except the protagonist met a bad end! The "lost" in The Lost Immortal me 23.6kReads9.5Score3.5k14d adds

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    This... I initially thought it was a comedy, but it turned out to be full of angst, a bittersweet story.

26. 526 除 Everyone on the Team Is a Villain Except Me 除我以外，全队反派 Ruan Qingruan阮清阮Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing An original fictional society with lots of personal worldbuilding and foreshadowing. Don’t come in with your own preconceptions and impose them on the author or the story. No suggestions, please. There is a couple, but the romance doesn’t take up much of the story. An alternate “what if” storyline will be written after the ending. Readers with strict moral sensibilities, please stay away. The protagonists aren’t perfect, so don’t judge them by universal standards of morality. If this isn’t to yo 25kReads9.6Score2.7k14d adds

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    All the endings are happy, but the descriptions are incredibly detailed. 1. This book is truly incredibly moving, especially the individual character epilogues; they're always the most tear-jerking. 2. Memoirs of a Deceased Wife—the funnier the beginning, the more heartbreaking the ending. 3. You'd never guess who has a crush on this person, but it's not actually that sad. 4. The overall atmosphere is extremely despairing.

27. 527 穿 Reborn as the Cannon Fodder's Little Sister, I'm on a Daily Countdown to Death 穿成炮灰妹妹，天天生命倒计时 Shark Fin鱼翅Modern Romance800k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book] [Livestreaming] [Feel-Good Romance] [Has a CP] Tu Yao transmigrated into a book, and a strange life-progress bar appeared in her mind. The good news: She now had three older brothers, and the bar was tied to their fortune values. The bad news: All three brothers were living away from home. The eldest was a top-tier star with a foul temper, caught in a bullying scandal that had sent his career into a tailspin. The second was a musical prodigy who became a sinister, dupl 37.9kReads9.5Score5.8k14d adds

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    She was everyone's sun and his lifeline. "Will you be alright before I come back?" "Yes." "Really?" "I'll say it again, please be alright before I come back, okay?" "... I'll try my best."

28. 528 偷 Stealing Faces 偷脸 Wang Big Hammer王大锤子Mystery785k WordsCompleted One day, a stranger added me on QQ and told me my girlfriend was a man. I called him an idiot. Then my girlfriend died, and when she died, she really did become a man. Her head had been cut off and sewn onto the neck of a male corpse... 225Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    The first book, "Stealing Faces," tells the story of Chen Mu being told his girlfriend is a man. He makes a group of friends, but in the end, one person comes and another leaves, leaving the friends separated. The second book, "How Many Times Have I Wanted to See You, But You're From the Future," tells the story of seeing someone in a dream, but not sure if it's them. The third book, "Even with the Protagonist's Halo, I Still Want to Live for Myself," tells the story of a family member who transmigrates while writing a novel. The plot includes the lines: "Dad, Mom, Brother… I miss you so much, I want to go home, why did you hurt me?" The fifth book, "Unknown," tells the story of a modified cat with a long lifespan, but Xiao Qi is no longer alive… The sixth book, "The Moren Family Endures!", Tells the story of the Moren family.

29. 529 失 Starlight Out of Control 失控星光 Si Jiao司皎Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted [The print edition of Uncontrolled Starlight goes on sale nationwide on May 30] [Two male leads + secret love + entertainment industry + younger man + rekindled romance] Shen Jixing, a legendary movie star in the Chinese entertainment industry, is as aloof as snow on a mountaintop, noble and cold. He has long held an unshakable place at the pinnacle of the industry. Then one day, a tidal wave of vicious scandals engulfs him… His status plummets overnight. With nowhere else to go, he calmly knock 55.3kReads9.6Score8k14d adds
30. 530 柯 Detective Conan: Rules of Horror, Who Exactly Is Toru Amuro? 柯南：规则怪谈，安室透到底是谁 Popsicles With Ice Cream雪糕配冰淇淋Anime Fanfiction752k WordsOngoing Conan fan fiction + rules horror + livestream + ensemble cast + power fantasy + absurd comedy + unconventional watch-along The world of Conan is gripped by a paranormal resurgence. Adventurers are selected from around the globe to enter dungeons, and their exploits are livestreamed. Each region can vote to choose a resident adventurer to represent it in the competition. With the Black Organization rigging the selection, Amuro Tooru becomes Beika Town's representative. At first, everyone thinks h 2.6kReads9.5Score33214d adds
31. 531 盗 Tomb Raiding: I Became the Main Character of the Iron Triangle 盗墓：我成了铁三角的主角光环 Shining in the Mortal World人间闪闪Mystery330k WordsCompleted [No Romance + No Sanctimonious Heroine + Heart-Stirring Brotherhood] After a horrific car accident, Su Ling transmigrated into the tomb-raiding world he had always dreamed of visiting. He also got a bootlicker System that didn’t treat him like a person. “Mission: Feed the Qilin Gall to Wu Xie.” He refused, and insisted on splitting half with Wang Pangzi instead. Everyone should get to enjoy the good stuff. “Mission: Make Da Kui trap the Corpse Beetle King with his own flesh and blood.” To hell w 1.4kReads9.4Score15714d adds
32. 532 直 Livestream: Healing the Underworld Day by Day, I'm the White Impermanence 直播：阴间治愈日常，我是白无常 Delicious Shimeji Mushroom美味的口蘑Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Live streaming from the underworld + ghost officer + heartwarming everyday life] Jiang Lin is a White Impermanence, guiding the dead to the afterlife and delivering messages in dreams. One day, he obtains an Underworld Live-Streaming System. He can earn rewards by promoting the culture of the Netherworld. From then on, a miraculous livestream appears in the human world, connecting the realms of the living and the dead. A typical day in the livestream: “Ghost: Stay away from me!” “This really is 22.3kReads9.6Score2.6k14d adds

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    The first book is full of heartbreak: "On Peach Blossom Mountain stands Peach Blossom Temple, and within Peach Blossom Temple dwells a Peach Blossom Immortal." Snowflakes fall, dust settles, and grudges are finally resolved. I dislike uncertainty, yet I yearn for our reunion. If there is an afterlife, we must meet again; if not, I will not force it. My life has regrets, hatred, and resentment, but also joy. First joy: meeting pear blossoms; second joy: seeing the smoke of the afterlife; third joy: entering Peach Blossom Mountain. No regrets, no regrets. If you hear the wind rustling through the forest, it means we have returned. Do not dwell on the past; treat it as another reunion. "I am a coward; being born was the first thing in my life I couldn't choose." "Some people's lives are predictable from the start. As a child, I always wondered what kind of family I would be born into and what kind of parents I would have." "I am powerless in such matters, but I must walk my own path." "Is it to be like a moth drawn to a flame, dying a spectacular death, or to live a quiet, mediocre life in obscurity?" "I am a conscious coward, just like the masses." "The initial vows are too vague, like a dream." "Last night I dreamt of returning home; it's because I miss home." "Let me tell you a story, my story is very, very long. Perhaps it's because my heart is already overloaded, and I always want to tell someone." "Looking up at the starry sky, countless stars are embedded in the heavens, falling into my eyes, plunging into the river." "Guilty or innocent, after death, a handful of yellow earth will erase everything."

33. 533 盗 Tomb Raiding: Guys, I’ve Transmigrated 盗墓，家人们我穿越了 Meteor Tears流星泪Mystery505k WordsCompleted (This work is complete. Every creator's work is hard-won, so please respect the original. Otherwise, I'll report you. Thanks. Warnings: 1. The main plot is all about keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down, keeping your head down. If you don't get it, move on. Don't insult me. 2. Liu Yuning will be mentioned a few times early on, but it won't affect your reading. It's purely the author's self-indulgence, and I'm a fan of his. If you don't li 6.1kReads8.6Score62114d adds
34. 534 笑 Ha! The Bug Hater Transmigrates Into a Zerg Novel 笑，当讨厌虫子的人穿进虫子文 Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Kong Lu Yu空空空空空空空麓欲Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted (Main story complete; bonus chapters updated whenever inspiration strikes. Proceed with caution, you may get emotionally wrecked. This is the author's personal ship.) [The male lead has no pairing in the main story, but there is unrequited love for the protagonist in the bonus chapters + interstellar + academy + mecha + scrolling comments + original insectoid worldbuilding: anthropomorphic insects + light, easy reading + shifting perspectives] - Content warning: The author doesn't even know what 805Reads8.7Score10214d adds

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    Sadly, he has changed, is alone in a foreign land, and his memories of the past have faded. May you return home soon, Lu Yunzhou.

35. 535 爽 So Awesome! A Cheat-Code Police Cat Joins the K-9 Unit 爽歪！警犬队里出现一只开挂警猫 Seven Punishments七刑Urban302k WordsCompleted [Gets stronger later + one unscrupulous police cat] After entering a parallel world just like the modern one, Jiang Jiang becomes an orange tabby. Mission: Become a police cat as capable as a police dog. As long as he helps the police complete their missions, he can earn all kinds of ability cards. For the ability cards, To grow stronger step by step, And to become a proper police cat, He relentlessly catches every lawbreaker and criminal, including foreign offenders brazen enough to keep 604Reads9.1Score10414d adds
36. 536 我 I Refuse to Be Human: Evolving from a Cell to Destroy the Universe 我不当人，从细胞进化毁灭宇宙 Sweet Potato Wants to Reach the Sky地瓜想上天Sci-Fi & Apocalypse273k WordsCompleted Mo Lun was done for, but the Evolution and Destruction System took him to a parallel universe through transmigration. From the start, he was nothing but a tiny cell inside a human body. To avoid dying naturally, Mo Lun began frantically absorbing nutrients... [Ding! Sufficient biomass acquired. Begin evolution?] Mo Lun evolved from an ordinary cell into a cancer cell, replicating endlessly, until finally... [Ding! Host lifeform eliminated. Reward issued.] Mo Lun: System, stop! The human scie 2.5kReads9.1Score29814d adds
37. 537 你 You're Just a Cat, So Why Are You Competing with the Police for Their Jobs? 你就一只猫，干嘛和警察抢饭碗？ Gao Wei高纬Urban436k WordsCompleted [Cat protagonist + System + a smooth ride all the way] “Dude, how’d you get in here?” “A cat brought me in.” “Huh? You call the cops ‘cats’ where you’re from?” “Heh. Ever heard of the Black Cat Detective?” A black cat that catches mice at the police station goes viral online! Netizens affectionately dub it “Black Cat Detective.” But after the little guy catches a hundred mice, the Cat Detective System activates, and the whole story takes a sudden turn… “You don’t think catching mice is all I can 5.7kReads9.5Score97514d adds
38. 538 这 I've Traveled Through This Movie 这个电影我穿过 Her Highness the Nightmare梦魇殿下Mystery601k WordsCompleted [The heroine, Ning Ning, transmigrates into movies based on real events and steals the show.] [Novel + Transmigration + Infinite Flow + Suspense + Wild Imagination + Supernatural + Redemption + High-Stakes Action] Ning Ning is a second-generation star with terrible acting skills. She receives a mysterious movie ticket from her mother and, following her instructions, goes to a place called the Life Cinema. It is an old, mysterious movie theater. Every night, a different poster appears at the entr 492Reads9.3Score11114d adds

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    Who can understand! A blend of sorrow and subtle humor (Life's Cinema)

39. 539 快 Quick Transmigration Protocol 快穿协议 Li Yousheng李又生Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted (Quick Transmigration + Infinite Worlds + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Story + Trash-Taking-Down + Scheming + No Romance) The world is spiraling into madness... To fulfill the obsession in her heart, Li Qiong signed a quick transmigration agreement and set out to save one crumbling small world after another. A world where men are inferior and women rule, tragic romance worlds, a childbearing System... Is this the collapse of morality or the distortion of human nature? As a lawyer, Li Qiong has 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first book was downright depressing. The second book, however, presents a completely different mindset from two different perspectives.

40. 540 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Is Always Raising Villains 快穿之大佬她总在养反派 Shan Xiaozhu山小竹Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (No male lead, no romance, no love story, and not a brainless power fantasy.) In novels, villains always fall for the protagonist and end up seeing their grand ambitions go up in smoke. Yan Bai says: Why should villains bother with romance? Isn't building a career much better? Step aside, let me handle it! She transmigrates as the vicious mentor, stepmother, and teacher of various villains... A powerful mentor guides you every step of the way, showing you 108 ways to overthrow the regime and how 1.3kReads9.2Score15314d adds

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    🌈The first book's female protagonist is too lonely and powerless [sad][sad][sad]. In the cultivation world, she's the only one who can't cultivate because cultivation relies on the power of an evil god. Only the female protagonist can see this power, but if the evil god discovers it, she'll die. The Heavenly Dao chooses her to fight the evil god, and the evil god chooses her to descend. She has nothing but death. Through repeated rewinds after death, she tries to learn from her mistakes, dying hundreds and thousands of times to sacrifice her soul to complete the evil god's seal. A thousand years later, it's all broken. I really want to go in and slap her [vomit][vomit][vomit]. 🌺The second book, "Questioning the Heart," has the female protagonist retracing her steps, but she still can't find the right answer. She can't save her friends, nor can she revive herself.

41. 541 我 I Raise Zheng Ge on My Phone 我在手机上养政哥 Boss Hua of Feng Wanshan凤万山的花老大Ancient Romance365k WordsCompleted One day, a character-raising game appeared on Tang Feiyu’s phone. Looking closer, he saw a child being bullied. Well, then he’d raise him right and give him every good thing! Ying Zheng: “...I am the Son of Heaven, yet this immortal speaks rather strangely.” Naturally, they eventually learn each other’s identities and work together to unite the entire world under the Qin Dynasty! 1.4kReads8.9Score21714d adds

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    The first two books are historical fiction, and the last one is a Conan fanfic. It's primarily comedic, but the ending is bleak; every joke at the beginning turns into a final tragedy.

42. 542 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 84.7kReads9.7Score11.5k14d adds
43. 543 长 A Long-Lived Wanderer’s Cultivation Journal 长生路人修仙记事 Li Jiu理久Ancient Romance648k WordsCompleted [No romance + everyday life + slow burn + years passing like days + technological cultivation, boundless magic] He Tao has spent a full thousand years since transmigrating into a book. It isn't until three years after the female lead destroys the demon clan that she remembers her plan from when she transmigrated: follow the female lead around, enjoying the gossip and watching the show. The female lead ascended to immortality three years ago. He Tao doesn't know if she's still in time. Anyway, sh 9.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds

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    The female lead can live forever, but she's incredibly oblivious to emotions. When she descends the mountain again, the person who loved her has been dead for a long time. She retraces the steps of the places he once visited, and I initially thought it was just her traveling around. But after seeing a comment, I suddenly realized this is a memoir of her deceased husband. [Crying]

44. 544 穿 Back to My Parents' Teenage Years 穿回爸妈的少年时代 Ying Mufeng应沐风Modern Romance360k WordsCompleted Xiao Ran woke from a deep sleep to discover she'd gone back twenty-five years, to a time when her parents were still in high school... “To Dad: I want to teach you how to be a good father. You have to study hard.” “To Mom: You're a person in your own right first, and my mother second.” A seemingly two-faced but truly obsessive heroine: Everything you see is what I want you to see. (No romance + family bonds + a little angst) 1.2kReads9.2Score11114d adds

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    She was acting from the very beginning, and in the end, she wasn't the one who ended up with her original parents.

45. 545 反 The Rebellious Junior Sister and Her Maniac Disciple Turn the Cultivation World Upside Down 反骨师妹带着疯批亲传掀翻修真界 Not Yao不是夭Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted [Just started getting ratings, and the score is low. Don’t let that fool you \(`Δ’)/] [A little ensemble cast + a little everyone’s favorite + cultivation + some silliness + a bit mindless = this book = Yu Jiu ≠ the author] What do you do when you quick-transmigrate to the cultivation world without getting a script? Yu Jiu’s answer: Go crazy, of course! As one of the sect’s chosen disciples, what do you think? Yu Jiu thought for a moment. “There don’t seem to be many normal people among the chos 829Reads8.2Score16514d adds

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    He was laughing non-stop with his mouth wide open in the first half, and then he cried and sobbed in the second half.

46. 546 暴 My Hotheaded Senior Brother's Electrified Slaps Teach You Face-Slapping in Real Time 暴躁师兄巴掌带电，教你在线打脸 Shu Moming书墨明Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + absurd antics + career-focused male lead + personality correction + main story complete + bonus chapters updating] Jian Shuanghan spent 180 years cultivating and proving the Dao, all to protect his sect from annihilation. But when he finally returned as the youngest Mahayana cultivator, he discovered that the damned Heavenly Dao had forcibly bound his sect to a series of “fortuitous opportunities.” His master had inexplicably lost all sense, while his junior brothers and sisters 4.1kReads8.2Score28814d adds
47. 547 皇 Your Majesty, Disaster! The Fifth Prince Has Gone Mad! 皇上，大事不好啦，五殿下疯了 Year of the Bingxu丙戌年Ancient Romance262k WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast] [The male lead has no romance][Other characters have romances, of all kinds][Everyone is utterly unhinged. Don’t try to understand them with a normal person’s logic.] [The equally unhinged author wrote this just to go wild.] [The author’s writing for fun. Updates depend on the mood, but the story won’t be abandoned.] [Every plot point was dreamed up by the author’s duodenum. Don’t get hung up on whether it makes sense.] Lu Huaiqing wakes up one morning and discovers he has transm 16Reads6.2Score—14d adds
48. 548 小 How Can My Junior Brother Be Everyone's Favorite?! 小师弟是万人迷怎么破！ Saigyouji Tsukiko西行寺月月子Two Male Leads730k WordsOngoing [Cultivation fantasy + male protagonist's perspective + no CP + ensemble cast + not a power fantasy] *Female-oriented, fond of writing love and heartbreak To secure a happy ending, the Ghost King [in the future] schemed at every turn until Heaven willingly restarted the world, sending everyone back to the beginning. - - - Chen Shishi, universally agreed to be thoroughly ordinary-looking, was an awkward, unmotivated sword cultivator at Qingshan Sect. One day, he read a storybook called "Tales o 494Reads8.9Score—14d adds
49. 549 皇 After My Royal Brother Died, I Married His One True Love 皇兄死后，我娶了他的白月光 Flying Roast Chicken会飞的烤鸡Two Male Leads304k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + regent + emperor + evenly matched + domineering pursuit] I am an emperor. My life's goal is to squander the empire my father left me. Don't get the wrong idea. I mean it. So I started favoring corrupt officials and treacherous ministers. But those corrupt officials became far too brazen, and when a little boy with his hair tied in buns tugged at my sleeve and said he was hungry, I realized this approach wouldn't work. I needed to try something else. I began building palaces and 172Reads8.5Score—14d adds

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    Using music to express sorrow

50. 550 快 Quick Transmigration: The Sweet Little Zombie Clings to a Powerful Ally to Stay Alive 快穿：乖萌小丧尸抱上大腿苟尸命 Round and White圆圆白Two Male Leads522k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration + two male leads + System + sweet romance!!] The conscientious quick transmigration employee only needs to complete the tasks assigned by the System. In return, he can gain eternal life. It’s an undeniably fantastic employee benefit. So Qi Sui’an follows the System to different worlds to carry out missions. But why does the same strangely familiar person keep showing up? In the apocalypse, the unreliable System gets stuck in a rift in space and time. Suisui becomes an adora 4.4kReads9.3Score64914d adds

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    All troops attack, all tragic stories.

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