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

1. 101 一 I Woke Up to Find Humanity's IQ Had Dropped a Thousandfold! 一觉醒来，人类智商下降千倍！ A Catchy Pen Name顺口的笔名Urban472k WordsOngoing [Feel-good power fantasy + plot-driven + absurdist + requires just a little bit of brainpower] (Trust me, it’s definitely interesting. If you’re unsure, you can check out the reviews first.) After being expelled from school, Jiang Chen had resigned himself to hauling bricks at a construction site. But then, the world suddenly changed. An ordinary high school student became the most intelligent person in the world. And so… Cambridge Professor Norman: “In fact, Dr. Jiang Chen is the only person al 66.3kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves

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   The kernel is quite deep.

2. 102 系 System, Give Me Back My Sweet Romance Plot! 系统，还我甜文剧本！ Little Spring, Little Monkey小泉小猴Two Male Leads735k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, quick transmigration, a mix of sweetness and angst, obsessive, yandere, star-crossed love, HE] Synopsis: After I died, a System bound itself to me and turned me into a task-taker. It said it was a quick transmigration System that did sweet romance plots. I believed it. But when I was lying on the ground in the first world, waiting to bleed to death, things started to seem a little off. In the second world, I stared blankly at a plot about coercive possession. Was this really sup 252Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   Look, look, just keep looking!

3. 103 戒 Diary from a Conversion Therapy Center 戒同所日记 Youthful Years, Thinking of the Brocade Zither华年思锦瑟Two Male Leads29k WordsCompleted A diary recording the final two months of my life... Maybe I'm just not meant to be loved. Otherwise, why would everyone who loved me leave? 12.6kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves

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   This book has decent writing, is written in a diary format, and is both funny and touching. One second you want to cry, the next you're laughing, and then you're crying again.

4. 104 百 The Hundred Demons Manual (2) 百妖谱（2） Shaluo Shuangshu裟椤双树Ancient Romance191k WordsCompleted A man, a monk, and a fox, laughing and bickering as they roam the land. White demons, myriad affairs, and a hundred emotions: a strange and wondrous world, full of life’s warmth and hardship. 2.2kReads9.5Score589Shelves
5. 105 零 A Post-2000s Streamer with a Rebel Streak: Parents These Days Are So Hard to Handle 零零后直播反骨：这届家长真难带 Books and Swords in Chang'an书剑长安Urban170k WordsCompleted Lin Zhe was reborn. In his previous life, he had spent all his time trying to be the obedient, well-behaved child his parents wanted, while they constantly manipulated and belittled him. Their control and criticism had ruined his entire life. Low self-esteem, introversion, social anxiety, depression, a people-pleasing nature, and borderline personality traits had made his life a tragedy... After being reborn, he gained a Comeback System and resolved to stop being a “good kid” who always did as h 593Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   A tragedy disguised as a comedy, a story that makes you laugh and then cry.

6. 106 大 Great Tang: The Fiercest Crown Prince, Li Er Begs Me Not to Kill Him 大唐：最狠太子，李二求我别杀了 Somebody Named Yan烟某人Historical1.0M WordsCompleted After Crown Prince Li Chengqian died, his spirit lingered. He was reborn before his rebellion was exposed and deposed, and bound to a System called “No More Coddling.” At this point, there were less than three days left before his plot was uncovered. “Ding! Firmly resist and fight back against mental manipulation. Reward: the manufacturing process for the curved-shaft plow.” Wei Zheng, Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince: “Your Highness is unruly and indolent. Hold out your hand. I must perform the 15.4kReads8.7Score792Shelves
7. 107 百 A Hundred Demons, Volume 3 百妖谱（3） Shaluo Shuangshu裟椤双树Ancient Romance218k WordsCompleted A man, a monk, and a fox roam the land, laughing and joking, cursing and teasing. White demons, a hundred happenings, a hundred emotions: a strange and wondrous world of human warmth and hardship. 2kReads9.5Score542Shelves
8. 108 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves

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   1. "Let everything get back on track, let everything reset. This is the path I chose long ago." 2. Beginning: At the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain stands a Peach Blossom Temple, and within the temple dwells a Peach Blossom Immortal. Peach blossoms bloom, peach blossoms fall, an immortal's disciple comes, the disciple leaves, and beside the disciple's grave stands an immortal. Ending: The face is gone, I know not where, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. 3. "Choosing this path, I am destined to be alone." "I cannot settle the lingering thoughts that remain after experiencing 'eternity' in my heart. I cannot enter the life that normal people can enter, so I can only choose this place as my final resting place." He had told countless lies, yet he kept the most precious promise. 4. "Outside the long pavilion, along the ancient road, fragrant grasses stretch to the horizon." "My name is Yan Yizhi." "But actually, I prefer my other name, Wu Yan." "Wu Yan…" "Will you always be by my side?" "This one might not be the perfect fit. The entire book uses tragedy to depict a larger tragedy. The whole thing can be quite depressing. But overall, it's a good read."

9. 109 说 Weren't You Supposed to Be a Cool Beauty? Why Do You Blush Whenever I Tease You? 说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红 Meizi Went Blind梅子瞎了Two Male Leads577k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance with two male leads, both each other’s only partners; a dirty-talking, devoted top and a cool, beautiful bottom; reborn pursuit of his wife + showbiz + ridiculous comedy + everyone’s favorite + healing + intense push and pull + face-slapping feel-good story + mostly everyday life, and once you get through the first chapter, it’s sweet romance] After his beloved dies, Young Master Zhou is consumed by despair. By a twist of fate, he is reborn and wastes no time setting out to w 62kReads9.6Score9.8kShelves

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   The first one is a dual male lead novel; I was laughing and crying at the same time, my heart was filled with bittersweet emotions! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] The second one is a historical romance novel, hiding its true nature as comedy. It's all smiles at first, but then a sudden, brutal cut leaves you completely bewildered! [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

10. 110 人 A Human Cage 人间囚笼 Yan Yizhi言一知Urban538k WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story + extremely dark + oppressive and suffocating. Don’t read if you’re faint of heart.] When you’re nearing the end of your life, you can actually feel it coming. Just like right now. The closer that moment gets, the more you want to leave something behind in this world. But what should I leave? Assets lose value, and houses change hands. Nothing material can last forever. So perhaps I should tell everyone my story instead. I’m no good person. I just occasionally feel 117.1kReads9.5Score16.4kShelves
11. 111 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 538.9kReads9.7Score71.1kShelves

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    Hmm, the first and second books were by the same author [sad face]. I was really tricked! They promised a lighthearted, non-angsty story (lily of the valley symbolizes the return of happiness [heart emoji]). The third book, about immortality, was so lonely, but thankfully there was Lao Niu, though only Lao Niu. I won't even talk about the third book; I feel like it's even become popular outside the Conan fan fiction community. The protagonist dies in the end [laugh emoji]. Seriously… I never expected that.

12. 112 成 What on Earth Is This? Complete in Two Volumes (The Original Novel Behind the Hit Drama Starring Wang Churan and Cheng Lei) 成何体统：全二册（王楚然、丞磊主演热播影视剧原著） Qi Yingjun七英俊Anime Fanfiction314k WordsCompleted What is it like to transmigrate into a web novel and become the tyrant's bedmate? After a few simple calculations, Yu Wanyin reached a conclusion: she would have to find another way. In this story full of villains, if she wanted to carve out a path to survival, she had to become the biggest villain of all. First, help the tyrant take down Prince Duan, then take down the tyrant and become empress herself. But when she met the tyrant and carefully considered the strange sense of familiarity in his 40.3kReads9.7Score6.3kShelves
13. 113 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves

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    I think the first three books are all comedic on the surface, but the main characters are more or less tragic. The fourth book, a quick transmigration novel, has several small worlds where the music sets off the sad scenes.

14. 114 癫EN Unhinged? We're All Unhinged—and That's a Good Thing! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊 Little Salt小盐子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay. 335kReads9.8Score46.9kShelves
15. 115 我 I'm a Goofball, You're a Goofball, We Were Born to Be Geniuses 我沙雕你沙雕，我们生来是天骄 Cool, Cocky Ultraman Family Member酷拽奥特曼家属Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted This novel is also known as The Tough-as-Nails Heroine Makes Her Name Through Being Ridiculous [The nation's darling + mysticism + entertainment industry + no romance] When the Ghost Realm heard that Lin Yao had become a celebrity, they breathed a sigh of relief. Surely she wouldn't torment them anymore now that she was famous? So they went to the human world to cause trouble, having the time of their lives. Lin Yao flashed a talisman and smiled. “Three sentences, and I'll make you die 108 times 3.4kReads9.1Score568Shelves

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    It's more suitable for those who are easily moved to tears. I personally felt it was a bit angsty, but very bearable.

16. 116 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1kShelves

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    This is like an old man toying with a child; you have absolutely no chance of winning.

17. 117 春 Spring Blossoms Never Return 春华不归 Moonlight Pale as Frost月白如霜Ancient Romance115k WordsCompleted I must have told you I loved you hundreds of years ago. But you forgot, and I never remembered., “Lovers Who Missed Each Other” Years of companionship made him take her for granted. He was so sure she would always be there waiting for him that he went about his own business, treating her with indifference, because she was always there. Her heart finally went cold, and she left. Even the most precious thing seems ordinary once you have it. Only after losing it do you realize what it meant. He 388Reads7.9Score—Shelves

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    The style is very much like the willows by the palace wall. Every word speaks of bitterness, yet every word is filled with bitterness. Every sentence avoids mentioning regret, yet every sentence is filled with regret.

18. 118 阳 Getting Roasted in the Living World, My Fans in the Underworld Help Me Get Even 阳间被喷，阴间粉丝帮我找场子 Rehab Expert复健达人Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Funny and lighthearted + playing a ghost + scaring people and ghosts alike + horror livestream + no female lead + top-tier star of the underworld + reverse brainwashing + misunderstandings + ghostly illusions] Shen Si is an obscure actor who loves performing but has mediocre acting skills. In other people’s eyes, he’s a strange, awkward speaker with stiff limbs who crawls faster than he runs. One day, he receives a script and enters a supernatural film set. Here, his awkwardness is because he’s 14.3kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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    Lighthearted and funny + urban + supernatural + no romance, very entertaining, highly recommended 😉

19. 119 你 Hello, Creepy Boss. I'm Here to Work 你好诡异Boss，我是来打工的 Qi Yi Zi七一子Fantastical Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Print edition under contract] [Female-oriented, no romance, infinite-flow + plot-driven + mildly horror] On the first day after losing her job, a mysterious app appeared on Li Wu's phone. The jobs listed were simple and paid well. They were obviously a scam. Li Wu: “I'm in! A scam is exactly what I'm looking for.” Her job duties were simple: [Little Girl's Nanny: 5,000 yuan/day] [Plastic Surgery Clinic Nurse: 10,000 yuan/day] [Village Watcher: 30,000 yuan/day] The work was clearly described and 115.4kReads9.2Score17.3kShelves
20. 120 咒EN Jujutsu Kaisen: Hunted by Mahito from the Start—Sorcerer Rainfall 咒回：开局被真人追杀，术士降雨 Maple Leaves Dance with Fire枫叶舞火Anime Fanfiction570k WordsCompleted [Transmigrator, domain-based sorcerer, genius, same year as Yuji, no System, no heroine, nearly invincible, Heavenly Restriction, snarky sidekick, satisfying battles] My name is Feng. By the time you read this, I’ll have been dragged out of my soft, cozy bed and into a world called Jujutsu Kaisen, where Mahito is hunting me. Can someone call Satoru Gojo for me? I think there’s still time to save me. 24kReads9.1Score2kShelves
21. 121 天 Heaven Does Not Answer 天不应 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing Three myriad mounds of yellow earth and white bones, a sword's light like a shadow, the moon like wine. The spring breeze cuts through all the world's troubles. Tell me, peach blossoms, will you turn white-haired too? In the year 547 of the Yong'an era, a pitch-dark snowstorm fell over Kuhai County, a border county in southern Qi. In a dilapidated temple outside the county, Wen Chaoshen found a crippled woman, gravely injured and on the verge of death. He thought she was merely a refugee in dist 84.8kReads9.1Score6.1kShelves
22. 122 疯 After the Mad Emperor Redeemed Himself, All Under Heaven Became His Devoted Subjects 疯批帝尊洗白后，天下皆为裙下臣 Chuchu Ziyu初初子语Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Original title: After Constantly Trying to Get Myself Killed, I Became the Emperor Venerated by All Di Yange transmigrates into a wish-fulfillment novel aimed at male readers, where she can only return home by getting herself killed. To make it back as soon as possible, she disguises herself as a man and does everything she can to oppose the protagonist and befriend the villains. In the end, through one careless mistake, she not only saves all the villains but also follows their path, rising ste 30.8kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
23. 123 柯 Detective Conan: A Hero’s Wonderful Adventure in Another World 柯南：勇者的异世界奇妙冒险 The Empty Alley of White Porridge白粥的空巷Anime Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing Also known as: Conan: A Brave Hero's Wondrous Adventures in Another World [Male protagonist + no romance + beautiful, powerful, and tragic + frail + battle-worn + glass cannon + causality] [Redemption + saving the police academy group from their deaths] [Follows the anime's main storyline + original cases occur in a different order + unaware of the plot] [Slow-paced + lots of silly everyday moments + many original-character storylines + transmigration + morally gray, leaning toward the good guys 1.3kReads9.3Score159Shelves

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    Hey~ I actually do have some~ I read some books on this account, and some on @ (under the pseudonym).

24. 124 司 Commander Si, Why Are You Standing with the Monsters? 司统大人，您怎么站怪物那边了？ Little Black the Firebreather喷火小黑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [No female lead + no romantic tension + no romance + ruthless and decisive] Amid the crowds beneath the neon-lit cityscape, there are monsters wearing human skin, walking among them just like ordinary people. The news says these people are called the Awakened. They feed on human flesh and are savage monsters. One quiet afternoon, an ordinary high school sophomore undergoes a transformation and becomes one of the Awakened, standing against all of humanity! To survive, he makes a pact with a god a 102.6kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
25. 125 斩 Slay the Gods: Climbing the Ranks Like a Dung Beetle in the World of Slay the Gods! 斩神：我在斩神世界苍蜣登阶！ Fan He凡河Male-Channel Fanfiction991k WordsCompleted [Slay the Gods + comedic fan fiction + Huozige's golden finger] (Just turn your brain off and enjoy! No idea if it's good, but it's definitely crazy and hilarious. Some original-world details have been altered, so don't take them too seriously.) Chen Li transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and waits for eighteen long years. At last, the System arrives, and the protagonist, Lin 10.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
26. 126 我 After I Went Off the Rails, My Whole Villainous Family Turned Over a New Leaf! 我发癫后，全家反派都从良了！ Zong Li纵里Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Absurd Memes + 1v1, Both Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced + Beloved by All + Wild, Unhinged Couple: Xi Congrong] [A Totally Unhinged, Random, All-Rounder Heroine vs. A Villainous Male Lead Who’s Elegant, Scheming, and Has an Unusual Way of Thinking] You are the nanny’s daughter, with a tragic background: a gambling-addicted father, a fragile mother, and a lily-white innocent side to you. On your first day accompanying your mother to work at the mansion, the real heiress makes things difficult f 12.1kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    These two books, which were supposed to be funny, suddenly turned into knives.

27. 127 崩 Honkai: Star Rail: I’ll Do Anything to Save My Best Friend 崩铁：拯救挚友我义不容辞 Heize Du黑泽渡Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing Warning! I ship characters anywhere and everywhere, and Jing Yuan and Bai Heng are especially shippable!!! The main story is complete~ Please ignore the “fantasy romance” tag. Tomato assigned it arbitrarily, and it has nothing to do with this story. ★★★★★ Jing Yuan knew he was about to become Mara-Struck. Jing Yuan wondered: Why? Why had the five of them ended up falling apart like this? He couldn't accept it... If only... the past could be changed... [Do you want to change the past?] [I am 1.8kReads9.2Score186Shelves
28. 128 谍 Espionage: 2,000 Deaths from the Start 谍战：开局死亡两千次 Jin Daye金大涯Urban958k WordsOngoing Xie Shu, male, formerly an Olympic shooting champion in the twenty-first century. One day, he kills himself and wakes up in 1940. Reason: Unknown. Identity: Unknown. Status: Being buried alive. Xie Shu: ...What a disastrous start! The good news: He gains the ability to rewind time whenever he dies. The bad news: He wakes up at a live burial site and has to die two thousand times before he escapes. While helping a passing guerrilla unit complete its mission, he somehow ends up as the illegitimat 40kReads9.3Score6kShelves

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    Seeing the title, I thought it would be something tragic, but when I opened it, it was hilarious, almost made me laugh to death. However, I gradually felt a hidden madness and despair beneath the protagonist's comedic performance. The supporting characters' inner monologues were truly hilarious.

29. 129 c I Cosplayed a Bat Kid and Ended Up Right in Front of the Original cos成蝙蝠崽后舞到正主面前 Old Bai Makes a Dazzling Entrance老白闪亮登场Female-Channel Fanfiction677k WordsOngoing Warnings: gender-swapped cosplay transmigration, OOC, and a chaotic timeline [Note: Every implausible detail is foreshadowing (pay attention, it’s all foreshadowing!!). All the emotions the protagonist experiences are real.] Jessica transmigrated. Transmigration itself wasn’t scary. The scary part was that she’d transmigrated as the character she was cosplaying: Batman’s second son. Even worse, the wolf ears and tail she’d worn to show off at the convention had come along too. On her first day 1.6kReads8.5Score154Shelves
30. 130 高 The Blind Sword Girl of the High-Martial Thief God Clan 高武盗神家的盲眼剑娘 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine + equally matched leads + action and romance] One is a thief who loves stealing precious gems. The other is a blind swordswoman who does nothing but practice her swordsmanship. Lin Chuan, known as the God of Thieves in Longxia, unexpectedly acquired a bag that could trade for anything. As long as he put in enough treasures, he could get whatever he wanted. SSS-grade gene enhancers, top-tier breathing techniques, coveted combat skills... He had planned to use the trading bag to go fr 167.9kReads9.2Score25.2kShelves

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    --- Chapter One: The Civilization Selection Competition "Today is the selection day for our Celestial Spirit Civilization," cheerful music blared over the loudspeaker. "The once-in-a-million-year Civilization Cleansing Competition has officially begun! From the initial billions of participating civilizations, through trillions of years of rigorous selection, only we remain!" The Celestial Spirit people in the waiting area exchanged bewildered glances. "Wait," a contestant raised his hand, "when did we register?" "That's not important!" The loudspeaker continued, "What's important is our slogan: Cleanse thoroughly, depart with dignity!" On the judges' panel, an ancient sage sat quietly. It has sat here for thirty quadrillion years without uttering a single word, yet its judge's plaque reads: "Special Guest." --- Chapter Two: The Expeditionary Force's Most Troublesome Thing "Captain, humanoid civilization detected ahead." "Same old procedure: send a signal—'Test if they are of the same kind.'" "Sent, Captain. They replied with a long letter, saying they want to sign a non-aggression pact and will send someone to visit." "... Why are they replying so smoothly?" "Captain, they seem to think we are some lost ancient power. They even included a 'Guide to Diplomatic Etiquette' with the letter." The Expeditionary Force fell silent. They searched through the appendix of the Outline, but couldn't find the corresponding procedure for the "Guide to Diplomatic Etiquette." "... Then let's shelve it." "But Captain, they're still asking us if we want tea." "Tea?" "Tea." "... This fleet refuses all non-cleaning interactions. Continue sailing." "But Captain—we've already shelved over three hundred such civilizations. The most recent one even gave us a business card." The Outline remained blank, unsure how to handle the business card. --- Chapter 3: Even a Sea of ​​Flowers Has Social Anxiety On Tianling Star, a sea of ​​flowers is spreading. "Today we've covered three centimeters of the Northern Rift Zone," one flower said to another, "Good progress." "We've been covering Shen Qiu's chair over there for six billion years, and it's still not completely covered. The chair legs are too tall; the roots can't get around them." "What's the rush? It's eternal anyway." "But there are always a few weeds stuck in the gaps between those chairs. They grow too fast, and I have to cover them all over again every time." "Then you should clean them up." "I dare not. What if they are new forms of ancient sages? I can't bear the responsibility if I accidentally clean up an ancient sage." The flowers were silent for a while, then continued to grow. After all, they are the slowest-moving coverings in the entire universe. --- Chapter 4: The Air Food Workshop The Air Food Workshop has been operating for 400 trillion years. It's in a good mood today and synthesized a batch of bread. A ring maintenance worker passed by and casually took a piece. He took a bite, chewed it expressionlessly, and said, "Still the original flavor. I've been eating this flavor for 30 billion years." His colleague said, "You can add your own seasoning." "You think I haven't tried? I added ley line resonance powder, and the bread became brighter, but it's still the original flavor. I even tried the three laws of energy—the bread didn't decrease, it didn't increase, and it didn't turn into anything else; it's still the original flavor." "Then what can we do?" "There's nothing we can do; the designed lifespan is another 100 trillion years." The two silently ate their bread and sat down on a bench at the edge of the flower field. The flowers beside them quietly remembered where they had sat. --- Chapter 5: The Daily Life of an Ancient Sage Ancient Sage A: "Did you cleanse yourself today?" Ancient Sage B: "I'm trying, but you know—being immortal is somewhat of a hindrance." Ancient Sage A: "I also want to cleanse myself. Today I tried closing my eyes for three seconds, thinking I could disappear, but when I opened them, I was still there." Ancient Sage B: "I tried wrapping my projection with flower roots, but after wrapping it, I realized the flower roots were also myself, so it was like I hadn't wrapped it at all." Ancient Sage A: "... So, are we even working?" Ancient Sage B: "Yes. We are currently performing the action of 'wanting to cleanse ourselves but being unable to.'" Ancient Sage A: "This job is really stable; we've been doing it for trillions of years without being fired." Ancient Sage B: "Because our only boss is ourselves." --- Chapter 6: The Expeditionary Force's Last Encounter with Flowers During a random jump, the Expeditionary Force unexpectedly returned to the orbit of Tianling Star. "Captain, we've detected a planet. The surface is covered in flowers. No signs of civilization." "Clean it up?" "There's no definition of flowers in the Encyclopedia." "... Are flowers considered aliens?" "It's not written in the Encyclopedia." "Then are they humanoids?" "Not in the Encyclopedia either." The expeditionary force hovered above Tianling Star, the operators on the bridge collectively in a logical vacuum—they were facing their starting point, yet that starting point no longer belonged to any category. "... Then go around it. Continue sailing." "But Captain, these flowers seem to be distributed in a pattern. They seem to be... Spelling words?" "Spelling what?" "...'Welcome back, but we're not in a hurry.'" The expeditionary force fell silent. After a long internal discussion lasting a second, the captain issued the order: "Return? Don't return? Does this count as mission complete?" The Encyclopedia still didn't answer. The sea of ​​flowers swayed slightly below, like waving, or perhaps mocking. The expeditionary force ultimately left—after all, they didn't know what "returning" meant, or "not returning." The Encyclopedia didn't contain either of these possibilities. --- Final Chapter: The Most Unhurried Endgame in the Entire Warhammer Universe. The Emperor sat on his golden throne, listening to the broadcast left behind by the Expeditionary Force as they passed through Terra. "Test whether we are of the same kind," the broadcast repeated in Chinese, then the ships jumped over. The Emperor remained silent for a long time. Then he asked the Imperial Guard beside him, "What did they say?" "They said—'Test whether we are of the same kind.'" "Then why didn't they wait for our answer before leaving?" "Your Majesty, they don't seem to have set up a 'wait for answer' step." The Emperor pondered for a moment: "Then how do they know if we are of the same kind?" "They seem... Not to ask for the result." "... Then let them be." In a flowerbed on Terra, a flower quietly bloomed. No one noticed, but the flower itself seemed content—after all, it wasn't in a hurry. After all, it still had an entire galaxy of civilizations to cover. The flower bloomed on the doorframe. The Expeditionary Force marched through the stars. The heaviest, longest-lasting things in the universe had finally found a leisurely rhythm within their own self-defined timeline. After all, trillions of years have passed; what's one extra afternoon today? (From a book I wrote, *The Road to the Republic*.)

31. 131 炸 Entertainment World Rocked! This Heroine Is Seriously Unhinged 炸翻娱乐！这个女主有大病 Ben Zhijie本止戒Two Female Leads765k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + Unhinged Heroine + Secret Identities + No Male Lead + Girls’ Love] Yu Jianing, a patient whose dissociative identities were both a treatment failure and a success, dies after overdosing on medication. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself in a parallel world, at the auditions for a talent show called Go! Idol! Comment 1: She’s so alluring… She’s not even doing anything… How can she be so… Comment 2: Don’t let her fool you, people above! She’s a bad person! Comment 3: Good t 4.8kReads9.6Score710Shelves

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    My friend! Malignant tumor, acute myocardial infarction, sequelae of stroke, end-stage renal disease, chronic renal failure, uremia, multiple limb amputations, malignant brain tumor, decompensated chronic liver failure, sequelae of encephalitis, sequelae of meningitis, deep coma, bilateral deafness, bilateral blindness, paralysis, severe Alzheimer's disease, severe brain injury, severe Parkinson's disease, severe burns, severe primary pulmonary hypertension, severe motor neuron disease, loss of speech, severe aplastic anemia!! Let her see 99+ before she goes!

32. 132 在 Isn't It Reasonable to Have a Few More Secret Identities in the World of Detective Conan? 在柯学世界多亿点马甲很合理吧 Gray Nightfall夜色灰Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Detective Conan fanfiction | secret identities | clones | gray faction | original organization | sickly protagonist] [Illogical, brainless fluff] [Canon cases in the early part, none in the middle] [Written for a female audience (I picked the wrong category)] - [Synopsis] After dying of illness, Qianye Qianzhu arrives in the world of Detective Conan. To collect emotional points and stay alive, he uses the System's features to create multiple secret identities: * The Black 5.3kReads9.4Score588Shelves
33. 133 红 Red and White Wedding 红白囍 AyeAyeCaptainTwo Male Leads186k WordsCompleted [Republican-era nostalgia + supernatural + two male leads + equally matched powerhouses + pure-hearted madmen] [Brilliant and passionate young diviner Tian Suanzi, Mu Geshen X cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside heir to a family of physicians, the saintly doctor Chai Shuxin] A funeral is mournful, a wedding joyful, I travel from the world of the living to the Yellow Springs, Prepare incense, candles, paper horses, and a bridal sedan, Lady Meng offers us the nuptial wine. White paper, red rob 50kReads9.7Score11.9kShelves

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    The first book starts off in a cheerful atmosphere, but then you're given a knife, and even though the writing is still cheerful, there's a faint sense of sadness. It's somewhat like an episodic novel, with the protagonist Changsheng and the stories of each of his disciples. The second book, although it has a happy ending, gets a bit angsty in the middle. The young people are full of vigor, but in the end, they all die. (The second book has two male protagonists.)

34. 134 拿 I Got the Wrong Script and Became the Protagonist's Partner? 拿错剧本的我成了主角他对象？ The Perfectly Round Garden圆圆圆的园Two Male Leads2.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled: Did I Pick Up the Wrong Script and Become the Protagonist’s Love Interest? Top/bottom romance + anthology Some books have protagonists with no protagonist aura at all. They’re abused physically and emotionally until they become mentally unstable, and their stories end with them either going mad or dying. After countless complaints from readers, System 000 took on the task of revamping these books. It would turn books pulled from circulation into wholesome reads and transform t 45.5kReads9.6Score4.5kShelves

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    It's so good it doesn't feel like a typical Tomato novel. Every character is like a dark, thorny rose on the cover. Enjoy reading!

35. 135 能 Whoever Can Strike the Emperor Deserves the Highest Reward 能痛击寡人者受上赏 Qiao Family Storyteller乔家说书人Two Male Leads848k WordsOngoing [Master and disciple + ruler and subject + ensemble cast + secret identities + court politics + silly comedy + no CP (emphasis on this)] Jiang Jibai, a renowned scholar famous throughout the land, had just taken on a young disciple. Picking fights, gambling on cockfights, chasing dogs, climbing onto rooftops to break tiles, making trouble everywhere he went. Scholar Jiang's blood pressure shot up and his mood plummeted. He rolled up his sleeves and gave the boy three beatings a day. Gradually, 20.4kReads9.5Score167Shelves
36. 136 京 Peking Opera Cats: Claws Out in Zero Frames, Building a Mysterious Organization 京剧猫：零帧起爪，构筑神秘组织 Someone With Eclectic Taste口味混杂的某Anime Fanfiction779k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. Please don't leave, my dear readers. Reaching out like Er Kang.jpg] [Sharp-minded protagonist with no romantic interests + made-up plots (System function) + multiple secret identities + saving characters whose stories ended sadly + wandering warning + my own take on continuing the main story] [Dog head for protection. Even if the story gets scrubbed, everyone will come back later!] [The protagonist has no CP. The System is just background; the secret identities have ro 1.2kReads8.9Score131Shelves
37. 137 全 The Entire Cultivation World Is Hunting Me 全修真界都在追杀我 Bestow赋予Two Male Leads616k WordsCompleted [Story complete] (A Shura-style crematorium story, 80% angst. One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, no split personalities.) - Lin Ji was a Host on a male-protagonist storyline. His mission was to become the male lead's whetstone and help him grow. But there was a problem: the System sheepishly told him that it had only just been transferred to the male-protagonist division and didn't know the business well enough to tell who the male lead was. Lin Ji fell silent. But it didn't matt 6.4kReads8.7Score895Shelves
38. 138 斩 Slay the Gods: Winning Over the Protagonist Squad with My Tragic Charm 斩神，我靠美强惨攻略主角团 Sir, the Water-Balancing Master端水大师sirTwo Male Leads520k WordsCompleted Tags: transmigration into a book + Slay the Gods + no female lead + beautiful, strong, and tragic + blunt and direct + AI protagonist + no fixed pairing + master of keeping everyone happy Yan Shu transmigrated into a book. The good news was that he’d entered the Slay the Gods world, where he’d planned to write fanfiction and introduce a lineup of male heartthrobs. The bad news was that he’d been writing fanfiction just for himself, fueled by love and pure dedication, and had only finished the 6.1kReads8.9Score877Shelves
39. 139 我 I Don’t Have a System, but I Do Have a Hammer 我没有系统，但我有榔头 Geng Xiaoyue耿小越Urban4.7M WordsOngoing Fifteen years ago, the “God of Gambling System” abandoned me. Along with it went my luck, gambling skills, wealth, women... and every memory my family and friends had of me! As if the whole world had cast me aside, I angrily grabbed everything I owned, rushed into a hardware store, and spent 38 yuan on a hammer. From that day on, I decided I would kill every System with nothing but my mortal body! (Author’s note: No transmigration, no System, no cheats, no female lead, no brothers, no faction, n 391Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    It's like depicting a tragedy in a comedic style. Actually, the further you watch, the more oppressive it becomes. The system, alien races, cosmic consciousness... None of them seem like something humanity can contend with. Perhaps this deviates from the original poster's requirements; I apologize.

40. 140 原 Genshin Impact: From the Start, I Reincarnate as Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and Reclaim the Throne 原神：开局转生大慈树王重回王座 Vow Through the Seasons起誓四季Anime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted “The world has forgotten me…” Greater Lord Rukkhadevata embraces the Lesser Lord Kusanali, then her form dissolves into stardust. “What? My Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was forgotten by the world just like that?” “Just you wait, devs. Let's see if I don't come after you!” Yi Fu watches the Genshin Impact Sumeru storyline, furious. He was already nearly ready to grab a knife and go after the devs when he saw Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida, imprisoned by the Akademiya for 500 years. And now h 4.9kReads9.5Score574Shelves
41. 141 天 Heaven Above 天堂在上 Daytime Werewolf白日人狼Urban2.5M WordsOngoing [Fictional World + A Touch of Lovecraftian Horror + Infinite-Flow Style] [Not a Transmigration Story + No System + Developing Protagonist] [Not a Power-Fantasy, Read at Your Own Discretion] On Xia He’s sixteenth birthday, his cousin gave him a special present: he secretly took Xia He to a video hall to watch a dirty movie. Having seen so little of the world, Xia He’s mind was shattered after watching the whole film, and a fat man appeared in his head. On Xia He’s eighteenth birthday, he made a w 15.3kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    Is tragedy the only acceptable outcome?

42. 142 刚 We Just Broke Up, and Now You’re Telling Me the Spiritual Qi Revival Has Begun? 刚分手，你告诉我灵气复苏了？ Duke Panda熊猫公爵Urban236k WordsOngoing A super geomagnetic storm is coming, and the whole world is undergoing a spiritual qi revival! After his breakup, Fang Chen was heartbroken and prepared to end his life when a System notification sounded in his mind: [Ding! Blue Star is about to enter the age of spiritual qi revival. System activated.] I want to become stronger! I, Fang Chen, swear to become the king of this age! On his path to immortality, Fang Chen also takes on several fiancées… Ahem, female disciples. His eldest disciple pra 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The masterpiece of this series

43. 143 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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    This is absolutely amazing!!! I've already watched it twice. Every character has their own personality and sticks to their beliefs. The plot doesn't drag, there's no main romance, and no female lead (there is a female supporting character, but she's just a friend). You can ship them as you like!

44. 144 原EN Genshin Impact: Nine Lifetimes of Endless Erosion 原神：九世轮回，我经历无数磨损 Old-Age Rice Scoop老年饭勺Anime Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Teyvat, Xiuyuan learns that the System requires him to experience nine lifetimes of reincarnation. In his first life, he becomes Hu Tao's grandfather. He teaches her manners, responsibility, and how to write limericks. “Once Grandpa is gone... remember to eat well... and sleep in your coffin less... Coffins are cold, and you'll catch a chill...” “Be good... Xiao Tao, smile more. When you smile... you really are beautiful...” In his second life, he awakens the se 8.2kReads9.7Score1.1kShelves
45. 145 穿 Book Transmigration: Becoming an Evil Senior Brother 穿书：做个邪恶的大师兄 Empty Green Lamp灯盏空青Two Male Leads737k WordsCompleted This novel has two male leads!!! They're both men! Make sure you know that before you start reading! [Cultivation + transmigrate into a book + reborn + unhinged + a husband chasing his spouse to the crematorium] When Su Qingbei discovers that he has transmigrated into a book as a villainous cannon-fodder character, he doesn't panic. As a man who knows the plot, he believes he can prevent the male lead from turning evil. When he senses that the male lead's feelings for him have changed, he still 4.5kReads9.2Score498Shelves

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    I'll make everyone cry! [Angry] The first book is about immortality, here comes the angst! The second book is nothing special, Jiang Luo, hahaha, I wasn't sad at all when Jiang Luo died. The third book angsts at Bei Bei in the beginning, then at Feng Zi later, and it's all about me (happy ending). The fourth book, I initially thought was an invincible, enjoyable novel, then it became a suspenseful and mind-bending mystery, and then it was all angst! [Laughing] Here are a few excerpts: The fourth book's relief, relief that the other party is still alive, and the tragedy, the tragedy that only they are still alive. Regardless of whether their sacrifice was meaningful or not, at least they were true to their conscience! After a long while, Fu Yan slowly straightened up, "Time is almost up, my death might not be very beautiful, so don't watch." "The Doomsday Plan has been successfully completed, all members of the Demon Hunter Group's Thirteenth District... Heroically sacrificed... Everyone salute!" "The past has been changed, may we meet again in an era without darkness..."

46. 146 原 Genshin Impact: No Way, I Actually Became a Game Character 原神：不会吧我居然成了游戏角色 Confused You Yan迷惑悠焰Anime Fanfiction225k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] Bai Ze transmigrates to the continent of Teyvat and becomes a new character in Genshin Impact. He’s also the only free five-star character, and he comes with a free outfit! Thanks to the players’ love for him, he also gains popularity points that make him stronger. And so, an outrageously powerful five-star character, beloved by countless players, is born! The players… “If I had to name my favorite character, it would absolutely be our Bai Ze! The Bai Ze fans are unbeatable!” “G 2.2kReads8.0Score208Shelves
47. 147 穿 I Transmigrated into a Eunuch and Met a Prince in the Cold Palace 穿成真太监后遇到一个冷宫皇子 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads359k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads, No Female Lead!!! CP: Eunuch and Cold Palace Prince] Who would have thought my girlfriend's curse would actually come true? What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a real eunuch? I feel like crying three times a day. But then I ran into a lame prince confined to the cold palace, and happened to witness this seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless kid in the middle of killing someone. Without even realizing it, I somehow flirted with him and got him acting strange. 14.2kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    On the surface, it's all smiles and jokes, but suddenly the laughter stops. It turns out the humor is just a facade; beneath the surface lies an unbearable tragedy. 😭

48. 148 原 Genshin Impact: I Played Dottore! 原神：我演了多托雷！ City of Delusions臆想城Anime Fanfiction612k WordsCompleted [Hidden Yandere | Master of Acting | Most Devout Believer] The protagonist is something of a lady-killer. The original title of this book was Genshin Impact: I Played Dottore! Si Yan, an original male protagonist. The nominal No. 0 Harbinger, “The Believer.” A “connector” for a civilian organization that has infiltrated every corner of the continent. The star of entertainment news: “Dottore’s Boyfriend,” “Pierro’s Beloved Grandson,” “The Tsaritsa’s Nepotism Hire,” and more... The Regrator st 1.5kReads8.8Score199Shelves
49. 149 在 A Tenant of the Underworld 在地府做钉子户 May My Wishes Never Be Forsaken但使愿无违Ancient Romance20k WordsCompleted To sever a doomed bond, Xie Lingzhi hid in the Underworld for a hundred years, even declaring that she wouldn’t leave until she’d stayed for five hundred. The King of Hell couldn’t meet his KPI, so he came over in a huff, then left again. He found her even more troublesome than the Great Sage Sun, who had destroyed the Book of Life and Death. In a fit of anger, he cut off her provisions. With no other choice, Xie Lingzhi set up a stall on Ghost Street, but wound up bringing Liang Chuanhui back w 68Reads8.1Score—Shelves
50. 150 不 Can You Become an Immortal by Any Means Necessary? 不择手段，可成仙否？ The Kingdra Who Loves Drum Corps喜欢军鼓的海刺龙Eastern Fantasy2.1M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless]+ [Will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals]+ [No female lead]+ [The middle and later parts get dark, so don't read if that's not your thing] "The weak are always making excuses for their incompetence and failures, but they themselves are the best excuse of all!" (There are a lot of trolls in the comments, so use your own judgment.) Chen Yi transmigrates to the world of immortal cultivation and opens his eyes already struggling to survive at the bottom. Five years ag 180.7kReads8.6Score23kShelves

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    The last one is the best.

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