I've Been Under a Lot of Pressure Lately. I Want to Read a Feel-Good Novel With a Highly Intelligent Lead to Help Me Unwind. 最近压力有点大，想看点高智商爽文缓解一下
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The Tyranny of Torture Devices 刑具淫威
Ancient torture devices were chilling to hear about and terrifying to behold, and were even considered inauspicious. In ancient China, torture devices arose alongside punishments and changed as those punishments evolved. This book introduces readers to a wide variety of ancient torture devices, including those designed for different parts of the body, such as the limbs, neck, waist, and back.
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Reborn in Showbiz: I’ll Give You a Lifetime of Stardust 重生娱乐圈，予你一路星光
[Multiple female leads] [Entertainment industry] [Transmigration] [No System] Jiang Yuxing transmigrates from Earth, where he was a top-tier star, into the body of a homeless man on Blue Star. His parents died in a car accident, and he himself has spent three years wandering around in a daze. Using his memories of Earth, he turns his fortunes around, going from singing in bars and livestreaming online to joining a media company, and quickly becoming a music superstar and an award-winning actor.
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Dragon God Continent: I Know This World Inside Out 神龙大陆，这个世界我熟
[Passionate Legend + Game Enters Reality + Races Vie for Supremacy] In the year 3000 of the Blue Star calendar, a huge black rift appears in the sky above Blue Star. Hoping to discover why the black hole has appeared, countries across Blue Star send representatives inside. But they vanish without a trace, like stones sinking into the sea. Not until a year later, when Lin Changqing returns to Blue Star from the black hole with two babies, do people learn that a strange world lies within. But no o
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What Big Shot? 哪有什么大佬
Note: “The beginning is always calm, and what follows soon builds upon it.” The boys I once sheltered and taught have long since grown into giants, while I lost my memory overnight and became a blank slate. When I return to their side, they don’t recognize me. But with their acceptance, I slowly make my way back to the top.
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Ten Realms: I Was Ordinary 十界：我本平庸
(We are all ordinary people. Some say they don’t understand what I’m writing! The truth is, I simply want to tell the story of an ordinary person who keeps growing, improving, and learning. He feels lost and helpless, never knowing what to do. His life is full of stumbles, but through repeated setbacks and lessons, he slowly grows! Some people are born in Rome, while he is stuck in the mud. In Rome, it’s easy to cross the finish line. But there’s something all the more inspiring about perseverin
5.7kReads9.1Score445Shelves
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The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Weakling Ancestor 万年菜鸡老祖
He was once an alchemy apprentice in a sect under the Heavenly Dao. But the pills he refined defied the heavens, causing celestial phenomena to appear. Struck by lightning, he was sealed inside a cave for ten thousand years. When he emerged, he discovered that the Heavenly Dao Sect had fallen into an insignificant sect. In the end, he led it on the path to revival...
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One Chapter of Quick Transmigration: The Great Demon King Never Misses a Kill 一章快穿大魔王一刀一个准
[Quick transmigration + strong heroine + no romance + revenge] The title couldn’t be changed because the book was already under contract. So the first part is one chapter, and the rest is several chapters. ❤️ The great demon king Su Ning was ambushed. As she lay dying, a System bound itself to her. If she accumulated enough merit, she could return to her original world and find the culprit who had tried to kill her, then take revenge. And so the great demon king Su Ning transmigrated into one tr
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In a World of Advanced Martial Arts, I'm Limitlessly Powerful 人在高武，无限强大
[Advanced martial arts + cunning + decisive killing + leveling up through cultivation + invincible] Gu Zhe transmigrated into an age of martial arts, where might makes right and the strong prey on the weak! He awakened a challenge space. Killing enemies earned him vitality and skills. Whether martial artists or vicious beasts, anyone he set his sights on became his nourishment. You want to be my enemy? Then I'll kill you a million times first! A powerful enemy: Why do you know me better than I k
3kReads8.5Score217Shelves
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From the Start, I Deciphered the Code of Life and Led Humanity to Ascension 开局解析生命代码，我带人类飞升
After Shen Shuo loses his government job, he unexpectedly discovers that he can see the underlying life code of all things. He learns that the civilizations of the myriad worlds, spread across twenty-dimensional universes, are nothing more than twenty floors of "experimental apartments" owned by the Universal Corporation. The universe requires energy to be conserved and won't allow civilizations to grow unchecked, so it enforces a strict system of civilization evaluations and upgrades. In real
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The Savings System Summoned Me to Another World to Become a Rich Woman 我被存钱系统召唤到异世界当富婆
[Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Modern-Day Fantasy] + [System] + [Farming] + [No Romance] + [Food Business] + [Livestream] + [Building Wealth] + [Infrastructure] + [Redemption] Other people's Systems shower their Hosts with money and perks. Mine is all about being broke, forcing me to make money through street vending and hand over every last cent. I make a million a day Livestreaming skewers made with handsome men from the mall, only for the System to order me to turn off tips. I have to build
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I Asked You to Simulate Crimes, but You Created the Perfect Crime Scene 让你模拟犯罪，你却制造完美现场
[Mystery + deduction + detective work + occasional comedy + no romance] Zhou You transmigrates and joins a show called Simulated Crime. After being selected for the criminal team, he discovers that his teammate is a beautiful campus belle. Together, they become unstoppable. “The detective world needs Zhou You as much as the West needs Jerusalem!” “When Teacher Zhou wanted to quit the detective scene, I slammed my hand on the table.” “Confirmed: he’s a man who knows how to kill!” “Zhou You, pleas
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The Peerless Immortal Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村绝世医仙
Ye Feifan, a country boy from a mountain village, stumbled upon the legacy of Guigu and returned home to transform his village and lead its people to prosperity. His medical skills let him read yin and yang, understand the workings of heaven, and predict fortune and misfortune. With a needle, he could shape the world; he commanded wealth beyond compare and crushed spoiled rich kids beneath his heel. Life in the village was full of color.
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The Sword Sovereign Returns 剑尊归来
[Invincible, swordsmanship, fiery, fast-paced, no System, brutal kills] Real cultivation fantasy! No dragging things out! PS: Invincible on the continent in the early stages, invincible in the universe later on. After transmigrating to another world and surviving countless calamities, Chen Beixuan became the Invincible Sword Venerable. To return to his homeland, Blue Star, and solve the mystery of his transmigration, Chen Beixuan ventured into the endless starfields. But unexpectedly, an ancient
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The Second-Rate Son-in-Law's Road to Success 二流女婿扶摇路
Ever since I was a kid, my teachers said I was a mediocre student. Put plainly, I was smart enough, but unwilling to work hard. My grades were average, and I was content with that, with no desire to improve. I thought my teachers were right, but I just couldn't change. Even after getting married, I was still the same. I even branded it as enlightenment, as having seen through the ways of the world. In truth, I could live so carefree because someone else was carrying the burden for me. Then one d
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