The Male Lead Works Alone, Remember, Alone. Don't Recommend Anything Else!!! 男主单干，记住，单干，男主，不要乱推！！！

1. 751 开 From the Start, I Revealed the Achievements of Ancient Emperors and Stunned the Emperors 开局曝光古人皇功业，惊呆皇帝们 Trainee001练习生001Historical4.2M WordsOngoing [Historical retrospectives] + [a commoner's view of history] + [spoilers in the comments] + [emperors goofing around] + [A complete run-through of Chinese history from the Yan and Huang emperors, starting with the Shang] Chen Yong was hired to make a series of historical retrospectives. He planned to start with the Shang dynasty. To set his videos apart from the many others, he decided to follow standard historical methodology. Source priority: archaeological artifacts > official histories > 72.8kReads9.0Score5.1kShelves
2. 752 高 High Martial: I Became a Warrior of All Elements 高武：我成为了全系武者 Fei'er Catches Loaches飞儿捉泥鳅Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Elements + Devouring + Cosmos + Steady Protagonist + Ruthless Combat] In a parallel universe, cultivation depends on the elements. The more types of elements you master, the stronger you become. Qin Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, gets the All-Element System from the start, and awakens a devouring talent. Cultivation? Devour things to advance. Elements? Complete missions to gain more. Talent? Top-tier from the get-go. Body? Sorry, my cells are stars, and my body is the universe. 85.5kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves
3. 753 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [Mild Horror]+ [No Romance]+ [Despairing Tone] One night, Gu Quan walks out of the funeral home carrying two memorial portraits, having just attended a funeral. His father calls to tell him that his mother has been in a car accident and is at death's door. In a panic, Gu Quan heads to the underground garage, hoping to drive over and see his mother one last time. On the way, he unexpectedly catches the scent of his natural enemy! Terrified, he gets into a car without thinking, un 202kReads8.6Score19.1kShelves

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   These books are all pretty good.

4. 754 我 I'm Just a Singer, So How Did I End Up in a Military Court? 我就一唱歌的，咋上军事法庭了？ Fortune Teller Seeking a Knife预言家求刀Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [At Heaven's Expense, but Not at the Republic's] [Failed Art Student] [Tavern, Livestreaming, Speeches] My name is Xu Kun, a transmigrator who just wants to lie flat. I copied a few songs, made enough money, and was ready to retire early. My company made things difficult for me and dumped me near a war zone. No big deal. I could treat it like a vacation. Then war broke out, and I couldn't get home. With nothing else to do, I started a livestream to chat. In my previous life, I was the idea guy o 836Reads7.4Score110Shelves
5. 755 穿 The Pregnant Wife of an 80s Male Supporting Character 穿成八零年代男配的怀孕妻 Kind as Water, Dreamlike善若水如梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Xu Mo was an overworked office drone from the twenty-first century, and she happened to get swept up in the transmigration wave. She transmigrated into the body of the villainess in an eighties novel. Not only is she the heroine's younger sister, she's also the tragic male lead's ex-wife. She stole the heroine's first love, the male lead, and even took the heroine's child. In the end, she even tried to steal the male lead. She's truly a shameless villainess! Xu Mo throws down the book!!! And she 4.6kReads8.0Score251Shelves
6. 756 转 Reborn as a Spider: The Mysterious Queen Who Took Human Form 转生蜘蛛:化形诡秘女王 A Noodle-Slurping Diary from Goose City鹅城嗦粉日记Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Not a Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Waking up in a terrarium, who will ascend to the throne of the supernatural world? Strange Gu, bizarre demons, machinery, warships, future weapons; witches, dragons, evil gods, curses, dark kingdoms... Her followers call her the “Primordial Night.” Those who fear her compare her to the ancient “Spider God,” Atlach. But no one knows she also has a name: Bai Jie. She once reincarnated as a pet spider and was forced to fight all kinds of poisonous insects and Gu crea 5.9kReads9.1Score708Shelves
7. 757 全 Global Survival: No Golden Finger? I'll Still Keep My Head Down and Survive 全民求生：没金手指也要苟住 Drunk and Naive醉天真Sports378k WordsOngoing [Survival + no heroine + farming + cautious + king of keeping a low profile + no cheats] Everyone transmigrates, but Heaven forgot to hand out cheats. What do you do? Yan Hao: “Don’t panic. Stay calm! I’ve spent over twenty years being invisible. As long as I’m careful enough, I’ll be fine if I just keep a low profile to the very end.” While others take risks to fight monsters, he won’t even let a blade of grass on the ground go to waste, grinding his gathering skill like crazy. Some people get 2.8kReads8.2Score197Shelves
8. 758 地 The Eighteen Levels of Hell: Lying is Forbidden Here 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 68.1kReads9.1Score11.2kShelves
9. 759 被 Driven Away by the King of Zhao, I Was Made Chancellor by Qin Shi Huang 被赵王赶走，始皇拜我为丞相 Watermelon in the Misty Rain烟雨西瓜Historical2.3M WordsOngoing [Farming + No Romance + United Rulers and Ministers + Passionate Conquest + Unifying the World] Gongsun Jie transmigrates to the Warring States period overnight and becomes a noble of Zhao. He befriends Ying Zheng, who is still being held hostage in Handan and suffering constant humiliation. He knows how history is supposed to unfold, but out of gratitude for a life-saving favor, he helps Zhao defeat Qin's army time and again. He never expected the foolish King of Zhao to believe Guo Kai's sland 36.6kReads8.2Score4.4kShelves
10. 760 尸 Born of a Corpse, Carried in a Ghost's Coffin 尸生子，鬼抬棺 Jie Yu界玉Mystery3.3M WordsCompleted In ancient, remote places, all kinds of strange and terrifying things are bound to happen. And these things happen around Hua Jiunan. In fact, Hua Jiunan is part of them. For instance, he was born from a corpse! 239.9kReads9.6Score30kShelves
11. 761 全 Surviving the Misty Apocalypse, I Build a Home with Eldritch Flesh 全民迷雾求生，我用邪神血肉建家 Half an Acre of Sunshine半顷阳光Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.0M WordsOngoing [Flesh and Bone + Apocalypse + Lovecraftian Survival + Civilization Graveyard + Mass Transmigration + No Romance] When mist shrouded the world and monsters howled outside their windows, all the players huddled and trembled inside their dilapidated shelters. But Bai Yi was teleported onto the face of the Great Being known as the “Lord of Flesh,” where he witnessed a horrific feast as an even more terrifying being devoured a planet of flesh. The fragments of flesh and bone that splattered from th 137.3kReads9.1Score11.6kShelves
12. 762 求 Survival Begins with Setting the Mountain Ablaze 求生从放火烧山开始 Mr. Z of the Aurora Society极光会Z先生Sports364k WordsCompleted Global Survival + Supernatural Evolution + No Female Lead + Not Invincible + Alien Livestream The Survival Handbook suddenly chimed: "Congratulations to Blue Star survival streamer Lin Ze for earning the first title: [Troublemaker]." Lin Ze was quite happy with his life since being reborn. He never expected that he would step out to buy daily supplies and, in the blink of an eye, find himself in a primeval forest. He looked at the screen before him. It was clearly not written in Chinese, yet som 2.4kReads8.4Score198Shelves
13. 763 游 Game Development: Filling in the Gaps in Interstellar History 游戏制作：我在星际填补历史 Cai Ge才戈Sci-Fi & Apocalypse487k WordsOngoing [No Heroine, Game Focuses on History] After a car accident, Ling Yun transmigrates to the interstellar age and unexpectedly discovers that he can talk to people from the past. Here, he discovers that the timeline of interstellar history has a missing section. As a model citizen of the 21st century, he decides to do the kind thing and make this forgotten history public. He uses horror games to introduce ordinary people across the stars to gaming, and discovers the boundless depth of Chinese cha 1.2kReads9.2Score134Shelves

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    The male protagonist is a short-lived ghost - refers to the fact that he can live less than 100 years in the interstellar space, eliminate any possibility of CP, focus on historical career, and feel like knowledge is forced into the brain

14. 764 公 Highway Survival: He Raced to the Top of the Rankings in a Wheelchair 公路求生：他坐着轮椅冲上了榜首 Flying Snow Meow飞雪喵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse426k WordsCompleted [Highway Survival] [Vehicle Modifications / Mecha Upgrades] [Doomsday] [No Female Lead / No CP] [Lone Wolf] [Dungeons Included] The Highway Survival game begins. Players are dragged into a game world, where they must keep moving forward in their vehicles. The road has no end. They can only keep going... Ye Qiu. Raised in an orphanage, he arrived in this highway survival game world on the day he came of age. When choosing his vehicle from the start, he picked... an electric wheelchair. An electr 2.5kReads6.7Score288Shelves
15. 765 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Urban3.6M 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 309.8kReads9.5Score28.1kShelves
16. 766 我 I Told You, That Villain Isn't Me 我都说了，那个反派不是我 Big Bai Bai Bai大白白白Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Sequences + Mild Horror + Slow Burn] Jiang Yan is a high school student. One day, he suddenly noticed that everything around him had started to get strange. “I don’t know what’s going on. Everyone who sees me is terrified, saying I brutally slaughter my own kind and that I’m a deranged lunatic. But I’ve always treated everyone politely and kindly. I respect my teachers at school, take good care of my elders at home, and I’ve never even met these people... Doctor, do you know wh 10.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
17. 767 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 92.9kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves
18. 768 恐 Terrifying Nightmare: Extreme Survival in a Bizarre World 恐怖噩梦：我在诡异世界极限逃生 Young Bear年轻熊Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-flow, mildly scary, no romance] Wang Yan wearily opened his front door. Inside, he saw the woman next door holding and soothing a baby, staring at him in terror. “Sorry, I’ve got the wrong apartment.” He quickly apologized and backed out, then slammed the door shut. Standing in the pitch-black hallway, he found himself unable to decide what was more terrifying: seeing his female neighbor in his home, or seeing the baby who had died long ago… 346.8kReads9.4Score64.5kShelves
19. 769 思 Homesick Wanderers Are Carving Their Way Through the Worldline 思乡的游子们正在杀穿世界线 Water Pupa水蛹Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted A calamity invades and Earth falls. Before the world is destroyed, the surviving transmigrators flee to other worlds. Some slaughter the inhabitants of an entire world and refine them into an Imperial Banner, waiting for the path home to reopen. Some grow their hair long and change their clothing in another world, rebuilding Huaxia. Others let loose and build enormous harems, saying that if their species goes extinct, they can simply create a new one themselves. [Tyrant of Dimensions]? [The Worl 6kReads8.0Score548Shelves
20. 770 亡 The Necromancer Supreme 亡灵大法师 Imperial Armored Cavalry帝国具装骑兵Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Fantasy + D&D + mage + no saintly heroine + ruthless and decisive + thrilling combat] Standard version: From the moment he awakened his supernatural powers, Huo Ling knew his path lay ahead of him. Would he choose to be a hero, or a villain? He could fight gnolls in a fortress or plunge into the Nine Hells and consort with devils. He could cut off the head of an Abyssal Lord in the Bottomless Abyss, or conquer Heaven and make the gods bow. Looking back, he realized he had already reached the su 62.6kReads9.1Score6kShelves
21. 771 网 Online Game: I Have a Super-God-Tier Talent 网游：我有超神级天赋 Rousing Ape撼动猩Sports4.6M WordsCompleted [Updated through the fusion of Ragnarok and reality] [Traditional VRMMO + Transcendent Talent + Ruthless Protagonist + Plot-Driven + No Female Lead] Reborn before Ragnarok's servers launch, he has the chance to start over. Every regret from his past life will be made right. He never awakened a talent in his previous life, not even after ten years. Now, armed with memories of that life, he obtains a God-Tier Talent Awakening Stone and unlocks a Transcendent Talent! Every normal attack permanently 205.5kReads8.9Score25.7kShelves
22. 772 时 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Urban2.6M 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 885.2kReads9.4Score74.3kShelves

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    The protagonist kills decisively and has an online IQ. The novel is well-written and logical. There is no heroine who is not smart, non-toxic and edible.

23. 773 天 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy6.3M WordsOngoing (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 925.8kReads9.4Score79.2kShelves
24. 774 我 I Have a Book of Ghosts and Gods 我有一本鬼神册 Always Offline一直关机Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted My new work, Artifact Sequence, is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 12.5kReads8.2Score999Shelves

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    Originally it was pretty good, a good book.

25. 775 吾 I Am the Blood Lord, and All Living Beings Are My Blood Slaves 吾为血主，众生皆为血奴 Paper Ash Official纸灰官Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Slaughter] [Blood Princess] [Tentacles] [Corpse Refining] [Devouring] [No System] Fang Mo, the eldest young master of the Fang family, was the best cultivator among his peers and a widely acclaimed genius in Luoyun City, the focus of everyone’s attention. Unexpectedly, on the day the Heavenly Sword Sect came to recruit disciples, his family treated him as a pawn and discarded him. He was left gravely wounded and crippled. A few days later, news spread that Fang Mo had been poisoned to death. Th 11.9kReads8.5Score822Shelves
26. 776 游 When Games Merge with Reality: I Wield the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner 游戏融合现实：我手握万魂幡 Grey Wolf, Charge!灰太狼冲Sports479k WordsCompleted [Game Invasion] + [Invincible] + [Data-driven] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Ruthless] + [Cheat]… Su Ming transmigrates to Blue Star by accident. He thinks he will spend the rest of his life enjoying the easygoing existence of a landlord, but six months later, a vast voice shatters the rules of the peaceful world. From then on, he switches to a mode where he stops acting human. Hundred-Soul Banner Centurion: [At eighteen, I stood in the Hundred-Soul Banner, small as an ant.] Demon Soldier No. 5.3kReads8.4Score273Shelves
27. 777 杀 Kills Increase Attack: Hunting Down My Ex-Girlfriend from the Start 杀人加攻击，开局追杀前女友 Jiangnan Leng San江南冷三Sports1.3M WordsCompleted [Classic online game] [Full-dive game] [No female lead] [Not a bleeding heart] When All Beings launched, Chen Mo unexpectedly became the only player with a hidden class. Killing players permanently increases your attack power? From then on, All Beings had a new serial killer. He founded the Red Name Sect. The entry requirement: kill someone. From then on, he led a gang of killers and slaughtered his way through All Beings. There’s nothing a single slash can’t solve. If one isn’t enough, then use 8kReads8.5Score667Shelves
28. 778 独 Lone Immortal Cultivator: A Stingy Rogue Cultivator Seizes the Immortal Path 独行修仙：抠搜散修夺仙途 Roasting Chestnuts in the Mountains山中煮板栗Eastern Fantasy496k WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + no female lead, no saintly heroics + never lets a slight go unanswered + sharp-minded + tightfisted with money + a true lone cultivator] At nine years old, Fang Yuan loses his family and sees the cruelty of human nature firsthand. His kindness dies with them. Born with the worst five-element spiritual roots, he has no sect, no friends, and no ties. He stands his ground against powerful enemies with a spear and brings down countless foes with his bow. He won't be a bleedi 95Reads—Score504Shelves

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    Absolutely a lone wolf, without a woman, family or mentor. Decisive to kill, selfish, not holy

29. 779 我 I Live Forever, Unfazed Even If the Sky Falls 我长生于世，天塌不惊 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Eastern Fantasy871k WordsCompleted [A slice-of-life cultivation story + traditional Chinese medicine + no female lead + no tragic twists + alchemy] Since ancient times, few things have been more regrettable than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray. An aging hero is bound to be bullied. A beauty with gray hair is no longer adored. No matter how peerlessly gifted and invincible you are, or how breathtakingly beautiful, you cannot escape the power of time. Having witnessed the changing seasons and savored the world's ups an 7.2kReads8.8Score752Shelves

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    The male protagonists have no CP, each is unique and beautiful, and grows up along the way.

30. 780 唯 The One and Only Origami Talent: I Can Fold Anything 唯一折纸天赋，我能折出一切 Su Fifteen宿十五Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + Transmigration + No Saintly Savior + No Romance + Leveling + Playing It Safe + Superpowers + Gets Even Better Later) Zhuang Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the safest wood-type superpower in the apocalypse. His future career is supposed to be farming in a safe zone. Other people grow potatoes with a soft, fluffy texture. His potatoes are as big as soccer balls and rock-hard. Other people grow crisp, juicy, sweet cabbages. His cabbages reach five feet tall and are r 27.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
31. 781 开 From the Start, I Work to Pay Off My Debts and Become Humanity's Guardian 开局打工还债，我成人族保护神 Wild Boar, Oh Wild Boar野猪啊野猪Urban645k WordsCompleted [Global Mutation + Humanity Evolves + Supernatural Powers + Ruthless Protagonist + War God] More than two hundred years ago, Japan dumped nuclear wastewater into the ocean, triggering global mutations. Su Ran, a transmigrator, had no money to cultivate because his parents had gone missing. Burdened with enormous debts, he had no choice but to work to pay them off. With the college entrance exams approaching, his path as an Evolver was about to come to an end. The System activated. [Ding! Your an 61Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Urban high martial arts + alien beasts running rampant + system + college entrance examination start

32. 782 民 A Folk-Custom Text Game: Seizing the Sea-Calming Needle from the Start 民俗文字游戏，开局抢夺定海神针 Sword Twenty-Three, Ah剑二十三啊Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Folk-custom game + text-based exploration + Chu mythology + decisive protagonist] One day, a game called [Eternal Realm] suddenly appears on Lu Liang’s phone. He discovers that the ancient myths have become reality. The Lord of the Eternal Realm, devoured alive; the old True Lords who rule over twelve temple lineages; the demons and spirits that haunt the lands of the Eternal Realm; malevolent corruption from the skies; carrying a corpse across a river; cause and effect reversed; the Pig God ea 18kReads8.1Score2kShelves

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    Not a lone wolf, but no CP [eat melon]

33. 783 诡 Eerie Doomsday: From the Start, I'm an Embalmer and the Lord of the Underworld 诡异末日：开局入殓师，我即冥主 Ye Zhizui叶知醉Sci-Fi & Apocalypse770k WordsOngoing Brothers, I’ve started a new book, Black Myth Survival: Starting with Erlang’s Heavenly Eye Legacy. It’s also a survival story, but set in a dark mythical version of ancient times, with Journey to the West elements. Check it out! [Weird apocalypse + extraordinary sequences + potion upgrades + road and ocean survival + ruthless] An apocalyptic game descends. Demons run rampant, forbidden things awaken, and humanity becomes a pawn for gods and demons to toy with. Driven to the brink, survivors 14.2kReads5.8Score1.2kShelves

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    A post-apocalyptic survival novel, welcome to read it!

34. 784 末 Apocalypse Exodus: The True Rules of Survival! 末日迁徙：这才是生存法则！！！ Internet Cafe Manager, Renew My Account网管续费Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Road Survival + The Eerie + Sequences + Enhancement + Criminal Sequence + Path to Godhood + Heartbreaker + Doomsday Survival + Migration] The world's phantom image fused with reality, and the eerie quietly descended. The places humanity had relied on to survive became havens for the eerie, while cities one after another turned into death zones. Finding a new home through migration became humanity's goal. Supernatural Sequence abilities became humanity's last glimmer of hope. On the migration jo 40.8kReads7.1Score2.7kShelves
35. 785 全 High Seas Survival: I Start with a Ghost Ship 全民大航海，我开局一条幽灵船 Newly Bought Peaches新买的桃子Sports2.6M WordsCompleted The print edition has been signed with a publisher. [Seafaring] [Survival] [Disasters] [Shipbuilding] [Talents] [Cthulhu] [One Female Lead] Everyone transmigrates, and Yang Yi, as a player, is forced to join a game where everyone must survive at sea. Some lucky players get special ships. Like the Iron Will, armed to the teeth. Like the Gale, which rides the wind and waves so fast it's never in sight. Like the Head-On, with its massive ram, charging fearlessly ahead. But Yang Yi's ship is called 288.4kReads9.4Score32.1kShelves
36. 786 来 The Legend of the Soldier King from the Future East 来自东方未来的兵王传说 Night Voyage Boatman夜航船夫Historical358k WordsOngoing Tieyuan Mountain, widely considered the most impossible line to defend. No troops: one depleted battalion, with fewer than two hundred men fit to fight. No equipment: ammunition almost gone, every gun barrel ruined. No way out: ten kilometers of open ground behind them, with two full U.S. divisions advancing. But after Lu Dajun arrives, this most worthless of defensive lines becomes the U.S. Army’s deepest nightmare. At the Wangjiangao ambush, he is the blade driven into the U.S. landing forc 345Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and see Legend of the Soldier King!!

37. 787 解 The Dissociator: The Extravagant Prisoner and the Underground Howl 解离者：奢囚与地下啸 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery160k WordsCompleted New York is split between day and night, two worlds at odds. Hired by a wealthy family to rescue their kidnapped heir, hitman Rick uncovers a sprawling conspiracy. Meanwhile, Roy, a subway veteran worn down by corporate exploitation, launches a fierce rebellion in the underground tunnels. There are no crime investigations or justice here, only struggles for profit and settling scores under a code of gray rules. The victors are free to rewrite the truth. Desire and the cruelty of class are laid b 106Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Must be the absolute protagonist, American crime novel

38. 788 解 Dissolver: Incoming Missile 解离者：导弹袭来 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban156k WordsCompleted Rick, the hard-bitten killer from the series, returns once more. His close friend is brutally murdered, and the trail leads to a major missile trafficking case deliberately kept under wraps. To avenge his brother, Rick ventures alone into the heart of the conspiracy. As he presses forward through a perilous investigation, he finally slays his enemy with decisive force and successfully averts a missile crisis threatening the United States. 128Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 789 解 Dissolver: Assassination 解离者：刺杀 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban159k WordsCompleted With the election approaching, the political landscape is shrouded in uncertainty. Acting on a secret assignment, Rick navigates official cover-ups, power struggles, and layers of deception. Following the faintest clues, he carefully pieces together the truth and hunts down the mysterious mastermind lurking behind it all. He quietly snuffs out a deadly crisis capable of changing the balance of power before it can take root. 136Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 790 复 The Revenge Concerto 复仇协奏曲 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery272k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! A worldbuilding-driven, realistic mystery where evidence is just the final nail in the procedural coffin. The first book in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to do the dirty work. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind dissociates from pain; the body breaks free from the dust. The Ame 605Reads—Score102Shelves
41. 791 解 The Disintegrator: A World of Black and Gray 解离者：黑灰世界 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Urban138k WordsCompleted Rick accidentally plunges into the dark abyss of an international drug cartel's deals, confronting the tangled connections between drug crimes and gang forces and witnessing countless bloody battles. Through one man's eyes, the story depicts a gripping, dark struggle for power, steeped in money and murder. 98Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 792 解 Dissociator: Financial Bullets 解离者：金融子弹 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery167k WordsCompleted Rick takes on a covert chain of missions spanning three continents: assassinate the key figures in charge of five ports. At the same time, he uses the hedge fund behind his client to make a killing, sending his personal wealth skyrocketing. Danger follows close behind. Britain’s MI5 and Interpol trace the clues back to Rick, reopening last year’s unsolved assassination cases and quietly closing their international dragnet around him. The unlikely alliance between assassination and capital stirs 366Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 793 解 The Dissociator: A Black Comedy of Errors 解离者：黑色幽默大事件 Naturally Simpleminded憨的自然Mystery165k WordsCompleted No formulaic power fantasies! Worldbuilding-driven, realist mystery, where evidence is just the final nail needed to make things official. The second installment in the Dissociator series. This is a story about a killer! A killer and a detective, willing to get their hands dirty. Dissociation is a symptom of detachment following trauma. It is commonly associated with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) or dissociative disorders. The mind breaks free from pain, the body escapes the dust of 158Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 794 太 Great, It’s the Pervy Neighbor. We’re Doomed 太好了，是变态邻居，我们没救了 Man-Eating Monster吃人的妖怪Mystery2.6M WordsOngoing Jiang Ran was tricked into moving into an apartment called Alice, where all kinds of murderers and psychopathic criminals lived. Four other people were there with him. They were the twenty-fifth group of guinea pigs, taking part in a betting game watched live by wealthy viewers, who wagered on who would die first and who would survive to the end. The apartment was home to a [psychopath who liked skinning people to make kites], a [new Jack the Ripper who only killed women], a [highly educated, hi 58.3kReads7.8Score5.3kShelves
45. 795 我 My Bones Are Mediocre, but All My Clones Are Peerless Geniuses 我根骨平庸，但分身都是绝世天才 Su Linger, Who Loves Lamb's Blood爱吃羊血的苏苓儿Eastern Fantasy509k WordsOngoing Avatar One: An ultimate warrior who can transform into a muscle-bound powerhouse Avatar Two: The most revered chief disciple of a sect Avatar Three: A savior who destroys demon lords and evil gods and rescues all living beings Avatar Four: Demon lord Avatar Five: Evil god [The avatars have no self-awareness] 206kReads8.9Score31.8kShelves
46. 796 疯 The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 113.1kReads8.9Score8.8kShelves
47. 797 师 My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 140kReads9.4Score12.9kShelves
48. 798 规 Rule Horror: I'm Even More Twisted Than the Supernatural! 规则怪谈：我比诡异还变态！ Hurry Up and Eat Hot Pot抓紧吃火锅Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Unhinged + rebellious + no female lead + hilarious + bizarre + national destiny] My name is Xu Ye. I was born without the ability to feel pain, and my favorite thing is looking for a thrill. I heard that the Rule-Bound Horror arrived, and every country would randomly select a “Chosen One” to enter a game instance. After waiting a whole month, and watching five Chosen Ones die one after another, I finally got my wish and became the sixth Chosen One, the real wild card representing the Dragon Kin 34.5kReads9.4Score4.2kShelves
49. 799 末 The Apocalypse: What's Wrong With Enjoying Myself? 末世，我想过的爽点怎么了 Torn Wolf纠结狼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse276k WordsOngoing [Multiple Female Leads] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Every Plot Thread Gets Resolved] [All Mistakes Corrected] A new writer with a new book. Come give it a rating. If you don't like something, just say so. I'll change it if I feel like it. The zombie apocalypse arrived, and social order gradually collapsed. To grow stronger, Han Chuan, who had awakened an Apocalypse System, endlessly gathered experience fodder to grind for experience, all so he could live it up in the apocalypse. Until one day, he r 2Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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50. 800 我 I’m Terminally Ill, Yet I Still Have to Save the World 我都是绝症了，还要操心救世 The Playwright排戏人Urban98k WordsCompleted (No CP + insectoid invasion + book two) At thirty-four, Yu Xiao quit his steady job and rented a small farmhouse on the outskirts of a third-tier city. For the first thirty-some years of his life, Yu Xiao had lived an utterly ordinary existence. The only extraordinary thing was that he was diagnosed with a terminal illness at thirty-four. At the time, Yu Xiao thought this would probably be the high point of his life. Half a year later, however, a doomsday-saving System calling itself 888 cam 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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