I'm in a Reading Slump. Recommend Some Rules-Horror Stories That Don't Put the Fate of the Nation on One Person's Shoulders 书荒了来找点规则怪谈不要国家命运在一个人身上的
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Rule Horror: A Transmigrate Adventure 规则怪谈：穿越大冒险
[Two Male Leads + Sharp Wits + Adventure Challenges + Omniscient Narration] Urban legends have descended upon the world. Li Hexuan and Yan Laoba, chosen by the heavens to represent the Dragon Kingdom, have had their consciousness bound to an ancient deity known as God. They transmigrate into urban-legend scenarios to face a series of challenges. Discover the rules, memorize them, follow them, and crack them. Watch as they figure out how to beat every urban-legend instance! Instance: One, Two, Th
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Strange Tales Livestream! 怪谈直播间！
Welcome to the Rules of the Strange. This is a battle of blood and fire, a test of wit and courage. The power of words cannot be resisted, and the eerie rules must not be broken. In a seemingly hopeless situation, find the one correct answer, break free of your constraints, and search for a way to survive.
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I Am the Horror Story 我即怪谈
In 2017, supernatural tales descended upon Earth. Conventional weapons couldn't harm them, and humanity struggled to survive. Rule-based supernatural tales became humanity's last lifeline. Tens of thousands of chosen ones around the world were selected. If they won, the supernatural tales would vanish from reality. If they lost, the rule-based tales would descend upon the world. This was a war between humanity and the supernatural. Chen Shao, a patient suffering from bone cancer, became one of t
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I Can Reload Infinitely, and See Through Every Hidden Card 我无限回档，洞悉所有底牌
This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to
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Murder Rules? I'll Take Them On, Crack Them, and Contain Them 杀人规则？我来，我破解，我收容
A piano on the roadside, left untouched. Offerings arranged neatly in a hallway. A creaking rocking chair at the mouth of an alley. A lonely hospital bed. This world is full of all kinds of uncanny objects, and even more uncanny people. Wei Lai has always been an atheist, until the day he receives a prediction of his own death. “Your time is up.” “You have 72 hours left.”
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After Entering a Strange World, I Was Mistaken for a God 穿进诡异世界后我被当成了神
[Transmigration + strong female lead + mastermind + supernatural horror + apocalypse + no romance] Escape-game boss Jiang Ning transmigrates into the body of a real heiress who’s on the verge of dying. To extend her life, she starts writing stories online. Wish-granting stars, creepy dolls... One urban legend after another is born from her stories and merges with the existing legends of this world. Her novels become tickets for people to enter Jiang Ning’s haunted stories, and a powerful tool fo
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The Paranormal Has Arrived, and I Have the Power of Money 诡异降临，我有钞能力
[Content warning: romance] Wang Niannian transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder character in a bizarre-apocalypse novel she stayed up reading until she died. She also awakens a money-based superpower. She transforms into a useless rich second-generation heir who seems foolish and loaded to everyone around her. After the bizarre entities descend, a prompt appears: [We have detected that you burned 10 trillion in underworld currency for yourself. As a VVIP customer of the Bank of Heav
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Rule Horror: I Can Eavesdrop on the Supernatural’s Inner Thoughts 规则怪谈：我能偷听诡异心声
[Rule-based horror + supernatural mystery + deduction + national destiny + System + no female lead] One month ago, the supernatural descended upon Blue Star. Countries around the world suffered one setback after another. Technological progress ground to a halt, and civilization was dealt a devastating blow. Survive or die: there is no other choice… Every country needs a chosen one to take part in all kinds of horror games. And this so-called life is just like a game. Where, then, are we supposed
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Rule Horror: My Family Isn't Normal 规则怪谈：我的家人不正常
[Horror + mystery + livestream + national fate + System] The supernatural returns, and rule-based horror games invade countries around the world. As one chosen by fate, Zhou Bai represents the Great Xia Kingdom in a horror game. The first scenario is a family of four. [You live with your wife and your parents. But remember, there are only three people in your home.] [You can trust your wife, unless she takes off her red hair clip.] [You and your wife have never had a child. If you hear a baby cr
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Rule Horror: Beware Your Roommate's Girlfriend 规则怪谈：请小心你室友的女友
[No heroine + not wish fulfillment + not invincible + unsettling + horror + suspense + plot-driven] [The livestreaming element is only a tiny part of the story. The focus is on horror and suspense, so feel free to dive in] There are only two people left in your school dorm: you and your roommate. Your roommate suddenly brings home an incredibly attractive person they met online, leaves you some money, then hurries off. Now you're alone in the room with your roommate's gorgeous online date... Wou
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Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆
[A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra
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After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法
[Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced
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I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！
A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp
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An Eight-Year-Old Student, and You Took Down the Rules-Based Horror? 八岁小学生，你杀穿规则怪谈？
[Fox-Eared Boy + Invincible + Eldritch + No Heroine + National Fate + Rule-Based Horror + Livestream] Du Xiaoge transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old elementary school student, and into a parallel world plagued by rule-based horror. If he wins, Great Xia will reap enormous benefits. If he loses, the rule-based horrors will spread their corruption throughout Great Xia! So when viewers in Great Xia learn that this time’s contestant is just an eight-year-old child, they all fall into des
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Rule Horror: I Can Steal Monsters' Abilities 规则怪谈：我能窃取怪物能力
[Mystery + no female lead + wild imagination + standing up to the supernatural] Rules-based horror descends upon Earth. Those chosen are sent into the world of the supernatural to represent their countries and face its horrors. He Xuan, a forensic pathologist, is selected by the supernatural world to represent Longguo in the challenge. If he wins, Longguo gets a chance to catch its breath. If he loses, the supernatural will descend upon the real world! Each chosen contestant gets one chance to d
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I'm a Demon Emperor, and You Want Me to Challenge the Rules of the Horror Tales? 我一魔帝，你让我挑战规则怪谈？
[Rule-based horror + Demon Emperor + Invincible + No Female Lead + National Destiny + Supernatural] Demon Emperor Su Bai returns to his homeland, intending to enjoy a quiet life. Just then, a rule-based horror game descends upon the real world, and Su Bai is chosen to represent the Dragon Kingdom in its challenge. Treating it as a bit of fun, Demon Emperor Su Bai enters the game and begins his relaxing vacation. Breaking the correct rules will get you corrupted? This Emperor wants to try it. The
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Rule Horror: Staying Alive Gets Harder by the Day 规则怪谈：活着越来越难
My name is Lin Mo, and my hearing is a curse. I can “hear” the distorted “whispers” of objects and places: deadly rules lurking in supermarket night shifts, hospital caregiving duties, and company overtime. They are internally consistent, cold, and cruel. To survive in a hell of rules that can descend at random, I must use this painful hearing in everyday settings to decipher traps and find loopholes in their logic. Every escape makes reality seem more absurd, and staying alive grows harder by t
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Rule Horror: I Exorcise the Uncanny Through Opera 规则怪谈：我靠唱戏超度诡异
When rule-based horror puts on the costume of traditional opera, singing the wrong lyrics means death, taking the wrong steps means death, and even clapping at the wrong time can get you killed. Armed with the ancestral Nuo mask, Pei Qixian sneers, “Perfect. I specialize in haunting opera stages.” While everyone else trembles as they follow the rules, he turns around and rewrites the script: “The King of Hell wants to pick a show? Today, I’m going to pick, his!” [Instance Notice] You have trigge
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Delta Rule Horror: Even a Rat Wants a Home 三角洲规则怪谈：老鼠也想有个家
[Delta Force game + rules horror + Delta Force escort missions + not first-person narration] Welcome to the rules-horror version of Delta Force. Here, following the rules is the only way to stay alive. No one dares face the price of breaking them. This land is shrouded in the bizarre. It has room for all manner of strange and twisted things, yet there is hardly a safe place to call home. And the rats scraping out a life in the shadows ask for just one thing: a home that can shelter them from the
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A Technological Superpower 科技大国
Technology and talent! In this era, they have found a much bigger stage! Four different social classes, four different paths in life, four different families. These four people, who had nothing to do with one another, experienced one extraordinary event after another, and their paths crossed. They became friends, they became... After enduring countless hardships, they ultimately achieved their dreams!
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Global Beast Taming: I Can See Evolution Paths 全球御兽：我能看见进化路线
Lin Ze transmigrated to an era where everyone trained spirit beasts. With the college entrance exams approaching, he had only one pet beast: a little snowball that everyone called an ornamental pet. “A little snowball? Cute to look at, but not much use.” “What’s the point of a pet beast that can’t evolve?” “Its potential is too low. It’ll never break through to the first rank in its whole life.” “Get into a spirit beast academy? No chance.” Doubt, mockery, and sneers came one after another. Lin
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Rule Horror: Klee Wants to Blow Up Fish in the Horror World Too 规则怪谈：可莉也想在怪谈里炸鱼
[Transformation + lighthearted comedy + not scary, suitable for readers of all ages + half power fantasy, half mystery + gradually becomes more like Klee + male-to-female] Rule Horror descended upon Blue Star. Every country would randomly select a Chosen One to enter the horror world. The chosen person bears the fate of their country. If they die, their country falls. When Chu Bai woke up, he discovered that he had turned into Klee and was representing the Dragon Country in the horror world. And
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Rules of the Paranormal: The Horrors? They're All Family 规则怪谈，诡异？都是一家人
[Rule-based horror + national destiny + no romance + livestream + original scenarios + mild scares + warm and healing] Three years ago, rule-based horror arrived, launching a game that put the fate of nations on the line. Every month, chosen players are randomly selected from various countries to enter the horror world and clear its challenges. Clear a challenge, and you earn generous rewards. Fail, and the chosen player dies, while the horror descends upon their country. The Xia Kingdom has alr
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Rule Horror: I Pulled the Old Man's Oxygen Tube from the Start 规则怪谈：开局拔了老头氧气管
No female lead + national fate + eerie mysteries + comedy + unconventional ideas Lin Yuan transmigrates to Blue Star, a parallel world, and is chosen to take part in a rules-based horror game. From the start, he activates an SSS-rank talent. [SSS-Rank Talent: Ghostbane] [Talent Effect 1: Rules are completely useless against you. When you break the rules of a horror scenario, the corruption of its world has no effect on you.] [Talent Effect 2: When a creature in a horror scenario feels negative e
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关
Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year.
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Eden [Infinite] 伊甸园【无限】
[Female-audience, two male leads + equally matched 1v1 + serious story + slow-burn progression + plot and romance split evenly early on, then mostly plot later + livestream elements + a touch of ensemble cast + occasional silliness] [Content warning: The bottom is loved by everyone; the top is nonhuman. Many characters have one-sided feelings for the bottom. The couple are mutually devoted and save each other.] [Warm on the outside, cold within, willing to do anything to achieve his aims, a litt
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Infinite: The Big Shots Are All His Underlings 无限：关于大佬都是他小弟这件事
[Two Male Leads + Infinite Flow] Crown Prince Jiang Yue had only stepped out for a moment when he somehow transmigrated to the modern world and got pulled into an infinite game. He was bewildered, but not at a loss. With his martial arts skills and the ability to summon his subordinates, His Highness the Crown Prince thrived in the infinite game. The only thing that left the young prince a little dejected was going from being a walking encyclopedia to a hopeless science student. But as time pass
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He Became the Group Favorite in a Horror Game 他在惊悚游戏里当团宠
The moment Gu Qing opens his eyes, he's strapped to an operating table, with a creepy man wielding a chainsaw standing nearby. What should he do? He's so scared~ So... Steal an NPC's chainsaw? That's self-defense! Blow up an old castle with C4? That's helping the game demolish an unsafe building! Plot a rebellion with a crowd? Turn a System mole to their side? Sorry, the mole defected of his own accord!! Bai Ling pulls him into his arms, speaking gently. “Now we're on the same side, so don't eve
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These Strange Tales Are All So Adorable 这些怪谈明明都超可爱
Zhang Tao: The stories I have to tell about my five beautiful, strong, and tragic supernatural beings. A story about strange tales, salvation, and love. Zhang Tao has an older sister, Zhang Baibai, who has been missing for four years. It seems as though her existence has been erased from the world. Four years later, Zhang Tao receives Zhang Baibai's diary and decides to search for her in the places she visited before she disappeared. Baichuan City, the famous capital of strange tales. This is wh
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Infinite Flow: I Played Weak, Became Everyone's Favorite, and Flirted with the Whole World 无限流：装弱万人迷撩了全世界
[System as the Bottom + Everyone's Favorite + Infinite Flow] Lu Zhiyao, the strongest player on Earth, died, leaving behind his personal System. 1117 is that System. Forced to become a player, he starts clearing instances without breaking a sweat... A collapsing world, dangers lurking everywhere 1117: I'm not here to save the world. I'm just passing through. (*And then he accidentally really does save the world.) After being mistaken for a player, he's sent off to fight a boss 1117: I want to ta
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Infinite Flow: The Flower God Caught the Eye of a Mad Priest 无限流：花神他被疯批祭司看上了
[Infinite-flow, two powerful leads, unhinged, wish-fulfillment] Feng Xiao died at his coming-of-age banquet. Having avenged his great wrong, he thought his dark life had reached its end. As his consciousness faded, a cold, mechanical voice rang in his ears: [Player Feng Xiao has entered the game] [Congratulations, Player Feng Xiao. Your assigned identity is: Evil God Priest] Across one dangerous horror dungeon after another, filled with killing and desire, the unconventional player Feng Xiao cro
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Infinite Flow: Taming Gods in Dark Fairy Tales 无限流：在暗黑童话里驭神
[Infinite Flow + Two Male Leads + Power Couple 1v1 + Mild Horror] He is the wicked “dark wizard” who tears the prince and princess apart in Sleeping Beauty. He is the evil “brother” who tries to take Cinderella’s place. He is the scheming “beauty” who lures the mermaid princess to her death. He is the top con artist everyone knows in the fairy-tale world. “I’ll never let you down when it comes to speaking ill of me.” The young man sits high upon his throne, facing the lights. Red thread winds ar
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Thriller: I Invented Dark Myths and Terrified the Gods 惊悚：编造黑暗神话，吓懵神明
[No female lead + comedy + Ghost Emperor from the start + Emotion System + everyone is outgoing + stubborn denial + Chinese mythology + villain protagonist + Supreme Primordial Realm (starting from Chapter 206)] The world of horror has fallen into decline. No one is afraid of its monsters anymore. In fact, everyone gets excited when they’re chosen! Li Yu transmigrates into this world and becomes a Ghost Emperor! But the world of horror is on the verge of collapse! The monsters have all started s
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Infinite Flow: The First Consul of the Death Game 无限流：死亡游戏的第一执政官
[Infinite Flow + System + Livestreaming + Two Male Leads + Strong Leads + Horror] Nacriel had given up on the world entirely and wanted to end his life. After drowning, he was brought back to life by the System: [You are hereby certified as the first arbiter of the Death Game: Order.] [We will lead you through Earth’s transformation. Let’s build a brand-new, magnificent world together.] A brand-new, magnificent world? That sounded pretty good. But why was someone clinging to him from the very fi
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Rule Horror: I’m Crazy, So How Can You Say I’m Cheating? 规则怪谈：我一疯子你说我开挂？
[Rule-Based Horror + Deduction + Lunatic + Male-Male Romance + Wild Ride] A friendly warning: to repeat, the love between two men is just seasoning. The main focus is still clearing the rule-based horror scenarios! The rule-based horror game begins, and uncanny livestreams descend! Each country randomly picks one player to enter the game, and an uncanny livestream begins! If a player fails, the rule-based horror descends upon their country! What kind of shock will Meng Fei, a genuine lunatic, b
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Rule Horror: It Begins with a Note from Mom and Dad 规则怪谈：从爸爸妈妈的纸条开始
[National destiny + no female lead + rule-based horror] (Written so far: Clever Soup, Chapters 1–11; Sam's Zoo, Chapters 12–28; Beware of Sam, Chapters 31–58; Mileage Town, Chapters 63–105; Reject Winter, Chapters 106–136; Peaceful Inn, Chapters 137–163; Diary of August 29, Chapter 165 onward.) Rule-based horror descends upon the world. Anyone who successfully solves a supernatural scenario can earn a corresponding reward in fortune. The first scenario begins with a note left by Mom and Dad. (Gr
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My Iron Wok Is Actually an Ancient Alchemy Cauldron 我的铁锅竟是上古丹炉
My Iron Pot Turned Out to Be an Ancient Alchemy Furnace
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The Scarlet Fountain Pen 血色钢笔
The Blood-Red Fountain Pen
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Conspiracy: The Amnesia Cage 诡计：失忆囚笼
The Scheme: A Cage of Lost Memories
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The Teacher's Birthday Banquet 老师的生日宴
The Teacher’s Birthday Banquet
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I Was Scrubbing Pans When I Landed in Cooking Master Boy, and Now the Dark Cooking Society Has Its Eye on My Pan 刷锅刷进小当家，我的锅被黑暗料理界盯上了
I Scrubbed My Way into The Little Chef, and Now the Dark Cuisine World Has Its Eyes on My Wok
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Rules: Strange Tales 规则：怪谈
1. The government is now marking the locations of long-standing unsolved cases. Citizens are advised to stay away whenever possible. 2. If you stay somewhere and feel intensely dizzy, don't worry. We usually set up safe shelters at the intersections of several streets. They are secure enough, and no incidents have occurred there. 3. If you are inevitably pulled into the "Rules," don't panic. Stay as calm as possible. Understanding your surroundings early on is extremely important. Remember, with
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I'm a Fugitive Mental Patient, Chosen by a Rules Horror Game 我，在逃精神病，被规则怪谈选中
[No female lead + supernatural horror + mental illness + comedy + national destiny] My name is Su Ming, and I'm a transmigrator. I currently work at Qingshan Psychiatric Hospital, where I'm in charge of the important project of “being studied.” They keep saying I'm sick, but I know I'm fine. It's the world that's sick. After I escaped from the psychiatric hospital, I was chosen by Rule Horror to become Longguo's chosen participant, representing Longguo in the upcoming horror games. [Ding! The Ho
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I'm Zhang San, and I Want a Word with the Rules of the Paranormal! 我张三，要和规则怪谈谈谈！
[Horror + eerie + hilarious + satisfying + national fortune = a serious novel] The Supreme Rules descend, selecting multiple people at random from each country to become Ascenders and take part in the Ascension Exam! Those who perform well earn high scores and even extra rewards. They can improve their own abilities and bring unexpected ascension to their country. But fail the exam, and death may be waiting for you, along with endless torment. Even your country may be beset by supernatural event
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Rule Horror: They Call Me the Ultimate Plot-Destroyer 规则怪谈：人送外号拆本狂魔
[Two male protagonists + non/typical rules and weird stories + national destiny + IQ flow + a little bit of comedy + live broadcast + a lot of barrage + unlimited streaming] Highlight demining: 1. This article is subject to perspective and main plot. 2. The other male protagonist is a sliced background, with few appearances and late appearance. (Chapter 121) College student who works hard to save the world x background board love brain evil god Strange rules came to Blue Star, and Song Linfeng
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In the Next Life, I'll Protect You 来生，我守护你
A Lan somehow ended up in ancient times, only to be fated to die young. This miserable fate was all Black and White's fault. Fortunately, she got the chance to try again, and this time, everything ended happily!
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I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao 我靠鼻子证大道
I Rely on My Nose to Attain the Great Dao
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Death Novel: Judgment 死亡小说:审判
Death Novel: Judgment
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The Myriad Worlds Cultivation System 诸天游戏修仙系统
The Heavens and Worlds Game Cultivation System
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The Red Paper Umbrella: A Soul's Return 红纸伞之念魂归
The Red Paper Umbrella: A Thought to Bring the Soul Home
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