Infinite-flow Stories with a Highly Intelligent, Strong Female Lead, No Romance, and a Ruthless Heroine 无限流，女主智商高，女强，无cp，心狠啊

1. 1 开 From the Start, I Had a Three of Diamonds. This Hand Is in the Bag 开局一张方块3，这把稳了 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery742k WordsCompleted [Mystery and Imagination + Twists + Strong Female Lead + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Plot-Driven + No Golden Finger + A Ruthless Heroine] Chuan Liu has always believed: “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.” So the magician Chuan Liu chose the isolated prison island for criminals: “Paradise Island.” On this island, teeming with criminals and ranked by the value of your playing card, how can you survive from the start with nothing but a Three of Diamonds? Find the Joker and she’ll set y 2.3kReads9.1Score429Shelves

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   Self-recommendations: 1. Female lead is a master thief/magician, cunning, ruthless, and pretends to be weak to gain strength. 2. Female lead is an actress, infinite flow genre, ruthless, and pretends to be weak to gain strength. 3. Female lead comes from a mental asylum, possesses superpowers. 4. Female lead is a transmigrated villain, harem novel. All are without a romantic pairing, but feature multiple unrequited loves. Hope you like them! [Salute]

2. 2 无 Infinite: She Always Makes a Perfect Escape 无限：她总能完美逃脱 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery603k WordsCompleted [A ruthless heroine + play the pig to eat the tiger + not brainless + infinite flow + plot-focused + ensemble cast + no System + not invincible] After falling into the “Points World,” everything she once had vanished without a trace. Mu Qing had barely had time to enjoy her Best Actress trophy before she had to face a test that would determine whether she lived or died. Again and again, she entered the most difficult instances as a player, playing game after game where losing meant death. ...“De 717Reads8.7Score157Shelves
3. 3 影 The Shadow World: She Has No Shadow and No Weaknesses 影世界：她没有影子，也没有破绽 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery237k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented, no romance, play the pig to eat the tiger, mildly suspenseful, plot-focused, not brainless, no System, not invincible, with several male side characters harboring one-sided feelings] On the first day after leaving the mental hospital, Shen Ming stumbled upon a peculiar murder. The victim’s shadow had been stabbed three times? And the corpse vanished along with the shadow right before her eyes! Worse still, she was spotted on the scene and became the killer’s next target. Then t 127Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 4 穿 She Transmigrated into a Book as the Villainess, Then Joined the Hero’s Party Without Hesitation 穿书成反派，她果断加入主角团 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery233k WordsCompleted [Backrooms fiction + infinite-flow + transmigrate into a book + strong female lead] By accident, she “clipped out” of reality and fell into another dimension of the world: the Backrooms. What’s more, everything here was exactly like the world in her novel. And she had transmigrated into the role of Luo, a nonhuman, highly intelligent Entity who was a cannon-fodder villain and an undercover mole in the protagonist’s group. The first time, she followed the plot as written. She did every terrible t 87Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 无 Infinite Game: Don't Rush, I'll Fool You After I Fool Them 无限游戏：别急，骗完你的骗你的 Come Get Rich来发财Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Please read the content warnings below before starting.) [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Game] [Lone Wolf in the Early Stages] [Welcome to the Infinite Fun Game. Fail three times, and you will die.] While other players slaughtered their way through the game with all kinds of attack skills, Yun Cen, a newcomer from Blue Star, stared at her innate skill and fell into deep thought: [Huh? You can hear me?] What was this lousy skill even good for, besides listening to toilets complain about const 59.4kReads9.0Score10.3kShelves

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   I came to Tomato just to see her.

6. 6 在 Becoming the Most Popular One in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里成为最强万人迷 Cloudscorch Wanderer灼云客Mystery975k WordsOngoing (Content warnings at the end of the blurb. This story rejects writing advice.) [Infinite-Flow + Wish Fulfillment + Passionate Team Ensemble + Light Mystery and Combat + Horror Escape] [Top-Tier Talent, Brains and Brawn, a Cold-Humored, Protective Female Lead, and Teammates Who Each Shine in Their Own Way] At first, the twisted viewers thought that some poor woman in a hospital gown was going to die horribly on the very first night of the first round. That was until they saw her with their own ey 109.1kReads9.4Score11.7kShelves

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   I was so engrossed in reading it that I felt restless if I didn't watch it all day 🥰 I didn't skip a single episode and finished it completely. I even listened to the audiobook again. The ensemble cast is amazing 🥰

7. 7 我 I Can See Through Supplies, and an S-Rank Catch Is Looking for a Teammate 我能看穿物资，S级优质男求组队 A Soft Breeze Over the River风软一江水Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Train Survival] [Multiple Male Leads] [Drama Queen] [Feel-Good] When overworked office worker Song Yiqing woke up, she found herself in a carriage on an infinite train. Holding a ticket, she could only move forward, never backward. Every carriage was a scenario. The scenario creatures hunted for lives, and every step was a struggle. [Congratulations on obtaining a Black Market X-Rank starting skill: Third Eye.] (Shh, keep a low profile. This skill has a really lame name, and it' 29.2kReads9.3Score6kShelves

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   I recently watched this show; it has multiple male leads, an open ending, and the female lead is the one who loves herself the most, but she's just good at getting what she wants. It's logically sound and not scary.

8. 8 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm Mentally Ill, So What's Wrong with Me Going Off the Rails? 快穿之我是精神病，我发癫怎么了 Tail Sauce尾酱Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration villainess · no romance · strongest female lead in the entire book · every plotline makes the female lead shine · no redemption arcs · a little gossip] After Lin Jiuwu is bound to a System, she transmigrates into the entertainment industry’s disfigured foil, only to find that her ex-boyfriend is the female lead’s number-three simp, too insignificant to even make the list? From the start, Lin Jiuwu pulls her ex-boyfriend in front of her to block a splash of acid. A crazed fa 7kReads8.9Score680Shelves

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   The first book is a crazy female protagonist novel, with extremely high intelligence and no romantic pairing. The second book is a bit silly and abstract. The third book features a ruthless queen, a refreshing novel, and of course, it's also silly and funny. The fourth book is purely about high intelligence and ensemble casts, with no romantic pairing, and it's about games. The fifth book has many funny scenes, is also without romantic pairing, and is also very intelligent, purely about intellectual battles.

9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: The Corrupted Villainess Tears Apart the Cannon Fodder Script 快穿：黑化女配手撕炮灰剧本 Sui Yuan岁圆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Mindless fun + no romance + no holier-than-thou heroine + an unpredictable female lead + fast-paced quick transmigration (Not your thing? No worries, come on! Skip to the next one! P.S. There are thirty-nine worlds, so there’s bound to be a little story you’ll like!) Synopsis: Shi Xia is an overworked wage slave in the modern era. One day, she transmigrates into a book, only to keep working. In these other worlds, there’s always a group of exceptional young women. They come from good families, e 4.8kReads9.3Score462Shelves
10. 10 快 Quick Transmigration: The Crazy Host Has a Heart of Stone! 快穿：疯批宿主她铁石心肠！ Spicy Lazy Cat麻辣懒喵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration / No romance / Punishing scumbags / Feel-good revenge / Unhinged heroine with a touch of goofy humor] As a stone as old as the heavens, Xue Yuke once served as a pillow stone beneath Pangu's head, a candidate stone for repairing the sky, and a stepping stone in the Nine Heavens Profound Palace... But one day, as she underwent tribulation to ascend, a lightning punishment blasted her to pieces. Even her soul was reduced to nothing. At the moment her soul was being annihilate 7.4kReads9.2Score767Shelves
11. 11 女EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 74.6kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves
12. 12 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves

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    These were all wine carriers she once loved.

13. 13 求 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 A Little Fu Fu一只福富Sports903k WordsOngoing [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 204.3kReads9.2Score36.5kShelves

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    Are there any novels with a strong female lead and no romantic pairing, featuring a funny, intelligent, and cautious female protagonist? I really love the plots and character development of these two books. Both have a high proportion of female characters, and the important characters are all female. They've also made me like many different types of female characters, though of course, my favorite is the protagonist type.

14. 14 别 [ Apocalypse ] Don't Fall Asleep! You'll Die! 【末世】别睡觉！会死！ Joy at Every Step步步见喜Mystery658k WordsCompleted [Reborn + Infinite Flow + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Ensemble Cast + Nightmare Invasion] A countdown appears at random over cities. When it reaches zero, the city's residents are forced to fall asleep and dragged into the Nightmare World. After being reborn, Li Ge has just one goal: kill every aberrant and take down the Nightmare! At first, the Nightmare monsters think Li Ge is just a tasty human. But later... So which one of us is the monster?! Is the food chain backwards or what?! In th 25.7kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves

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    Highly recommend! The second book is amazing!!

15. 15 我 [Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去 Yu Ge雨戈Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Villainess] High-stakes battles of wits and deadly games; everyone schemes against everyone else just to stay alive. The heroine does every kind of evil, casts aside her conscience, and cares only about profit. Because she knows that only by devouring others can she grow stronger and climb step by step to the pinnacle of power. Watch her fight her way out from the bottom, rising from a mere nobody to stand atop the world. Watch her pull off one dazzling m 36.2kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves

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    🍉❤️🍉🍉

16. 16 游 Game Invasion: Hello, My Name Is Bug 游戏入侵：你好我叫Bug Boat Upon Boat舟又舟Sports167k WordsOngoing [Game Invades Reality + Strong Female Lead, No Romance + Cyberpunk + Infinite Worlds] The massive MMO The Void Realm enters the age of full-dive immersion, and the game descends into reality. Full-dive pods become the only way for ordinary people to log in, and they have no choice but to use them. Monsters run rampant, talents awaken, and game dungeons appear. Some people struggle to survive, while others revel in their extraordinary powers. The Fallen, the Descended, and mutated monsters take 88Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This book is great! It features an all-female cast, a game invasion theme, and is super good.

17. 17 糟 Oh No! How Did She Become an Infinite-Flow Boss? 糟糕！她怎么成无限流BOSS了 He Wang Huang何王黄Mystery566k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Boss's Perspective] [Villainess Protagonist] [No CP] [Infinite-Flow] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Dungeon Management] [Light Ensemble Cast] Yu Chu, a former director, was ruined by a conspiracy and lost any chance of directing again. On the brink of death, she willingly entered an infinite-flow world as a player. With her talent, "Watch a 30-second ad to revive on the spot," she bulldozed her way through the entire player community. But this time, she went too far. After dying alon 73.1kReads9.1Score16.7kShelves
18. 18 无 My Class Is Ghost Bride, But This Isn’t Romance 无限：职业是鬼新娘 Cretaceous Butterfly白垩生蝶Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [No CP + Infinite Flow + Ensemble Cast Focus + NPC Role-Playing; No Romance (the heroine will not blush, get butterflies, or have any other romantic reactions when interacting with NPCs or players); A Team Forms Later, and Everyone Shares Pure Comrades-in-Arms Bonds] To be reborn, many people who died unexpectedly are drawn into a game called “Anomaly Infection.” In the game, players must face all kinds of eerie horrors, improve their professional abilities, and struggle to survive. Usually, 16.8kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
19. 19 获 I Started Slacking Off After Gaining a Vengeful Ghost's Powers 获得厉鬼能力后我摆烂了 A Day, A Month一天一个月Mystery3.3M WordsOngoing An utterly ordinary person, Huan Xiao unexpectedly gains the abilities of a vengeful ghost while working a part-time job. A game called “Gui” appears on her phone, and it actually transports her to a world overrun by vengeful ghosts! There, she meets plenty of other unlucky people just like her. But unlike them, who struggle desperately to survive, Huan Xiao gives up and takes it easy... [No romance] 8.4kReads8.3Score691Shelves
20. 20 二 [Doomsday Ark] The Double Agent Is Still Putting on an Act Today 【末日方舟】二五仔今天也在演 Shadow Moon, Clear Mountain影月清山Sports131k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infinite Flow] [Stealing Golden Fingers] [Double-Agent Undercover] The apocalypse Shen Qiwu casually described on her eighteenth birthday came true. The very next moment, daylight dimmed and day and night turned upside down. A pitch-black ark appeared across the globe, defying the laws of physics. [Ding! The Doomsday Ark game is now live.] After killing her mutated friend with her own hands, Shen Qiwu was the first to board the ark. Everyone gained a soul t 893Reads—Score313Shelves

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    This one is quite suitable; it's something I just found.

21. 21 诡 After the Strange Arrivals, I Became a High-Risk Anomaly 诡异降临后，我成了高危异常 Fourteen Years拾四年Mystery301k WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + Infinite-Flow + Mild Horror + No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Smart Characters + Not a Saint + Twist After Twist + Totally Unexpected] Qi Wu is known as the “walking death warrant.” Trouble strikes anyone who gets involved with her, and whoever she crosses is doomed to bad luck. On the day she was born, a fortune-teller said she was cursed with an evil fate, destined to spend her life chasing souls and claiming lives. So Qi Wu grew up with her own user manual 96Reads—Score107Shelves

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    IQ Online: Several story-driven dungeons

22. 22 恐 Horror Game Jester! The Big-Game Player Turns the Tables on Everyone 恐游乐子人！比格玩家掀翻全场 One-Thirteen-One一十三幺Mystery345k WordsOngoing [No CP, Infinite-Flow, Over-the-Top Brain-Off Power Fantasy, Table-Flipping Big-Dog Villain, Emperor-Type Fun-Lover (Not the Typical Kind)] · 'Ding! You have been loaded into the cozy live-stream game of the Inner World. This round is an asymmetric match. Your role is: undercover (if caught, you'll be beaten to death).' Jiang, the short-lived brain-tumor patient, Xiu: "..." Great, great. The absurd System is holding an online funeral, and here comes a match where two survivors face off against e 19kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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    The main characters are all very strong 🥰

23. 23 无 Infinite Flow: There's Something Off About My Second Personality 无限流：我的第二人格有点不对劲 Where Did I Put My Cat?我猫搁哪儿了Mystery410k WordsOngoing [Infinite Worlds + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Puzzle-Solving Instances + Livestreaming + Randomized Talents + Mystery and Mild Horror] Fang Wuyin suspects she has a second personality. Fang Wuyin binds herself to the Realmwalker System. Fang Wuyin is forced to open realms and go around containing anomalies. Fang Wuyin... Fang Wuyin casually starts a guild and accidentally tops the rankings?! Reader's Guide: 1. This story may include guild-building, collecting catalogs of contained e 919Reads—Score187Shelves

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    If you enjoy the slightly scary, infinite flow genre, you might want to check this out. The atmosphere of the locked-room mystery in the snowstorm is very well done; lies and cognitive pollution are everywhere, making it difficult to distinguish whether the person in front of you is actually a monster. The female protagonist has two personalities, both belonging to her, with complementary styles of doing things. There's no melodramatic romance; the focus is on puzzle-solving and foreshadowing, with more and more suspense as you delve deeper.

24. 24 规 Rule Horror: Change One Character, Change Your Fate 规则怪谈：一字改命 Super Duper Fruit Pie超级无敌水果派Mystery270k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead] [Rule Horror] [Infinite Flow] [No Romance, Focused on Platonic Relationships] [No Mindless Steamrolling] [Growing Female Lead] [Rule-Based Instances] Original rule: "Do not look directly into its eyes." She picked up her pen and changed it: "Do look directly into its eyes." One word changed, and the boundary between life and death was instantly reversed! It began as an experiment in an instance. Chi Feng gained a unique exclusive ability: [Change Fate with One Word]. In a world wh 141Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This is a good book; the characters are portrayed in a gray area, without extreme good or evil. The dungeons are also much better than most assembly-line stories, with each rule having an origin (some false rules are true rules under other identities → second dungeon). Weaknesses: The first and second dungeons have quite a few rules, and the first chapter is a little depressing.

25. 25 无 Infinite Instances? I'll Lead My Team to Godhood 无限副本？我带全队封神 BANHE Half GrainBANHE半禾Mystery310k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + No Couple + Ensemble Cast + Mild Comedy and Absurdity] Suli transmigrates into an infinite series of instances. Scared? Not a chance. She looks at the helpless girl beside her. “Your big sis will protect you.” The chuunibyou teen who laughs all day. “Get lost.” The cold, silent hunk. “Give your big sis a smile.” The eccentric ancient-style man who spouts nonsense all day. “Tell my fortune. When am I going to get rich?” The gentle, highly intelligent beauty. “Ahem, you're quite p 753Reads—Score158Shelves

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    Sister Tanuki, I love you!!!

26. 26 为 To Stay Alive, I Have No Choice but to Kill Above My Level 为了苟活，我只好越级杀人 You Kan尤栞Mystery194k WordsOngoing [Female-centered + pro-women + no romance + all-female world + strong female lead + infinite-flow + power fantasy + women get the spotlight + no misogynistic terms + games + leveling-up + funny and lighthearted + exam-room invasion + villains] Cen Lianzhen died, but then she came back to life. She stared at her own still-warm corpse in the room, the killer on the other side of the door deciding whether to kill a few more people, and the dangerous survival game she had just been bound to: Dead So 961Reads—Score242Shelves
27. 27 游 Game Invasion: After Losing My Job, I Became Number One 游戏入侵：失业后，我成了榜一 Fishy Fishy Lamby Lamby鱼鱼羊羊Sports382k WordsOngoing [No Romance + All-Female Cast + Leveling Up] This is a female-oriented story with a slow-burn progression. (The protagonist isn't perfect, nor is she a saint or a villain. She has friends and family she cares about, but none of them are men. This is my first time writing, so please go easy on my writing.) After losing her job on an ordinary day, Xie Liu received a strange package: [Congratulations! You have been selected as a beta tester for the full-dive game The Gods' Lament.] She thought it w 1kReads—Score138Shelves
28. 28 游 The Game Has Invaded, but I'm an Impostor! 游戏入侵，但我是伪人啊！ The One and Only Q绝世好QModern Romance504k WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise] [Game invasion, no romance, an inhuman female protagonist with a chaotic-evil personality, the strongest protagonist, a touch of ensemble cast, all important characters are women] In the game A World Where You Must Never Make a Mistake: Make a mistake at work, and you die. Have a family that doesn’t get along, and the whole family dies. If people’s happiness falls too low, society as a whole dies. Huo Xiaoyu unexpectedly becomes one of the “lucky o 54.4kReads8.9Score11.3kShelves
29. 29 贪 The Game of Greed: It All Starts with Playing the Whole Crowd 贪婪游戏：从玩弄全场开始 Spring in the Southern City南城春Mystery605k WordsOngoing Pure indulgence and pure satisfaction, with no frustrating setbacks (Infinite-Flow + No CP, Strong Female Lead + Lone Wolf + Mastermind Behind the Scenes + Everyone Is Evil + Everyone Is Smart + Protagonist Is the Strongest at Her Level) [Do you find your life dull and tedious?] [Do you long for danger and excitement?] [Dear Ms. Shi Xu, we await your arrival at the Round Table Game.] One day, an email signed by the “Greed Game Production Team” was delivered to the Yu Ren Bookshop. The owner, Sh 11.8kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
30. 30 七 The Seven Sins Dungeon: She Ascended to Godhood Through Sloth 七罪副本：她靠怠惰封神 Staying Up Late to Write Novels熬夜也要写小说Mystery331k WordsOngoing [Not a power fantasy + infinite-game style + no romance + mind games + ensemble cast + path to godhood + divine invasion] In her life, Yan Xi is best at three things: concealing her strengths, slacking off, and avoiding trouble. She thought she could live peacefully with her younger sister, relying on each other, until one day she was pulled into an infinite game called “Divine Judgment.” When Yan Xi wakes, she finds herself in a courtroom. Six people, seven chairs. There is only one rule: Every 1.3kReads8.2Score185Shelves
31. 31 全 Everyone Plays Hide-and-Seek: The Unhinged Beauty Has Maxed-Out Clairvoyance 全民躲猫猫：疯批美人她满级天眼 Deep-Fried Pear油炸雪梨Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + Hide-and-Seek + Livestream + Female Lead + No Romance] After nuclear war, Blue Star lies in ashes. Hide-and-seek is humanity's only hope. A global hide-and-seek game has arrived. Those chosen will represent their nations in battle. Victory earns rewards; defeat means losing territory! When Lin Suian appears as Dragon Nation's forty-fourth contestant, the comments wail: “She's wearing a hospital gown? And slippers? It's over, Dragon Nation's luck has run out!” But while the other 204.9kReads9.3Score21.7kShelves
32. 32 第 The Top Genius Has a Sickness: Everyone Else Wants to Win, but She Wants to Lose 第一天骄她有病，别人求赢她求输 The Poem Says诗云Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Superpowers + ensemble cast + team tournament + chuunibyou + feel-good power fantasy] “Doctor, there’s something wrong with me.” “What’s wrong?” “I’m so exceptional that it’s making me miserable!” Jiang Chao was sunk in sorrow, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. “From childhood to now, every competition I’ve entered and every exam I’ve taken, I’ve come in first…” “I’ve asked myself more than once: how can I be this exceptional?” “Ah, it’s so painful! Doctor, can you understand m 14.5kReads8.9Score2kShelves
33. 33 疯 My Unhinged Persona Can't Crack [Infinite Flow] 疯批人设不能崩［无限流］ Da Yao大夭Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted [Infinite quick transmigration + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + no romance. The heroine acts like a lunatic, but she's absolutely sane! Slow-paced! Slow-paced! Slow-paced!] After the S-rank felon Ye Li is forcibly bound to a Punishment and Rehabilitation System, she's exiled to countless perilous worlds created in virtual reality to serve her sentence and undergo punishment. The more she suffers while serving her time, the more of her sin points are deducted. During her sentence, Ye L 4.4kReads9.5Score627Shelves

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    That's awesome! A strong female lead with no romantic partner.

34. 34 美 Dreamworld Century: My Dreams Never Come True 美梦世纪：我的梦境不作美 Xujing Young Master虚静少主Mystery130k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infinite Flow] [Narrow Escapes] [Eerie Worlds] [Mild Horror] [Original Instances] The orphan Meng Li has been plagued by eerie nightmares for eight years, yet every time she wakes, she has no memory of what she saw in her dreams. Longing for pleasant dreams, she gets swept into a massive conspiracy to let dreams invade Blue Star. Kept in the dark, she thinks it is merely an app program where she can win good dreams by clearing stages. She has no idea that ev 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Try this! The title is "Sweet Dreams," but it's actually all nightmares. It's bizarre and grotesque, with no romantic pairing. I recommend it! You might want to check it out!

35. 35 规 Rule Horror: Breaking the Rules Earns Her System Rewards 规则怪谈：她违规会获取系统奖励 Word-Processing Elf码字精灵Mystery125k WordsOngoing [No Romance, Powerful Female Lead | National-Fortune Rule-Based Horror | Game Invasion | System-Powered Wish Fulfillment | Leveling Mystery] A bizarre game from around the world invades Blue Star. Each country randomly selects a Chosen One to enter a rule-based horror instance, with the entire process livestreamed globally. If they clear the instance, their country gains vast resources. If they fail, the Chosen One is killed on the spot, and their homeland is struck by a devastating natural disa 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not bad 🙂

36. 36 无 Infinite Game: The True Heiress They Abandoned 无限游戏：她是被抛弃的真千金 Leng Yun冷昀Mystery327k WordsCompleted No romance, feel-good power fantasy, real and fake heiresses, infinite games, global livestream, no forgiveness. Mo Ning transmigrates to a parallel world, where she is the long-lost biological daughter of the wealthy Mo family. After being brought home at eighteen, she is schemed against and manipulated at every turn by the fake heiress, a sweet, innocent-looking snake. Her parents and brother believe the other girl’s lies, and Mo Ning is beaten and abused by her family and harassed online unti 255Reads—Score126Shelves
37. 37 我 I’m a Lord on the Continent, and Every Card I Draw Is a Beauty 我在大陆当领主，抽卡都是大美人 Nuo and Bai诺与白Fantastical Romance166k WordsOngoing Infrastructure building, lord leveling up, strong female lead, modest golden finger, a journey of growth. No central couple, so readers can ship whoever they like. (Beautiful characters of any gender. This is a female-oriented story with a strong heroine, romance, and a crowd of admirers.) Mu Zhiqing transmigrates to another world and is lucky enough to bind to a card-drawing System. But why is every person she draws more handsome and beautiful than the last? Mu Zhiqing admits they're a feast fo 14Reads—Score187Shelves

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    This book has no romantic pairing, features a strong female lead, and includes various side stories.

38. 38 恐 Will Everyone in This Horror Game Get a Bad Ending? She Clears It with Happy Endings and Becomes a Legend 恐游全员BE？她靠HE通关封神 Wu Rerewu巫惹惹乌Mystery139k WordsOngoing [Strong female lead + infinite-flow + horror + original scenarios + saving the world] Reborn in an instant, Yue Ji finds herself in the terrifying game world known as the Sea of the Strange. A ship is all she gets from the start, and she has to scrounge for the rest of her equipment. Before her newbie protection period is even over, she's kicked into a high-level horror scenario. It should have been a doomed start, but her captain is so overpowered that she somehow earns a perfect all-clear in t 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    After reading too many infinite flow novels, I've gotten tired of the formula, but this one has a fresh twist. All the scenarios are supposed to end in tragedy, but the female protagonist insists on finding a way to achieve a happy ending. The horror descriptions are vivid but not overly grotesque. The female protagonist is calm, observant, and doesn't panic when faced with strange events. Those who enjoy slow-paced mystery-solving and redemption stories should give it a try.

39. 39 彼 The Peter Pan Game 彼得潘游戏 Hua Luoyun花洛云Mystery259k WordsOngoing Earth’s resources are gradually running out... Boring people will be replaced by digital replicas... So keep your soul interesting... or hold on to a powerful obsession... Welcome to the Peter Pan Game... Provide emotional value to earn a ticket back to the real world. Female protagonist | Ensemble cast | No romance | Infinite-flow | Instances | Rule-based horror Fifty people lie in a huge room... This batch is pretty good... Three people are slowly waking up... 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is so addictive! Qi Yue wakes up in a pale hospital room, and the AI Wendy 051 starts a life-or-death struggle. Survival on Neverland is the only way to stay alive. I highly recommend it!

40. 40 诡 The Mysterious Descends: The Boss Is Actually Me 诡秘降临：boss竟是我自己 A Leap of Faithful Fortune一跃锦鲤Mystery222k WordsOngoing [God Game + No-Couple Infinite Flow + Sequence Leveling + Chinese Mythology + Light Ensemble Cast] After living for years in the lower city, Fu Ye suddenly discovered that she was in a game world, and that she was the ultimate boss of the large-scale god-sequence game Gifted. Of the twelve paths to godhood, she unexpectedly awakened the path of the [Judge]. To protect herself, she killed six game controllers from the start and entered various instances to improve her sequence abilities. [Blood S 1.4kReads—Score337Shelves

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    🍒🍒🍒 It's really pretty, I love Ono so much, her personality is so endearing!

41. 41 诡 The Haunted House Has No Nine: The Death Game Begins with Whack-a-Mole 诡屋无九：死亡游戏从打地鼠开始 See You, Team小组回见Mystery197k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead, No CP | No System | No Cheats | Not a Mindless Power Fantasy | Death Game | Cthulhu | Focus on Sisterly Bonds | Extreme Twists | Read at Your Own Risk] Don't play, and you die. Lose the game, and you'll wish you were dead. This is a man-eating haunted house, an arena where the desperate have nowhere to run. Everyone bears the burden of sin, dragged unwillingly into this cage to struggle for survival. Only You Wujiu enters this absolute death trap of her own accord, drawn in 41Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Try this one, it seems pretty good.

42. 42 濒 On the Brink of Death, I Was Chosen by an Infinite-Flow Dungeon 濒死前，无限流副本选中了我 Clear Soup with a Poached Egg清汤荷包蛋Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] + [No CP] + [Leveling Up] + [Taking Down Scumbags] + [Strong Female Lead]! (The story focuses on the instance worlds, while the real-world plot develops slowly. Slow burn! Slow burn! Slow burn! A long novel! I know the first three chapters are frustrating. Even I found them infuriating when I read them, but I can't spoil anything, sob. There are other reasons for the heroine's behavior in the first three chapters! There are! Other! Reasons! She's not lovesick, and she doesn't hav 509Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Yes, they all fit.

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