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The City's Pair of Wild Ducks 城市里的那对野鸳鸯
Shan Gen is an honest migrant worker who barely makes any money all year. His wife, meanwhile, has been living with another man. The two of them put their son through college, and just as his wife is about to spend one last year living with someone else, Shan Gen’s coworker spots them, and their son runs into them while away from home and tells Shan Gen. His marriage is finally on the verge of falling apart. Will they end up divorced?
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- 602 Assault Squad: The Foolish Wolf Operation 士兵突击之憨狼行动 Xu Sanduo’s older brother, Xu Erhe, went to Japan for work, only to be kidnapped by Japanese criminals who demanded a five-million ransom and threatened to kill him if it wasn’t paid. Xu Sanduo, who is stationed with A Team, volunteered to resign and leave the unit. But Yuan Lang gave him a mission at that very moment: go to Japan and eliminate a traitor in the military. The operation’s codename was Operation Foolish Wolf. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
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Lotus Guest 莲客
[Two scientist transmigrate + Rational cultivation + No System + Long-running journey across worlds] “Stop the seventh group’s experiment. Do not cross the boundary.” On the day an underground sun rose, scientist Li Guanhuan received a warning that should not have existed. Following its trail, he and his partner Lu Hengshan entered the mist-shrouded mountains of the northeast. When they opened their eyes again, they were lying inside a giant lotus in another world. Here, they were called “Lotus
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- 604 In Search of Demons and Their Tracks 寻魔觅踪 Feifei’s father is a police officer who’s hardly ever home. Something inside Feifei has changed, and she wants her father to find her a mother. Two women in the police force are both deeply fond of him, but Feifei’s father has fallen for a stranger, who turns out to be a dangerous person. Is she the one he arrested, or is she his other half? 6Reads—Score—Shelves
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A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Azure Lotus Accompanies Me on My Path to Eternal Life 凡人修仙：青莲伴我证长生
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A Thousand Roads of Turmoil 千路风云
Let this book serve as a warning: the only way to win is not to gamble! A true look at the methods used by Qianmen card cheats, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Games and Seventy-Two Earthly Games, and the tricks used to rig them! The plain and simple way is always best!
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- 607 A Love Story From the Restaurant Kitchen 后厨的爱情童话 A recent graduate applies for a job at a star-rated hotel. Just because he knows the owner, he gets the same position as the head chef, earning the jealousy of everyone and the chef’s resentment. Then, by a stroke of misfortune and luck, he meets the daughter of the richest man in the country, who’s at the hotel to experience life for herself. Thus begins a hilarious romantic comedy. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 608 If Heaven Won’t Have Me, I’ll Swallow It Whole 天不容我，我便吞天 By day, Ye Buqun is a meek, useless servant. By night, he is a mad “underground experimenter.” He secretly devours discarded pill residue, shattered magical artifacts, and even the corpses of demon beasts, cultivating in secret within the sect’s forbidden grounds. He discovers that his Taotie bloodline lets him devour the spiritual power others have painstakingly cultivated over a hundred years. The first time he uses the faint spiritual energy extracted from a discarded pill to devour an outer- 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 609 Tiger Crossing the River 过江虎 A man who fled abroad illegally after getting into trouble runs into an old classmate from twenty years ago, who was also his sworn enemy. But after a series of events, he discovers that he never actually killed anyone: he was framed. Follow a Chinese man’s struggle for life and death in a foreign country, and see if he can escape danger and make it safely back home. 54Reads—Score—Shelves
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Ancestors, Stop Visiting Me in Dreams. I’ll Take You Back to the Classic of Mountains and Seas 老祖别托梦了，我带你们回山海经
At 37, Chen Yu loses his job in middle age, then successfully completes the grueling Didi, food-delivery, and parcel-delivery triathlon, earning himself a voucher for lumbar disc surgery. During the operation, he unexpectedly awakens his bloodline. Guided by his dreams, he begins traveling between Earth and the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas…
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- 611 The Dragon Tail Next Door 隔壁的龙尾巴 Lu Miao spots a flash of silvery-white tail behind the curtains in the neighboring window. In the blink of an eye, her cool, refined neighbor has arranged for her to look after his “pet.” Late at night, the legendary silvery-white dragon’s tail winds around her ankle, tightening inch by inch. The cold god bows his head and lets out a satisfied sigh by her ear: “Mine. You can only be mine.” One day, when villains surround her, a giant silver dragon swoops down from the sky and lowers its prou 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 612 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
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Southern Song, Northern Center 南宋北中
From the start, two strangers who accidentally ended up together transmigrate with their bare bottoms exposed, covering themselves with leaves before getting stung in their most sensitive spots by hairy caterpillars. No System, no golden finger. They mainly rely on what they've learned online to make their way in the world, and the story wins on plot alone. Humorous and funny, with an emphasis on realism.
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- 614 The Lane House 2: A Difficult Road 小巷人家2艰难之路 Zhuang Tunan injured his leg working overtime during the New Year holiday, then accompanied his parents back to the old alley. Li Jia wanted to stay by his side, but her family was always against it. Lin Dongzhe finally made something of himself and became a boss, while Zhuang Xiaoting returned to the alley pregnant. To prove himself, Zhuang Tunan started selling books and newspapers at the entrance to the alley, and tutored the neighborhood children on the side. Life was comfortable enough, but 15.4kReads6.7Score363Shelves
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Global Beast Taming: I Mass-Produce Divine Beasts with Labels 全民御兽：我靠贴标签量产神兽
In the Era of Ten Thousand Nations, ferocious beasts run rampant. At eighteen, everyone awakens a tribal totem and raises battle pets to fight for their nation’s fortune! Chu Ge awakens the widely recognized “Beast Tribe,” the most expensive to raise and with the lowest ceiling. The whole school laughs at him, his rival mocks him to his face, and even his territory allowance is about to be withheld. “A wild chicken is still a wild chicken when it dies. How can you compare with my Windthunder Wyv
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My Ring Is a Gold-Eating Beast 我的戒指是吞金兽
Writing a story that feels realistic and believable is the author's greatest goal. To that end, the author would rather have less wish fulfillment and more “poisonous plot points.” Zhou Huan accidentally obtained a magical storage ring. One day, he discovered that the ring could devour gold and turn it into space. It could also take the protagonist to the worlds of movies. This is not a quick transmigration novel. Everything is done by hand.
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- 617 A Bizarre Tale of Feng Shui! 风水奇谭！ Chen Yan, a top student at a 985 university, suffered a devastating blow at just twenty-two: His roommate set him up and framed him, driving him into a dead end; His girlfriend of three years cheated on him; his father was hospitalized with a serious illness, and he couldn't even scrape together the 5,000-yuan deposit. His loan payments were overdue and collectors were after him. He was about to become... Just as he sank into utter despair, a mysterious old Daoist appeared, opened his heavenly e 4.3kReads8.5Score332Shelves
- 618 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
- 619 Transported to 1980: I Have an Iron Rice Bowl from the Start 穿到1980，开局就有铁饭碗 [A career-focused heroine with a government job + 90% career storyline + a male lead who is weaker than the female lead] Lin Ruxin, from 2026, transmigrates into the body of Lin Ruxin in 1981. The original owner was not only ungrateful, but also hopelessly lovesick. As one of the first college graduates, she should have focused on her career, but instead devoted all her attention to men. Lin Ruxin can't stand it. Watch her kick her scumbag boyfriend to the curb and leave her coworkers stunned. W 34.8kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves
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After I Transmigrated, I Kept Picking Up Trash Even While Throwing Up 穿越后，吐着都在捡垃圾
Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Romance Not a strong female lead, not a power fantasy, just everyday life. If Xu Jian got one more chance, she definitely wouldn't pick up that coin!!! After transmigrating, watch how a frail young woman goes from throwing up to charging into battle with reckless abandon. The heroine isn't a powerhouse, and she won't become overwhelmingly strong later on either, but she'll grow little by little. How does someone accidentally transmigrated to another world find
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- 621 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. 173.7kReads9.7Score17.9kShelves
- 622 Yes! The Ambitious Streamer Has a Secret Identity as a Rich Heiress 爽！野心女主播她自带神豪马甲 [Female-centered + livestreaming + wealthy tycoon's secret identity + no romance + glow-up + universally adored by men and women + making money] Xia Mi was a woman whose beauty couldn't match her ambitions. She worked hard to make money, hoping to become her own Nüwa and make herself beautiful after the fact. Then a wealthy tycoon's System arrived, finally giving her the chance to become beautiful painlessly. She used its miraculous items to improve herself step by step. As for tips, why give 63.5kReads9.2Score10.5kShelves
- 623 A Pure Human Kept by a Mad Dog Sentinel in the Wasteland 纯人类在废土被疯狗哨兵强制圈养 [Sentinel madness + harem chaos + forced love + rabbit among wolves + twins + brothers + all male leads are virgins + redemption story + intense push and pull + written for very specific tastes] [PS: My beloved is my weakness, but we are by no means good people.] This is the story of her and twelve Sentinels cut off from the rest of the world. In the year 999 of the future era, stars collapsed and alien creatures invaded. Radiation storms wiped out all plant and animal life. Humanity migrated 127.7kReads9.2Score18.3kShelves
- 624 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 [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 969.1kReads9.5Score83.2kShelves
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Dad Said My Mid-Autumn Gift Wasn't Presentable, Then Slapped My Husband in Public. He Regretted It Like Crazy 爸嫌中秋礼上不得台面，当众扇我老公后，他悔疯了
Dad said my Mid-Autumn Festival gift was too shabby for the occasion. After he slapped my husband in front of everyone, he regretted it like crazy.
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- 626 The Villainess Studies Hard at the Aristocratic Academy 反派大小姐在贵族学院狠狠学习 [The male lead is Chi. The romance develops slowly, and until anyone confesses, it's just friendship.] He Ying regains her memories in an old-school campus novel and is horrified to realize she's the vicious rich young lady. Instead of inheriting a fortune worth trillions, she's been chasing men and bullying the sweet, innocent heroine. What a ridiculous way to live. After learning that inheriting the family fortune depends on her academic performance, He Ying declares, “If I don't earn this mon 8.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 627 She Read Her Ex's Message Aloud in Public, So I Gave Her a Divorce 当众念前任，我送她一场离婚 I Read My Ex’s Words Aloud in Public, Then Gave Her a Divorce 97Reads—Score—Shelves
- 628 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 97.7kReads8.7Score10.7kShelves
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Mystic Arts Streamer Live: Your Remaining Lifespan Is Running Low 玄学主播在线：你的阳寿余额不足
Who is she? She’s the ultimate master of mystic arts, going viral across the internet by livestreaming fortune-telling and making all three realms bow to her! With a single sentence, she can tell whether an editor is a homewrecker. She’ll beat a vicious ghost until its soul is scattered, then angrily demand to know why a college student thinks she’s unfit to write novels! She’s so infamous in the underworld that everyone trembles at the mention of her, honoring her as the Great Fiend! She’s slep
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- 630 After He Abandoned Me and My Daughter for Five Years, I Made Him Die of Regret 弃我母女五年，我让绝症的他悔恨至死 After He Abandoned Me and My Daughter for Five Years, I Made Him Die of Regret 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 631 The Top-Ranked Road Survivalist Says She'll Walk to the End of the Road 公路求生榜一说她要走到公路尽头 Strong female lead, no romance, no romantic subplots, clear-headed protagonist, ensemble cast, team-focused. Qi Xu wandered alone along this highway filled with danger and death for nearly four years. With disasters striking endlessly and monsters growing ever stronger, she gradually transformed from a frail woman who could not even kill a chicken into a seasoned player who killed without hesitation. Yet she still died regrettably inside a dungeon... Just before her death, she triggered the prec 432.1kReads9.4Score41.5kShelves
- 632 From the Start, a Jinx! Everyone Kneels and Begs Me to Keep Quiet 开局乌鸦嘴！全员跪求别开口 Everyone is waiting for the country bumpkin girl to leave in disgrace? Little do they know that this country girl has a whole stack of secret identities and is a big shot in every field. The most unbelievable and exasperating thing about her is that everything she says with her jinxing mouth comes true! The moment she speaks, payback strikes! No delays! Her adopted sister acts helpless at every turn and lays traps at every opportunity, doing everything she can to drag her into the mire! And her 54Reads—Score113Shelves
- 633 Cold, Untouchable Moonlight? No! I'm the Villain Chosen by Fate 清冷白月光？不！我是天命大反派 [System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d 38.4kReads9.5Score6.7kShelves
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The Snow Canon, the Mist Canon: Chronicle of the Twins 雪典，雾典，双生纪
“The first snow between heaven and earth fell atop Kunlun Mountain. Back then, snow did not yet know what melting was, and mist did not know what it meant to disperse. They thought everything in the world would last forever.” “Later, the snow melted and became water. The mist dispersed and became nothing. Only then did they understand: what was eternal was not themselves, but the person who paused in the snow, and the eyes that glanced back through the mist.”
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- 635 Stockpiling Supplies in the Apocalypse: I Have Your Dad's Survival System 末世空间囤货：我有你爹生存系统 “Sis, are we making a baby together again today?” Reborn and returned from the apocalypse, she sees everyone else fighting to survive, but she picks up a sweet little puppy of a guy who spends every day acting cute, while stockpiling supplies in her space alongside the “Your Dad” System. The most ridiculous part is that the Your Dad System is also obsessed with dressing up. It can transform into a Pretty Guardian Sailor Warrior at any moment, and it even unilaterally cuts down the space availabl 34Reads—Score—Shelves
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I Accidentally Married Up, and Now the Aloof Powerful Minister Won't Let Me Go 误攀高枝，清冷权臣又争又抢
[Cold on the outside, scheming on the inside, orphan who plots her every move + revenge + love-triangle battlefield + one woman, three men + all male leads are virgins] [Romance: A self-effacing green tea with a strong moral compass + a childhood friend full of youthful spirit + an aloof paragon with selfish desires. The men act cordial to one another, but secretly compete for her affection and pull each other's hair.] After powerful nobles brutally murdered her mother, Jiang Chuhe found no on
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- 637 Tomb Raiding: I Rewrite the Plot and Laugh Myself Silly 盗墓：改写剧情的我，笑疯了 [System + Some Plot Rewrites + Goofy Comedy + Cross-Dressing as a Man + Redemption: The heroine saves the supporting characters, while the main cast and the System save her. All directions. Plot changes early on, then the plot goes completely off the rails later.] Original title: I Laughed Myself Silly While Rewriting the Plot Don't be scared. I'm just a plain old psychopath. Qi Yi binds herself to a System and becomes the Qi family's “adopted son.” Her mission is to save the book's tragic suppo 16kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
- 638 The Rain Canon 雨典 When rain falls upon the world, it is no longer just water. It becomes a bridge between two people meeting, tears of parting, the sorrow of waiting, and a promise to stay together. How many bonds of affection between heaven and earth last only as long as a passing shower? And I am merely the passerby holding an umbrella. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 639 The Template Was Bound Wrong, and the Male Lead Will Die If He Doesn't Conquest Me 模板绑错后，男主不攻略我就会死 [Male Rivals Competing for Her] [Love Triangle Drama] [Female Lead Fakes Her Death] [Redemption] [All Male Leads Are Virgins] [Content Warnings: The female lead will fall in love, and romance takes center stage. Her goal is to go home, not to become a cultivation powerhouse who cares about nothing else. She is not kind to the male leads. If you get emotionally invested and feel bad for them easily, this may not be for you. The story has one couple at a time, and the love-triangle drama comes lat 18.4kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
- 640 Spring and Autumn in the Textbooks 课本春秋 Seasons in the Textbook A Republican-era classroom, with one teacher and several students [Volume One] First School Year (Autumn 1932–Summer 1933): The Beginning of Learning Opening Note: In the autumn of 1932, the ancestral hall in Qingxi Town opened its doors as a school. Five children walked inside. Over the next six years, they would see the whole world from here. A Poem for the Opening The ancestral hall’s threshold stands three inches high. The children lift their feet to cross, unawar 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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You Can Cultivate Immortality While You Lie Flat 躺平也可以修仙
These are my personal insights and experiences in cultivating the Dao and refining qi, woven into a novel that creates a strange and eerie supernatural world through both dreams and reality. If you enjoy supernatural mysteries and immortal cultivation, give it a read. It’s unlike anything else, and the opportunity is rare. When this old man achieves a perfected Golden Core, you’ll all be disciples of my Qingfeng Sect.
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- 642 Winning Over the Young Lord of Miaojiang 攻略苗疆少主 Chu He transmigrates into a book. [The villain will kill the male lead, cripple the female lead, and then commit suicide out of hatred for the world. This world is about to collapse, and your mission is to save it.] The lousy System vanishes after assigning the mission. Before Chu He can even figure out what to do, she is kidnapped to Miaojiang, where she becomes the perfect mother Gu for the medicine people to cultivate their Gu. Medicine people aren’t human and have no memories of their past. 138.1kReads9.4Score14.4kShelves
- 643 The Ancestor's Parody of Versailles: A Lecture Hall of Laughter 百家笑谭老祖宗的凡尔赛讲堂 Emergency report! Emergency report! The Chinese cultural heritage system has triggered a Level Three Red Alert! The meeting room at the Heavenly Dao Administration was in chaos. Three curves plunged on the holographic display: The first line, labeled [System Comprehension], had fallen from 85% in the Tang Dynasty to 32% in the 21st century. The second line, labeled [Integrity Index], had gone from the dazzling galaxy of the "Hundred Schools of Thought" era to today's scattered "quotes from fa 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 644 The Divine Schemes of Guiguzi 鬼谷神谋 [Historical Fiction Writing Contest] Other people are reborn into wealth and privilege, but I came back as a stalk of rice. No, a stalk of rice growing on a grave! A lovesick woman ate me, and became my mother. I became Guigu Wang Chan, whom later generations called Guiguzi, the founding patriarch of the Vertical and Horizontal School. In this turbulent age, watch me stir up the world once more and make my mark on the battlefields of the Warring States! 568Reads6.6Score102Shelves
- 645 The Charlatan 神棍 A fortune-teller, one of the oldest professions. An ancient name for a fortune-teller or feng shui master. Knowing the stars above and the earth below; the five elements of yin and yang, the eight trigrams and nine palaces. Physiognomy and feng shui, defying fate and changing one’s destiny: nothing is beyond their power! Huang Zheng, a modern-day fortune-teller. Born under the influence of yin and yang, with the canopy star at his back. With extraordinary skills in reading fortunes and feng shui 1.1kReads8.7Score136Shelves
- 646 Tycoon System: From the Start, I Turn 20 Yuan into a Fortune for My Whole Family 神豪系统：开局20块带飞全家 (The score was just posted, so it should go up later.) [An unconventional tycoon-style reward system + leveling up + everyone’s favorite + saving family + doomsday stockpiling. The heroine isn’t invincible from the start; the more she levels up, the more satisfying it gets.] When a natural disaster struck, Jiang Xiu thought her life would end at twenty-two. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself back in an unfamiliar modern world, bound to a livestream cashback-to-fortune System The mor 3.1kReads9.4Score326Shelves
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Arriving in Southern Ming, an Engineering Student Crushes the Qing and Restores China 来到南明，工科生横扫满清复华夏
In the first year of the Hongguang reign, Jiangnan is on the verge of falling. The realm is shattered, and the people are displaced. A modern engineering expert unexpectedly arrives in the storm-tossed chaos of the Southern Ming. The land is divided among warlords, powerful enemies press at its borders, and the old and new dynasties take turns on the stage. He has no peerless martial arts, but he possesses engineering, manufacturing, and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time. He gathers dis
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- 648 Collection of Two Forgettings: Records of an Unknown Daoist Couple Among Clouds and Waters 两忘集——无名道侣云水录 The Collection of Two Forgotten: The Unnamed Daoist Couple's Record of Clouds and Waters 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 649 An Engineering Student Ventures into the Late Ming 工科小伙闯明末 A middle-aged bachelor, beaten down by society and thwarted at every turn in the modern world, with no connections to his name but plenty of knowledge and ability, is accidentally transported to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. Relying on his modern knowledge while adapting to the era’s actual technological and industrial capabilities, he works hard to quietly change history and prevent China’s decline. 2.8kReads7.8Score196Shelves
- 650 Xuanyuan’s Great War Against Chiyou 轩辕大战蚩尤 [No System, no harem, no clichés, not a wish-fulfillment story, not for beginners] The legacy of Daoist learning, the turbulent world of mountains and seas, and the ancient struggle for supremacy: this is an epic retelling of the legendary battles between the Chinese ancestors Huangdi, Yandi, and the Great Emperor Chiyou for control of Zhuolu. Based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas and grounded in the Hetu and Luoshu, this novel unravels the origins of yin and yang, the five elements, and th 86Reads—Score—Shelves
