Stories with a Despairing, Oppressive Worldview Where the Protagonist Doesn’t Get Pushed Around 求世界观绝望压抑，但主角不憋屈的文

1. 301 我 I Use Illusions to Control the World 我用幻术控制全世界 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [A rare illusion-based novel featuring a villain protagonist, nightmare invasions, and original instances] Su Mu has the same dream every night. Each time he wakes, his mental strength has increased by one percent. He grows stronger just by sleeping. In the first year, hypnosis. He discovers his mental strength is already powerful enough to hypnotize others, and soon gang bosses, the campus belle, beautiful CEOs, and more have all become his slaves. In the second year, control over the five sens 68.8kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves
2. 302 不 Seriously? You Call This an Immortal? 不是吧？你管这叫仙人 Evening Breeze Dies晚风死去Urban103k WordsOngoing [UMA] [Fake Cultivation] [A Work of Madness] They call themselves immortals, and so pilgrims flock to them one after another, becoming their food. My name is Nan Xun. They say I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm just an ant struggling desperately to claw my way up and survive. Pilgrims, I want to ask you: ordinary people... Do they count as people? My name is Nan Yue. I saw my brother kill our parents with my own eyes. I hate him, that lunatic. I couldn't understand why the police let him go. The 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist is definitely not resentful, the worldview is alright, though I'd say it's more like despair. The current development is so-so, but it gets a bit despairy as it unfolds, haha. There's a rather dreamlike section in the middle, so keep going!

3. 303 开 Forced to Choose from the Start, and They’re All Terrifying 开局被迫抉择，完了，都很雷霆 Black Pepper Sauce黑椒酱Urban293k WordsOngoing [Entirely hand-crafted, no AI: Cthulhu elements + Warhammer Warp elements + Honkai: Star Rail elements + Backrooms entities] Jiang Miao was only forced to go downstairs and walk around a few times, but he ran into a special incident almost immediately. To stay alive, he had no choice but to choose from the templates that suddenly appeared in front of him. As a result... [Please choose your hero: 1. Warp Daemon Prince template, 2. Honkai: Star Rail Path of Nihility Self-Annihilator template, 3. F 65.2kReads7.4Score9.3kShelves

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   Yes, family members, some

4. 304 恐 Terror Era: Starting as a Tomb Keeper 恐怖时代，从成为守墓人开始 Ghost God Yama鬼神阎罗Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn] + [Eerie] + [Underworld Official Ranks] + [Ghost Control] + [A Little Farming] + [Tomb Construction] An era of terror descended, and a death game began. This was a world where ghost controllers and the eerie coexisted. In his previous life, Chu Qing had been on the verge of becoming the First-Rank Underworld Official, King Chujiang. He was reborn in the future, back to the very beginning of the eerie era. The old rules were on the verge of collapse. Who would rule the dark dawn? Chu Qin 89.5kReads8.9Score7.9kShelves

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   This book perfectly fits the description: a global catastrophe, the protagonist reborn with his memories intact, builds his own power, and is decisive and ruthless without being stifled. The author's writing is good, and there are no major flaws.

5. 305 看 After Seeing the Comic’s Bullet Comments, I Tore Up My Cannon Fodder Script 看到漫画弹幕后我手撕炮灰剧本 Mo Xiao Mo莫晓moUrban1.8M WordsOngoing [Not a wish-fulfillment story. Superpowers + defying fate + no romance/just friendship + ensemble cast + character growth. Not fanfiction.] [Ah, is that purple-haired guy a minor background character? Getting killed by a billboard is just too tragic.] On an otherwise ordinary day, a sentence like this appeared out of nowhere in front of an ordinary person named Lu Jiuxiao. That was how he learned he was inside a comic. As an insignificant little extra, his greatest contribution was to die and 65kReads9.1Score7.4kShelves

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   It's good-looking, that's all.

6. 306 次 A Record of Strange Tales from Other Dimensions 次元奇闻录 Mr. No Mischief不作君Eastern Fantasy86k WordsOngoing Where does the boundary between dreams and reality lie, and where is the road home for those who come and go? When the barriers between dimensions are broken, the order of the world descends into chaos, and endless wails echo across heaven and earth. Who can grant true salvation to all things? Behold, everyone: the waves still roar, their sound never fading. The gods fill the skies, and all is as it should be in one's heart. PS: This is a story born from the collision of different dimensions 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A masterpiece has been published, instantly gathering heroes and stirring up a storm of bloodshed in the martial world. Will the cunning old monster seize the crown, or will the ambitious young hero rise to the top? Fellow young heroes and seniors, now is the time to act! This book boasts clear logic, no flaws, excellent writing, humorous yet not cheesy plot, touching yet not heart-wrenching story, and the author's dedication. Free to read—you won't regret it! Years later, an elder of a high-ranking position, during an interview, disdainfully remarked, "Ha, just like a peddler praising his own wares." "Then how did you acquire your status as an elder?" Someone asked, puzzled. "How else could it be? That kid gave me a good talking-to when he started writing the book," the elder replied. ... (Repeated 3 times)

7. 307 火 Naruto: The Six Eyes Are Picked Up by Madara from the Start 火影：开局六眼被斑爷捡走 Sun Wukong's Golden Headband孙悟空的紧箍咒Anime Fanfiction715k WordsCompleted [Hokage + Cross-Dressing + Deception + Undercover Agent + White Moonlight] He Shu joined the trend and transmigrated to the Hokage world. From the start, he was on a battlefield and had become an orphan. Ding! The System chimed, bringing with it endless hope. [The Everyone-Loves-Me Conquest System of the Hokage World's Beloved is happy to serve you...] He Shu: "W-what System?" Thanks to the affection of his original body's parents, who were natives of Sunagakure, He Shu successfully drew the Six 5.4kReads9.3Score579Shelves
8. 308 戏 Playing With the Mortal World, Paying Homage to Ghosts and Gods 戏红尘，拜鬼神 Auspicious Day, Congratulations and Get Rich黄道吉日恭囍发财Mystery962k WordsOngoing ♦Deranged, erotic corpse fiction [Miaojiang-born eunuch opera performer] [Porcelain doll, Guanyin's face and a viper's heart] [Two protagonists, no CP and no female lead] [Everyone's here for a good time] [Folk horror] [Everyone is wicked] ♦The concise version [Opera Performer] is an actor who sings ghost operas and the head of an ancient clan. He's also a narcissist who believes in chastity above all and refuses to leave descendants. The ghost god worshipped by the performer is a porcelain doll 2.1kReads8.1Score418Shelves

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   Is the author okay with this depressing tone? It has to be a cute little ghost, no romance, everyone's a villain, a life of decadence and debauchery. She's a tiny porcelain doll, loves to whisper in your ear, a cricket person, a beautiful young ghost beauty~ A Chinese-style horror folklore.

9. 309 宿 Fate's Path: The Curse of Space and Time 宿命流：时空诅咒 Inhale a Burst of Orange倒吸一口橘气Sci-Fi & Apocalypse140k WordsOngoing [The first fate-driven web novel online] [Inspired by time-travel stories such as Dark and Predestination] [Packed with time-travel plotlines, but the past cannot be changed! Not even a little!] [After reading, you can draw a relationship chart linking every character] [Lots of clues early on, with a slow pace. The reveals begin in Chapter 19, with the key developments in Chapters 30 and 31] Ying Hai placed two heavy, spherical objects on the table. “These were found inside your mother’s body. 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A masterpiece of unparalleled talent, unprecedented and unmatched.

10. 310 战EN Warhammer, but a Schoolteacher 战锤，但教书先生 Cilantro Chocolate香菜巧克力Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing It’s not easy to raise a rating from 6.9 to 8.7. [No romance + original character education + wholesome, positive family fun + first reunion with his son in thirty years + Horus virus infection] A solemn disclaimer: No romance in the Warhammer universe, or you’ll attract Slaanesh! Every interaction with the opposite sex you see in this book is either Slaanesh’s doing or required by the plot!!! Lion El’Jonson: Exterminatus! Now! Immediately! Konrad Curze: Wait, brother. We should at least let the 62.5kReads9.1Score6.6kShelves
11. 311 什 What Do You Mean All My Secret Identities Are Beautiful, Frail, and Tragic? 什么叫我的马甲全是病弱美强惨 Bright Candle17明烛17Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing (Main story complete) Delusion-fueled misunderstandings / Multiple secret identities / Everyone's favorite / Ensemble cast / Superpowers / No official romance, but both the original and his secret identities attract plenty of intense one-sided devotion System: Your first secret identity is cannon fodder who dies at the beginning. Bai Ye: The one who got away. I get it. System: The second is an undercover agent understood by no one, who ultimately falls just before dawn. Bai Ye: The unforgett 34.3kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves
12. 312 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.5kReads9.7Score69kShelves

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    This? A cheerful writing style, but a despairing world as its underlying theme. The beginning is genuinely cheerful with almost no angst, but the later part is a crazy accumulation of foreshadowing that made me cry.

13. 313 我 I'm the Female Lead's Foil, Playing Three Male Foils at Once 我，女配，同时扮演三个男配 Li Duping李渡平Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + Transmigrate Into a Book + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scum + Irresistible Female Lead + Gossip + Disguised as a Man] I'm a woman, but I'm playing male supporting characters in three different books at once? Zhao Ruoming died, and the System told her to play three roles across three books. If she completed the missions, she could come back to life. Zhao Ruoming: “Oh, quick transmigration? Aren't three worlds a bit too few?” System: “Not three worlds. There's only one world. You have to 8.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
14. 314 七 Seven Days of Possession 七日着魔 Brick Fun砖乐Eastern Fantasy707k WordsOngoing Demons are temptation and desire, chaos and disorder, destruction and upheaval. Demons dwell in the obsessions of all things; anything can become demonic. So long as all things endure, the demonic path will endure. After the protagonist’s corpse lay unclaimed for seven days, he awoke on the seventh day and forged a demonic body. Since Heaven has given me this chance to live again, rather than remain one of the numb masses in this mortal world, I would rather become the one and only primordial de 2.5kReads9.2Score300Shelves

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    Main character: The only demon to descend upon the world throughout eternity, one of the rules of Heaven. The series of stories in this book all express that all things possess demonic nature and can become demonic; as long as all things exist, the demon will never perish. [Already hooked][Already hooked][Shocking][Shocking]

15. 315 我EN I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧 Chen Erlan陈二懒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse2.0M WordsCompleted [Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity 89.9kReads9.6Score7.9kShelves

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    A solar helium flash triggers a nascent interstellar journey for Earth's nascent technology, leading to an encounter with an advanced civilization. A cosmic war erupts, resulting in heavy casualties. The advanced civilization then notices Earth and seeks a way to survive.

16. 316 为 I Cleared Rule Horror to Get Through Summer Vacation 为了暑假，我通关规则怪谈 Come See the Ending进来看结局Mystery844k WordsCompleted [Summer 2023, this one's for you] [Everyday life + lighthearted + on-screen comments + national destiny + livestream] The day before summer break, chosen by the Rule Horror Game... Xia Tian: My life is over. See you after summer break. - The Dragon Nation has lost again and again, and five cities have fallen! Every single time, they lose to their own country's urban-legend culture! One more loss might not cost much, but the nation will lose its standing and prestige! The world will laugh at them 2.2kReads8.7Score377Shelves
17. 317 你 Are You Even Human? I Think I Am! 你是人吗？我觉得我是！ Just-Turned Salted Fish刚翻面的咸鱼Mystery538k WordsOngoing [Not a leveling novel] [Traditional cosmic horror] [No brainless protagonist] [Ocean exploration in the later chapters] Jokey blurb: The winner of the mimicry contest, Little Black, has finished speaking. Now let's welcome the runner-up and the protagonist of this book, Wei Zetao, to give his acceptance speech. Wei Zetao: "I'm human." Host A: "Well, it looks like our contestant Wei Zetao hasn't quite left the competition behind yet." Host B: "Next up is the lying contest. Please we 175Reads—Score105Shelves
18. 318 我 I’m Three and a Half, and I’ll Become a Legend in Rule-Based Horror With Basic Attacks 我三岁半，靠普攻在规则怪谈封神 One of the Idlers闲人之一Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted The animated series is now available. [No heroine + comedy + subversion of expectations + infinite-flow + livestreaming + rule-based horror] Rule-based horror descends upon Blue Star, and each country randomly selects one person to take part. If the contestant wins, their nation prospers. If they lose, their nation declines. After losing two rounds of games, the people of the Dragon Kingdom are in dire straits. The next horror scenario arrives, and by sheer coincidence, it selects Xia Ye, who ha 8.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
19. 319 银 Galactic Conflict: I Recreated Humanity's Glory 银河纷争：我重现人类荣光 Loyalty Is Nothing but Khorne Red忠诚不过恐虐红Anime Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted In the dark galaxy, humanity, once powerful, has become the slave of countless alien races, until a soul from another world arrives. An Emperor-class Titan fights alongside an AT-AT walker. A Gloriana-class battleship fights alongside the Executor. The Astra Militarum advances in coordination with the Stormtroopers. The Primarchs fight alongside the Jedi. All of this is in the book. Humanity First, with no female lead. (Warhammer, Star Wars, Stellaris, Halo, and more) Note: The author is a fan o 13kReads9.1Score896Shelves

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    When it comes to a world of despair, how can we forget Warhammer? That Emperor, for Holy Terra, for the human empire, was loyal!!!

20. 320 职 The Twelve Volumes of the Professional Rankings, and My Name Is in Every One 职业天榜十二卷，卷卷有爷名 Six Great Sixes六大六子Sports1.8M WordsCompleted [Full-cast audiobook now available|Class change + clones + no female lead + nonstop laughs + mastermind behind the scenes + explosive plot] Song Gua transmigrated with a whole bunch of fun-loving clones. This was a world where everyone changed classes. Song Gua became a Bondbearer who could borrow power, while his clones took on all kinds of different classes, with every variety imaginable. Their numbers kept growing, and every last one was talented and charming. Under Song Gua’s brilliant l 49.5kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves
21. 321 时 Time Rewind: The Giant Claw Torments Me Again and Again 时间回溯：巨爪虐我千百遍 Dai Sanmiao代三秒Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsOngoing A gigantic claw descends, blotting out the sky! All things in the world are wiped from existence But it doesn’t matter. I am the Lord of Time, and I wield the heaven-defying ability to turn back time. So what if you slap me to death? I die and come back to life, then you slap me down again! Heh~~~ You puny giant claw, watch me, Immortal Li, make you vanish with a snap of my fingers… Oh no~~~ Sorry, Great Claw! I spoke out of turn… Please go easy on me~~~ Ugh 8.5kReads8.5Score511Shelves

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    This one, well, it doesn't have any of the overly happy or overly despairing moments.

22. 322 马 The Toilet Protagonist Leads Players on Adventures Across the Heavens 马桶主角带着玩家闯诸天 Catfish Tofu鲇鱼豆腐Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity with No Respawn Limits] [The protagonist is truly invincible and doesn't deliberately hold the players back] [Features sci-fi apocalyptic anime, the Marvel Universe, and classic apocalyptic blockbusters] [No heroine, no harem] [Invincible power fantasy, passionate action] [No personal agendas; the players get along well] [The most important thing is saved for last: the author isn't going to vanish] The good news: Chen Han has been reborn and is invincible. The bad news: He's so 11.3kReads9.0Score909Shelves
23. 323 战 Warhammer 40K, but I Get a New Game Ability Every Day 战锤40K但是一天一个游戏能力 The Cunning Weasel狡猾的黄皮子Anime Fanfiction288k WordsCompleted Young man! Want to go to another world with swords and magic, long-legged elves, and cat-eared girls? You’ll even take over my empire as its ruler from the start, with your little mice in tow! What? You don’t want to go? Then do you like lolis? Pure-blooded dark-skinned lolis, how about that? You do? Ten thousand volts! All right, now you can either go enjoy yourself in another world or die right here. 1.8kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Then this is definitely for you. Warhammer 40,000 is a hopeless situation for most people, but for the protagonist, it's anything but hopeless.

24. 324 邪 Evil God Moran! 邪神墨然！ Three Winds 11三风11Mystery3.1M WordsCompleted Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca 154.1kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
25. 325 我 I Really Just Want to Outlive You All. Why Are You Forcing Me? 我真的只想熬死各位，为什么逼我 Radishes Are Crispy萝卜很脆Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [Immortality + eerie cultivation + immortal cultivation + cunning and utterly inhuman + no angst + slow burn] (The protagonist plays it rather safe early on, but only temporarily. This is not a story about living cautiously.) (Also known as: “Don’t Ask If It’s Right or Wrong. Just Tell Me, Did You Become a Dao Ancestor?”) Fang Qing woke up to find he had transmigrated into a cultivation world where the Great Dao was manifest for all to see. All living beings could gaze directly upon the Grea 10.8kReads8.4Score983Shelves

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    A very perfect book

26. 326 变 Transformed into a Catgirl: From the Start, I’m Winning Over the Frostwolf Saintess 变身猫娘：开局攻略霜狼圣女 Nanjia Muzi楠伽沐子Eastern Fantasy421k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] [Catgirl] [Yuri] [Joy + Slaughter = ?] [Some dams] [Angst] [Not a power fantasy] Transmigrated into a catgirl and locked up in a gladiator arena from the start? Miaolu stared blankly at the Frostwolf Saintess glaring at her. A twisted, eerie line of text slowly appeared before her eyes: [Conquer her to gain 100 Rewind Points] [Kill her to gain 100 Slaughter Points and all of her talents] Should Miaolu go on a rampage and slaughter her way through the world, or use the power of rewi 118Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    This is my own writing. The main character is a meowing catgirl. (P. S.: The world is one where humans and demi-humans eat each other, elves are considered high-class food, and even demons from hell are captured and boiled into soup—it's an extremely desperate world.)

27. 327 异 Anomaly Containment: Why Am I Already on the Containment List? 异常收容：怎么我先上收容名单了 Go Out and Feel the Breeze Again再去吹吹风Mystery525k WordsOngoing [Supernatural + military. No clichés, no invincibility, no System, no transmigration, no face-slapping.] Midnight square dancing, ghost monks offering living sacrifices, corpse puppets performing ghost operas... This world is full of anomalies! My name is Xu Fei, and I've had an exceptionally stable mind since childhood. A pack of cigarettes gave me the ability to block evil spirits from sensing me. With the nation and my teammates at my back, I do everything I can to uncover the truth behind th 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One word: Absolutely brilliant! This book isn't your typical "feel-good" novel, which might not appeal to readers who enjoy that genre. But I think that's what makes it so realistic, capturing the essence of horror! It doesn't rely on gore; it's all about your imagination. How long has it been since you felt that chill run down your spine? Although it's still relatively short, the author is exceptionally skilled at creating a psychologically terrifying atmosphere. As the author says, this isn't a feel-good, face-slapping story, but how much horror can a horror novel retain if it's written as a feel-good story? The opening is a bit slow, but it's still very suspenseful, not to mention the three terrifying short stories in Chapter Three, totaling less than 100 words—they're absolutely brilliant! Chapter Four is equally chilling upon closer inspection; this author truly excels at creating terror from the minutiae of life!

28. 328 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.9kReads9.6Score4.2kShelves
29. 329 斩 Slay the Gods: What? I’m Supposed to Be the Emperor? 斩神：什么？我来当帝皇 Eight-Armed Demon God八臂魔神Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing [Slay the Gods + No Female Lead + Invincible + Lighthearted] Li Ming transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and awakens a golden finger. Every enemy he kills earns him a lottery draw for weapons, technology, Space Marine Chapters, and more from Warhammer... Li Ming says he knows all about that stuff. Chainswords, bolters, gene-seed, sure. But can someone tell me why the Emperor and the Four Chaos Gods have all become my clones? That day, gods stood with swords drawn before the Golden Thro 21.1kReads8.8Score2kShelves
30. 330 全 The Whole City Is Dragged to Another World: I Become a Prison Warden from the Start 全城被拉异世界，开局化身典狱长 The Evil Spirit Is Coming to the Screen厉鬼将映Sci-Fi & Apocalypse722k WordsOngoing "Handcrafted the old-fashioned way" "Apocalypse + mass transmigration + gender swap + survival + a little farming + abilities from Minecraft and various works of art + fallen empire + gender-bender romance" Wang Zhuo was just an ordinary person. He wasn’t particularly handsome or talented, just an ordinary person. When the apocalypse came and he gained power beyond other people’s reach, all he wanted was to give his family a peaceful life. People say that when the sky falls, someone tall will ho 928Reads6.1Score102Shelves

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    It's despairing and oppressive, but the protagonist is one of the symbols of hope.

31. 331 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [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 215.6kReads9.6Score36.3kShelves
32. 332 末 Apocalypse: An Armored RV from the Start 末世：开局一辆装甲房车 Yun Zhong Yan Wenning云中焉文宁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse219k WordsOngoing [Doomsday] [Hardcore] [Soft sci-fi] [Gunfights every day] [Unity is strength] [Decisive and ruthless] [Zombie apocalypse?] Sean, a freelance mercenary who had just earned enough to repay his student loans, had only just returned from the wilderness when he heard the news: the virus had broken out. When he got back, order had collapsed, the world was in ruins, and zombies were everywhere! This is the end of your time. There is no help and no hope of survival. This is Doomsday. The good news is... 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good book that basically meets the criteria, give it a thumbs up!

33. 333 你EN You Have Pangu's Axe, I Have a Barrett 你用盘古斧我有巴雷特 My Name Is Cheng Dapao我叫程大炮Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: National Transmigration: I Have an Arsenal [Not an Invincible-Protagonist Story]+ [One Heroine or No Heroine]+ [The Villain Is Ridiculously Strong] (Don’t read if you don’t like that) Heaven and earth undergo a transformation, and ten billion people around the world transmigrate at the same time to another world where only melee weapons exist. After awakening a personal divine weapon from the start, how can you survive in this perilous otherworld? Everyone else gets swords, spears 47.4kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
34. 334 萝 Even a Loli Mage Can Fight Up Close and Dominate the Battlefield 萝莉法师，也要近战开无双 A Wei Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的阿炜Urban291k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap] [Gender-Bender] [Melee Mage] [Global Awakening] A little girl’s body, a macho man’s soul! The Abyss invades, and everyone changes class. Though Ye Qiu is a mage, he awakens a talent that can only be triggered in melee combat. From then on, Blue Star gains a mage who fights up close and goes on unstoppable rampages. I don’t care if you’re marked red or a BOSS, take this spear first! “What kind of proper mage carries a battle spear!?” “Slip of the tongue. It’s a staff! A staff!” “Tha 89Reads6.3Score—Shelves
35. 335 前 Upscale Residential Area Ahead, Impostors Keep Out 前方高档小区，伪人止步 Tomatoes Can Be Fried with Potatoes番茄可以炒土豆Urban1.3M WordsOngoing This is a world overrun by impostors. Yu Tang is a night-shift security guard of the highest caliber. His job is to stay at the security post, identify impostors, and alert the relevant organizations so they can deal with them, making sure none slip into the residential complex at night. But this job isn’t easy. It seems the impostors aren’t the only things he has to deal with here… … Wealthy homeowner: “Xiao Yu, take this ten thousand yuan for now. I’ve got an important client coming at 3 a.m. 68kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves

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    The king of connections, lacking talent for cultivation but knowing many influential figures [thinking]

36. 336 全 Survival Through Faith: I Choose the Priest of Rituals 全民信仰求生，我选【仪祭之主】 Understand the Principles and Question Your Heart明其理而问心Sci-Fi & Apocalypse203k WordsOngoing [Apocalypse Across All Realms] [Humanity-Wide Survival Trials] [No Female Lead] [Saving, Building, and Destroying Civilizations] [Choose a God] [Mystical] The planet Earth was destroyed today. It was eaten! The culprit was a "fish." Earth's survivors were taken in by the Faith Survival Space. In a nutshell: A survival game, survival through faith, the Apocalypse and civilizations, a mystical protagonist... That's about it. [Detailed Synopsis] The Apocalypse has spread across al 1.6kReads—Score309Shelves

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37. 337 仙 The Land Every Immortal Sect Must Fight For 仙家必争之地 Xia Mi XL虾米XLUrban3.0M WordsCompleted [Gods of Huaxia] [Divine Processions] [Folk Customs] [Cultivation] [Invincible] Beneath the land of Huaxia lie countless people, immortals, gods, Buddhas, evils, and demons... In 2449, when the eerie moon appeared and evil forces launched an all-out invasion, humanity was raised as livestock for blood and plunged into an eternal night. Xu Wangyou, reborn with the Record of Gods and Immortals in hand, goes against the tide, saves a collapsing world, crushes the myriad races of the heavens, and re 16.7kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    The mysterious lord next door.

38. 338 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 76.2kReads9.1Score11.9kShelves

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    A must-read for seasoned bookworms! Intelligent and logical, with a smooth writing style, the world-building is incredibly bleak, but the protagonist manages to escape from the brink of death, leaving even the supporting characters amazed.

39. 339 我 My Butt Ran Away from Home 我的屁股离家出走了 Hui Lingjie辉零界Urban57k WordsOngoing This story personifies all kinds of things. It tells the tale of the love and hate between the protagonist and their sphincter: the sphincter leaves, and the protagonist searches desperately for it. Please be warned that the first few chapters may cause physical discomfort. 305Reads—Score129Shelves
40. 340 深 Midnight Nightmare 深夜噩梦 Idiom for the Deaf成语接聋Mystery986k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow] [Hell Difficulty] [Original Dungeons] [Multiple Twists] Note: The dungeons are extremely difficult, so proceed with caution. The first two are only warm-ups. They say that “Ghost Eyes” can see a person’s “good and evil.” Wang Cheng was born with a pair of Ghost Eyes. But he discovered that this claim didn’t tell the whole story. Because Ghost Eyes can see more than people. They can also see cats, dogs, houses, mountains, and rivers… Or perhaps a strangely lifelike doll, or an old 193.6kReads9.4Score32.9kShelves
41. 341 仙 The Immortal Realm Has Been Polluted for Ten Thousand Years, and I'm the Only Sane One 仙界污染万万年，我是唯一正常人 First Embraced a Benevolent Heart初怀仁心Eastern Fantasy205k WordsCompleted The cultivators of this world cultivate every single day. But no one knows they aren’t cultivating immortality. They’re cultivating contamination. Sects, sacred lands, immortals, ascension it’s all one big lie. Until one day, I transmigrated into this world. The System gave me just one message: “Do not cultivate.” But there was one problem everyone who didn’t cultivate was already dead. 432Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book isn't too frustrating, it's just a bit slow-developing, but most importantly, the protagonist is quite good.

42. 342 我 I Smell a Ghost! 我嗅到了鬼味！ My Conscience Is Clear我心有无愧Mystery2.0M 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 197.6kReads8.6Score14.4kShelves

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    Despair is just one word for this book.

43. 343 夜 Night Wanderer 夜遊神 Feng Wuyu风无欲Mystery194k WordsOngoing The cycle of reincarnation is broken, and all the ghosts have emerged. A lightless long night; wander by candlelight. -- The soul contains seven soul-lamps. Whoever lights them becomes a spirit medium. A young man shrouded in mysteries about his origins sets out to discover who he is. What sins lie within the fire and blood among the crumbling ruins? Whose soul whispers in the dreamlike visions that stir in the dead of night? On the board where the great tide has arrived, who holds the piec 6.3kReads—Score117Shelves

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    The protagonist possesses unique abilities, and the world is filled with supernatural horror.

44. 344 超 My Superpower Is Piloting Magical Girl C*pses? 超能力是驾驶魔法少女尸体？ Grown-Up A Bing成年阿冰Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [The rating just came out. I don't know if it'll go up, but everyone writes this] In this despair-ridden otherworld, people possess all kinds of abilities to save the world. Some transform into Ultraman and become the light; Some become Kamen Riders and walk the path of heaven; Some pilot giant robots and form the head; But when Lin Guang looked at his own talent, he fell silent. What do you mean my superpower is [piloting the corpse of a magical girl]? Did I become a brain flower? … If you're 100.5kReads8.3Score10.3kShelves

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    [Evil laugh][Evil laugh][Evil laugh] You want despair and oppression, huh? I guarantee I'll satisfy you.

45. 345 修 A Guide to Cultivation Civilization 修真文明指南 Crispy Pork Belly香脆五花肉Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsOngoing The laws of physics in the world of cultivation, the periodic table of chemical elements along the path of cultivation, the theory of biological evolution among fantasy races... See how the protagonist uses his golden finger, a kaleidoscope of lives, to keep acquiring other people's cultivation realms and venture ever farther into an unknown world of cultivation. The book features a huge cast of supporting characters, including Lord Niu (Newton), Xiao Ai (Einstein), Lord La (Lavoisier), and Lord 9kReads—Score819Shelves

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    The first fifteen chapters of this book are quite depressing, but the protagonist is decisive and ruthless. The most typical example is that when he sees a beautiful woman, he is able to control his impulses throughout the entire story. There are two scenes where two beautiful women anger the protagonist, and he kills them with his own hands.

46. 346 重 Reborn in a Supernatural World with the Heavenly Court Lottery System 重生诡异世界我拥有天庭抽奖系统 Ruixiang Loves Firework Trees喜欢烟火树的瑞祥Mystery151k WordsOngoing In an apocalypse overrun by the paranormal, rules are the line between life and death. A single reply, a glance back, or even making eye contact can bring death. Humanity huddles behind towering walls, barely surviving among the ruins, believing it has preserved the last embers of civilization. Zhang Ren’s soul arrives in this world, and the moment he opens his eyes, an F-rank Grinning Phantom blocks the door, demanding his life. At death’s door, the Heavenly Court Lottery System unexpectedly a 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A bizarre situation has arisen where humans are kept in captivity, and they are also fighting amongst themselves.

47. 347 抱 Sorry, I’m Crazy. Keep Your Weirdness Away 抱歉，我有疯病，诡异勿扰 Hot Pot Tripe火锅涮毛肚Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted [Dark Fairy Tales + Horror Game + Livestream + Hilarious + No Romance + Unconventional Ending] My name is Shi Yu, and I'm mentally ill. One moment I was asleep, and the next I had been transported into a horror game called “Little Red Riding Hood.” Black smoke was rising from Mom's head, and the cake meant for Grandma had been mixed with an unidentified kind of minced meat... The game was being livestreamed to the entire world in real time. People watched in astonishment as, while the other p 21.4kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
48. 348 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.6kReads9.6Score22.9kShelves
49. 349 我 I Returned from the Lands Between, and the Game Invaded Reality 我从交界地归来，现实被游戏入侵 Little Ashes小小的遗灰Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing [Elden Ring's God King] [Original + Arknights + Honkai + Honkai: Star Rail + Money Sink + Azur Lane] [SCP] [Comics] [A whole crowd of fans] Includes the following elements: [The Backrooms] [Red Alert] [Trench Crusade] [Goblin Slayer] [Pacific Rim] [Mecha BREAK] [StarCraft] [Warhammer] [Dark Souls] [Stellar Blade] [The Forever Winter] [Resident Evil] [One Piece] [The Elder Scrolls] [Witch's Revenge Night] [Sinisistar] [CSOL] [Girls' Frontline] [Code Vein] [Thorn-Sin Nun] [Delta Force] [Naruto] Mo 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The names themselves scream despair. SCP, Resident Evil, Thanos, Darkseid, Decepticons, and the demons of Genshin Impact. The protagonist is incredibly powerful, collecting all the women from the games into his harem.

50. 350 神 The Gods Awaken 神人复苏 Always a True Bystander一直纯路人Mystery70k WordsOngoing (Just pretend this is fan fiction based on "Mysterious Revival".) My name is Yinjian. By the time you read this, I’ll already be dead. In this age of corruption, the underworld lies empty. Gods and immortals have descended, and the mortal world has become a living hell. Everyone is waiting, waiting for someone who can bring the age of gods and immortals to an end... 1.1kReads—Score101Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the title; the content is actually quite excellent.

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