Looking for a Story Where the Protagonist Is Weak but Pretends to Be a Big Shot 想要看主角本身很弱但是伪装成大佬，

1. 1 无 Infinite: The Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Big Shot Just Wants to Survive 无限：美强惨大佬他只求活着 Meng Lingml梦泠mlMystery243k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Bottom Protagonist + Misunderstandings + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic + Identities Never Revealed + Both Strong and Devoted + Pure in Body and Heart + 1v1 True Love + Infinite Flow + Author's Comedic Style] As a humble supermarket cashier, He Qi's ultimate dream was to live a quiet, ordinary life without ever having to worry about food or clothing. Then one day, it seemed his cat had been possessed. He Qi: ?! My baby!!! It said its name was 108. It had already accompanied 999 7.3kReads8.7Score753Shelves

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   Eighth, the eighth one is great! Our Mr. Sanjiu is definitely the most authoritative! Mr. A is also very cool!

2. 2 穿 I Became a Forum Sensation by Acting Cool After Entering a Hot-Blooded Manga 穿进热血漫后我靠装逼火遍论坛 mai Maimai埋Two Male Leads123k WordsOngoing [No romance] [Misunderstandings and imagined brilliance] [The protagonist is pure cheat-code] The author’s descriptions of the protagonist showing off are pretty mediocre, downright poor, while the scenes with the domineering older women are somewhat better. If you’re here for the protagonist showing off, you may want to give this a miss. Shen Jingdu transmigrates into a hugely popular supernatural action comic and becomes an insignificant cannon-fodder extra in the original story. He has raven 3.2kReads7.3Score365Shelves
3. 3 明 There Are Clearly Three Sins, So Why Am I Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic?! 明明是三罪，我却是美强惨！ Old Song Sea旧曲海Modern Romance655k WordsOngoing Just launched! Manga forum, a misunderstood tragic hero, handsome and powerful male lead, no romance Bo Xing accidentally transmigrates into a manga and gets bound to a popularity-collection System. It tells him he can only stay alive by collecting popularity. A disastrous start? No problem, he knows how to keep his head down. Someone tests him? No problem, he puts on a good act. She runs, he chases? No problem, he's a fast runner. Still, he's a little puzzled. Why do people keep looking at 22.2kReads9.2Score3kShelves
4. 4 当 The Cannon Fodder Becomes a Popular Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Character in a Comic 当炮灰成为漫画人气美强惨 Carrying the Moonlight Home载月明归Urban372k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Protagonist + Multiple Secret Identities + Supernatural Powers + Ensemble Cast] Qing Feiyan accidentally gets bound to a System and learns that he is merely an unlucky cannon-fodder character in a comic. To survive, he has to earn popularity and become a key character. But System: Tomorrow, See You is a hot-blooded shonen manga. Do you know what that means? Qing Feiyan: No. System: Do you have any special abilities? Qing Feiyan: No. System: Can you act 2.6kReads6.9Score324Shelves
5. 5 穿 After Entering a Bad-End Comic, I Took the Lead in Tearing Up the Script 穿进be漫画后，我带头手撕剧本 Gu Qingying, Who Loves Tench喜欢十间鱼的顾清影Urban679k WordsOngoing [Forum-style posts + mistaken assumptions and exaggerated interpretations + beautiful, strong, and tragic characters + ensemble cast finding redemption + no romance] Yan Qi always felt he’d transmigrated into this world in entirely the wrong way. It was bad enough that he’d ended up in a depressing superpower comic where everyone died. To make matters worse, the ability he awakened, [Words of Absolute Truth], came with a deadly side effect: the more bluntly he spoke while changing cause and ef 154.2kReads9.4Score21.2kShelves
6. 6 无 Infinite Flow: Stop Overthinking, the Setting Is About to Become Reality 无限流：别脑补了，设定要成真了 Hai Miao亥喵Two Male Leads694k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads / Infinite Flow / Delusions of Grandeur] The rating just came in, so it isn't representative yet. [Instance One Complete] [Instance Two Complete] [Instance Three Complete] [Instance Four Ongoing…] Forced to work and play the alluring bottom × a brilliant hacker top who loves a good laugh After waking up, Ling Qi found himself bound to the world's consciousness. World's consciousness: Save me, save me! You can save me, can't you? Ling Qi: There's no saving it. Let's die together. 5.6kReads8.7Score719Shelves
7. 7 混 Infinite: How Did a Slacker Like Me Become a Big Shot? 【无限】混子的我怎么成大佬了 Big-Headed, Chubby Bear Dog熊头大肥狗Two Male Leads188k WordsOngoing The ratings just opened. Thanks for your support! [Two Male Leads] [Infinite Flow] [People Think He's a Master, but He Never Gives Himself Away] [Bottom Lead] Qin Xi transmigrates into a book, a no-romance infinite-flow novel for male readers called Realm-Breaking Madman. The problem is, he has never read it. All he knows is that the male lead's name is Li-something-Yuan! With no other choice, Qin Xi strikes a deal with the original System. Luckily, the System is pretty reasonable (?). It agree 18.7kReads7.6Score3kShelves
8. 8 无EN Infinite Escape: From Cannon Fodder to Beautiful, Powerful, and Doomed 无限逃亡，炮灰爆改美强惨 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads830k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication][Audiobook narrated by a real person now available] Two male leads + Infinite Flow + Misguided assumptions A good-for-nothing cannon-fodder, Xie De, gets a System dropped on him. He thinks he can finally embark on the path of a legendary hero and triumph all the way, but it turns out his System is a useless, abandoned piece of junk that can’t provide a thing. Shop? No. Rewards? No. Missions? No. Fine, Xie De decides to keep slacking off. But the System won’t have it. Sure 78.3kReads9.6Score10.4kShelves
9. 9 开 From the Start, I Could Repel the Supernatural, Yet I Don't Even Have Spiritual Power 开局劝退诡异，可我连灵力都没有 Like a Summer Tide如夏之潮Urban688k WordsOngoing [Academic Setting + Misunderstandings + Forum Posts + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] Chen Yimo scored 280 on the college entrance exam and faced risks of inherited heart disease and mental illness. The most valuable thing he owned was an acceptance letter that came with an unexpected 100,000-yuan grant. He accidentally entered an extraordinary academy and only wanted to keep his head down until graduation. But everything went wrong on his first day. When the train came under a bizarre attack, every 65.3kReads8.9Score11.7kShelves

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   This book is seriously super, super, super good! I've already read over 100 chapters. The author doesn't delay updates, the characters are well-developed, it has an ensemble cast feel, and most importantly, there's no female lead, which means you can ship them however you like! I'm already totally shipping them!

10. 10 B The BOSS Keeps Trying to Kill Me in All Sorts of Ways BOSS总想花样杀死我 Xiao Si枭祀Two Male Leads392k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Infinite Flow + Bottom-Led + Lots of Injury and Suffering + Beautiful, Strong, and (?), Tragic + Pure Love + Very, Very Slight Harem Vibes + Pure Love + Split Personality] [An unconventional infinite-flow story about all the ways the protagonist gets killed by the BOSS.] Xia An. An ordinary shut-in, he was suddenly dragged into the God Space and began a difficult (not really) struggle to survive. In the eyes of the other players, he was aloof, powerful, and mysterious. No mat 2.9kReads9.3Score268Shelves

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    They are all very good books.

11. 11 我 I'm Really Not a Tragic Beauty with Strength! 我真不是美惨强啊！ Begging in Secret x暗中讨饭xAncient Romance247k WordsOngoing [No CP, Male Lead, Plot-Driven] Shen Ci was an utterly ordinary reader of comics from another world. After staying up all night to finish the finale of The Era of Fallen Stars and sobbing over the hero party's total annihilation, he was kicked into the comic's world by the world's consciousness. The System told him: You're the savior. Your mission is to avert the hero party's disastrous ending without changing the main plot. Once you're done, you can go home. Before Shen Ci could ask, "So what e 14.2kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves

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    Go check it out, it's really good! Most of them are romance-free. I highly recommend the first one.

12. 12 漫 Manga: The Art of Being Number One in Popularity 漫画：人气第一的自我修养 Lin HehuanLin合欢Fantastical Romance184k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out! The warning has been moved to the main text. A few tags: No couple for the protagonist + forum + manga + misunderstanding-driven plot + no-brainer Upbeat story; updates every other day or daily; elementary-school-level writing :) · Lin Yejin has a terminal illness and not long to live. But in the instant before his death at eighteen, he hears a voice that doesn't belong to this world. "Do you want to live?" "I do." So, as a cannon-fodder villain, he enters the manga Oa 104.1kReads7.6Score32.9kShelves
13. 13 团 The Hated Villainous Young Master Transforms into the Beloved Moonlight 团厌反派少爷爆改团宠白月光 The Sect's Heavenly Dumpling宗门天之饺子Two Male Leads908k WordsOngoing [All-male cast, friendship-focused, ship anyone you like, so it's great for multishippers + Funny supernatural mysteries + Metaphysics investigation team + Ensemble cast redemption + Sickly, battle-worn, beautiful, tragic, powerful protagonist + Folk horror, Cthulhu, underground palace adventures, murder-mystery games + From hated villain to beloved group favorite] Gu Ji, young master of the Gu family of Sucheng's metaphysical world, wakes up in a sea of sand only to be forced straight into an 49.8kReads9.3Score6.5kShelves
14. 14 别 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC Nuo Yizhen诺以浈Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 48.9kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves

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    The package is compatible.

15. 15 及 I Can Barely Pass, Yet I Pretend to Be a Genius Among Geniuses 及格都费劲，我在天才堆里装天才 Want Some Braised Heat想吃红烧热Urban608k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, President! “If Dean Luo He isn’t around, go to Dr. Ryan. If neither of them can give you an answer, then no one in this world will be able to clear things up for you.” An anonymous shipper Dean Luo He’s evaluation of someone: “He’s my most capable assistant. Whenever I ask him to help with an experiment, he initially puts up a great deal of resistance, but I know he’s just lazy by nature. As his dean, I’ll make sure he keeps improving. He spends the time he’s given slac 2.5kReads7.5Score190Shelves

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    So good!

16. 16 穿 I Entered Investiture of the Gods to Save Daji, but Daji Turned Out to Be Me 穿进封神救妲己，妲己竟是我自己 Xuan Lili玄鲤鲤Two Male Leads966k WordsOngoing After accidentally entering the Investiture of the Gods world, Su Zhe discovers that it's full of bizarre bugs. The System gives him the mission: “Save Daji.” But everyone he meets looks at him strangely. The cold-faced crown prince Yin Jiao stares at the owl on his shoulder and slowly says, “Take him.” The sunny prince Yin Hong smiles at him. “That's an interesting bird.” Even the Nine-Tailed Fox King, who is rumored to “love only Daji,” carries him off into the sky. And the usually mild-mann 1.8kReads8.4Score214Shelves

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    A novel featuring two male protagonists who transmigrate into the world of Investiture of the Gods. The protagonist, initially only interested in completing his missions to survive, ends up stealing Daji's ecological niche. 😏😏😏

17. 17 我 I Act Like a Big Shot After Watching Crime Movies, and the Tycoon Begs Me to Save His Life 我看警匪片装大佬，首富求我救命 Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Clever mind games + No simping + Pure satisfaction] [Takes off after ten chapters] One day, the bookshelf of ordinary office worker Lu Ping suddenly refreshed with its first intelligence report. He carefully opened it and read every word. Excitement and nerves hit him as he discovered that it contained all the secrets of a cold, high-and-mighty female CEO... So Lu Ping watched police dramas and copied the words and mannerisms of the big shots. He practiced a detached, bloodthirsty gaze in the m 8.9kReads9.1Score728Shelves

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    My surname is Lu, and people in my circle respectfully address me as Mr. Lu.

18. 18 摊 Fine, I’ll Come Clean! I Pretend to Be a Big Shot with the System 摊牌了！我靠系统装大佬 Mo Xiao Mo末小墨Modern Romance226k WordsOngoing Just as the System appeared, the opponent across from her was charging up an S-rank special move. The audience held its breath, certain that the genius girl would turn the tables with a single move. She maintained her cool expression on the outside, while frantically calculating which way to die would look the most graceful. Then the System chirped, “Don’t panic, Host! The beginner trial card is 70% off!” A faint spark of electricity flickered, and her opponent crashed to the ground. Staring at 105Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Oh, this is the bag. The female lead was thought to be a genius with god-like superpowers since childhood, but in reality, she has no superpowers at all.

19. 19 这 If You Can't Play the Dragon-Aotian Hero, Let Me Do It 这龙傲天你要当不明白，让我来 Layer Upon Layer of Cloudy Peaks几重云岫Xianxia237k WordsOngoing [An everyday chronicle of a fake chosen one, a cultivation-world workaholic, and a marketing guru] Only after Ye Zhao dies does he learn that his twin brother is the chosen one of this world: born amid celestial omens, blessed with extraordinary talent, and burdened with the grudge of a slaughtered clan. Ye Zhao is one of the people from that very clan. Great. The whole family has become stepping stones on the chosen one's path to greatness. Ye Zhao watches his brother, who used to do nothing bu 204.8kReads7.6Score38.8kShelves

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    Super good-looking, amazing! I don't know why it's not more popular. It's pure Xianxia (cultivation) with a protagonist who's an overpowered protagonist. The romance between the main character and his original overpowered younger brother is so sweet! Super good-looking! [Heart emojis]

20. 20 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: I Lie Everywhere Under a Secret Identity 盗笔：我披着马甲处处骗 A Melon Is Born一瓜生Mystery545k WordsOngoing [Everyone's favorite + misunderstandings and overblown assumptions + lies become true] (No CP, everyone can take it however they like.) Gong Yusheng is born into the world of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles with a System that makes lies come true. To get home, he has no choice but to build up different personas, create secret identities, and complete missions. Following the mission requirements, he sets out to gather the feelings of important characters... The god who tricked the Zhang family into 2kReads9.1Score276Shelves

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    Yes, the protagonist was initially quite weak, but others saw him as a big shot, when in reality he was just pretending. However, through his efforts, he eventually became a big shot.

21. 21 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Strength Means Nothing in the Face of Cheats 盗笔：实力在开挂面前不值一提 Reflected in Rivers and Mountains映河山Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Virtual Ancient Tomb, The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Fanfiction, No Romance, Strong Yet Tragic Protagonist, One Man Plays an Entire Family] Xie Huaian transmigrates into The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, and his only golden finger is an ancient tomb he can carry around. Think this tomb is amazing? No. It can only simulate all kinds of tombs and let you experience a variety of ways to die. A master tomb raider? No, no, no. He has simply died too many times in the simulation space. That cool, youthfu 56.2kReads9.2Score7kShelves
22. 22 中 I Have Chuunibyou: Every Fantasy Came True 中二病的我：一切幻想都成真了 Wukong Who Knows How to Eat会吃饭的悟空Urban450k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes Protagonist + Infinite-Flow + Comedy + Plot-Focused + Chuunibyou + Lighthearted + No System] My name is Lu Jing. For certain reasons, I can’t take off the eyepatch covering my left eye. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to handle my golden eyes. Shatter, reality! Crumble, mind! Cast this world into exile!!! Portals appear, and monsters return. Lu Jing has a severe case of chuunibyou, but he’s just an ordinary person who can’t awaken. As he grows older, Lu Jing graduall 9.5kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    The second book got stronger later on, but it hasn't been updated in a long time.

23. 23 死 Death Game: The Beauty Is Deceiving the World 死亡游戏：美人她欺诈世界 Yi Xiao已晓Mystery688k WordsOngoing [The author’s note at the end of Chapter 1 contains content warnings. Please remember to read it, thank you.] [The author’s brain doesn’t work right. The first instance is deliberately obscure, which means players can’t clear it. If you don’t understand it, feel free to skip straight to the second instance. The overall tone of this story is: secret identities, a heroine adored by everyone, an airheaded goofball, and hilarious love-triangle drama. (I already put that in the blurb, so if you still 7kReads9.2Score704Shelves
24. 24 在 I Pretend to Be a Chosen Prodigy in Another World 在异界的我假扮天骄 Half a Tael of Gold and Silver Scraps半两黄金银边角Eastern Fantasy502k WordsOngoing His soul transmigrates to another world, and he's a good-for-nothing? Want to cultivate immortality? Then pretend to be a prodigy and put on a show for them. One sudden realization of the Heavenly Book, and he leaves the mortal world behind. There are three million stars in the sky, and even they must bow their heads when they see me. 275Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This one currently has no female lead.

25. 25 今 I'm Still Pretending to Be the Supreme God Today 今天也在伪装至高神 Billionaire Times Ten Million亿亿万富翁Ancient Romance498k WordsCompleted If this isn't to your taste, feel free to move on, but please don't leave a negative review on purpose. Thank you! The rating has just been released. After workaholic Yun Shu died suddenly from overwork, she didn't arrive at the reception desk of the underworld. Instead, she woke up in an ancient temple on a crumbling mountain. From the start, she was penniless, hungry, and thirsty, with the difficulty of survival set to maximum. Even more absurdly, the Heavenly Dao of this world forcibly bound 625Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Completely consistent.

26. 26 在 Pretending to Be the Strongest Big Shot in the Chainsaw Man World 在电锯人的世界伪装最强大佬 Can't Be Killed作不死Anime Fanfiction212k WordsCompleted Reincarnated into the world of Chainsaw Man, Wang Bu’er can’t keep his cool. He becomes an existence like Makima, and panics. One underling after another wants to overthrow him, and he panics like a dog. The devils he contracts with are more unreliable than the last, leaving him speechless and wondering what he did to deserve this. And yet Wang Bu’er still becomes the captain with the most devil contracts in history, raises a hybrid capable of suppressing every devil, and accidentally becomes th 439Reads8.8Score108Shelves

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    It looks good, but I don't know why the rating is low.

27. 27 演 I Awaken Superpowers Through Acting? But I'm Just a Pretty Boy 演戏觉醒超能力？但我是小鲜肉啊 B Dong B DongB东B东Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Entertainment Industry] + [Urban Supernatural Powers] (Note: not a “My Powers Make Me Unbeatable” story) Lin Han was just an ordinary guy who complained online about overhyped stars. The next second, he transmigrated into the body of a young, popular idol and became the newly crowned “King of Bad Movies,” cursed by the entire internet. His endorsement deals were canceled, his career was in ruins, and even his company was planning to dump him. He’d planned to take it easy and lie flat, but then 2.3kReads7.9Score243Shelves

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    It's very good; I'd give it at least an 8.5 out of 10.

28. 28 被 Forced to Play the Big Shot: Being a Magic Professor Is No Easy Job 被迫装大佬：这个魔法教授不好当 Yu NoYu丶否Eastern Fantasy510k WordsOngoing [Magic + Villain + Misunderstandings + Pretending to Be a Big Shot] Transmigrate into a third-rate villain? A hellish start! When he wakes up, the man discovers he has become Lucifel Blaze, the cannon-fodder professor in a magic game who gets killed on the first day of school. A theoretical genius? Useless in actual combat! An illegitimate son? Hated by everyone! Worse still, he is saddled with a persona of “arrogant and cold,” leaving him unable to say a single kind word! A flying dragon attack 2.3kReads6.9Score185Shelves

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    HP fanfiction

29. 29 玄 Fantasy Villain: The Holy Land's Crown Prince from the Start! 玄幻反派：开局圣地太子爷！ I'm Old Goose老鹅是我Eastern Fantasy28k WordsOngoing Wang Xiangbei transmigrates to a fantasy world and becomes an heir of princely status. A powerful background! Peerless talent! Then he suddenly discovers that he's a textbook major villain! Wang Xiangbei makes a decision, and from then on, he goes further and further down the path of a villain! But no one can withstand even one of his moves! Countless years later. Wang Xiangbei stands at the pinnacle of the Myriad Worlds and can't help letting out a sigh. “Being invincible is so lonely!” —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With top-tier cultivation talent, top-notch techniques and martial arts, he delivers overwhelming damage in battles, never experiencing a period of weakness, and consistently sweeps through various forces in the fantasy world as a powerful figure.

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