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Are There Any Novels Where the Protagonist Dies at the End? 有没有哪本小说主角最后死了大结局的？

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I've grown tired of the traditional stories where the protagonist becomes invincible in the end. I want to try something different.

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1 The Desolate Seafloor 绝望海底 Little Bird Stewed in an Iron Pot铁锅炖小鸟Urban332k WordsCompleted [Entertainment + Singing + Sickly Hero + Healing + Tearjerker + Positive Energy + Redemption] Bai Chen transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that he has cancer and needs a huge sum of money for treatment. A singing contest hosted by pdd is underway, drawing a massive audience and offering a huge cash prize! So Bai Chen joins to earn money for his medical bills. In the preliminaries, Bai Chen sings “Under the Sea,” and the entire livestream falls silent, lost in thought. In the knoc 28.9kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
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How about trying this one? It's absolutely divine! The more you read, the more exciting it gets! Every beginning and character introduction is intricately connected by a powerful causal system. I highly recommend this isekai novel to everyone—it's incredibly good, with a thrilling plot, logically sound plot twists, and exquisite aesthetics. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.
2 How Am I Supposed to Survive Around Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood 时不时吐血的我在柯南身边怎么活 Moonlight Tea明月茶Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Detective Conan + No Romance + Little Sister Ai + Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero] Feng Jianhe transmigrates and gets a buff from the start: his constitution is permanently set to -1… Also known as: “How Do I Survive Beside the Grim Reaper When I Keep Coughing Up Blood?”, “The Hospital Is My Home, and Everyone Helps Me Get Back There,” and “There’s No Need to Worry About Me, I’m Really Fine. The Important Thing Is That I Didn’t Kill Anyone.” Shipping fans, keep to your own corner~ 13.7kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
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1. Bai Chen just went to heaven to hold a concert!! He's still alive!! He's still alive!! If he were dead, I'd bring him back to life!!! 2. Kazama was just too tired and sleepy, so he fell asleep. 3. Bo Yan died, but he came back to life in the extra chapters! He came back to life!! 4. Er Chui just merged!! It's okay if there are angst in the extra chapters, as long as he can meet his friends as a dungeon boss!! …Would you believe me if I said there were no angst?
3 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 Snow-Skin Lantern冰皮灯笼Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 66kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
4 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 214.3kReads9.6Score36kShelves
5 In the Apocalypse, I Save the World with the Villain 末世之带着反派拯救世界 Wind Rises at the River Bridge风起河桥Sci-Fi & Apocalypse292k WordsCompleted No female lead The apocalypse strikes without warning, and zombies run rampant. Ye Lan has a System and only wants to complete a few missions and find her missing family. She never expected that it was all orchestrated by human hands: evolving zombies, newly emerging superpowers, secret research, and missing test subjects... As she makes her way through it all, Ye Lan discovers that she has apparently saved the world alongside the so-called villains... 4Reads—Score—Shelves
6 The Tang Dynasty's Daddy 大唐奶爸 Lemon Coconut Baby柠檬生椰崽Historical1.0M WordsCompleted From the start, he picks up a daughter and embarks on the great undertaking of raising her. He makes his first fortune by hunting wild boars in the mountains. He then meets the benefactor Li Jing and grows rich selling fermented bean curd. A chance encounter with a widow leads him to meet Prince of Qin Li Shimin through Li Jing. He sets Prince of Qin on the path to staging the Xuanwu Gate Incident, earns the title of duke of a commandery, and secures the merit of having backed the future emperor 3kReads7.7Score159Shelves
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The protagonist's achievements overshadowed the emperor's, leading Li Shimin to offer him poisoned wine. The ending was abrupt.
7 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Yin-Yang Twins 盗墓笔记之阴阳双生 Playing with the Setting Sun戏残阳Mystery223k WordsCompleted (Pure angst. Some characters may be out of character. This is a story about redemption; please don’t read if that bothers you. Apologies for the OOC.) “Thud.” The knife slipped from his hand and fell into the bathtub. A smile of relief spread across his face as his consciousness gradually faded from this world. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a completely different world. Hearing people call a name stirred memories of a hugely popular novel from his previous life: The Grave Robbers' Chr 8.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
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A very enjoyable sweet romance novel, completely tactless, and featuring a character who is the darling of the main cast.
8 I Have Three Months Left to Live, So Let Me Die in Peace 还剩三个月命，请让我从容赴死 Reclining in the North高卧北Urban169k WordsCompleted From childhood onward, Zhuang Zi'ang was the kind of kid everyone called “the child other parents wish they had”: a model student every year and always first in his class. But after his parents divorced and his father started a new family, he became a child neither parent loved. At just eighteen, Zhuang Zi'ang is diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only three months to live. With his final three months, he decides to let out his rebellious, wild side and be truly himself for once. While 168.8kReads9.8Score19.3kShelves
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No need to say more, it's incredibly sweet. The main character has a loving family, a wonderful girlfriend, and in the end, his cancer is even cured. 🥰
9 Red Three Kingdoms: The Red Flag Rules the World 红色三国：赤旗天下 Go, Xiao Zhi上吧小智Historical1.1M WordsCompleted The road through the mighty pass is as hard as iron, but now we stride forward and start anew. Here you'll find an upright-to-a-fault protagonist and a stirring, heroic tale. When it's time to turn against someone, he does. When it's time to fight, he fights. When it's time to compromise, he compromises. He takes whatever stance the situation calls for. [Brain storage][Official history knowledge storage] 17.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
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I was so touched when they hit me at the end that I cried. 😢
10 Hammer, Come! 锤来 A Flock of Ducks一群鸭Eastern Fantasy491k WordsCompleted This is a badly written book with a terrible ending and an awful plot. To save everyone some time, please don't waste yours reading it. Thank you… 10Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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He died instantly, that's it, the end.
11 Riddled with Illness, I Refuse Treatment. Why Are You Crying? 诸病缠身，我不治，你们哭什么 So, Mister所以先生Urban307k WordsCompleted [Also known as: "Your Son Has Been Gone for a Long Time" and "My Depression Was Getting Better, but I Still Had Stomach Cancer"] Guo Lu was just passing through, a person suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and stomach cancer. After learning that he had only a few years left if he did not seek treatment, Guo Lu wanted nothing more than to end it all on his own terms. After the conflicts with his family accumulated and finally exploded time and again, the people close to him at last learned 4.4kReads8.8Score392Shelves
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Super sweet and very beautiful
12 EN City of Beasts 异兽迷城 Peng Pai彭湃Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life 478.1kReads9.7Score66.6kShelves
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Enough said, it's a masterpiece.
13 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
14 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 White Clouds, White Clouds白云朵朵白Ancient Romance460k WordsCompleted Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 14.6kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
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The protagonist transmigrates to the Qin Dynasty, helping it reach new heights, but ultimately dies there. Note: Female transmigrates into a male character, a man with poor health; no romantic partner; has a system, but the system only provides partial knowledge, nothing else.
15 Espionage: Body in Cao's Camp, Heart with Han 谍战：身在曹营心在汉 Little Black Sun黑色小太阳Urban450k WordsCompleted Long Yan transmigrated, and woke up in the body of a Japanese man. And one with a little royal blood, at that. He swore to the heavens that even if he was wearing a Japanese man's skin, he would defend the land of China to his dying breath! A fake Qiu Chan is in mortal danger? Long Yan says with a serious look, “Comrade, I’m Qiu Chan! I’ll cover you, so hurry and run!” The real Qiu Chan, whose identity has been stolen, is completely dumbfounded? Ye Chong raises his hand and shoots someone dead 604Reads9.4Score100Shelves
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In this book, Ryuhiko (Natsume Kazuto)'s soul has returned to his homeland. The epilogue about his afterlife is also well-written.
16 Peerless Divine Soul 绝世神魂 Listening to the Wind in the Autumn Rain秋雨听风Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted On the Desolate God Continent, those with extraordinary talent can commune with the celestial river and awaken divine gifts. These are said to be bestowed by the Desolate Gods, hence the name Divine Blessings. Qi Zheng, a prodigy of his generation, comes from three hundred years in the past, yet becomes an illegitimate son of a prince's household. In this life, he will awaken an unparalleled divine soul, crush every genius in his path, rule the world, and look down upon all living beings. “With 34Reads5.9Score—Shelves
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The protagonist was ultimately slapped to death.
17 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
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This one is really mind-bending, and the ending is that the protagonist dies.
18 I’m the Main Character, I Just Want to Lie Flat 我图主，只想躺平 Xuan Gang of the Claw Beast爪兽的玄罡Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted She wakes up transmigrated into the body of the heir to the legendary Mysterious Diagram, said to be the key to ruling the world. But Bai Hua only wants to lie flat. After trying every way she can think of to slack off, she gets nowhere. In the end, she honors her promise and takes on this absurd role, at least as far as she’s concerned. From then on, Bai Hua is once again stuck on a massive overtime grind, just like in her previous life. Bai Hua: “Waaah! I just want to be a lazy fish. Why ar 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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To be honest, the ending left me completely bewildered.
19 A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌 Fate Be Like This缘来灬如此Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend 10.9kReads9.2Score907Shelves
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The female lead is just like you described, a bit tragic! Sigh! ...
20 EN Astartes: The Red Tide 阿斯塔特之赤色洪流 Yi Zhiqing绎之青Anime Fanfiction3.3M WordsCompleted A military enthusiast studying at university accidentally transmigrates into the world of Warhammer 40K and becomes a Space Marine. With no System and no ancient immortal mentor to guide him, how will he survive? A materialist warrior of the proletariat, he accidentally becomes a Chapter Master. How will he unleash a crimson tide across the entire galaxy? The Orks, Necrons, Aeldari, Tyranids, Chaos, and other alien races threaten humanity’s survival. How will he bring humanity’s enemies to their 17.9kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
21 The Gravekeeper of the Cemetery of Memories 记忆坟场的守墓人 Luan He Xing滦鹤行Sci-Fi & Apocalypse6k WordsCompleted The Gravekeeper of the Memory Graveyard 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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The main character is practically dead.
22 A Trip to the Three Kingdoms 三国一游 Thinking of You, Gentle as Jade念君子如玉Historical236k WordsCompleted (Not a wish-fulfillment story. No female lead. The System is of little use. The protagonist grows over time. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.) Zhang Yi played a new game before bed, but when he woke up, he found himself inside its world. Worse still, the System he was bound to could only answer questions. According to the System, every time he died, he would become a year younger, and the only way back to reality was to bring the age of chaos to an end. How was he supposed to play l 143Reads8.2Score100Shelves
23 Peace-Sky Edict 平天令 Nine Questions for Heaven and Earth九问天地Eastern Fantasy559k WordsCompleted If heaven and earth are unjust, I'll set them right. If the people suffer injustice, I'll stand up for them! I want peace throughout the land. If the world cannot be peaceful, then I'll create a peaceful world! I want justice in this world. If the world cannot be fair, then I'll create a just world! Across the three realms of Heaven, Humanity, and Demons: Heaven's City is unjust, so the demons rise to power. The demons are unjust, so the Underworld is built anew. The Underworld is unjust, and th 57Reads—Score—Shelves
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The body isn't dead, but the spirit is! Taking the exam is fine, just don't let yourself become hopeless!
24 The Legend of Pushing the Heavens 推天传说 Mismatched Lovers乱点鸳鸯Eastern Fantasy125k WordsOngoing The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven derives forty-nine, and one escapes its grasp! After the war between gods and demons, the Human Emperor fell. The mortal realm fractured, and the five races divided the land and ruled separately. The Divine Realm was rebuilt, Tai Er ascended the throne as the Eastern Emperor, and the Divine Realm reached its zenith. You Zizai, a young man of the aquatic race, places himself at his enemy’s side to avenge his father. Amid the whirlpool of power, schemes, and love, he —Reads—Score—Shelves
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It's already chapter 30, and the protagonist is practically being tortured to death.
25 A Long Journey in Another World 异界旅途漫漫 The Mountain Moon Knows Not of You山月不知君Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Original Story + Ensemble Cast + No Brain-Dead Characters + Fast-Paced + Pure Romance] I’m dedicated to creating a different kind of world and bringing everyone a fresh new thrill, along with a more realistic experience! The rain fell without letup, day after gloomy day. Beneath the curtain of rain... Travelers from another world, I’d like you to finish this terrible game of chess for me. Anyone can be a chess piece, anyone can be sacrificed. All living beings are players in this ga 5.8kReads—Score334Shelves
26 The Ancestral Manual of Weapons 兵器祖谱 Drifting to the Ends of the Earth天涯海角飘Eastern Fantasy145k WordsOngoing One sword stirs the winds of the age; one blade appears, and the world is shaken. In a coffin, he quietly watches the moon pass through a thousand autumns; in his dreams, he crosses the nine heavens. Chaos never ends, and blood bathes the immortals. Through tens of thousands of years of madness, countless divine weapons descend into the mortal realm, and the ancestral catalogue of weapons appears from the sky, turning the world upside down. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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The protagonist lives a lonely life.

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