A Rational, Levelheaded Protagonist Who Weighs the Pros and Cons and Plays the Political Game 主角理智不冲动，会权谋利弊

1. 1 你 You Call This a D-Rank Ability? 你管这叫D级能力？ Shang Die商迭Urban5.6M WordsOngoing Five million words, plenty to read [Mind games] [Strategizing] [Intricate plot] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Transmigrating three years ago brought Xu Ye to an unfamiliar world! In this world, Void Demons invade and Void Beasts run rampant! Humans have abilities that allow them to become Void Hunters and fight to protect humanity! Xu Ye awakens an SSS-grade ability by chance, only to discover that it lets him understand and use D-grade abilities alone! His beloved dies tragically in the belly 56.4kReads8.7Score5.5kShelves

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   Although this book is not highly rated, the protagonist really knows how to use his brain.

2. 2 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score231.9kShelves

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   The protagonist is very sane, but not too cold. The story is brain-burning and fascinating. It is highly recommended.

3. 3 我 The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 73kReads9.2Score7kShelves

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4. 4 诡 As the Occult Withers, I Endure; As the Old Gods Die, I Live Forever 诡秘凋零我不朽，旧神逝而我永生 Ham and Egg Croissant火腿蛋可颂Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted (Longevity + Cthulhu + Changing Eras + Attribute Points + Ultimate Villain!) In the Middle Ages, when strange corruption ran rampant, he became the mad pontiff who terrorized half a continent. In the age of science, after the Old Gods fell, he became a living legend who walked the mortal world. Even when humanity left the surface of the planet and reached for the stars, no one could deny the existence of this undying old monster who had endured across the ages! “First, I have to survive the 23kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves

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   Western fantasy, the protagonist is rational and not impulsive, and knows how to use power to gain and disadvantage.

5. 5 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a 309.8kReads9.5Score28.1kShelves

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   The protagonist is smart and decisive

6. 6 时 Time and Space Collide! The Labyrinth Arc: A Meeting of Minds 时空交错！迷局篇，心灵共振 Zhi Yimeng智一梦Modern Romance307k WordsOngoing In a future interstellar era, scientist Yun Zheng accidentally awakens the supernatural ability “Psychic Resonance” through a space-time portal. (Goddess: sharp-minded; decisive; easygoing and calm; mature and cautious; exceptionally intelligent and perceptive.) Facing the formidable challenge of an unknown destiny and awakened powers, she applies herself with discipline as she struggles through a transmigration where love, sacrifice, truth, and lies intertwine. She ponders: “How should we inter 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [Cool] "Time and Space Intersection! Puzzle Chapter, Soul Resonance" is the opening work of [Time and Space Intersection Series]. In the time and space intersection that breaks through the boundaries of cognition, Yunzheng's ability growth is the main line, and we explore the mystery of infinite evolution. In the intertwining of multi-dimensional realms and various camps, she continues to grow and transform, struggling between truth and lies, love and sacrifice, trying to find balance and choices, and the road to redemption is full of thorns and hidden pain. In the undercurrent of time and space, she not only completed her evolutionary mission, but also bravely accepted various challenges. At the same time, she shoulders the important task of guarding the peace of time and space, using wisdom and strength to fight against the dark forces that try to destroy the stability of time and space. While exploring the ruins of a different time and space civilization, she made a secret discovery that could subvert the existing world system. However, when foreseeing future disasters, she felt helpless and constrained by the rules. "There is a long way to go, but we must do it and cherish it. Let's stick to it together... [Please update]

7. 7 仙 Tenant Farmer of the Immortal Sect 仙门佃农 Nangong Chenchen南宫沉沉Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted [Mortal cultivation] + [Farming] + [One female lead or no female lead] Mu Jiuxiao, a tenant farmer in an immortal sect, unexpectedly awakens the wisdom of his past life. At the same time, he awakens his own talent: diligence can make up for a lack of aptitude! After ten years of cultivation, his cultivation talent increases by one! After cultivating the Everlasting Spring Art for ten years, his cultivation speed with the art increases by 200 percent! After growing Golden Spirit Rice for a hundre 18.3kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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   This book "Mangshan" is really interesting! Yemu Zangfeng combines the history and weirdness of Mang Mountain very well. The protagonist goes into the mountain to find out the mystery of his ancestors, only to find that the "thing" in the mountain has been waiting for him for hundreds of years. The bones that can guide the way, the old locust tree that can talk, and the mechanisms in the ancient tomb are more complicated than modern code locks. There are twists and turns in every chapter, which makes people stunned for a while. It's so enjoyable!

8. 8 降 Dragon-Subduing Divine Constable 降龙神捕 Sharp Edge Hidden in Night Eyes夜眸藏锋Eastern Fantasy6.4M WordsCompleted After several years as a police officer, I found myself in a strange and fantastical world. Mountain spirits roam the hills, while vengeful spirits, evil ghosts, and zombies appear in endless numbers at night. Though weak as ants, we should still aspire to greatness. Though oppressed, we must forge an unyielding heart. That was all nonsense. I’m just a low-level constable, working for the yamen. Greetings, honored sirs. 70.1kReads9.2Score8.1kShelves
9. 9 楚 Heroes of Chu and Han 楚汉群英传 Author Shui Meng Yuan作者水梦缘Historical399k WordsCompleted [Those whose names endure in history are emperors, heroes, worthy talents, wise men, or butchers. None are ordinary people.] At the end of the Qin dynasty and the beginning of the Han, heroes stood everywhere. As Chu and Han contended for supremacy, who would come out on top? In that age of clashing swords and raging wars, the epics of heroes forged legends that would endure through the ages. 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Recommend Zhang Liangji's paragraph [Thoughts]

10. 10 剥 The Ghost-Skinning Fiend: I Encountered Evil at the Funeral Home 剥鬼凶人，我在殡仪馆撞邪了 Jun Zei君贼Mystery91k WordsOngoing [Superpowers] [Mystical Fantasy Meets Reality] [Ghosts Aren't Spirits; They're Physical Beings] [The Difference Between Ghosts and Humans Is Whether They Eat People] [No Taoist Magic] The gods worshipped by the rulers died long ago. Man-eating evil ghosts are everywhere. Ghosts have never been ethereal things; they exist in the real world, right beside you. The more people a ghost devours, the stronger it becomes! The irony is that every evil ghost believes it still worships the gods. Through de —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban supernatural imagination and high IQ

11. 11 甜 Sweet Wife Gets Out of Prison, Then the Capital's Young Master Whisks Her Home 甜妻出狱，被京圈太子爷拐回家 Dawn and Dusk朝暮Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted “Will you marry me?” “I don’t want a bride price, a house, or a car. I only want a marriage certificate!” After getting out of prison, Yun Mu is desperate to stop her parents from marrying her off to the disabled, disfigured Third Young Master of the Quan family. So she asks a stranger to marry her right there on the street. She had no expectations, yet she finds herself a devastatingly handsome husband. Her husband says he’s just an ordinary man. He also says loving him will lead nowhere. Yun M 6.1kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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    Independent women in the new era, no one says anything at a glance

12. 12 无 Infinite Rebirth: The High God Is My Little Sidekick 无限重生：上神是我小跟班 Tomato Big-Faced Cat番茄大脸猫Modern Romance249k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, power struggles, ensemble cast, growth, mystery, and protection across lifetimes] “I protected you through every life, yet you fell for someone else.” / “Was your companionship through every life protection, or a prison?” The road from prisoner to emperor, from human to god, has never been all romance and beauty. Everyone is fighting desperately like an animal trapped in a cage. Yuan Fu, an office worker betrayed and hunted down, watched her best friend and her younger brother d —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    All employees have brains, motivations for doing things, and logical behavior.

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