Any Books About Organizations That Use Playing Cards as Code Names, Like the Theater God’s Twilight Society? 有没有以扑克为代号的组织的书啊？类似戏神黄昏社

1. 1 当 When the Uncanny Descends on the World, Death Is the End 当诡异降临世界，死亡即是终点 Qingyuan Vocational High School Prodigy庆元职高小天才Mystery2.5M WordsOngoing [Supernatural horrors descend + no System + fresh worldbuilding + survival + semi-infinite-flow + no do-gooder protagonist + not dark + supernatural abilities] In the best years of his life, amid the exuberance of youth, Su Yuan thought his days would remain peaceful and beautiful forever. Then a line of bloody text appeared on the blackboard during evening study. [In the silent night, a terrifying ghost appears outside your dorm room... How long will it take to kill you?] Everyone thought it wa 394.7kReads9.3Score44.1kShelves

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   The book features an organization called Eternal Night, with 54 core members divided into four suits: Spades (combatants, henchmen), Hearts (commanders, administrators), Clubs (deception), and Diamonds (ambush, assassination, theft). Each member has a specific role and responsibility.

2. 2 游 Game Invasion: Awakening a God-Tier Talent from the Start 游戏入侵：开局直接觉醒神级天赋 Real-Life Cat猫咪真人Sports1.2M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + No Romance + Roleplay + Leveling Up + Power Fantasy + Secret Identities + Unhinged Strong Female Lead] In her previous life, Qi Mingyue was controlled by an item, had her luck drained by a scumbag, and was imprisoned. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to a year before the game’s invasion. Don’t like the talent you drew? Just switch to another one! From the start, she awakens the god-tier talent, Fate’s Jester! The instance is too hard? No problem. She breezes t 8.6kReads9.2Score447Shelves

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   The first book is currently being serialized. The female protagonist is reborn and gains a god-level talent. The game-like progression is fast-paced, and she's vengeful. The second book finished a long time ago. It features high-IQ characters; the protagonist starts with a 3-diamond tricks a 6-diamond trick. Everyone is intelligent, and it's not mindless. Highly recommended!

3. 3 开 From the Start, I Had a Three of Diamonds. This Hand Is in the Bag 开局一张方块3，这把稳了 Looks Like a Scholar酷似书生Mystery742k WordsCompleted [Mystery and Imagination + Twists + Strong Female Lead + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Plot-Driven + No Golden Finger + A Ruthless Heroine] Chuan Liu has always believed: “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.” So the magician Chuan Liu chose the isolated prison island for criminals: “Paradise Island.” On this island, teeming with criminals and ranked by the value of your playing card, how can you survive from the start with nothing but a Three of Diamonds? Find the Joker and she’ll set y 2.3kReads9.1Score426Shelves
4. 4 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves

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   I won't go into detail about the first one. The second organization, codenamed Spade, is a game-like entity that was reborn and can create many clones. It's more of a wish-fulfillment/power fantasy story, which I really enjoy reading.

5. 5 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 47.9kReads9.3Score6.4kShelves

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   Yes, yes, it's a clone story, everyone has mahjong tile heads, their clothes are all sewn by the original body, and they all chant the "Song of the Dao of Meditation" all the time.

6. 6 我 I Have a Joker Card 我有一张小丑牌 Azure Company蔚蓝公司Urban2.2M WordsCompleted They say that on the day some people turn eighteen, the gods grant them a playing card with a supernatural ability. There are 52 playing cards and 52 different abilities. Those who receive a supernatural playing card are allowed to attend the best ability-user school. The campus belle: “I have the Queen of Spades. I can conjure all kinds of weapons!” The rich kid: “My dad has the Jack of Diamonds. He can get unlimited money!” Meanwhile, somewhere, a boy took his own playing card and used all 52 157.4kReads8.9Score24.5kShelves

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   It has to be our Clown Bro! [Smirk]

7. 7 从 Starting with the Creation of a Poker Organization 从创建扑克组织开始 Beneath the Same Fine Moon天上人间共此良辰Mystery546k WordsOngoing A System summoning story, with an ensemble cast. As paranormal phenomena return, there are two professions in this world: Exorcists, who forcibly imprison the paranormal inside their bodies, and Pactmakers, who enter into contracts with the paranormal. 4.1kReads7.4Score210Shelves

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   This is a poker organization where all members are ranked using playing cards. It's quite interesting! The author has explained many things, so there aren't any major flaws. It's a really good book, and the author promises to finish it. You can follow it!

8. 8 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6kShelves

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   Both are beautiful, but I prefer the second one.

9. 9 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Urban3.7M 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 266.5kReads9.5Score22kShelves
10. 10 大 The Grand Magician 大奇术师 Thrush鸫丶Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Rock and roll, Broadway, the city lights coming alive: an age known as golden. Prisoners, con artists, madmen: a bunch of hopeless cases. Reason, madness, writhing shadows: an ancient dream that has never awoken. Guns and cannons set the gears turning, while ancient mysteries stir back to life in blood. In this age on the verge of its end, our very existence is a miracle. 7.7kReads8.4Score915Shelves

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    How could this be complete without the infamous Co-Research Society?! Spades, clubs, hearts, diamonds, number cards, face cards—each suit corresponds to different methods: the guilty who steal status, the mortals who unleash curses, the eerie red night dream, seven headless corpses, the prosthetic eye that sees through the spirit, the rats that are chased across the street, the players hiding behind the scenes, the mortals who stand shoulder to shoulder with monsters, the sorcerers who manipulate and mock everything from behind the scenes! Zhuge Shifei, which unexpected playing card are you?

11. 11 我 I Heard They’d Assign Me a Partner, So I Came, I Don’t Know Anything Else 我不知道啊听说包分配对象就来了 Mingming Is for Real茗茗是真的啊Two Male Leads202k WordsCompleted Song Ye & Qi Nianhua People often pass around rumors about playing cards, but no one has ever seen them. Then one day, the news suddenly revealed the true identity of one of their members. The cause of death was strange. Though everyone believed it was suicide, Qi Nianhua was convinced the truth behind it was far more complicated... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The team members are all codenamed using playing cards!

12. 12 命 The Invitation of Fate 命运邀请函 The Cowboy Speaks骑牛者说Urban116k WordsOngoing One deck of cards, countless worlds; one game, a battle to the death. Points and stat upgrades, martial arts that reach the heavens! With a mysterious deck of playing cards in hand, Lin Yuan plays his way through the game of fate and carves out a path to godhood of his own. —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is really good, and it's a new book.

13. 13 开 One Plus One from the Start? Are You Stupid, or Am I? 开局一加一？是你傻还是我傻？ Li Li Duck黎璃鸭Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Secret Identities + Partly Behind the Scenes + No CP + Thriller + Role-Playing + Organization] Yu Chen was an ordinary high school student on Blue Star. His greatest hobby was playing cards with his friends, until one day in class he nearly met the King of Hell and realized he was in danger. Math teacher: “What is one plus one?” Yu Chen: ? Classmate A: “Are you joking, teacher? Isn't one plus one two?” Math teacher: “Wrong answer.” Classmate A's head exploded. Yu Chen: ?! Classmates: ?!!! Driv 33.6kReads9.0Score4.5kShelves

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    It has to be our Nick ៸៸᳐>⩊<៸៸᳐

14. 14 全 The Whole Internet Is Running for Its Life, But She Keeps the Horrors as Pets with Playing Cards 全网逃命，她却用扑克牌圈养诡异 Zhang the Fortunate富贵张Mystery707k WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] + [No Couple] + [Playing Card Management] + [Drama Queen] + [Mild Horror] [Content warning: The heroine joins the authorities early on, but basically just takes their money and does the job. If that’s not your thing, please don’t click in and then give it a low rating. Let’s not make each other miserable, okay?] The day stunt double Gu Yong was dragged into a bizarre instance, the other players screamed and ran for their lives. She stared at the [Affection] meter over the giant- 2.6kReads8.5Score696Shelves

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    The first three are female-centric novels!!! So good!!! The fourth one is a male-centric novel with no romantic partner, also good!!! I highly recommend the first one!!! Super good!!! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

15. 15 欢 Welcome to the Game of the Gods 欢迎进入神明游戏 Orange Sesame Snow Beauty橘芝雪艳Two Male Leads874k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + horror game + a wide variety of Overseer Bosses + high intelligence and combat prowess + solving the game] An unknown-species bottom × a god who gives his all for love The world fell into darkness. The Divine Game: a path to godhood. The Harbingers of Calamity lurked out of sight. The Judges stood high above, while the Overseers slaughtered without restraint. The Chosen laughed arrogantly, while the Candidates screamed and struggled to survive. The Rioters ripped bloody heads f 15.4kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves

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    [A deck of cards, fifty-four cards, imbued with extraordinary power by this land. Welcome, criminals, scum, scoundrels, and liars—to Karmic Paradise!] "You possess the aura of God." Holding a bouquet of roses, become God's bride!

16. 16 高 High Martial: With a Jack of Hearts, I Become a Murder Expert 高武：凭张红桃J，化身杀人专家 Snow Ashes in the First Lunar Month正月烬雪Mystery209k WordsCompleted A deck of playing cards, 54 in all, has been imbued with supernatural power by this land. The Queen of Hearts, symbolizing a “murder expert”; The Seven of Spades, representing a “thief”; And all kinds of supernatural cards waiting for us to explore together... Once certain conditions are met, they add a dramatic flourish to this grand feast, whose ultimate purpose is atonement! It’s getting late! Let’s hurry and welcome death, then arrive in this land, a place that exists to cleanse us of the si 36Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 序EN Sequence: God Eater 序列：吃神者 No Brain, Just Cerebellum不要大脑要小脑Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Tomato 2026 Male-Focused Fiction Most Popular Author, Ranked Number One] Published in print, quality guaranteed. An alternate high-martial world, ensemble cast and political intrigue, no nested plot twists, a slow-paced story with a grand setting. Readers all say it gets better the further you read. Giant birds swallow the sun, and all things undergo dramatic change. Strange, immortal gods, and humanity's superpowered sequences. Everyone wants to become a god in this world, but they have no ide 1MReads9.3Score123.9kShelves

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    I think this should be considered as using playing cards as a code name.

18. 18 漫 The Comic's Sidekick Works Hard to Save the World 漫画工具人努力救世中 Haunted by Ghosts at Night夜伴鬼迷Modern Romance503k WordsOngoing [No CP + ensemble cast in small doses + supernatural powers + behind-the-scenes scheming + forums + secret identities] The dark, twisted hit manga Evil Abyss was banned. Years later, it resumed publication, but its style had unexpectedly changed completely. The passionate supernatural monster-battling manga had turned into a cozy school-life series. The once dark and twisted male lead had become a tsundere cool guy. The entire protagonist team had also gotten makeovers and become positive and up 847Reads8.7Score111Shelves

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    This book has a low rating because it's new, but it has great potential. The protagonist possesses the ability to use the dead for his own purposes. Therefore, he manipulates the deceased to wear masks to hide their true identities, forming an organization using playing cards as code names. It's hard to imagine how the other members of the protagonist's group will react when they see the true faces beneath the masks.

19. 19 我 I Created the Committee for the Management of Forbidden Objects! 我创造了禁忌物管理委员会！ Big Shot Yu大佬俞Urban675k WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Behind the Scenes] [Somewhat Dark] In a bustling city, mysterious items with incredible powers and negative side effects begin to appear. They are called Pandora, also known as Forbidden Objects. 3-001, Marquardt’s Mask. 3-002, Lilith’s Blood Needle. 2-00X, Eris’s Magic Mirror. 0-001, Forbidden Ring. … A mask that lets its wearer become someone else; a silver hairpin that, once driven into a person’s heart, drains every drop of blood from their body and prolongs its owner 7.5kReads8.5Score650Shelves

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    The low rating is because it's newly written. The protagonist works behind the scenes, creating forbidden objects with different abilities, randomly distributing them to different people, unleashing their inner desires, and changing society to form a new order and rules. [Smile]

20. 20 从 Starting Out as a Full-Time Undercover Agent in Northern Myanmar 从缅北开始做全职卧底 Moonlight Before My Bed床前明月光Mystery1.2M WordsOngoing “Perhaps the beings created in darkness can also defeat the darkness.” After being kidnapped, Mu Guang, born with a personality disorder, is trafficked to northern Myanmar. Faced with death and threats, he stays calm, decisive, and ruthless, earning the admiration of a drug lord. But no one knows that this antisocial man has long been an undercover police officer... Five years later, a new police officer named Mu Guang reports for duty at the Shun'an Municipal Public Security Bureau, only to be 10.3kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves

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    1. "The God of Drama" needs no introduction; it's always my top pick. Highly rated and incredibly enjoyable. 2. This book is also good, similar to "Swallowing the Sea." It doesn't have two male leads or a romantic pairing, but many people ship them. While there are no playing cards in the plot, there are tarot cards, somewhat similar to the codenames of the "The God of Drama" playing cards. It's very exciting and also quite poignant.

21. 21 别 Don't Call Me a Demon 别叫我恶魔 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban5.7M WordsCompleted [Qing Feng's new novel, This Player Has Something Wrong with His Head, is now serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] The sacred heavenly gates stand across the sky, while the demonic abyss of time and space lays waste to the human world. When twelve spirit springs burst from the earth, when the moon no longer belongs to humanity... Where will we go from here? A world of gods? A world of demons? No. This is a world that belongs to humanity! I will take up the crown no one else wou 174.6kReads9.4Score15.5kShelves

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    🍅May someone stand with you at dusk, may someone ask if your porridge is warm! And you know what, aren't playing cards mostly done by magicians? Those card games are so amazing, they're dazzling and impossible to keep up with!

22. 22 抽 Card Draws and Roleplay: My Strength Makes Perfect Sense 抽卡扮演，强的合情合理 Yi Yunyu易云雨Two Male Leads235k WordsOngoing [Secret Identities + Roleplaying + System + Two Male Leads + Organization] I'm a new author and a beginner, so my writing isn't the best. If you don't like it, please scroll down and leave. Don't post negative comments, thank you. (Dangerous stunts appear later in the story. Please don't imitate them!!!) Ace of Hearts: “Flowers become blades. I have no interest in the world's conflicts.” King of Spades: “All living beings are puppets on strings. All that's missing is a silver thread to bind them 2.5kReads—Score271Shelves

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    [Laughs][laughs]

23. 23 生 No Hope of Survival 生还无期 Young Master Changle长乐公子Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [No CP, No Female Lead] + [Infinite Deaths and Resurrections] + [Superpower Awakening] + [Mind Games and Strategy] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Life in Review] The keywords of this book are “human nature,” “death games,” and “setting traps.” The thirteen characters who appear from the start all play important roles! Each has a distinct personality, and every one of them will have a major part to play later in the story. This book also features endless deaths, so if that’s not your thing, please read wit 8.1kReads9.3Score840Shelves

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    In this book, two entities use playing cards as weapons: the Clown and the Mazu Society. The Clown is the game master, while the Mazu Society is even more mysterious, and its identity has not yet been revealed in the latest chapter...

24. 24 真 The Real-Life Escape Club 真实逃杀俱乐部 Making Tea on Tong Mountain彤山煮茶Mystery4.5M WordsCompleted This world is dead. But I want to live. This is an age where the supernatural is paradise, and humanity is in hell. I saw the club as the only [Beacon of Hope], blind to the schemes and betrayal behind it. Resurrected supernatural creatures, blood-soaked death zones, slaughter experiments that defy human understanding. The boundary between life and death began to blur, until people and the supernatural could no longer be told apart. Standing atop a mountain of corpses, I faced the weeping, despa 19.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    ① Main character's codename: Magician Under the Sea of ​​Flowers; Weapon: Cards ② Six of Hearts ③ House of Cards ④ Main character's joyful destiny messenger; Weapon: Playing cards

25. 25 命 Pathstrider, I Am Elation Itself! 命途行者，我就是欢愉！ Mao Qianye猫千叶Urban5.7M WordsOngoing [Honkai: Star Rail] [Lighthearted, Sweet Romance] [A Charismatic, Handsome Male Lead Who Loves Flashy Tricks and Showboating] [Live Streaming] [Many Worlds] [Cosmic Adventure] [A Female Lead Who's Irresistible to Everyone] [Enjoyable Even If You Don't Know the Lore] [Cozy Everyday Life] [Doting Father] [6,000+ characters daily, no days off all year, and a steady update schedule] Evil demons invade. Many Pathstriders, awakened to their Path souls, fight desperately to hold them back in the plaza. 15.9kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
26. 26 柯 The Case Is Anything but Elementary, and Red Heart Sighs 柯学不易，红桃叹气 Drunk in Solitude孤风一醉Two Male Leads1.5M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + law enforcement side + ensemble cast + behind-the-scenes scheming + original cases][The main story continues after the events of the Detective Conan world] The protagonist is a law enforcement officer on the good side, fiercely loyal to his faction but willing to use underhanded methods. CP: Gin. Black x red, loving and killing each other, both as verbs. [Their relationship is strictly for show. When they meet in public, they’ll try to kill each other.] Originally titled [Scien 10kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves

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    The Hearts traveled from the regular world to Detective Conan in order to capture the Spades, and even established their own faction there, making the Black Team very wary.

27. 27 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.4kReads9.1Score5kShelves

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    These three books are amazing! They're all about disguises, and the identities will be revealed. The first and third ones feature masks, and they're both hilarious. They're really, really, really good!!! The first one is so-so at the beginning, but it gets really good later on.

28. 28 说 Didn't You Say You Were Retiring? Officer, Why Are You Back? 说好退休呢？执法官你怎么回来了 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Enforcer Bottom x Player Top] [Infinite Survival / Horror Game / Supernatural Entities Descend / Global Open Beta / Leveling] Jiang Xun was the chief enforcer in a horror game, tasked with maintaining order in the System's dungeons. He had enemies throughout the entire game. After working for the System for two hundred years, Jiang Xun finally retired. On the day he left, the whole horror game celebrated as if it were New Year's, thrilled to be rid of the old menace at last. But barely had Jian 348.6kReads9.5Score65.4kShelves
29. 29 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 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves

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    Some brothers, some brothers, do you want to join the destined one or the clown?

30. 30 神 God-Tier Card System 神级卡牌系统 Long Xiao Yue龙小悦Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted There are no complicated spirit techniques or martial arts here, only all kinds of combat spirit cards. Reborn with a System, he is no longer the useless young master of the Yun family. You’re a supreme card master, one in a million? Sorry, I have a God-Tier Card System. What? Card masters have only a one percent chance of successfully making a spirit card? Sorry, the System’s success rate is one hundred percent. Card masters can’t improve the quality of spirit cards? Sorry, the System can. Card 841Reads—Score106Shelves
31. 31 戏 God of Theater: The Grim Reaper's Godson? No, I'm the Grim Reaper 戏神：死神干儿子？不，我是死神 Qi Yu启宇Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [A God of Drama fanfic + single male protagonist + no heroine + no System + changes the original's regrets + not a transmigrator] [A highly rated God of Drama fanfic, once added to Teacher Sanjiu's bookshelf.] In the world of God of Drama, there were eighteen paths to godhood: fourteen orthodox divine paths and four lost divine paths. But in a more ancient age, there had actually been nineteen. The nineteenth was the Path of the God of Death... His deep-red cloak fluttered in the wind. The young 4.2kReads9.2Score714Shelves

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    The first book was added to Teacher Sanjiu's bookshelf; I won't elaborate on its quality. The rest are also excellent high-scoring works.

32. 32 七 The Seven Kings Reunite, and Judgment Descends 七王重聚，审判降临 Baili Guyan百里孤烟Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless + high martial arts + comedy + King of Slaughter + plot-driven power fantasy] Distant bells toll! The horns of war spiral through the air! Eagles survey the earth! Vultures feast on all living things! The Sword of Judgment hangs high! An ancient king descends! Slaughter! The prologue to an absurd apocalypse! Slaughter! The finale of a false golden age! At the end of the last century, the vast and devastating War of the Gods, sparked by the Radiant Army and the Eternal Nigh 96.8kReads8.6Score6kShelves
33. 33 我 I Am the Supreme, Raising the Eight Kings to Hunt the Gods 我为至尊，饲养八王猎诸神 When the Pen Rises, Fireworks Bloom笔起烟火Urban3.1M WordsOngoing (Slaying Gods + Sequences + Word Spirits + Building a Faction + Cunning Protagonist + Making Money + Humor + Absurdity) “Call me Tong Yan if you like. I won't hold it against you. But once you step through that door, you call me Godfather of Dark Four! And remember this blade: it can put an end to worldly conspiracies, open the battlefields of the divine realm, and behead the gods!” A Dark Four standing tall in the shadows, a collection of masks in every shape, one codename after another, figu 96.4kReads8.4Score11.4kShelves
34. 34 双 Paralyzed Legs? I Control Time and Am Invincible! 双腿瘫痪？我掌控时间无敌于世！ Ninety-Nine Thirty-Three九九三三Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Otherworld leveling game, Reborn, reader-approved: the further you read, the better it gets] God said, "I love to devour people. Those who do not worship me are heretics, and heretics must be redeemed!" Wang Shikong, who commands a supreme treasure that controls time, is reborn on the day his legs were broken in an accident. The beautiful CEO responsible for the accident decides, despite her family's objections, to take responsibility for him. She marries him, brings him home, and promises 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    The protagonist, from the assassin organization Red King, wins over everyone with his strength.

35. 35 百 A Once-in-a-Century Meeting 百年何遇 Shuizao水糟Urban113k WordsOngoing (Ensemble cast) (No harem) (No overpowered protagonist) (No System) (No brainless plot) Kowloon is made up of nine different districts. In Kowloon, blood, death, and love are part of people’s very bones. 52 cards, 52 destinies, 52 tragedies. Right and wrong don’t matter here. What matters is how to survive, and how to live as yourself. This is a story about protection and death. (It definitely gets good after Chapter 8!) —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Yes, yes, 52 playing cards, face cards, nine city blocks, 12 associations, the Divine Heart Society, the Lamas, numerous organizations, numerous characters. A perfect ensemble cast, each with their own story, exceptionally excellent writing, and captivating narratives—truly a masterpiece.

36. 36 扑 Above the Cards: I Wield Authority with Blood-red Eyes 扑克之上：我以血瞳执掌权柄 Wuxiu吾修Urban151k WordsCompleted My name is Lin Qi. Before a thug from the convenience store stabbed me to death, I was just a poor schmuck who had to think twice before buying a sausage. Then those bastards' blades cut across my forehead, and warm blood dripped onto the old metal tag my father left behind. In that instant, I saw hell, and seized the power to rule it. Welcome to The Suit. You are the Keeper of the Eye of Insight, and the dealer of a new order...” So I wiped the blood from my face and smiled. If fate had dealt m 700Reads—Score149Shelves

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    Currently, leaf-based and poker-based systems have appeared.

37. 37 模 I Simulated Crimes a Hundred Thousand Times and Somehow Became a Top Detective 模拟犯罪十万次，我竟成王牌神探 Chilly Early Autumn初秋微寒Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Crime Investigation + Crime + Invincible + All-Rounder + Hardcore Detective] A killer capable of committing the perfect crime must also be a master detective. Su Ming should have become the perfect criminal, but instead he aced the entrance exam for the criminal investigation team and chose to stand on the front line of the fight against crime. He has pored over tens of thousands of case files and scrutinized hundreds of millions of cases. In his eyes, every crime is riddled with laughably obvi 81.9kReads9.1Score7.7kShelves

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    It's a good watch. The protagonist is a detective who successfully simulated the perfect crime in the system and is on a cross-border mission to apprehend a criminal organization codenamed after playing cards.

38. 38 惊EN Horror: I Created the Anomaly Containment Association 惊悚：我打造了异轨收容会 Chi Yisheng赤亦生Mystery2.7M WordsOngoing [Horror + Satisfying Power Fantasy + Director’s Tall-Tale Style] Horror games descended upon Blue Star, turning into one eerie dungeon after another. The monsters inside stepped into the real world, and from then on, the world was overrun with the uncanny. Only by conquering every dungeon could humanity stop the supernatural from consuming the world. Otherwise, the eerie realms would merge with reality and turn the human world into a living hell! Shen Yu bound himself to an Anomaly Containmen 48.7kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves

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    These are all stories where the protagonist creates their own organization. The first step is drawing cards—character cards. I've only heard a bit about it. The second step is... Well, it's all named after playing cards.

39. 39 无 Infinite Game: Don't Rush, I'll Fool You After I Fool Them 无限游戏：别急，骗完你的骗你的 Come Get Rich来发财Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted (Please read the content warnings below before starting.) [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Game] [Lone Wolf in the Early Stages] [Welcome to the Infinite Fun Game. Fail three times, and you will die.] While other players slaughtered their way through the game with all kinds of attack skills, Yun Cen, a newcomer from Blue Star, stared at her innate skill and fell into deep thought: [Huh? You can hear me?] What was this lousy skill even good for, besides listening to toilets complain about const 61kReads9.0Score10.7kShelves

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    Just by looking at the cover, you can tell the female lead is smart; Yun Cen is awesome! 666

40. 40 我 I’m a Monster, So Why Does Everyone Treat Me Like a Teammate? 我一怪物，怎么都把我当队友了？ Explosive Edamame爆炸毛豆Urban910k WordsCompleted [Monster antagonist, one heroine with a mild yandere streak, self-interest, no System, no formulaic tropes, plot-driven, no overpowered leveling and grinding] My name is Shen Shi, and I have a secret. On the eve of the college entrance exam, I became an oddity in my classmates' eyes: a fallen genius, a weirdo who wore a mask in the middle of summer. Stench! Stench! Stench! Everyone gave off the same foul smell! Only my sister, who was with me day and night, smelled sweeter and sweeter. I knew my 18.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    The sequencer organization here is the code name for the playing cards.

41. 41 规 Beyond the Rules: God-Chosen Playing Cards 规则之外，神选扑克牌 Steam the Buns and Eat Them馍蒸了食吧Urban599k WordsCompleted Back in the day, Chen Daozai turned just twenty yuan into 37 million. And now, I, Zhang Bufan, need only a deck of playing cards to punch my way through the South Mountain nursing home and kick my way through the North Sea kindergarten. There isn't a single person in the whole superpower scene who can match me! What? You think I'm talking nonsense? Heh, if you don't believe me, come in and see for yourself. See with your own eyes what it means to be a card magician who fools everyone, a superpow 68Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.6kReads9.1Score2.8kShelves

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    This brings us to these two books (even though they're about villains).

43. 43 第 The Wish of the Eighth Day 第八天的愿望 Begonias in March三月海棠Mystery3.2M WordsOngoing [Ensemble Cast | Supernatural Powers | Instances | Game | Infinite Flow | One Female Lead] (No intricate battles of wits! Not a ruthless, action-packed power fantasy! Readers with “sensitive skin” should proceed with caution!) The ones most in need of salvation have never been those suffering in the real world, but the kind thoughts we nearly drowned in despair... At first, A shooting star fell into their eyes, and despairing souls were dragged onto a strange island. “They” said that any wis 35.9kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves

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    This group portrait is very well written.

44. 44 霍EN Hogwarts: Throne of Magic 霍格沃兹的魔法王座 Your Eyes Are Like Water君瞳似水Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [No female lead + career-focused story + pseudo-System + GGAD + becoming a king on his own + an ultra-cool personality.] Xiao Er transmigrates into the Harry Potter world and inherits the Black family. When he enters Hogwarts, he discovers that the magical world is more complicated than it seems, and that his own origins are an even greater mystery. He conquers Slytherin and becomes its top student, keeps Snape in line, teases Draco, helps Theodore find redemption, reunites GGAD at the tower, es 5.7kReads9.2Score547Shelves

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    Both of these books have very high ratings.

45. 45 降 Officer Furuya's Character Card-Drawing System 降谷警官的人设抽卡系统 Watching Flowers Bloom in Silence无声处看繁花Anime Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing [Before you read: Detective Conan + no romance + salvation + fake angst + sickly protagonist + misunderstandings] Content warnings: 1. Lots of angsty misunderstandings and canary-in-a-cage scenarios. Because of the misunderstandings, things may seem rather ambiguous to others. Read with caution. 2. Rei has a child secret identity. The System used his and Hiromitsu's genes to create it, so outsiders mistake the child for theirs. The five police academy friends all know it's Rei's secret identity. 5.1kReads9.5Score377Shelves
46. 46 戏 God of Theater: A Level-Nine Start Without Nerfs? How Is That Fair? 戏神：开局九阶不削能玩？ Star Ash Experiment星烬实验Male-Channel Fanfiction851k WordsOngoing [God of Theater fanfiction] + [System] + [Invincible] + [Transmigration] + [Infinite Flow] Books, medicine, military arts, yellow, green, clever schemes, chess; theater, puppets, witchcraft, strength, divination, bandits, prostitutes. Chen Ling especially loved I Am Not the God of Theater. After reaching Chapter 39 and getting hit with an emotional gut punch, he couldn’t resist complaining. Then his vision blurred, and he found himself in that familiar rainy night... (A message left behind by Ch 1.2kReads6.7Score126Shelves

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    I'm currently reading the first one 👀, the second one...

47. 47 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves
48. 48 我 I Rebuilt the Underworld in a Comic World Through an Online Forum 我靠论坛在漫画世界重建地府 Farewell to the Cold辞寒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-audience novel with a male protagonist + urban supernatural abilities + comic forum + ensemble cast + mastermind behind the scenes + card-draw summoning] Question: What’s it like for an ordinary side character to accidentally get bound to a System and sent down the path of saving the world? Si Ye: Thanks for asking. I’m dead. Burn paper offerings if you need anything. They won’t do you any good, and hey, I’m not even looking. Si Ye, whose supernatural ability is drawing flowers, gets bo 15.8kReads8.6Score2.5kShelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrating into Chinese Animation: I Deceive the Male Lead into Making Me His One and Only Wife 穿越国漫：欺骗男主做他正宫 Heavenly God Crosses the River天神渡河Ancient Romance396k WordsCompleted (Secret identities + forums + fighting for popularity + angst + dual POV + Chinese animation) Jun Huaigu transmigrates and ends up with two bodies, one male and one female. The System tells me: You have to become the most popular character in this anime. Otherwise, you'll become a real girl and never be able to change back! Me: ??!!! To get back to my old life, I can only gather my things and take the stage. The female character is the male lead's beloved, unattainable ideal, and when neces 3.4kReads8.8Score397Shelves
50. 50 推 Simulating All Things: I Created a Cthulhu World 推演万物：我塑造了克苏鲁世界 Dark Little Lolita S暗黑小萝莉SUrban939k WordsCompleted [Worldbuilding + Dual Systems + Behind-the-Scenes Story + No Female Lead] Fang Ying transmigrates into a world where anyone can become a god, and everyone has the chance to create a world of their own. Some open up high-martial worlds and become the Martial Ancestors of their realms. Some establish cultivation worlds and become immortal emperors revered through the ages. Others watch their worlds shatter, then perish and fade into nothingness. After transmigrating back, Fang Ying wields the [Ded 5.1kReads8.0Score534Shelves

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    Are you referring to the poker card codes, like the Ace of Hearts, the Three of Hearts, and the Five of Hearts?

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