Any Obscure Books That Are Surprisingly High-Quality? 有没有那种书很冷门，但质量很高的我？
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Starting with Empresses in the Palace 从甄嬛传开始
The autumn-night waters of the Thirty-Six Palaces, dew glistening on the lofty parasol trees. The jade clepsydra drips steadily, while the bright moon rises above the gilded gate. Red carpets, a Boshan incense burner, fragrant breezes stirring the tassels in secret. The sheep-drawn carriage has gone, leaving only green weeds and a lonely phoenix reflection in the dusty mirror.
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Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace: Scheming Her Way to Victory 如懿传：步步谋算终成赢家
That year, with the apricot blossoms drifting in the spring rain, you said you'd take me to Empresses in the Palace~~ And what did I get? This is Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace! Taking my Empresses in the Palace walkthrough to Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace for a little trial run. All you Ruyi-syndrome sufferers, step aside... If you like it, please leave a five-star review. Thank you.
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Rule Horror: From the Start, I Had a Toolbox 规则怪谈：开局一个工具箱
Reader's Guide: All the instances are original. There are no incorrect rules, but there may be a few bugs. Please go easy on me. National Fate (there's no National Fate point system, only the elimination or arrival of horrors, or individual rewards). So contestants from other countries will appear, but the story won't keep putting them down. Even in the worst world, there are souls that shine, though their endings may not be good. There are livestreams, but they make up only a small part of the
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I Was Dirt Poor, but After Getting Pulled into a Horror Game, I Escaped Poverty 很穷，被拉进惊悚游戏后，脱贫了
[Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap
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After Entering a Cyberpunk World, I Use Technology to Save Earth 穿进赛博世界后我搬科技养地球
[Cyberpunk + a touch of cosmic horror + transmigration between two worlds + plot-driven] After the college entrance exams, Guan Yixin transmigrated into a cyberpunk world. As a fifth-class citizen born in the slums, she had monopolistic corporations that deserved to be strung up on lampposts ahead of her, a heartless federal government at her back, a cult secretly causing chaos, and an AI overhead that was great at insulting people and even better at surveillance. To survive, Guan Yixin had no c
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Being a Little Elf in a Survival Game 在生存游戏中当小精灵
[Survival + Exploration + No CP (No Male Lead) + Livestream] When Li Ling wakes up, she has become a tiny nature sprite. At just 16 centimeters tall and weighing 0.9 jin, she is “struggling to get by” in what is supposedly a survival game. Or so it seems. “Little sprite, hehe... A little sprite that can fly,” Li Ling murmurs. [...What items would you like to bring?] “Little sprite, hooo,” Li Ling mumbles in her sleep, completely ignoring the System. [Nature sprites have an affinity with all t
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Exchanging Fortuitous Encounters: My Fairness Depends on the Adjectives 机缘交换，我的公平看定语
“Senior Brother, senior brother, the elder’s son snatched the auxiliary herbs you need to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.” “No matter, no matter. He can have them.” “Ding! The master has given the elder’s son his chance at Foundation Establishment. In a fair exchange, you have received one chance to successfully establish your foundation. Would you like to use it?” “Use it!” Zhang Qianrang thought. In an instant, his foundation was established! There’s no need to fight for anything. Fo
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Greek Mythology: Growing Stronger from the Dawn of the World 【希腊神话】从世界之初开始变强
This is a female-oriented story featuring two male leads! Two male leads! Two male leads! Don’t read if that’s not your thing! As waves like splintered jade rise across the sea, the history of ancient Greece begins to write of its glory. The world of Chaos has only just emerged in a burst of color, and the sky and earth are still joined together. After transmigrating and becoming a child of the Titan sea god and goddess Oceanus and Tethys, Doris gazes at the primitive, uncivilized bay before him
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A Hundred Demons, Volume 3 百妖谱（3）
A man, a monk, and a fox roam the land, laughing and joking, cursing and teasing. White demons, a hundred happenings, a hundred emotions: a strange and wondrous world of human warmth and hardship.
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The Esports Prodigy Is Actually a Girl 电竞小天才竟是女生
For family reasons, Ye Feng disguises herself as a man to enter the esports scene. She leads Team TT to victory and becomes the top mid laner in the national server, only to be driven out of the team because she trusted the wrong people. Three years later, Ye Feng returns to esports. This time, she will lead a new team to win the world championship. Along the way, she meets Xiao Yan. All the old grudges between you no longer matter. All that remains is: I'm glad I met you, and glad we didn't mis
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Wildflowers in Bloom 野花生香
Mumian Village lies along a river that flows from west to east. The village’s handsome young man, Chu Tiansheng, is fishing by the river. Overcome by the heat, he jumps in for a swim, when suddenly he hears a scream!
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I Get Apocalypse Protagonists Government Jobs 我给末世主角们发编制
(A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for
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More Than Different Paths 不止殊途
Bai Shu is the only direct descendant of the Ancestral God. Inheriting all of the Ancestral God's divine power, she became a god worshipped across all four realms. As a good-for-nothing High God, her only wish is for world peace, so she spends her days eating and drinking. Later, she meets a little immortal lord from the Immortal Realm. His strength is so far beyond hers that the comparison is almost painful, so she decides to cling to him for protection. Then she discovers that the powerful bac
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A Demigod Reborn, I Take the Heavenly Dao as My Husband 半神重生，收个天道当相公
[Sweet romance + comedy + strong heroine + playing dumb to catch the enemy off guard + messing with her brother] She is a divine child who was on the verge of reaching the Divine Realm at less than five hundred years old. Though blessed with extraordinary talent, she had a frail body. Just as she was supposed to enter the cycle of reincarnation, she opened her eyes again and found herself in the lowest realm, inhabiting the body of the foolish youngest child of an ancient clan. The mysterious ea
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Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态
[Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The
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I Became the Fake Heiress, but I Just Want to Go Back to the Corner Shop 穿成假千金，我只想回去小卖部
Sorry, the author got the title wrong and can't change it. The title should be My Life as the Real Heiress: All I Want Is to Go Back to the Convenience Store [Fake and real heiresses + face-slapping + devoted couples + happy ending] This book has a male lead. Li Yinyin thought she had transmigrated into the daughter of a convenience store owner. As it turned out, she was actually the eldest daughter of the Wang family. But the family already had a fake heiress who had spent every day with her pa
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Senior Sister Is Tough and Doesn't Waste Words 师姐人狠话不多
[Cultivation + Strong Female Lead + Villain Protagonist + Secretly Beloved by Everyone + No Morals] Xia Lizi was an ordinary cannon-fodder character in an ordinary cultivation novel. Her spiritual root was taken in an ordinary fashion, and then she was abandoned just as ordinarily. What wasn't ordinary was that instead of dying miserably after her spiritual root was taken, Xia Lizi fell into demonic cultivation and rebuilt it using countless souls! From then on, she became the greatest demon i
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Little Junior Sister Sobs and Pouts, Yet One Sword Destroys Heaven and Earth 小师妹哭哭唧唧，但一剑毁天灭地
After transmigrating into a book, Ye Linglong becomes the vicious cannon-fodder villainess in a cultivation novel. With terrible aptitude, she even coerces the heroine into taking her into the top sect during the Cultivation Tournament. After joining, she opposes the heroine at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death. To enjoy a long, happy life, Ye Linglong immediately gives up on coercing the heroine and turns around to join the worst sect in the cultivation world. She’s done being th
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My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已
[Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros
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I Just Transmigrated, and You've Already Become Gods? 我刚穿越，你们就成神了？
[Ghosts in the Book] [Breakneck Pace] [Endless Horror] [An Ensemble Cast] The underworld collapsed and spilled into the human world. Corpses littered the ground, and countless ghosts wailed. A new order took shape, but everywhere was shrouded in ghostly mists. The old and new ghosts clashed, filling the skies with smoke and flames. (A reader’s sharp review: It gets interesting starting in chapter six.) After Wang Hao collapsed from overwork, he fell unconscious. When he woke, he found himself in
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Mad, All of You, Mad. Being a Little Mad Is Good! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊
[Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay.
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After Her Body Was Dumped, She Became the Villain Legion’s Cherished Darling 被抛尸后，她成了反派军团家团宠
[Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her
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Aren't You the Cool Commander? Then Why Do You Cry After One Kiss? 不是高冷指挥官吗？怎么一亲就哭
[Print edition signed] [Interstellar + ABO + younger man + two equally powerful leads] Shi Ji, the Federation's highest-ranking commander, is coldly beautiful, chaste, and ruthless: a lofty flower that spells death at the slightest touch. Everyone treats the commander with nothing but respect, and then more respect. Until the first day of freshman enrollment at the Royal Academy Xie Zhuo stood among the crowd in a windbreaker, his brilliant silver hair wild and untamed. He was so striking that n
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Kaito Kid: Rain Curtain Beneath the Moon 怪盗基德：月下雨幕
⚠️No copying, reposting, or creating derivative works. Violators will be reported immediately. [The main story and bonus chapters are complete] - “Hey, is the jewel you’re looking for Pandora?” Beneath the bright moon, a girl faces a young man dressed in a white suit. Suddenly, the girl’s eyes curve into a sly, innocent smile. “If I help you find Pandora, will you come with me?” “Kaito Kid?”
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After the Breakup, I Picked Up a Sweet, Airheaded Girlfriend 分手后，捡到憨憨小女友
[Romantic Everyday Life] [Pure Love] [Healing] [Light Novel] [Slice of Life] What’s it like to find a girl with legs straight out of a manga? What’s it like to sweet-talk a cute airhead into becoming your girlfriend? You have to squeeze her legs before bed… Kisses when you wake up… A piggyback ride whenever you go out… A hug whenever she’s feeling down… From then on, life is nothing but sunny days. Nothing but sweetness… Diabetics, look away! The sweetness level goes from three out of ten, to fi
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You Call This a Dating Sim? 你管这叫恋爱模拟？
[Aloof White-Haired Beauty]+ [Isolation-Inducing Yandere]+ [Love Triangle Showdown]+ [Dating Sim] Want to experience what it feels like to fall in love? An aloof, white-haired student council president; a seemingly well-behaved high school girl who is actually an isolation-inducing yandere; and a petite, adorable underclassman with hamster-like charm. This blurb isn't doing the story justice, so please head to the main text. (A light urban romance with no supernatural powers involved, so relax a
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There’s a Grave in My Dreams, and I’m the Great Xia Tomb Keeper 我的梦里有座坟，我是大夏守墓人
Ten years ago, after three consecutive days of blood moons, ghosts, gods, strange-eyed beings, and eerie tales began arriving one after another… As the mysterious and the occult descended upon the human world. As terror and despair roamed the land. As human beings, should we kneel and bow our heads, break down in tears, or…draw our blades? This is a brand-new era. And this era belongs to the supernaturals! After stepping through the door to the supernatural, Su Bai saw a whole new world. And i
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The Vampire Campus Beauty Took a Fancy to Me, and I’m Losing It 被血族校花看上后，我人麻了
[Comedy + power-ups + sweet romance + one heroine + redemption + slice of life] [The heroine’s photo appears in Chapter 2] Su Zhe, a college sophomore, gets pursued by Lin Shiqing, the cool and aloof campus beauty. He thinks he’s finally caught a lucky break in love, but then he suddenly awakens a System! The System tells Su Zhe something outrageous: Lin Shiqing is actually a vampire. And the reason she’s pursuing him is that she wants to suck his blood! Su Zhe is completely stunned. The next mo
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The Fragrance of the Coffin's Beauty 棺香美人
When I was born, the river swelled and washed a coffin right into my home. Fifteen years later, the coffin opened, and inside was a woman... Feng shui, fate and destiny... There are endless folk legends to tell, and more bizarre wonders than words can describe.
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The Serpent Coffin 蛇棺
On the day I was born, my family was moving our ancestral graves. My father killed a huge snake in a coffin that was on the verge of shedding its skin and transforming into a dragon, and nearly got bitten to death. When I was born, snakes surged in from every direction, hissing. Everyone said I was ill-omened. A rice medium from the village gave her life to save my father. She left me a black jade pendant shaped like a snake, but she too was bitten to death. Just after my eighteenth birthday, th
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Invincibility Is So Lonely 无敌真寂寞
Obtain an invincible System and dominate the world from then on! Keeping a low profile? Not a chance!
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Gray Mist: Rekindling the Embers 灰雾：余火重燃
[Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Potions]+ [Races]+ [Civilization] A hundred years from now, I am a hero. My deeds become stories, praised by all. A thousand years from now, I am a legend. Stories become epics, passed down through generations. Ten thousand years from now, I am a faith. Epics become myths, and the incense offered to me never ceases. P.S. This book is also known as Above the Gray Mist. P.S. The development of the human race provides the backdrop. The focus is on an individual's epic, no
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Mecha Girl Era: Who Taught You to Operate a Mecha Girl Like That? 机娘纪元：谁教你这么开机娘的
[Mecha Girls] + [Racing] + [Sweet Romance and Growth] + [Tomato’s only top-tier star racing novel] Once highly sought after by racing clubs, the top mecha girl is now ignored by everyone at the scrapyard. No one is willing to bond with her, even if she offers herself for free. She’s an “assassin race car” with unbeatable acceleration but terrible handling. Su Nian, a top racing driver from Earth, had hoped to make his mark in a world where racing technology lagged behind and success depended ent
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