The Protagonist Is Among the First to Awaken, Hides It, and Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger 主角第一批觉醒的，隐藏了起来，扮猪吃虎

1. 401 港 Hong Kong Crossover: From the Start, I Rule Sai Kung 港综：开局西贡清一色 Han Feng汉風Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted (Hong Kong crime saga + gang member → gang leader → business tycoon → founding a nation) “Chairman Lin, people have given you many titles, such as film and television mogul, logistics tycoon, oil king, one of Hong Kong’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons, and the last godfather of the underworld. Could you share with our magazine’s readers how you went from being a gang member to becoming the ruler of Nanyang?” Lin Bin listened to the question from the Time magazine reporter before him, then slowly 14.1kReads6.1Score485Shelves

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   There's no better Hong Kong variety show than this one.

2. 402 人 The Human Emperor Banner Is Billowing Black Smoke? I'm a Perfectly Decent Person! 人皇幡冒黑烟？我真是正经人啊！ Lop-Eared Rabbit Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的垂耳兔Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Selfish + competitive and grabby + ruthless + not pure wish fulfillment + dark cultivation + classic cultivation style] Bai Yue thought she had the standard transmigration plot: open her eyes in a cultivation world, with cultivators everywhere, spirit beasts as common as dogs, and a couple of fake sweethearts putting on a show. Instead, everyone has to enter the game, and the System pops up a message: “Poor signal. Transport in progress...” Her transmigration becomes a downright bizarre expe 33.4kReads8.8Score6.6kShelves

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   I just watched it today, and it seems to match the description quite well.

3. 403 十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 1.7MReads9.9Score209.2kShelves

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   While the rest of the class was being dragged into a death game, screaming and crying, Qi Xia was squatting in a corner picking at the wall—this guy was actually one of the first awakened ones, plotting how to outwit the BOSS. [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] 3.9 million followers are no joke! The plot twists are like a rollercoaster ride; I stayed up late reading it and felt chills but also incredibly satisfied. [Upvote][Upvote][Upvote]

4. 404 异 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—Score325Shelves

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   How about this one? Absolutely divine! It gets more and more exciting as you read on! 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.

5. 405 诡 Eerie: A Dog from the Start, Gear You Scavenge 诡异：开局一条狗，装备全靠捡 I Love Watching the Show我爱围观Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, and it will rise later] [Apocalyptic Awakening] [Stat-Allocation Sequence] [Horror Survival] [Extreme Combat Style] Terror descends upon the world, and a Black Tide begins to devour cities. The uncanny, demons, monsters, forbidden artifacts... Human life is as worthless as grass. People struggle to survive by any means. In an apocalypse of endless terror, the only way to stay alive is to awaken and become part of a Transcendent Sequence! Others awaken as doctors, surviv 466.4kReads8.5Score52kShelves
6. 406 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 35.7kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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   The female protagonist in this novel has been reborn and awakened! In her past life, Lu Yunqi, after being rescued by his comrade, took it upon himself to care for his comrade's widow, Su Wanqing, and her son, forgetting to shoulder his own family responsibilities! Not only did he give a portion of his monthly salary to them, but he was also always available for any matter, big or small, and even gave up the house originally allocated to his family! Finally, when his own son and Su Wanqing's son both fell into the water, he had to choose one and save Su Wanqing's son, while the female protagonist's son perished! Reborn, the female protagonist only wants to get a divorce as soon as possible and take her son far away…!!

7. 407 全 Zombies Descend Across the World, and You Say the Taoist Class Is Useless? 全球僵尸降临，你说道士序列没用 A Lamp for the Bright Moon一盏明月灯Urban1.4M WordsOngoing Purple-hair zombies, white-hair zombies, black-hair zombies, green-hair zombies, fur-covered zombies, flying zombies, wandering zombies, lurking zombies, unrotting-bone zombies, and drought demons… This is a world overrun by zombies across the globe! Xu Yi arrives in this world and awakens the Taoist path. But people accuse him of being inferior to those on the fire-element path. Xu Yi scratches his head and looks at his Dragon-Tiger Evil-Slaying Talismans, Golden Light Incantation, corpse-dr 260.9kReads8.8Score31.1kShelves

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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 (another world) novel to my family—a truly amazing read. The plot is thrilling, the logic is impeccable, and the aesthetics are superb. It's definitely the most worthwhile novel to read this year.

8. 408 重 Reborn Powerhouses Fight Among Themselves While I Scavenge for Gear in the Dark Zone 重生者内斗，我苟在暗区里捡装备 Spring Water泉中水Sci-Fi & Apocalypse414k WordsCompleted Grandma said I was destined for good fortune, that I'd have an extraordinary encounter and great opportunities, and that I'd get to see the prosperity of a new world and take part in its development. So, the day after Grandma's burial, sixteen-year-old Huang Que set off on the road to building a new world with a whopping inheritance of two hundred yuan. One step took her from 1999 to 2100 in a parallel world. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw two pretty girls arguing in front of her. Then 13.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   This book is good, but it requires a little patience.

9. 409 都 Urban Superpowers: Revenge Begins with Pretending to Be Ordinary 都市异能，从伪装普通人开始复仇 A Non-Chosen One Won't Help a Whaler非酋不渡氪金人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No System + Superpowers] Starborn: a special group that has only recently emerged. They possess abilities and physiques far beyond those of ordinary people, as well as special benefits granted by the authorities. But emboldened by those benefits and the trust placed in them, they recklessly flaunt their powers without regard for ordinary people’s lives. That is, until they “accidentally” kill Lan Ge’s father, Lan He… 492Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   🍀🍀🍀A nationwide awakening has begun. In this era, superhumans have awakened, possessing superhuman physiques and abilities, but lacking effective constraints. They often misuse their powers, harming the innocent! 🔥🔥Lan Ge's father was also murdered because of this, so he disguises himself as an ordinary person, vowing to make them pay the price!

10. 410 此 The Moment the Sword Rings 此刻，剑鸣之时 Don't Eat Fish Porridge不吃鱼粥Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [The Church’s divine light shines upon the world, while mechanical armor soars across the sky. You wonder: Can a sickle tear through a mech? Can a war hammer reforge faith?] [Swords, spears, and clubs are no match for guns and mechs. A lifetime of hard training is no match for cybernetic augmentation. You declare: How can weapons be such cumbersome things!] [After swinging your blade a thousand times, you resonate with your weapon and create the “Breath Resonance Method.”] [Even ordinary iron ca 62.4kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    Here it comes! 🌙 🥚① First book: A global horror game descends upon the world. The protagonist, who feels no pain, enters the game and awakens a cheat ability—pain makes him stronger. He's invincible, frantically developing and improving himself—an absolutely invincible and satisfying story. He hides his true identity. 🛩 🥚② Strive to develop and become stronger; with immense power, he's decisive and ruthless. 🚀

11. 411 我 I Am the Twilight Council 我一人，即是黄昏议会 Polygonal Writer多边形写手Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Urban high martial arts + secret identities + decisive and ruthless + mastermind behind the scenes + faction building + one heroine] Synopsis: This is a brutal age where talent determines who lives and dies. Outside the walls, strange beasts run rampant; inside, powerful conglomerates hold a monopoly. Those born with S-rank talent rule the world, while those with D-rank talent are worth less than grass. Li Yebai, an unwanted son of a wealthy family, is cast out and exiled to the slums to die af 85.9kReads7.7Score12kShelves
12. 412 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
13. 413 我 The Organization I Founded Was Exposed by Someone Reborn! 我创立的组织，被重生者曝光了！ Tu Tutu突兔兔Mystery736k WordsOngoing My name is Luo Qingyan. I was reborn, back on the eve of the supernatural apocalypse. In my previous life, the Dragon Kingdom became a blood-soaked hell. Only that mysterious organization hidden from the world could save it from ruin. In this life, I will change the fate of the Dragon Kingdom. I will change everything. I will find that organization... [Dawn]! My name is Su Yu. I am staying at Luo Qingyan's home. On this day, I awakened a Savior System, but the System demanded that I es 42.6kReads6.9Score2.3kShelves
14. 414 天 Chosen Ones! Your Finish Line Is Only My Starting Point 天骄们！各位的终点只是我的起点 Lamplighter秉灯人Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [A New Work from Bingdengren] [Youthful Passion] + [Villainous Undercover System] + [Ruthless and Decisive] + [Brand-New Faction-Based Superpower System] Young man, they say you were born poor and that your hard work is a joke! Now I'll give you the talent to kill the world. Do you dare fight your way to the end? With no one to help you reach for the clouds, you must steel yourself and climb to the summit! The moment the college entrance exam bell rings, the world begins to collapse. Now stand a 11.3kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
15. 415 登 The Godhood Game: Starting by Kidnapping All of Humanity 登神游戏，从绑架全人类开始 Lu Ershi San陆贰拾叁Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Decisive and ruthless] [Smart protagonist] [High-martial-apocalypse setting] See injustice on the street? Kidnap a vicious bandit and rob him blind. Be even more ruthless than the bandit himself. The world is in chaos? Kidnap a foolish emperor and trade him for a divine martial art, then kill him once you have the technique. Save the Blue Star? Don’t get the wrong idea. I just happened to be passing by. The truth is, I want to kidnap all of humanity! 21.5kReads7.8Score1.7kShelves

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    This is amazing! The protagonist enters the ritual, but in reality, a seemingly innocent but actually cunning woman is secretly plotting and causing havoc within the ritual while also carefully maneuvering in the real world. It's incredibly entertaining and has absolutely no major flaws.

16. 416 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 386.7kReads9.3Score42.7kShelves

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    The protagonist is super powerful

17. 417 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery275k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 273.6kReads8.3Score46.8kShelves
18. 418 邪EN The Evil God Is Stunned: Are These Players Even Stranger Than Me? 邪神懵了：这群玩家比我还诡异？ I'm a Pastry Pro我时糕手Eastern Fantasy871k WordsOngoing After transmigrating to a world overrun by the uncanny, Lin En discovers that he has become a backwater fake god, his divine power depleted and his existence about to fade away. Outside the church, indescribable monsters are pounding on the door. The desperate countdown has begun. To save himself, Lin En grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR game called Ancient Gods Awaken, summoning a group of hardcore players from Blue Star to serve as his followers. He thought the players would cower 756kReads9.0Score137.5kShelves
19. 419 末 The Strange Apocalypse: I’m Containment Object No. 1, So What If I’m a Little Too Strong? 末世诡异：我一号收容物，强亿点怎么了 I Want Milk Tea我要喝奶茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Anomaly Containment] [Cthulhu] [Eerie] When the Apocalypse descended, Ye Lan was contained by humanity as Anomaly No. 1. They say I destroyed the world, but the truth is, I was asleep the whole time… Have you ever seen a living city stretching for dozens of miles? Have you ever seen a sun that scatters sunlight according to its mood? Ye Lan is a little flustered, but not all that much. After all, he is 001, the most “experienced” anomaly in the world. A terrifying Eerie that can cr 5.9kReads8.5Score673Shelves

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    💥Highly recommended [eating melon emoji]: A bizarre story, featuring the first batch of awakened superpowers. The protagonist is the 001 containment object, hidden and sealed for a thousand years [thumbs up emoji], becoming a terrifying taboo. The bizarre will be under my control, and sunlight will bloom because of my will. Anomalies will be recontained, and the wasteland will return to its former glory.

20. 420 最 The Strongest Lord: I Am the Lord of Angels and the Undead 最强领主：我，天使与亡灵之主 A Puffed-Up Fish一条鼓气鱼Sports1.0M WordsCompleted [Lord Game + Angels + Undead + Conquest + Invincible] The endless abyss is invading. The only chance of survival is to enter The Myriad Realms and become a lord or a class holder. Jiang Yan, a commander of the Origin Star Federation, falls in a crucial battle due to faulty intelligence and an ally's betrayal. When he wakes, he has been reborn ten years earlier, on the eve of The Myriad Realms' launch. This time, he'll use his memories from his previous life to take on more difficult trial dungeo 20.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    1. *Global Martial Arts, I Am the Lord of the Ancients* (Urban Martial Arts Genre): The protagonist acts as the hidden "Lord of the Ancients" (with strength far exceeding ordinary awakeners) amidst the global martial arts awakening wave. Currently serialized with 445,000 readers, it fits the core requirement of "first batch of awakeners + hidden setting." 2. *Sequence: God Eater* (Urban Martial Arts Genre with Cthulhu elements): The protagonist is an early awakened Sequence user with hidden attributes in his identity/abilities. Currently serialized with 604,000 readers, it fits the "first batch of awakeners + hidden" setting. 3. *Starting as a Six-Winged Angel, Breaking Through the Trial of the Overlord* (Game/Sports Genre): The protagonist awakens six-winged angel abilities at the start, belonging to the early awakeners, but the "hidden" setting is not prominent. Completed with 21,000 readers.

21. 421 月 A Letter from the Moon 月球来信 Flying Wolf飞天的狼Urban167k WordsOngoing In August 2020, an asteroid 300 meters in diameter is headed for Shizi City, on the border of Huaguo. Official announcement: The highest-level emergency response has been initiated. Plans are underway to evacuate all 650,000 residents within three days, while the window for a nuclear interception is being calculated. Everything looks like a textbook disaster response. But Lin Qiang feels something is wrong. He is just an utterly ordinary student at Shizi University. He skips class during the day 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He's the only one who awakened [kissing emoji]

22. 422 被 After My Fortune Was Stolen, I Lay Low and Became a God in the Cultivation World 被夺气运后，在修仙界苟成神 Wei Xun唯寻Fantastical Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Dual-blade sword cultivator + archer + cautious survival style + a touch of ensemble cast + growth-focused power fantasy] Rong Shu transmigrates to a cultivation world where mortals are mere ants, becoming the personal disciple of Tianyan Sect's Immortal Venerable. But who could have guessed that her new master, senior brother, and doted-on senior sister would all be idiots? For no reason at all, they belittle her, threaten her, and want to kill her! Rong Shu: “Mom, there's an idiot here!” If s 33.3kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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    As one of the first disciples personally taught by an awakened immortal, Rong Shu pretended to be foolish and obedient in the face of her brainless master and senior brothers and sisters' difficulties, but in reality, she secretly cultivated diligently. When she left the sect three years later, everyone was shocked by her hidden strength.

23. 423 创 Creating a Monster Association? I'm Building a New Humanity 创造怪人协会？我这是缔造新人类 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Human Evolution Path] [Monster Creation] [Also Known As: The Monster-Making Association] [No Heroine] [Ruthless and Decisive] [Fantasy Supernatural World] A car accident shattered Jiang Yan’s life. His mother’s and younger sister’s mangled bodies lay beside him. Humanity took away his light through an accident. Now he will reshape the rules in the darkest way possible. “How many lives will it take to bring them back? A hundred million? A billion?” In the laboratory at midnight, the s 29.1kReads7.8Score4kShelves
24. 424 冠 Unparalleled Throughout the Ages 冠古绝今 Man Lou蛮楼Urban471k WordsOngoing Spiritual qi revival, mythology descends! Olympus, the gods of India, and deities from every heaven appear in the mortal world to reap their harvest. Whispers from the Old Ones crawl out of the abyss, and unspeakable horrors erode reality. Zhang Guangu, whose fate twists and turns and who endures countless tribulations, eventually discovers that he is the product of an ancient god's leader and the source of Earth's cultivation civilization fused together. He deduces the laws, dismantles divine a 10Reads—Score102Shelves

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    The story revolves around the revival of spiritual energy, and the protagonist is among the earlier cultivators. However, he doesn't hide his progress; instead, he steadily cultivates and embarks on adventures step by step, making the process quite interesting. You can witness myths from various countries descending upon the world, and the final villain is Cthulhu.

25. 425 文 Civilization Ascension: Only I Can See the Hidden Rules 文明晋升：只有我能看到隐藏规则 Green Mango Dipped in Chili生芒果蘸辣椒Urban1.3M WordsCompleted All of humanity is thrust into a civilization advancement trial. Failure means extinction. In his previous life, humanity failed the trial, and with only a second left before its civilization was wiped out, Gu Changming was reborn with memories of its destruction, returning to the time before the first trial began. [First Trial: Day of Silence] [Rule: Remain quiet] [Duration: 72 hours] [Penalty for failure: Death] But this time, Gu Changming discovers that he can see the hidden rules behind 48kReads7.9Score8.6kShelves

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    Highly recommended!! The male lead is reborn, his cheat ability isn't particularly powerful, it's a satisfying read, not mindless.

26. 426 序 Fate Sequence, Yet They Call Me the Primordial Calamity 序列命运，可他们叫我最初灾厄 Cyberpunk Old Spring赛博朋克老泉水Urban897k WordsOngoing [Creating Monsters] [Creating the Supernatural] [No female lead] They all say I am calamity itself. My name is Zhao Jin. What I love most is rummaging through the piles of discarded history for strange, forgotten legends, then bringing them to life. An age without the supernatural? Then I'll create it myself. When the first monster burst from the ground, the world thought it was a natural disaster. When the second arrived, they began to panic. By the time the seventh and eighth swept across t 145kReads8.6Score19.5kShelves
27. 427 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.2kReads8.8Score9.8kShelves
28. 428 惹 Mess With Her? She’s an SSSSS-Rank Abnormality, the Real Deal 惹她？她SSSSS级异端真祖宗 The Peach Picker摘桃子的人Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [The heroine and hero are both genuinely unhinged and murderous! Read the content warning at the end of Chapter One before starting!] [Fantasy setting, secret identities, wish fulfillment, powerful characters, face-slapping and punishing scum, fantasy and sci-fi, sweet romance] [The heroine is the strongest and unbeatable in this story. Both leads are violent, unhinged hard cases who would rather throw a punch than waste words, and are far from normal.] Ye Sang, the eldest daughter of the Ye fam 19.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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    She is over 500 years old and has been on Earth for over 500 years. Highly recommended, it's a very good watch.

29. 429 三 Turning Thirty, I Went Home to Retire and Became a Martial Arts God 三十而立，回老家养老到武道通神 The Long Night Stretches On, Dust of Ages长夜漫漫万古尘Rural Life807k WordsOngoing At thirty, Cao Yong and his wife are both laid off. Looking at the little over a million yuan left in his bank account, Cao Yong takes his wife and child back to their hometown of Orange Village, planning to spend the rest of his life there in retirement. Then, while practicing the Eight-Part Vajra Exercise one morning, a panel appears before his eyes: [Eight-Part Vajra Exercise: Beginner 1/100] He thinks it must be a joke. How could a health exercise turn into anything special? Ten days later, 10.6kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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    This should be more suitable.

30. 430 异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 473.6kReads9.7Score67.7kShelves

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    The first book, which I really liked, had a protagonist who wasn't exactly a wolf in sheep's clothing, and there were a lot of angst. It was the second book, a fast-paced, action-packed story where the protagonist created many mechanic-based and numerically-based monsters.

31. 431 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 44.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves

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    [Already recommended] (1) Taoist Master, I can't let go of my teachers when I'm in school, and I can't let go of my boss when I'm at work. What should I do? Taoist Master, you have the countenance of an emperor.

32. 432 人 I'm in America, Faking a Reincarnation Space 人在美利坚，我伪造轮回空间 Li Gongde from Xiaokang Village小康村的李功德Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Building a Lord God] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Infinite Flow] + [Dark] + [Ensemble cast] “This world had no god until I came along.” After transmigrating to a parallel Blue Star, in America, and spending half a year there, I thought I could live well in the legendary land of opportunity. But it turned out to be heaven for the rich and hell for the poor. I go to school during the day and wash dishes at night. Life is miserable, but luckily I inherited a dilapidated divine realm and the authority 42kReads8.0Score5.2kShelves
33. 433 猎 The Demon Hunter Game 猎魔人游戏 Lord Xiongshan熊山君Mystery2.8M WordsCompleted Lin Mo, a modern-day wage slave who transmigrated into a new era. On his way home after a class reunion, he accidentally stumbles upon a bizarre incident. Flames, talismans, sword flight, resurrection: what happens in the pitch-black alley shatters Lin Mo's worldview. Lin Mo: I'm just an ordinary wage slave! Why did I have to see this? After nearly dying as collateral damage, the wage slave steps into the treacherous game of demon hunters. I'm bad at writing blurbs, so please go easy on me. 18.2kReads7.7Score1.3kShelves

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    What's going on, superpowers?

34. 434 游EN Game Invasion: I Have Ten Thousand Talents 游戏入侵：我有一万种天赋 Eat Watermelon, Don't Poop吃西瓜不拉Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion]+ [Supernatural Horrors + Demons]+ [Classic of Mountains and Seas Divine Beast Lineage]+ [Invincible Talent]+ [Smart Protagonist] A game called [Apocalypse], connected to the real world, suddenly appeared on Blue Star. Its world was full of demons, monsters, strange creatures, and mysterious spirits. Even an unnamed little monster outside the starting village could easily kill players. Lin Yi happened to obtain an activation code with an early serial number, granting him a one-o 108.3kReads7.9Score8.3kShelves
35. 435 四 Siheyuan: There’s a Door in My Mind 四合院：我的脑中有扇门 Baiwang San百望三Male-Channel Fanfiction508k WordsCompleted Terminal illness, unemployment, and a broken family: after one blow after another, Bai Anbang settles in a small village. He spends his days walking along mountain paths, gazing up at the stars in the courtyard, and clearing his mind in the warm afternoon sun. He only wants to spend the rest of his life in peace. When he opens his eyes again, the world has changed. With earthen houses and old slogans all around him, he initially thinks he’s simply returned to his parents’ generation. Then he rea 3.7kReads7.3Score182Shelves

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36. 436 哪 Ne Zha 2: The Defiant Demon Orb Shatters the Saints' Chessboard 哪吒2：逆天魔丸大破圣人棋局 Shunxi顺溪Anime Fanfiction119k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 437 四 Siheyuan: My Life Starts Over 四合院：我的人生重新开始 Baiwang San百望三Male-Channel Fanfiction563k WordsCompleted A top student from the future accidentally arrives in the world of the courtyard houses. He wants no part in the petty squabbles in the neighborhood or the scheming at work. All he wants is to enjoy a peaceful life at home, whatever storms may rage outside. 7.1kReads8.4Score198Shelves
38. 438 斩 Slay the Gods: Legend Has It You Were Willing to Be Left Behind for Love 斩神：传说中你为爱甘心被搁浅 The Writer and the Clown作家与小丑Female-Channel Fanfiction160k WordsCompleted [Original heroine, main pairing is the heroine and Wang Mian, happy ending, powerful heroine in the God-Slaying Group] The world is in ruins, and Wang Mian and the heroine are patching it back together. “If gods truly exist in this world, why do they accept people's offerings but never answer their prayers?” “Clearly, there are no gods in this world.” Before then, Lin Qingshuang had never believed that gods existed. That changed when a human borrowed a god's power and destroyed everything she ha 2kReads8.0Score206Shelves
39. 439 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 156.7kReads9.6Score20.6kShelves
40. 440 四 Siheyuan: A Young Hunter’s Arrival in the City 四合院：小猎户进城记 Baiwang San百望三Male-Channel Fanfiction546k WordsCompleted Su San grew up roaming the jianghu, but unexpectedly found himself in the 1960s. In this life, he doesn't want to stir up trouble. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children. A little wine and meat every day would make it even better. 2kReads8.7Score100Shelves
41. 441 你 You Worship the Gods, I Worship Myself! 你们拜神，我拜自己！ Wandering Through the Void神游虚空Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Also known as Spiritual Qi Revival: I Get Stronger by Sacrificing Everything! (Spiritual Qi Revival + Leveling Up + the Myriad Worlds + No Female Lead + Wild Imagination + High Martial Arts + Beyond) "From your words and actions, I can see you're quite surprising. I never expected you to resist the charms of women and grasp the truth that beauty is but bones, rosy flesh a skull, and the mortal body frail and wretched." Zuo Xuanji: ??? I was just pretending! You actually believe that? Zuo Xuanji 28.9kReads8.1Score2.1kShelves
42. 442 疯EN The Mad Scholar's Invincible Sword 疯书生无敌剑 Wine Without Desire无欲的酒Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing There was once a mad scholar who carried a broken wooden sword everywhere and told everyone he met that he was invincible beneath heaven. The mad scholar’s name was Chen Xun. He wandered the world, falling into madness for three years at a time before regaining his senses, over and over again, in an endless cycle. No one knew where he came from or where he was going. What did he carry upon his shoulders... An ancient curse? A self-imposed path of cultivation? Or perhaps the shackles of a fate he 115.7kReads8.9Score8.4kShelves
43. 443 神 The Divine Cage Game 神笼游戏 AshzzoieUrban2.2M WordsOngoing In a dazzling technological future, a powerful being descends, calling itself a god and ruling over all. Everything becomes a game for the gods. The gods become humanity’s sole objects of faith. Above all faith, humans are the pieces and the gods move them. The world is a cage, and this is a game ruled by the gods. The gods rule everything! The gods create the games! The gods make the rules! Rule One: Every human must take part in the game. You need a ticket to compete, but the winner takes all, 26.6kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
44. 444 谁 Who Put a Celebrity in My Trunk? 谁往我车后备箱塞了个女明星？ Huimin, the Chicken-Raising King惠民养鸡王Urban1.1M WordsCompleted One day, Xu Mo was getting off work as usual when he heard a noise coming from the trunk. He opened it and took a look. A famous actress had been tossed into the trunk, bound hand and foot! What he didn’t know was that countless cameras were pointed at him. This was a brand-new kind of show. The first ordinary person selected was caught in less than an hour. But once Xu Mo was chosen, things started to take a different turn. “Holy crap, that’s not how the script goes! Xu Mo is way too intense. H 29.5kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
45. 445 都 Urban: I Become a Werewolf Hunter in the Night, Slaying the Uncanny 都市：我在黑夜化身狼人猎杀怪异 Fortune and Misfortune Go Hand in Hand福祸双依Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (The female lead is Bai Mian. The story starts on a low note before rising, with plenty of satisfying moments, but it isn't mindless wish fulfillment.) Before the Chosen Calamity began, a chance encounter on a rainy night turned Lin Xianfu, an ordinary wage earner, into something like a “werewolf.” From then on, the urges to kill and thirst for blood tormented him deep within, day after day. His life changed dramatically. The ordinary facade was torn open by a monster, revealing a strange and 11.3kReads8.4Score973Shelves
46. 446 末 The Strongest Awakening in the Apocalypse 末世最强觉醒 Yishui in the Stream易水在溪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsOngoing A strange downpour accelerated the evolution of life on Blue Ocean Star. Doomsday arrived. Flesh-eating zombies appeared one after another, along with mutated beasts that preyed on humans and a new humanity of awakened ability users who stood above the rest. In this crumbling world, zombies eat people, mutated beasts eat people, and even the plants that once grew here now treat humanity as food. They can never coexist peacefully with humans. To survive, you have to grow stronger. Kill! Kill! Kil 30Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist hides his strongest ability and secretly develops it.

47. 447 末 Doomsday Rebirth: I Build an Army of Apocalypse Heroines! 末日重生：我打造了末世女军团！ Xu Fengqing虚风青Sci-Fi & Apocalypse676k WordsCompleted (Don't let the rating go up) [Transmigrate Into a Book + Multiple Female Leads + Everyone Reborn] In apocalypse novels, other people stock up on supplies: A hundred boxed meals, a hundred barrels of bottled water, a hundred bags of rice, a hundred packs of instant noodles... They'd sell their homes and cars to stock up in full! Blah blah blah, that'll feed me for years, right? The protagonist: Let me buy as much as I want, with no limit. I'll pay a deposit first, and settle the balance after 40.9kReads5.2Score4.8kShelves

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    You should check out these five books, especially the first one, a post-apocalyptic novel with multiple female protagonists. Trust me, it's really great, you definitely won't regret it. I've been so engrossed in it that I can't sleep, I've been neglecting to eat or sleep, I can't put it down, and the more I read, the more I want to read, the more I can't stop. I don't know what I'll do if this novel stops updating.

48. 448 看 You Look Down on Security Guards? Time for a Little Fist! 看不起保安？小铁拳来喽！ Orange and Grapefruit橙子和柚子Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Role-playing + choices + comedy + superpowers + school life + nearly invincible] Some people don't become security guards until they are sixty. Qin Yu is different: at just eighteen, he has become the honored five-star general of Biguiyuan, skipping decades of detours compared to everyone else! It's all because he awakened the God-Tier Role-Playing System. As long as he plays different professions, he can earn rewards! [Play the role of an outstanding security guard] [Mission objectives]: 1. St 19.3kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
49. 449 我 My Childhood Friends Are All Game Bosses 我的青梅竟都是游戏BOSS A Shot of Whiskey一支威士忌Sports4.3M WordsOngoing [Game world + fake villain + myriad races + battles + multiple heroines] “Come on, I'm the young master of the Night City family of gene-modified mutants. Can you stop always making me live off a woman?” In this game world, countless races stand side by side. Genetic evolution, flourishing martial arts, technology-based cultivation, magic, and supernatural abilities all collide, while city-states wage constant wars over territory. Ye Ge is reborn into the family of magic-mutated humans in the 43.6kReads8.9Score4.4kShelves
50. 450 黄 A Dream of Huangliang: The Mad Heroine Hates Me to the Bone 黄粱一梦，疯批女主竟恨我入骨 Cowherd Boy of Lonely Mountain孤山放牛娃Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning and Devious + Invincible Among His Peers] Ye Lingtian transmigrates into a romance-and-intrigue novel as the villainous Third Prince of Great Zhou. From the start, he’s supposed to marry the heroine, Feng Huojun? On their wedding night, the crazy heroine tries to kill me. The reason? She loves me to the point of obsession? As the poison-coated dagger sinks into my heart, I know I’m done for. This villain really doesn’t survive pa 69.6kReads8.8Score7.8kShelves

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