Underworld Novel: Protagonist Becomes the Boss, Not a Power Fantasy, Smart Protagonist, No Cultivation 黑道文，主角当老大，非爽文，主角有脑子，不修仙
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The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄
Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie
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The Butcher Who Walked Out of Prison 从监狱中走出的人屠
Being part of the underworld isn’t about fighting and killing. It’s about dealing with people. Su Bai had no connections, no powerful backers, and had just spent ten years in prison. After his release, he was penniless, so his older brother found him a job as a computer lab attendant. Watch him turn his life around and make his way in both the underworld and the legitimate world. In the underworld, he’s a big shot with people ready to answer his call. In the legitimate world, he has powerful fri
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Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会
Short drama: "Loyal to the Skies: Starting Over" is now streaming The novel was originally titled "Now That I've Been Reborn, Who Would Still Run With Gangs?" [Reborn + business + lots of underlings + no groveling + no cowardice + taking the righteous path + law-abiding] A big shot from the underworld returns to 2010. Should he repeat his old mistakes and keep running with gangs, or abandon his underlings and take the road to a brighter future? No! I won't choose! In this life, I, Qin Jiang, wil
146.6kReads9.3Score13kShelves
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Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事
These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap
106.5kReads9.6Score10.6kShelves
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King of the Apocalypse! 末世之王！
[Apocalypse + Rebirth + Stockpiling Supplies + Evolving Zombies + Violent Aesthetics] Lin Dong is reborn on the eve of a terrifying apocalypse, and gains a storage space. A normal person would stockpile huge amounts of supplies, food, and water. But Lin Dong buys vast quantities of raw meat and fresh blood. Because... he is about to become a zombie! Flesh and blood are the source of a zombie's power. As long as it eats meat, it can keep evolving. A zombie fed on plenty of flesh grows at a terrif
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After Returning Home, the Underworld Boss Became Everyone’s Favorite 回国后，黑道大佬成团宠
The short drama “No Heirloom Jewelry, But I've Got a Fist the Size of a Cooking Pot” is now streaming. [Beloved by a wealthy family + two powerful leads with secret identities + sweet-tempered yet volatile heroine + devoted hero + influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world] Lin Qingye, head of the most feared assassin organization in the underworld, finally destroys the second-largest assassin organization and obtains clues about her origins. She immediately decides to return home
36.6kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
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Gate of the Star Scar 星痕之门
There are Star Gates in this world. Everyone who enters becomes a god. Ren Ye has already served two and a half years in prison when a mysterious visitor suddenly comes to see him. The visitor says, “If you’re willing to take part in a game, you can walk out of here right now. The price is… you might die.” Many years later, Ren Ye stands alone within a Star Gate, looking back on the past. Many of the faces in his memories have grown indistinct… 2024: The tide is coming, and the travelers keep wa
53.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
230.8kReads9.6Score26.8kShelves
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Dragon City: Winds of Change 风起龙城
Sixty years after global disaster, the Little Freeze has ended. Governments across the living zones begin reclaiming large stretches of unadministered land awaiting development, reorganizing resources and ushering in a full-scale recovery. These twenty years are also known as the “Golden Twenty Years.” It's a dazzling new age: new zones rise one after another, politics sets the stage while capital puts on a show, and ambitious schemers are everywhere. Heroes and strongmen, treacherous warlords a
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I Am the Legend 我就是传奇
I don’t know when it happened, but a bunch of people like this came into my life, even though I’ve always been cold-hearted and a little shameless. When I got dumped, they’d say, “What’s the big deal? Lost your girl? Find another one tomorrow. If you’re really desperate, I’ll lend you myself for the night!” When I felt lost, they were always there with me in our cramped little rooms, shouting, “We give it everything we’ve got, all so we can make something of ourselves!” ... Back then, I couldn’t
27kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
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The Legend Reborn 传奇重现
The four-part series by Wei Jie: We Were All Bad Kids, I Am Legend, Legend Reborn, and Hidden Dragon on the Right Path. A young man, still green, left his hometown in a fit of anger. Four years later, he returned, weathered and bearing the glory of success! In a city built from reinforced concrete, old friends were gone and legends had faded into retirement... Faced with his family’s reproach and his friends’ disdain, he had once wandered at a crossroads, pointing into the dark sky with his
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World of Eternal Life 永生世界
In 2120, human technology reached a new height. The birth of new species, virtual metaverse worlds where consciousness could live forever, cryogenic technology that could use time to hold terminal illnesses at bay, and a brand-new arena for capital's gladiatorial games: dazzling innovations appeared before the eyes of Earth's natives. How can humanity and AI coexist? Which is more dignified: clinging to life or dying naturally? Confusion, resistance, venting, and cries of defiance seemed to have
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Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！
[Class Beauty, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay for what you did!] Framed by the class beauty he loved, Wang Erchui was wrongfully imprisoned for three years. The misery of prison transformed the once-ordinary boy into a hardened man. But it was only after getting out and seeking revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying story behind it all. The truth was, it wasn’t that love affair that had ruined his life. It was a vast, carefully woven web of darkness. His enemies had already ris
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Back to 2010: A Lie-Flat Life 重回2010，躺平人生
The protagonist is reborn on the night after the 2010 college entrance exams. In his previous life, he amounted to nothing, had his savings cleaned out by the ruthless A-shares market, piled up a mountain of debt, and died miserable and depressed. Given the chance to live his life over again, Xiao Qing chooses to start with the A-shares market, then begins reaping gains from overseas markets…
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The Grass and Trees of Fengyu Grow Tall 枌榆草木长
[Signed for print publication: ensemble cast + rival nations vying for supremacy + political intrigue and strategy + patriotism and national pride + original poetry + memorable supporting characters] [This is a fictional setting, and some historical references should not be taken as fact. This is not a mindless wish-fulfillment story. The plot is carefully developed, the logic is rigorous, and the cast and scope are large. There is no System or golden finger. There are no brainless villains or c
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The Underworld of Macao 澳门江湖风云
Zhao Hongsheng ventures alone into Macau. From there, he becomes a Macau chip runner and rises step by step, setting off a story involving many prominent figures across China. The plot is full of twists and turns.
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Reborn: I Really Wasn't Trying to Jump Off a Building 重生：我真的没想跳楼啊
[Reborn]+ [No System, No Enhancements]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Establishing the Wagner Corps]+ [Founding a Nation]+ [No Yanderes]+ [Business and Making Money]+ [Youth and Campus Life] The greatest kind of wish fulfillment is reaching the heights and seeing the most beautiful views without any cheats. Who says you can't reach the summit without one? I ask this vast land: who will rule its rise and fall? In this life, I'll drink only the strongest liquor and chase only the prettiest girls! Life las
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Reborn, So Why Not Have a Little More Fun? 都重生了，玩的花点儿很正常吧
[Rebirth + Multiple female leads + Heroines of varied ages] Chen Che was reborn, with his past still vivid in his mind. In this life, he had only one rule to live by: Better to enjoy all kinds of pleasures than fawn over the campus belle. If there's romance, there'd better be money to spend, too. A master of manipulating people who was his unrequited love? Sorry, you treated me like a workhorse in my past life. This time around, I'll be your stepdad.
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Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途
Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t
78kReads8.8Score7.6kShelves
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Reborn: I Set Traps for the Capitalists at Every Turn 重生：我一路给资本做局
A private equity fund manager was lured into a trap and murdered, only to be reborn as a college student in 1995. Taking advantage of a brief stock market boom, he quickly got his start and changed his family's fortunes. His path to revenge began. His enemies had been billionaires in his previous life, with astonishing connections. He could only plan every move carefully and build up his strength. Gradually, he became known in investment circles as a genius. Years later, he was a top investor an
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Hong Kong Crossover: Wang Jiu's Junior Disciple Makes 300 Million from the Start 港综王九小师弟开局赚三亿
I'm Wang Jiu's junior apprentice brother, and from the start I made three hundred million. Feng Shiba is a transmigrator, but the time and place he transmigrates to couldn't be much worse! He arrives in the 1960s, an era of shortages and hunger. On a stormy night, a woman who may or may not be his mother leaves him at the gate of Shaolin Temple, and he begins his life as a monk. But when he is eight, an accident takes place at Shaolin Temple. His Ninth Senior Brother, who often sneaks him out fo
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The More I Indulge, the Richer I Get: Living Life as I Please 越放纵越有钱，我享受肆意人生
[Urban Life] [Everyday Life] [Tycoon] When life is good, enjoy it to the fullest. Don’t let the golden cup sit empty beneath the moon! Chen Yang is a corporate wage slave who, hoping to make a life for himself in Shenzhen, scrimps and saves with his flight attendant girlfriend to buy a home. After years of living miserably, they finally do the math and realize it will take them another two hundred years to afford a house. His girlfriend is considerate and can’t bear to see him struggle, so she r
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