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Harry Potter: If the Villain Isn't Ruthless, He Won't Keep His Position 哈利波特：反派不狠，地位不稳
[Dark Draco + No romance/no heroine + A battle of wits + Scheming and plotting + Focused on building a career + No golden finger + Not an especially indulgent power fantasy] After Draco is knocked unconscious by a Bludger to the head during a Quidditch Match, he wakes up with memories of the future. Draco Malfoy takes stock of his past mistakes and decides to become a proper villain. If you're going to be a villain, you have to act like one. Everything for the glory of Malfoy “Every sacrifice i
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What a Disaster, a Smiling Tiger Has Come to the Siheyuan 造孽啊，四合院里来了只笑面虎
[Siheyuan]+ [System]+ [Smiling Schemer]+ [Training and Development]+ [Comedy] After transmigrating into a Siheyuan and being abandoned by Qin Huairu, Zhou Wei obtained a cashback System. From then on, the lovesick doormat became a smiling schemer, ruthless and full of tricks. He turned every snarling beast, big and small, into a harmless little sweetheart who knew better than to put up a fight. Zhou Wei: I've got more than enough supplies, and beautiful women throw themselves at me. Cross me,
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- 3 Siheyuan: I Have a Beast-Taming Space 四合院：我有御兽空间 [System, Period setting, Punishing bullies, Daily life, Hunting, Later, riding into Japan] Winter, 1959. The whole country is short on food. Qin Xiaoshan is tricked out of his food by Qin Huairu and then hit over the head with a stick. By a stroke of luck, he gains a Beast-Taming System. Contract with a yellow dog and gain enhanced hearing. Contract with a soldier ant and gain enhanced strength. Contract with a mutated tortoise and gain enhanced vitality. Contract with an owl and gain enhanced e 6.5kReads7.8Score401Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: My Sister, He Yushui 四合院：我的姐姐何雨水 After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he starts out as a baby and is adopted by his older sister, He Yushui. At the instigation of First Master, Silly Zhu proposes that they split up the family if He Yushui adopts the child, and she resolutely agrees. Everyone expects He Yushui to struggle while raising the child, but, to their surprise, she seems blessed with incredible luck. She finds ration coupons and fabric coupons whenever she goes out, rabbits leap rig 77Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: Big Brother Silly Zhu, I'll Split Off with Yushui 四合院：大哥傻柱，我带雨水分家 He Weiguo transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard! He thought things had gone horribly wrong from the start. But then he realized: It was 1962, and he was the younger brother of Silly Zhu and the elder brother of He Yushui, a character who did not exist in the original story. It was New Year's Eve. Jia Dongxu had just died, and it was also the middle of the three-year period of hardship. Yet He Yuzhu gave nearly all the dumplings in the house to Qin Huairu. On one side was He Yuzhu 304Reads5.2Score—Shelves
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Transmigrated into a Book as the Villain: From the Start, I Kidnapped the Heroine! 穿书反派：开局，我绑架了女主！
[Lovable scoundrel of a villain + tea-artistry + male heartthrob + stunning looks + scheming + wild card + sweet on the outside, dark underneath + witty comedy + no fixed couple] Also known as: “I play a tea-green guy, and the male and female leads spoil me rotten!” Su Qing transmigrates into a modern wish-fulfillment novel. He becomes the rich villain who kidnaps the heroine in chapter one, gets beaten up by the hero in chapter two, and lands in prison in chapter three. Luckily, he awakens the
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- 7 Xuanhuan: Give Away Fortuitous Opportunities and Double the Rewards! 玄幻：赠送机缘，奖励翻倍！ [Three Emperors in One Family ✚ An Emperor’s Fallen Double Pupils ✚ One Heroine ✚ Supreme Bone] Jiang Chen transmigrates to a fantasy world and awakens the Fortuitous Opportunity Critical Hit System. All he has to do is give opportunities to others to trigger critical-hit rewards. “You gave away a hundred-year-old medicinal herb and triggered a hundredfold critical hit, obtaining a thousand-year-old medicinal herb.” “You gave away a heavily damaged Supreme Bone and triggered a millionfold critic 31kReads8.7Score2.8kShelves
- 8 Three Sins Against Heaven 问天三罪 [No System] + [Demonic cultivator] + [Decisive and ruthless] The gods choose the gifted. The demons choose those who never give up. My name is Chen Ze, and I was chosen by a demon. Of course, you can call me Gui Qing. Speak my name on the road to reincarnation, and Granny Meng will give you free soup. That day, I questioned the heavens three times. The gods and Buddhas across the realms said nothing, and I knew there was no place for me in this world anymore. In that case, I have no choice but t 32.7kReads9.2Score4kShelves
- 9 Cultivating the Demonic Path, Building My Foundation Through Slaughter 修魔成道，杀生筑基 [Demonic Cultivation] [Cold-Blooded and Ruthless] [Decisive and Merciless] [The Dark Side of Human Nature] [The male lead is an ordinary man. There are women, but no female lead.] Consume treasured elixirs to gather qi and improve your cultivation and spells. Xu Sanyan was born among bandits and knows that human life is as worthless as grass: if you don't kill, you'll be killed. To stay alive, he severs the compassion in his heart and unleashes the evil within. To obtain a cultivation manual 21.3kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
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From the Start, I Was the Villain's Legitimate Son 开局穿成大反派的嫡子
Ye Chenxu stayed up several nights in a row reading a novel. The author wrote a great beginning but an absolutely terrible ending, and it made him furious. So he worked himself up and wrote a few hundred words of a scathing critique. Who could have guessed that after staying up too long without enough rest, he’d suddenly drop dead? When he regained consciousness, he was actually in the belly of the great villain’s wife. How unbelievable! Now that he’s here, any place can be where he takes off. L
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The Villainess Refuses to Reform 恶毒反派不洗白
[A wicked, universally adored bottom] [Roleplaying as an NPC] [One-sided love] To graduate smoothly, he “had no choice” but to enter a horror game as an NPC. There, he happily does whatever he pleases. To be perfectly honest, Chu Liang absolutely loves the feeling of getting away with anything. (Note: The bottom really is awful, absolutely awful. If you say he's a terrible person and drop the story, I can only say thanks for the compliment. Goodbye, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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- 12 This Villain Really Loves the Protagonist 这个反派对主角是真爱啊 (The novel is complete.) Note: This is a dual-male-lead novel written in the style of a male-oriented story. Please proceed with caution if that's not your thing! [Two male leads][System][Villain][One-sided crush][Friendship turning into something more][Sweet moments!][A touch of an ensemble cast] After transmigrating into a fantasy world as the young master of a demonic sect, Lu Chen awakens the Villain Self-Rescue System. He plans to trample the Child of Fortune underfoot, marry the holy maide 5.1kReads8.9Score665Shelves
- 13 The Villain Is Clinging to Life, but I'm Really Not Your Boyfriend 反派垂死挣扎，我真不是你男朋友 Two male leads + Irreverent sweet romance + Quick Transmigration Adorable Lin Mu × Gu Lian, a lovesick fool who’s practically starving for him Lin Mu is a newly minted villain. Every day, he diligently causes trouble, stealing bricks and pulling tiles from the male lead’s path to success so he can hold on to his villain’s job. He bullies the male lead as a young master, betrays him as a sworn brother, deceives him as a canary... But whenever he tries to sneak away after doing something bad, some 2.5kReads9.3Score248Shelves
- 14 Villain: If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them 反派：打不过就加入 [System + genius protagonist + mindless early plot + others overestimating him + no CP + no harem] A young man named Xiao transmigrates into the world of cultivation and discovers that he's a villain. He thought he could rely on the System to take on the child of fortune. But when it tells him to go get himself killed, he decides to see what hidden options he can unlock. He can't win a fight, and he can't get away. Looks like there's only one thing to do: if you can't beat them, join them! Child 521Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 15 I’m the Villain, So Why Are You Crying for Help? 我一个反派，你跟我喊救命？ [Urban Fantasy + No Female Lead + Superpowers] This is an age overrun by demons and ghosts. "Damn! An S-rank demon! We're done for!" "Maybe we can still put up a fight. Hurry and call for backup!" "The call won't go through... Hey, is that someone up ahead?" The few people fleeing for their lives thought they'd found their savior. But once they got a good look, they were even more desperate. "Holy crap, we might as well give up and die." "Why are you running back? There are demons behind us..." 8Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 16 I Told You, That Villain Isn't Me 我都说了，那个反派不是我 [No Female Lead + Sequences + Mild Horror + Slow Burn] Jiang Yan is a high school student. One day, he suddenly noticed that everything around him had started to get strange. “I don’t know what’s going on. Everyone who sees me is terrified, saying I brutally slaughter my own kind and that I’m a deranged lunatic. But I’ve always treated everyone politely and kindly. I respect my teachers at school, take good care of my elders at home, and I’ve never even met these people... Doctor, do you know wh 10.3kReads8.8Score1kShelves
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I'm Done Being an ATM. The School Beauty's Whole Family Is Freaking Out 提款机不当了，校花儿全家急疯了
After pursuing Tang Yue for eight years, Jiang Lin finally won her heart. He spent his life working toward a happy home with his wife and children, and built up a fortune worth billions. Only on his deathbed did he learn that his two sons were actually Tang Yue’s children with the man she had always loved, and that he had spent his entire life doing all the work for someone else to reap the rewards. The two sons he had raised with such care pulled out his oxygen mask with their own hands. Tang Y
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- 18 Reborn in S7: One Battle at the Bird's Nest Made Me a Legend 重生S7：鸟巢一战封神 How would you sum up LPL player Liang Chen's achievements in one sentence? “If Brother Chen had never been born, the LPL would have known only endless darkness!” After pulling an all-nighter, the down-and-out young man Liang Chen dies suddenly and is reborn in his youth, with the League System at his side. Starting out as an unknown boosting service player, he embarks on a legendary journey. 44.5kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
- 19 Sword Immortal: I Married an Empress of the Demon Clan 剑仙：拐个妖族女帝当娘子 [One heroine + nine-tailed fox + sweet romance + mostly everyday life] [Lots of sweetness, no angst + mutual devotion + two equally strong leads + a contrast between their past and present] Li Changxuan spent ten years lying low in the mountains, waiting to become invincible, only to unexpectedly save Jiang Mengli, the demon clan’s female emperor, whose cultivation had been sealed. But after her injuries healed and her cultivation returned, Jiang Mengli repaid his kindness by forcibly taking him 38.2kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves
- 20 This AD Carry Is Too Consistent 这个AD太稳健了 Season 8, quarterfinals. RNG substitute ADC Lu Zi’ang was called up in a crisis and took the stage. But his misfortune turned out to be a blessing when he bound himself to the “Strongest Player System.” From then on, an era that belonged to him began. It was also an era for an all-Chinese roster. Faker: “Why was there a Xiang if there was already a Sang-hyeok? I’m no match for him.” TheShy: “Lu Zi’ang is the best marksman in the LPL, but if he plays top lane, I’ll have to give up my throne.” EDG 31.5kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
- 21 After Losing All My Cultivation, My Nine Female Disciples' Devotion Turned Strange 修为尽失后：九位女弟子孝心变质 [Invincible power fantasy + master-disciple romance + multiple heroines + unapologetic power fantasy + weak System + lighthearted humor] Chen Xuan was once a powerful immortal cultivator. While cultivating, he took in nine personal disciples. But during a great battle, he unexpectedly lost all his cultivation. With his cultivation gone, he thought his disciples would abandon him. Instead, one after another, they grew excited. His eldest disciple was the Blazing Heavenly Maiden, his second a bewi 9.2kReads8.6Score1kShelves
- 22 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
- 23 I Opened My Eyes to Find My Wife at the Door Starving 睁开眼：上门老婆要饿死 [Alternate History + Rebirth + Period Drama + Countryside + Getting Rich + Devoted Husband] Ye Mu is reborn into a poor, war-torn feudal dynasty. Looking at the wife who has just been sent to his door, he decides to earn money and provide for his family. From catching fish and shrimp to making paper and building infrastructure, Ye Mu plans to turn a poor little mountain village into a metropolis. Wealthy merchant: “Bring me along, boss!” Marquis: “What a talent! I’ll pay him a personal visit!” 1.1kReads8.2Score124Shelves
- 24 The Daddy System Awakens 奶爸系统觉醒 [Urban fantasy + System + goddess + dad life + adorable child + feel-good power fantasy + one heroine] Three years ago, Lin Chen unexpectedly slept with Xu Mengyao, the stunning campus belle. Three years later, Xu Mengyao showed up at Lin Chen's door with a little girl who was just over two years old. “Qianqian, say hello to Daddy.” At that moment, an unfamiliar voice rang out in Lin Chen's mind. [Super Dad System activated.] By taking care of the child, Lin Chen could rapidly improve all kinds 50.3kReads9.2Score4kShelves
- 25 League of Legends: From the Start, I Recruit TheShy LOL：开局招募TheShy Chen Shu transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Super Esports System! He starts his own club and summons an all-star roster from Blue Star! TheShy-Ning-rookie-JackeyLove-Baolan Letme-MLXG-xiaohu-Uzi-Ming Looper-Canyon-Faker-imp-MadLife Years later, looking at the team roster, Chen Shu falls into deep thought. For the next match, which players should he put onstage? 10.3kReads9.0Score535Shelves
- 26 I’m the Lord of the Heavenly Dao Hall! All My Disciples Are Traitorous Apprentices 我，天道殿主！弟子全是冲师逆徒 [Overpowered wish fulfillment, lighthearted and funny, taking disciples, no angst, disciples who turn on their master, lots of them] [Adaptation of the short drama of the same name now available] After Chen Daoxuan transmigrates, he obtains a System that makes him invincible as long as he takes disciples. Whether they are Immortal Emperors or supreme saints of the heavens, they are like ants before him. None can escape his one-stop service of instant annihilation, spiritual deliverance, and havi 38.5kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
- 27 S13: From Beggar Streamer to Grand Slam Champion S13：从要饭主播到大满贯 After six years in a deep sleep, he woke up at the start of Season 13 and discovered that his skills had skyrocketed. He hadn’t planned on making a name for himself in the pro scene. With skills like these, becoming a streamer and getting popular wouldn’t be hard. He could earn enough to retire comfortably, lie flat, and live like a happy little slacker… But then one comment hit him right where it hurt. [Stick to begging. Don’t try to pass yourself off as a pro.] Fine, fine. You’re forcing me to 43.9kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
- 28 Livestream: One Song, "Tears of a Dancer," Leaves Dai Xiaomei Stunned 直播：一首舞女泪，唱懵呆小妹 [Livestreaming + outrageous antics + sign-in rewards + comedy + absurdity + female streamer + female entertainer] Jiang Yun unexpectedly obtains a livestream sign-in System. All he has to do is livestream to receive sign-in rewards! To rack up livestream hours and claim the System’s rewards, he decides to connect with other streamers. His first guest is the popular streamer Dai Xiaomei. Dai Xiaomei: “What talents do you have?” Jiang Yun: “I can sing.” Dai Xiaomei: “Let’s hear it.” Jiang Yun: “On 47.2kReads9.1Score3kShelves
- 29 Honor of Kings: Playing Mid Lane, Is It So Wrong to Be a Little Cunning? 王者：玩中单，带点心眼很合理吧 [Livestream]+ [Sweet romance]+ [One female lead]+ [The sharpest-minded mid laner]+ [Hero cosplay] Xiao Yun, a top KPL mid laner, transmigrates to the parallel world of Blue Star. Here, the mid lane is deeply neglected and has even become an almost pointless position. With his elusive Mai Shiranui, Xiao Yun takes out the enemy’s core players as easily as reaching into a bag. Yi Xing turns the battlefield into his board, delivering flawless crowd control and disrupting team fights. A bruiser build 3.3kReads9.2Score276Shelves
- 30 You Put Me on a Dating Show, So Why Am I Competing in the Peak Tournament? 让你上恋综，你搁那儿打巅峰赛？ If you could live your life over, have you ever wondered what the most comfortable way to lie flat and give up would be? Lu Ming gets a second chance at life. After spending half his life as a wage slave, he now has a shortcut right in front of him, and he swears he’ll seize it. He copies songs, books, and scripts without a shred of guilt. He doesn’t have that ridiculous need to keep his hands clean while pretending to be morally superior. He’s just an ordinary person who wants to live a little 37.9kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 31 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 26.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 32 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 36.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
- 33 Showbiz: I Just Woke Up, and I Have a Wife? 文娱：刚睡醒，我有老婆了？ When he wakes up, the world has changed! A lifelong bachelor transmigrates to a parallel world, where he’s married to a rising starlet and turns out to be a wife-beater? Gu Xingyi is on the verge of a breakdown. What terrible karma did he rack up to transmigrate into someone this outrageous? There’s no helping it. Life has to go on. And so Gu Xingyi begins his plan to save his adorable wife and child... 20.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
- 34 League of Legends: I'm the Unrivaled Pro on the Competitive Stage! 联盟：我，职业赛场通天代！ [No Female Lead] [No System] [Peerless Talent] [Crushing All Opposition] [A Dream Come True at the Bird's Nest] [Feel-Good Story] Season 7. Ye Qiu transmigrates with no System, just talent so absurdly powerful it's almost outrageous. When Ye Qiu enters the professional scene, every LPL top laner is in tears. Theshy: “When I lane against Ye Qiu, I can't even farm.” Letme: “My hands start shaking when I see Ye Qiu.” 957: “I'm Brother Legs, but he's got six legs.” When Ye Qiu makes it to the Worlds 32.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
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Reincarnated as a Villain: I’m Really Not a Lo*icon 转生反派：我真的不是萝莉控
Ye Wangchuan had spent eighteen years reincarnated in a fantasy world. Only on his birthday did he discover that he was actually a villain! And he had no System, no rebirth, no golden finger, just some “insignificant” family connections. Sigh... This was rough. To avoid getting taken down by the Chosen One, Ye Wangchuan began paying attention to the unusual people around him. And the first Chosen One he met... Huh? Why was she a little girl? And this little girl even had a System! He could take
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Invincible After Marrying the Villainous Big Boss 无敌，从娶了反派大BOSS开始
[Scheming male lead + big villainess wife + decisive and ruthless + no taboos + thrilling with a touch of sweetness] Ning Ye is reborn in the fantasy game world of Against the Nine Heavens, from the start as the Tenth Prince of the Yan Yun Dynasty. Blind? Cultivation crippled? Banished to the Cold Palace? The emperor issues an imperial marriage decree, ordering him out of the dynasty and off to marry in an enemy nation? A truly disastrous start. But luckily, the System awakens: [Ding! Given the
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- 37 Rejected for Marriage from the Start? I'll Summon Heroes and Build an Imperial Dynasty 开局被拒婚？反手召唤群英建帝朝 [Emperor + System + Villain + Invincible + Behind the Scenes + No Heroine + Decisive and Ruthless + Cold and Heartless + Building Power] Li Tianyuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the second prince of the Great Tang Dynasty, which is on the brink of collapse. But his childhood sweetheart, Lu Shuanghan, rejects his marriage proposal and falls in love with a monk. At that moment, Li Tianyuan awakens the System. Its very first mission is to wipe out Lu Shuanghan’s entire family, wit 6kReads6.9Score289Shelves
- 38 Reborn as a Nobody, but My Wife Is a Major Villain? 重生成废物，老婆却是大反派？ System + Slow-Burn + Villainess + Cultivation She was Di Mingxue, the illegitimate daughter of the current emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty, Emperor Di Tian. The current empress, Luo Mei, relied on her family's status as founding heroes to wield absolute power. She lorded it over the imperial harem and even meddled in court politics. When Di Mingxue was young, her mother was bullied to death by Yang Mei, and Di Mingxue herself was treated like a maid and frequently beaten. The suffering she endu 684Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 39 She's Dead! My Wife Is Actually the Big Bad 夭折了！我老婆竟是大反派 She unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a romance novel and, from the start, marries Jiang Heyan, the story's vicious female antagonist. The catch is that this antagonist is in love with the protagonist, the Sixth Prince, Gu Tianming. Gu Chen, who has transmigrated into this world, is at a loss. He promptly asks Jiang Heyan for a divorce, determined to keep his distance and avoid getting dragged into trouble. But just as Gu Chen is ready to let go, Jiang Heyan gets anxious instead... 24.7kReads8.1Score1.4kShelves
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After the Puppy-Like Heir Learned to Dote on His Wife 当奶狗世子学会宠妻后
The clingy young heir × the cold-faced but soft-hearted eldest princess The eldest princess has come of age to choose a husband. Everyone in the Kingdom of Qing debates who could possibly win the heart of this unattainable beauty. No one expects their own princess to be whisked away by a spoiled young heir just returned from Yanbei. The ministers shake their heads, convinced the princess and the young heir are a poor match: he is young, mischievous, and doesn’t know how to cherish anyone. They f
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Apocalypse: Three Trillion from the Start, Lolis and the Undead Calamity 末世：开局三兆，萝莉与亡灵天灾
[Villain protagonist + invincible + self-serving + not a do-gooder + ruthless + dark] [Little girl + affectionate intimacy + no male lead + ability theft + enslavement + undead] Two hundred years after humanity entered industrial civilization, the once-prosperous world had been left in ruins. As if to punish humanity for its greed, crimson rain fell alongside a red mist. Large numbers of humans, animals, and plants mutated. Electronic devices failed completely, and all species found themselves b
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