Looking for a Novel with No Female Lead, a Smart Protagonist, and Decisive Action 求一本无女主主角智商在线杀伐果断的书
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If I Summon the Great Emperor Ancestor, How Will You Respond? 我若叫出大帝老祖，阁下如何应对
(Villain + domineering + ruthless + invincible + strategic + no System) I, Gu Tianxing, am the villain chosen by fate. In this world, there is no right or wrong, no absolute evil, and no false goodness. Those protagonists who charge skyward with a System and a golden finger are the ones who break the laws of heaven and earth. “Gu Tianxing, you devil! We’re from the same hometown, both from Blue Star, and you still want to hurt me? Have I ever wronged you?” Xu De roared furiously. He came from Bl
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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Master, Big Brother and Second Brother Are Fighting Again 师父，大师兄和二师兄又打起来了
Original title: My Senior Brother Is Too Strong The eldest senior brother is diligent and tireless, while the second senior brother likes to sneak off and take it easy. The eldest senior brother is hailed as a genius, while the second is the disgrace of the sect. Until one day, the junior sister discovers that the second senior brother is pretty amazing too... This blurb does it no justice. Read the story for yourself...
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I Get Stronger by Eating Ghosts 我，吃鬼就变强
Why does the headless ghost in the hospital keep praying at midnight? Why does the skin-stealing ghost in the desolate mountain village wail without stopping? And why does the long-haired female ghost in the studio apartment shriek in the middle of the night? None of this is a distortion of human nature, much less a collapse of morality. It’s just that… someone’s having an episode! In an age when horror has returned and vengeful ghosts run rampant, Bai Yuan, dressed in a hospital gown, smiled ca
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Stay Low: Immortal from the Start, Cultivation Is Just a Side Hustle! 苟住：开局长生，修仙只是副业！
[Play the pig to eat the tiger] + [No System] + [No female lead] + [Immortality] + [Cautious survival] + [Smart characters] + [Story-driven] Lin Ming transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. He has no special talents, except that he lives longer than other people. His starting point is everyone else’s finish line. For him, martial arts and cultivation are merely ways to protect himself, more like side pursuits. To keep the secret of his immortality safe, he never takes a Dao companion, yet he is a reg
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I Can Know Everything Through a Broken Jade Pendant 我靠残玉知晓一切
Synopsis (No female lead - part-time mastermind - decisive and ruthless - remaking the world - passionate) A fragment of jade puts Wang Ding, a man from another world, on the stage of the vast universe. It lets him experience the lives of countless powerful figures and live through, witness, and take part in the crimson revolution sweeping across the worlds. The countless fallen heroes and noble souls who press forward, generation after generation, will remake the world with their roars. “We wil
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Golden Pages in the Mist: The Secret Scroll of Immortality 雾中金页：长生密卷
Horror Cultivation + No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless Wang Qingshan, a visitor from another land, arrives at Blackstone Castle in a world of dusk. A lost cultivation civilization, an age of desperate relics, rampant aberrations, a deranged world, and demonic corruption have made this already dark world darker still. Standing atop a mountain, Wang Qingshan looks at the shadow blocking out the sky above the mist and laughs wildly. “My power comes entirely from my own hard work.” “Golden page
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The Immortal Path of the Uncanny 诡道仙路
[Uncanny cultivation, no female lead, mortal protagonist] A black sun hangs in the sky, and the Uncanny Realm invades! Mortal Zhou Yi transmigrates into this world and makes a living by writing for others. One day, starving and freezing, he is hired by the sinister Shopkeeper Dong to copy ancient texts. By chance, he activates a beast-hide Bagua diagram and uses it to refine a perfect uncanny technique, killing the sinister shopkeeper. As he cultivates, he discovers that this world has long been
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The Immortal Food of Mankind 人种仙食
"Weird Cultivation, Behind-the-Scenes Story" The Tang Dynasty: strange things are coming. When Li Qing transmigrated here, he thought Mr. Huayue had kindly taken him in. Little did he know that the man saw him only as livestock to be raised for food. At the brink of life and death, the jade tablet on Li Qing revealed its power, gravely wounding Mr. Huayue and allowing him to escape. But the danger was far from over. The scheme of the Six Paths and Eight Immortals to devour all living beings had
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Starting as a Hunter, I Slaughter My Way Through the Myriad Worlds 从成为猎杀者开始杀穿诸天万界
[Infinite flow, the Myriad Worlds, original worlds, decisive killing, no female lead] After Chu Yunhan was chosen by the Tower of Guixu, which governs the infinite multiverse, to become a hunter, his talent, Spirit-Slaying, granted him the ability to absorb the power of souls through killing, strengthening himself and deducing cultivation techniques. To survive, he had no choice but to descend into one terrifying world after another and face endless slaughter. When his presence spread across the
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Charge One Silver Coin More, and Even the Great Emperor Has to Pay 贪一银加一点大帝来了也得交银子
The Red Fruit short drama is now available: As a Brocade Guard, I Hold All the Power. Is That a Problem? (Ruthless and decisive + no distinction between good and evil, only different sides + clear-headed. In short, rest assured and enjoy the read. Go away if you're a bleeding heart.) On the Xuanqing Continent, people revered the martial path to its very limits, even seeking immortality and the Dao. Li Hanjiang transmigrated to this continent, into the territory of an empire called Chiyan. Perhap
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In the Apocalypse, I Live It Up Among the Living and Keep Myself Alive 天灾末世我在人间享乐偷生
Natural disasters and the apocalypse, stockpiling supplies, a pocket dimension, no zombies or mutations, and no female lead. The male protagonist faces one extreme natural disaster after another: torrential rain, extreme cold, extreme heat, plague, polar night, polar day, earthquakes, and tsunamis! And then there are his savage fellow survivors!
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The Saintess Is Cool and Kind. How Could She Be the Villain? 圣女清冷善良，怎么可能是反派？
[System-driven + villainess protagonist + egoist + top prodigy + near-invincible power fantasy + no romance (no male consorts)] After transmigrating, Nan Xian becomes a fake prodigy used by a top family to save face. She is about to fight the real prodigy. Should she just wait to die? No rush, the System is here to help. [Ding! The Ultimate Villain System is at your service.] [Humiliate your arrogant fiancé and get a divine beast mount as a reward.] Nan Xian: Kill him. Her younger siblings are d
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Flames Shall Stand Above the Stars 火焰，将立于群星之上
Everyone knows there are three kinds of mages: 1. Mages who cast spells with intelligent assistance 2. Mages who only know how to reuse spell frameworks 3. Archmages who use knowledge and mana to move the elements So where do mages who wield a deeper understanding fit in? “Luo Wen Yi, you're not fit to be a mage! A deeper understanding? You call that a deeper understanding?! It's nothing but a crude warrior's delusion!” “But... if it exists, there must be a reason.” “You're a disgrace to mages!”
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The Not-So-Cold Magician 不太冷的魔术师
[Publication Contract Signed, Safe to Read][Tales of Youth][Everyone Has Common Sense][Absolutely Wonderful][Magic][Distinctive Characters][No Female Lead] My name is Jin Feichen. Draped in the twilight of my youth, I once thought I would muddle through life, relying on taxpayers to support me forever. I thought that would be my fate. However, all of that came to an end on a rainy afternoon. Youth is a grand stage. On that evening when rain poured down in torrents, the stage reached out to me, a
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No Demonic Physique, Yet I’m Still an Invincible Villain 没有魔体，我照样是无敌反派
Who says a Villain has to be born with a demonic body? Who says the Son of Destiny has to have all his fortune drained before he can be killed? Yun Yuan possesses the Supreme Sacred Immortal Heart, and he can still be a great Villain! Even Sons of Destiny with their luck intact can be killed outright! After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Yun Yuan became the young master of an Immortal Clan, with an invincible background, supreme talent, and an awakened sign-in System! From the start, he seem
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Demon Cult Heir from the Start, and You Want Me to Do Good Deeds? 开局魔教魔子，你让我行善积德？
[Fantasy, Wild Imagination, Transmigration, System, Ruthless, No Saintly Hero, Power Fantasy] Su Jiuyou unexpectedly transmigrates to a fantasy world, where he becomes the Demon Child of the Eternal Demon Cult and activates the Good Deeds and Virtue System. All he has to do is perform good deeds in his daily life to receive generous rewards from the System. But Su Jiuyou is a member of the demonic path. Making him do good deeds? Isn't that completely turning the world upside down and taking adva
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I Command 300,000 Cavalry, Yet You Dare Order My Execution? 手握三十万铁骑，下旨赐死我？
“By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: The Prince of Beiliang, Li Kunlun, was defeated by Dali, and the frontier army suffered heavy casualties. This defeat was entirely due to Li Kunlun’s ambition, arrogance, and incompetence. Though Li Kunlun died in battle, his crimes cannot be forgiven. He is hereby awarded a cup of poisoned wine, and his son, Li Luo’an, is ordered to atone with his life. So decreed!” “Execute me? Who, exactly? I command three hundred thousand iron cavalry and sever
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Late in the Day 行止晚
[Devoted love + emperor and empress + tragic palace romance] 145,000 readers gave it top ratings, and countless readers cried their way through it! The year’s breakout historical romance, a heartache readers can’t forget. A clear-eyed, sweet empress VS a proud emperor whose love never wavers. Born into the imperial family, how can everything ever go as you wish? May we remain together forever, and may I keep you safe and at peace. A gentleman’s word is his bond. In a daze, I saw the moon rise.
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Supreme Asura 至尊修罗
Prove the path of love through slaughter, and write the name of the Asura in blood! Corrupt villains rule, and chaos engulfs the age. A steel-hearted young man rises through sheer perseverance. After his father is murdered by a traitor and two hundred thousand brothers-in-arms give their lives with courage, Mu Feng, a battle-hardened youth raised amid the army's bloody campaigns, obtains the Asura Scripture and begins an against-all-odds journey of revenge. Slay the petty and destroy the wicked,
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The Number One Godslayer of Ten Thousand Ages 万古第一杀神
Earth’s strongest assassin transmigrates into another world. Rising from humble beginnings, he pursues the throne of the ultimate God of Slaughter. He battles ten thousand sects, ventures into sword burial grounds, enters martial halls, treads through sinister tombs, seeks ancient immortals, and fights ten thousand gods... Along the way, Su Xuan claims the top spot on the All-Heavens Villains Ranking. “As long as I live, the righteous path of this world will bow beneath me, and every villain und
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Eight Meridians Destroyed, Three Thousand Years in the Army, Then I Opened the Heavenly Gate with My Sword 八脉被废，军中三千年，剑开天门
[Traditional Fantasy + No Harem + Decisive and Ruthless + Thrilling Action] Ten thousand years ago, the Ancient Emperor Futuo sought to break through the shackles of heaven and earth. He led the ancient clans in unleashing a bloody storm that swept across the world. But heaven and earth wept blood, all races united against them, the ancient clans were destroyed, and Emperor Futuo was banished into the void. Ten thousand years later, the young Wen Peng enters the world bearing Futuo’s Blood Saber
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Kuroko's Basketball: Wait, How Did I Become the Villain? 黑篮：坏了，我怎么成反派了？
[Overpowered protagonist, Kuroko's Basketball setting, doesn't join the main cast in high school, single heroine: Satsuki.] After Fang Jilai transmigrates into the world of Kuroko's Basketball, he inexplicably acquires the Slacker System. He gets stronger just by slacking off, and as a result, Fang Jilai gains incredible abilities. By chance, Momoi Satsuki invites him to join Teiko, where he competes alongside the rest of the team. Daiki Aomine: The only person who can beat me is Alai. Shintaro
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The Outcast: The Rusted Iron Arc Begins, and Slaying Enemies Makes Me Stronger 一人之下：锈铁篇开始，杀敌变强
Jiang Lan transmigrates into the world of The Outcast during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Japanese invaders run rampant, and ninjas hunt down extraordinary people everywhere. Faced with these turbulent times, Jiang Lan has no idea what to do. At the crucial moment, his System awakens. Every kill extends his lifespan, and he can exchange that lifespan for all kinds of treasures. From then on, Jiang Lan sets out on a path where killing enemies makes him stronger. His battle in the North sh
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I Rewrote the Romance Script, and Female Readers Fainted in the Bathroom 爆改女频剧本，女读者哭晕在厕
From the start, I transmigrated into version 2.0 of a wife-chasing crematorium story, the “father-and-son wife-chasing crematorium.” My sweet and charming mother was fighting with my domineering CEO father, while I played the little kid who got hurt along the way. Dad didn't come home all night, and Mom coldly dumped dinner in the trash. I was so hungry my vision went black. Dad asked what was wrong, but Mom turned into a mute, all pitiful and wronged, and even covered my mouth. To make things m
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From the Start as a Scholar: Beginning as a Prison Guard in the Night Reverence Bureau 开局一书生：从敬夜司狱开始
[Transmigration, ancient times, slaying demons, System, poetry! War! Building a faction! Conquering the world!] No female lead in the early story! Don’t read if that’s not your thing. It’s a slow burn, so be patient and let the story unfold!!! Tang Ren accidentally transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty. As the younger brother of the Crown Princess, he should have been enjoying a life of luxury, but for various reasons he can’t be with his family. He plans to pursue the imperial examinations and make
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Who Says He's Just a Lowly Constable? 谁说他只是个小捕头的
Xu Pingshi transmigrated to the Great Qian Empire and became a constable in the Zhenwu Bureau. It’s just that this constable… Aristocratic clans: That demon has come again. Martial arts sects: Anyone who really thinks he’s just a constable, heh heh heh. Court officials: Isn’t that demon supposed to be a constable? Why is he arresting us? Xu Pingshi: A constable? When I go crazy, I’ll even arrest the emperor!
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Great Ming: The Lone Star of Calamity Who Guards the Realm! 大明：天煞孤星，镇山河！
A disastrous start! Zhu Yuntong loses his mother eleven days after birth. At five, his elder brother dies suddenly and his grandmother passes away. In the man-eating imperial palace, Zhu Yuntong becomes known as the “lone star of calamity.” Two great works in a row from a new author! The previous novel is complete at over a million words, and this time, you'll experience what it's like to be an invisible man in the history books who rises with a sword in hand. All of Ming will tremble beneath hi
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Naruto: Whose Idea Was This Trait? 木叶：谁家好人这词条
After transmigrating to the ninja world nineteen years ago and keeping his head down through the Second Shinobi World War, he now watches as the Third Shinobi World War draws near. Yamanaka Jing finally gets the activation of his Trait System. Superfast reflexes: [Zero-Frame Start]. Insidious and cunning: [Yin Release Master]. Unmatched stamina: [Sage Body]. He hasn’t even done anything yet, and he’s already invincible? Not sure. Let me take another look~
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Daiyu Has a Younger Brother, and the Red Chamber Is in Chaos 黛玉有弟红楼乱
Lin Jingyan, the eldest son of the Lin family, returned to the age of three. After lying unconscious in bed for two years, he woke just before his elder sister left for the Rongguo Mansion. In his previous life, after he died, he stayed by his sister’s side and shared her entire life. He saw that even the Lin family’s immense wealth could not keep their only daughter safe. So this time, I’ll do it myself! But don’t cry, Sis. My head hurts.
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She Takes Life by Storm 风风火火的她
[The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built
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Earthly Immortal: I Begin Cultivating Immortality by Farming 陆地神仙：从种地开始长生
The mountains and rivers stretch on without end, and the countless living beings are nothing but figures in a painting. A calamity lasting ten thousand years, ancient spiritual treasures: all part of the Great Dao’s ordained path. Cultivating immortality and contending for the Dao through countless hardships: all just lambs in a pen. Racing ahead of all others and transcending calamity to ascend: still nothing but a delicacy on someone’s plate. A young man from a small town, a farmer from the wi
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After I Quit Being a Substitute, I Eloped with My Ex's Sister 不做替身后，和前任她姐闪婚了
[A short drama adaptation is available. Search “Lin Che Qin Zhi” to watch] [Older sister steals her love + younger sister chases her husband after losing him + love triangle + married first, love later + one heroine] [Why does the newcomer come out on top? Because big sister fights for what she wants] After five years together, Qin Wei has grown used to Lin Che’s thoughtful care and endless compromises. She thinks Lin Che is her loyal dog, someone she can abandon, but who would never leave her o
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Journey to the West: Travelogue 西游旅记
An ordinary young man wakes up one day to find himself in another world, where everyone calls him the Tang Monk... “I'm doing the Journey to the West? Seriously?” “I'll see all eighty-one thousand miles and laugh my way through eighty-one tribulations?” “I'm just a gentle monk with little fighting ability, but my three disciples are another story.” “Amitabha. I kill to protect life; I destroy karma, not people.” “Wukong, once we've retrieved the scriptures, do you think your master could return
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Reform and Opening Up: Crossing the River by Feeling for the Answers 改开，摸着答案过河
[Officialdom: rural postings + university + planning commission + Qingqi Province...] A sales ace transmigrates to 1977. Armed with forty years of future knowledge and a keen instinct, he climbs step by step to become the most dangerous “player” on the board of his era. He holds the “correct answers” in his left hand and stirs up towering waves with his right. He lays his plans with finesse, placing his pieces as casually as if strolling through a garden. In Pengcheng, he brings the dual-track s
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Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Host Is Gentle as Jade 快穿：炮灰宿主他温润如玉
[Male Lead's POV + No Romance + Quick Transmigration + Slight Harem Appeal + A Few One-Sided Male Crushes] The Host Wei Yu was originally just a disposable background character. A bit player who barely appeared. He was given a cannon-fodder script. It's just... Please stop reading so much into things. I'm really fine! [World One: Uncle] (Modern setting) √ A plot point went awry, changing the protagonist's fate. Wei Yu took the place of a disposable character and became the protagonist's uncle. T
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The Red Tide Overwhelms the Qing 赤潮覆清
[No System + No Cheat Skills + Transmigration to the Qing Dynasty + Farming + Rebellion] In the spring of 1673, the twelfth year of the Kangxi reign, Wu Sangui killed Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, and rebelled against the Qing. The whole realm rose in response, setting off the greatest upheaval of the early Qing dynasty, known to history as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories. Hou Juncheng transmigrates to the Qing dynasty on the eve of the revolt. Chinese history has veered onto a dark pa
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Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起
[Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia
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The Amnesiac Genius 失忆天才
The first time I lost my memory, I thought I was an ordinary person who just ate and waited to die. The second time I lost my memory, I thought I was a forensic doctor, a hacker, a painter, and a writer. The third time I lost my memory, I thought I was a psychopath, an assassin, a doctor, and a martial artist. The fourth time I lost my memory, I thought I was an actor, a musician, a master chef, and a linguistics expert. The fifth time I lost my memory, I started wondering if there was anything
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The Male Supporting Character Refuses to Be a Tool: Quick Transmigration 男配拒当工具人【快穿】
No CP. The male lead is not a demon, and he won’t go around killing people left and right. If you’re looking for mindless wish fulfillment, please move along. After an accident, Jiang Ci’s soul shattered. To repair it, he must find the fragments scattered across different worlds. The fragments can return only after their wishes have been fulfilled. The first fragment came from someone whose family background, looks, and talent were all exceptional, yet he was manipulated into becoming a pathetic
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Curio Containment Program 奇物收容计划
When the curtain of reality is quietly torn aside, ancient legends are no longer mere delusions. Strange objects, forgotten, buried, and sealed away, return to this seemingly peaceful world, bringing with them dusty histories and unsolved mysteries. The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is a group of watchers who walk the line between light and darkness, charged with maintaining the stability of the real world. When a Warring States bronze lamp illuminates the whispers of the dead, when a lost K
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The Time Abyss Mystery: Seven-Day Reboot 时渊迷局：七日重启
Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, the mysterious "Seven-Day Cicada" suddenly activated. Seven bodies bearing ancient jade, hidden in a funeral home, conceal a deadly threat, and a countdown of murders begins a terrifying seven-day cycle. The memories of genius forensic pathologist Qi Zhaoxue have been altered, while criminal investigation consultant Lu Shiyuan struggles to solve the case with his "Eye of Time." Can they escape the prison of time and the secrets of the ancient tomb to b
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