Do Novels These Days Have No Brains? Can We Get Something Normal for Once... 现在小说都不带脑子了吗？能不能来点正常的……

1. 51 开 From the Start, I Bet on the Ram’s Death, and Now the Zodiac Signs Have Gone Mad 开局赌死白羊，生肖们都疯了 Questioning the Azure Heavens仗问青天Mystery118k WordsOngoing [A fanfic of The Ten Days' End + Zodiac Game + Life-or-Death Gambling + No Female Lead + Mild Adaptation] Seeds are planted throughout the story, and every question will eventually be answered. My name is Lin Xi. I accidentally transmigrated into the world of The Ten Days' End. From the start, I came face-to-face with the White Sheep. I did something that went against my ancestors' teachings. “White Sheep, I want to gamble my life against yours!” “Azure Dragon, raise your head.” “Heavenly Dragon 229Reads5.7Score101Shelves
2. 52 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 33.1kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
3. 53 逻 Logical Trap: Extending My Life in a Game of Human Nature 逻辑陷阱：我在人性游戏中续命 Bamboo Leaf Brew竹叶酿Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted Also known as: Logic Trap: I Keep Myself Alive in a Game of Human Nature [No humanity + original game scenarios + mind-bending games + survival through non-horror psychological battles] Human nature? Sorry, I don’t have any! I just want to survive! Yu Tu, who has terminal cancer, unexpectedly enters the mysterious Divine Cage: a ball-splitting game, the prisoner’s dilemma, Mafia… Clear the games, and you can extend your life! To stay alive, to hell with human nature! Gradually, even Yu Tu can’t 440Reads8.3Score—Shelves
4. 54 六 Sixty Mind-Bending Mystery Stories 六十个悬疑烧脑故事 Auntie Dimples酒窝小阿姨Mystery616k WordsCompleted {Mind-bending suspense + short stories + no central plotline + crime + criminal investigation + jaw-dropping twists + stories of ordinary people} Believe me, the world isn’t simply black and white! It holds humanity, family bonds, and love, as well as conspiracies, revenge, and redemption. And it holds you, me, and everyone else, all battered by the harsh realities of society… 481Reads6.4Score100Shelves
5. 55 我 My Horror Game Became Reality 我的恐怖游戏成真了 Dragon-Slaying Girl屠龙少女Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Warning: This alert is effective immediately and will remain in effect until sunset tomorrow! Please note, this is the Ning'an Academy campus radio station! The academy is committed to maintaining a pleasant campus environment. If you encounter a black cat on campus, please be on your guard. There are no black cats at this academy. Each flight of stairs in the dormitory has exactly 13 steps. If you clearly find that the number of steps is not 13, immediately find the nearest handrail, grip it ti 122Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 1 18 Hell-Level Horror Games: How Far Can You Get? 18场地狱级惊悚游戏：你能玩到哪一局？ Read a Little Editorial Team读点编辑部Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted [Deadly Games + Horror Survival + Challenges + Bounties + Mystery and Deduction + Episodic Stories] “Ding! Welcome to the Abnormal Games Club, ” Attention, players! You are about to take on different roles and enter eighteen deadly games. Play a bounty hunter in a game of pursuit and slaughter. Survive for 730 days while facing 141 ambushes, 16 attempts to turn you against your allies, and 87 traps. Play a criminal investigation captain in a word game, and find the culprit behind a murder by com 161Reads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 57 超 Genius-Level Crime 超智商犯罪 Loves Maocao Liquor 521爱吃茅草酒521Mystery479k WordsCompleted [China's Death Note] + [A high-tech version of Detective Chinatown] [Mind Games] + [High Tech] + [Mystery] + [Suspense] + [Brain-Twisting] + [Genius Protagonist] + [Multiple Twists] The world's most brilliant detectives have formed the Blue Moon Society, dedicated to investigating complex cases linked to abnormal phenomena among humans. How can a genius criminal who gained immortality through the quantum suicide principle be arrested? How can a highly intelligent villain who can freely invade ot 1.2kReads8.4Score186Shelves
8. 58 即 Instant Death Game 即死游戏 The Salted Fish Himself咸鱼本尊Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast, no brainless characters, no System, no harem, no saintly heroine. Enter at your own discretion.] A game is something created by humans to entertain themselves and pass the dull, boring hours of everyday life. But here, humans are merely one part of the game. They are pawns, bone dust crushed at will, or fireworks that fade into nothingness after a dazzling display. “Everything you have, and everything you have never had, is yours for the taking. All you lose is your life, offered 14Reads6.3Score—Shelves
9. 59 烧 The Brain-Twisting Maze City 烧脑迷城 Drifting Little Dots飘荡的点点Mystery139k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending]+ [Lord of the Mysteries]+ [Superpowers] [Not a Power Fantasy]+ [Not a Harem Power Fantasy] Lin Yuan, the sole survivor of a minibus crash over a cliff, had only just opened his eyes when he realized he was in even greater danger. Every step was fraught with the bizarre, and finding a chance to survive took extraordinary brainpower. One careless move, and his life would end at once! After barely making it through one deadly trial after another, he suddenly discovered that the absur 17Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 60 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 142.2kReads9.3Score12.1kShelves

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    🔥 "Start working hard today" - The Awakening System of the King of Destruction, a counterattack that detonates the entire network! The protagonist Su Yang is bound to the "Reverse Effort System". He can become stronger when he is lying down and lying flat. The harder he works, the more rewards will be deducted! I wanted to be a salty fish and wait to die, but because of my "passive sabotage", I triggered a gift package from the gods and became a full-level boss in an instant!

11. 61 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.8M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 36.1kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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    The reborn protagonist is not brainless

12. 62 港 Hong Kong Crossover: Starting Out as a White Fan 港综：从白纸扇开始 Cold Breeds Toughness寒冷孕育彪悍Male-Channel Fanfiction918k WordsCompleted Li Xin: Nicknames: Blade King Xin, Terror of Ghosts, Immortal Xin He is Immortal Xin of Hong Kong Island, the ultimate godfather of the criminal underworld, the uncrowned king of the underground worlds of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, and Southeast Asia's underworld philanthropist. At the European and American roundtable, everyone shouts, “Father!” Li Xin smiles faintly. “Rise, my sons.” 52.6kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
13. 63 反 Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 I Keep a Fat Rabbit家养了只肥兔Eastern Fantasy4.3M WordsCompleted "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 381kReads9.5Score67.7kShelves
14. 64 抗 War of Resistance: The Far Eastern Storm 抗战之远东风云 Douban Calculates豆瓣算Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The soul of a modern special forces soldier from the Republic lands in a bandit stronghold in Northeast China on the eve of September 18. Zhou Hao trains elite troops in the stronghold, brings scattered Northeast Army soldiers into the fold, recruits mountain bandits willing to resist the Japanese, and unites everyone determined to fight the Japanese occupation. Amid the White Mountains and Black Waters, he writes a heroic saga that moves all who hear it. 13.4kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
15. 65 从 Reborn in the 1990s: Shorting American Stocks and Oil 从重生九零开始：做空美股石油 Bin Cola彬可乐Urban3.8M WordsCompleted Li Fei was betrayed by his best business partner and his beloved young wife, leaving him trapped in a power struggle among the heirs of wealthy families. Unable to fight back, he leaped from the tower of his company building and ended his life. To Li Fei's surprise, he didn't die. Instead, he was reborn in the 1990s, just after finishing his college entrance exams. His mother was still alive, and his father was still at his post. Determined not to repeat the mistakes of his past, he began amassi 35.1kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
16. 66 港 Hong Kong Crossover: The Ultimate Smuggler 港综：最强大捞家 Scapegoat Prawn背锅大虾Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted In the world of Hong Kong Island, the Money Empire era has just ended. The four great detectives are long gone, and the underworld is in turmoil. The mighty tide of a new age surges in. He Wenyao, who has lived two lives, travels from north to south, crossing the sea to arrive. When the bells of the new century ring out and Lighthouse magazine asks its question, he looks around and finds no equal in the world. 59.5kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
17. 67 恐 The Haunted Teahouse: I Only Sell Objects of Ill Omen 恐怖茶馆：我只卖大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted The world is divided between yin and yang. Some people do business with the living, while others trade with the dead. I deal in the business of the dead, but I don’t sell coffins, paper money, funeral clothes, or paper effigies. What I sell are things you’ve never seen before, things far stranger still… 44.4kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves

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    Isn't this coming?

18. 68 恐 Horror Tavern: I Only Raise the Most Ferocious Creatures 恐怖酒馆：我只养大凶之物 Lord Salted Fish咸鱼君Mystery1.6M WordsCompleted Tucked away in a quiet alley is a strange tavern that can grant your wishes, as long as you’re willing to set up a terrifying idol in your home... 7.6kReads9.4Score901Shelves
19. 69 天 The Heavenly Coffin Comes to Town: Living Must Keep Away 天棺出巡，活人回避 Mountain Rain山雨Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted The year Jiangnan suffered a terrible drought, a coffin was dredged up from the river. From that day on, torrential winds and rain battered the region for a month. Floodwaters surged, swallowing countless towns and cities. I was ten that year. More than a dozen red Hongqi cars with Beijing plates, along with rows of luxury cars, arrived in our little town. I don’t know how many important people knelt outside my home, begging my grandfather to stop the floods... [Folk customs, feng shui. A coffin 10.2kReads8.8Score830Shelves
20. 70 茅 Maoshan's Strange Immortal: The Ghost-Realm Yama 茅山异仙之鬼道阎罗 Hanmo Yunqiao翰墨云桥Mystery1.7M WordsCompleted [Rural Maoshan Taoism] [Taoist Arts] [Cultivation] [Overwhelming Victories All the Way] [One Female Lead] I was born a stillborn. My grandfather borrowed my life for me. He said I was born from death, destined to become a king of the underworld. Taoists respectfully call me “Peng the Immortal,” while ghosts, demons, and monsters know me as the Ghostly Yama! Weasel: Do I look like a human or a god to you? Me: You look like the Celestial Worthy of Universal Transformation of Thunder of the Nine He 8.6kReads7.6Score717Shelves
21. 71 佰 Hundred Gates 佰门 Give Up Halfway半途而废Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Introducing the new novel, "From Mortal Flesh to Sainthood". [A slow start] [A male lead who grows over time] [Steady progression] The Hundred Schools of Thought each have their own extraordinary skills. As the apocalypse approaches, heroes vie for supremacy! The School of Diplomacy excels at political maneuvering. The Confucians can make their words come true. The Zhuge clan commands the arts of divination and strategy. The Military School can turn beans into soldiers. The Celestial Star School 1.1kReads8.5Score107Shelves

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