I'm in a Reading Slump! What Are Some of Tomato's Legendary Ensemble-cast Novels? 书荒求问！番茄封神群像文有啥

1. 1 全 The Whole Dorm Was Reborn: The Apocalypse's First Girl Group Goes on a Rampage 全寝重生，末世第一女团杀疯了 He Zhiling赫至灵Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn in the apocalypse + quick transmigration with the whole group + a truly powerful heroine and a thrilling read + no romance, everyone is ruthless + overwhelming combat power + conquering the globe multiple times + stockpiling supplies amid the zombies + passionate action with no rivalry between women + reigning as two emperors at the height of her power Luo Jiu and her roommates fought desperately to survive the apocalypse for half a month, only to die together in an utterly unbelievable 28kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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   The author of these two books has superb writing style. The first one has a logical group story about friendship, family and patriotism, while the second one is pure black and crazy.

2. 2 群 Group Transmigration to Detective Conan: Killing Conan 99 Times 群穿名柯：击杀柯南99次 Z Talks and Laughs Like a MadmanZ谈笑疯生Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted I'm back! Black-side + no romance + group transmigration + livestream + Black-side Bourbon The protagonist is a villain. If that's not your thing, please don't flame me. Jiang Jin has been a Conan fan for twenty years and a lifelong supporter of the Black Organization. He even joined a fan group where everyone considered each other family. He'd never heard of transmigration, let alone an entire family transmigrating together! And now it had happened to Jiang Jin. Bad news: They'd transmigrate 6.8kReads9.1Score782Shelves
3. 3 十 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 1.7MReads9.9Score234.1kShelves

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   I have to mention this - [Thinking] The group of high-IQ protagonists is online! The male protagonist Qi Xia is extremely intelligent. He calmly lays out the plans in the death game and leads his teammates to escape from death again and again. The teammates have distinct personalities, including the kind and brave Qiao Jiajin, the mysterious Lin Yu, and supporting characters with their own characteristics. Their story lines are intertwined, showing the complexity of human nature, and they struggle and grow together in a cruel world. [Like][Like]

4. 4 诡 Anomaly Containment Facility, You're Containing Me, a Human? 诡异收容所，你收容我一个人类？ Yi Chen逸臣Urban3.2M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [No Heroine]+ [Cthulhu]+ [No Tired Tropes] (Also known as: Sequence: Ascension to Godhood) The Dark Prison has merged with reality, and bizarre creatures are invading the world through the “Gates.” An organization has quietly emerged, calling themselves the Wardens. They keep the bizarre creatures behind the “Gates,” and capture and contain any that make it into the world. Lu Xiao accidentally fell into the Dark Prison and lived there alone for three years. After the Wardens discove 60.3kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves

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   They are all very beautiful group portraits.

5. 5 我 The Monsters I Created! 我创造的怪物！ No One in the World Will Ever Meet Me Again世人千万再难遇我Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Behind the Scenes + Ensemble Cast + Cosmic Horror + No System + No Romance] Also known as: Dark Revelation Gods and demons, dragons, and the apocalypse were once fairy tales. The mysteries of this world have faded from sight, yet someone has brought those long-lost things back into the public eye. And every clue, every lead, points to a man named Chen Ye. “Friends, would you cast off this flesh and join us in embracing evolution?” Extended blurb: Sequence 001: The Mimic Sequence 002: The Deep O 73.6kReads9.2Score6.9kShelves
6. 6 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 319.8kReads9.4Score29.7kShelves

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   The first one is urban supernatural, and the second one is ancient fantasy. You can see how authoritative it is by looking at the ratings and reading Life. The supporting characters also have exciting lives and complex and multifaceted personalities. It is recommended to watch.

7. 7 第 First Rate! 第一流！ Zhong Jiuling钟九陵Eastern Fantasy3.0M WordsCompleted [No female lead, no formulaic tropes, not a power fantasy. Excellent writing and a first-rate plot. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.] Year thirty-one of the New Era. Snow fell in the bitter cold of winter. Many things happened that year. The Divine Church gained a new Divine Son, the Buddhist faith saw thirty-six golden lotuses bloom, and a madman emerged from a crumbling Taoist temple. The North Sea churned, threatening to swallow heaven and earth. A tiny blade of grass grew in the De 67.2kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves
8. 8 被 Driven to Death by a Cultivator’s Mistress? I’ll Raise My Sword to the Nine Heavens 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 92.2kReads9.6Score12.1kShelves
9. 9 天 Awakened by Heavenly Treasures: I Can Engrave Anything 天物觉醒：我能刻印一切 The Leaf Riding the Wind御风而行的葉子Urban3.6M WordsOngoing [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 305.8kReads9.5Score27.5kShelves

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   Become a god at the beginning

10. 10 烟 Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.4M WordsOngoing [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 878kReads9.6Score204.8kShelves

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    You can read these three books. The protagonist's strength and IQ are all online [Cool][Cool][Cool]

11. 11 诸 The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 535.7kReads9.7Score73.6kShelves
12. 12 我 I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score191.7kShelves
13. 13 病 The Lovesick Yandere Is Delicate and Frail, Always Asking for Cuddles 病娇成为恋爱脑，身娇体弱要抱抱 The Playful Pepper Green逗乐的花椒菜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse485k WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + biological mutations + super-sweet interactions + redemption + devoted couple) [Welcome to the Doomsday Arena.] When the game arrives, Jiang Wangshu suddenly finds herself on a raft, surrounded by dense fog. The world is rife with corruption, and even its creatures have undergone all kinds of mutations... Fortunately, she gets a System. Unfortunately, this System is a little weird: she has to recite domineering CEO lines to activate it. Later, Jiang Wangshu acquires a defective do 1.8kReads9.2Score226Shelves

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    Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, are all what I saw when I was reading. The second book is also good to read (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ The subject matter is relatively new, the survival story is a bit sci-fi and a bit interstellar, it's really good to read (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ The third book has the heroine who is an animal whisperer and a top figure in the entertainment industry, ahhh it's super beautiful and the heroine is dedicated to the country. The fourth book was also found when I was in a book shortage. Entertainment Singer and Swimmer, super good-looking (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

14. 14 荒 Farming in the Wilderness: Livestreaming Survival in the Arctic Circle While Stockpiling Supplies 荒野种田：直播北极圈囤物资求生 Qian Ji牵机Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Alternate world with original elements + survival + stockpiling supplies + livestreaming + System + space] (The male lead gets barely any page time early on. Everyone is focused on surviving on their own, so those who don’t want romance can enjoy the first part without worry. You can leave after chapter 50.) Once the male lead appears, there will be plenty of romance. If you don’t like that, leave. Later on, there will also be interstellar and apocalyptic content. If you can’t accept that, leav 404Reads8.5Score103Shelves
15. 15 禁 The Abstinent Top-Tier Star Was Won Over by One Kiss 禁欲顶流被我一个吻哄好了 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Satisfying revenge + sweet romance + System + national darling] After being reborn, Su Liang becomes bound to an emotion-collection System. Already in the prime of her youth, she becomes even more captivating, drawing men to her from every direction. But all she wants is that one star, high above and shining bright. She already has an extraordinary affinity for animals, and after being reborn, she awakens the ability to communicate with them, too. At the zoo, she’s the darling all the anima 10.6kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
16. 16 重 Reborn, and the Whole Internet Is Guessing Who My Husband Is 重生后，全网都在猜我的老公 Mangosteen Pig山竹猪Modern Romance185k WordsCompleted [Showbiz + athletes + one-on-one romance + reborn + sweet romance] [Top-tier original singer x broad-shouldered swimmer] Mu Zhixin, a rising star who has just shot to fame, turns around and blissfully announces that she's registered her marriage. In an instant, she faces a torrent of insults, doubts, and regretful comments. Her name becomes synonymous with “love-brained.” Speculation about her husband runs wild, but she never responds. Then one day, someone notices that world swimming champion X 5.8kReads9.0Score722Shelves
17. 17 我 Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled 1.1MReads9.9Score285.7kShelves

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    The group portrait article has to be God-killing [Adoration] [Adoration]

18. 18 投 Investing in Destiny-Blessed Clan Members, My Power Equals the Entire Clan Combined 投资天命族人，我实力是全族总和 Sleepy Cat 9睡不醒的猫9Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing [Invincible + Clan + Ensemble Cast + Behind the Scenes + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Dominant + No Female Lead + No Romantic Tension + No Simping + No Holding Back + Decisive and Ruthless + Even More Exciting Later] Jiang Daoxuan transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes the head of the Jiang clan. He obtains the Strongest Clan System. His strength is tied to the combined strength of the entire clan: the stronger his clan members, the stronger the Host! What's more, investing in clan members 129.1kReads9.1Score10.9kShelves

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    I've read these few group portrait books and they're pretty good.

19. 19 武 This Is a Martial Arts World—Why Are You Teaching Immortal Cultivation? 武者世界，你怎么教人修仙 Fast Blade for Feel-Good Stories爽文快刀手Martial Arts2.5M WordsCompleted This is a world where martial strength reigns supreme. Lin Bei transmigrates into a small mountain village. Using the tai chi practiced by an old man in the park, he tricks children who can't train in martial arts into believing it's a cultivation method even more powerful than martial arts. Then a martial artist whose dantian has been crippled happens to hear of Lin Bei's reputation. With the attitude of giving it a try, he asks to become Lin Bei's disciple, saying that if Lin Bei is a fraud, h 7.3kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
20. 20 不 A Winning Life Without the Rat Race 不卷一样稳赢人生 Shangguan Su上官素Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted Li Xuan transmigrates to the Tianxuan Continent, where martial prowess reigns supreme and physical constitution determines one’s worth. Taken in as a disciple by a beautiful master, he thinks he’s destined for a grand martial journey. But then he’s found to have an ordinary mortal constitution, and is told he’ll never achieve much even if he cultivates his whole life. With no other choice, Li Xuan decides to give up and coast. He figures he might as well spend his whole life taking it easy under 35.5kReads8.6Score3.5kShelves
21. 21 全 Global Lord: Invincibility Begins with Summoning the Female Emperor 全民领主：无敌从召唤女帝开始 Jiang Dabai江大白Sports2.4M WordsCompleted [System-focused progression, breakneck pacing, no angst throughout, the Dragon Kingdom rises, all races vie for supremacy.] Jiang Chen transmigrates to Blue Star, a world where everyone can become a lord, and from the start acquires the Stone of Creation, which can upgrade anything. [Common Hero Token] → [Legendary Hero Token]: Summon an Empress from the start (not from One Piece). [Common Troop Token] → [Legendary Troop Token]: A dragon emerges, able to fight ten thousand alone. [Swimming Pool] 86kReads9.0Score8.3kShelves
22. 22 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 2.5kReads—Score134Shelves

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    This book is very beautiful

23. 23 惊 Shocking! The Holy Sons and Daughters Are All So Awful 惊！圣子圣女们竟然都缺德 Angry Hippo愤怒的河马Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Absurd humor and memes + no romance + laugh-out-loud comedy + ensemble cast] With a loud crash from the heavens, Chun Jin met her end on the spot. Dying was bad enough, but then she transmigrated into a book, and not only that, she became a character everyone hated! As the saying goes, a doting older brother spoils his little sister. In the original story, Chun Hanwen was the unluckiest guy around. Even a dog would have left its mark on him. But a joke should never be made at a person's expe 57.2kReads9.3Score9.1kShelves
24. 24 阴 The Dark and Dashing Senior Sister Has the Cultivation World Going Crazy 阴暗师姐她超帅，修真界全疯了 Cheng Ya乘芽Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted [Publication pending] [No romance + ensemble cast + strong female lead + sect life + everyone’s a little crazy] [The main cast are unhinged and shameless. The heroine is fiercely independent, loyal, and more than a little mad] Xie Qing transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character and finds herself struggling to survive in a sect full of slackers. Who wants to pick a fight with the heroine? Xie Qing will set the whole cultivation world straight. She encourages her world-weary 23.9kReads9.5Score4.1kShelves
25. 25 地 The Mad Little Junior Sister from the Underworld Takes Her Sect on a Wild Ride 地府来的疯批师妹，带宗门狂上天 Jiang Ajiangjiang姜啊姜姜Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone’s darling + all-around heroine + golden finger + ensemble cast + funny and lighthearted + no romance + steady power progression + face-slapping and punishing scumbags (I'm saving up bonus chapters and will update them after I level up. The author is crying her eyes out (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)) He Miaomiao is a junior clerk at the Underworld’s Mountain Spirits and Monsters Management Department. Her motto: Love every job except the one you’re actually paid to do. After being bullied at work in the Un 18kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves
26. 26 沙 The Goofy Junior Sister Steals the Show in the Cultivation World 沙雕小师妹在修真界独领风骚 Mountain-Watching Bird观山鸟Ancient Romance173k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s favorite! + ensemble cast + lighthearted comedy + capable, but prefers outsmarting her foes] After being hit by a car and sent flying, Ye Xin finds herself in the cultivation world she has always dreamed of. Who could have guessed she’d become a face-slapping tool, a green leaf meant to make the red flower shine? She lets out a long sigh. Well, she’s here now. What else can she do? Defy fate, of course. She planned to find a sect and quietly build up her strength, but ended up being 6Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 27 小 My Little Martial Uncle Really Doesn't Push Herself. She Just Wants to Kill the Female Lead 小师叔真不卷，她只想杀女主而已 Mo Caiwei莫采薇Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast] [People say the blurb did this book a disservice. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story.] Reincarnated as a doomed female supporting character destined for a gruesome death? No problem. Kill the heroine from the start, wreck the plot, and reset everything. This time, I'm the heroine. The original heroine was a pitiful girl born to a concubine. She had a lowly start but a powerful protagonist's aura. No matter what danger she faced, she always escaped disaster, ros 76.5kReads9.5Score11kShelves

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    Group portrait article I am really touched by the bond between boys and girls

28. 28 绝 The Unparalleled Little Scapegoat 绝世小冤种 I Took Great Pains我煞费苦心Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Pay, You Risk Your Life, and We Both Go Crazy; The Ultimate Scapegoat; Power Over All, Sword to the Heavens Someone has set a trap to make everyone turn against me. "It's fine. I have a System..." Luo Yinyou comforted herself. "Even if the System is a total troll!" The world order had changed drastically, and the flow of destiny had been redistributed. Countless geniuses emerged, but the most dazzling of them all was the young lord Ye Ci of Dragon Island, hailed as the greatest 43.6kReads9.6Score6.2kShelves
29. 29 师 After Master Started Slacking Off, The Entire Sect Became Invincible 师尊摆烂后，全宗门都无敌了 If the Sky Is Clear若是晴空Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Heroine + Everyone Else Works Themselves to the Bone + Ensemble Cast + No CP] Mu Shiyue worked herself to the bone for two lifetimes, only to be struck by lightning while undergoing tribulation. Reborn, she becomes the master of Wanxuan Sect, a small and impoverished sect. The sect may be poor, but her six disciples are good-looking, sweet-spoken, and great at getting things done. She absolutely adores them! She has her disciples train hard: one can make medicine, another can forge ma 5.6kReads9.2Score682Shelves
30. 30 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book as the Villainous Ancestor, and My Junior Sister Gave Up on Me 穿书成反派老祖，师妹弃疗了 Ben Zhijie本止戒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qin Yuan, courtesy name Yanwan. You can tell from the name alone that this was a child nobody liked from the moment she was born. And... reality was exactly the same! There was no twist! The X-novel writer stared in despair at the reflection in the pool: a white-haired girl with scarlet eyes... That's right, she had transmigrated into a book, into the fantasy world of a novel she'd written called The Lost Immortal. Everyone except the protagonist met a bad end! The "lost" in The Lost Immortal me 28.1kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves

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