The Pinnacle of Gangster Fiction 黑道文的巅峰

1. 51 守 Tomb Keeper: In China's Ancient Tombs, Even Gods Are Forbidden to Enter 守陵人:华夏古墓，神明禁行 Moonlit Sleeplessness月愁眠Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted After Zhou Sheng fails to confess his feelings to the campus beauty, Huo Yujie, his classmates mercilessly mock his summer vacation plans. Just then, the Tomb Guardian System awakens! Tomb Guardians protect the imperial tombs of the world and safeguard the dragon veins of China! What Zhou Sheng doesn’t know is that his beloved campus beauty is the heir to one of the nine great tomb-raiding families! The very first tomb he’s assigned to guard is already being targeted by her family! Zhou Sheng: “ 10.6kReads7.9Score1.4kShelves
2. 52 开 From the Start, Armed with Just a Blade, I Slaughter My Way from Death Row to Regent 开局一把刀从天牢死囚杀成摄政王 The Evening Breeze as Before晚风如故Historical3.2M WordsOngoing [Ruthless] [Scheming] [Powerful Minister] [Fights Dirty] [Chinese-Style Enchantress] [Backstabbers Deserve to Die] Transmigration isn't about holding back. It's about doing whatever you please. The moment Chen Yan opens his eyes, he's in a prison dungeon, after his own father and younger brother reported him. With his life hanging by a thread, he doesn't hesitate for a second. He turns to a powerful minister and becomes his most loyal lackey! The powerful minister demands a token of loyalty. Che 17.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
3. 53 末 Apocalypse: I Took Out a Loan from the Start to Get Tattoos of the Ten Great Demon Gods 末世：开局贷款纹身十大魔神 The Burning Pig燃烧的猪Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible]+ [System]+ [Tattoos]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Stockpiling]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Passionate] The Apocalypse arrives, and the fiercer your tattoos, the stronger you become! After being reborn, Ling Feng binds himself to the strongest Lord System. He and his brothers and wife rack up fifty million in online loans, then build a shelter, stockpile supplies, and get tattooed! When the Apocalypse comes, people with tattoos awaken extraordinary powers. The more impressive the tattoo, the greater the 11.1kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves
4. 54 救 I Saved a Stunning Beauty, and She Tried to Hack Me with a Knife by the Bed 救了绝色美女，她在床边拿刀砍我 Meticulous to the Last Word一字不苟Urban644k WordsCompleted Chu Lingtian is a legendary man known as the "Grim Reaper Wolf King." He returns to the city for a top-secret mission, never imagining that on his very first day back, he will spend the night with a beautiful woman named Liu Bingxue. Afterward, Liu Bingxue takes him home and passes him off as her boyfriend. But it turns out she has a twin sister, Liu Huohuo. The older sister is cold and aloof, while the younger is uninhibited. Sharing a room with these twin beauties is certainly thrilling. After 7.8kReads8.7Score734Shelves

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   The finished product is wonderful, with so many beauties, I can't stop.

5. 55 老 I'm a Hoodlum: Two Strokes, One Vertical, That's How We Do Things! 老子是流氓，两横一竖就是干！ Nanxia N楠下NUrban167k WordsOngoing “Hello, my name is Fang Xiu. The ‘Xiu’ in ‘to the bitter end’!” In this bloody underworld where people prey on one another, Fang Xiu is swept against his will into one whirlpool after another! Only after stepping into it does he realize that the underworld is a bottomless vat of dye, filled with schemes, treachery, and betrayal! By the time he wants to turn back, he’s already sunk deep into the mire, with no way out! All he has left are the few brothers at his side, standing shoulder to shoulder 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The author's writing is good and his ideas are clear. You can read it. It's quite interesting.

6. 56 黑 Underworld Tyrant: Those Who Follow Me Prosper, Those Who Oppose Me Perish! 黑道暴君：顺我者昌，逆我者亡！ Please Let Me Go Viral Just Once拜托你让我火一次吧Urban963k WordsOngoing [Class Belle, I’m out of prison. You’ll pay in blood for what you did!] Betrayed by the class belle he loved, Wang Erchui was falsely convicted and spent three years behind bars. The grim years in prison transformed the once-young man into someone hardened by blood and steel. But it wasn’t until he got out and sought revenge that he gradually realized there was a terrifying truth lurking beneath the surface. The thing that had ruined his life was never just a love affair. It was a vast, carefull 12.1kReads8.9Score849Shelves

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   No wonder old bookworms are reading this gangster novel. There are so many beauties, battles of wits and courage, decisive killings, and punches to the flesh. The plot is really exciting, exciting, and awesome!

7. 57 东 Northeast China: The Tragic End of the Underworld 东北往事黑道悲情大结局 A The Years Are Like a SongA岁月如歌Urban126k WordsCompleted This is a fanfiction inspired by the tragic underworld saga Black Morality. It tells of the people who appeared and the events that took place in the four years after Wang Luoguo's death and before Zhao Hongbing's crew burst onto the scene. Readers of Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 1, Northeast Tales Prequel: Black Morality 2, and Northeast Tales: Twenty Years of Underworld Turmoil may have wondered what happened during those four years between Black Morality and Twenty Years of Underwo 3.8kReads6.8Score210Shelves

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   The new book in the Northeastern Past series, [like] [like] [laughing]

8. 58 至 Supreme Warlord 至尊战王 Little Dragon Fish小龙鱼Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After ten years on the battlefield, the God of War returns. He wields power over all and is richer than a nation! But his entire family has been slaughtered, and the mastermind turns out to be his fiancée... 862Reads8.4Score105Shelves

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   This is a place of crazy competition for money, power, and sexual desire. It is also a world of intrigue, bloodshed, beauties, cruelty, and the winner takes all! (Welcome to the real world...!)

9. 59 只 I Just Want to Redeem Myself, but I Keep Gaining More Lackeys 只想洗白，奈何小弟越洗越多 Year After Year, Thoughts Upon Thoughts岁岁念念吖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The short dramas [Boss, Your Brothers Are All Outside] and [Righteous to the End: Hongxing] are now available to watch. [Reborn + Underworld Boss + Ensemble Cast + Making Money Legally + Passion and Loyalty + Comedy] In his previous life, underworld boss Xiang Yue was sentenced to ten years in prison. His men were either arrested or killed. In this life, Xiang Yue leads his men down the straight and narrow, rising to the top. “Xiang Yue's here! Run!” “Stop crying, or I'll have Xiang Yue come tak 24.4kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves

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   Xiang Yue: I am a serious businessman! CCTV: Now let us invite a famous philanthropic businessman;

10. 60 江 A Gentle Breeze Rises by the River 江边柔风起 Mu Twenty-Nine暮二十九Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [System + family + one heroine + sweet everyday romance + lighthearted comedy] Su Jiang is a first-year university student who unexpectedly awakens a System. [Host, confess your feelings to someone of the opposite sex within thirty seconds. Fail, and you die immediately!] With no other choice, Su Jiang confesses to An Rou, the class beauty, in front of the whole class. Su Jiang: “An Rou, I like you. Would you go out with me?” An Rou: “What do you like about me?” Su Jiang: “Uh… your legs are real 67.3kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves

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    This may be the pinnacle of yakuza love stories (dog head) Hey, just kidding, but you can still read it, hehe (*^▽^*)

11. 61 逆 Wang Hao, the Inverse Scale King 逆鳞王皓 Bright Moon, Bright Sun皓月皓日Urban338k WordsOngoing A comeback, a defiance of fate. Bullied for years because of his weight, he finally reaches his breaking point and vows never to be weak again. He fights back, step by step descending into hell, and soon dominates the campus... 76Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The underworld is the pinnacle. The underworld articles I started writing in primary school cannot be said to be good-looking, but very good-looking!

12. 62 翻 I Can Turn My Hand to Anything: Two Horizontal Strokes and One Vertical, That's How We Get Things Done 翻手为云：两横一竖就是干 Lang Fanyun浪翻云Urban218k WordsOngoing My name is Wang Xiao, and my nickname is Xiao San’er. Those who respect me call me Third Brother. This book is dedicated to the youth I’ve lost and the days I once spent running with a rough crowd. A butterfly spends its life in love with flowers, wandering with their fragrance to the ends of the earth. Through countless hardships, I have no regrets about my golden years. 123Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These books are all fine, although some have lower ratings, but they are very interesting and you can selectively read them according to your favorite tastes.

13. 63 你 You're a Crime Boss, and You're Telling Me You're Taking the Civil Service Exam? 你一社会大佬，告诉我在考公？ Rainy Day下雨的天Urban387k WordsCompleted [Reborn + underworld big shot + law-abiding + no longer a pushover + business deal-snatching] Reborn in his student days, underworld big shot Chen Fan's first move is to clean up his act and turn his life around. "Payday loans are illegal? Then I'll pivot to a peer-to-peer lending platform." "My boys won't give up their bad habits? Put them to work delivering food and straighten them out." "Some backstabber is stepping on me to climb higher? I'll steal your business plan first." To play it safe, 115Reads6.5Score—Shelves
14. 64 没 I Didn’t Tell You to Join the Underworld, Yet You Became the Boss 没让你混社会，你却当了大哥 Xia Sheng Ya夏生呀Urban305k WordsCompleted [Not invincible, not brainless, no System, and full of passion] In the early 1990s, Li Luoyang was sentenced to three years in prison for accidentally killing a street thug while acting in self-defense. After his release, he chose to stay in the urban village, waiting for news of his girlfriend. Instead, he was unexpectedly drawn into one gangland feud after another. From disputes over table fees at a mahjong parlor to life-or-death fights at construction sites, he was repeatedly thrust into the 34Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 65 从 The Underworld Boss Who Came Out of a Martial Arts Academy 从武校走出来的黑道大佬 Trapped Cocoon困住的茧Urban367k WordsOngoing [Youthful passion + Ruthless + Absolutely no saintly do-gooder] What kind of legendary life will Gu Feng write for himself after returning from martial arts school? A young man in fine clothes, riding a spirited horse: may he make the most of his youth and live without regrets! May you wander far and wide, yet return still young at heart! 25Reads6.5Score—Shelves
16. 66 倒 Arms Dealing Is Just My Side Hustle 倒卖军火只是我的副业 Qi Gou七苟Male-Channel Fanfiction285k WordsOngoing [Action-packed] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Beautiful Women from Around the World] [Armed Forces] Jiang Chen served as a reconnaissance soldier for five years. After dying, he transmigrates into a world of film and television dramas. Like everyone else in the transmigration crowd, he gets a System. Unfortunately, the damn System only supplies him with weapons and provisions, or gives him a gang of bandit underlings... With no other choice, he can only keep pushing onward through a hail of bullets. 21Reads6.0Score—Shelves
17. 67 裸 Bare-Knuckle: My Years in Underground Boxing 裸拳：我打黑拳的那些年 Cold Moon Frost冷月寒霜Urban288k WordsCompleted Dim lighting, bulging veins, swinging fists, and flesh and blood flying everywhere: these are the familiar images many of us associate with underground boxing in movies. But real underground fights are far more bloody and violent than anything you see on screen... 40Reads7.0Score—Shelves
18. 68 从 Destined for a Life in the Underworld from Birth 从出生开始就注定混黑道 Ye Fan葉凡Urban809k WordsOngoing No System! No brainless antics! Packed with thrilling, iconic moments from beginning to end! My big brother told me to go to school and protect the campus belle, but I ended up reading her a love letter in front of the whole school? The son of the boss of a rival gang wants to be my underling? A gorgeous, wealthy woman wants me to marry her? It's gotten to the point where I don't even want to run with the gang anymore. I'm surrounded by gorgeous, wealthy women. I really don't want to work hard a 215Reads7.2Score—Shelves
19. 69 黑 The Underworld: No Holds Barred 黑道：无限嚣张 Two Scars on My Face脸上两道疤Urban1.8M WordsCompleted My name is Wang Yi. Wang as in “king,” Yi as in “number one”! My big brother told me there are three essentials to making it in the underworld: being ruthless, knowing when to endure, and having a plan. But he never told me that life in the underworld would mean blood and tears, death and farewells! Countless bones pile up in the wilderness, and the law's net is wide enough to catch every hoodlum. Of the countless gangsters out there, only one or two ever make something of themselves! And I'm on 7.6kReads8.7Score701Shelves
20. 70 江 Tales of Outlaws in the Martial World 江湖匪事 If I Think of You, Pear Blossoms Fall若念你梨花落Urban1.3M WordsCompleted When I hit the streets, I rely on just three things! Being ruthless, having money, and having tough brothers! These are passionate, fiery times! These are times when tough guys are everywhere! The moment I picked up a three-edged military dagger, I was destined to spend my life battling through the underworld! Don't talk to me about big shots in the underworld. That won't work on me! Welcome to my story of life on the streets! 4.8kReads8.5Score351Shelves
21. 71 重 Back to 1985: Don't Call Me Comrade, Call Me Husband! 重回85叫什么同志叫老公！ I Still Dare我还敢Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In Northeast China in 1985, an era known as the darkest of times: a young man, a hunting rifle, a heart full of passion, and a jianghu shrouded in gun smoke... In an age when might makes right, a man’s fierce devotion and true-to-life nature are what it takes to get ahead in the Northeast. A period novel, the rise of an ordinary man, one heroine, dual transmigration. 8.5kReads9.2Score628Shelves
22. 72 关 Twenty Years Ruling the Kanto Underworld 关东黑道纵横二十年 Crazy Big Orange疯狂的大橙子Urban3.0M WordsCompleted In the depths of winter, my birth parents abandoned me. Luckily, my adoptive mother took me in and named me Yang Dong. My sister dropped out of school to support my education and went to work in the city. I went to find her with my university acceptance letter, only to witness her being abused to death! Blinded by rage, I took a knife to avenge her, but I was framed and sent to prison instead. Six years behind bars, and my hatred never faded! After getting out, I set off on the road to revenge w 13.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
23. 73 让 You Were Told to Go Undercover, Not Take Over the Underworld 让你卧底，没让你统一黑道 Eighty-Three八三Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Undercover in the underworld + ruthless and decisive + no sanctimonious do-gooding + sharp as a tack] Brothers, this book once had over 500,000 readers following it, and kept that readership for several months. Quite a few people have adapted it into absurd animated videos and AI short dramas. I’m not a touchy person. You can post videos without my permission, but shouldn’t you at least show me a little respect? Couldn’t you include the original book title and the author’s name? Using Foqin’s n 32.2kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
24. 74 立 Planting My Flag 立棍 Imperial Guard with a Brick御前带砖侍卫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted At the end of the last century, before the rules were fully established, all sorts of people emerged in great numbers. They exploited loopholes, ran gray-market businesses, and moved between the worlds of crime and respectability. A young man returned from military service, only to be dragged into the underworld. More than a decade of life on the fringes followed: wine and laughter with friends in spring, late-night talks beneath the lamplight; hardship at first, then glory at last. He had walke 5.2kReads9.0Score400Shelves
25. 75 黑 The Underworld: Ruling the World 黑社会：雄霸天下 Simple Fish简单的鱼Urban8.4M WordsOngoing The campus beauty he'd loved for three years was brutalized and killed! Chen Xuewen, who had done nothing, was framed and sent to prison! His honest, hardworking parents both died horribly while seeking justice for him! After nineteen years of living by the rules and obeying the law, Chen Xuewen finally saw the true face of the world. “Those who kill and burn their way to riches wear golden belts, while those who build bridges and roads leave no bones behind!” “If others can kill and burn, why 165.4kReads9.1Score9.6kShelves
26. 76 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who’d Still Run with the Gangsters? 都重生了谁还混社会 Bored Little Bai无聊小白啊Urban3.1M WordsCompleted 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 222.1kReads9.3Score25.8kShelves
27. 77 什 Who Cares About Being Young and Reckless? Only the Victor Reigns Supreme 什么年少轻狂？我只知道胜者为王 Old Scallion of South Mountain南山老葱Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Campus Drama]+ [Street Toughs]+ [School Beauty]+ [Underworld]+ [No System]+ [One Heroine]+ [Not a wish-fulfillment story] Original title: Those Wild Years of Youth at School My name is Chen Qing. I never thought I’d end up going down this road after all… Disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional and is not intended to encourage anything improper. Please do not relate it to real life! Reproduction without permission is prohibited and will be prosecuted. New book: "After Getting Out of Prison, 7.6kReads8.4Score516Shelves
28. 78 全 Can’t This Entire Sect Scrounge Up a Single Decent Person? 全宗上下，拼不出一个好人？ The Little Fish Swimming Underwater潜泳的小鱼Eastern Fantasy4.1M WordsCompleted [System + invincible + the Myriad Worlds + fiercely protective + sect fiercely protective + decisive and ruthless + master schemer] Chu Luo, a disciple of the Forbidden Sect, has maxed out his comprehension and mastered a whole arsenal of forbidden techniques. But an accident leads him into the sect’s forbidden grounds. Just as he is about to be expelled for breaking the rules, his master, who has been in seclusion for ages, breaks through to the Great Emperor realm and emerges in time! Master: 166.8kReads9.2Score17.3kShelves
29. 79 星 Four Thousand Years in Space, and I Really Can't Die 星际四千年我真的不死不灭 Heart-Hunting Scoundrel猎心贼肝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsCompleted [Funny] [Passionate] [Shameless] [Ensemble Cast] [Pop-Culture References] A devious warrior An individualistic commander A flashy assassin A sniper who likes to fight head-on The four idiots of the human race wreak havoc across the universe. A novel with a shameless plot and an even more shameless author. 27.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
30. 80 成 Becoming a Tycoon’s Young Master: Swallowing an Industrial Empire Whole 成为财阀少公子，鲸吞实业帝国 The Hero of This Place此间人雄Urban2.8M WordsOngoing [Blood-Soaked Conglomerate | Global Hunt | Six Industrial Empires] In 1980, Shao Weiding opened his eyes and found himself the most rebellious of the six young masters of the Shao Group. Everyone laughed at him for turning his back on a fortune worth tens of billions and risking his life in Southeast Asia instead Then, three years later, they watched him smash open a Swiss bank vault with his bloodstained Rolex and propel the Swatch Group to the very top! When Watsons swept across Asia's retail 51.1kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
31. 81 港 Hong Kong Films: The New World 港片：新世界 Wusumulian乌苏穆廉Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the world of Hong Kong movies! He’s just seen the Four Great Detectives off, only to find himself in the explosive boom years of the triads. Gao Bin becomes a rank-and-file member of Wo Shing Wo. From then on, Gao Bin sells counterfeit goods, gets into real estate, and makes movies. If it can make money, Gao Bin wants a piece of it. Then he goes international, takes on the world, unites the Hongmen, and builds his empire bigger and stronger! Years later, patriotic entrepren 29.7kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
32. 82 柳 The Rise of a Kingpin in Liutiao Hutong 柳条胡同之枭雄崛起 Meow, Little Bunny Bites!喵小兔咬人啦Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Xuan Yuanhao transmigrates to Liutiao Alley in the Young Lady's Husband universe. Unlike others with powerful backgrounds, he has no family or friends around him, only a young brother left in his care by their parents. Watch as a great warlord rises to power. 3.3kReads7.5Score101Shelves
33. 83 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.” 55kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
34. 84 江 The Jianghu: What Is It, Really? 江湖，到底是什么？ Lord of the World 000傲视天下000Urban146k WordsOngoing [Pure Gangster Fiction] [Period Setting] [Underworld] Original title: Righteousness Beneath the Heavens Lang Aowen started out as a casino enforcer, making a name for himself locally with his sheer ruthlessness. Later, he avenged his brother by killing the man responsible, and the situation spiraled completely out of control. To save his own life, he had no choice but to leave everything behind and flee, becoming a fugitive in Southeast Asia. In a foreign land, danger lurked everywhere, and the 521Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Worth a look!

35. 85 黑 Underworld Saga: My Big Sister in the Capital 黑道风云：我的京城姐姐 Governor of Nine Gates九门总督Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Not for Young Readers] [Hot-Blooded Underworld] [Brutal Underworld Battles] [The Many Faces of Officialdom] [Face-Slapping Comeback] [Clever, Satisfying Read] He began cultivating at nine and went to prison at thirteen. In jail, Chu He mastered an arsenal of extraordinary skills. With nowhere to turn after his release, he headed for the capital and entered the underworld, winning the support of the capital's most captivating women. With ruthless methods, Chu He outmaneuvered every faction. Sta 5.8kReads7.9Score863Shelves
36. 86 黑 The Underworld: My Dongguan Girlfriend 黑道：我的东莞女友 Prefect of Shuntian顺天府尹Urban1.0M WordsCompleted At the turn of the millennium, I headed south to Dongguan with just 800 yuan in my pocket. Someone stole my wallet on the train, and I staggered into town after going hungry for three meals. I planned to keep my head down and work on an assembly line, but on my very first day, the team leader told me to take off my pants. I beat him up. Then I beat up the fourteen guys who came after me with machetes. Then I took on the whole street. The female owner of a nightclub handed me a gun and a stack of 529Reads6.3Score109Shelves

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    Underworld theme, harem, the protagonist has high strength and brains, and gradually grows into a white glove. The plot has logical tension and the writing style is humorous.

37. 87 黑 Bloodshed in the Black Abyss 黑渊血戮 Winter Warmth冬煦Urban262k WordsOngoing (Realistic + Period Setting + Underworld + Political Battles) What is the underworld? It is an endless abyss. Once you take a single step into it, you’ll be trapped forever, with no way out. To make a name for yourself in the underworld, you have to be ready to end up dead in the street or locked away for life at any moment. Now, let me take you back to the late 1980s and show you how the son of a worker gets dragged into this dark abyss and rises step by step to become a crime boss of his era. 439Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very real gangster novel, not without brains. The protagonist is ruthless and decisive in killing. Let's go into the late 1980s and experience the bloody past and love and hatred of the big brothers in society at that time.

38. 88 篡 The Fire Usurper: Ship Without a Shore 篡火者：无岸之舟 Black Ram黑色公羊Urban124k WordsCompleted The flames of war left Chen Hao an orphan. San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1985: a land of chaos and gold. His second uncle took him in and looked after him. But in a foreign land, he endured scorn and humiliation! Should Chinese people really let others walk all over them? No! No! No! Stir up the storm, and turn into a dragon when the waters rise! Witness a Chinese man’s rise to godfather! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Young and Dangerous boys who only know how to fight and kill will remain Young and Dangerous boys for the rest of their lives! I'm tired of reading those daily gangster stories that are mindless and cool, but this kind of gangster story rich in humanity and power struggle is more realistic. Watching this is like watching the Chinese version of The Godfather. It gives you a different real gangster story about how overseas Chinese rose up, allowing you to feel the Bible of men [laughs][laughs]

39. 89 转 After I Transferred Schools, My Ex-Girlfriend Became the School's Top Dog 转校后，前女友成了学校老大 Sand City Beach沙城海滩Urban205k WordsOngoing [Underworld] [Not invincible, not brainless, no harem] [Capable of every evil] That year, I scraped by like a stray dog. Then I rose like a dragon bursting from the sea. Who would dare stand in my way? That year, I was beaten at school until I cried for my parents. That year, I wielded an AK-47 and killed my way through the school, oblivious to heaven and earth! Only those willing to risk everything, daring to drag the King of Hell from his throne, can become kings! From school to society, from 34Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 90 黑 Underworld King: From the Detention Center to a Black-Gold Empire 黑道枭雄：从拘留所到黑金帝国 A Breeze Rising Again再起的微风Urban432k WordsCompleted During the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty, Li Sheng, leader of the underworld gang known as the Four Seas Gang, is betrayed by his subordinates. As he lies dying, his resentment forms a soul, and he unexpectedly travels through time to the modern day. On the day he arrives, Li Sheng is locked up in a detention center. Amid the center’s motley mix of people, he realizes that no matter how times change, human nature and desire remain eternal. The underworld will never disappear. The gang boss fro 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I can't stop watching it, a true underworld story.

41. 91 陆 The Legend of Lu Laoqi 陆老七传奇 Yan Juehai Loves Miaoyin喜欢妙音的炎绝海Urban209k WordsOngoing In the province of Rehe during the Republican era, a catchy rhyme circulated through the martial world: “Lu Laoqi, Li Changjiu, undefeated throughout Rehe; the Beggar, Detective, and Master Shang; Dalong, Qingshan, and Zheng the Crooked; the Driver, Drunkard, and Wang Chaojie; Pockmark, Du Wu, and Liu Minghu; the Twin Fiends, Kou Haiyang, and Yu Xingba.” It vividly described the eighteen peerless fighters of Rehe at the time. Ranked first was Lu Yishan, a boy from a poor family in the province. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 92 黑 The Mafia Boss Turns into a Beautiful Girl! 黑帮老大变身美少女！ Fei Sheng翡声Urban740k WordsOngoing [Gender Swap, Male-to-Female Romance, Emotions, City Life, Personal Growth] Chen Molin, the leader of Lingze City’s biggest gang, wakes up one day to find that he has inexplicably become a woman! Guided by fate, he meets Liu Peihao, who has also been reborn. Only by completing the System’s final task can he return to his original body! Under the System’s relentless pressure, he has no choice but to do all kinds of things that go against everything he believes in as a real man. Together with his 336Reads—Score—Shelves

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43. 93 两 Invincible Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之无敌 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban177k WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao was an ordinary wage slave. To survive in this damnable era, he had no choice but to go abroad and become a mercenary, risking his life for a living so his family could have an easier life. Who could have guessed that, through a twist of fate, he would transmigrate back to the late 1970s? See how Wu Xiaoyao, equipped with the golden finger every transmigrator needs, makes a name for himself in that red-hot era! 504Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 712Reads7.7Score135Shelves
45. 95 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 156Reads7.6Score—Shelves
46. 96 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 290Reads7.6Score101Shelves
47. 97 两 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Male-Channel Fanfiction636k WordsOngoing After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 308Reads5.4Score—Shelves
48. 98 铁 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical3.5M WordsOngoing Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 802Reads7.2Score—Shelves
49. 99 万 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban3.4M WordsOngoing Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 979Reads6.4Score—Shelves
50. 100 穿 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical673k WordsCompleted A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 614Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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