I Want Player-as-Fourth-Disaster Stories, Not Black-Slave Stories About Exploiting Players 我要看玩家第四天灾，不要看压榨玩家的黑奴流

1. 51 第 The Fourth Calamity: Summoning Players to Work in the Post-Apocalyptic World 第四天灾：召唤玩家来末世打工 Yi Lu Wu易陆伍Sci-Fi & Apocalypse296k WordsCompleted [Fourth Disaster + post-apocalyptic survival + zombies + leveling up + infrastructure building + ensemble cast + no romance] Yu Yue, a 996 office worker, is heading home late at night when a meteorite kills her. After death, she is reborn in another world. A System calling itself the Planetary Guardian tells her this is the apocalypse and her mission is to save the planet! Yu Yue: ... Even after death, I’m still getting scammed? Damn it! Do it over! But there’s no do-over. Yu Yue goes from being 592Reads7.3Score100Shelves

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   🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 [The Fourth Calamity + No Romance] This book is pretty good overall, a short story. The protagonist summons players to work in a post-apocalyptic world, fighting zombies, building infrastructure, etc., Depicting the players' journey from nothing to something. Players also gain knowledge and wealth through the game, some becoming rich, others achieving great things. Those interested can check it out.

2. 52 第EN The Fourth Calamity: My Players Reforge Order 第四天灾：我的玩家重铸秩序 Steamed Rice Bucket蒸汽饭桶Sports3.2M WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity] [Lighthearted] [No Female Lead] [Western Fantasy Lord-Building] [Slow Burn] “Link a lump of flesh, a few bone fragments, and most of an intact brain with vines, then add a soul from another world, and you can create a ‘player’: a marvelous nuclear-powered donkey!” “Of course, I prefer to call them ‘patchwork people.’” After Ed transmigrated to a mutated world, he used his innate ability to summon players from his old home and put them to work. But just as he was planning to 81.7kReads9.1Score8.7kShelves
3. 53 辐 Fallout: A Wasteland World That Begins in a Vault 辐射：从避难所开始的废土世界 Long-Lasting Memories of the Seasons季忆长久Sci-Fi & Apocalypse736k WordsOngoing In 2287, 210 years after the full-scale war waged by Earth's United Government, the world had become a wasteland. Long-sealed Shelter 111 quietly opened its doors. Meanwhile, in another world, Ji Ning was minding the counter at a convenience store. As usual, he was scrolling through his phone, reading the funny, entertaining messages in his chat group, when a group member who had been silent for a long time suddenly posted a link... 2.8kReads—Score203Shelves

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   The fourth catastrophe is in charge of the process [laughs], but won't it be a bit too much for the natives?

4. 54 诡 The Strange World: I Can Summon the Fourth Calamity 诡异世界：我能召唤第四天灾 Loves Rainy Weather喜欢天气雨Mystery601k WordsOngoing The rating has just gone live, so it’s going to shoot up from here! [Weird World + Fourth Calamity + System + Management and Upgrades + Player-Centric + Ensemble Cast] Zhou Xu transmigrates to a world overrun by the strange and supernatural. He starts with a Blackstone Waystation on the verge of collapse, a Night-Quelling Lamp that could go out at any moment, and something strange knocking at the door. Just as Zhou Xu thinks he won’t survive the night, the Fourth Calamity System awakens. He can 3.3kReads6.5Score251Shelves

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   These are the books I've been following recently. Some are still being updated, which is too slow, so I'm looking for other alternatives to read. Quite a few have even been adapted into manga series.

5. 55 开 From the Start, I Summoned Players by Devouring Trees to Sweep the Wasteland 开局吞噬树召唤玩家横扫废土 This Fish Is Very Poisonous此鱼甚毒Sports223k WordsCompleted [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Behind the Scenes + Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland + Ensemble Cast + The Protagonist Is a Tree (Never Becomes Human) + No CP] Unluckily, I ended up in the apocalypse. Even worse, I became a tree. Fortunately, I could still summon players to scavenge in the apocalypse. Devouring Tree: Hungry, hungry. Food, food. Players: This game is so realistic. I'm gonna grind, grind, grind like crazy. Some zombies? Beat them up. Some ancient civilization ruins? Explore them. Some mu 620Reads6.5Score105Shelves
6. 56 成 Becoming the Creator God: Starting with Building an Online Game 成为创世神，从打造网游开始 Virtual Ghost虚拟幽灵Sports1.2M WordsOngoing [Behind the scenes + creation + Fourth Calamity + no female lead] After dying of a terminal illness, Lin Heng is reborn in a virtual space where he can observe the real world but cannot interfere with it. Luckily, he binds to a System and gains the ability to absorb the emotions of all living beings and create anything. To return to reality and become a god, he decides to create a virtual online game and shake up the world's gaming market. Players want realism? 100% realistic, with no pay-to-win 1.6kReads5.8Score103Shelves
7. 57 召 Summoning the Fourth Calamity to Conquer the Apocalypse 召唤第四天灾打穿末世 A Big Red Flower for You给你一朵大红花Sci-Fi & Apocalypse738k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [No Romance] [No Harem] [Ensemble Cast] [Ultimate Survivor] Chi Jing never imagined that an ordinary, uneventful life would one day make him a “chosen one” and send him to another world! And it was a world already overrun by countless zombies and xenomorphs! He refused to be forced into this! He wanted to call it off and go back to Blue Star! As a useless shut-in, there was no way he’d survive even a day here! Just as he was despairing, the golden finger he’d been waiting for fi 8kReads8.4Score636Shelves

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   It all seems pretty good.

8. 58 兴 Reviving the Han: From Starving Refugees to Unifying the Realm 兴汉：从乱世饥民到一统天下 Premium Peanut Butter极品花生酱Historical1.1M WordsCompleted My name is Han Yubai. I transmigrated into a chaotic age like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Originally, I had a happy family. My parents loved each other, my older brother looked after me, and I had an adorable little sister. But all of that vanished after years of famine. Rivers ran dry and corpses littered the land. The court not only refused to provide famine relief, but imposed heavy taxes on the people, while unscrupulous merchants sold grain at exorbitant prices. Watchi 31.4kReads7.5Score3.3kShelves

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   This book is truly a masterpiece. The early parts serve as a starting point for the author's boundless imagination, and the later chapters become increasingly rich and groundbreaking in their creativity. It can be said that the author has surpassed the original, and many aspects of the book demonstrate logical self-reliance.

9. 59 重EN Reborn as a Titan God: My Cells Are All Players 重生泰坦巨神，我的细胞全是玩家 Aba Aba Waibibabu阿巴阿巴外比巴布Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsOngoing (No romance + ensemble cast + Fourth Disaster + soft science fiction) Gu Yuan transmigrates into a Chaos Titan floating in the cosmic abyss, its body as vast as a star system. The bad news: he's on the verge of death, his body teeming with planet-devouring Void viruses, dimension-rending Abyssal parasites, and countless rebellious, cancerous followers. The good news: he awakens the [Divine Body System]. Using his [Dimensional Link] talent, he can connect to Blue Star and disguise the world insid 70.9kReads8.6Score9.4kShelves
10. 60 开 I Become the Main God from the Start, with an Army of Ridiculous Players 开局成为主神，麾下全是沙雕玩家 Ink Moon, Nightfall墨月夜落Sports1.6M WordsOngoing [Absurd Comedy] [The Fourth Calamity] [Main God’s Space] [Behind-the-Scenes] Ye Chen had just entered the Main God’s Space when it blew up. Just like that, he became a miserable offline Main God. To restore the space to its former glory, he decided to turn it into something resembling a virtual game. He would fleece the players he tricked into joining, using the money to repair the space. But as the game grew more popular and the player count soared, the space’s overall vibe started to feel a li 5.9kReads7.1Score419Shelves
11. 61 第 The Fourth Calamity: Tides of the Star Sea 第四天灾：星海狂潮 Mo Shengren墨生刃Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.9M WordsOngoing [Sci-fi armor] [No heroine] [Behind the scenes] [Ensemble cast] [Steady growth] After transmigrating through the void to another world, Xia Shang wakes once more to find the entire Origin Star System engulfed in centuries of chaos and conflict. The glory of the Orokin Empire has rotted away in the river of time, and its fall has nourished a host of new powers. The Clone Empire, ruled by an army of clones with little intelligence but plenty of brutality, has devoured the largest share of the Orok 3.2kReads8.8Score337Shelves

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    Then we have to mention this Warframe fan fiction.

12. 62 穿 I Transmigrated to Another World and Lead the Fourth Calamity to Conquer It 穿越异界，带领第四天灾统领世界 Lost Summoner迷路的召唤师Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity] [Sword and Magic] [Ensemble Cast] [Lighthearted] [Slow Burn] [Steady Development] Transmigrated to another world, where humanity is weak, how can one survive? After waking up, Chu Ling discovers that he has transmigrated to a world filled with swords and magic. Unfortunately, he has landed on the most desolate continent in the entire world, the southern continent. Here, countless races vie for dominance, while humans have been reduced to the lowest of creatures. At the brin 746Reads7.3Score103Shelves

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    All three are worth reading. The first one is set in interstellar space, while the second and third are set in Western fantasy worlds. [Thinking]

13. 63 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Rock and Summoned Players 穿越成石头后，我召唤玩家 Three Days of Fishing三天打氵鱼Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration]+ [Otherworld]+ [Farming and Development]+ [The Fourth Calamity] Charlotte transmigrated to another world. That should have been good news. After all, transmigration had become all the rage, and there were hardly any natives left in other worlds... And everyone knew that transmigration came with a golden finger! Unfortunately, Charlotte had transmigrated into a rock, one with special abilities. Even more unfortunately, Charlotte spent nearly a year asleep before the down-on-her-l 881Reads8.4Score103Shelves
14. 64 开 A Beginner’s Village from the Start, with Players from Blue Star 开局一座新手村，玩家来自蓝星 Mountain-Climbing Chick萌鸡下山Eastern Fantasy310k WordsOngoing [Fourth-Dimensional Calamity + Ensemble Cast + Behind-the-Scenes Schemer + Misunderstandings + Lighthearted Comedy + Passionate Power Fantasy, You Won't Regret Reading!] After transmigrating to a fantasy world, Chen Qingshan spent seventy-six years cultivating, reaching the peak of the Blood Refining Realm. But his poor aptitude left him unable to progress any further, and he had only three years left to live. Disheartened, he went into seclusion in a remote frontier village, hoping to coast alo 3.6kReads—Score293Shelves

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    [Fourth Calamity + Ensemble Cast + Behind-the-Scenes Stories + Dihua (Dihua) + Lighthearted and Humorous + Thrilling and Exhilarating, You Won't Lose Out!] I've finished reading it, and it's very enjoyable. It's a relatively new genre within the Fourth Calamity series. The ensemble cast and player interactions are quite good. You can level up in the starting village, and players can bring their cultivation levels back to reality. It's funny and exciting, truly excellent, highly recommended!

15. 65 恶 Villainess Cultivates Immortality: I Use a Simulator to Possess My Descendants 恶女修仙，我靠模拟器夺舍后代 Wine Millet酒粟Ancient Romance451k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, so it may rise later] [“Villainess” means my take on the Fourth Calamity + a body-snatching system + everyone except the heroine is an NPC + very weak at the start] The cultivation simulator has started. This run failed, and the body has disintegrated. Choose: 1. Soul destroyed 2. Take over a direct descendant’s body and continue the path to immortality. After transmigrating to the cultivation world, Yun Muqing becomes its lowliest mortal. She has no spiritual roots or 3.1kReads8.5Score371Shelves

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    That's definitely it. The female protagonist's fourth catastrophe led many to criticize the author for lacking charisma; it's the kind of legacy system often seen in games, like Second Life.

16. 66 玩 We Were Just Playing Werewolf, but You All Think I’m Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic 玩个狼人杀你们却以为我美强惨 Qiao Mu巧目Sports459k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Female protagonist + no romance + players as a natural disaster + light wuxia + plenty of pop culture references] * The Universe Peacekeeping Company has just launched a brand-new masterpiece, Werewolf: Wuxia. As a tester, Yun Kai's job is to find and report bugs while playing. Development Team: “I thought this was a multiplayer, online, strategy battle game in full-dive VR?” Yun Kai: “That's right.” Development Team: “Then why do you have so many skills?” Yun Kai: “Maybe...the NPCs 1.5kReads8.8Score189Shelves

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    To the natives, the players are a special race capable of resurrecting themselves from human bodies and occasionally killing each other. One native even confessed his love to the female protagonist in an attempt to prolong his life, hoping she would grant him this ability. [Laughing emoji]

17. 67 宗 After Her Sect Was Slaughtered, She Summoned Players to Wreak Bloody Vengeance on the Cultivation World 宗门被屠，她召唤玩家血虐修真界 The Ball Beyond the Mountain山那边的球Fantastical Romance515k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead + Comedy + Tech Meets Cultivation + Unconventional Fourth Disaster] In 20XX, a full-dive game called A Thousand People’s Journey to Immortality announced its closed beta. The game claimed to offer the greatest freedom, the most thrilling story, and the most beautiful sect leader. At first, no one believed a word of it. “It’s all a bunch of marketing lies!” Later, they fought tooth and nail just to get a spot. #I watched a streamer play yesterday. What the heck is cyber cultiv 1kReads9.2Score100Shelves

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    The female protagonist also establishes her own sect. It's not a transmigration/book-transmigration story; she has some connections to a nation. Players can create items and have levels. There's a large ensemble cast, with members from other sects having significant presence. During the sect competition, the sect leader can even grant leave to disciples! (⊙O⊙)

18. 68 我 The Girl I Control Is Becoming an Old One 我操作的少女正在成为旧日之主 Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [This novel has been contracted for print publication: cosmic horror + amber-style cultivation + villain protagonist + no System + decisive killing + black humor + deranged + single female lead + sequence containment] Xu Fei: “In the twenty-second century, all you need is a helmet with a brain-computer interface to experience a fully immersive game with realistic physical sensations.” “You ask why I chose this starting character? Naturally, because she’s a beautiful girl... Oh, no, naturally, be 771kReads9.5Score76.6kShelves

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    I'd say yes, it's very good. It features a female protagonist who grows through life and a quirky male protagonist. The author's previous work was *Lu Ce: The Abyss of Suffering*. Anyone who's read it knows it's excellent.

19. 69 我 My Master of Swords Persona Is All Thanks to the Swords' Imaginations 我的审神者人设全靠刀剑脑补 Lu Xiaobai路晓白Anime Fanfiction251k WordsCompleted [Touken Ranbu + a touch of misinterpretation humor + no romance] Rating just opened I'm a corporate drone. Working 996 and never taking a day off is just the norm. The company wanted to release a full-dive game called Touken Ranbu. No problem, I stayed up all night developing it. The game was ready, but there were no beta testers. No problem, I'll do it. [Please enter your name] “Boss's Dad” [Invalid name. Please try again] “Chi Zao Dao Bi (Going Out of Business Sooner or Later)” [Please select 2.2kReads8.7Score221Shelves
20. 70 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.2kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
21. 71 天 The Calamity Player Rejects Romance Conquest 天灾玩家拒绝恋爱攻略 Ghostly Green Flame鬼火绿Ancient Romance202k WordsOngoing Fei Zheng recently picked up a new game, a battle-royale survival game where you have to eliminate the other players to win. A survival-game enthusiast, she jumped right in and entered the game world. Other players: Get killed the moment the game starts, then camp out to take my head. Fei Zheng: Get carried in a bridal sedan chair from the start, then get treated like the protagonist's wife. What am I supposed to do? I just want to become MVP! The NPCs: A bunch of lunatics slaughtering everyone 832Reads9.2Score100Shelves
22. 72 H Harry Potter: I Only Wanted to Drop Out, Yet I Saved the World HP：只想退学的我却拯救全世界 Unsalted Salted Fish无盐咸鱼Female-Channel Fanfiction909k WordsOngoing Transmigrating into the world of Harry Potter, she ended up in Slytherin from the start. But Jian Yu realized that a devastating war would break out in seven years, leaving countless dead and wounded. To stay alive, she firmly resolved to drop out and return to the Muggle World. Getting into school is hard, but surely dropping out is easy? She soon discovered it really wasn’t. When she broke all kinds of school rules, the professors instead awarded her a ridiculous number of points. When she del 11.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
23. 73 废 Wasteland Survival: I Can Summon Players 废土求生：我能召唤玩家 Apple Candy Doudou苹果糖逗Sports518k WordsCompleted In the ruins left by the catastrophe, human factions reorganize. Immortals with mechanical bodies, gene warriors from Dawn City, mechs atop the Beacon of Civilization, and more... After Su Chen is bitten by a zombie, he awakens a Tinder Chip and uses it to summon players from Blue Star. From then on, a mysterious faction swiftly rises in the wasteland. They cannot be killed, fear nothing, and even dare to bite zombies back! They're clever, stay up all night grinding away, and will even raid a mo 10.5kReads9.3Score840Shelves

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    I highly recommend these books!

24. 74 女 Don't Be Afraid, Witch! The Players Are Here to Save You 女巫别怕！玩家来救你了 Steadfast Green Mountains铮铮青山Fantastical Romance596k WordsOngoing [Fourth Calamity + Female Lead with No Romance + Game + My Take on Western Fantasy + Light Ensemble Cast + Light World-Building + Strongest Female Lead] Wu Yao receives a mysterious invitation to participate in the closed beta of a game called Eldran: The Undying Moon. Then she opens her eyes on a pyre. The firewood crackles beneath her feet as the crowd around her cries, “Purify evil!” What evil? That has nothing to do with players. A fireball clears the field. From the start, I'll kill three m 40.1kReads9.2Score8.1kShelves

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    Girls' channel, this is for girls 😋

25. 75 氪 Spending Money Doesn't Work? I'll Get Them Through the Long March With My Life 氪金没用？我用命带他们走完长征 Luo Luo's Luo Luo洛洛的洛洛Urban1.9M WordsCompleted “Guys, whatever you do, don’t trust that designer named Luo An! He’s a fraud!” Kuang Ge, a top streamer with tens of millions of followers, is bawling in his livestream like a three-hundred-pound toddler, clutching his VR headset and refusing to let go. “He said it was a relaxing travel game, but from the start he dumped me on a snowy mountain in forty-below temperatures!” “He said there’d be no pay-to-win or in-app purchases, but I had to risk my life just to get a cold, hard black bun!” “He sa 118.1kReads9.5Score14.8kShelves

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    Our virtues are still not known to many people. The third book is very interesting, but why don't many people read it?

26. 76 谁 Who Taught You to Cultivate Immortality Like This? 谁教你们这么修仙的？ A Jin 121阿金121Eastern Fantasy193k WordsOngoing [The Fourth Calamity + behind-the-scenes scheming + chaotic players + infrastructure and farming + no female lead + lighthearted] Lu Zhou transmigrates to a world of cultivation and becomes the sect leader of the fallen Lingxiao Sect. The sect is in ruins, its legacy lost, and powerful enemies surround it. No problem! Lu Zhou waves a hand and summons a group of otherworldly disciples called "players"! From then on, the cultivation world goes completely off the rails. While local cultivators f 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [I also highly recommend it] This one is perfect! The Fourth Calamity ◔.̮◔✧ And it has no female lead! 🌹 The plot is very engaging, not mindless, highly immersive, and it fills my mind with vivid images. I guarantee you'll be satisfied.

27. 77 雷 You Call Us Thunderous Critics? Think Again: We’re the Fourth Calamity! 雷批？大胆！我们叫第四天灾！ Listless Zhang Jiangkun没有精神张姜昆Anime Fanfiction711k WordsCompleted (A true ensemble-style Fourth Disaster story. It features, among other things, War Thunder (mainly), full-spectrum jamming (mainly), Battlefield, COD, Eight-Treasure Porridge, Red Alert, and all sorts of other games. The whole book is packed with jokes, so stay tuned!) “What? Someone's bullying the weak? And they're picking on someone we know? Have they gotten too full of themselves? I'll send you flying for showing off!” “The Allied Forces? Who do they think they are? Just because they're the A 3.9kReads9.1Score355Shelves

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    After recommending this book, it's nothing more than the fourth catastrophe of War Thunder and the entire channel.

28. 78 第 The Fourth Calamity: I'm Really Not a Swindler 第四天灾：我真不是奸商 The Dao Gives Birth to Fifty道衍五十Sci-Fi & Apocalypse759k WordsOngoing Also known as “This Game Is So Much Fun” and “My Players Are Insane” [One heroine + survival + base-building + educational content + plot + slow pace + special abilities] Lin Mo transmigrates into a nuclear-ravaged wasteland and becomes the administrator of Shelter Zero. Taking on the role of a game designer, he summons players to this world. Ever since the players arrived, they've completely let loose. “What? We're out of bullets? I'll make some by hand!” “What? No weapons of mass destruction? 10.1kReads7.2Score1.1kShelves

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    A new book and an old book, both about the Fourth Calamity, are also...

29. 79 满 The Whole Sect Has Turned Evil, and Only the Eldest Senior Brother Is Righteous to an Extreme 满门黑化，唯有大师兄正的极端 Huan Buyu欢不语Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + lighthearted comedy + righteous to a wicked degree + cautious + no romance + anti-cliché] In his previous life, Lin Li discovered that his master had turned into a demonic fiend, his junior brother into a ghost cultivator, and his junior sister into an evil spirit in a cultivation game's instance. He raised his butcher's knife and slaughtered them all. By the end, Lin Li discovered that he, too, had been corrupted into a Heavenly Demon. He gave a cold laugh and immediately drew his swo 17.2kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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    The eldest brother is righteous yet evil; when he's righteous, he'll even kill himself. It's an anti-cliché fantasy with no romantic pairing, and it's incredibly funny.

30. 80 鬼 Demon Slayer: Players Want It, Players Get It 鬼灭：玩家想要，玩家得到 Drowned Butterfly溺窈蝶Anime Fanfiction429k WordsCompleted [All-pairings romance + full second-person female-reader-insert + irresistible heroine breaks up canon couples + wish-fulfillment + love rivalry] You played a game called Demon Slayer RPG. The game was designed for a high degree of freedom, and it truly lived up to its defining feature. It combined a variety of gameplay elements, including romance, leveling up, character development, and hoarding. As a beta tester, you had the chance to take certain stats and your inventory to their limits with 4.8kReads8.9Score907Shelves
31. 81 玩 The Player Is Lost Again Today 玩家今天也在迷路中 Duckling Wandering鸭鸭漫游中Anime Fanfiction850k WordsCompleted [Complete. Read with confidence~] [Mainly Demon Slayer, with JOJO and an everyone-loves-them ensemble cast (including familial, platonic, and romantic feelings)] [Please note: All pairings are broken up, except for characters who are already married. Every character and player is fair game] [One more important warning: Snake Love is broken up] [No CP in the main story + OOC warning for my take on the characters + powerful protagonist] Shan Qing, bored out of her mind during summer vacation, gets 1.6kReads8.9Score236Shelves
32. 82 1 1935: The Fourth Calamity from the Old Liberated Zone to the War of Resistance 1935第四天灾从老区到抗战 Tu Leidu秃雷都Urban1.3M WordsCompleted War of Resistance + players. No female lead. Yang Yu has the misfortune of stepping on a landmine. When he wakes up again, he finds himself in 1935, having become a company commander. At this point, aside from the few comrades he has left, he has no support whatsoever. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve successfully bound to a System. You can summon players from the future to this era.” White Dogs, Japanese dwarfs, you’d better not surrender! 10.7kReads9.0Score772Shelves

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    This is good, worth checking out.

33. 83 崇 In the Seventh Year of Chongzhen, Players Descend to Sweep Through the Ming Dynasty 崇祯七年，玩家降临扫荡大明 Tu Leidu秃雷都Historical741k WordsCompleted Yang Fan arrives in the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign, at the end of the Ming dynasty. With the Later Jin poised to invade, he admits he can’t handle it. Just then, he obtains the Restoration System, which lets real-world players enter this Ming world as if they were playing a game. Watch as Yang Fan and the players shake up the Ming dynasty. 3.3kReads8.5Score243Shelves
34. 84 网 Online Game: Contract the Tree of Life from the Start 网游开局契约生命之树 Purehearted A-Kun纯洁的A君Sports1.5M WordsCompleted [Lordship and farming + a pseudo Fourth Calamity + magic-tech industry + one heroine, the Tree of Life] Horne only wanted to play a game, but he transmigrates into it and becomes the village chief of a Druid starting village. However, this is a world ruled with blood and terror by vampires. Weak and helpless, Horne has only the Tree of Life he just formed a pact with and the Plant Encyclopedia System to rely on. Through the Plant Encyclopedia, Horne can bring plants from the Myriad Worlds into r 5.4kReads8.8Score447Shelves
35. 85 无 In an Empty Apocalypse, I Lead Players on a Rampage! 无人末世，我带着玩家杀疯了！ Bamboo Shoots Braised with Fried Food笋干煲炸Sports1.8M WordsCompleted Game designer Gu Zhe transmigrates to an apocalyptic world overrun by evil races. Undead, demons, dark elves, vampires, insectfolk, serpentfolk, and all manner of other evil races... Humanity in this apocalypse has already been wiped out by the evil races! Gu Zhe, being human himself, is in mortal danger! Fortunately, he brought along the game he designed. Through the game, he can summon players from Blue Star to descend into this world! In this lifeless apocalypse, Gu Zhe joins his players to r 5.2kReads8.8Score465Shelves

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    These are some of the better Fourth Calamities I've collected.

36. 86 取 Duplicate Name? I'm an NPC in an Online Game 取名重复？我在网游里当NPC Wasabi Cashews芥末味腰果Sports2.5M WordsOngoing The cross-era full-dive online game Hunt the Heavens has opened its public beta, and Liu Kongkong, who makes a living grinding for gold in games, certainly isn't going to miss it! Someone already took the name Liu Dameng? So what, I'll just pick another name. Could you hurry up and stop wasting my time? I need to make money! After a flurry of clicking, huh? I haven't even changed my name, so why am I already in the game? Liu Kongkong discovered that the character he'd created had somehow become 41.7kReads8.4Score4.9kShelves

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    I love reading them all; I've personally read them all and am almost finished. I read the second book a while ago, and I don't recall any major flaws. The only part I found a bit off about the first book was the part with the big, clumsy duck and the princess—it just didn't make sense to me, but it served as an introduction. Otherwise, it was fine.

37. 87 第 Fourth Calamity: You Damn Game Dev, Get Out Here! 第四天灾，狗策划你给我滚出来！ Puk Gai Xiaojie扑该小杰Sports459k WordsCompleted [The Fourth Calamity] [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Game Novel] [Players] [Absurd Comedy] [Multiple Worlds] Luo Qi is bound to a dilapidated Lord God Space, but the Lord God refuses to give up on reclaiming its former glory. “What? You want me to recruit reincarnators? Lord God, times have changed.” “Look at them. Reincarnators who can die in an instant can't compare to fearless, ridiculous players…” Luo Qi stands at the peak of the myriad heavens with countless players decked out in all kinds of b 717Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    All of them are the Fourth Calamity

38. 88 三 Three Kingdoms: My Subordinates Are All Players 三国之我的手下都是玩家 Li Shisanzhang李十三章Historical476k WordsCompleted Liu Boyu transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era, becoming the Prince of Donghai. He activates the System for conquering the Three Kingdoms, which lets him summon players from his original world to serve as his retainers! In Liu Boyu and his summoned players' eyes, the real Three Kingdoms has become a game. And so everything in Liu Boyu's territory takes a sudden turn for the bizarre! The players who love to talk big every day launch verbal battles against groups of scholars, leaving the Three K 31Reads6.2Score—Shelves
39. 89 我 All My Followers Are Hilarious Players 我的眷族全是沙雕玩家 Funny Senior Brother滑稽大师兄Sports541k WordsCompleted [The Only One on the Entire Site!] [Hilarious Players!] After transmigrating to another world three years ago, Sheen, a vampire baron, has finally gained a group of followers of his own. But every last one of them is a bunch of ridiculous players! And so the whole world takes a bizarre turn! Xiao Huohuo: “Hahaha, we finally did it, guys! Watch my Explosive Flame spell!” Frost Archer: “What’s so special about your Explosive Flame spell? My infinite kite strategy is the real deal. I can kite monst 38Reads6.7Score—Shelves
40. 90 洪 Honghuang: All My Underlings Are Ridiculous Players 洪荒：我的手下都是沙雕玩家 Three Feet Off the Ground离地三尺Eastern Fantasy226k WordsCompleted The protagonist transmigrates into the Primordial World as Hong Yun, the famously kind-hearted immortal, activates the game Primordial World, and summons a bunch of goofy players! The once-serious Primordial World suddenly takes a bizarre turn! Hongjun: "Hong Yun's subordinates are all unpredictable variables?" Zhen Yuanzi: "Hong Yun, your people keep doing weird things to me. Aren't you going to do something about it?" Kunpeng: "Stop saying you're going to conquer me! I'm really not a world bos 123Reads8.5Score—Shelves
41. 91 我 I Have a Bunch of Hilarious Players 我有一群沙雕玩家 Bubble Tang泡泡唐Sports853k WordsCompleted [Behind-the-Scenes] [The Fourth Calamity] [Lighthearted] [Online Game Style] “Men! Flatten this world for me! Bring it under our rule!” The Demon Lord pointed toward the Land of Primordial Dawn as countless demons and evil spirits came through spatial portals. “O brave heroes who protect the world!” The goddess radiated divine light, her spirited voice ringing across the heavens and earth as she spread her arms toward every direction. “Us!” A group of strange creatures appeared, each with a colo 1.3kReads8.8Score109Shelves
42. 92 我 My Hilarious Players Are Fierce 我的沙雕玩家贼生猛 Nian Zhuying念烛影Eastern Fantasy501k WordsCompleted [Fantasy game] [Absurd comedy] [Plot-driven] [Struggle for supremacy] After being reborn, Wang Chen plunged into this age of great contention, where people gathered faith and forged thrones for immortals and gods. He created [Shanhai Expedition] and brought in countless imaginative Chinese players, then began a campaign of domination all his own. “Everyone, I really am not the final boss!” “I told you to cultivate and kill monsters. Why have you brought out an Italian cannon? That’s cheating, I’ 216Reads8.8Score—Shelves
43. 93 玩 The Players Are So Overpowered, the Cultivation World Is Stunned! 玩家过于逆天，修仙界震惊！ Qi Boning祁伯宁Eastern Fantasy258k WordsCompleted Su Yu transmigrates to Qingzhou, in the Nine Provinces, a land overrun by demonic beasts. After activating the Strongest Sect System, he becomes the head of Qingyun Sect and summons players from Blue Star to descend upon the world. Later, cultivators stationed at the Nine Provinces’ border with Qingzhou gradually notice that the beast tides, once a frequent sight, have become increasingly rare. Before long, they discover cultivators in Qingzhou, and then they find Qingyun Sect. The cultivators o 52Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 94 国 National Fate: Summoning the Fourth Calamity from the Start 国运：开局召唤第四天灾 Not Even Half a Cup of Wine不喝半杯酒Sports451k WordsCompleted [National Destiny + Livestreaming + Summoning + Game Equipment, and More] Zhang Yao, who possesses a transmigration System, transmigrates to a parallel world whose energy resources have run dry. The parallel world is holding a global selection: each of its 222 countries chooses one person to become its Chosen One, enter the battlefield, and be bound to their nation's destiny! Whenever a Chosen One completes a battlefield mission, their country receives benefits: the entire population gains lifes 548Reads8.8Score100Shelves
45. 95 玩 Player Summons: I Am the Calamity 玩家召唤：朕即是天灾 I'm the Emperor of Luck我是欧皇Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (An Emperor Summons Players + Fourth Calamity! Hilarious! Invincible Power Fantasy!) Qin Han, a game designer from Earth, transmigrated! He became the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty! A concubine lay on his dragon bed, a huge rebel army was massed outside the city, and the System was urging him to summon players... What was he supposed to do in this situation? Obviously, summon players, wipe out the rebels, then put his arm around the concubine and watch the players conquer the world for him! A 6.5kReads9.0Score581Shelves
46. 96 蓝 Blue Star Players Are Too Aggressive and Are Urging Me to Ascend the Throne 蓝星玩家太激进，催我登基称帝 Alona阿罗娜Eastern Fantasy577k WordsCompleted “Protect the Lord’s health bar with our lives!” “Charge, brothers! If we die, we’ll be back as heroes four hours later.” “The court wants to take our military power? Then let’s take that bastard’s throne.” “Don’t run, my lord! The imperial robe won’t eat you. Just try it on!” Li Xiao, born into this fantasy world, spent twenty years living in fear and trembling. In the end, the emperor still exiled him to the northern frontier to die. If that’s how it is, then there’s no point pretending anymore 1.8kReads8.7Score149Shelves
47. 97 末 Summoning Players at the End of the World, These People Are a Little Strange 末日召唤玩家，这些人不太对劲 Tang Jike唐吉坷德Sci-Fi & Apocalypse248k WordsCompleted [Fourth Calamity + No Female Lead + System + Wild Imagination] Zheng Yan unexpectedly finds himself in an apocalyptic world. An unreliable System upgrades online, allowing him to summon players directly from Blue Star to help him in this wasteland. Once these people arrive, the whole world’s tone takes a bizarre turn. Player A: “I hit this mutant with a slide tackle, and now it’s full. I’m gonna make it burst!” Local thug B: “Are these people crazy? Why are they all charging over here, screaming 366Reads7.7Score—Shelves
48. 98 创 Conquer Another World 创翻异世界 Hehehe Hehehehe嘿嘿诶嘿嘿嘿Sports843k WordsCompleted (Absurd comedy + group transmigration + a protagonist with no romance + nonsensical humor) “Who knows? We heard you could get an internship stamp for beating the Demon King, so we came.” This is the story of a group of friends who transmigrate into the game Another World Adventure, defeat the Demon King, and save humanity. Priest Chen Ranzhu, the beastfolk world’s top undercover agent and a hemorrhoid expert, uses the most awesome healing skills to pull off the wildest stunts. [No priests or dog 2.6kReads9.4Score449Shelves

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49. 99 这EN Something's Wrong with This Game: I Became a God by Mining! 这个游戏不对劲，我挖矿成神！ Dao Buyi道不易Eastern Fantasy2.3M WordsOngoing [The Divine Realm descends upon the entire world] Yang Ling, a professional gold farmer, only wanted to relax in the game Divine Realm, but discovered that the environment was harsh and logging off was impossible. With no other choice, for the sake of his own safety, he could only start mining constantly, grinding levels, assigning stat points, and fighting to stay alive! 2.4MReads9.2Score310.6kShelves

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    I wouldn't recommend the first book if it's a dual male lead story, but it's great! I've read it three or four times. I became a fan of the second book after watching the short drama series; the author updates quickly, and the manga series updates quickly too.

50. 100 综 Film and TV Crossover: Isn't This a Game? How Did It Become Real? 综影视：不是游戏吗？怎么成真了 The Moon Won't Wake, So I Won't Either月亮不醒我不醒Female-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing [The Most Beautiful and Powerful Female Lead + Games Invade Reality + Multiple Secret Identities and Pure Selfcest + Everyone's Favorite + Multiple Love Interests + Sweet Romance + Ship Whoever You Like] Having just finished her college entrance exams, Jiang Fushen decided to let loose in some full-dive games. They included: "Love in the Martial World 101: Experience a Different Kind of Wuxia Romance" "Red and Black Rivalry 102: Learn How to Brew the Lowest-Quality Liquor" "Superheroes 103: Rais 30.7kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    The female lead will create a secondary account.

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