I’m Out of Books. Please Recommend Some Gems 书荒，求精品书

1. 51 开EN Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions 开局地摊卖大力 Yi Qingfeng弈青锋Urban8.9M WordsCompleted [Qingfeng's new novel, This Player Has a Problem in the Head, is currently serializing and has plenty of chapters ready to binge] Earth enters an era of spiritual qi revival, and humanity begins awakening supernatural abilities! Jiang Nan awakens the strongest street-stall System from the start. Potions of Strength? Detoxifying Yellow Beans? Lucky Cherries? They're flying off the shelves! The world's top tycoons, richest man, popular streamers, and peak powerhouses all come to buy them. Jiang Na 333.1kReads9.7Score43.5kShelves
2. 52 美 The Superhero Joint Task Force: My First Mission Was to Talk Harley Quinn Into It 美漫联调局，首战劝说小丑女 Poor as Iced Tea穷成冰茶Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing Li Chengfeng transmigrated and gained an Agent System. As a member of the Bureau, every time he successfully solves a case, he can randomly acquire one ability from the target of the mission. Amid his surprise, Li Chengfeng noticed something was wrong. Someone had escaped from Fox River State Penitentiary, and there was a town near Boston called Storybrooke. Beast attacks were happening on the outskirts of Raccoon City, while tourists kept disappearing in the town of Silent Hill. A TV host was r 6.3kReads8.8Score426Shelves

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   This is a high-quality American comic book with a self-consistent plot. After each major plot, there are some daily life scenes, making it a lighthearted read overall.

3. 53 四 Siheyuan: Qin Huairu Won't Leave Me Alone 四合院：秦淮茹赖上我 Champagne Before the Game Is Over半场开香槟Male-Channel Fanfiction5.3M WordsOngoing Zhao Xiyan was an ordinary small-town exam grinder. He had little ambition, but his family's comfortable means let him live a pretty decent life. But just as a speeding dump truck was about to hit one of his students, he rushed forward on instinct. He saved the student, but also had an intimate and decidedly unpleasant encounter with the truck. When he woke again, he was already riding in a donkey cart. Across from him, a young woman with bright eyes, pearly teeth, and two long braids was watchi 189.2kReads8.1Score9kShelves

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   The young man time-traveled and arrived in Beijing. He moved into a courtyard house and started working at a steel rolling mill. The courtyard and the factory became lively. This is the most "flavorful" book I've ever read. It's incredibly funny. It can make you laugh so hard your abs turn into two, two into four, four into eight, eight into ten... Uh... Just eight, no more.

4. 54 综 Wuxia Crossover: I Expose Secrets, and Heroines Demand I Take Responsibility 综武：曝光秘密，女侠逼我负责 Qian Linlin钱琳琳Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Wuxia Crossover] [Invincible] [Feel-Good] [Multiple Heroines] The vast world of Wuxia Crossover is full of twists and turns, stretching as far as the eye can see. Feng Wuhen transmigrates into this world and binds himself to the Heavenly Secrets System. The more secrets he exposes, the stronger he becomes. He establishes the Heavenly Secrets Tower, drawing countless martial artists from across the land to seek him out. Duan Yu: “What? The fairy maiden is my father’s daughter, but I’m not my fat 29.1kReads7.9Score1.9kShelves

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   They are all high-quality products.

5. 55 公 The Princess Wears a Dragon Robe, and I Really Can’t Take It Anymore 公主穿龙袍，臣真的受不了啦 Ye Xiaolang叶小浪Eastern Fantasy560k WordsCompleted Su Chang'an woke up to find himself locked in a dungeon. Beside him was the beautiful and gifted princess of the current dynasty. The princess had been poisoned, her martial arts sealed. All she could do was await the fate of being abused by one person after another. “Your Highness, what if I told you I have a special constitution that lets me cure your poison through dual cultivation? Would you believe me?” 4.2kReads7.9Score390Shelves
6. 56 双 Dual Transmigration: Hardship in the Fantasy World, Luxury in the City 双穿：玄幻吃苦，都市享福 Jin Shiliu金十六Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Also titled: My Fantasy World Corpse Scavenging Makes Me Invincible, My City Life Makes Me a Tycoon Dual-world travel (fantasy and modern city), feel-good power fantasy with no suffering for the protagonist, all thrills from start to finish. The protagonist gains a devouring space, letting him act as a middleman between the modern city and the fantasy world, making a fortune while pursuing immortality. In the fantasy world, the devouring space can consume cultivators' corpses and memories, the 59.9kReads8.8Score6.2kShelves
7. 57 天EN From Death Row to a King’s Equal: Slashing My Way Out of a Nightmare Start 天崩开局，从死囚营砍到并肩王 Big Monk o大和尚oHistorical5.2M WordsOngoing [Reborn + invincible + ruthless + the ultimate path] Li Dao is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty as a third-rank earl. During a palace banquet, he accidentally gets drunk and stumbles into a palace. Just then, his memories of his previous life return, and between the memory confusion and the alcohol, he ruins the virtue of the palace's mistress. In a rage, the emperor sends Li Dao to a death-row camp on the frontier, hoping he'll die beyond the border. Instead, he unexpectedly awakens a “gain sta 156.6kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
8. 58 高 High Martial: The Embroidered Guard's Killer Star, the Emperor Begs Me to Keep Calm 高武：锦衣卫杀星，皇帝求我冷静 New Nightz新夜zEastern Fantasy2.1M WordsCompleted [Ruthless and decisive + slaying demons and vanquishing evil + invincible domination + explosive power growth] After transmigrating to a high-martial world teeming with demons and dotted with sects, Ye Beixuan becomes a low-ranking officer in the Dali Imperial Guards. Fortunately, he awakens the Peerless Martial Dao System. All he has to do is sign in each day to instantly gain a year’s worth of power! What’s more, completing the System’s missions earns him all kinds of rewards. The De 45.5kReads7.8Score3.1kShelves
9. 59 综 Wuxia Crossover: I Open a Clinic in Xueyue City and Become a Saintly Healer! 综武：雪月城开医馆，治病成圣！ Squirrel Taking a Bath泡澡的松鼠Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsCompleted Ye Lin transmigrated to a world of martial arts and awakened the Divine Healer System. From the start, he gained max-level medical skills and became a legendary miracle doctor! Every time he treated a patient, he earned merit points and rewards. "Ding! The Host treated Yao Yue and completed a System mission. Reward: 10,000 merit points and the System reward, Heaven-Swallowing Devil Art!" "Ding! The Host treated Si Lili and completed a mission. Reward: 10,000 merit points and the System reward, N 941Reads7.6Score143Shelves
10. 60 阿 The Altay Horror Line 阿勒泰恐怖专线 Sheep Brings Good Fortune羊开泰Mystery1.4M WordsOngoing [Comedy] [Adventure] [Strength through mutation] Wu Yanqing is a half-baked tour guide on the Altay route. Along with a bald driver and a photographer who joined the trade halfway through, he leads a big-rumped sheep. The three men will abandon all scruples for money, and their tour route is downright bizarre. Dear travelers, our upcoming attractions include a hanging corpse tree deep in the Keketuohai mountains, strange creatures beneath a mineral vein, and an unnamed ghost temple in Habahe... 15.7kReads9.5Score2.3kShelves

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    The opening is high-energy, with twist after twist, making it impossible to stop watching! The main character is incredibly compelling, and every decision he makes is heart-pounding, maximizing immersion! The supporting characters are also vivid and well-developed, and the intricate yet interconnected storyline...

11. 61 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 105kReads9.4Score11.1kShelves
12. 62 末 A True Diary of the Apocalypse 末日真实日记 May Everything Go Smoothly and Bring Good Fortune顺利发财幸运来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse217k WordsOngoing [True Apocalypse + Despair + Darkness + Oppressive and Suffocating + Humanity at Its Worst] If you have a weak heart or can’t handle disturbing content, please don’t open this book. I don’t know how much longer I can hold on. I’ll keep a diary, recording everything I experience in this dog-eat-dog apocalypse. This is the despair I lived through myself. To whoever reads my diary in the future, please tell me: has the apocalypse ended? ----------------A despairing madman 6Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 63 冰 The Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoarded a Hundred Billion in Supplies 冰河末世，我囤积了百亿物资 Sea of Memories记忆的海Sci-Fi & Apocalypse7.4M WordsOngoing Doomsday + reborn + massive stockpiling + playing it safe + unlimited space + dark revenge, no saintly protagonist The world enters an ice age. The freezing apocalypse arrives, and 95% of the planet's population perishes! In his previous life, Zhang Yi was killed by people he'd helped because of his kind heart. Reborn one month before the freezing apocalypse, Zhang Yi awakens a spatial ability and begins frantically stockpiling supplies! Short on supplies? He empties the hundred-billion-yuan war 359.7kReads8.7Score17.9kShelves
14. 64 末 The Apocalypse Begins with Nuclear Waste Dumped into the Sea 末世从核污排海开始 The Fold-Eared Cat from the Kite Family风筝家的折耳猫Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted The most realistic zombie apocalypse story: no supernatural abilities, no System, and no power fantasy. It tells how ordinary people survive when the apocalypse arrives. As close to reality as it gets, this book will show you that the apocalypse has never been far away. Setting: The story takes place in the modern world. Three years after the island nation discharged nuclear wastewater into the ocean in defiance of the world's opposition, nuclear wastewater has contaminated waters across the glo 1.1kReads7.9Score129Shelves
15. 65 全 Global Heatwave: I Stockpile a Hundred Billion in the Doomsday 全球高温：我在末世囤积百亿物资 Potatoes Don't Like Fish土豆不爱吃鱼Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted The end of the world arrived, and the entire planet was scorched by temperatures above 60°C. Eighty percent of humanity was roasted alive... In his previous life, Fang Luo was tricked by a scheming gold-digger and killed by his greedy mother-in-law. Reborn ten days before the apocalypse, Fang Luo swore he would never show mercy again. Using his spatial ability, he became a fanatical hoarder. He built a comfortable cold-storage shelter in advance and cleared out the city’s ten-billion-yuan wareho 1.4kReads7.9Score273Shelves
16. 66 我 I Really Do Have a Soft-Rice-Eating King System 我真有一个软饭王系统 Song Xiangbai宋象白Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Over 99 percent of the Host’s cells are dormant. You meet the basic requirements for living off others. Bind the system?” “Yes, yes! Bind it, right away!” Warning: To successfully live off others, you must first learn self-discipline!!! Warning: It’s a soft life, but you’ll still have to work hard. If you don’t like workaholics, don’t open this. Warning: The protagonist will live off lots of people (and animals). If that bothers you, don’t click. 111.2kReads9.3Score10.2kShelves
17. 67 犯 The Usurper 犯上者 Li Ma李马Urban2.7M WordsCompleted [The print edition has been signed, so read with confidence] (No System, no invincibility, plot-focused, explores human nature, not a formulaic power fantasy) (The protagonist grows and changes as the story unfolds) (An ensemble cast: supporting characters aren't one-dimensional, and respond with genuine emotions to the changes around them) No one knows when this world began to split in two. 218.8kReads9.4Score35.1kShelves
18. 68 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 229.5kReads9.6Score66.4kShelves
19. 69 当 Join the Army and Get a Wife? I Marry Eighteen Women in a Rage 当兵就发媳妇？我怒娶十八房老婆 Tangtang Sixth Young Master糖糖六公子Historical2.2M WordsCompleted “What? You can get a wife for free if you enlist? Then I’m joining the army!” Li Wannian is reborn into the declining Li Tang imperial family. He proceeds carefully, extending the Li Tang Dynasty's life by three hundred years! 27.8kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves
20. 70 传EN Legend Management Bureau 传说管理局 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Eastern Fantasy1.4M WordsCompleted (No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would 168.1kReads9.6Score21.5kShelves
21. 71 兽 Beast Power Conversion: Invincible with My SSS-Rank Wife 兽能转化：带着SSS级老婆无敌 My Name Is Fangcun我叫方寸Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Now published in print. [Sweet romance + one heroine + female emperor] [The myriad races awaken] [Divine seals awaken] [Beneath the Gods' Forbidden Domain, all gods must be silent] The myriad races awaken, and monstrous beasts run rampant. Su Liang, who had awakened a worthless B-rank divine seal, is reborn in the past and gains the ability to convert beast powers. He dotes on the future female emperor before she can grow into her power, treating 136.4kReads8.8Score15.8kShelves

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    An invincible female lead, incredibly fierce and unstoppable, with a bumpy yet triumphant journey, a tight plot, and super entertaining.

22. 72 开EN A Demon Heart at Birth: The Rise of an Unrivaled Monster 开局移植妖魔心脏，成为绝世凶物 Shacha Noodles沙茶面Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted (No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden 164.4kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves

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    🔥 ** [The most ruthless demons in the entire sect have found a human cub today! **💀** "Fat him up before eating? It's more fun to teach him to stab you first!" **💀** **◾ When the three ruthless villains start discussing parenting** **◾ The monk's "Human Body Cooking Guide" VS the evil cultivator's "Childhood Trauma Manufacturing Manual"** **◾ And the poison doctor in the kitchen silently pulls out "Five Years of College Entrance Examination, Three Years of Simulation"...** **⚡High-Energy Parenting Warning⚡** ✔️ Zhao Manzi uses Iron Head Kung Fu to lull his child to sleep every day (after collapsing three beds) ✔️ A charming young man teaches his child to do homework using the "Smiling Half-Step Madness" technique ✔️ The most terrifying thing is—the first sentence the child learns is "To poison, you must be silent." **"Our sect's tradition: On the day a disciple graduates, he must poison half of his master!"** **📌Excerpt from "The Villain's Parenting Guide"📌** ✨ How to use the Bone-Melting Palm to create the perfect baby burp ✨ The standard answer when a child asks "Is a human blood bun sweet?" ✨ The Ingenious Use of an Invulnerable Body at Parent-Teacher Meetings** #All-EvilTeenagersRaisingKids#ReverseHealingLiterature#ThisYear'sDemonIsNotSoCold** **#WantToKidnapMasterAfterReading#TurnsOutTheLifeandDeathTalismanCanCurePickyEating** **⚠️ [Reading Side Effects]** • Suddenly feel your child isn't ruthless enough. • Showcase "Sealing Blood at First Sight" talent at kindergarten. • Automatically translate the *Three Character Classic* into a *Poison Classic*.

23. 73 重 Reborn in 1992: The Mistake That Couldn't Be Erased 重生1992：擦不掉的错误 Emperor Pill帝皇丸Urban636k WordsOngoing [Powerful Male CEO] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Reborn with a Weak System] + [Building a Strong Nation Through Technology] + [Tycoon] In his previous life, he was ruined by love. He gave everything he had, only to watch his family business go bankrupt. After his wife betrayed him, just as his heart had turned to stone, a car sent him flying and earned him the “Honest New Star: Fool of the Year” award. In this life, he has the System “Eraser” in hand and vows to wipe away his regrets! Reborn in 1992 —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 回 Back to 1970: From the Start, My Family Wants to Split Up 回到1970开局要分家 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban749k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Yi woke up and discovered he had returned to thirty years earlier. Everything that had happened seemed almost too real to be a dream. Remembering all he had done for his family, only to be met with disdain, Zhao Yi decisively proposed splitting up the household and getting away from those shameless leeches. My new work is here! Please enjoy reading it. I hope you like it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 12.1kReads8.8Score587Shelves
25. 75 反 Villain: I Killed the Saintly Do-Gooder First, and Now the Hero Begs for His Life 反派：先杀圣母，男主跪地求饶命 The Broccoli Strikes Back进击的西兰花Urban116k WordsCompleted [Weak System] [Invincible power fantasy] [Urban villain] [Ruthless methods] [Kill anyone who displeases you] [Goody-two-shoes, stay away] [Do not read if you scare easily] [Adults only] Lu Yichen transmigrated into the world of a high-martial-arts novel and became an arrogant rich second-generation heir with an astonishing background. Not only did he awaken a System that could steal the protagonist’s luck, but he could also earn luck points by sabotaging the protagonist and exchange them for all 37Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 76 为 I Became a Tech Tycoon to Make a Movie 为了拍电影，我成了科技巨头 Circle Six圈圈六Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In the eyes of the bosses of major film companies, he is a genius director who's difficult to work with. In the eyes of actors, he is a genius director with astonishing talent. In the eyes of audiences, his name is a guarantee of a good movie. Reborn as a 1996 student at the Central Academy of Drama, Zhang Tiancheng is just a directing major with a highly unconventional director System. Taking his time, he becomes a renowned director and a technology tycoon. 14.5kReads6.6Score543Shelves
27. 77 我 Now That I'm Reborn, Surely Becoming a Tycoon Isn't Too Much to Ask! 我都重生了，当个财阀不过分吧！ In Dreams, I Know Not Linglong梦里不知玲珑Urban569k WordsCompleted [Reborn in 1999] + [No System] + [An Ordinary Man's Rise] + [Fast-Paced] They say that when you meet the right person, you start a family; when you meet a benefactor, you build a career; and when you meet a rich woman, you get both! Su Nan: I've got a fortune big enough to shake the heavens to give you, sis. Do you want it? Ahem, this isn't a novel about getting rich by clinging to a wealthy woman. This is a very proper novel! Very proper! A very proper rebirth novel! Dear handsome readers, plea 301Reads7.0Score102Shelves
28. 78 圈 A Cash-Grab Game, but the Big Spender Really Does Pay Up 圈钱游戏，但大哥是真充啊 Honey-Preserved Fruit-Loving Bumblebee爱吃蜜饯小熊蜂Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Lin Mo transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers that the games here have absolutely no creativity! The only payment models are buy-to-play for single-player games or prepaid time cards for online games. Lin Mo immediately feels sorry for the rich players! “How can rich players show off their superiority if there are no pay-to-win games?” The System senses Lin Mo’s fury and gives him the ultimate trump card, the game “Zhengtu,” as a starter gift! Before long, the rich players of this world 14.6kReads6.7Score868Shelves
29. 79 重 Reborn in 2002: I'm Really Not Schizophrenic 重生2002我真的不是精神分裂 October Harvest秋收十月Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Rebirth in a bygone era] + [Everyday urban life] + [No System] + [No cultivation] [Multiple heroines] + [No yanderes] + [Making money through business] + [Campus romance] Zhao Chuyun grew up with his grandfather after his parents divorced. He repeated a year to get into college, only to discover that his first love already had a boyfriend. With a love life and a family like that, he has no regrets he wants to make up for after being reborn. He just wants to live recklessly for once. If you're r 52.3kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves
30. 80 重 Reborn: After the Breakup, My Girlfriend Cried and Begged Me to Forgive Her 重生：分手后，女友哭着求原谅 Passing Through Without a Trace浪过无痕Urban901k WordsOngoing [Urban daily life + reborn + sweet romance + first love + multiple heroines] Reborn in 2002, Chen An returned to his college days. Since he had the chance to live his life over, he naturally didn’t want the tragedies and regrets of his past life to happen again. But although he intended to focus on building a business, one beautiful girl after another came barging into his life. There was the universally admired goddess from his school days, the beautiful and haughty class monitor, his gentle fi 17.5kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
31. 81 娱 Showbiz: I Start Out Living Off Rich Women and Take It All in Stride! 娱乐：从富婆开始软饭硬吃！ Deep-Fried Autumn油炸秋天Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A millionaire heiress’s romance-writing guide: when men become the top-tier pick, they become true gods! The entertainment industry’s king of living off women, trained by the Tiger of Serious Crimes, Cao Dahua. Living off a woman while holding your head high: that’s our style. Living off a woman while holding your head high: the ideal man. Have you been living off a woman today? 69.3kReads8.7Score3.4kShelves
32. 82 重 Back to Chinese Entertainment in 2003: I'm a Seventh-Generation Director 重回华娱2003，我是七代导演 Everyone Laughs笑皆非Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A deputy professor in the directing department at Beijing Film Academy is reborn in 2003, a year when Chinese entertainment flourished and commercial movies swept the country. In his previous life, he was mocked as an academic who could only talk theory. This time, he'll change himself and change Chinese entertainment! 34.8kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
33. 83 娱 Showbiz: I Want to Get Ahead So Bad!!! 娱乐：我太想进步啦！！！ Deep-Fried Autumn油炸秋天Urban722k WordsCompleted 15.7kReads8.1Score602Shelves
34. 84 谁 Who Gets It? A Top Director's Life Is Absolutely Amazing 谁懂啊？大导演的日子爽翻了 Winter's Hot Water Bottle冬天的热水瓶Urban1.0M WordsCompleted 15kReads7.5Score583Shelves
35. 85 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves

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    They all remained silent.

36. 86 重 Reborn in 1987: Making Potato Chips to Support My Wife and Kids 重生87：从做薯片养活老婆孩子 Breaking the Spring Breeze破春风Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Rural Life + Reborn Businessman + One Female Lead + Lighthearted and Witty] After returning to the past, Chen Xingbang faces a dilemma: his master has entrusted his orphan to him. Should he agree? Can he still live a brilliant life of his own? 3.6kReads8.8Score348Shelves
37. 87 第 The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区 Wei Jie伪戒Urban6.1M WordsCompleted After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey... 210.7kReads9.6Score22.6kShelves

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    This is a wasteland world full of danger and opportunity, where the protagonist, Qin Yu, will find his own way to survive in an environment where order has collapsed. The following is the basic setting and subsequent development of the story. ### World Setting - **Time Setting**: A near-future world after a cataclysm, where civilization is nearly destroyed and humanity struggles to survive in a harsh environment. - **Location Setting**: The story begins in an anarchic zone outside the Ninth Special District, a wasteland area where laws are ineffective and the strong prey on the weak. - **Basic Background**: A mysterious cataclysm caused the collapse of world order, species mutation, and resource scarcity. Survivors gather in and around the "Special District" established by the new regime. The interior of the Special District is relatively orderly, while the exterior is a wilderness where the strong prey on the weak. ### Story Synopsis - **The Unemployed Hunter**: Qin Yu appears to be a disheveled unemployed youth, but is actually an experienced hunter of mutated creatures. Having just lost his job, he secretly plots to enter the Ninth Special District. - **Encounters and Crises**: After refusing a deal with a prostitute named Qi Lin, Qin Yu witnesses her being attacked by thugs and instinctively intervenes to save her, revealing his unusual skills. - **An Unexpected Companion:** Qi Lin, to repay a life-saving debt, provides crucial information about an underground clinic, precisely the clue Qin Yu needs to obtain his identity in the Special Economic Zone. - **The Underground Black Market:** The two head to the black market to find counterfeit expert Lao Mao. Along the way, Qin Yu keenly senses being followed, demonstrating exceptional observational skills. - **Identity Exposed:** During a black market transaction, Qin Yu is recognized as a former security bureau agent, and it's discovered that Qi Lin also harbors a secret. - **Common Goal:** Faced with a common enemy and their own individual goals, the two secret-bearers decide to temporarily cooperate, heading to the dangerous clinic to obtain an identity chip. This story focuses on Qin Yu and Qi Lin's first encounter, showcasing the protagonist's hidden abilities through a street conflict and introducing the main plot of obtaining a Special Economic Zone identity, while also foreshadowing their respective secrets. --- Qin Yu quickened his pace, trying to shake off the clinging woman. Thirty yuan? In this year when food was more expensive than gold, thirty yuan was enough for two days' rations. He subconsciously touched the outline of the pistol in the hidden pocket of his waist, confirming it was still there. "Fifteen!" The woman suddenly blocked his way, her voice even lower. "Just fifteen. I haven't eaten for two days." The dim streetlights illuminated her face, and Qin Yu noticed that her eyes were unusually bright, like two stars twinkling in ashes. Her cheeks were sunken, her lips cracked, but her stubborn expression inexplicably reminded him of someone before the cataclysm. "I told you, I have no money." Qin Yu tried to step aside to avoid her. But the woman's hand gripped his wrist like an iron clamp: "Then what do you have? Some food? Medicine? My sister is sick, she needs—" "Let go." Qin Yu's voice turned cold. Just then, a burst of laughter came from across the street. Five ragged but muscular men emerged from the shadows. The leader had a black cloth covering his right eye, and a necklace made of mutated beast teeth hung around his neck. "Hey, Qi Lin, business's good, huh?" The one-eyed man grinned, revealing a few gold teeth. "Time to pay your protection money this month?" The woman's hand instantly loosened its grip, and Qin Yu could feel her entire body tense up. She took a half step back, her voice trembling: "Boss Ma, give me a few more days... My sister's really sick..." "Give me a few more days?" Boss Ma kicked over a rusty iron bucket by the roadside. "I'll give you a few more days, who'll give me a few more days?" He strode over and reached out to grab Qi Lin's hair. Qin Yu should have left. In this world, meddlesome people don't live long. But when he saw the familiar helplessness in Qi Lin's eyes, his body acted before he thought. "Get out of my way." He took a step forward, blocking Qi Lin's path. Boss Ma was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter: "Did you hear that, brothers? This beggar wants me to get lost?" He reached out to slap Qin Yu's face, "Do you know who I am—" Qin Yu's movements were so fast they were almost invisible. He grabbed Boss Ma's wrist and twisted it, simultaneously slamming his right knee into the man's abdomen. Boss Ma groaned and collapsed to his knees, spitting gold teeth mixed with blood onto the filthy pavement. The remaining four roared and pounced. Qin Yu dodged the first rusty machete, striking the attacker's throat with his elbow. He easily parried the iron pipe swung by the second man, then delivered a chop to the man's carotid artery. In less than ten seconds, all four men lay groaning on the ground. Boss Ma struggled to his feet, his single eye filled with venom: "You're dead... I'll find you..." Qin Yu didn't speak, but slowly lifted the hem of his shirt, revealing a pistol at his waist. Boss Ma's expression froze—in this area, anyone who could obtain standard-issue weapons was no ordinary person. "Let's go," Qin Yu whispered to Qi Lin, while cautiously retreating. After turning two street corners and confirming no one was following them, Qi Lin suddenly grabbed Qin Yu's arm: "Thank you, but you must leave this area immediately! Boss Ma is a member of the 'Blood Wolf Gang,' they won't let you go!" Qin Yu frowned and looked her over: "Why did you help me?" "You saved me." Qi Lin bit her lip, "And... I know you. Or rather, I know people like you." She lowered her voice, "You came from the Special Zone, didn't you?" Qin Yu's pupils contracted slightly. He had indeed been an agent of the Ninth Special Zone Security Bureau, but that was three years ago. Now he looked like a down-on-his-luck vagrant, how could this woman... "My sister is really sick," Qi Lin continued, a certain determination flashing in her eyes, "If you can help me get antibiotics, I can tell you a secret—the secret of how to enter the Ninth Special Zone without spending a penny." Qin Yu's heart raced. This was exactly what he needed. Forging a Special Zone resident identity would cost at least five thousand dollars, and he only had a little over three hundred dollars in all his savings. "Prove it to me," he said coldly. Qi Lin pulled a small metal piece from the inner pocket of her dress, engraved with complex codes and the emblem of the Ninth Special District. "This is a sample of an identity chip. I know someone who can forge it." Qin Yu took the metal piece and examined it carefully in the dim light. The workmanship was excellent, almost indistinguishable from the real thing. But more importantly, this level of forgery technology meant that there were resources within the Special District behind it. "Take me to see him." Qin Yu returned the chip to her. "If your information is valuable, I'll give you medicine." Qi Lin hesitated for a moment: "Old Cat only operates on the black market. It's too dangerous to go now. Meet at the abandoned subway station tomorrow at noon." She quickly gave an address, then looked around warily. "I have to go back. My sister is home alone." Qin Yu nodded, watching her hurried departure, lost in thought. This woman named Qi Lin walked with a peculiar gait, as light as a cat, not at all like someone who hadn't eaten for two days. Moreover, there was an almost invisible white scar on her wrist—a mark of long-term use of restraint devices. He turned and headed towards his makeshift shelter deep in the slums, constantly changing his route to ensure no one was following him. The dilapidated prefab house reeked of mildew, but at least it could be locked. Qin Yu retrieved his equipment bag from a hidden compartment, checking his weapons and medical supplies. He had antibiotics, pre-battle stockpiled from the mutated lynx's lair he'd hunted last time. But Qi Lin probably wanted more than just medicine; there was a strange familiarity in her eyes, like… Qin Yu suddenly froze. The failed mission three years ago, the girl used as a test subject in the lab. No, impossible, that girl should be dead, blown to smithereens along with the lab. He shook his head, forcing himself to concentrate. Meeting the forger called Old Cat tomorrow was crucial. If he could really get a Special Zone identity without spending money, he could re-enter the Ninth Special Zone and complete the mission he failed to finish three years ago. Outside the window, the Blood Wolf Gang's patrol was searching house to house. Qin Yu extinguished the oil lamp, gripped his pistol, and waited quietly in the darkness. Whoever Qi Lin was, whatever her purpose, everything would be revealed tomorrow. --- **The story may develop in these directions:** - **Experimental Subject Scars:** The restraint scars on Qi Lin's wrists suggest a connection to Qin Yu's failed mission three years ago; she may be the experimental subject girl presumed dead. - **Blood Wolf Gang Background:** The "Blood Wolf Gang" mentioned by Boss Ma will become a major villainous organization, effectively controlling smuggling routes to the Special Economic Zone. - **Identity Mystery:** Old Cat's identity forgery skills are so sophisticated because he was once the technical director of the Special Economic Zone's Identity Bureau and was hunted down after discovering high-level secrets. Hopefully, this story's beginning meets your expectations. Please let me know if you need more details or a change in direction.

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