Looking for a Substitute Read: Like Yu Xunge, with Leveling, No Romance, a Lone-Wolf Lead, and a Clever Protagonist 求代餐：虞寻歌这样的升级流/无CP/孤狼/有头脑

1. 1 你 You're Supposed to Fight Monsters, So Why Are You Fighting Me! 你们刷怪啊，刷我干嘛！ Likes Eating Tangerines喜欢吃橘子Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Print edition deal signed: no System, plot-driven, fast-paced from the start, no mindless decisions, thrilling and exciting, hard-hitting fights, told from the monsters' side!] Ever since the words [Divine Order 001: Undercover] appeared in Jiang Xia's mind, he felt that he wasn't normal. No matter what he ate or how much he ate, he never felt the slightest bit full. Hungry. So hungry he was about to lose his mind! Then, at the school beauty's eighteenth birthday party, he smelled the presen 508.7kReads9.1Score41.3kShelves

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   The third book is most similar to "Game Invasion," and the others are ones I'm currently reading; they're quite good.

2. 2 亲 Blood Doesn't Make a Daughter: Father Emperor Is Grooming Me to Be Empress 亲生不如亲自生：父皇捧我当女帝 Xue Honglian, Who Loves Sandwich Cookies爱吃夹心曲奇的薛红莲Ancient Romance595k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhao Shuyue was sent to the grasslands for a political marriage. Passed between two generations of chanyu like a piece of merchandise, she died at thirty after enduring endless humiliation. When she was reborn, she became the daughter her father doted on most. Everyone thought she was merely the daughter of a low-ranking concubine. But no one knew that the deepest secret of the Great Liang imperial family ran in her veins. Her father cherished her as his own life. From the 24.5kReads7.3Score3.4kShelves
3. 3 求 Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Merchant 求生游戏：请叫我诚信商人 A Little Fu Fu一只福富Sports903k WordsOngoing [Leveling Up + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] All of humanity is dragged into a survival game, and Li Zhi changes class early to become a “merchant.” Starting out with a stall at the most primitive Beastfolk market, she gradually grows into a cosmic merchant known to everyone. Other races: “What a schemer! A once-in-a-century swindler! Not only is she crafty, her underlings can fight like crazy! Who’d dare refuse to do business with her?!” “Slander! Pure slander! I’ve always done business 204.3kReads9.2Score36.5kShelves
4. 4 游EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 The Cat Isn't Bald猫不秃Sports3.1M WordsCompleted [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 988.6kReads9.5Score85.7kShelves
5. 5 赛 Cyberpunk Survival: Who Did the Fake Saintess Forgive? 赛博求生：假圣母宽恕谁了？ Ben Bu Ben本不本Sports331k WordsOngoing [Cyber Survival + No Romance + Leveling + Sequence Professions] After more than twenty years of being foolishly kind, Yu Shan was in a car accident and transmigrated into a cyber survival game, where she awakened the talent “Forgiveness”: she could claim rewards simply by forgiving others. So she gave herself the ID “Saintly Mother” and joined the players’ group chat: Player: “What’s wrong with you?” Yu Shan: “If thinking that makes your sensitive, fragile heart feel a little better, then I’ve e 63.5kReads8.8Score19.5kShelves

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   They're all super good! The first one is a new book that just started, so the rating is a bit low, but it's absolutely delicious. See the pictures for details. Oh my god, it's so captivating! (I wonder if I have to urge them a lot to update more frequently.) The second one is also quite interesting; the author has a very vivid imagination. The third one needs no introduction—"Seeking Songs While Drinking" is truly amazing!!!

6. 6 爱 Love Me, Hate Me: I'm Behind Everyone in the Top Ten Player Rankings 爱我恨我，玩家榜前十全是我 Frostwatch霜观Sports955k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Multiverse Game Invasion] [Real War, Not Just Dungeons] [Lots of Fight Scenes] [All Secret Identities Are Female] [Worldbuilding Mystery] “My name is Zhong Lin. Lin, as in ascending to the summit. Welcome to my story.” When games from another world tore into reality, ordinary college student Zhong Lin drew the SSS-rank talent [Ceremonial Praise] from the start. After killing an enemy, she had a chance to obtain a ceremonial outfit carrying that enemy’s talent s 393.3kReads9.3Score113kShelves

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   This is somewhat like a combination of Xun Ge and Wei Xin (transmigrating into a cyberpunk game), with a female protagonist, no romantic partner, and an invasion of other worlds in the form of game instances 🌏, a decisive leveling-up story.

7. 7 游 Game Invasion: Hello, My Name Is Bug 游戏入侵：你好我叫Bug Boat Upon Boat舟又舟Sports167k WordsOngoing [Game Invades Reality + Strong Female Lead, No Romance + Cyberpunk + Infinite Worlds] The massive MMO The Void Realm enters the age of full-dive immersion, and the game descends into reality. Full-dive pods become the only way for ordinary people to log in, and they have no choice but to use them. Monsters run rampant, talents awaken, and game dungeons appear. Some people struggle to survive, while others revel in their extraordinary powers. The Fallen, the Descended, and mutated monsters take 88Reads—Score105Shelves

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   This book, although it's a newly released book, is incredibly good; it's a substitute for Xun Ge's book.

8. 8 游 Game Descends: From the Start, I Steal the Protagonist's Fortunes 游戏降临：开局掠夺主角机缘 Little Boat in a Floating Dream浮梦小船Modern Romance724k WordsOngoing [Game invasion + lone wolf + no CP + leveling progression + wish fulfillment + powerful female lead] Chu Xuan is reborn before the game descends. In her previous life, she didn’t realize until she died that she was merely a background character in several novels, the “strongest human” whose purpose was to help the protagonists grow. The protagonist hides their strength, while Chu Xuan holds off the attacks of the alien races. The protagonist quietly grows stronger for ten years, while Chu Xuan f 42.1kReads8.4Score9.3kShelves

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   These books are pretty good; they don't have any major flaws, and they're all female-oriented novels without any romantic pairings.

9. 9 无 Infinite Rewinds: They All Think I'm a Prophet 无限回档：他们都以为我是预言家 Yin Baishui尹白水Mystery510k WordsOngoing The rating has only just been posted. It’ll go up later. [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Horror] [Live Streaming] [Time Rewind] [Fake Prophet] [Destiny] A horror game descends upon Earth, turning the entire world into an inferno. Yi Yubai is unlucky enough to be chosen for the game. Unluckier still, thanks to a System allocation error, she dies right from the start. But fortunately, she gains an SSS-rank ability: Infinite Rewind. From then on, she becomes the mysterious [Prophet] in everyone’ 11.7kReads8.4Score2kShelves

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   This one is great! The protagonist isn't brainless; he knows he can't reveal his superpowers and pretends to have prophetic abilities. The official characters are all intelligent, and the audience is relatively normal, not just trolls! The writing is very smooth; highly recommended!

10. 10 游 Game Invasion: How Did Her Looting Turn Her into a God? 游戏入侵：她捡东西怎么成神了 Qing Qiu卿求Sports193k WordsOngoing Also known as: High Martial Arts Is High Martial Arts, So Why Call It a Game Invasion? [High martial arts + no romance for the protagonist + steady power growth + mildly satisfying + no tragic twists + no protagonist ships] On September 9, 2039, a game called Useless Panels: High Martial Arts invaded Blue Star. Spiritual energy poured into Blue Star from another world, and everyone awakened martial arts talents and abilities in that instant. Before the game invasion, there were three opportuniti 65Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This author writes very well, but not many people read it, although the plot is excellent. Highly recommended!

11. 11 游 Game Descends: The Original Heroine Flips the Table on the Spot 游戏降临：原女主选择当场掀桌 Shun Yunhua舜云华Fantastical Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + No Romance + Unhinged + Lone Wolf] Content warning: There are pets. The protagonist had a romance in her previous life, but there is no romance in this life. She isn’t invincible from the start, and the early part is on the dark side. She is a female lead who had her fortune stolen and must win everything back on her own. Her dark past is the road that brought her here. The hardened version of the female lead won’t take her anger out on everyone, and will give ordinary people a chance 39.3kReads8.4Score5.2kShelves

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    These are all excellent works, each with its own unique charm. They are all strong female characters without any romantic pairings. Like "Searching for the Song," they have a logical plot and are not purely wish-fulfillment stories, nor are they angsty. They are basically female-centric.

12. 12 求 Survival Game: I Own a Lake Island 求生游戏：我有一座湖心岛 Just One Bowl of Winter Melon, Corn, and Pork Rib Soup恰一口冬瓜玉米排骨汤Fantastical Romance728k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Infrastructure Building] [Farming] [Cute Pets] [The heroine never falls behind other survivors and eventually reaches the top] While conducting field research in the mountains with her advisor, she is caught up in the global event that drags everyone into a survival world. There's no time to mourn the modern life she's lost. Jiang Lanyue zips up her sturdy shell jacket and decides to start by finding the perfect spot to place a shelter for herself. No one k 76.5kReads9.3Score8.6kShelves
13. 13 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
14. 14 无 Infinite Apocalypse: From the Start, I Have a Basement Safe House 无限末世：开局一座地窖安全屋 A Carrot一颗萝卜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse505k WordsCompleted [Sci-fi Mystery + Apocalypse Game + Gods Reborn + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] (Contracted for print publication) Synopsis: The end arrives, and humanity officially enters the apocalyptic era. Thirty million safe houses appear around the world, offering people shelter. Binding yourself to a safe house is the only way to have a chance at survival. Humanity struggles to survive in the cracks, waiting for the “gods” to save them. * Su Xiao binds herself to three safe houses on the very first day, an 58.3kReads8.6Score8kShelves
15. 15 宿 Dorm Survival: From the Start, I Join the Eerie Management Group 宿舍求生：开局加入诡异管理群 27suiMystery1.2M WordsOngoing [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Tower Defense] [Infinite Flow] [Haunted Dormitory] [Survival Game] [Number One on Every Leaderboard] [Cute Pets] [Powerhouse] The very next second after Jiang Jinyue was about to sign her family member's informed consent form for surgery, everything went black and she was pulled into a dormitory survival game. At seven o'clock every night, terrifying creatures began appearing outside the door. They prowled the corridors, ready to break in at any moment. The 106.6kReads9.0Score15.4kShelves
16. 16 真 A Real Princess? No, a Real Monarch! 真公主？不，真君主！ Cherry Berry樱桃莓莓Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.4M WordsOngoing (No romance + Strong female lead + Military academy competition in the early stages + Unifying humanity in the later stages + Passionate) Question: How many steps does it take to evolve from a monarch’s juvenile form to its complete form? Juvenile Ling Zhao: Orphanage from the start, with a game chip suspected to be a golden finger that keeps holding her back. Complete Ling Zhao: The first person of the post-interstellar era, first commander, divine star-caster, hope of humanity, sole heir to th 113.2kReads9.4Score16.7kShelves

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    Both are strong, independent women; you can choose based on your preferred type.

17. 17 看 After Seeing the On-Screen Comments, the Vase-Like Female Lead Slaughters Her Way Through the Cultivation World 看见弹幕后，花瓶女主杀穿修真界 Gu Huo故火Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Live Chat Comments + Strong Female Lead + No Romance + Light Ensemble Cast] Also known as: The System Told Me to Win Them Over, So I Killed All the Chosen Ones Chu Yuan is the eldest daughter of a cultivation family. She works hard at her cultivation and treats others kindly, but one day she unexpectedly sees live chat comments: Just a flower with no fragrance. Hurry up and get off the screen! Who wants to see a simpering wife in a cultivation world full of male leads? I want to see Chinese-sty 44.8kReads9.2Score13.2kShelves
18. 18 在 Becoming the Most Popular One in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里成为最强万人迷 Cloudscorch Wanderer灼云客Mystery975k WordsOngoing (Content warnings at the end of the blurb. This story rejects writing advice.) [Infinite-Flow + Wish Fulfillment + Passionate Team Ensemble + Light Mystery and Combat + Horror Escape] [Top-Tier Talent, Brains and Brawn, a Cold-Humored, Protective Female Lead, and Teammates Who Each Shine in Their Own Way] At first, the twisted viewers thought that some poor woman in a hospital gown was going to die horribly on the very first night of the first round. That was until they saw her with their own ey 109.1kReads9.4Score11.7kShelves
19. 19 穿 After Transmigrating into a Western Fantasy Game, She Became a God 穿越西幻游戏后，她成神了 The Forest Burns to Ash层林烬燃Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Leveling up + no romance + Western fantasy + magic academy + girls’ dormitory + adventure + competitions Lian An transmigrated into the magic world of a terrible dating sim, becoming Ling He’an, a useless magic apprentice who was little more than a background character. In this danger-filled world, she started with a ramshackle wooden cabin and a magic teacher who treated apprentices like dirt. While others played romance games, she played the ultimate survival challenge. How many steps does it 21.8kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
20. 20 全 Everyone Plays Hide-and-Seek: The Unhinged Beauty Has Maxed-Out Clairvoyance 全民躲猫猫：疯批美人她满级天眼 Deep-Fried Pear油炸雪梨Mystery1.1M WordsOngoing [Game Invasion + Hide-and-Seek + Livestream + Female Lead + No Romance] After nuclear war, Blue Star lies in ashes. Hide-and-seek is humanity's only hope. A global hide-and-seek game has arrived. Those chosen will represent their nations in battle. Victory earns rewards; defeat means losing territory! When Lin Suian appears as Dragon Nation's forty-fourth contestant, the comments wail: “She's wearing a hospital gown? And slippers? It's over, Dragon Nation's luck has run out!” But while the other 204.9kReads9.3Score21.7kShelves
21. 21 女EN The Infinite Reset: A Side Character's Journey to Immortality 女配修仙，但是无限读档 Moon Facing the Sky月对空Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No romance, an absolutely massive golden finger, carefree cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up] What happens when a cannon-fodder supporting heroine gains the ability to reload infinitely... Bad spiritual roots from the start? Reload and try again. Can’t win the sect tournament? Reload and try again. A secret realm full of danger? Reload to avoid every danger and collect every rare treasure. Offended a high-ranking cultivator? Even with just a 1% chance of success, keep reloading thro 74.6kReads9.4Score9.9kShelves

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    This is a really good female-centric novel. It's my favorite besides *Game Invasion*. The female lead is intelligent and very hardworking. Highly recommended! However, I felt the pacing got a little fast towards the end.

22. 22 她 She Finds It Tiresome 她对此感到厌烦 Feihe妚鹤Anime Fanfiction315k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Romance + Western Fantasy + Female Awakening + Strong Female Lead] At a friend’s recommendation, player 6237486 bought a dating sim called The Goddess Chronicle. But she never expected to transmigrate into the game and become its heroine, Lilith. Even after successfully winning over the male lead, Lilith didn’t return to reality. To escape the game, she had no choice but to complete every route. Round after round, she replayed the game, winning over all the male leads and re 46.8kReads9.7Score7.6kShelves
23. 23 嘘 Shh, Whatever You Do, Don't Play a Murder Game on a Dating Show 嘘，千万别在恋综里玩杀人游戏 My Cat Went Bald我家猫秃头了Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted Cen Yueyue is a D-list actress who gets incredibly lucky when her agent shoves her onto a dating reality show starring famous actors, where she’s cast as a disposable extra. The director’s script calls for her to make a scene and squeeze every last drop of usefulness out of her supporting role. So on the very first night, the man Cen Yueyue is supposed to fall for gets a short arrow through the head. Night has fallen. Close your eyes. Killer, open your eyes and choose your prey... A mountain vil 7.3kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
24. 24 恶 Wicked Cultivator: I Hold the True, Good, and Beautiful System and Become the Demon Emperor 恶女修仙，手握真善美系统成魔帝 You Lianqing犹怜青Ancient Romance725k WordsOngoing [Lone-wolf cultivation + no romance + System + native-born underdog + villainess + dual mastery of medicine and formations] Li Li has always been sharp-tongued and ruthless, with a fierce grudge against anyone who crosses her. She has been beaten countless times for it, yet she never learns her lesson. When she was ten, a monster calling itself the “Truth, Goodness, and Beauty System” came to her, back when she was still called Ding Er Ya, and forced her to do good deeds. Guided by the principle 18.9kReads9.2Score2kShelves
25. 25 游 The Game Has Invaded, but I'm an Impostor! 游戏入侵，但我是伪人啊！ The One and Only Q绝世好QModern Romance504k WordsOngoing [The rating has just been posted and will rise] [Game invasion, no romance, an inhuman female protagonist with a chaotic-evil personality, the strongest protagonist, a touch of ensemble cast, all important characters are women] In the game A World Where You Must Never Make a Mistake: Make a mistake at work, and you die. Have a family that doesn’t get along, and the whole family dies. If people’s happiness falls too low, society as a whole dies. Huo Xiaoyu unexpectedly becomes one of the “lucky o 54.4kReads8.9Score11.3kShelves
26. 26 深 Abyss Game: I Play Both Sides Among the Major Factions 深渊游戏：我在各大势力反复横跳 Voice in the Dark Forest暗林声Sports1.3M WordsOngoing [The rating was just posted and will rise later] [Strictly female-centered language] [No CP + Strong Female Lead + Infinite Flow + Mostly Female Ensemble] The Abyss Game has descended upon Blue Star, and Xie Xifeng is a woman of destiny, reborn once. In her previous life, her best friend was turned into a puppet, while the mastermind drove the two sisters to kill each other. This time, she’ll infiltrate the true culprit’s organization and watch as she plays both sides, framing the rulers of the 2.5kReads8.7Score570Shelves

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    The first one is more like

27. 27 异 Is It Still Full of Trouble Being a Dragon in Another World? 异世界当龙也多灾多难吗 Long-Tailed Pineapple长尾菠萝Fantastical Romance732k WordsOngoing Western fantasy, no CP, female protagonist, mother dragon. The protagonist is an overworked office drone who transmigrates into a dragon. She likes to get even with people on the spot (probably), but after spending so long as an office drone, at first she just goes with the flow and takes things as they come. Only later does she figure out what she wants to do. She spends most of her time among humans. No idea if this counts as a power fantasy. The author is completely immersed in her own art.jp 15.6kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves
28. 28 我 I Came to Be Emperor 我是来当皇帝的 Zou Chuanjin走川今Ancient Romance589k WordsOngoing [No Romance + All-Female Team + Conquest + World-Building + Female-Centric Language + No Men + No Romantic Plotlines + No Unrequited Crushes] [Jiang Zhao, adult form: 180 cm, 75 kg, BMI: 23. Muscular, with a superhuman-strength buff] Jiang Zhao died. In her previous life, on the eve of wearing the imperial robes, she fell during her own enthronement ceremony. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the sovereign of the Great Ning Dynasty. Her mother had died young, and her father had d 1.5kReads8.3Score362Shelves
29. 29 白 Why Does Snow White Only Wear Long Sleeves? 白雪为何只穿长袖？ Kangaroo-Punching Granny袋鼠拳姥姥Ancient Romance181k WordsCompleted Once upon a time, in a castle, a girl named Baixue was born. As she grew up, she experienced pain and hope, joy and sorrow. And whenever she ran, even the wind came to her aid. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 出 Drowned at Birth, I Changed My Fate Through Simulations 出生就被淹死，我靠模拟改命 Hong Tianxiang红天香Fantastical Romance536k WordsOngoing [Female Lead, No Romance] After transmigrating to ancient times, Jiang Chunnian was still in the womb, not yet born, when she received her golden finger: a Cultivation Simulation System. This looked exactly like the setup for a wish-fulfillment novel. Her wonderful life was about to begin. She eagerly simulated her future, then immediately froze. She'd speedrun her new life! In the simulation, her biological father threw her into a river and drowned her as soon as her mother gave birth! Hmph! Wi 19.6kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
31. 31 异 The Way of the Otherworldly Chef 异世界厨子的修行之道 PPEEFantastical Romance719k WordsOngoing [Female-Centric + Western Fantasy Adventure + Magic + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] (Please do not use the AI image generation feature for this book. Thank you for understanding.) Petal dropped out of high school and spent several years working in a hotel kitchen, but never even managed to become a sous-chef. With the head manager exploiting her from above and the chefs piling their work onto her from below, all she could do was meekly say, "Got it." Then sneak bites of the ingredients that had 4.1kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
32. 32 游 Game Invasion: The Heroine’s Fortunes Keep Falling into My Lap 游戏入侵：女主机缘蹭蹭蹭 Sacrificial Wine Sailing Boat祭酒行舟Sports250k WordsOngoing Reborn + No Romance + Game Invasion + Immortal Cultivation + Pocket Dimension + Power Progression Who gets reborn before they even die? Oh, it’s Shi Sui. The usual script has the heroine return from the dead and slaughter everything in sight… But the heroine came back with no memories, while Shi Sui returned to ten years ago with all her memories intact. And she can even hear the heroine talking to the “System”?! Getting reborn is great! But! She… should still… play it safe. The more beta acc 361Reads—Score134Shelves
33. 33 我 [Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去 Yu Ge雨戈Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow]+ [No Romance]+ [Pure Villainess] High-stakes battles of wits and deadly games; everyone schemes against everyone else just to stay alive. The heroine does every kind of evil, casts aside her conscience, and cares only about profit. Because she knows that only by devouring others can she grow stronger and climb step by step to the pinnacle of power. Watch her fight her way out from the bottom, rising from a mere nobody to stand atop the world. Watch her pull off one dazzling m 36.2kReads9.0Score4.3kShelves

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    You can try this game, Invasion. After reading it, I couldn't read any other books, but this one is really good and it's also a game-related book.

34. 34 恐 Horror Game Jester! The Big-Game Player Turns the Tables on Everyone 恐游乐子人！比格玩家掀翻全场 One-Thirteen-One一十三幺Mystery345k WordsOngoing [No CP, Infinite-Flow, Over-the-Top Brain-Off Power Fantasy, Table-Flipping Big-Dog Villain, Emperor-Type Fun-Lover (Not the Typical Kind)] · 'Ding! You have been loaded into the cozy live-stream game of the Inner World. This round is an asymmetric match. Your role is: undercover (if caught, you'll be beaten to death).' Jiang, the short-lived brain-tumor patient, Xiu: "..." Great, great. The absurd System is holding an online funeral, and here comes a match where two survivors face off against e 19kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves

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    Highly recommend this book! The word choice is perfect, and the 9:1 female-to-male ratio is very charming—see "Seeking Song" for details. Even enemies can be captivated by her charm and become allies (of course, the entire team is female). Although it's not a lone wolf story, I still highly recommend it! The female lead has a mischievous and slightly crazy personality, and she's a master of the art of language (by the way, there are only two team members so far, but she's great with both of them). I support Pixiu going all in! 😋😋

35. 35 重 Reborn in the Apocalypse: From the Start, I Steal the Heroine's Golden Finger 重生末世：开局抢走女主的金手指 A Little Treat1一点心1Sci-Fi & Apocalypse240k WordsCompleted Post-apocalyptic rebirth + Stockpiling + Supernatural abilities + Space + The supporting female character awakens + Wish fulfillment Biological mutations, zombies on the rampage, supernatural phenomena returning, abilities awakening, and a global reshuffle... Song Qing was the vicious second female lead in a male-oriented novel. She dutifully gave her all for the male lead, Long Aotian, only to die miserably after he had squeezed every last bit of usefulness out of her. After being reborn, sh 2.9kReads—Score195Shelves

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    It's already finished. You don't have to wait for the female lead to stockpile supplies before she gets to live a super comfortable life, eating and drinking well every day, and having a wonderful time with her best friends. There's no strong female lead; the male lead is even stronger. It's all about taking down the scum, which is very satisfying. She doesn't suffer any injustice. And it's not just a simple post-apocalyptic story with zombies; there are other eerie elements too. It's very rich in content.

36. 36 神 The Gods' Game: Revealing Your True Identity Means Death 神明游戏：被发现真实身份就会死 Ning Xi凝汐Modern Romance640k WordsOngoing [Pure Evil Heroine + No Romance + Evil Cultivation + Secret Identities Never Exposed + Pure Power Fantasy + Puppets + Strong Female Lead] In the first instance, she blew up the evacuation point, indirectly triggering a war between three races. In the second instance, she became emperor and slaughtered her way to victory. Main body: Si Ningshuang She plays both sides and no one knows that the woman who seems gentle and poised is actually the mastermind behind every conflict. Sweet on the surf 2.7kReads8.1Score470Shelves
37. 37 当 After the Villain's Early-Dead Younger Sister in a Male-Oriented Novel Awakens 当男频文大反派早死的亲妹觉醒后 One More Billion Bites, Please再吃亿口叭Modern Romance832k WordsCompleted [Full-dive game + game invades reality + golden finger goes into overdrive + pure wish fulfillment + reborn and awakened + no romance] [The cover is a template cover, no shipping male characters] Only after Jiang Liyue dies does she learn that the world she lives in is actually a male-oriented gaming novel. She’s a minor character who appears only a few times before dying by suicide after being bullied. Her biological older brother, Jiang Muyun, is the novel’s antagonist. In the original story, 98.3kReads9.2Score13.4kShelves

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    The first book was incredibly good, and the second one was good too.

38. 38 穿 Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder Sister of the Heroine in a Knockoff Tragedy Romance 穿成盗版虐文里女主的炮灰妹妹 Innocent Taro纯情芋头Sports175k WordsOngoing [A Game Invades Reality + Full-Dive Game + Transmigrate into a Book + Awakening + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Pure Power Fantasy + No Romance + Leveling-Up Progression] One nightmare reveals to Pei Shiyuan that her world is actually an isolated universe created by a novel mixing plagiarized angst-romance tropes with a game-descending-into-reality premise, and that she is a disposable character who dies before even making it through half a chapter. Her biological sister, Pei Shiqin, is the heroine 41Reads—Score107Shelves
39. 39 游 Game Invasion: The Puppet Boss Is Forced to Become an Appraiser 游戏入侵：人偶头头被迫当鉴定师 You Chiyi梄迟意Sports571k WordsOngoing [Game invasion + strong heroine + no romance + leveling up + feel-good power fantasy + lone wolf] Jiang Xiyu has just taken a leave of absence from school and planned a trip around the country to clear her head, but an invitation to a game beta test catches her interest and upends all her plans. What? You're saying this is a beta test for a full-dive game combining Western fantasy and Eastern fantasy? Jiang Xiyu: Beta test, yes. Travel, no. I'm in! Jiang Xiyu starts by drawing the SSS-rank tale 4.1kReads7.5Score611Shelves
40. 40 假 I Became a God After Passing Myself Off as a Noble 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves
41. 41 星 The Interstellar Number One Card Master 星际第一卡牌师 There's a Temple in the South南边有个庙Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Interstellar + Superpowers + Leveling Up + Academy + Tournaments + No Romance] No male lead. The heroine is a hardworking powerhouse who rises through the ranks. Qi Ning transmigrates into the body of an F-rank slacker in her final year of junior high, about to take the high school entrance exam. In this world, superpowers are flashy, but her cards are just as cool. Wait, the interstellar college entrance exam is a team battle?! Looking at her pitifully weak mental talent, Qi Ning falls sile 22.2kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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    Both are female-centric, but the one in Western fantasy shouldn't count as a lone wolf.

42. 42 内 What's Wrong with a Beta Tester Being a Little Overpowered? 内测玩家强亿点怎么了 Lankani Ma兰卡尼玛Sports1.1M WordsOngoing The rating is low because the book just opened for ratings. It'll go up later! ٩(๑•̀ω•́๑)۶ The cover is a template sold online by a designer. [Apocalypse game arrives + powerhouse returns + full-dive game + slight fourth calamity + no romance + urban supernatural powers + fake and real heiresses + live comments] The world's first full-dive game appears out of nowhere, and the news sends the entire internet into a frenzy. At first, players think it's just an ordinary game. Then strange horrors ru 7.1kReads8.6Score883Shelves
43. 43 修 I Cultivated Too Hard, and Now My Entire Sect's Prodigies Beg Me to Become a God Soon 修仙太狠，满门天骄求我早日成神 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance]+ [Leveling up and growth] When Li Yuan opened her eyes, she had become the most famous pushover in the entire sect. She gave spirit medicines to other people's cultivators and acted as cannon fodder on their trials. Was she both the gentle, generous junior sister and another fish in the pool of the genius senior brothers at Sword Peak? Her own strength was zero, and even her single-element spiritual root was fake!? Flip the table! Starting from scratch, she was going to cultivate! E 37.2kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
44. 44 会 She Has a Billion Kinds of Superpowers, Yet Always Says She's Weak 会亿种异能的她，总说自己很弱 Seven Stars, One Point七星一点Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsOngoing No romance, special abilities, leveling up + Infinite Flow scenarios + skill plundering + hunting monsters in the wild. Human emotions mutated into monsters, and domains descended upon the world. When the psychologist Zuo Xiuyan saw it all, she thought, Hm? This is right up my alley! Emotional contamination? Sorry, her emotions are steady, and contamination tastes great. Emotional monsters? Sorry, she absorbs emotions, and monsters taste great. What, people with mental illnesses are mutating int 17.7kReads9.2Score3kShelves
45. 45 全EN Global Death Exam: Straight from the Execution Grounds to the Test Room 全球死考：刚下刑场你让我去考试 I Love Eating Cat Chips我爱吃猫片哇Mystery1.0M WordsOngoing [Tactical battles + mild horror + infinite-world adventure] The Deadly College Entrance Exam has arrived, dragging thirty million candidates into hell. The exam questions have been replaced with scenes from horror movies and disasters. Even staying alive is a pipe dream. Pass and earn rewards. Fail and be erased! Ten points earn ten million. One hundred points earn Tyrant genes. One thousand points earn the Apocalypse. Only ??? can make it out of this exam. To investigate, the military “ 1.6MReads9.3Score315.2kShelves

    Reader note

    This book has many plot twists; you'll never guess the truth behind the dungeon. It features many dungeon elements, including zombies, memes, supernatural battles, and more. The plot is slightly scary and thrilling, the author writes with great logic, and the tension runs throughout. The male lead is intelligent, calm, and decisive. Currently, he has no romantic partner, but he has teammates with whom he has a good relationship. It also has a large readership. [Sending hearts]

46. 46 我 I, a Screenwriter, and the Spiritual Qi Revival 我，编剧，灵气复苏 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Mystery906k WordsOngoing Unkind female lead, no romance, game invasion, spiritual qi revival, mastermind, dungeons, infinite flow, rules-based horror, reborn, secret identities, horror game … Song Mo died at the end of the Song dynasty, then came back to life in a parallel world. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is a blood-soaked corpse: [Low-level material: Landlord's corpse (click to view related material)] [Scriptwriting points: 0] [Time remaining: 6 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes, 40 seconds] [Write a s 74.8kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves

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    My recommendations are always top-notch. The first book has a similar core theme and personality; excellent people are often similar, and both are equally brilliant. The second book is a horror game, with a particularly compelling plot.

47. 47 就 Even a Muggle Has to Take This World Down! 就算是麻瓜也要干翻这个世界！ Clouds Disperse, Words Remain云销语记Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted “Wasteland + military academy + competitions + System + leveling + strong female lead, no romance” “Looks like a good-for-nothing, but is actually a powerhouse” “I mean, is it possible that abilities other than metal, wood, water, wind, fire, and earth exist?” Ming Xiang transmigrates into a wasteland world, becoming an ordinary person whose tests show no elemental abilities, but who comes with a status panel. What do you do if you have no abilities? Forge a path to power that belongs to ordin 19.3kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves

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    These are some of the well-written ones I've found so far. Some have low ratings, but the content won't disappoint.

48. 48 木 Raft Survival: I'm Determined to Build a Mouse Utopia 木筏求生：我致力打造鼠托邦 Little Seven Sounds七小音Sports1.8M WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Farming] [Infrastructure Building] [Satisfying Survival] [Growth] [Leveling Up] She wakes up to find the world submerged beneath the sea. Everyone is forced to take part in a “maritime survival game.” From the start, all she has is a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Everything she needs must be caught. Hunger, monsters, natural disasters, betrayal... People struggle to stay alive in this game. The beginner’s gift pack grants a mutation to one item you carry, turn 32kReads8.6Score6.2kShelves

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    It's very rewarding to stack up stats, and it doesn't get boring later on, except when entering some dungeons.

49. 49 刚EN Cast Out of the Rich Family, Global Apocalypse Strikes 刚被赶出豪门，末世天灾降临全球 Ye Zhenzhen叶榛蓁Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Infinite Survival Challenges + All Kinds of Disasters + Transmigration + Strong Female Lead + Golden Finger + Management + Livestreaming + Wish Fulfillment + Taking Down Scum] Ye Zhao transmigrates into the real heiress who was switched at birth. She has just been kicked out of her wealthy family when the Black Hole Game descends upon the world. Zombie crisis; strange phenomena descend; global infection; gravity goes haywire; worldwide heatwave; global conflict; survival at sea; su 12.6kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, strong female lead, the first two books are completed, the last four are currently being serialized.

50. 50 公 Highway Survival: Frozen from the Start, I Win by Letting My Dolls Carry Me 公路求生：冰封开局我靠玩偶躺赢 Just a Little Bean Dumpling是个豆团子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.3M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse for all + road survival + lie flat + homebody + dollmaker + food + adorable pets + no romance] [No female rivalry, lone-wolf protagonist, slow-paced survival, ensemble cast of dolls.] [Disasters]: Frozen plateaus, scorching deserts, floodwaters, eerie fog, and abyssal sinkholes. Su An is reborn, returning to the time before she was pulled into the game. In one month, she will be pulled into the Blue Star Ascension Survival Game, becoming one of the Blue Star players livestreaming ci 15.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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