Any Stories Where the Protagonist Seems Useless but Is Secretly Powerful and Saves the Day at the Last Moment? 有没有表面废物，实则扮猪吃老虎，然后神级救场的

1. 1 师EN My Junior Disciples Are All Overpowered, So I Have to Cheat! 师弟们都是大佬，那我只能开挂了 Rain Falls from South of the City to the West城南有雨落城西Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted The second junior brother is the chosen one of the plane. The third junior brother is reborn. The fourth junior brother is an ancient Sword Immortal reincarnated. The junior sister is the future Demon Empress. Everyone from top to bottom is a hidden powerhouse! Ouyang, the eldest senior brother, gives a crooked grin. “Well, then I guess I'll have to use cheats!” 124.5kReads9.4Score12.5k14d adds

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   Fantasy premise + playing dumb to outsmart others + don't worry, your senior brother will cover for you

2. 2 坏 Oh No! I've Become the Male Lead in a Regret Novel 坏了！我成后悔文男主了 Ninth Red第九红色Urban2.9M WordsCompleted (A ridiculously satisfying story, with a payoff in three chapters. If you're not satisfied, come fight me!) (New book out! Title: I'm a Green Tea! Am I the Chosen One?! Protagonist: Fang Chang! Hope you'll show it lots of support!) (Decisive, wildly satisfying, funny, with lots of Dragon Kings and villains! The male lead arrives in his own body, and it's always been him. This gets explained later; it's foreshadowing. No toxic plot points. The author is well-behaved and obedient!) In a simp st 65.4kReads8.6Score7.2k14d adds

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   Regret, a satisfying read

3. 3 只 I Just Want to Lie Flat and Slack Off, but My Disciple Became an Immortal Emperor! 只想躺平摸鱼，弟子却成了仙帝！ Perfected Mystic通玄真人Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Invincible protagonist + lie flat without competing + behind-the-scenes mastermind + disciples and ensemble cast + no heroine + lighthearted comedy] Eternal life lifts me toward the clouds; I'll simply laze around until I reach the mountaintop. Everyone cultivates to seek immortality, but Gu Xuan... Cultivating? Not a chance. He can only laze around like this. Unexpectedly, his sect held a disciple recruitment ceremony, and Gu Xuan officially activated the Strongest Invincible Disciple-Raising 5.2kReads7.6Score34414d adds
4. 4 玄 Xuanhuan: My Senior Brother Is Kind of Divine 玄幻：我的师兄有点神 One Sword to Slay You一剑攘死你Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted “The profound lineage of Heaven and Earth.” “The root from which all energy springs.” “Cultivating through countless tribulations.” “To prove my divine power.” “My name is Su Liang.” “I am a god who walks among mortals.” “Have you ever seen a god?” 23.5kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
5. 5 盗 The Grave Robbers' Chronicles: Spend Money on the Protagonist and Get Tenfold Returns 盗笔：给主角花钱就能十倍返还 Twenty Years of Persistence执着二十年Two Male Leads684k WordsCompleted A revised synopsis. First, the protagonist is not a big shot, and this is not a story about two equally powerful leads. At the beginning, he is just a good-for-nothing college student with barely half a bar of energy. Second, the System does not devote itself entirely to serving the protagonist. It has its own ideas and needs. Also, this is not a wish-fulfillment story. If you want mindless wish fulfillment, don't read this, or it'll make you furious!!! If you can't accept that, please move alo 5.3kReads8.8Score55414d adds

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   This book is particularly cowardly at the beginning. The protagonist's real name is Shen Fei, but he's called Shen Congxin by Fatty. He even reveals this to the system, teaming up with the Zhang family to trick the system, haha. Later, he's subjected to rigorous training by the Zhang family, and his fighting skills become quite formidable. The protagonist's system has a summoning function, allowing him to summon members of the Zhang family from the past. Wu Xie likes the protagonist, and the Zhang family's big cats protect their little cat protagonist. Even Hei Xiazi gets criticized. Actually, I think the protagonist looks weak, helpless, and pitiful on the outside, but he's actually full of mischief and has a wicked sense of humor. He seems simple-minded, but he's actually a very clever person.

6. 6 杀 You Killed Me to Sacrifice Me and Save Your Family, So Why Are You Freaking Out? 杀我献祭你全家，你破防啥？ Dreaming Back to Three Thousand Provinces梦回三千州Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: [Burn Bright and Live Forever, Borrow Heaven's Destiny, Become Invincible Across the Ages!] Synopsis: [Eternal life + life-borrowing talent + lighthearted, with a touch of poignancy] Gu Ming accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world. From the start, he has eternal life and awakens the talent to borrow lives. If he is killed, he can borrow the life of the killer's closest relative to resurrect himself, and randomly gain one of their skills, including but not limited to fo 31.3kReads7.9Score3.5k14d adds

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   Some brothers, yes, there are three like this. The first is a longevity novel where the protagonist has five spiritual roots but a system. He can create 360 ​​golden eggs from a single borrowed one, but the author's pacing is excellent; he doesn't write hundreds of chapters about core formation and prefers subtle displays of power. The second book starts with an ordinary person who then takes an unconventional path and kills his villainous master. The third book uses the phrase "I can see the future" to convince everyone to fight.

7. 7 我 Even Ghost Messengers Say the Hotpot at My Restaurant Is Delicious 我开的火锅店，鬼差吃了都说好 Lone Lord孤爷Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted Low-key version She dropped out of school at thirteen and worked as a chef until she was nineteen. With the savings Lin Ye had scraped together over those six years, he opened a hot pot restaurant. Who could have guessed his venture would get off to such a poor start, with business so slow the place was about to close? Just as he was wondering what to do next, two customers showed up on the restaurant's final night and changed his life... Grim Reaper: “Boss Lin, your hot pot is so spicy. It 31.6kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
8. 8 诡EN The Horrors Are Hard to Kill? Sorry, I'm the Truly Immortal One 诡异难杀？抱歉，我才是真正不死 Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.0M WordsCompleted This book has been signed for publication, so enjoy it with confidence. [Death Regression + Foreknowledge of the Future + Kill the Saintly One First + Dark Tone + Supernatural Resurgence] After accidentally transmigrating to a world invaded by the supernatural, Fang Xiu awakens the ability to return from death, also known as turning back time. Whenever he dies, time rewinds to just before his death. In this perilous and uncanny world, he could have laid low, but instead he chooses to announce to 232kReads9.5Score28.6k14d adds
9. 9 他 While Others Command Ghosts, I Cultivate Immortality; While Others Fear, I Covet 他人驭鬼我修仙，他人恐惧我贪婪 Soda Sea Salt Crackers苏打海盐饼干Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Highly recommend this divine novel: The Strange Resurgence: I Can Transform into a Great Demon] [Not invincible, clever protagonist, focused on leveling up, horror, hilarious, dark worldview, a high-dimensional golden finger crushing a lower-dimensional world] Nightmares erode reality. Cities and skyscrapers that once disappeared return, now filled with terrifying high-level supernatural beings. When the final day arrives, the whole world falls into darkness, and one strange god after another 31kReads7.7Score2.6k14d adds
10. 10 我 I Learn to Slay Ghosts on a Paranormal Forum 我在怪谈论坛学斩鬼 Young and Unaccomplished, Yet Never Insecure年少无为不自卑Mystery735k WordsCompleted [The printed edition of Strange Tales Forum is in production] [The short drama adaptation of Strange Tales Forum is in production] Gao Shen joined a strange tales forum by chance. The forum often posts eerie stories, describing every detail so vividly that they seem to have really happened. Users who reply seriously analyze the source of each incident and discuss how to deal with it. They even address each other as Heavenly Masters, Soul Tamer 49.9kReads8.7Score6.4k14d adds
11. 11 时EN Time Stop from the Start, Even Evil Gods Have to Kneel Before Me! 时停起手，邪神也得给我跪下！ Six Gourds六个葫芦Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Time Stop + Apocalypse + Superpowers + Arrogance + Forgetting Your Roots + Rejecting Inner Turmoil] Bai Ye transmigrated to the age of the Great Cataclysm, two hundred years in the future. This world was full of danger, its people were honest and simple, and mutated beasts ran rampant. But he wasn't worried. Because he could stop time for one minute every day. If he didn't use it today, he could save it up for tomorrow. When time across the world hit zero, he would be the only one who could mov 688.5kReads9.4Score49.1k14d adds
12. 12 你 You're a Priest, Who Told You to Heal the Monsters? 你一个牧师，谁告诉你给怪加血的 Yesterday's Northern Border昨日北境Sports2.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into an audiobook, so readers can enjoy it with confidence! [The game neither invades reality nor descends upon it] Everyone agrees that the most useless class in the game is the priest. Even a dog wouldn't pick one. On the first day of Fantasy Skies, Qi Tian ignored his roommates' furious protests and stubbornly chose the priest, a class nobody wanted. His damage was barely a scratch, his chants took forever, and his mana consumption was sky-high. His party members 2kReads7.9Score16214d adds
13. 13 高 You Haven't Even Graduated High School, So How Are You Already a Grandmaster? 高中还没毕业，你怎么就成宗师了 Ye Ling Du叶灵渡Urban3.6M WordsCompleted The wasteland descends, exotic beasts invade, and martial arts sweep the nation as warriors become the new mainstream. High school student Ye Ran transmigrates to this world and relies on the Martial Arts Achievement System to drive out the beasts, protect his home, and climb step by step to the summit. He becomes the strongest Martial Saint and sweeps across the eternal starry skies! Martial Arts Achievement 1: Chicken-Slaying Expert. Kill 3,000 chickens to earn 10 achievement points and a phys 48.3kReads8.7Score4.7k14d adds
14. 14 只 He Kills, Never Saves: This Taoist Is Wickedly Righteous! 只杀不渡，这个道士正到发邪！ Midsummer Is Coming仲夏将至Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Supernatural + Mazu + folk customs + deity processions + Guanjian Shou + yin-yang taboos] People in Fujian often say, “If the powers above won't agree, just ask Mazu.” Born with an extremely weighty fate, Lin Haien was conceived on Qingming and born on the Winter Solstice. He has a yin-yang constitution and a spirit-sensitive body. Lost souls and wandering ghosts torment him, all hoping to take over his body and replace him. To give him even the slimmest chance of survival, his midwife grandmot 116.6kReads9.2Score9.7k14d adds

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    Lin Hai'en was born on the winter solstice, imbued with the spirit of Qingming. He was born with a Yin-Yang destiny and a spiritual connection, but his fate was turbid. Wandering spirits swarmed, seeking to possess his body. His midwife and grandmother carried him to the Mazu Temple, where they cast divination blocks three times, each time receiving a good omen. Thanks to Mazu's protection, his life was spared. Several years passed peacefully until the New Year's procession. Lin Hai'en, dressed in the attire of an official general, suddenly saw the evil demon, the Great Black Buddha Mother, lurking in the crowd. In an instant, her eyes turned into vertical pupils—she offered incense to the sun, took three steps in praise, summoned the two generals of increase and decrease, and unleashed merciless slaughter. With a shake of her head, she began to use a spirit medium!

15. 15 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds

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    [Smiling][Smiling][Smiling][Smiling] This author is a ruthless person who is well-versed in poetry and literature, and can teach you a great deal about officialdom.

16. 16 音 I Saved the Music Festival. Winning the Championship Isn’t Asking Too Much, Right? 音乐节救场，拿个冠军不过分吧 Er Dong Qi耳东岐Male-Channel Fanfiction3.7M WordsCompleted The music festival called me in to save the day. Is it really so unreasonable if I win the championship? The judges suspect I plagiarized. Is it really so unreasonable if I write a song on the spot and prove them wrong with some face-slapping? I made an alt account to write a novel. Is it really so unreasonable if we all share The Return of the Condor Heroes’ Dragon Knight? I want to make movies. Is it really so unreasonable if Hollywood blockbusters can’t compete with mine? I want to make games 269Reads7.3Score10614d adds

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    The plot is good and not padded out.

17. 17 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds

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    Fate is unpredictable, and there will always be regrets.

18. 18 戏 A Performer Is Weak? The White Crane Boy Scares the Black Mother of the Great Buddha Out of Her Wits 戏子弱？白鹤童子，吓尿大黑佛母 Leaning Snow's Reflection倾然映雪Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Guan Jiang Shou] [Black and White Impermanence] [Erlang Shen] [Black Myth: Nezha] [Sun Wukong] [Folk Deity Processions] In an era when everyone changes jobs, Wang Qingyuan awakens the [God of Drama Path] class from the start. People think he’s nothing but a performer who can sing opera. But he also awakens the [Deity Possession System]. By impersonating gods, he can summon them to possess him and fight on his behalf, while gaining their spells and magical treasures! Guan Jiang Shou: “I tread th 604Reads8.2Score16614d adds

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    The protagonist possesses a system; it's an urban martial arts adventure story—purely a thrilling and enjoyable read! Highly recommended!!!

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