Political Intrigue, Realism, and Strategy 官场 现实 智谋

1. 451 蝉 The Cicada Project 蝉计划 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Urban4.7M WordsCompleted [Spiritual qi revival + crafty schemer + comedy + meme references + one heroine] As spiritual qi revived, Jiang Bai unexpectedly arrived in the age of the fifth mysterious tide. Everything he knew had faded with the passage of time. The world had been utterly transformed, familiar places and people were gone, and the career he had once fought for had turned to dust. The past was beyond recall. In this chaotic, dark age, order had long since collapsed, civilization was no more, and the shadow of 91.9kReads9.3Score11kShelves
2. 452 你 Your Mystery Novels Make You Better at Solving Cases Than the Police? 你写悬疑小说比警察还会查案？ Ju Jiuzhi桔九织Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted (No System, no female lead, not invincible, mostly everyday life, Conan-like bad luck, cases both big and small.) (Warning: The protagonist does everything for himself and is no conventional good guy. Don’t read if that bothers you. Also, no female lead doesn’t mean no female characters; it just means there are no romantic scenes. Don’t read if you don’t want women to appear.) Other people transmigrate and find opportunities and connections waiting for them. When Lu Ci transmigrates, the only th 8.5kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
3. 453 转 Reincarnated as a Green Dragon—So What If I'm a Little Scummy? 转生成绿龙的我屑一点怎么了？ Hungry Fox饿肚子的狐狸Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Boom!] The gigantic beast, as big as a hill, fell to the ground. A young green dragon, smaller than the beast’s head, stood atop its skull, its dark green claws sinking deep into the flesh. It held its head high, its entire body radiating the aura of a king… “Hng-da~ Hng-da~” The scene he had imagined was abruptly interrupted by a childish cry. Standing on the beast’s skull, Kaosi lowered his head and looked helplessly at the white young dragon sitting on the ground. Her two thick hind legs str 107kReads9.1Score14.7kShelves
4. 454 我 I'm an Assassin, Not a Detective 我是杀手，不是侦探 Dharma Name: One More Watch法号一更Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted (No transmigration, no System.) Lu Yutang, a professional killer, never imagined that his wealthy landlady would turn out to be a police detective, living right across the hall from him. What a predicament. (Other works in this series are now available. Visit the author’s page.) 51.7kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
5. 455 一 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 No Joy无喜Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
6. 456 雷 Thunderbolt Commando 雷霆尖兵 Charles Eight Plus Eight夏尔八加八Urban924k WordsCompleted I'm discharged, and I've got kills under my belt. With this many walking medals of merit, getting promoted to officer should be a piece of cake... System? I don't need one! Li Ke only wanted to finish his studies and return to civilian life, but fate had other plans, sending him on one thrilling adventure after another. Drug busts, crime crackdowns, business ventures, and revenge: time and again, he foils his enemies' schemes. Veteran leftists, guerrillas, and mercenaries continue to write stori 2.2kReads8.4Score102Shelves

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   The description of officialdom is a major theme in the story line so far. It is profound and realistic, you can check it out!

7. 457 我 I Returned from Hell to Plan the Perfect String of Revenge 我从地狱归来，策划连环完美复仇 Leaves Can't Predict Autumn叶难知秋Mystery525k WordsCompleted [No Female Lead] [Mad Protagonist] [Elegant] [High-IQ Crimes] [No System] Ten years ago, the Shen family was wiped out by a mysterious organization known as the Alliance. Shen Feng was beaten to death and left in the wilderness. Now, Shen Feng’s soul has returned from hell. That day, the criminal investigation squad received a call from a mysterious person claiming he would kill the famous CEO Liu Ruxu at a shareholders’ meeting. The nightmare began at that very moment. Shen Feng planned one per 44.9kReads9.5Score4.6kShelves
8. 458 官 Ten Years in Politics: The Men and Women I Knew 官场十年：那些男人和女人们 Bloodstained Saber血染军刀Urban2.8M WordsOngoing In his previous life, Lin Feng earned rapid promotion after he arrested a powerful figure during a drunk-driving investigation, refusing to bend the rules. Reborn on the night of that same assignment, he realized his girlfriend had also been reborn when she insisted on rushing out to investigate the drunk-driving case first... However, she didn’t know that in his previous life, his rapid rise through the ranks hadn’t depended on that case at all... Refusing to bend the rules wasn’t a virtue, it 38.3kReads8.6Score2kShelves

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   They are all high-scoring masterpieces

9. 459 名 In the Name of the People: Liancheng's Rebellion 名义：连城的反抗 Sentimental Divine Blade多情神刀Male-Channel Fanfiction164k WordsCompleted After Ding Yizhen flees, Sun Liancheng becomes Li Dakang's scapegoat. He's forced to cover the shortfall in resettlement funds for Dafeng Factory, pays out of his own pocket to plug the hole at the public petition office, and is made to shoulder the risks of regulatory violations in the Guangming Peak project. When the stars in the “Cosmic District Chief's” sky can no longer withstand the pressure to deliver results, Sun Liancheng puts away his telescope and uses a report packed with data to exp 59Reads—Score—Shelves

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10. 460 宦 Ripples in the Sea of Officialdom: Reborn on the Road to Power 宦海微澜：重生仕途路 A Tale of Years Gone By风叙经年Urban257k WordsOngoing Lin Yanzhou died. He died on the front line of flood control, swept away by the breach in the Huai River embankment, on the levee he had guarded for twenty years. His forty-eight years of life had been painfully meek. No connections, no backers, no resources. He was afraid to accept invitations, in case he couldn't afford to return the favor. He was afraid to accept gifts, in case he got in trouble and dragged his wife and children down with him. After twenty years, he was still only a deputy 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The 48-year-old deputy mayor was washed away during a dam rescue operation and was reborn at the age of 22. He started in the city government office and relied on his previous life experience to be promoted step by step to the county party secretary in 22 years. Four years later, he calmly responded to a flood that had never happened in a century and saved the people in need. When he thought it was over, a huge wave swallowed him up!!!!

11. 461 多 A Book by Duoqing Shendao, No. 57 多情神刀第57本书 Sentimental Divine Blade多情神刀Urban333k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 462 官 The Long Road to High Office: An Old Bureaucrat Lives in My Left Ear 官途漫漫：我的左耳有个老官僚 Sentimental Divine Blade多情神刀Urban149k WordsCompleted A graduate student from a prestigious university heads to a remote township, full of expectations, only to be questioned for being "overqualified for the job." After an accident, a mysterious "old bureaucrat" takes up residence in his world. He offers no shortcuts to promotion, teaching him only how to master the practical work: digest policies thoroughly and explain them to the people, and connect the numbers in reports to the fields and farms. The truth is found in the details. The "old burea —Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 463 宦 Love Amid the Corridors of Power 宦海情途 Boil the Sea into Salt煮海为盐Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Zhou Zhiyuan, a minor official, loses his way but never his ambition. He struggles desperately at the very bottom of society, yet never gets anywhere, until he meets her. Then he turns his fortunes around and climbs, step by step, to the pinnacle of life… 10.2kReads7.5Score694Shelves

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    This book is good😌

14. 464 规 Rule-Based Horror? I Choose to Rebel 规则怪谈？我选择叛逆 Alas, Deep Love奈何情深Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [A short drama adaptation of the same name is now available. You can watch it on the platform. Thank you for your support.] [Subverting expectations + no heroine + hilarious + sly schemer + rebellious + eerie + national fate] Rule-based horror descends upon Earth. The uncanny invades reality. Those chosen are sent into horror worlds, where they represent their respective nations and face the horrors within. Su Xiao is chosen by the horror world and entrusted with the task of representing the Dra 51.3kReads9.6Score6.5kShelves

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    Wisdom, the second book is really awesome, I don't have it in reality, it's a bit official, I must read the second book!! High score, good-looking, and foreshadowing

15. 465 模 After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 268kReads9.6Score53.1kShelves
16. 466 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 33.3kReads9.6Score4.6kShelves
17. 467 家 My Nephew Is the Chongzhen Emperor: Building an Everlasting Ming Dynasty 家侄崇祯，打造大明日不落 Schrodinger's Tiger薛定谔的虎Historical3.7M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the Ming dynasty and mistakes Emperor Chongzhen for his nephew. From then on, he becomes an overprotective uncle! A faction called the Donglin Party bullies my nephew and seizes his family’s property? Kill their leader and wipe that accursed faction off the map! A postman named Li Chuang forces my nephew to hang himself? I’ll rebel! Let this uncle beat him until he loses all his teeth! The Tungusic savages killed my nephew’s people and want to take his empire, too? Don’t be 8.6kReads9.1Score681Shelves

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    Good looking, quality guaranteed

18. 468 我 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 Qing Hong青红Historical8.5M WordsOngoing [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 270.5kReads9.4Score23.6kShelves
19. 469 大 Great Ming: From the Start, Zhu Di Exposed My Simulated Life 大明：开局被朱棣模拟人生曝光了 Sky-Blue Shirt天蓝色的衬衫Historical4.6M WordsCompleted [Ming Dynasty charmer + father’s resignation, son’s delight + simulator + two golden fingers] In the sixteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoshuo transmigrates to another version of the Ming Dynasty and becomes Zhu Di's fourth son. With three dragons and two pythons around him, he had planned to live quietly and enjoy his life as a prince. But to his surprise, he attracts the spirits of legendary figures from history. The First Emperor Ying Zheng, Xiang Yu the Conqueror, Chancellor Zhuge Liang, the God 21.8kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
20. 470 北 The Northern City Kingpin 北城枭雄 Jade Creek Burning at the Fingertips玉溪燃指尖Urban6.0M WordsOngoing Formerly titled The Northern City's Underworld Boss, also known as Tales of the Northeastern Underworld. They say the underworld is all about human relationships and worldly ways, but have you ever seen the real underworld? The underworld is dangerous, but the human heart is even more dangerous. Spring ice is thin, and human nature is thinner still. The underworld is nothing more than a game of chess. Once you enter the game, you can no longer control your own fate. I will use my own experie 280kReads9.5Score15.7kShelves
21. 471 震 Shocking! My Online Dating Partner Turns Out to Be the Campus Belle! 震惊！我的网恋对象竟然是校花！ Hardworking Old Jiu奋斗老九Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [One heroine + sweet everyday romance + sign-in System + tycoon] Chu Heng is reborn back in his college days, and runs into something strange as soon as he starts school! The aloof campus belle is actually making the first move! “Chu Heng, let’s dance together!” “Thanks, but no. I’m at college, but my heart’s online. Sorry, I already have a girlfriend!” “Chu Heng, I bought you an energy drink. Remember to drink it!” “What the heck! That’s already the ninth bottle you’ve bought me! Are you trying 7.6kReads9.1Score875Shelves

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    It can be considered a bit of a touch.

22. 472 直 Livestream: The Goddess's Husky Steals the Show 直播：女神家的哈士奇天秀 Ten-Cash Celestial Master十钱天师Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Qin Xiaobai transmigrates into the body of a husky. And his owner is actually a goddess-level livestreamer. Reporter: “Miss Su, you’re now Douyu’s top streamer. What’s the secret to your success? Is it your heaven-defying beauty or your hard work and dedication?” Su Wanqing thinks for a long moment, then points at the husky beside her. “I don’t think it’s either of those. Most of my success is really thanks to how outstanding my husky is! Sometimes I even wonder if my husky is the real protagoni 750Reads9.0Score100Shelves
23. 473 官 Officialdom: I Rewrote the Script of My Life 官场：我重写了人生剧本 Green Little Apple青涩小苹果Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang is reborn. This time, he begins his career in government by staying on at his school, rewriting his life and composing a grand chronicle. (This is the first book in the series. For the second, Officialdom: Starting as a Party Secretary, follow the author account “Qingse Little Apple.” You can find it beneath the author’s name.) 77.8kReads9.2Score6.4kShelves
24. 474 官 The Young Master: I Only Learned My Family’s Power After Our Whirlwind Wedding 官家：闪婚后，才知家族权势滔天 Three Pages of a Book三页书Urban2.5M WordsOngoing A thrilling tale: In his previous life, his family suffered disaster, he endured hardship time and again, and his life was full of regrets. Reborn in 2001, he keeps a low profile and holds back, then unexpectedly enters a whirlwind marriage with a beautiful head of an organizational department. Only after the wedding does he learn that his uncle has deep connections. With the advantage of knowing what the future holds, he decides to seize the opportunity and defy fate. He starts at the grassroot 31.3kReads7.9Score3kShelves
25. 475 凡 Mortal Bones 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted The world’s spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade, Heavenly Spiritual Bone. Second grade, Golden Spiritual Bone. Third grade, Profound Spiritual Bone. Fourth grade, White Spiritual Bone. All the rest are mortal bones, with no chance of cultivating. Xu Taiping, born with mortal bones, swears to prove to the cultivation world that mortal bones can slay demons, mortal bones can vanquish devils, and mortal bones can ascend to immortality! 631.1kReads9.3Score94kShelves

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    Very nice book, I couldn't stop reading it. Recommended on my wall

26. 476 佛 Buddha's Son of Heaven 佛子天 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [No System, no golden finger, an underdog's comeback, a grim early story and a thrilling later one! Anti-drug operations + counterespionage + a brutal start + underworld conflicts + love of country and family] With a mysterious background, a strange family, and a vast shadow lurking behind him, a student with a tragic past is driven to become a madman feared by both the underworld and the legitimate world! A madman who wants to turn the entire world upside down! He crushes the demons and monster 15.1kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
27. 477 重 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The Gods Want to Go Wild神想出去浪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 318.5kReads9.6Score40.7kShelves
28. 478 团 United Village 团结村 Cao Er Cao曹尔曹Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The first volume of United Village is a sweeping historical panorama of township enterprises going public, state-owned enterprise reform, and the rise and fall of private businesses. Centered on Li Xiaoshan and Cao Ruhai, the first generation of United Village, it tells the story of a group of dreamers setting out on their own journeys in a turbulent era. They rush forward, believing their dreams will one day come true, only to realize, when their hair has turned white, that they never bought a 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Heart to heart communicates with each other, and wisdom plays with wisdom. This is a summary of the characters of Li Xiaoshan in the two books.

29. 479 新 A New War and Peace 新战争与和平 Cao Er Cao曹尔曹Urban1.3M WordsOngoing The second volume of United Village, New War and Peace, is set in an imagined present-day world in the post-globalization era. Its central figures are Meilong Town in United Village, Qin Dachuan, and Cao Ruhai and Cao Jicheng of the Shanhai Group. A group of veteran soldiers bring the blood-and-steel logic of the battlefield into the business jungle. As they pursue overseas farming and settlement, they are swept into a chain of crises: espionage in Russia’s Far East, a shootout on Sakhalin Islan 27Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 480 暴 The Secret to Getting Rich: The Breaker 暴富密码：破壁者 Three Merchants' Ancient City三商古城Urban806k WordsCompleted He pawned his ID card for 2,000 yuan in startup capital, convinced that the secret to getting rich was breaking through the barriers of capital. Xiao Zihe went from a poor kid at an internet cafe in an urban village to a market disruptor stirring up the business world. Along the way, he peddled anxiety, ventured into dangerous waters, cashed in on people’s hopes with a “top student capsule pod,” exploited nostalgia with “intangible cultural heritage livestreams,” and nearly lost himself in the a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 481 万 The Secret to Getting Rich Behind 10,000 Property Listings 万套房源背后的暴富密码 Three Merchants' Ancient City三商古城Urban46k WordsCompleted The secret to striking it rich behind a portfolio of ten thousand properties: a broke student used zero-down payments and financial leverage to make two hundred billion in three years through a scheme of getting something for nothing. Now, many people are coveting the secret behind his fortune... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 482 蓝 Blue Spirit Star Era: Underlying Currents at Daming Lake 蓝灵星纪元：大明湖暗涌 Three Merchants' Ancient City三商古城Urban54k WordsCompleted An empire built on money, power, and flesh and blood comes crashing down beneath the bloodied shovels of migrant workers. Sanchang Ancient City, a bitter winter at the turn of the century. At twenty-five, Yang Gaofeng, known as the "Western Venom," is worth eight million. He is ruthless and all-powerful. To seize the 50-billion-yuan "Daming Lake" project, he carefully lays his plans: he pretends to divorce to move his assets, uses his maternal uncle's qualifications to secure a subcontract, and —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 重 Reborn in 1997: I Was Going Bankrupt from the Start 重生97：开局就要破产 Jin Jianfeng金剑锋Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in 1997: From the Start, I’m Going Bankrupt; The Everyday Life of a Middle-Aged Construction Worker Reborn; [Cozy everyday life + construction site stories + family squabbles + no showing off or face-slapping + one female lead] Yang Yuankun spent his whole life as a bricklayer, working himself to the bone. After inhaling too much dust, he stopped breathing in his fifties while lying in a hospital bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the moment he’d com 18.9kReads8.5Score775Shelves

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