A High-IQ Madman: Interesting Reads Without Mindless Wish Fulfillment, Romance Optional 高智商的疯子，有意思，不要无脑爽，无CP男女都可
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
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
1.7MReads9.9Score233.7kShelves
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The House of Dread 诡舍
[Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of
759.7kReads9.6Score134.6kShelves
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Deicide Learning In A Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神
A must-read hit on Tomato Novel | Original novel of the hit anime Slay the Gods | IP influence on the China Online Literature Influence List | 2023 China Good Novel Have you ever wondered whether monsters from ancient myths lurk beneath the neon-lit city? Have you ever wondered whether gods stand watch over humanity atop the moon hanging high above us? Have you ever wondered whether extraordinary people walk among us in our bustling modern cities, acting in the gods’ stead? In the society ruled
1.1MReads9.9Score252kShelves
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After a Thousand Simulations, I've Mastered the Escape Game 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法
[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
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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
[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
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The Unhinged Legend Who Walked Out of Prison 从监狱走出来的绝世疯批
[A new genre for 2025: unhinged, genius, feel-good wish fulfillment, hilarious urban fiction, no System, no cultivation, no supernatural powers, invincible background] An unexpected visitor arrived at a prison full of taboos today. “Where’d this kid come from? He’s so delicate. Why don’t we just toss him out? We can’t keep him alive anyway,” said a skinny man. “Old Dao, don’t you dare! I brought this child here.” “Poison Woman, have you suddenly become overflowing with motherly love? Are you sur
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
1.7MReads9.9Score190.9kShelves
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The Brooding Top Is Always Crying in the Seductive Tycoon's Arms! 阴湿攻，他总在钓系大佬怀里哭！
[Completed] Xu Sui wakes up to a world-shattering shock. His wife, with whom he'd shared a love-hate relationship and a forced romance, has killed herself. She's completely dead, leaving him behind, frail, helpless, and crying out for care. Xu Sui silently looks at the engagement ring he'd secretly prepared, along with the betrothal gifts he'd spent years putting together. His composure slowly crumbles, and he grows increasingly unhinged. “If you're a ghost, haunt me like a demon for the rest of
7.9kReads8.4Score593Shelves
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I'm an Assassin, Not a Detective 我是杀手，不是侦探
(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.)
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Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批
The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou
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A Wealthy Family's Stand-In? She's Ridiculously Powerful 豪门小替身？她强得有点离谱
Qiao Qing was raised by the Jing family as a stand-in. Whenever the real heiress wanted to slack off, she had to put on a secret identity and step out to maintain the flawless image of a wealthy-family heir. But she was unlucky. Her family's enemies mistook her for the real heiress and blew her up. When she opens her eyes again, Qiao Qing has become a badly injured girl with a flashy motorcycle, lying in bed while her biological mother pulls out her oxygen tube. Her mother isn't cruel withou
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I Tell Fortunes at a Psychiatric Hospital While Waiting to Ascend 我在精神病院给人算命以待飞升
[No romance + strongest female lead + women supporting women + mysticism + past and present lives + ancient-to-modern + revenge + supernatural ghosts] Lu Yao was once an imperial preceptor with power over all under heaven, but a conspiracy left her sealed beneath nine soul-suppressing steles for a thousand years. When she wakes, she's a “madwoman” in a modern psychiatric hospital. She has lost all her spiritual power, with only her talent for fortune-telling left. To recover her cultivation and
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The Phoenix Rises to Power: The Scheming Female Chancellor Rules the World 凤启朝堂：腹黑女宰相执掌乾坤
[Political Scheming and Mind Games | Battlefield Strategy | Everyone Is Evil | Matched Wits | Ancient-Style Transmigration | No System | Not Invincible | Two Powerful Leads | Cunning, Highly Intelligent Female Lead] Updated frequently. At least one chapter drops daily after 6:00 p.m. No filler, ever. A cunning emperor and his chancellor play their game together, turning the world upside down to determine its fate. (Violent, sinister emperor VS female chancellor who plans for every contingency) A
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Criminal Synopsis 犯罪提要
Silver-haired beauty with a genius IQ [Qin Yinluo (Chong Hu)] vs. shameless, scheming, lovesick big shot [Long Jinfeng] [Double purity, equally matched, two big shots, two male leads + crime solving + undercover criminal investigation + comedy + happy ending + sweet romance] What should you do when the one who got away returns home after years apart? Long Jinfeng's answer: Easy. A golden cage and chains. Qin Yinluo had been away for many years and met all kinds of people, but few had ever struck
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Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】
Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao
6.4kReads9.4Score863Shelves
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When the Cool-Hearted Forensic Doctor Falls from Grace for Love 当清冷法医为爱走下神坛
[Powerhouse Duo + Two Male Leads + Criminal Investigation] A battle-ready squad leader X a brilliant forensic doctor from a wealthy family After three years without a single murder, Jing'an City is hit by seven or eight major cases in one year. The killers are executed one after another, yet someone is always one step ahead of the police. Who is punishing the murderers in place of the law? What is the true original sin behind the seven deadly sins? As it turns out, they are the same kind of pers
5.5kReads9.2Score764Shelves
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Surrender 自首
(Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed
16.2kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
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Ding! With an Immortal Achievement, the Cousin Miss Starts Reading 叮，成就流芳百世，表小姐开卷了
Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to
135.2kReads9.6Score15kShelves
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A Fictional Immortal Realm 架空仙界
“Letian” is an NPC in an online game, assigned the role of a monster beast kept by an immortal sect. His original fate was to be enslaved by the “immortals” for the rest of his life, but he’s determined to change his destiny through sheer wit... “Bai Qi” is the top disciple of an immortal sect in the game. His real name is Bai Qilin, and in real life he’s a brilliant student who can’t catch a break. He hoped the game would help him regain his “confidence,” but even “Letian,” an NPC, refuses to h
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Quick Transmigration: Playing the Villainous Male Side Character 快穿：扮演恶毒男配
Quick transmigration, male protagonist's perspective, looking down from the clouds, repaying evil with evil, over-the-top style, chuunibyou, punishing scum, good people, a pure and innocent green-tea white lotus, no CP? Or is the whole family just himself? The protagonist isn't human and has no sense of right and wrong. His main goal is to follow the plot and send everyone flying. Qing Lan is the embodiment of desire. He tempts people into giving in to their urges and committing one heinous crim
3.5kReads8.6Score277Shelves
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Infinite Escape: I Earn Rent Money in Horror Games 无限逃生：我在惊悚游戏里挣房费
[Infinite flow + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + strong female lead + team + plot-focused] [Ding~ Welcome, player, to the Survival Inn! Please do your best to clear the instances and earn your room fees~ We offer dormitory rooms, guesthouse rooms, hotel rooms, and more, as well as a top-tier luxury VIP club waiting for you to unlock~] A gloomy, blood-soaked compound A school crawling with death A cursed painting that brings death to anyone who looks at it An old village teeming with stra
27kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
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One Thought Between God and Demon 一念神魔
The short-drama adaptation of One Thought, God and Demon is coming soon. You can reserve it on Hongguo! [Fiery Fantasy, Breakneck Action] Young Fang Chen has his Dao Bone stolen and suffers betrayal and humiliation. Fortunately, he obtains a mysterious pagoda and inherits a supreme legacy. He inherits the Sword Demon's blood and grasps the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth! One sword tears open chaos! One sword destroys immortals and gods! I wield my sword and become a demon! By my command, thousand
59.4kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
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I Have Dissociative Identity Disorder, and I Awaken an Unknown Sequence 人格分裂的我，觉醒未知序列
(No harem, no female lead, no formulaic tropes, no System, no brainless decisions, twists, slow burn, sequences, ensemble cast, passionate, elegant high-IQ madman) [I think this world is fake. I want to witness the real world.] [By the time you read this, I'll be dead. But I will keep watching you from wherever I am!] [My name is Yang Feng. Feng as in maple, not as in crazy.]
20.4kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
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A Genius, a Madman 是天才，是疯子
[Political Intrigue] + [Communist Ideology] + [A Vast World] Also known as "The Rebellion Failed, So We Regrouped and Started a Revolution" Jiang Guijue, codename: Madman. Former chief researcher at the Baie National Academy of Sciences and Technology. I have seen with my own eyes the rot and wickedness of this land, so I will personally cut down every last bit of filth in this world. The blood of Baie, the debts of this troubled age, I will settle them all. You, bear witness to history.
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Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态
[Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The
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The Psychological Analyst 心理分析者
A twisted criminal psychology expert VS a stoic criminal investigation captain Former title: The Psychological Analyst Fungal threads that control the brain, human-shaped ant nests, sinister mukbangs... These bizarre cases reflect the killers' warped inner worlds. Genes load the weapon of crime, psychology takes aim, and the environment pulls the trigger. Those who gaze into the abyss must beware of the abyss. Jiang Ningxi: I want to jump into the abyss and see what it's like. The Abyss: Don't c
19.3kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
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My Unhinged Persona Can't Crack [Infinite Flow] 疯批人设不能崩［无限流］
[Infinite quick transmigration + horror, suspense, and mystery-solving + no romance. The heroine acts like a lunatic, but she's absolutely sane! Slow-paced! Slow-paced! Slow-paced!] After the S-rank felon Ye Li is forcibly bound to a Punishment and Rehabilitation System, she's exiled to countless perilous worlds created in virtual reality to serve her sentence and undergo punishment. The more she suffers while serving her time, the more of her sin points are deducted. During her sentence, Ye L
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Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！
[Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you
495.8kReads9.3Score90.3kShelves
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[Murder Game] I Want to Survive 【杀人游戏】我想活下去
[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
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How Could I, Coughing Up Blood Every Day, Possibly Be the Mastermind? 天天咳血的我怎么可能是幕后黑手
Also known as My Life in a Wheelchair: I Write Strange Tales, and They All Come True Single male protagonist + no romance but doted on by everyone + tragic yet strong + urban fantasy + strange tales + mastermind behind the scenes (not from the start) (female-oriented!!!!!) [System binding successful] [Hello, Host! This System is called the Strange Tale Author Development System. The Host must write one strange tale each month. If you don't write well, you'll die~] [P.S. To clarify, Host, you wer
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City of Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落
[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
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Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？
[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
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Don't Cry, Female Lead: I'm Stealing Your Crazy, Obsessive Male Lead 女主别哭，疯批病娇男主我抢走了
[Quick transmigration➕all kinds of dangerously unhinged big shots➕yandere male leads➕blackened original heroines➕a battlefield of competing men] Across three thousand worlds, the brooding, unhinged male leads are often twisted by their circumstances, fiercely controlling and possessive, and hopelessly obsessive. They would give all their love to the heroines, but the women are terrified and do everything they can to get away from them. In the end, with no other choice, they reluctantly accept th
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