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1. 51 家 My Big Brother is Seeking Death Again 家兄又在作死 You Qian尤前Ancient Romance630k WordsCompleted The number one cultivator in the realm, Houchi, the Supreme Ancestor of the Yuhua Sect, has unfathomably deep cultivation and has gone undefeated for centuries. Yet the Demon Venerable mocks him as an old bachelor from the Stone Age, a fossil-level loner with no women in his life, not even a little sister. To get even, Houchi decides to take the other man's precious little sister and make her his own sister. He'll save her, raise her, teach her spells, feed her, tell her bedtime stories, and sho 2kReads9.1Score345Shelves
2. 52 这 This Prince Is Impossible to Kill. I Have to Tame Him! 这个王爷命太硬，得盘！ Noble Title for a Meal封侯拜饭Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted After toiling for a thousand years, Chi Rourou became a domineering queen whose roar could shake heaven and earth. Then, in a single moment, she croaked and opened her eyes as a young girl again... and a squeaky little thing with superhuman strength. Second Miss Chi: Squeak, squeak! Believe me, I can knock your head off with one slap! The bandit sneered. “Go ahead and try!” Second Miss Chi waved her hand lightly. Bandit: Where’s my head? The heir of the Prince of Yu’s household was a refined sco 1.1kReads9.3Score131Shelves
3. 53 大 Great Ming: I'd Rather Die Than Become Emperor 大明：我朱允炆宁死也不当皇帝 Lu Dashan路大山Historical166k WordsOngoing Lu Ming is an ordinary young man from the 21st century. One day, he has an astonishing stroke of luck while out and about. When he opens his eyes again, he discovers that he has transmigrated more than six hundred years into the past, to the Ming Dynasty, and, as luck would have it, become its second emperor, Zhu Yunwen… 784Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The author has gone off the rails, combining history with wild imagination: the Yongle Emperor battles Lazy Sheep, and the giant of light, Zhu Yuanzhang...

4. 54 你 You're a Traffic Cop. Is It Appropriate to Take a Homicide Case? 你一个交警，抢刑侦的案子合适吗 Years Flow Like Water似水留年Urban2.5M WordsCompleted He transmigrated to a parallel world and became a graduate of the police academy. When Xu Lin received his job assignment, he was completely bewildered. He had graduated top of his class with perfect marks in criminal investigation, and was about to become a criminal investigator. So why had they assigned him to the traffic police? What was that supposed to mean? They wouldn’t let him work criminal investigations? Fine. A traffic cop could take on criminal investigations, too. On his first day a 94.5kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves

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   I read them all. They're all super satisfying reads, some parts were so satisfying they made the power levels seem off 🤦😂. Don't read them with logic in mind, or you'll feel frustrated.

5. 55 大 Great Ming: The Murderous Prince Scared Old Zhu Half to Death from the Start 大明：杀星皇子，开局吓疯老朱 Somebody Named Yan烟某人Historical1.3M WordsCompleted After an accident, Zhu Su transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and becomes Zhu Yuanzhang’s fifth son, Zhu Su, Prince of Zhou, the full brother of Zhu Di, Prince of Yan. He is bound to a rather troublesome System that grants rewards for exposing secrets. And so he starts doing all sorts of strange things! "Congratulations, Host, on exposing the love-hate affair between Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu, the daughter of the wealthy Liu family of Fengyang" "Exposure successful! You have received 10.7kReads8.8Score410Shelves
6. 56 得 Attain the Dao and Ascend to Immortality 得道升仙 A Little Bit.一点点.Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Enlightenment] [Supernatural abilities] [Imperial dynasty] At the end of his life, Liu Xiangdong digs a hole in the back hills, intending to bury himself. But instead, he arrives in an age of cultivation at its height. Aristocratic clans, the imperial court, the Hundred Schools of Thought, supreme religious sects. The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Transformations! The Thirty-Six Heavenly Snares! Amid a maze of tangled paths, in an age when human lives are as worthless as grass, he rises above it al 6.8kReads8.5Score476Shelves
7. 57 仙 Xianxia: Conquering Gods and Demons with Archery! 仙侠：从箭术横推神魔世界！ Che Jin车斤Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted [Lightning-Fast Pacing]+ [Exhilarating Xuanhuan]+ [Leveling Up and Assigning Stat Points]+ [Gods and Demons]+ [Slaying Demons and Exorcising Evil] Demons ran rampant across the land, leaving fields of bones in their wake! A young man walked out of a mountain village alone. One bow, one blade, one jug of wine! He would protect his family, his country, and all living beings! From beginner archery to the divine ability [Sun-Shooting Arrow] From keen observation to the divine ability [Fiery Golden E 2.9kReads7.3Score306Shelves
8. 58 你 You're the Richest Man Alive, So Why Are You Opening the Car Door for Customers Yourself? 你一个首富，亲自给顾客开车门？ Qi Yao Yao柒幺妖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Standing before you is Yicheng City's top scorer in the college entrance exam, a millionaire entrepreneur by his freshman year, founder of Dami Tech after dropping out in his sophomore year, the man who made Dami Tech the country's number-one company by age 26, worth hundreds of billions by 28, founder of Dami Motors at 29, and the richest person in the country at 30. His bank account holds billions in cold, hard cash. He's the head of Dami Tech Group, founder of the Dami Standards Alliance, the 40.9kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
9. 59 人 In the Name of the People: My Comeback Takes the Road Less Traveled 人民的名义之逆袭不走寻常路 Qingshan Hao青山皓Male-Channel Fanfiction516k WordsCompleted Qin Chuan from I Am a Policeman transmigrates into the body of Qi Tongwei after the events of Three Gunshots, while discussing the plot of In the Name of the People with his wife. He doesn't follow the original storyline. Instead, he returns to the township justice office and becomes an outstanding legal outreach officer. His work is widely reported, catching Zhong Xia'ai's attention. She asks her father to put in a word for him, and Qin Chuan is transferred to the capital. He moves from the pub 16.3kReads8.8Score435Shelves
10. 60 谍 Spy War 1937: From the Start, I Wiped Out the Special Higher Section 谍战1937：开局血洗特高科 Zixiao Ke紫霄客Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Transmigration + Spy Warfare + Bloody Slaughter + Spatial Power While playing a game, modern young man Zhang Yunhe transmigrates to 1937 and becomes an agent for the Blue Shirts Society. To his surprise, he has brought along the Iron Warriors’ equipment from the game. Using its cloaking ability, he wipes out the entire Special Higher Police Agency from the start, striking such terror into the enemy that they tremble in fear. After that, he easily acquires enemy intelligence and maneuvers through 5.3kReads8.3Score339Shelves
11. 61 系 The System Just Activated, and the Goddess Called for Help 系统刚激活，女神打来求救电话 Night of Clear Wind and Cold Moon清风冷月夜Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Satisfying Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System + No Cultivation + One Female Lead + Dad Hero + Business Wars] Zhou Yuchen used to be a programmer at a gaming company. After being laid off, he started a successful business. Then he was diagnosed with liver cancer and transmigrated to a parallel world, bringing along the game he had developed. All Zhou Yuchen had to do was study diligently and improve his proficiency to gain the corresponding skills from the game. It took him four years to fi 30.7kReads8.8Score2kShelves
12. 62 刚 I Just Became a Tang Dynasty Celestial Master, Then Discovered This Was Journey to the West 刚成大唐天师，发现是西游 Running Nut奔跑的坚果Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into Journey to the West and becomes Li Chunfeng, a strategist under the Tang emperor. A child prodigy and Taoist, he knows that when the two empresses rule together, Wu Zetian will suppress Taoism and promote Buddhism. Determined to honor his master's wishes, Li Chunfeng offers counsel to Li Shimin. Using his knowledge of the future, he gradually becomes the greatest founding contributor to the Tang dynasty and takes the foremost place in the Lingyan Pavilion. In the thirteenth 5.3kReads8.8Score311Shelves
13. 63 我EN Learning to Slay Gods in the Psychiatric Hospital 我在精神病院学斩神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.3M WordsCompleted 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 992.2kReads9.9Score158.5kShelves
14. 64 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    I really like historical fiction. ﹡ˆOˆ﹡ ) 😍😍The first book had no space, starting from scratch. At first, it made soap and such, then it sold greenhouse vegetables, and later Jiang Ran and Ruan Niannian went to university. Taking advantage of the reform, The real male protagonist is someone whose wife tells him what to do and he does it. But they also have their own ideas. Both the career and romance storylines develop gradually. The second book features a female protagonist who transmigrates with a treasure bowl. It's also about making money by exploiting information asymmetry, right? I also have a very strong work ethic. Not a saint, The male lead is also secretly flirtatious. Chengcheng's guaranteed admission to university was absurd, but it fit the prodigy trope in wish-fulfillment novels 😃😃😃😄 The third book was a rebirth novel. The rural scenes are not numerous. We'll be entering the city soon. The female lead possesses a magical spring, primarily through the "foodie" route. Later, his career in the military went exceptionally well. (The romantic subplot in the middle is also excellent.) Secretly investigating his wife Discovered, (The pulling sensation is so satisfying!) 👿👿😉 I highly recommend the fourth book! (#^.^#)👍🏻 The first half was spent in the countryside. The male lead's family is incredibly kind. They're all slaves to their mistresses and their grandsons. , , , , (, ) , , , , ( (), , Cp, VS,) , , , ~ (, , , , ω) , , , ('▽'), (◦˙▽˙◦), ˙ᗜ˙

15. 65 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.3kReads9.4Score2.8kShelves
16. 66 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s, Becoming a Stepmother, and Getting Rich While Joining the Army: The Vile Ones, Get Lost 穿八零，当后妈，致富随军极品滚 Trees on Chun Mountain椿山有木Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Super-sweet romance + military marriage + having and raising children + getting rich + spirit spring space + everyday life] Lin Shuyan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel! Her military officer husband is the heroine's biggest golden finger: Rich and powerful, handsome and wealthy. Too bad she's not the heroine. * When he hears that Lin Shuyan is beating the children, her military officer husband comes home with divorce papers. Befo 11.3kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
17. 67 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 136.6kReads9.1Score16.2kShelves
18. 68 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves
19. 69 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 15.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
20. 70 神 God-Tier Choices: This Beast Tamer Is a Little Too Fierce 神级选择：这个御兽师有亿点生猛 Three Winds 11三风11Urban3.4M WordsCompleted [Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a.. 177.9kReads9.7Score21.5kShelves

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    I personally think it's very good.

21. 71 开EN Starting as the Peak Master: Signing In for an Ultimate Emperor Armament! 开局成为首座，签到极道帝兵！ Egg-Breaking Expert拆蛋专家Eastern Fantasy6.5M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted daily life + invincible + Backer Sect + call for reinforcements when unable to win + schemer + no martial ethics + longevity] Because he had died once before, Hua Yunfei always put staying alive first. He had hidden away on Daoyuan Peak for a hundred years, performing sign-in for a hundred years. [Beep, congratulations to the Host on completing one hundred years of sign-in and obtaining the Ultimate Emperor Weapon: the Chaos Bell] The Dark Blood Era arrived, plunging Heaven an 136.9kReads9.2Score7.8kShelves
22. 72 万 The Strongest Sect of All Time 万古最强宗 Little Chubby San小三胖子Eastern Fantasy3.3M WordsCompleted The sect leader was murdered, and chaos engulfed the sect. All that remained was a group of old, weak, and infirm disciples! Lin Xiao had just transmigrated and was left dumbfounded when he learned what had happened. He would steady their hearts, eliminate the villains, open up new sources of income, crush their powerful enemies, and strengthen the sect. Lin Xiao vowed to build a mighty sect that would make the whole world tremble! 1.4kReads8.3Score173Shelves
23. 73 你EN Why Provoke Him? Even the Weakest in His Sect Is a Great Emperor 你惹他干嘛？他宗门最弱都是大帝 Mihoyo, Watch Out米忽悠看刀Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsOngoing (Invincible protagonist + taking disciples + sect upgrades + ruthless and decisive + expansive worldbuilding + ensemble cast + gradual build-up + the pacing is a little slow for the first 200,000 words, then becomes explosively fast) “You have to pay to cultivate immortality?” “You even have to grease palms to get a spot?” “And pay the sect thirty taels of silver every month?” “You have to serve as a menial for half a year before you can even get a chance to study immortal arts?” “You came first 135.9kReads8.5Score10kShelves
24. 74 全 Global Ghostmasters: There Are Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me 全球御鬼：我的体内有亿只鬼 Tianzhuo Huazi天卓华子Mystery2.7M WordsCompleted [Looting bamboo shoots + ghostly resurgence + ghost taming + one female lead + comedy = 100,000 new words every week?] The comic of the same name, Global Ghost Tamer: I Have Hundreds of Millions of Ghosts Inside Me, is now available on Fanqie. Lin Mo was playing games in class when he transmigrated to a parallel world overrun by ghosts. With the worst talent of all, he unexpectedly gained the Defense-Breaking System. As long as he could make a ghost lose its composure, he could force it into a c 71.9kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
25. 75 书 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 Sunlight on the River日照前川Historical834k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
26. 76 欺EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ Violent Purple-Skinned Person暴力紫皮人Mystery5.4M WordsOngoing [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 539.7kReads9.3Score88.4kShelves
27. 77 诡 The Eerie Spirit Medium: My Doll Can Really Manifest Spirits 诡异降神师：我的娃娃真能显灵 Clouds Can Smile云会笑Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Ghosts in the Book!] [Dark Tone!] [Villain Protagonist!] [Urban Supernatural!] [Horror Aesthetic!] [Invincible from the Start!] A sinister doll saws someone to pieces, a red-clad vengeful ghost claims lives at the airport, a hundred ghosts hunt people down along a ten-mile street, the dead rise again in a crematorium, and corpses dance wildly in an abandoned hospital... None of these things happened to me. They are all stories I wrote. My name is Yang Ning. I am an heir to the Ling Men, a profe 131.2kReads9.5Score11.5kShelves
28. 78 我 I, I-I-I-I, Am from Different Times and Spaces 我，我我我我我，来自不同时空 Maple Drifts Past Chang'an枫过长安Urban3.0M WordsCompleted The original novel behind the motion comic Hi, Su Chen [Lighthearted comedy] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday urban life] [No System] I am a zombie with no morals. I am a cold-blooded, ruthless assassin. I am a student with a rotten character. I am an arrogant, spoiled celebrity. I am an immortal consumed by lust. I am a scholar who has lost all humanity. I want to kill myself! I want to stay alive! I want to escape this world! I'm plotting to destroy humanity! I want to be the savior everyone look 29.4kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
29. 79 开EN From the Start, Immortal for Eternity, Laying Low Until the End of Time 开局长生万古，苟到天荒地老 Purple Spirit Wind and Snow紫灵风雪Eastern Fantasy6.1M WordsCompleted [Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up 515.8kReads9.7Score69.9kShelves
30. 80 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted 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 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8kShelves
31. 81 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 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
32. 82 惊 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Scared the System to Tears 惊悚游戏：开局吓哭系统 Sweet Tea甘茶Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [Invincible protagonist, infinite worlds, lighthearted] [There are livestreams, but they don't get much focus. Take your time and enjoy the read.] Zhang Xun is a nearly adult, almost legally grown boy with a mountain of secrets. Ever since he became conscious, he has possessed superhuman strength and a jumble of fragmented memories. After living an ordinary life for sixteen years, Zhang Xun was finally chosen by the horror game he'd been eagerly anticipating, which had taken the world by storm i 895Reads8.9Score109Shelves
33. 83 御 Beast Taming: A Divine Dragon Egg from the Start 御兽：开局一颗神龙蛋 It's a Fish是鱼呀Urban3.6M WordsCompleted (Beast taming) + (periodically invincible) + (summoning thousands of troops) + (no bleeding-heart protagonist) + (has a heroine) Note: The protagonist rarely hides his strength. If you want to see him suffer in silence and bide his time, you can swipe away now. What? An A-rank beast tamer can only summon five beasts? Well, I can summon a whole soccer team at D-rank. A divine dragon on my left, a phoenix on my right, and a bone dragon to ride. Is that too much to ask? This book features a huge va 71kReads9.0Score7.2kShelves
34. 84 篡 Rewriting the Classic of Mountains and Seas 篡改山海经 Zi Lixuan2828紫离轩2828Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted My golden finger runs on my memories. Now it's almost reached the last memory I have of my mom. I transmigrated into an endless-flow world based on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and from the start, the difficulty was set to hell. The locals worshipped me as the “Thunder Mother,” but the broken box they revered as a divine relic turned out to be a quantum black box codenamed [Shanhai Zero Archive]! It gives me missions, and I pay with memories: [Fish for a Kui Ox] → forget physics formulas [ 4Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Try this one! A time-travel, system, infinite flow, quantum mechanics, monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, imaginative, fantasy, humorous, high-quality, fast-paced novel. No romantic pairings, no gender bias! Satisfying a variety of reading preferences!

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