I Want Something with a Brainy Protagonist 想看点带脑子的

1. 1 诡EN The House of Dread 诡舍 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [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 705.5kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves

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   [Driverless Bus × Mysterious Ancient House | A Suspenseful Opening That Will Leave You Trembling] 🚌💀 Dense fog engulfs the highway as a dilapidated bus slowly approaches—the seven people on board are deathly pale, their eyes vacant. When the bus stops in front of a dark villa, they realize: the driver's seat is empty. ▼The doors open automatically▼The villa's kerosene lamp flickers silently▼A blood-red warning flashes on their phones: "Get in, or stay." Will this driverless journey lead to heaven or hell? What secrets does the ancient house shrouded in mist hold? Why were these seven strangers chosen? A chilling premise + cinematic scene descriptions—high-energy right from the start! 🔥A suspenseful new horror novel🔥Click to read about the life-or-death struggle↓ Follow the story now↓ #DarkSuspense #Terrifying #NovelRecommendation #DriverlessBus #EscapeRoom #DailyRead

2. 2 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 308.4kReads9.4Score27.5kShelves
3. 3 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

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   Both of these are quite good; I read the physical copy of "The End of Ten Days".

4. 4 天EN The Heavenly Eye Feng Shui Master 天眼风水师 Light of the Dao道之光Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [A feng shui novel] [Featuring feng shui, Daoist medicine, psychology, and economics; read faces and phone numbers] [Practical insights] [Explaining the esoteric with science] My master hastily taught me the art of divination and passed down a few books. Before I even had the chance to formally begin my training in the mountains, he sent me down into the world to help people... Where can I even go to complain about that? Amid the mortal world, I help others and cultivate myself. 672.6kReads9.6Score138.4kShelves

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   Interesting and useful, I keep reading it, a book I want to keep reading more and more, and the only book I take notes on. It reminds me of when I was in school.

5. 5 刑 After Being Released from Prison, the Paranormal Claims to Be My Ex 刑满释放后，诡异自称前男友 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Two Male Leads + Infinite Flow + Rekindled Romance + Not Invincible + Twists + Foreshadowing + Happy Ending] [A beautiful but hot-tempered bottom who’s always flirting with death, paired with a seemingly innocent, calculating, vindictive green-tea top.] Gu Wei is a lowly F-rank criminal in the live-stream performance system. After blowing an entire instance sky-high along with his little assistant, he is exiled by the System to a punishment instance. The players thought Gu Wei would 26.8kReads9.4Score4.9kShelves

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   The plot is mind-bending with many twists and turns; this plot-driven fan thoroughly enjoyed it.

6. 6 我 Every Evil Person I Kill Gives Me Another Week to Live 我每杀一个恶人，获得一周寿命 Wu Zizi呜滋滋Modern Romance816k WordsOngoing This book: #NoCP #DeathLivestream #SinnerJudgment #DarkJustice Chen Yuan, terminally ill and in the late stages of her disease, lies in the morgue waiting to die when an electronic voice explodes in her mind: “Bind to the Heavenly Punishment System and judge the guilty... to extend your life!” She grins and swallows this bloodstained poison. And so, the dying girl becomes Solaris’s nightmare judge: “An eye for an eye. Let the judgment begin.” [Judgment Points +100! Lifespan +10 days!] In a filth 3.5kReads8.8Score342Shelves

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   It's rather bizarre that the female protagonist extends her life by livestreaming the killing of heinous criminals.

7. 7 七 The Most Hated Side Character in a 1970s Novel 七零年代文中极品路人甲 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + Pocket dimension + Reincarnated into a baby and awakens memories + The heroine is always her parents’ biological daughter + Building wealth Just after Qiao Yuwan awakens memories of her past life, her mother tells her she has to move to the countryside to free up her room for her older brother’s wedding. Ha! She has a pocket dimension packed with enough supplies to last several lifetimes. Moving to the countryside is even better!! More freedom! Besides, she doesn’t want her sexi 35.9kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves

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   Super good, the plot doesn't drag.

8. 8 替 Take My Cousin's Place in the Countryside? I'll Empty the Whole Family's Ancestral Tombs and Dance 替堂妹下乡？搬空全家祖坟蹦迪 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 43.5kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
9. 9 重 Reborn on the Eve of Our Marriage Registration, the Hong Kong Tycoon's Heir Kneels to Win Me Back 重生领证前夕，港圈太子跪着追妻 Meat Bun Auntie肉包小姨Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication; short-form drama episodes are being released] [Both leads are faithful to each other + face-slapping + pregnancy before love + reborn, sweet and satisfying, with no angst] [She pursues her husband during the marriage, driving the arrogant, cold-hearted crown prince to the brink] A gentle woman who handles things ruthlessly, a delicate beauty in poor health VS a sharp-tongued but henpecked ice prince - Shu Hui got pregnant after a one-night stand with the heir to a powerf 42kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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   Both the male and female leads are intelligent, especially the female lead, who always handles situations calmly and never engages in internal conflicts.

10. 10 我 I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次，逼疯了疯批暴君 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching 15.9kReads9.5Score2kShelves

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    ① This book is seriously super, super, super good! 💕💕. ② The author writes really well, explaining all sorts of things that are hard to understand, and it's all very well written. ③ The plot is about the female lead getting a disease that requires the male lead to hug and kiss her, hehe, which leads to all sorts of very interesting scenes, hehehe [staring]. These are all high-IQ battles between the male and female leads!

11. 11 穿 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance832k WordsCompleted Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 139.1kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves

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    A thought-provoking book whose title doesn't do it justice.

12. 12 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2kShelves
13. 13 被 Driven to Death by Her Cultivator Mistress? I Take Up My Sword and Storm the Ninth Heaven 被修仙外室逼死？我提剑杀上九霄 Bian Lu边鹿Ancient Romance710k WordsCompleted [Power fantasy, a female lead who begins as a villain and turns righteous, no transmigration, no rebirth] Only when she was dying did Li Fu learn why she could never defeat her husband's mistress, Huayue. It turned out that beyond this world lay a realm of cultivation. Huayue had come from that realm. With Taoist magic at her command, there was no way Li Fu could ever beat her. Tortured, skinned, and dismembered, Li Fu was abandoned by everyone and died after enduring every kind of suffering. Ho 78.3kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves
14. 14 快 Quick Transmigration: Ding! Your Golden Finger Has Been Reclaimed! 快穿：叮！您的金手指已被回收！ Ran Qiqi冉七柒Ancient Romance511k WordsCompleted Spirit springs, portable pocket dimensions, yin-yang eyes, an irresistible charm… All kinds of golden fingers are essential to the protagonists who climb to the top of the world. Even when their road to success is paved with the peaceful lives of countless innocent people they’ve ruined. Yun Jiao is one victim of a golden finger. Her mission is to reclaim these golden fingers. And to take back the successful lives stolen by those so-called Children of Destiny. Before long, the ones left heartbro 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    This is quite a brain teaser; the female lead is highly intelligent. The system is practically useless.

15. 15 自 Free Transmigration: Escaping Death in the Delta from the Start 自由穿越，开局三角洲死里逃生 Seeking the Dao One寻道一Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Myriad Worlds] [Technological Empire] [Laying Low in the Early Stages, Crushing All Opposition Midway, Radically Altering Worlds] When you gain the ability to transmigrate at will into the worlds of movies, anime, and games, how would you use it? Charge in recklessly and seize the protagonists' opportunities? Pick up a secret manual and cultivate martial arts or immortality? Or... Yue Zhou begins his path of evolution with biotechnology! With science as his foundation, he uncovers the secrets o 10.9kReads6.9Score748Shelves

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    Author, you can write however you want, as long as it stays within the main plot. I don't care about the minor details, since it's free. Keep it up, just keep updating and finish it. It's quite good.

16. 16 惊 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 The Sound of Wind and Rain at Night,夜来风雨声丶Mystery2.0M WordsCompleted [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 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves

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    She's intelligent throughout, not a naive or overly sentimental person, and ambitious. I recommend listening to the audiobook, because that's what I do.

17. 17 杀 After Slaying My Way Through Instances, I Raise an Evil God by the Rules 杀穿副本后，我在规则里养大邪神 White Peach Wuwu Dragon白桃呜呜龙Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition is now available under the title: The Fall of the Gods (Not for the faint of heart: nonhuman entities and terrifying monsters.) Yin Xiu has lived in a town governed by rules for six years. Normal players follow the rules and clear instances to stay alive. Yin Xiu, however, stays in town day after day. He doesn’t leave, clear instances, or go near the monsters. He does the bare minimum, takes it easy, and has practically settled into retirement. The town’s monsters have had thei 103.2kReads9.7Score14.5kShelves
18. 18 橘 The Orange Tabby Took the Horror Livestream by Storm and Became a Star 橘猫在恐怖直播间大杀四方后，爆红了 Watching Haze Through the Fog雾里看霾Two Male Leads333k WordsCompleted [A foul-mouthed, short-tempered orange cat bottom × an elite demon top who loves money above all] - Han, the Demon King ranked number one on the gaming leaderboard, is regarded by everyone as the most good-for-nothing big shot around. That's because the orange cat he keeps in the game can solve puzzles, catch ghosts, beat people up, and make money streaming, while the Demon King himself does nothing but lie dead in dungeons all day. Players everywhere have the same response: "Give me the cat! I 343Reads8.2Score103Shelves
19. 19 横 Dominating a World in Chaos, I Cultivate into the Supreme Yang Dao Lord 横推妖魔乱世，修出个极阳道君 Mr. Xiao Qi小棋先生Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Jingxing, reborn for a second life, became a constable in Qujiang County. In this world, demons devoured people, the dynasty was collapsing, warriors had fallen, and the common folk were treated like livestock. Looking at the translucent text that appeared before him, he grinned: [Ding! Reputation System activated!] [Kill ordinary criminals, and you’ll gain only a handful of reputation] [Slay demons and strange entities, and you’ll earn peerless treasures!] [Slay a strange entity: Golden Re 4.9kReads7.3Score371Shelves

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    I'll definitely follow these two books after reading them.

20. 20 倾 The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作 Yue Mo月莫Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted (Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere 21.6kReads9.4Score3.1kShelves

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    Both of these books feature exceptionally intelligent female protagonists.

21. 21 算 My Fortune-Telling Is So Accurate, Even Foreign Clients Weep and Call Me a Master 算命太准，外国客户都哭着喊大佬 Sugarcoat糖衣衣Modern Romance3.8M WordsOngoing [Fortune-telling, feng shui, the occult, ghost-hunting, no romance, episodic stories] After a great calamity, Lin Xi, the ninth-generation female leader of the Taixuan Sect, arrives a thousand years in the future. She becomes the granddaughter of the sect’s last disciple and inherits a rundown feng shui shop. With the sect in decline and the occult arts fading away, Lin Xi begins her quest to restore the sect from the shop no one ever visits. Fortune-telling, divination, feng shui, exorcisms, an 46.5kReads9.0Score4.6kShelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated as the Evil Little Aunt of the Dragon-Proud Protagonist 穿成龙傲天的恶毒小姨 Yang Ye央也Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrating Into a Book + Sweet Story About Raising a Kid + Everyday Life + Not a Showbiz Novel] An audiobook adaptation has been released. As a devoted fan of novels, Wen Shuqiao never imagined she'd one day join the transmigration trend herself. The bad news was that she'd transmigrated into a feel-good power fantasy novel and become the villainous aunt who abused the young male lead and denied him food. Then the male lead's uncle came looking for him. Seeing how badly the boy had been abu 22.4kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a novel as the aunt of the male protagonist, a protagonist who is overpowered and arrogant. She raises him, and her romantic partner is the male protagonist's uncle.

23. 23 我 I'm Already a Gu Immortal, and You Want Me to Fight Cao Cao for the Throne? 我都成蛊仙了，让我跟曹操争帝位 Pavilion Style Script台阁体Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [The Most Dangerous Cosplay Ever! I Woke Up as a Doppelganger of Emperor Xian of Han, and Yuan Shao Forced Me to Be His Stand-In!] When I woke up, I was a nobody in the chaos of the Three Kingdoms. Other people who transmigrated to the Three Kingdoms became mighty generals or brilliant strategists. As for me, I looked exactly like Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han! Yuan Shao was over the moon. He shoved me onto the Dragon Throne and said, “Boy, from today on, you’re the Son of Heaven!” With the warlo 576Reads6.4Score109Shelves

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    A truly intellectually stimulating Three Kingdoms novel, although it has a fantasy/xia (fantasy/martial arts) style, it's genuinely good.

24. 24 和 After Switching Lives with a Tycoon, She Turned the Ultra-Luxury Socialite World Upside Down 和大佬互换后她炸翻了顶奢豪门 Shen Nanxin沈南辛Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted [Also known as: The Overbearing CEO and the Celebrity Who Swapped Bodies and Reformed the Entertainment Industry] Third-rate actress Zhong Ruanxing has faced endless controversy over her sexy figure ever since her debut, with scandalous rumors constantly swirling around her. She is suppressed by industry bigwigs and dragged down by rivals, while smear campaigns come one after another. For years, she has been unable to shake her image as a sexy star, and her career has been severely hampered. Son 52.3kReads9.6Score8.6kShelves

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    The male and female protagonists swap souls; both are very intelligent.

25. 25 黑 The Crown of the Dark Moon 黑月光冠冕 Three Lives, Three Three叁生三三Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted [The first print volume is now available] [Sweet Romance in a Wealthy Family] + [A Forbidden Love Falls from Its Pedestal] + [Characters Awaken] + [A Chaotic Love Rival Showdown] “You are a cannon-fodder character in this world. Your character tags are: beautiful, vicious, and stupid. When you were eight, you were adopted by the Shen family, the most powerful family in Whale Harbor. The head of the family treasured you like a gem, but you joined forces with your villainous mother to scheme agai 305.9kReads9.5Score42.1kShelves

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    This is a book about female consciousness awakening. Everyone may have flaws, but they can all bravely tear off the "labels" on themselves and change their predetermined fate. It's like the shackles that the environment puts on girls in reality. The girls all strive to break free from the constraints and change their endings. It really feels like the characters in the book have broken through the dimensional wall and walked right in front of me, which amazed me.

26. 26 怂 A Timid Beauty Is Doted on by Vengeful Ghosts in Horror Movies 怂包美人在恐怖片被厉鬼宠爱 Li lili Li里lili里Mystery1.0M WordsCompleted [Infinite Horror Sets + Growing Heroine + Thrills and Chills + Sweet Romance + Multiple Versions of the Male Lead] Shen Biezhi is chosen to be a paranormal actor and must continually enter horror films to play different roles. [The Haunted Hotel] In the 1920s or 1930s, a speculator brings his newly married concubine home to visit his family. Their car breaks down on the way, leaving them stranded at a terrifying hotel… Shen Biezhi plays the beautiful young concubine. She knows that before she wa 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    A female protagonist who grows stronger over time, accidentally enters a strange world to investigate clues about her brother's disappearance, and somehow still has an inescapable romantic mindset 🤭 The female protagonist becomes stronger step by step, without any saintly heart, not at all! Every story is great, really! Trust me!!!

27. 27 谢 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves

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    The plot is reasonable and tightly woven, and the subject matter is fresh. I haven't read a novel with such good writing in a long time. Highly recommended!

28. 28 序EN Sequence Highway: Don't Fall Behind! 序列公路：不要掉队！ Roaring Mountains and Seas山海呼啸Mystery3.8M WordsOngoing [Fresh Premise + Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment + Not Invincible + Sequence Potions + The Supernatural + Road Survival + Upgrading Supplies + Ruthless Protagonist] The supernatural descended, turning cities into forbidden zones for humanity. People had to rely on Sequence Awakened to keep migrating. Settled life gave way to a nomadic existence. During one such migration, Chen Ye awakened an upgrade System. In his hands, a rusty bicycle transformed into an armored battle vehicle. A tattered tent e 629.9kReads8.5Score43.3kShelves

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    The protagonist doesn't show any mercy to the saintly characters at the beginning; instead, he delivers a devastating counterattack. Throughout the book, the protagonist is ruthless and intelligent, making it a high-energy read. Highly recommended.

29. 29 人 Humanity's Forbidden Island: The Complete Three-Volume Edition 人性禁岛（全本-全三册） Forbidden Fruit破禁果Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Humanity's Forbidden Island: Zhui Ma is a seven-year-old boy from the mountainous region of Yunnan and Guizhou. After a series of bizarre experiences, he is trained to become a cold-blooded mercenary assassin. Having faced death again and again, he eventually ends up in a poor, muddy little town. Hoping to forget that bloody past and evade his pursuers, he hides the fact that he was trained to be a killing machine and loses himself in the taverns and women of the town. To earn enough to cover hi 13.6kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    "Humanity Forbidden Island" is a survival adventure that strikes at the very soul! When you're stranded on a desert island, the facade of civilized society is shattered. Will you uphold your humanity or succumb to savagery? Author "Breaking the Forbidden Fruit" uses sharp strokes to dissect the darkness and light of humanity. Every choice is breathtaking, every battle a matter of survival. This is not just a survival game, but a brutal interrogation of the deepest recesses of human nature! The book's central character—Zhui Ma, a man fallen from top sniper to a desert island—writes a legend of desperation with his iron will and wisdom! He is as calm as an ice blade, yet he can burn his life for you; he is in the depths of hell, yet he always guards the last line of defense for humanity. Faced with a bloody choice between killing and morality, see how he uses bullets and faith to carve a path to redemption in this forbidden land of shattered humanity! Do you dare to follow in his footsteps?

30. 30 起 Getting to the Bottom of Mind-Reading 起底观心术 Bao Erri鲍尔日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted When I was five, a fortune-teller said I’d be able to read people’s minds when I grew up. My parents thought I was a genius and spent the whole family’s savings to send me to school. But I failed the college entrance exam and became a fried-noodle vendor. That vendor later became a “Walking Encyclopedia,” all thanks to the saying, “In books, there are houses of gold.” You are not just who you are. You can become a different kind of dazzling light. Read a comment on the first page, and you’ll get 230.7kReads9.6Score66.9kShelves
31. 31 你 Not One of You Gets to Be Reborn 你们一个都别想重生 Hua Maobai花毛白Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Everyday school life + sunny heroine + no reincarnation or transmigration + warm and healing] [Special notice: The heroine won't have a romance. Other characters may have romantic storylines.] After narrowly escaping death, Gu Qinghuan partnered with the System and enrolled in Class Three, Year One, at a private high school. [Someday in the future, your classmates may be reborn.] [Before then, they will be deceived, hated, attacked, and destroyed,] [Your mission is to stop them from being rebor 26.8kReads9.5Score3.9kShelves

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    The first book is an incredibly good modern campus ensemble novel about redemption. The female lead is a super-intelligent, sunny girl. There's no male lead; everyone is a good friend. It's heartwarming and soul-cleansing. You can even learn about life and interpersonal relationships while reading the novel. Each classmate and senior's experience is so amazing it could be a book in itself!!!! Just go for it!!! 🤔 The second book is a cultivation novel. Needless to say, investing in Lin Du is a sure thing. Lin Du, meaning "to help others and oneself." There's a slight romance, but they're always focused on their careers. The friendships and master-disciple relationships are just too sweet. The main characters are all incredibly talented, and the villains aren't mindless either; there's a good balance. 🤔 The third book is a post-apocalyptic story, unlike the usual hoarding and territory grabbing. I would call it the best rebirth novel ever. The government intervenes to protect its people, showcasing the power of the state apparatus. From the commander-in-chief to ordinary citizens, everyone has their own charm. The female lead is from Sheng'an, and everyone in the Special Affairs Department is a protagonist, with great love and a commitment to saving the world. A cast of talented and compassionate individuals emerges, their initial animosity and bickering transforming them into unwavering loyalty and reliance on each other, even to the point of entrusting their lives to one another. The ensemble cast is captivating, with each character having their own shining moments. Even supporting characters who only appear in a few chapters are fully fleshed out and relatable. 🤔

32. 32 全 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 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 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 234.9kReads9.7Score27.6kShelves
33. 33 重EN Too Many Reborn Heroes? Time to Bring in the Government 重生者太密集？我带国家队下场 Bian Lu边鹿Sci-Fi & Apocalypse758k WordsCompleted (A feel-good power fantasy, with a beautiful, badass heroine who confiscates golden fingers) “Sheng is the boss around here. She's ruthless and doesn't waste words. Cross her, and she'll take you down!” In the year 2323 of the Star Era, the apocalypse is about to begin. Some people awaken their powers early, while reborn people are already making their moves… As the head of a new department, Sheng An is responsible for recruiting and leading all the powered and reborn individuals, preparing for 123.7kReads9.7Score17.5kShelves
34. 34 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5kShelves

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    The protagonist is intelligent and has a high IQ.

35. 35 侯 The Marquis's Estate Forgot Its Gratitude? The Regent Backs Me, and I Won't Forgive Them 侯府忘恩义？摄政王撑腰，不原谅 Chu Diandian初点点Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Luo Ning took a blade meant for the Empress Dowager and suffered severe injuries, trading her life for her family's noble title. She went south to recuperate for three years, but when she returned, she discovered that her maternal cousin had taken over her courtyard. Her cousin had even replaced her in every aspect. Luo Ning's parents and elder brother adored her, her grandmother favored her, and even Luo Ning's childhood sweetheart secretly admired her, saying that she surpassed Luo Ning in eve 177.6kReads9.4Score27kShelves
36. 36 锦 The Splendor of the Tang Dynasty: My Father Is Li Shimin 锦绣盛唐：我的父亲是李世民 The King Sent Me to Eat Vegetarian大王叫我来吃斋Historical4.1M WordsCompleted My surname is Li, my given name is Tai, my courtesy name is Huibao, and my childhood name is Qingque. I am the legitimate second son of Emperor Taizong of the Great Tang. My mother is Empress Wende, and my uncle is Zhangsun Wuji. I was favored above all the princes from a young age, and as I grew up, I proved to be exceptionally talented and brilliant. My useless elder brother, the crown prince, ruined himself and lost his position. Naturally, I am the most suitable, reasonable, and legitimate h 2.1kReads9.2Score269Shelves

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    The protagonist is exceptionally clever!

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