Looking for Urban Fiction with Clever Plot Ideas and Smart Characters!!! Older Male Leads 🧐🧐 求都市类，智商在线的脑洞类！！！叔叔🧐🧐

1. 401 林 Lin Wan's Youth 林晚的青春 The Content Is All Made Up内容全靠想Modern Romance103k WordsCompleted At the opening ceremony, Lin Wan stumbled, and her camera nearly hit Shen Yu, the computer science department’s “ice-cold senior.” One chilly “Careful” was all it took for her to remember his aloof, stern face. She was a camera-loving introvert, using her lens as a shield to speak to the world; he was a cool, tech-savvy genius, lord of code and basketball, with his heart tightly shut. A computer repair mishap and a taro bubble tea with double pearls quietly connected their two worlds. When they —Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 402 伪 Impostor Academy: I Bind to Hannibal Lecter’s Personality from the Start 伪人学院，开局绑定拔叔人格 Chubby Koi胖头锦鲤Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted A madcap, hilarious story with the right values, no darkness, and absolutely positive energy! Blocked by impostors at the door, I accidentally entered the Impostor Academy dungeon, only to discover I was bound to the personality of Hannibal Lecter! From now on, the roles of hunter and prey are completely reversed. I am the impostors' strictest father! 19.7kReads7.6Score3kShelves

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   This book is full of fun.

3. 403 无EN Infinite Escape: From Cannon Fodder to Beautiful, Powerful, and Doomed 无限逃亡，炮灰爆改美强惨 Getting Up Early Isn't Goji Berries早起不是枸杞Two Male Leads830k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication][Audiobook narrated by a real person now available] Two male leads + Infinite Flow + Misguided assumptions A good-for-nothing cannon-fodder, Xie De, gets a System dropped on him. He thinks he can finally embark on the path of a legendary hero and triumph all the way, but it turns out his System is a useless, abandoned piece of junk that can’t provide a thing. Shop? No. Rewards? No. Missions? No. Fine, Xie De decides to keep slacking off. But the System won’t have it. Sure 77.9kReads9.6Score10.3kShelves

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   How can this not be considered a city? The main point isn't about the city itself, so it's pretty much the same.

4. 404 都 Urban: The Show Crew Exposed All the Anomalies in My House 都市：我一屋异常被节目组曝光了 Sharing a Boat Tonight此夜同舟Urban360k WordsOngoing Also known as: Urban Fantasy: My House Full of Anomalies Was Exposed by a TV Crew Containing Anomalies, I Was Mistaken for Anomaly Zero by the Authorities [Comedy + Exposure + Mystery + Variety Show] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Jiang Lin unlocks the Anomaly Containment System. Anomalies contained in his home can level up quickly and are one hundred percent loyal to Jiang Lin. Before long, his house is full of high-level anomalies, and even the house itself is an anomaly. To make ev 1.4kReads8.2Score205Shelves
5. 405 道 I Did It, Daoist! Three Flowers Gather at the Crown! Huh? 道爷我成了，三花聚顶！嗯？ Too Many Cats猫太多Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Laugh-out-loud comedy] [A goofy, hilarious protagonist] [Mostly lighthearted slice of life] [Invincible] [A cure for the blues] Good news: I’ve got a cultivation System. Bad news: The System transmigrated without me. Good news: I can still contact the System. Bad news: These System missions seem a little off. In the city, Chen Jiamu looks at the mission he’s received: [Go to Mount Wudang and join a sect!] So he takes an overnight train to Mount Wudang. [Host has successfully joined Mount Wudang 360Reads7.8Score105Shelves

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   Try these two; one is tough, but the other will help you recover.

6. 406 我 I, the God of Food and Judge! I Only Go After Shady Restaurants! 我，食神判官！专打黑心店！ Songs of the Past念旧歌Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Easygoing daily life + food reviews + bickering couple + master of comebacks + lie flat and become a god] Ever since I accidentally ate a poisonous cake, I've had an ancestral spirit in my head. I'm Chen Pin, a delivery guy. A loli who calls herself the “God of Cookery” bombards me with voice messages around the clock. “Foolish mortal! You call this food? It's pig slop!” “Warning! Warning! Energy levels critically low. This God of Cookery is about to go dormant, and you'll be done for too!” “Qu 2.8kReads6.8Score170Shelves

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   All three are system novels. The first is about a food god system, where the protagonist rates food after obtaining the system. The second and third are about a daily check-in system, where the protagonist gradually improves himself using the system.

7. 407 签 Sign-In System Grows With You 签到系统伴成长 Yan Bo Miao焑波渺Female-Channel Fanfiction190k WordsCompleted I'm a newbie, and my new story is finally here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 5Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 408 神 Tycoon: The Poor Girl's Journey to Becoming a Rich Beauty 神豪：小可怜的白富美成长之路 Please Give Me a Lanzhou请给我一支蘭州Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Tycoon System + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Personal Growth + No Idiocy + Sound Values] Bai Tang, a poor little thing, never imagined that after her mother died, her deadbeat father ran off, and she’d lived on her own for five years, a huge gift would suddenly fall into her lap. Who says money can’t fall from the sky? What kind of dazzling life will unfold when a damaged System, broken by a temporal disturbance, collides with a sweet, determined girl who has nothing but ambition? From then o 34.8kReads9.0Score3kShelves
9. 409 直 I’m Livestreaming House Sales, So Why Is the Bureau Calling Me to Solve a Case? 直播卖房，局里喊我去破案？ Hidden Flower Bud花苞藏Urban748k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] + [Comedy] + [Livestream] + [Transmigration] + [Urban fantasy] Also known as: Livestreaming House Sales, and the Bureau Calls Me in to Solve Cases? Ye Hang transmigrates to a parallel world and is selected for the show The Strongest Wage Earner. He draws the noble profession of real estate sales. From his very first house tour with a client, things start getting downright bizarre! Police: “Do you specialize in selling haunted houses? Every perfectly good house becomes i 81Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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   No female lead, just uncles in hats, mostly comedy (PS: Books 1, 3, 4, and 6 are comedy). Check them out if you like! (·^ ▽ ^·)

10. 410 让 I Told You to Save Yourself, Not Call in the National Defense Forces 让你自救，没让你叫来国防部队 Crazy Little Milk Cream疯狂小奶酱Urban779k WordsCompleted Jiang Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a contestant on a reality show where contestants experience elite professions. On the very first day of filming, three wanted criminals in red notices start chasing him. Just as netizens assume Jiang Fan is done for, he pulls off an incredible move. To save himself, Jiang Fan cuts through a national defense cable. Jiang Fan: Urgent question. If I’m being kidnapped, and I cut a national defense cable to get the military’s attention, does tha 3.6kReads8.7Score269Shelves
11. 411 出 I Use My Taxi as a Prison Van, Then Claim Being a Cop Is Just My Side Job 出租车当囚车开，还说警察是副业 February18二月18Urban257k WordsCompleted Chen Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and joins a reality show about working full-time. From the start, he draws the worst job: taxi driver. Everyone assumes he'll spend the whole show falling behind. Then the Sharp-Eyed Appraisal System descends, and on his very first day behind the wheel, he picks up an adorable murderer. Chen Yu: “Director, I think I just picked up a murderer!” Director: “A murderer? That's no big deal... Wait, what did you say? A murderer?” While everyone stood there stu 1.3kReads8.6Score150Shelves
12. 412 山 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Evolving from a Mantis 山海经：从螳螂开始进化 Monsters and Demons, Oh My妖魔鬼怪啊Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Disaster was coming. A mysterious game called Classic of Mountains and Seas suddenly appeared. Players entered the game in the form of all kinds of animals and insects. Survive and hunt, explore secret realms, compete for rare treasures, devour and evolve… The abilities of their in-game characters would manifest in reality as “Martial Souls,” granting players extraordinary powers! Su Chen entered the game and became a weak little mantis. He awakened the talent [Forager], which let him sense dang 1.6kReads8.7Score220Shelves
13. 413 全 Livestreaming to the World: My Immortal Qin Empire Has Been Exposed 全球直播，我的仙秦帝国被曝光了 Grand Preceptor of Immortal Qin仙秦太师Urban1.0M WordsCompleted On the day of the national college entrance exam, Qin Tian transmigrates to a desolate, alternate world shrouded in mist. Fortunately, he awakens the Age of Empires System. With the System's help, he recruits talented people, expands his territory, and establishes the Great Qin Empire, to which all nations pay homage. Ten years later, the Black Dragon Banner flies over every inch of the continent. But just then, a joint expedition team formed by the nations of Blue Star arrives by ship. Only the 11.3kReads8.2Score869Shelves
14. 414 重 Reborn: My Genius Childhood Friend Is Adorable 重生：我神级学霸青梅超可爱 Chen Yan陈雁Urban304k WordsOngoing The moment he opened his eyes, Lu Ziming realized he had been reborn in 2004! He was still a little kid in the middle class at kindergarten, and right in front of him was an adorable childhood friend who wanted him to play house with her! As the sweet and silly girl tugged him along by the hand, Lu Ziming thought that this time around, he had to make something of his life! He thought of the factory supervisor's spittle-flecked, vicious tirades; of the times he'd bowed and scraped before people h 301Reads8.8Score—Shelves
15. 415 开 From the Start, I Became Feng Yuxiu's Disciple 开局拜师封于修 Look It Up in the Dictionary查字典Urban583k WordsCompleted In The Fist of the Condor, he trained in martial arts under Feng Yuxiu and eventually became the greatest fighter in the world, defeating every master on the planet. In a wuxia world, he was just an ordinary constable, yet he changed Tang Long’s fate. In The Jinyiwei, he was just an ordinary mid-ranking officer, yet he won the emperor’s favor. But gradually, Lu Renjia realized that the worlds he experienced were becoming anything but ordinary. And this was only the beginning of the story. 399Reads6.5Score—Shelves
16. 416 重 Back to the Womb, I Unlocked a Life Editor 重返娘胎，开启人生编辑器 Frostfall Fish霜降鱼Urban692k WordsCompleted [All-around genius + power fantasy + no heroine + lighthearted humor] After transmigrating, Lu Ze achieved nothing and lived out his life with deep regret. But when he opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find that he had returned to his mother's womb and awakened the Life Editor! The Life Editor is supreme. It lets him customize his life script and live a remarkable life. Height, looks, intelligence, life trajectory... Nothing is beyond editing. Lu Ze, who had lived an ordinary life, dec 10.2kReads7.8Score895Shelves

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    Reborn as an all-around genius in the city, his goal is to advance human technology for a thousand years.

17. 417 开 I Started Livestreaming and Started Winning by Doing Nothing. Pulling Off Stunts Is All Up to Fate 开播就躺赢，整活全靠命 An Accident是个意外Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Livestream] [System] [Absurd] [Comedy Shenanigans] [Funny] [Female Streamer] [Urban Slice of Life] Jiang He: Thanks for asking. I'm in the city and just got bound to a System. Its function is simple and straightforward: go live and win without lifting a finger! Money? Traffic? It all comes rolling in while I lie around! I just don't know why the vibe in my Livestream is so weird. An interview with a passerby turns into an arrest scene. A late-night snack leads to an antiques case. I go for a wa 28.7kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

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    I've been reading too many books, and now I only need to read light novels to cleanse my mind. You, with your high IQ, have taken up 99% of the books on my bookshelf.

18. 418 先 Fire First 先敌开火 I'll See You Off送你走Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Expert marksman] + [No System] + [Comedy] + [Mercenaries] + [Fictional world] Wang Tao, descended from a family of hunters, stumbles into the world of mercenaries by sheer chance. What kind of sparks will fly? In this diverse era, your downfall may not come from a rival, but from someone crossing over from another field. Speed is absolute, accuracy is relative. The one who fires first wins; suppressive fire is what matters most! Of all the martial arts under heaven, speed is unbeatable! 89.3kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
19. 419 暗 Shadow Twin Stars: The Phantom Thief's Past Life Arc 暗影双星：侠盗前世季 Brother Mu from Yongzhou雍州的木哥35k WordsCompleted Shadow Twin Stars: The Phantom Thief's Past-Life Season —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban bestseller: Brother and sister thieves... The female CEO willingly submits to his charms...

20. 420 土 The Country Bumpkin Who Conquered the Ice-Cold CEO 土味男征服冷艳女总裁 Brother Mu from Yongzhou雍州的木哥Urban459k WordsCompleted A country bumpkin from Guizhou storms a five-star hotel with his family’s ancestral chili sauce, setting food critics’ mouths on fire and putting a nasty manager in his place. He even melts the heart of an icy female CEO! A down-to-earth rags-to-riches tale packed with satisfying face-slapping, fiery romance, and sweet indulgence. Watch chili peppers shake up a business empire and win a beauty’s heart. —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 421 规EN Rule-Based Horror: Mistaken for a Top Player Right from the Start! 规则怪谈：开局被误认为是大佬！ Overlord Cat霸王猫Mystery726k WordsOngoing [Rule-based horror + delusions of grandeur + wild speculation + livestream + wish fulfillment + comedy + no romance] Chen Han dies right from the start. The moment he opens his eyes, he is thrown into a deadly rule-based horror game. While everyone else is still poring over the rules to find a way out, he panics and blunders around, somehow avoiding every deadly trap and stumbling his way to a perfect clear. The whole internet's livestream chat explodes. “Holy crap! That prediction was godlike! 740Reads9.2Score225Shelves
22. 422 无EN Infinite Rewinds: Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 无限回档：所有人都以为我是大佬 What's Wrong with Money?钱有什么不好Mystery414k WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic drama] [Audiobook narrated by a real person available] [Infinite Flow + Livestream Survival + Death Rewind + Half-Dihua] [No CP] [The story contains a lot of on-screen comment barrages] After Xu Xi died from overwork, he transmigrated to another world invaded by a survival game. He even discovered that he could rewind time after dying. By using this ability to escape danger time and again and successfully clear each instance, he unexpectedly became a top expert in the eyes 189.8kReads9.4Score21.5kShelves
23. 423 那 That Scumbag Has Broken the Plot Again and Again 那个渣男又又又崩剧情了 Sea Salt Potato Chips海盐味薯片Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [Male-protagonist quick transmigration + no romance + brainless feel-good story] A scumbag? Who said that! He's more like a cannon-fodder character! Across three thousand minor worlds, there are countless innocent, pitiful people whose accumulated resentment has disrupted the worlds' operations. To soothe their grievances, A Ci made a deal with them, becoming them and changing their lives. 1. The original wife in a reborn story We agreed to a family marriage for mutual benefit. Just because I do 8.2kReads8.3Score770Shelves
24. 424 快 Quick Transmigration: The Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate 快穿：鲤鱼跃龙门 Going Around in Circles on the Spot原地绕圆圆Modern Romance897k WordsCompleted (Quick transmigration, with no fixed CP. The earlier worlds are only five or six chapters long, while the later ones are over ten chapters each. The protagonist is called Li Yue, though in some worlds he may be called Li Yue or *Yue.) Li Yue is a carp spirit. After cultivating successfully, he failed at his eightieth attempt to leap through the Dragon Gate. While recovering from his injuries, he accidentally swallowed a Dream Soul Herb and slept for eight hundred years. But time had moved on. Wh 6.6kReads9.1Score448Shelves
25. 425 努 I Keep Trying in Vain, All Because the Quests Are Too Absurd 努力努力白努力，都怪任务太离奇 Baa Baa Baa Cloud咩咩咩云Modern Romance613k WordsOngoing [Quick Transmigration] [No romance] [Supporting character] [Family life] [Watching the drama unfold] [The Host keeps getting blindsided by absurd missions] He Xiyi gets bound to System 748 and thinks she is finally on the road to the top. Instead, her work partner turns out to be a reactionary! System 748 offended the newly appointed Lord God, so both it and its Host, He Xiyi, are demoted to the wish-fulfillment group for passersby, the lowest-earning department. The passerby group may pay poorl 205Reads8.4Score—Shelves
26. 426 快 Quick Transmigration: The Male Lead Wants to Give Up Too 快穿之男主也想摆烂 Mi Xiao Qie米小茄Historical696k WordsCompleted Yang Mu, who has lost his memory, binds himself to the 666 Wish System and is ordered to travel between small worlds, helping people fulfill their wishes. But Yang Mu is a total slacker. Get his memories back? No way! Work like a beast? Even less likely! An elderly scholar in ancient times [Complete] My father, the most beautiful man in the land [Complete] The new Goddess of Childbirth, Doctor Yang [Complete] My daughter, who transmigrated into the heroine of an angst novel [Complete] The bloods 3.5kReads6.0Score169Shelves
27. 427 快 Quick Transmigration: So What If I’m Cannon Fodder? Did I Eat Your Rice? 快穿：炮灰怎么了？吃你家米饭了 A Wreck of a Meow废了个喵Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted Shen Mo inherits a merit pawnshop. Pawn your merit, and he'll help you fulfill your life's last wish. The first story: The expendable villain of the 1980s He is the son of a young, educated woman sent down to a fishing village. When his mother became pregnant, she married Shen Daqiang, a fisherman, so the child would have a father and a recognized place in the family. She also said she would marry him if he agreed to help raise the child. Shen Daqiang agreed, and Shen Mo was born. Three years la 14.6kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
28. 428 我 I'm a Medical Student, So Isn't Dissecting an Evil God Perfectly Reasonable? 我医学生，解剖邪神很合理吧？ Immortal Lord Wangchen望尘仙君Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Obsessed with Dissection] [Over Forty Strange Creatures Recorded] Lu Bei, a graduate student at Chaoge Medical University, is chosen by a horror game and sent into one of its instances. He draws a talent unique to him: Dissection. While everyone else is doing everything they can to survive, Lu Bei has already begun researching how to dissect evil gods. Zombies attack. All the players are building bases, stockpiling supplies, and forming gangs, terrified that their fortifications will be 26.8kReads8.9Score5.2kShelves
29. 429 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 158.3kReads9.0Score15.1kShelves
30. 430 快 Quick Transmigration: So What If I'm the Second Male Lead? I Still Won't Follow the Plot 快穿：是男二又怎样？照不走剧情 Mingtai Qingnian明台清念Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted Xu Jingxing transmigrates, but loses his memory and forgets that he came from the modern world. One day, the Chosen One awakens his memories, and he discovers that he's basically the male lead's sidekick, there to advance the romance between the male and female leads and sacrifice everything to do it. So what if he's the second male lead? From the moment his memories return, he's determined not to become that so-called hapless fool. Whether the protagonists fall in love is their business. He has 1.7kReads7.0Score101Shelves
31. 431 综 All Kinds of TV Worlds: The Northeastern College Guy Never Gives Up 综影视之东北男大永不服输 Jun Chi Is Always Sweet赤君一直很甜Female-Channel Fanfiction623k WordsCompleted Face-slapping + building a career + revenge for national humiliation + a golden finger + the protagonist is unfriendly toward the original leads at first, though some of them awaken later In short: the incredible antics of a Northeastern college guy charging into the world of plot-breaking Systems and constantly smashing unreasonable storylines Warnings: The original show won't feature much; there will be career-focused storylines. World One: Empresses in the Palace (the emperor) Highlights: The 1.7kReads8.3Score102Shelves
32. 432 系 The System Is Getting Creepier, What Does That Have to Do with Me, a Priest? 系统越来越诡异关我牧师什么事 Hu Dao胡叨Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted [A System That Makes You Stronger by Talking People into Things] [Cthulhu] [Western Fantasy] [Comedy] [No Harem] Teammate A: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Blessing], right? Rupert: I’ll play the [Demon’s Murmurs] on repeat for you. It’s basically the same thing. You’ll be fearless. Teammate B: Rupert, you must have the priest’s [Holy Shield], right? Rupert: I’ll stick a [Void Tentacle] into you. Don’t mind its looks, it’ll protect you. Teammate C: Rupert, you have the priest’s [Holy Healing Aur 21.8kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
33. 433 七 The 1970s and 1980s: The System Forces Me to Become a National Treasure 七零八零年代：系统逼我卷成国宝 A Sleeve-Blade一袖刀Urban380k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + A Scientific Powerhouse + System-Enabled Top Student + From Dimwit to National Treasure] Tang Pu, a PhD in the humanities, works himself to death pulling all-nighters for his job, then is reborn as Tang Pu, a dimwitted kid in 1978. The original owner ranked at the bottom of his class and was mocked by relatives as “Tang the Big Fool.” His parents were factory workers, yet they spent their entire savings on tutoring for him. Then, by a stroke of bad luck, a ball hits him an 6Reads5.7Score—Shelves
34. 434 魂 Soul Returned to 1957: A Street Tough in the Capital 魂归1957：四九城街溜子 The Word Fate缘之一字Urban1.4M WordsCompleted To avoid ruining the reading experience, please read this introduction before you start. This is neither a traditional siheyuan story nor fan fiction. There’s no angst, no pity-seeking, and no hostility. The story is warm and uplifting, so readers who like a more aggressive tone should give it a miss. The protagonist is generous and never stingy with the people around him. He wins people over by sharing his wealth. Others save money; I invest in relationships. This is the lesson the protagonist 3.1kReads7.3Score218Shelves
35. 435 快 Quick Transmigration: Even a Background Character Is Not to Be Messed With 快穿：路人甲也是不好惹的 Ma Lingdu马零度Urban368k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 366Reads5.0Score100Shelves
36. 436 从 From Agricultural Machinery to Mushroom Farming 从搞农机的到种蘑菇的 Must-Eat Tomato Hot Pot必吃番茄锅Urban2.9M WordsCompleted In 1959, programmer Chen Qinghe transmigrates into the body of a genius technician at an agricultural machinery institute, only to find himself unlucky enough not to inherit the original's crucial memories. Armed with a not-so-reliable “mentor” golden finger, he barely finishes sorting through the precious technical legacy his predecessor left behind before a big shot sets his sights on him! Next stop: the neighboring beach, where he'll build a “giant mushroom” by hand! His missions: build the “ 16kReads8.1Score897Shelves
37. 437 开EN A God-Tier Hidden Skill from the Start! I've Seen Through Everything 开局神级隐藏技能！我已看透一切 Thin Porridge Shizhou稀粥世洲Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted [Infinite Flow] [Lighthearted and Funny] [No Female Lead] [Livestream] [Feel-Good] Left Cheng'an was pulled into a world survival game and awakened the game's only god-tier skill, "True Sight"! From then on, he could see the other side of the game! A branch lay by the roadside. Ordinary players: "What's this thing underfoot? Get it out of the way!" What Left Cheng'an saw: [A locust branch loved by the imprisoned Eight-Legged Countess. Give it to her and you can get the quest item, "Secret Room K 70kReads8.7Score7.6kShelves
38. 438 明 The Chronicle of Ming Zhe 明嚞录 Kong Qing倥青Two Male Leads562k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, quick transmigration]+ [Everyday life and occasional child-rearing]+ [Powerful golden finger]+ [Regular updates, dive right in] Zhao Shuzhe wakes up one morning to find his world has changed. He thinks he has transmigrated, but the missions issued by the suddenly appearing ‘System’ sometimes come with blatant hints. It seems this isn’t just a simple transmigration mission after all... Especially when every mission requires him to find the so-called “beloved,” who turns out to be 41Reads8.2Score—Shelves
39. 439 快 Quick Transmigration: I Fused with a Game Character from the Start 快穿：开局就融合游戏角色 Mingtai Qingnian明台清念Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted What should you do if you’re unlucky enough to get struck by lightning while gaming? Li Hanqing thinks he can answer that perfectly. During summer vacation, he was at home teaming up with friends from the game to tackle new content. He was so absorbed that he didn’t notice the thunder and lightning outside, and forgot that his home’s location made it a particular magnet for lightning. And so, he got hit. The one consolation was that although Li Hanqing was dead, his soul had deeply fused with th 4kReads8.2Score291Shelves
40. 440 年 A Quick Transmigration Worker in the Underworld 年代快穿之地府打工人 Kong Qing倥青Modern Romance798k WordsCompleted [Male POV]╫ [Period-piece quick transmigration]╫ [Powerful golden finger]╫ [No female lead, no BL]╫ [Patriotic]╫ [No brutal revenge or drawn-out grudges]╫ [Each story under 20,000 words]╪ [Complete] Xu Jinduan died of illness at the age of 87. Thanks to his extraordinary will to survive and the accumulated merits of many lifetimes, he was recruited by the Underworld’s Wish-Granting Bureau. He became a quick-transmigration employee and began his conscientious, temptation-filled and trap-laden ca 3.6kReads8.6Score227Shelves
41. 441 全 Hunted Around the World, I Become Phantom Thief 1412 全球抓捕，我化身怪盗1412 Boundary Point界点Urban586k WordsCompleted [Wish-fulfillment + livestream + escape + elegance + phantom thief] Qin Mo somehow ended up taking part in a global manhunt escape game. What? A legal license to steal? And you get a reward as long as you can steal something? Other escapees can’t even last a day? The corner of Qin Mo’s mouth curled up. What you’re about to face is the greatest magician of the twenty-first century: the phantom thief Kaito Kid! Now then, ladies and gentlemen, let the show begin! [A novel centered on Kaito Kid. Ple 3.4kReads7.3Score485Shelves

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    Urban imagination, very novel

42. 442 女 My Girlfriend Chose to Become a Star, So I’ll Be Her Biggest Backer 女友选择出道，我为她保驾护航 Add Corn to the Braised Ribs炖排骨要加玉米Urban601k WordsCompleted [One Heroine + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted + Healing + Sweet Romance + Parallel World] Gu Yu opened his eyes to find himself in a parallel world. Aside from his name, everything was different. He happily accepted his new life, rented a small apartment the next day, and settled into writing novels, meeting up with friends, and exercising. When he learned that he came from an extraordinary family, Gu Yu still wanted to spend some time taking it easy before going back to inherit the family busi 3.6kReads9.1Score307Shelves
43. 443 娱 Showbiz: A Top-Tier Star's Career Begins When Boss Yang Adds Him to the Wrong Group Chat! 娱乐：顶流从杨老板拉错群开始！ I Am Eighteen吾十八Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Entertainment industry + extra sweet romance + no System] Su Yu transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an artist signed to Big Honey's agency. Because of copyright issues, he's chosen to take it easy and enjoy life. Then Big Honey suddenly adds him to a strange group chat. [You've been invited by Boss Yang to join “Our Happy Family”] Yang Mom: “!!!! Welcome, son-in-law!” Yang Dad: “The kids are right here! Can't you be a little more composed? So, when are you two getting married?” Su Yu: 9.2kReads8.9Score567Shelves
44. 444 开 From the Start, I Reported Everything and Built the World with Summoned Players 开局上交：我靠召唤玩家搞基建 A Life of Poetry and Wine诗酒一生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsOngoing [No CP] [World-Building] [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster] [Players] [Zombies] [Undead] [Ensemble Cast] [Behind-the-Scenes Boss] #IWantToHandOverAnotherWorld# The moment Yun Lan suddenly gained a small world, she came clean to the state! After that, an unprecedented full-dive game, Zombie Nation, officially launched online! -- Before the game launched -- Netizens: Fake! Fake! Fake! A scam to fleece us! -- After the game launched -- Netizens: Give me an invite! Give me an invite! Hurry up and open th 18.4kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
45. 445 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
46. 446 复 [Western Crossover] The Respawn Point Is Me?! 【综英美】复活点竟是我自己！ Saving Up to Buy Jars攒钱买罐罐Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Marvel + Harry Potter] Yang Luoluo's peaceful life came to an abrupt end the moment a dark-haired, green-eyed god knocked on her door. The god, leaning against the doorway: "Won't you invite me in?" Luoluo, terrified: "I'm your fan and I really, really like you, but... stay back! Aaaaaah!!!" After she let slip one careless remark "This place isn't some kind of respawn point, is it? Hahaha." The next second, Luoluo stared, dumbfounded, at the sudden appearance of Spider-Man, Bucky, Doctor St 3kReads9.2Score337Shelves
47. 447 坠 Plane Crash in the Arctic: I’m the Only Survival Expert 坠机北极我是唯一的求生专家 Burnt-Out Cigarette燃尽的香烟Urban325k WordsCompleted [No special powers, no System] [Realistic survival in the Arctic] [Extreme cold survival] [No harem, no simping] [Survival expert] A passenger plane bound for Norway suffers a malfunction mid-flight and makes an emergency landing in the Arctic. Ren Ye is a survival blogger who came to the Arctic to film survival videos, but he unexpectedly gets caught in a plane crash. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that the plane has made an emergency landing on an ice floe. The plane has broken into thre 4.6kReads8.4Score387Shelves

    Reader note

    A relatively niche genre, the first book is a short story about two months of survival in the Arctic, packed with knowledge points. The third book is the funniest, hilariously funny from beginning to end, with laughs that feel completely natural.

48. 448 两 The Gatekeeper of Two Worlds 两界看门人 Photinia Pipe石楠烟斗Urban680k WordsCompleted Gu Ke’s family has been guarding the gate for generations. By his time, he is the forty-ninth generation. What does a gatekeeper do? He guards the passage between the mortal world and the spirit realm, keeping anything that doesn’t belong in the mortal world outside. He has been a gatekeeper for three years, living a quiet, secluded life in an old house with an old dog. Then one day, his father, whom he hasn’t heard from in ages, calls to ask Gu Ke to look after his four half-sisters. The four s 2.1kReads8.2Score127Shelves
49. 449 我 I'm Not Actually Mentally Ill 我不是真的精神病 Chatting with a Nephalem对话奈非天Urban3.8M WordsCompleted If you don’t have ten years of brain thrombosis, twenty years of mental illness, and thirty years of depression, you won’t understand this book. Normal people, stay away. This book is titled I’m Not Really Mentally Ill. Also known as Sequence: The Rebellious Heart Ape. [Rituals]+ [Sequences]+ [Professions]+ [Apocalypse]+ [Mystery]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Humanity]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Journey to the West]+ [Mythology]+ [Reborn]+ [Transmigration]+ [No Female Lead]+ [One Origin, Many Threads, Cyclical Worlds] 844Reads8.7Score114Shelves

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    If it doesn't look good, come back and scold me.

50. 450 从 A Career-Building Game Starting with SWAT 从SWAT开始的职业成长游戏 Nan Chang南长Urban5.2M WordsOngoing He is an elite assault operator with the San Diego SWAT team in the United States! He is a top German marksman active on the Western Front during World War I! He is a top spy trained at the X-agent training camp during World War II! He is a legendary explorer of the American West, the uncrowned king of the Caribbean, the world’s most formidable lone counterterrorism operative… Before earning all these countless titles, Zhang Xuan was just a low-ranking police officer who had transmigrated into n 67.3kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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