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1. 1 大 Building Infrastructure in the Great Qin! Ying Zheng Discovers I’m a Woman 大秦搞基建！我女儿身被嬴政发现 Chu Jian Ci楚见辞Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted The second part of this book is complete, so you can read with confidence!٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷͈᷄ᗨᵒ̴̶̷͈᷅)و Transmigrates into a younger body + adored by everyone + no CP + career-focused + System + infrastructure building + cute pets + unifies the Six Kingdoms + changes the fate of dying in the second generation After attending a friend's Hanfu gathering, Zhao Jiuyuan was urged by his father back home in Hanzhong. As he drove through a tunnel, he somehow entered a time tunnel and transmigrated to the Qin Empi 14.4kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves

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   One is the Qin Dynasty and the other is the Ming Dynasty. Both are very well written. How did the protagonist survive under the system at that time?

2. 2 大 Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明，我给老朱当喷子的那些年 Qing Suisui卿岁岁Historical1.4M WordsCompleted If there’s anything you think could be improved, please point it out gently. I’ll make changes. Thank you. The protagonist’s official career: Investigating Censor, Supervising Censor, County Magistrate, Inspecting Censor and Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Censor-in-Chief, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Cautious Diligence and Minister of Personnel. Gu Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, as a low-ranking remonstrance official. He ha 60.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
3. 3 末 Apocalypse Commissioner: Step by Step to the Top! 末世委员长：一步步走到最高！ Eagle of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau云贵高原的雄鹰Sci-Fi & Apocalypse4.2M WordsOngoing I Became the Commander-in-Chief in the Apocalypse Apocalypse + raising a massive army + hard-core stats + characters with brains Just as the apocalypse arrives, Gu Chengyuan obtains the War System and starts raising a massive army, sweeping through the apocalypse with an unstoppable tide of steel! The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story. 103.7kReads9.0Score7.8kShelves

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   The first book is really fun, but a bit slow. The second book has delicate characters and the third book is just fun.

4. 4 我 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 Qing Hong青红Historical8.5M WordsOngoing [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 270.5kReads9.4Score23.6kShelves
5. 5 三 Three Terrible Fortune Sticks? This Daoist Will Defy Heaven and Change Your Fate! 三次下下签？贫道替你逆天改命！ Water Is Blue水是蓝色的Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted comedy + Meme references + Satisfying power fantasy] Fang Yang transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a Taoist priest, invited to take part in a livestreamed variety show. Visitor: “Reverend, I can’t get over her. What should I do?” Fang Yang: “She’s bad luck for you!” Visitor: “Reverend, I found a huge tomb. Want to come with me?” Fang Yang: “No. I can’t handle those mechanisms.” Visitor: “What mechanisms?” Fang Yang: “The public security authorities!” Visitor: “Reverend, a 49.1kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
6. 6 穿 After Becoming a Substitute, She Stayed Up All Night Studying the Nanny Handbook 穿替身后，她连夜攻读月嫂手册 Little White Snake in the Waves浪里小白蛇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After overworked office drone Ye Qingqing transmigrated into the role of a stand-in for someone’s one true love, all she wanted was to make money. When the domineering CEO told her to dance, she put on a white dress and started doing the hand dance. When he told her to sing, she shocked the bar with a song called “My Surname Is Shi.” When the woman he truly loved framed her, she handed over a job application, complete with an advanced nanny certificate. When a rich young lady tried to humiliate 21kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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   Purely making money, the male protagonist and so on, just stay there

7. 7 情 I Have No Emotions, So I Found a Sniper for a Girlfriend 情感缺失的我找了个狙击手女友 The Bird Who Loves Collecting Stamps爱收集邮票的飞鸟Urban664k WordsCompleted (One heroine. She isn't a campus beauty, just above average in looks. The moment they meet, they both realize the other is a big shot.) (The romance develops slowly.) On the surface, the world where humanity lives after World War II is peaceful. But in the hidden world of shadows, national organizations like Xuanyuan Sword, Eagle's Wing, and Winterhold are locked in constant conflict. Genetically enhanced people hiding among the crowds possess physical abilities far beyond those of ordinary huma 37kReads9.6Score4.9kShelves

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   These books should be considered niche [laughing and crying]

8. 8 我 The Half-Demon Young Master of My Family Never Plays by the Rules 我家半妖少主从来不讲武德 San Jiu Ling三久零Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Absurd comedy] [Single heroine] [Passionate] [Coming of age] [Family] [No System, no brainless plot] [The protagonist’s personality changes gradually; don’t read if that’s not for you] A young man from Huaxia, with a pair of swords in hand. One sword severs souls! One sword smites evil! He’s a little unscrupulous, but not too much! With the body of a half-demon, he cuts through every obstacle. And becomes an unrivaled demon king! But... You’re a demon king, for crying out loud. Can’t you do any 19.3kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
9. 9 妹 After My Sister Became the Hero, I Turned Out to Be the Demon King Behind the Scenes 妹妹成为勇者后，我竟是幕后魔王 Mo Xian Yu莫弦鱼Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Enjoy the thrilling experience of following an anime series [Urban] + [Behind-the-scenes] + [Superpowers] + [Overprotective brother] + [System] + [Anime elements] + [High-octane battles] + [Everyday moments now and then] Eight years ago, a mysterious virus known as “Demonic Energy” broke out, starting in Neon. Humans infected by it underwent physical mutations, and their minds became horribly twisted, turning them into puppets controlled by desire. Those infected, who looked like demons when 14.5kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 开 From the Start, Maxed-Out Cooking Skills: Earn Money, Grow Strong, and Become a Lord 开局满级厨艺，赚钱发育当领主 Doesn't Like Celery不爱吃芹菜Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Western Fantasy + Laid-Back + Everyday Life + Silly Comedy + Beast-Eared Girls + Nearly Invincible] The continent of Celsis is home to many races. Besides humans, there are elves, beastfolk, dragons, merfolk, vampires, demons… From the start, Cheng Yu gains max-level cooking skills and can exchange the positive emotions of his customers for all kinds of items. One day, the Skeleton Lord who rules a vast territory goes missing. Someone asks Cheng Yu, “Mr. Cheng Yu, do you know where the Skeleton 36.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves
11. 11 哎 Oh No! I’m One of the Seven Deadly Sins, and I Got MVP! 哎呀！我七原罪，得了MVP！ Captain of the Trapping Camp陷阵营营长Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Dark comedy + hilarious + ruthless action + global setting + unconventional ideas + one heroine + near-invincible protagonist + power fantasy with a brain (or without one)] Horror games descend upon the world. Those chosen to participate must face challenges of inhuman difficulty. Though the games are full of torment, they also offer people a chance to gain supernatural powers. Life or death. A meteoric rise, or losing everything. But Lu Ce, who has been unable to feel pain since childhood, fee 135.5kReads9.3Score16kShelves

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    Single female protagonist, time travel to the game

12. 12 我 I'm Almost a Max-Level Evil God, and You Want Me to Switch to Summoning? 我快邪神满级，你劝我转职召唤？ The Sky Isn't Dark Around the Corner转角天不黑Urban2.3M WordsOngoing (Story-focused, somewhat dark, with a touch of warmth, no heroine, not invincible, not a System-powered wish-fulfillment novel, a slight ensemble cast; read with caution if that’s not your thing.) On the wasteland, greedy gods carve up their territories. To survive the beast tide, people have no choice but to offer their humble faith, hoping to win divine mercy and become extraordinary. Huang Ye was born among the ruins of the lawless, studies in a city of righteous gods, yet walks the mortal wo 40.4kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves

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    These are five words

13. 13 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.8M 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 328.3kReads9.4Score30.6kShelves

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    This one is quite special [Sparrow Food Masterpiece][Explore]

14. 14 天 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 Xuan Chen玄尘Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 39kReads9.6Score4.1kShelves

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    This is a chess game between humans and gods and demons!!! Humans never back down and will give everything for victory. You can also learn some history. It's very interesting.

15. 15 春 Spring Mountain in Uproar 春山喧 Biyou彼呦Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Print edition now available] [Faithful couple + older-sister-younger-man romance + reunion after years apart + secret crush + healing + slow-paced travel variety show + happy ending] "Straightforward, loyal F1 driver x glamorous, gentle actress" - At the height of her fame, Wen Wanning was filming in Northeast China. On a snowy night with temperatures at minus twenty degrees, her van broke down halfway up a mountain. Not long after she hung up with the repair shop, a battered Santana came skidd 110.1kReads9.6Score18.6kShelves

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    Even so, I want to be brave again. For the sake of all the victims who have been forced to remain silent, and for the people who have been by my side for many years, I will risk everything to fight to the end. I was ready to step back into the background. If the justice I seek is finally suppressed and honesty loses to power, at least I won't regret it anymore.

16. 16 苏 Awakening Forty-Two Thousand Years Later 苏醒于四十二个千年之后 Thought I Ghosted, But I Didn't, Which Is Still Ghosting以为鸽了但没鸽也是鸽Anime Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted Forty-two millennia later, the entire empire was engulfed in endless war. The Human Imperium struggled to maintain its rule, while facing savage assaults from alien species, covert sabotage by Chaos cults, and corruption and power struggles within its own ranks. The AI forces, the Iron Men, had been all but wiped out in the wars of the past. But Ax, an intelligent Iron Man commander accidentally brought back online, was inevitably drawn into the tangled conflicts among all sides. 12.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
17. 17 港 Hong Kong Crossover: I’m the Big Winner 港综：我是大赢家 Scapegoat Prawn背锅大虾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted Ding! You have a new mission. Become famous throughout the city? Too easy. You know Wu Song, right? Watch me spill blood at Mandarin Duck Tower. Ding! You have a new mission. Become a billionaire, a legend of the underworld, and a powerbroker who rules over all? Yikes... Should I study the life of Lai Hao or Al Capone? Never mind. New place, new game plan. I’d better get some startup capital first... 101.1kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves
18. 18 弃 Surviving on a Forsaken Star: Combine Identical Junk into Brand-New Gear 弃星生存：相同垃圾合成全新装备 Wang Zilü王自律Sci-Fi & Apocalypse3.1M WordsCompleted After the Second Era, Earth became the largest technological junkyard in the Milky Way. A scavenger's cloak billows in the wind as Cheng Qi stands atop a mountain of trash. [Similar technological object detected] [Beginning synthesis] [Damaged Nanny Bot], [Safety-Guard Nanny Bot], [Environment-Adaptive Nanny Bot]! [Mechanical Exploration Shoes], [Mechanical Exploration Leggings], [Jet-Powered Turbine Boots]! [Surgical Assistant Gloves], [Intelligent Assistant Gloves], [Gravity-Field Adjustment G 563.6kReads9.1Score97.5kShelves
19. 19 我 Our Glorious China Strides Across the Multiverse 我泱泱华夏纵横多元宇宙 Roast the Buns Before Eating馒头烤着吃Male-Channel Fanfiction6.7M WordsOngoing Fang Jing somehow came into possession of a magical machine that could let him transmigrate into all kinds of science-fiction films and TV shows! In response to the United States' suppression, he starts with The Wandering Earth, developing exoskeletons, crewed lunar missions, a moon base, and a space elevator... China rises all the way from The Wandering Earth to The Three-Body Problem, conquering the multiverse until it eventually ascends into an eternal multiverse civilization! 57.8kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
20. 20 穿 Between Two Worlds, with an Armored Tide at My Back 穿梭两界，我的身后是钢铁洪流 Boundless Rivers and Mountains无限江山Eastern Fantasy2.5M WordsOngoing [Travel Between Two Worlds] + [Calling in the Parents] + [Steel Torrent] + [Mechanical Fantasy] + [Across the Stars] + [Smart Characters] Ultimate Summoning Technique: Motherland, I need you! Transmigration means hacking through thorns and blazing a trail, struggling through hardships, facing deadly battles and danger at every turn. After fighting tooth and nail in another world to carve out a tiny territory, the enemy is about to reach his gates. The foolish nobles have abandoned my country. Th 46.3kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
21. 21 奇 Strange Soil 奇壤 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Don't worry, this is absolutely a farming novel. A construction worker's journey of development in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is? A whole world of possibilities! Countless races, an enormous world, hardcore development, and mysteries aplenty. A sea of stars? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? A sea of stars like that would be far too boring, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, gr 34.4kReads8.7Score4.5kShelves

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    This could have been okay

22. 22 那 The Tycoon's Daughter Is Charming, Beautiful, and Can Catch Ghosts 那暴发户的女儿又娇又美还会捉鬼 Xi Cheng Ya希成吖Rural Life1.1M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + supernatural + everyone's darling + eccentric family + ghost hunting + ancient-to-modern transmigration + comedy] Blackwind Village is a backward, impoverished place, and everyone in the village talks about the Ma family. After having five sons, the forty-year-old woman of the Ma family got pregnant again. This time, she gave birth to a girl, and the family's elders treasured her dearly. The Ma family's legacy had arrived: their ghost-hunting skills were passed down to daughter 2.2kReads8.6Score243Shelves
23. 23 侯 The Entire Marquis's Residence Hangs Themselves, Begging the Fake Heiress to Come Home for the Feast 侯府全体上吊，求假千金回府吃席 Zi Lu子璐Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Meme humor + Absurdity + Unhinged antics + Lighthearted daily life + Invincible heroine + No official couple, ship whoever you want] Jiang Miao: Stop trying to help people. Just laugh at their fate. But then again, if the money's right, I'll gladly give your fate a couple of extra stabs! After dumping three High Gods, Jiang Miao is exposed and flees to the mortal realm. She takes over the body of the Xuan Yuan Marquis household's fake heiress, who has lost her memory. The marquis household is s 34.2kReads9.2Score4.4kShelves
24. 24 星 Honkai: Star Rail - The Divine Sword of Taixu at the Start! 星穹铁道：开局表演太虚剑神 The Sky Yearns for Snow at Dusk晚来天欲樰Anime Fanfiction4.1M WordsOngoing Yan Huan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Honkai: Star Rail, and from the start Kafka stuffs a Stellaron into her. "Congratulations, Host. You’ve awakened the Slacker System. The lazier you are, the stronger you become!" “Now that’s a sweet deal!” Yan Huan flops down on the spot, leaving Kafka and Silver Wolf utterly dumbfounded. After her slacking session… "Congratulations, Host. You have gained the power of an Emanator and the true teachings of the Celestial Phoenix!" “Wait, you’r 10.7kReads9.1Score816Shelves
25. 25 柯 Detective Conan: Running a Convenience Store in Beika 柯南：在米花当便利店老板 Yun Ang Frog囩昂蛙Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [No CP + Misinterpretation Comedy + Passerby Protagonist + System + Forum Posts + Daily Life] This is actually a lighthearted slice-of-life story, with plenty of everyday moments, an ensemble cast, and a cozy feel. It's aimed at a female audience, with no complicated, brain-teasing plotlines. The forum chapters are longer! The writing is a little rough and meandering at first, but it settles down later! An Yi is an ordinary person. He thought so both during his life as an overworked office dron 12.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
26. 26 原 Genshin Impact: After the Geo Archon Stepped Down, I Took Charge of Liyue 原神：帝君退位后，我执掌璃月 Mass-Produced Jade Chamber量产型群玉阁Anime Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [No Angst + Slice of Life + Some Farming] The continent of Teyvat is steeped in history, with countless ancient secrets buried beneath the dust of ages. But the most fascinating of them all is not one of those grand ancient civilizations. It is a certain Archon. He once sought to end the Archon War by sheer force, sever the link between heaven and earth, reshape the world, restore order to the elements, and make all things equal. But power was divided between two forces. When the Heavenly Princi 7kReads9.5Score619Shelves
27. 27 原 Genshin Impact: I Transmigrated as an Adeptus and Got the Players Fired Up 原神：穿越成真君，我让玩家沸腾 Ji Yan寂延Anime Fanfiction812k WordsOngoing [Drama queen + transmigration + gacha characters + angst + no female lead] For certain reasons, Wu Li transmigrates to Teyvat. He also inexplicably gets bound to something called the "Attention Value Growth System." He decides to pay back all the heartbreak he suffered to the players of today. From then on, he appears in the story to gain attention and unlock his memories. In Mondstadt, he splits two tornadoes with a single slash. In Liyue, he goes berserk and hacks at an ancient demon god. In I 5.5kReads9.2Score584Shelves
28. 28 我 I, Dottore, Just Joined the Fatui 我，多托雷，刚进愚人众 A Song in the Pond池中曲Anime Fanfiction425k WordsCompleted I'm just an ordinary person who plays Genshin Impact. How did I end up getting sent here? Of all people, why did I have to become Old Tor? At least I arrived just as I was joining the Fatui, so there's still hope. But is Snezhnaya a little too poor right now? 10.6kReads8.6Score899Shelves
29. 29 提 Teyvat Convenience Store: Welcoming Furina from the Start 提瓦特便利店：开局接待芙宁娜 Insomniac at Last最终失眠Anime Fanfiction291k WordsOngoing [Single heroine: Furina] What do you mean, Primordial Sea water? I’ll just grab it and refine it in an instant. What do you mean Furina flooded the Palais Mermonia, got “kicked out,” and came to stay with me? And what do you mean that after Furina moved in with me, it suddenly started pouring over Fontaine? 33Reads—Score137Shelves
30. 30 在 Isn't It Reasonable to Have a Few More Secret Identities in the World of Detective Conan? 在柯学世界多亿点马甲很合理吧 Gray Nightfall夜色灰Anime Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Main Story Complete] [Detective Conan fanfiction + master of secret identities + clones + no CP + gray faction + original organization + frail protagonist] [illogical, brainless fluff] [original cases early on, none in the middle] [synopsis revised × n] - [Synopsis] After dying of illness, Qianye Qianzhu arrived in the world of Detective Conan. To collect emotion points and stay alive, he used the System’s features to create multiple secret identities * The Black Organization’s beloved little m 5.2kReads9.4Score595Shelves
31. 31 柯 Detective Conan: Playing a Deranged Double Agent in the Black Organization 柯南：在酒厂当一个疯批二五仔 The Three Mad Laughers狂笑三杰Anime Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted Shengu Jieyue, code-named Golden Wheat Wine in the Organization. Known as a walking armory and nicknamed the Madman, he believes that if you can solve something by hitting it, there's no need to run your mouth. Conan: “If you keep beating up suspects for no reason and forcing them to confess, I'm reporting you!” Gin: “I suspect there's something wrong with him, but I have no proof.” Akemi Miyano: “I think Mr. Shengu is a good person.” Ai Haibara: “Sis, don't let him fool you. This guy is even wo 29.7kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves
32. 32 崩 Honkai: Star Rail: What Should I Do About Ms. Herta Looking at Me Like That? 崩铁：黑塔女士这么看我怎么办？ You Xian悠险Anime Fanfiction2.1M WordsOngoing [Slice of Life] [One Female Lead: Ms. Herta] [The Protagonist Will Become an Emanator of Erudition] [Original Planets] “Ms. Herta, what do you think about your assistant, Bai Luan, constantly telling people he's not a genius?” “I don't. When I see him, I just tell him to get back to work.” This exchange comes from a rushed interview with Ms. Herta. Bai Luan is reborn by the System right in front of the Great Herta, in the world of Honkai: Star Rail. At this point, the Herta Space Station hasn't 111.6kReads9.7Score6.6kShelves

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