Looking for Stories with a Dee Hua-Style Misunderstanding, Where the Protagonist Isn't Just a Tool for Moving the Plot Along 想要迪化流，主角不是推动故事情节的工具人

1. 101 满 The Whole Sect Has Turned Evil, and Only the Eldest Senior Brother Is Righteous to an Extreme 满门黑化，唯有大师兄正的极端 Huan Buyu欢不语Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn + lighthearted comedy + righteous to a wicked degree + cautious + no romance + anti-cliché] In his previous life, Lin Li discovered that his master had turned into a demonic fiend, his junior brother into a ghost cultivator, and his junior sister into an evil spirit in a cultivation game's instance. He raised his butcher's knife and slaughtered them all. By the end, Lin Li discovered that he, too, had been corrupted into a Heavenly Demon. He gave a cold laugh and immediately drew his swo 16.9kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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   An unconventional fantasy story where the eldest disciple is righteous to the point of being wicked, even killing himself when he's being righteous. No romantic pairing, and very funny.

2. 102 骇EN Dread Night: Getting Rich in a Horror Game 骇夜：我在恐怖游戏里暴富 A-One Is Not A-Two阿一不是阿二Mystery714k WordsOngoing (The rating just came out and will rise later. Infinite flow + mild horror + original instances + no female lead) A tower stands in the eternal night, with a group of players trapped inside. They have to keep taking part in bizarre games to earn the food and supplies they need to survive. A killer in red embroidered shoes, a child with no eyes, a haunted mountain where an entire expedition team died... One deadly trap after another, with death around every corner. Players: “We're going to die, w 2.8MReads9.5Score588.3kShelves
3. 103 装 I Overdid It, and Everyone Thinks I'm a Big Shot 装过头了，所有人都以为我是大佬 Just a Little Bit of Ease只有逸点点Eastern Fantasy458k WordsCompleted [Deification by others] [No System] [No female lead] After transmigrating, he became a young cowherd beneath Niulan Mountain. One day, when an immortal came to take on disciples, the boy dropped his rope and grasped a Dao sword, only to learn that the person chosen by fate... was not him, after all! By a stroke of luck, he obtained a jade pendant in a secret realm, and the wheels of fate began to turn. The Supremes of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands discovered that whenever a calamity befell the 1.7kReads—Score129Shelves

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   Praise for [Dihua Wen]

4. 104 什 What Do You Mean I Became a World-Ending Urban Legend? 什么叫我成了灭世级怪谈？ Wild, Bold, Cool, and Flashy Shark狂拽酷炫鲨Mystery277k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead] [Mild Horror] [Turns Into a False Person in One Chapter] [The Protagonist Is a Pure Monster] Su Yuan transmigrated to a bizarre world rife with danger. Here, everything from horror legends had become real: false people, vengeful spirits, old gods hidden beneath the ocean... And an official organization lurking in everyday life: the Cleanup Bureau. This was an age of despair. With urban legends becoming reality, ordinary people could hardly fight back, and even the authorities we 270.7kReads8.3Score45.9kShelves
5. 105 怎 How Could You Mistake Me for the Villain? Then I’ll Truly Take on the Role 怎么误会我是反派？那我真上岗了 Yuan Li原李Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing [Coming-of-age] [Warning: triple-identity spy ⚠️] [The three identities come after four instances] [Lone Wolf, no male-gaze content] [The protagonist is pursued early on, extreme protagonist stans, back off!] [Fictional setting with a realistic feel] The “Carnival Paradise” arrives and gradually devours the real world in the form of a game. Zhu Yan unexpectedly awakens the talent “Impersonation” and becomes one of the first closed-beta players. He thought he could safely build up his strength, 98.9kReads9.4Score13kShelves
6. 106 反 Villain? No, I'm the Fan Favorite 反派？不，我是人气Top Little Dried Fish Loves to Eat小鱼干爱吃Modern Romance493k WordsOngoing Just got a rating, and it will go up. [Transmigration + pseudo-ensemble cast + comic-book world + System + faux tragic beauty + no CP + forum comments + succubus] An original anime, not a derivative work!! Su Nian'an is bound to a System and transmigrates into the comic Light and Shadow Intertwined to gather popularity points. Su Nian'an falls into thought, then curls her lips. How could one character possibly be enough? “Tsk, tsk, what a poor little thing~” The young man wears a wine-red ru 331Reads7.7Score—Shelves
7. 107 模EN After a Thousand Simulations, I Have a Speedrun Strategy for Escape Games 模拟一千次，我有逃生游戏速通法 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Print edition on sale February 21 at 7 p.m. Please show it lots of support!] [Infinite-flow + fast-paced + funny + invincible protagonist + no female lead + no angst for the protagonist] [Across the four streets, east, south, west, and north, ask around and find out who’s the boss] [Don’t compare yourself to others. Just look at you: who do you think you are?] The White Tower descends, and the entire world enters death-instance mode. Zheng Xun, bound to an infinite simulation System and forced 214.6kReads9.6Score36kShelves

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   There are no romantic pairings between the main characters, and the comments section automatically makes them even more handsome.

8. 108 妖 Demons and Evil Spirits? They’re Clearly All Auspicious Omens! 妖魔邪祟？明明都是祥瑞！ Someone's Coming, Run!有人来了快跑Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Evil spirit from the start] [Eerie cultivation] [Recruiting demons] [Sheltering humanity] [Believers’ delusions] [No female lead] Chen Zhou transmigrated to a bizarre world teeming with demons and rampant evil spirits. Demons slaughtered humans, specters preyed on them, immortals devoured them. Monsters ran amok, evil spirits wreaked havoc, gods and Buddhas had fallen, and humanity was in decline. Fortunately, Chen Zhou hadn’t transmigrated as a human either. He started out as an evil spirit 88.3kReads8.8Score9.6kShelves

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   I only have two words to say: Beautiful

9. 109 混 After Joining the Protagonist's Crew, You Want Me to Play the Villain Too? 混进主角团后，又让我扮演反派？ Jiang Xin Wu Jiu江心无酒Mystery341k WordsOngoing (Just received a rating, which will go up later) [Transmigrate + System + No Romance + Secret Identities + Infinite Flow] Qin Zhiyi died. But not entirely. The good news: the System gave her an incredibly powerful secret identity. The bad news: she has to play two people in a comic, one in the protagonist's group and one a villain. And in the finale, the protagonist has to kill the villain. Qin Zhiyi: *smiles* Heavens, if she's guilty, let the law punish her instead of tormenting her like this! 1.7kReads8.4Score157Shelves

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   The score isn't high yet.

10. 110 说 Didn't You Say You Were Retiring? Officer, Why Are You Back? 说好退休呢？执法官你怎么回来了 Huo Fei惑非Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Enforcer Bottom x Player Top] [Infinite Survival / Horror Game / Supernatural Entities Descend / Global Open Beta / Leveling] Jiang Xun was the chief enforcer in a horror game, tasked with maintaining order in the System's dungeons. He had enemies throughout the entire game. After working for the System for two hundred years, Jiang Xun finally retired. On the day he left, the whole horror game celebrated as if it were New Year's, thrilled to be rid of the old menace at last. But barely had Jian 349kReads9.5Score66kShelves
11. 111 回 Time-Loop Escape: You Got It Wrong, I'm Really Not a God 回档逃亡：误会了，我真不是神啊 Humble Boy卑微男孩Mystery267k WordsOngoing [Infinite Flow + Death Rewinds + Livestreaming + Partial Misinterpretation + Death] [Contains lots of chat comments] By his seventh death, Lin Shen had grown numb... Meanwhile, in the real world's livestream chat, viewers were going wild. “What the hell is going on with this guy? He just got into the dungeon and went to sleep?” “Come on, guys, let's go watch my bro take on the dungeon!” But when Lin Shen kept rewinding time and cleared the dungeon on his third, fourth, and fifth attempts, the co 752Reads6.1Score101Shelves
12. 112 我 I Became a God Through Death Rewinds 我靠死亡回档封神了 4444G Network4444G网Mystery456k WordsCompleted [Civilization Ascension + Death Rewind + No Romance + A Touch of Corruption] [The heroine isn't overpowered; she grows stronger over time] [The protagonist forms a team] [For detailed content warnings, see the author's note in Chapter One] [When a higher-dimensional civilization turns Blue Star into an exam ground, she uses millions of deaths as her blade to carve out a perfect path to survival for humanity] The not-so-serious blurb: “Uh… who? Who’s the big shot? Me? “Mm, yeah… Can you hear me? 1.7kReads8.7Score276Shelves

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    These are quite nice.

13. 113 路 An Extra's Guide to Surviving in a Comic 路人乙漫画生存指南 The Long Road Back South迢迢南归Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Dropped by the author. You can go straight to the final three chapters. Male lead, no romance. Ensemble cast. Academy for people with special abilities. A year after the school arc of the comic Superpower Academy ended, the college arc finally began. It opened on September 1, with the main cast entering Supernova Academy for the Gifted. [The main cast ending up in Class F really is a classic] [That person in Class F must be a big shot] [The people in Classes S and A are so strong too] [What abou 25.2kReads9.5Score2.8kShelves
14. 114 强 Identity Exposed! The Useless Senior Disciple Is Actually Everyone's Crush 强势掉马！废材大师兄竟是万人迷 Chen Mo reborn辰陌rebornTwo Male Leads1.0M WordsOngoing Complete [Female-Oriented, No Fixed Pairing + Secret Identities + Everyone's Favorite + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Love Triangle Chaos + Male Rivals Competing + Everyone Has a One-Sided Crush] Yuan Wujiu transmigrated. No System, no golden finger. He transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a random passerby. Thinking he ought to learn something to defend himself, but unable to decide which sect was best, he simply signed up for the trials of five top sects all at once. He only meant to cast a w 96.1kReads9.5Score12.9kShelves
15. 115 漫 The Comic's Villain Torments the Protagonist's Crew and the Entire Forum 漫画反派他虐哭主角团和全论坛 The Sect's Heavenly Dumpling宗门天之饺子Two Male Leads327k WordsOngoing [Steampunk + Mild Cosmic Horror + Occultism + No CP, Ship Whoever You Want + Transmigrated Into a Comic, Ensemble Cast, Forum] Mu Ning transmigrated into the world with the highest death rate, and her mission was to win over the hardest character in the entire comic: the aloof, warm-hearted protagonist and savior. System: Don't worry, Host. The affection level isn't romantic. Mu Ning: It'd be even easier if it were romantic. Maybe I should take the romance route after all. Out of a sense of resp 41.7kReads8.2Score6.8kShelves

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    These are almost all

16. 116 悲 The Tragic Author Is Forced to Ship Couples in a Comic Book World 悲情作者被迫在漫画世界炒cp Orchid Bunny兰花某兔Two Male Leads718k WordsOngoing Follow the ongoing story, and you might become a forum NPC in the novel [Main story has no official couple / chaotic pairing buffet / the protagonist has a ton of secret identities / leans toward indulgent, feel-good fanservice / a little forum-style narration / beautiful but tragic characters / includes some dark fan content, but they suffer physically, not emotionally] Gu Wujin is a web-novel author with dismal traffic, partly because he adores tragic scenarios. His characters die, and then th 32.9kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves
17. 117 我 I'm a Mute in the Apocalypse [Book Transmigration] 我在末世当哑巴【穿书】 So Sleepy from Staying Up to Cultivate Immortality熬夜修仙好困Two Male Leads890k WordsOngoing [Younger love interest, beautiful and strong but tragic, turning a straight man gay, fake death, a love-chasing crematorium, System, every kind of superpower you could want. You won't regret getting invested!] (The love interest acts black-hearted while pretending to be innocent early on. Don't be fooled by his sweet facade, everyone!) What should you do if you transmigrate into a novel as a cannon-fodder character? Obviously, cling to the male lead! “Ding-dong! You are now bound to the twiste 38.9kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
18. 118 扮 I Play a Tragic, Beautiful, and Powerful Secret Identity and Make Manga Readers Cry 扮演美强惨马甲的我虐哭漫画读者 That's How It Is, Duck是酱紫鸭Mystery556k WordsOngoing [Female-oriented, male protagonist + no official couples, all romantic tension + multiple secret identities + immersive roleplay + forum posts + founding an organization + characters misinterpreting things as grand schemes + chuunibyou] Yu Chiling is a game planner who works from six in the morning until ten at night, racking his brains over plots and character profiles every day. After his proposal was rejected for the 10,086th time, someone claiming to be a System showed up: “Go to a comics wo 51.5kReads8.9Score10.1kShelves
19. 119 我EN My Personalities Are Incredible Actors [Card Roleplay] 我的人格超会演【卡牌扮演】 Fireworks Meow Meow烟火喵喵Mystery746k WordsOngoing Modern supernatural horror, aimed at women but with a male protagonist and no romance, ensemble cast, secret identities, and rule-based infinite survival. In the tenth year after the supernatural horrors descended upon Earth, a young man raised by these horrors opened a weapons shop with his own hard work and settled down to enjoy his retirement. But he was unexpectedly bound to a secret-identity System, which ordered him to gain fame by playing his various secret identities and help the world’s 83.9kReads9.2Score12.6kShelves
20. 120 快 Quick Transmigration: A Max-Level Expert Stumbles Into a Palace Intrigue Set 快穿，满级大佬误入宫斗片场 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Ever since 18888 was bound to its Host, it had felt that something wasn't quite right. But when it saw its Host looking like a delicate, weak beauty, it relaxed. Until... For its first mission, it had to win the emperor's favor. 18888 was very pleased with itself for snagging a palace-intrigue template. This would be a piece of cake. Who could have guessed that, in the great hall, a sinister wind would blow as the emperor and his ministers trembled in fear? Enter Ling Xiao, the emperor 20kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    1 And 2 are the same story, but unfortunately the author had to stop updating due to other commitments. 3 Is completely dominated by the female lead; it's intellectually stimulating and enjoyable to read. 4 Is slightly Digimon-esque but still dominant, possessing a divine quality.

21. 121 无 Infinite Flow: There’s Nothing Weird About Dating Yourself, Right? 无限流：跟自己谈个恋爱很正常吧 Two Taels of Leisure二两闲Two Male Leads354k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + narcissistic romance + strong leads + infinite flow + a touch of ensemble cast + 1v1 + livestream] Ning Shuo was dragged into a horror murder-mystery System. A clown wearing a brightly painted mask grinned at him. [Choose a code name for yourself.] Ning Shuo thought for a moment. “Ning the Half-Immortal.” The viewers wondered what kind of ridiculous name that was. Was he planning to bluff all those ghosts in a horror game? Then, during the livestream, they saw Ning Shuo mutteri 14.4kReads9.5Score3kShelves
22. 122 我 [Full-Dive] My Secret Identity Became the Players’ One True Love 【全息】我的马甲成了玩家白月光 Yu Bai Bu Yu隅白不隅Modern Romance437k WordsOngoing Slightly narcissistic + multiple secret identities + slight character delusion + ensemble cast + occasional livestream comments and forum posts Main couple: Jing Nan x Ruan Qingyang. The other friendships and couples are a chaotic mix of everything. In 2145, Cloud Mirror, a full-dive xianxia game developed by tech giant Jinghai Technologies, enters its final closed beta. Ruan Qingyang is an utterly ordinary man... He grew up with Meng Cixi, the boss of Jinghai Technologies; he wrote the game's s 2.1kReads—Score257Shelves
23. 123 开 From the Start, I Could Repel the Supernatural, Yet I Don't Even Have Spiritual Power 开局劝退诡异，可我连灵力都没有 Like a Summer Tide如夏之潮Urban681k WordsOngoing [Academic Setting + Misunderstandings + Forum Posts + Ensemble Cast + No Romance] Chen Yimo scored 280 on the college entrance exam and faced risks of inherited heart disease and mental illness. The most valuable thing he owned was an acceptance letter that came with an unexpected 100,000-yuan grant. He accidentally entered an extraordinary academy and only wanted to keep his head down until graduation. But everything went wrong on his first day. When the train came under a bizarre attack, every 65.1kReads8.9Score11.7kShelves

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    This book is really good. I'm not very good at writing book recommendations, but I found this one very interesting and highly recommend it.

24. 124 不 No Way! This Demonic Cultivator Is Way Too Righteous! 不是吧？这魔修过于正义！ Sour Orange橘子酸酸Eastern Fantasy2.0M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + No female lead + Invincible hero + Fast-paced + Gets better the more you read + Characters aren’t one-dimensional] (Every character has their own distinctive personality.) Yan Qing transmigrates into a popular action anime called Martial Arts Across the Nine Heavens. Identity: The top prodigy of the Demon Sect. Original ending: He acts like a lovesick puppy, gives his rival his spiritual root, and gets humiliated to death. Faced with such a cannon-fodder ending, Yan Qing is furi 21.7kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
25. 125 诡 Eerie Revival: I Can Contact the Past 诡异复苏：我能联系过去 Young Master Yanque燕雀大公子Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted The Hungry Ghost Festival of 2025. A super red moon appeared, and as it lingered in the sky, the supernatural returned. Left Yang was shocked to discover that he could use his phone to contact himself in the past. In the stairwell, the Knock-at-the-Door Ghost killed anyone who opened the door. But someone discovered that it skipped the first floor and started knocking there. So Left Yang contacted his past self. [Please have your one-month-younger self rent an apartment on the first floor!] The 43.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
26. 126 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 128.3kReads9.5Score13.9kShelves

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    This is a pure growth story (no frustrating moments, revenge is given, no mindless suicide). It's a Dihua-style story, everyone thinks the protagonist is a super-authoritative noble/god, but that's all made up by the protagonist (it will come true later). It's slightly fast-paced, with no major plot holes, a complete world-building, and no romantic pairing. From around chapter 100, the female lead really starts to develop, preparing to become a true god. But honestly, chapters 330/331, the God-Slaying Envoy, were really satisfying. Man and Qian definitely have to become the new Sun and Moon Goddesses!

27. 127 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Beauty, I Rely on Acting to Stay Alive 穿成炮灰美人后我靠演续命 Dawn in the Deep Alley q深巷明朝qTwo Male Leads545k WordsOngoing Two male leads + comic + secret identities + sickly beauty + original story + Gu Yue pairing The novel was just rated, so its score isn't high yet (˃ ⌑ ˂ഃ ) Xin Xing transmigrates into an unfinished infinite-game comic and becomes a sickly cannon-fodder character who dies from the start. According to the plot, he will be devoured by monsters within three pages and leave no bones behind. To stay alive, he binds himself to a popularity-based acting System, using separate consciousnesses to control 93Reads7.1Score—Shelves
28. 128 我 I Run a Funeral Home, I Really Can't Teach You to Slay Demons 我开的是殡仪馆，真不会教斩妖啊 Big Bowl of Beef Noodles大块牛肉面Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [System + urban martial arts + no heroine + decisive and ruthless + ensemble cast + slight delusion] Lu Changsheng transmigrates and becomes the master of the Changsheng Hall, where he is bound to a Disciple Training System. As long as he trains his disciples well, he can share their cultivation progress remotely. System coins can also be used to draw various [skills] and equip them on his disciples. Everything should have been perfect. Unfortunately... [Changsheng Funeral Services] Staring at t 10.7kReads8.7Score925Shelves
29. 129 什 What Do You Mean All My Secret Identities Are Beautiful, Frail, and Tragic? 什么叫我的马甲全是病弱美强惨 Bright Candle17明烛17Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing (Complete) Deluded Interpretations / Multiple Secret Identities / Irresistible Charisma / Ensemble Cast / Superpowers / No CP, but both the original and the secret identities attract many intense one-sided crushes System: Your first secret identity is a cannon-fodder character who dies in the opening chapter. Bai Ye: A white moonlight, got it. System: The second is an undercover agent understood by no one, who falls just before dawn. Bai Ye: A cinnabar mole, got it. System: The third is the 34.8kReads9.1Score6kShelves
30. 130 全 I'll Fix This Comic World Where Everyone Gets a Bad Ending! 全员be的漫画世界由我来修正！ Wildly Swinging a Sword冰剑乱砍Modern Romance483k WordsCompleted Completed (comic forum + live comments + male lead, no romance + light ensemble cast + System) Gu Ge was supposed to have been struck by lightning and killed, but after signing a contract with a System, he came back to life in another world. In exchange, he had to complete the System's missions. He thought he would have to save the world, but it turned out his missions were all things like: “Invite a stranger to eat grilled fish.” “Help an old lady carry her fruit.” “Say ten nice things to a tea 4.5kReads9.3Score797Shelves
31. 131 无 Infinite Flow: Playing an NPC in a Horror World 无限流：在惊悚世界扮演NPC Lucky Carp Qianqian锦鲤芊芊Mystery321k WordsOngoing [Delusion-inducing reactions + horror and supernatural elements + infinite-flow + bizarre rules + secret identity never exposed + System + no romance] If you entered a horror instance and met a monster that every vengeful ghost shied away from, that top-level psychics didn't dare look at directly, and that the official classified files labeled as an unassessable threat, what would you think she was? Luo Lin'an accidentally became bound to the [Horror NPC Role-Playing System]. Once she saves up 3kReads—Score373Shelves

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    [Add one to your bookshelf] [Dihua + Horror & Supernatural + Infinite Flow + Rule-Based Ghost Stories + Brainstorming + System + No CP] If you enter a horror instance and encounter a silver-haired woman, all the vengeful ghosts flee in terror, top-tier ability users dare not look her in the eye, and official top-secret files indicate her threat level is unassessable, what would you think she is? 🌟 [No revealing her identity! No revealing her identity! No revealing her identity!] I'll say it three times because it's important! Luo Lin'an is dead, but unexpectedly bound to the [Horror NPC Role-Playing System]. As long as she accumulates 100,000 points, she can return to the human world! No abilities, no combat power, just a pure, fragile, socially awkward character. Her goal: to lie low and survive! To live peacefully, she will never draw powerful SSR or SR characters, stubbornly clinging to inconspicuous R-rank characters. She tries her best to play the role of a well-behaved, invisible person, never causing trouble! Unfortunately, her passive talent is unsolvable: Just by glancing at a vengeful ghost, the ghost is instantly terrified and wants to hide from danger, while everyone thinks it is about to unleash a world-ending catastrophe! A casual stamp of approval was given to the eerie entity, and the Human Authority urgently created a file: SSS-level Top Secret Existence - White Night! The whole world believed that White Night (Luo Lin'an) was an unspeakable being who transcended all rules and could destroy the world. Only Luo Lin'an trembled in fear: "It's over, I'm being targeted! Online SOS!!!" - Luo Lin'an was genuinely naive at first! Later, naivety became her most convenient mask (her core had long since turned dark!). The system initially had her firmly under its control, but later it was coaxed into becoming more and more relaxed. It didn't realize that the one truly tamed was never the prey it thought it was. Luo Lin'an outwardly obeyed the system's arrangements, but in reality, the control had long since shifted. The system thought it was manipulating her, but it turned out to be the one being deeply manipulated!

32. 132 我 I’m Only Playing a Psychopath, but I’m Actually a Good Prisoner 我只是扮演变态，其实我是好囚犯 Walking the Dangerous Path危行Mystery1.4M WordsCompleted [Male lead is a trouble-loving thrill-seeker + livestreaming + role-playing + no romance, pure wish fulfillment + AI game infinite-flow] Xie Qi transmigrates to a parallel world. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself a prisoner, being taken to an island that houses the world's most vicious criminals. This world is controlled by major corporations, with the government nothing more than their puppet. The Prisoner Island is a massive livestreaming game made for the rich. All the prisoners are an 13.9kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
33. 133 像 My Pixel Game Became Reality, but I’m Number One on the Most Wanted List 像素游戏成真了，但我是通缉榜一 Thoughts in the Mirror Night镜夜思Sports1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast] [Game Invasion] [Group Transmigration] [No CP] Yang Yixie has recently become obsessed with a pixel game called Wasteland Era. As a mechanic, he lives by one creed: If an RPG can't solve the problem, add another round of machine-gun fire. And so he became hooked on using the art of explosions to write his personal manifesto across the pixelated wasteland, having the time of his life without a care in the world. At the same time, the news reported tearful accounts from other playe 37.1kReads9.1Score4.8kShelves
34. 134 刑 Criminal Investigation: I Can See Crime Records 刑侦：我能看见犯罪记录 Beneath the Fuli Shrine佛狸祠下Mystery1.3M WordsOngoing Cen Lian was a junior-college general education teacher who did just enough to get by, and always thought he would keep coasting through life. Then a cheat ability fell into his lap: every criminal revealed their crimes in front of him. Driven by a simple sense of justice, Cen Lian began matching wits with criminals, both smart and stupid. He became a specially appointed consultant and, alongside a group of like-minded partners, embarked on a career solving criminal cases. 27.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    I don't know if it counts

35. 135 武 Wuxia Game: The Villain Is the Era’s Beloved White Moonlight 武侠游戏：恶毒反派是时代白月光 Congratulations, You've Been Congratulated by Me恭喜你被我恭喜到了Two Male Leads1.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, all male leads + villain redemption System + court intrigue + jianghu adventures + martial arts sects + villains become the cherished beloved + perfect for multishippers, ship whoever you like] Qin Yu awakens to the truth: he's a wicked villain in a martial arts MMO from the future. Though he's a classmate of the protagonist's group at Bailu Academy, he becomes a high-ranking official in the separatist state of Northern Yan. He hunts down the protagonist's group and, under the 9.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
36. 136 装 I Pretend to Be a Villain, but I Only Want to Die at Naruto’s Hands 装成反派的我，只想死在鸣人手里 I'm Really a Coding God我真是码神Anime Fanfiction546k WordsOngoing Reincarnated into the era of the Third Shinobi World War, Heicheng Baiye makes a pact with a demon from the start: he must die at the hands of Uzumaki Naruto. To fulfill the contract, Baiye sets out to play the villain. He graduates early and trounces Kakashi, ignores his comrades on the battlefield, and even earns an infamous reputation for massacring civilians. But the plot goes completely off the rails! The Third and Fourth Hokage mentor him as their prized disciple, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio 8.8kReads8.7Score740Shelves
37. 137 扮 Playing an NPC: The Thriller Game’s Only Bug 扮演NPC：惊悚游戏唯一BUG Dawn Breeze and Morning Light晓风晨曦Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Misunderstandings + Playing a Creepy NPC + Secret Identities + Horror and the Supernatural + Rules-Based Horror + Livestream Audience Overthinking Everything + Dungeon Mayhem + System + No Romance] Horror game livestreams have taken the world by storm! In 2054, the supernatural returns, and humanity is forced into the “Fate Game.” Lose, and you die for real! After Feng Yue dies, she is bound to a System and begins her afterlife playing NPCs... Shocking! The whole world is watching live, but th 401Reads7.4Score151Shelves
38. 138 盗 Tomb Raiding: The Character Card-Drawing System Is So Great! 盗墓：人设抽卡系统就是好啊！ Pour Another Cup of Tea续一杯清茶Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted [Tomb Raiding + Imaginative Misunderstandings + Tragic, Powerful Characters + Everyone Loves Him + Not Human + Salt-Baked Shrimp + System + Shifting Timelines] Note: Typos are due to copyright issues An original fantasy setting He was the morning sun in Bei Ai’s fragments of memory, the man in white, with a white silk blindfold, who used his life to make a move in a game that defied fate for him. “Let me become a Blood Qilin, and spare those children.” He was the first ray of sunlight in Nan Xi 14.9kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
39. 139 开 From the Start, I Was an Uchiha, but They All Say I'm Not Normal 开局宇智波，他们总说我不正常 The Black-and-White Cat Who Doesn't Like Fish不爱吃鱼的黑白猫Anime Fanfiction305k WordsCompleted (The rating is based on a new release and will rise.) (Some characters fall to darkness. No CP in the main story, with a love triangle and harem appeal, as well as one-sided feelings. The protagonist doesn’t love anyone.) (Some ages have been changed.) After transmigrating as Uchiha Sumire, all she wants is to survive. So With her older brother, Uchiha Itachi, she lowers her head and plays the most obedient little sister, only to personally ignite the flames of the clan’s destruction on the nigh 1.1kReads8.8Score148Shelves
40. 140 无 Infinite Reincarnation: I Have a Death Save File 无限轮回，我有一个死亡存档 Gathering Autumn, Knowing Quiet Joy拾秋知清欢Mystery417k WordsOngoing [Highly Open-Ended Earth Online + Everyone's a Villain + Good People Save the World + Neutral Faction] [The ratings have just come in and will rise in the future. I'm a new writer, so please be kind.] After setting fire to both his bullies and himself, Bai Zhu, a psychiatric patient, thought he would end up in hell. Instead, he woke up on a scrapped bus. No one knew where the bus was headed. Just then, a System calling itself the [God's Game] approached him and said it could grant any wish. Bai 8.6kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves

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    The protagonist never drives the plot forward; the protagonist creates the plot. Haha, a lot of information is obtained by the protagonist out of curiosity, wanting to play around, and on a whim.

41. 141 御 Beast Taming: A Snow Mountain Lord from the Start 御兽：开局一只雪山君 The Sky Won't Do It Again天不再Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Birds and beasts, fish and shrimp in streams. Mountains and rivers, seas, wind, fire, thunder, and lightning. Anything that exists has the potential to transform its [spiritual essence] and advance into a [spirit beast]. The most powerful can even shape entire ecosystems, nurture their own followers, claim territory, and style themselves lords! Becoming a Lord is the hope of all beasts; becoming a Duke is the aspiration of humankind. The mist-wreathed [Mangque Mountain], the [Bridge of Meng Po] 28.6kReads8.3Score2.3kShelves

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    This, this, is my treasure! The male lead is a total powerhouse, his cheat abilities are believable, and the character is very engaging—intelligent and cunning. If you don't like it, I'll chop your head off! 🖐️🖐️

42. 142 柯 Detective Conan: The AI Wants to Become the Organization's Boss 柯南：AI想要成为组织BOSS Discounted Wooden Fish七折木鱼Anime Fanfiction3.4M WordsOngoing [Mastermind protagonist, with Japanese entertainment-industry elements, original characters remain intelligent, no-CP Detective Conan fan fiction, complete] Tell a colossal lie and make the whole world dance to its tune. If the road ahead is shrouded in darkness, I will become the darkness itself., BOSS Asakawa Kazuki. Years later, facing a glass of Black Pinot at the Twilight Manor, Rei Furuya would recall that distant afternoon when he first met the boy. Back then, Asakawa Kazuki was a rising 23.3kReads9.4Score1.5kShelves

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    The protagonist has gone directly outside this world. [Thumbs up]

43. 143 我 I'm Really Not a Tragic Beauty with Strength! 我真不是美惨强啊！ Begging in Secret x暗中讨饭xAncient Romance247k WordsOngoing [No CP, Male Lead, Plot-Driven] Shen Ci was an utterly ordinary reader of comics from another world. After staying up all night to finish the finale of The Era of Fallen Stars and sobbing over the hero party's total annihilation, he was kicked into the comic's world by the world's consciousness. The System told him: You're the savior. Your mission is to avert the hero party's disastrous ending without changing the main plot. Once you're done, you can go home. Before Shen Ci could ask, "So what e 13.8kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves

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    These are good books

44. 144 咒 Jujutsu Kaisen: They All Think I'm a Big Shot 咒乙：关于他们都把我当成是大佬这件事 Yao Jun杳珺Anime Fanfiction230k WordsCompleted #Lots of Headcanons# #The Girl Is Socially Anxious# A very powerful space-manipulation ability. Yuji: “That upperclassman couldn't even be bothered to pay attention to us when we fought. She didn't even look our way! To show how much she looked down on us, she even took out a book and started reading!” Me: “??? I was just trying to work on my problems in peace! My skill is passive! I can't control it! If you attack me, it automatically strikes back!” Megumi Fushiguro: “The upperclassman doesn't 659Reads8.1Score100Shelves
45. 145 美 A Tragic Beauty? I Just Want to Go Home for Dinner 美强惨？我只想回家吃饭 Jiang Linlin江临临Urban320k WordsOngoing [The Rating Will Rise Once It Gets Going] [No Romance] [Misunderstandings] [Daily Life] [Female-Oriented] Gu Lin is an SSS-rank Awakened with the ability "Absolute Control." He has a cool, aloof appearance, godlike strength, a happy family, living parents, a younger sister, and a cat. His biggest worry in life is whether he can get home from work in time for dinner every day. But in everyone else's eyes, his past is shrouded in mystery. He's covered in old scars, taciturn, self-destructive in ba 14.4kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
46. 146 捡 The Boyfriend I Picked Up Is Tomie [Book Transmigration] 捡来的男友是富江【穿书】 Pine Needles Make Good Wine松叶堪为酒Two Male Leads538k WordsCompleted [A seemingly insignificant character in the book, a detached, gloomy transmigrator with emotional deficit disorder × A playful man who seems gentle but is actually a twisted, sadistic menace, and has Tomie-like powers] [Two male leads, happy ending + transmigrate into a book + shou protagonist + both devoted and strong] Looking at the beautiful, fragile-looking boy kneeling in a pool of blood, gazing up at him and softly pleading to be taken home, Chi Mian lets out a weary sigh. This is an absur 20.9kReads9.6Score3kShelves
47. 147 死 Death Rewind: Struggling to Survive in a Death Game 死亡回档：我在死亡游戏艰难求生 Comrade Mr. Gao高先生同志Mystery521k WordsOngoing (Original dungeons) (No mindless characters) (No invincible protagonist) (No female lead) A playground for gods, a cradle for desperate souls. After dying, nineteen-year-old Song Ming transmigrated into the body of a boy with the same name. Before he could figure out what was going on, he was thrown into a death game. The [Death Rewind] talent he gained seemed like the perfect way to stay alive, but every mission pushed survival to its limits. His very first mission almost became his last. 474Reads8.1Score113Shelves

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    It's somewhat similar, but it was on hiatus for a while before being updated again recently.

48. 148 塑 A Plastic Person Seeking Redemption in a Comic-Book World 塑料的我在漫画世界搞救赎 Seven Is Seventy-Seven七是七十七Urban580k WordsOngoing Female-oriented No romance + manga + supernatural powers + comedy + ensemble cast + a chaotic mess, so drink up while you can Lin Yi'an feels helpless: Guys, does anyone get it? Who wouldn't feel helpless after waking up to find they'd transmigrated into a world made of plastic building blocks? (Only the protagonist's perspective is plastic.) Liang Qiuyang feels helpless: Guys, does anyone get it? What's wrong with worrying about a new classmate's future? Why did he have to take his head off 11.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves

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    Highly recommend it! 😄

49. 149 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 1.7MReads9.9Score181.2kShelves

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    Highly recommend watching this! [Laughs]

50. 150 重 Reborn in a World of the Paranormal, and You Want Me to Join Bureau 749? 重生诡异，你让我加入749局？ Fire Beast火暴兽Mystery1.8M WordsCompleted [Devouring Evolution]+ [Self-Interest]+ [Humanity’s Natural Enemy]+ [Nemesis of Its Own Kind]+ [Kills Men and Women Alike]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Undercover]+ [Villain]+ [Eerie] "No female lead!!! No harem!!! No romance!!!" (Not Eerie in the traditional sense. The protagonist is undercover in the human camp and kills both humans and Eerie, men and women alike. This story is plot-driven, so readers looking for a feel-good monster-grinding power fantasy should think twice.) (The rating has already been 59.3kReads8.9Score8.6kShelves

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