Nothing to Read, Looking for Mind Games 书荒，想看智斗

1. 1 列 Train Survival: I Can Predict Death 列车求生：我能预知死亡 Moonlight Old Rascal明月老贼Mystery1.3M WordsCompleted [Infinite Worlds + Original Scenarios + Ensemble Cast] This is a lost path, and also the road home. We cannot see the way we came, nor pierce the mist ahead. Dancing with death is our only eternal destination. “Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Lost Train. We wish you a pleasant journey!” 28.7kReads8.8Score3.1k14d adds

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   For example, the game "Ten Days to the End" has echoes of Alice in Wonderland, the probability-based water selection in "Lost Train" and "Three Wolves" are examples.

2. 2 十EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4k14d adds
3. 3 诸EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 Ninety Autumns in January一月九十秋Urban3.7M WordsCompleted I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
4. 4 收 Collecting the Seven Sin Spirits, Only to Find They’re All Lolis 收集七罪精灵，竟然全是萝莉 Black Star All Night黑星终夜Urban349k WordsOngoing [Weapon girls, multiple heroines, lots of little lolis] Xiao Yeyue accidentally discovers that she can form contracts with special beings called Divine Fragments, and can contract with more than one. She also learns that there are supposedly seven Divine Fragments in all, each named after one of the Seven Deadly Sins. So Xiao Yeyue decides to collect every Divine Fragment and become the strongest. And all seven are top-tier little lolis. The sleepy, expressionless Sloth loli. The gluttonous, air 1.6kReads6.5Score23114d adds
5. 5 地 The Eighteenth Level of Hell: No Lying Allowed 地狱十八层：这里禁止说谎 Two Liang of Plain Water二两白开Mystery2.3M WordsOngoing [No System, no power fantasy, no harem, no saintly protagonist. Mind games + wits and strategy + locked-room mysteries + deduction.] Chen Ran is a good person. He went to hell. This is the Tongue-Ripping Hell, where lying is forbidden, so everyone lies about their lies. Differences in how people believe lies should be handled gave rise to two major alliances. The Lie-Slayer Alliance: Lie, and you're killed instantly. The Strange-Tongue Alliance: Turn lies into the truth. A beginner's tutorial wi 73kReads9.1Score11.2k14d adds

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   It's beautiful, highly recommended!

6. 6 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
7. 7 烟EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 A Night of Misty Rain一夕烟雨Eastern Fantasy9.5M WordsOngoing [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1k14d adds
8. 8 别 Stop Pretending. You're Not a Normal Awakened One Either, Are You? 别装了，你也不是正经觉醒者吧？ When Will the Moon Shine? Canned明月几时有罐头Urban2.9M WordsOngoing (Also known as: How Can Li Bai Have Three Eyes? I’m Yang Jian!) After transmigrating, He Xu assumed he’d definitely become an Awakened, until he awakened the Calamity Sequence [Yang Jian]. From the day his third eye grew in, He Xu stopped feeling sleepy, but he became ravenous: the kind of hunger that made him want to eat people. He started delivering takeout in his spare time. While bringing food to others, he also picked out his own meals. He Xu had principles. He wouldn’t eat ordinary people, 252kReads8.2Score17.6k14d adds
9. 9 重 Back at Seventeen: The Heiress Returns, and No One Can Mess with Her 重回17岁：千金归来不好惹 Orange Kitty橘喵Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in a new life, she carried her memories of the past and rose from the ashes. She would never go easy on anyone who bullied her, and she would never let anyone who hurt the people around her get away with it. Everyone thought she was an impenetrable fortress, and she thought so too. Then she met someone who protected her and gently comforted her, someone who couldn’t bear to see her cry or get hurt. But deep love is short-lived, and too much wisdom brings pain. (Third-person narration, wit 50Reads7.6Score—14d adds
10. 10 从 I Begin as a Prisoner and Plunder Superpowers 从囚徒开始掠夺异能 Cloud Network Edge云网边端Urban3.2M WordsOngoing [Supernatural Powers + Urban Fantasy + Smart Protagonist + Mind Games + Thrilling Battles + Ruthless] (Leveling progression, not mindless wish fulfillment. Read at your own discretion.) This is a carefully managed human paradise. Beneath the polished surface of a civilized society that trumpets freedom and prosperity lies a chaotic, lawless jungle. The powerful figures who walk among us are both gods, maintaining the mortal world’s false peace, and demons, capable of dragging one glittering metr 1.5kReads8.4Score15014d adds

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    It's incredibly satisfying, but also truly mind-bending. Starting as a prisoner? The protagonist goes on a killing spree by stealing superpowers—that's what a truly exhilarating story is!

11. 11 末 Seven Days Until Doomsday: From the Start, I Have the Immaculate Immortal Sutra 末世倒计时7天开局一本无垢仙经 TheXyaEastern Fantasy300k WordsCompleted Seven days before the apocalypse, Lu Chen is reborn. In his previous life, he was the last cultivator on the wasteland. Espers surrounded and killed him deep inside a ruin. With his dying breath, he managed to open the first page of the Immaculate Immortal Scripture. When he opened his eyes again, he was back seven days before the Great Change, in an era when spiritual energy was still pure and everyone was still alive. He knows what will happen in seven days: blood-red cracks will split the sky —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This story blends three themes: post-apocalyptic setting, cultivation, and rebirth. It's not a system-based game; the protagonist relies on past life memories and technical expertise to overwhelm opponents, employing a strategist approach with decisive and ruthless tactics. The ensemble cast members each have their own roles, demonstrating close teamwork. There is no romance; the focus is solely on post-apocalyptic survival and power expansion.

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