Female POV, No Romance / Male Lead in the Background 女主视角无cp/背景板男主

1. 1 穿 After Entering a Cyberpunk Game, I Killed the Boss and Claimed the Throne 穿进赛博游戏后干掉BOSS成功上位 An Bai桉柏Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [I’ve been informed about the incident involving trolls in the comments, and I sincerely apologize to everyone. The inappropriate text in the blurb has been removed. A detailed announcement is in the author’s note for Chapter 1. 2026.04.05] [Updates on the simplified Chinese print edition: See Weibo @An Bai ANBAI. The second volume of the simplified Chinese edition was released on August 22, 2025.] The cyberpunk game with cosmic horror elements, Crimson Earth, is about to be released. Kui Xin 835.4kFavorites1.1MClicks/ch3.4MGifts

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   This cyberpunk book, with some Cthulhu elements, seems to have received quite high ratings from readers. Personally, having read works with both genres, it wasn't particularly novel to me. While it's a fusion of two themes, it didn't offer any "surprises," so I'm giving it 4 stars. The plot and pacing are excellent, and I quite like the protagonist's personality. The male lead seems to be an AI. It's worth checking out if you're looking for something to read.

2. 2 漫 The Manga Pariah’s Guide to Self-Salvation 漫画万人嫌自救指南 Milk Tea with Just a Little Sugar奶茶只喝微糖No CP1.2M WordsCompleted (The print edition has been published under the title A Comic Heroine's Guide to Self-Rescue. If you're interested, follow Weibo account Jinjiang - Milk Tea With Just a Little Sugar.) (Please don't start shipping wars or drama. Let's all get along.) After the healing Saintess Ye Zheng saves a team of superpowered fighters, the System suddenly informs her that this world is a comic. Good news: She's the comic's heroine. Bad news: She's a universally hated heroine whom countless readers have peti 191.4kFavorites196kClicks/ch729.9kGifts

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   It's a very interesting design. When I was a child, I watched adventure cartoons and later, I watched adventure fantasy works like "Douluo Continent." I always felt regretful that the protagonists of these works were always male, and the women in most of these works were just dispensable embellishments. This book provides me with a novel perspective to think about this issue and fulfills my expectation of reading adventure works where women are the "absolute protagonists."

3. 3 二 Half a Spoiler 二分之一剧透 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance657k WordsCompleted As a game addict who transmigrated into a game, Wen Yanran has a unique advantage that countless other transmigrators lack. First, she starts at the top: she’s the emperor from the start. Second, she comes with a game-assistance System, a standard feature for any protagonist. * Just as Wen Yanran was fretting over her ability to manage a large team, the World Will that had helped her transmigrate offered a friendly reminder: to prevent the current world from restarting over and over, the transmi 164.9kFavorites283kClicks/ch317.8kGifts

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   This book was relatively new to me. I remember there were quite a few works with this kind of premise back then, but after browsing around, I didn't find anything that really suited my taste. There were only a few that I could actually read. If you're looking for something to read, you might want to check these out.

4. 4 螺 The Spiral Lighthouse [Infinite] 螺旋灯塔[无限] Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance673k WordsCompleted In 3155, an anomaly known as the “Century of Silence” swept across the world. Strange dungeons appeared alongside it, as did players with a variety of abilities. A hundred years later, the anomaly gradually faded, but the dungeons and abilities remained. * 3796, the Wasteland District. Cheng Tingyu opened her right eye in front of the mirror. Lines of information, like written descriptions, flashed rapidly beside her reflection. [Name: Cheng Tingyu] [Ability: ["Unstable"]["Parsing Error"]["U 150.5kFavorites200.6kClicks/ch367.8kGifts

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   I don't remember the plot very well. This author's works are consistently high quality; they're the kind that might not surprise me, but they won't leave me feeling overwhelmed either. If you're looking for something to read, you can check this out.

5. 5 末 Doomsday Lord 末日领主 Light Clouds, Faint轻云淡Romance359k WordsCompleted Yun Ling was invited to take part in the “Apocalyptic Cataclysm” open beta. She survived for a hundred days and earned a “Lord's Token,” “Preservation of Life Skill Levels,” and an “S-Rank Skill” as rewards. When the open beta ended, she was eagerly looking forward to the game's official launch. Instead, the whole world turned into a game... Yun Ling, a casual player, figured there was nothing she could do but keep her head down and carry on. With intermediate fishing, intermediate gathering, ad 141.9kFavorites300kClicks/ch439kGifts

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   I don't remember much about the plot; I think I read it when I was obsessed with lord-building themes. You might want to give it a try if you're looking for something to read.

6. 6 言 The Word Spirit Livestream Battle 言灵直播战 Tear The Pillow, Still Sleep撕枕犹眠Romance970k WordsCompleted [Important: The heroine starts using classical poetry and prose in the second instance, and uses a lot of it thereafter. See the end of the blurb for further reading notes.] Synopsis: Welcome to [Word Spirit Livestream Battle]. The area you are about to enter is [Doomsday Zone]. Please draw your Word Spirit category. Draw complete. Your Word Spirit category is, [Classical Poetry and Prose...?] * Word Spirit Livestream Battle is one of the most popular livestream variety shows of the interstel 104kFavorites251.7kClicks/ch100.8kGifts

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   There is a male lead, and he seems to have quite a few scenes, but his presence is probably okay. At least he didn't steal the spotlight from the main character. The main thing is that the theme is very fresh to me; it's a setting I've never seen before.

7. 7 是 It's Him 是他 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山No CP160k WordsCompleted (Complete. The author’s other book, No One Kills Me, is now underway.) Our homeroom teacher disappeared, and the police came to school several times to ask questions. I was worried because our homeroom teacher had always been kind to me. I went home and told my mother. She smiled and said that good people would be blessed. I thought that someone as good as our homeroom teacher would surely be all right. The next day, I found our homeroom teacher in the basement of my house, tied up from head t 102.3kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch69.4kGifts

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   A very exciting short suspense story, and it's a non-VIP novel. Thank you to the author for their dedication.

8. 8 异 Life as a Lord in Another World 异界领主生活 Light Clouds, Faint轻云淡Romance351k WordsCompleted Alice's friend recommended an adventure game to her. After years of spending money and grinding, she maxed out her character's levels and became the top player on the server. (Mage Lv. 99, Swordsman Lv. 99, Blacksmith Lv. 99, Alchemist Lv. 99, Chef Lv. 92) One day, she transmigrated, inherited an estate, and became its lord. A few years later, the richest territory in the empire had been established. [Blacksmithing, making potions, crafting scrolls: there's nothing she can't do] [Magic setting, 94.3kFavorites297.5kClicks/ch206.5kGifts

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   I found this while I was obsessed with lord-building and infrastructure-themed novels. It wasn't particularly "surprising" but it wasn't bad either. You can check it out if you're looking for something to read.

9. 9 无 Infinite City Building 无限建城 Light Clouds, Faint轻云淡Romance319k WordsCompleted Yun Yan spent ages finally beating the mobile game Infinite City Builder. But then she accidentally missed a step, fell down the stairs, and died on the spot. When she woke up, it was already the year 3000. The planet's environment was deteriorating at an alarming rate, and food production had plummeted. By chance, Yun Yan learned that playing certain games could earn her bread, high-energy chocolate, plant fertilizer that increased crop yields, and super seeds. She entered the game, only to dis 86.3kFavorites278.1kClicks/ch262.4kGifts

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   I think I read this book because I hadn't seen the premise before. Nothing particularly impressed me, but it shouldn't be too bad either. It's worth checking out if you're looking for something to read.

10. 10 全 Holographic Crime Simulator 2: I’ll Only Play This Once 全息模拟犯罪2：我只演一次 Night and Starlight夜晚与星空Romance817k WordsCompleted [Important reading note: This story is set in an alternate future. The crimes are simulated in a full-dive game and are entirely virtual. Please do not draw parallels with real life.] Recommended upcoming title in the author's collection: Special Crime Scene Cleaner As a high-risk human, Ye Sangsheng once received an invitation to beta-test the full-dive game Crime Files. The game offered a high degree of freedom and adaptability, highly realistic simulations, and scenarios based on real crimi 33.4kFavorites31.9kClicks/ch81.3kGifts

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    Having watched 1 and 2, I can say that 1 doesn't offer anything particularly new, it's neither good nor bad. But if you're not satisfied after watching 1, watching 2 is quite enjoyable.

11. 11 母 Thirty Thousand Years of Matriarchy 母系三万年 Ming Di鸣蒂No CP388k WordsCompleted "32,083 years before the point of departure: the era of matriarchal primitive tribes." The Shanhaijing time capsule, responsible for shutting down the cross-temporal live-streaming sky screen, accidentally falls into a parallel world from thirty thousand years ago during a mission. According to its scanner, this should be a matriarchal society. But when the team leader, Yingyu, climbs out of the cockpit and sees the low-flying, silent aircraft overhead, she is dumbfounded. "A matriarchal socie 26.6kFavorites19.8kClicks/ch31.7kGifts

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    Interesting and imaginative ideas; I really love reading works that depict different social structures.

12. 12 全 The All-Women Team Is the Strongest in the World 全女战队世界最强 Pengpeng Caichun蓬蓬采春Romance485k WordsCompleted Upcoming novel: She Reigns Supreme in Esports Yu Qing, the league's top jungler, is pushed out of the World Championship and reborn four years in the past, on the day a wealthy club rejects her for a tryout: [Sorry, our team isn't considering female players for now.] In that case, this time she'll build her own team and start over. Let's reach the top together with her female teammates. Theme: We are born women, and we have limitless glory. 21.8kFavorites24kClicks/ch41.2kGifts

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    Female-led esports novels are a niche genre, and an all-female team is even more so. This book is of decent quality; my only regret is that it's too short, with the World Championship content relegated to the epilogue.

13. 13 真 After the Real and Fake Heiresses Switched Places 真假千金交换之后 Ju Ju Ru Ling桔桔如令No CP192k WordsCompleted The biological daughter was poor, hardworking, and excelled at both her studies and her conduct. Her parents were alive, and she had a happy family. The impostor daughter was wealthy, rebellious, and ranked near the bottom of her class. Her single-parent family was on the verge of falling apart. Then one day, their fates were set right. Brief synopsis: After the biological daughter and the impostor daughter, switched by mistake as babies, return to their own lives, the world is never the same 20.4kFavorites48.6kClicks/ch17.1kGifts

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    A very heartwarming short story. I've read similar stories in the yuri (lesbian) section, but this one is a different experience. The female friendship is beautifully portrayed, and I felt a warm glow after finishing it.

14. 14 念 Eighteen Years of Longing [Crime Investigation] 念念十八年[刑侦] Shu Ziqing书自清No CP408k WordsCompleted Zhang Mizhen, a top journalist, never dreamed that Qin Zixu, the top student from another class in her grade back in middle school, would find her 18 years after graduation. Zhang had been a top student too, the kind who came second year after year. Qin Zixu became a police officer, and is now an associate professor at the Public Security University. The first thing the top student said when they met was that she needed Zhang's help investigating a case. Zhang stared at her in confusion, then as 2.6kFavorites1.9kClicks/ch6.1kGifts

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    All I can say is that crime dramas told from the female protagonist's perspective are truly the "Arctic Circle" within the "Arctic Circle." They're lucky to even have food to eat, and the food is actually pretty good—so what more can I say? Just watch!

15. 15 作 I Started Courting Death With Parkour 作死从跑酷开始 Sleep Murmurs眠呓No CP367k WordsCompleted [This story is very chuunibyou... It was written during a very pure and immature chuunibyou phase... Enter at your own risk.] Jing Jiuxia and Li SanDong are lifelong best friends. After they find an abandoned tabby cat on a rainy night, the two of them and the cat set off on a wild, reckless path of taking on extreme challenges and courting disaster at every turn: Winter-climb K2 without supplemental oxygen Free-solo climb El Capitan's Dawn Wall Make a precision landing in the "World's Number 2kFavorites2.9kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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    This author's writing style was a bit too flat for me, lacking excitement, but his penchant for niche topics satisfied my thirst for novelty. This piece covered several extreme sports, not just parkour, but also rock climbing, skydiving, surfing, and more. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

16. 16 天 My Talent Is Card Cultivation 天赋是卡牌培育 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance557k WordsCompleted Blurb 1: Song Zhuyun always thought her talent, "Unlucky Player," meant that she gained less experience than other people after defeating monsters. It wasn't until her coming-of-age day that Song Zhuyun learned what this talent really meant: her cards could share the experience points she earned as a player. In other words, the cards she obtained could level up. * Blurb 2: Students at major Class A card colleges, as well as card masters aged twenty and over, are all eligible to sign up for the M 56.2kFavorites108.7kClicks/ch93.7kGifts

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    The main reason is that the subject matter is quite new to me; it's my first time watching a card game. I didn't have a clear image of a male lead, or perhaps there was no male lead at all, or his presence was minimal.

17. 17 带 Building the Tang Dynasty with Players 带着玩家在大唐搞基建的日子 Yi Qingruo衣青箬No CP1.8M WordsCompleted (Coming soon: Wasteland Shelter Upgrade Log. In the fourteenth year of the Tianbao era under Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. By imperial decree, the Anxi Protectorate General's Office, at the far western edge of the Tang Empire, established the Anxi Field Headquarters and marched into the Central Plains to suppress the rebellion. Who could have expected that Tibet would seize the opportunity to invade, occupy Longyou and Hexi, and cu 41.8kFavorites51.7kClicks/ch84.1kGifts

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    I'm definitely not interested in summoner games, but I love watching holographic games and I really want to play one.

18. 18 我 My Whole Body Is Dedicated to the Grind (Full-Dive Game) 我的全身都是肝[全息] Karuina卡蕊娜Romance809k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. If you've read the whole thing, please give it a five-star review~] In the year 2527 of the Star Era, Xingyou, the biggest gaming company in the interstellar world, was preparing to launch a full-dive management game. Players could enter a post-apocalyptic world and rebuild it. To promote the game, Xingyou announced that the beta test would take the form of a competition, livestreamed across the entire interstellar realm. As a passionate fan of management games, Ling Su si 38.3kFavorites92.9kClicks/ch65.6kGifts

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    For novels featuring holographic game themes, a win-win situation is one where readers want to play the game. This one has a male protagonist, but his presence is minimal and unrelated to the main character's game storyline; you can skip this one.

19. 19 穿 After Reincarnating as a Cat, I Became Famous Across Worlds 穿成猫后我在各个世界爆红 Real Estate置业No CP487k WordsCompleted The new novel, I’m Big Huang in a Novel Set in the Old Days, is now underway! Come experience life in a bygone era alongside the dog Big Huang! Blurb: Liu Yuan transmigrates into a cat. With a human’s intelligence and a cat’s body, she has a wonderful time in every world. As a cat on a university campus, she lounges in the shade by the track and watches freshmen endure military training. She serves as a lucky cat on the counter of the campus store, makes scammers who target first-year students 20kFavorites51.6kClicks/ch33.7kGifts

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    The cat is cute

20. 20 收 I Got a Distress Text from My Best Friend 收到了闺蜜的求救短信 Boat on a Leaf叶上舟No CP122k WordsCompleted [Upcoming mystery, I Can’t Possibly Be Fake. Blurb at the end] [Turn on author’s notes for little skits to lighten the mood] [Story blurb] “I got a text from her.” [I haven’t had mangoes in ages. Keep me company this afternoon and let’s get mango pomelo sago and a mango crepe cake. Oh, and we can have fish with pickled cabbage for lunch.] “Does this text have anything to do with her disappearance?” “She’s allergic to mangoes, and she doesn’t eat fish. So something must have happened to her.” 11.1kFavorites11.8kClicks/ch8.8kGifts

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    I think it's pretty good that a suspense story of this length can be written like this.

21. 21 丧 Sangbiao, Why Does She Call You Sweetie? 丧彪，她为什么喊你小甜甜啊 Munching on a Huge Melon啃好大个瓜No CP392k WordsCompleted Blurb: Yan Qing spent her whole life doing good deeds and building up merit, and finally earned permission to enter Heaven. Good news: Her beloved cat is in Heaven too, so they can be reunited. Even better news: Yan Qing can choose to settle in Cat Planet and live with her beloved cat forever. What was there to think about? Yan Qing chose Cat Planet at lightning speed. After completing the paperwork, Yan Qing followed the map to her beloved cat's territory. Then she was stunned to discover t 9.1kFavorites10.7kClicks/ch6.4kGifts

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    Cat is good

22. 22 冠 Champion Jockey [Sports] 冠军骑师[竞技] Zhou Rujiang周入江No CP635k WordsCompleted [Slow-Burn Growth Story] Also known as The Emoji Above the Pony’s Head Li Jin is the track team’s star prospect, holder of the national 100-meter record in the junior division. Everyone looks forward to her joining the national team and racing on the international stage. An accident ruptures her Achilles tendon and takes her out of competition. Everyone laments that this rising star has fallen, destined to fade into obscurity. No one expects Li Jin to appear at the 2012 London Olympics, shini 8.9kFavorites14.7kClicks/ch22kGifts

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    This is my first time reading a story about equestrianism, and it's quite interesting.

23. 23 退 After Leaving the Team, I Became an Extreme Sports Athlete 退团后我成了极限运动员 Three-Color Orange Cat三色橘猫Romance903k WordsCompleted [Currently serializing: I Only Want to Fight, So How Did I Become Everyone's Favorite? (ABO)] [Coming soon: God of Figure Skating (blurb at the end)] Lin Zhiyan wakes up after a failed surgery and discovers that she has transmigrated. She has become a female celebrity who was just dropped by her agency. A month later, she's supposed to appear on an extreme sports variety show that nobody cares about. She's still celebrating being able to walk again when a System suddenly appears. [Extreme spo 8.2kFavorites15.2kClicks/ch10.3kGifts

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    It was mostly new and exciting; I learned about a lot of extreme sports. I didn't remember the male lead at all; I don't know if he was absent or just had a low presence in the story.

24. 24 叫 Call Me the Jungle King (Esports) 叫我野王（电竞） Orange Juice Thanks橙汁感谢No CP792k WordsCompleted [VIP notice: This story will go VIP on Tuesday, 2021.05.25, with a 10,000-word update that day. No-couple female-lead esports story After leading her team to qualify for the world championship, professional esports player Jiang Huan gets into a car accident. When she wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated. A new world, but she's still going to play esports! This time, she'll find like-minded teammates, and together they'll work to build a dynasty! P. 7kFavorites16.6kClicks/ch14.3kGifts

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    Awesome! An all-female team is awesome! A crushing victory is awesome! Yes, I just love reading mindless, feel-good stories.

25. 25 当 Being a Little Cat Is Nice 当只小猫也不错 Wen Yubai温与白No CP30k WordsCompleted [It's complete! Could you leave a rating?] Li Lexuan always says she wishes she could be a cat, a happy house cat who spends every day eating cat food, grooming herself, sunbathing, and sleeping. That sounds much better than being a miserable wage slave. Bad news: She accidentally dies. Good news: She really does become a cat. But after one lazy day of doing nothing, she gets bored and regrets wishing to be a cat. At dusk, someone opens the door. It's the cat's owner. Lexuan wags her tail and ru 1.1kFavorites2.3kClicks/ch2kGifts

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    Don't use a knife meant for your own family to commit murder [crying emoji]

26. 26 谋 [Three Kingdoms] Can Strategists Not Ascend the Throne? [三国]谋士不可以登基吗？ River Wind a Thousand Miles Away千里江风No CP2.9M WordsCompleted [Three Kingdoms power struggle. The heroine isn't a strategist, she's a ruler.] [Complete. Anti-piracy measures cover 50% of the text. The full story is being polished and proofread. I take no responsibility for pirated versions.] The seventh year of Guanghe. The Yellow Turban Rebellion. Qiao Yan is bound to Strategist System No. 068 and awakens in the body of a dying little girl amid the starving dead. The System tells her that her goal is to become the greatest strategist under heaven. Sitting 189.2kFavorites328.2kClicks/ch829.9kGifts

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    A very enjoyable story about infrastructure development. The protagonist's cheat ability isn't overpowered but it's not entirely useless either (it seems to be mainly used to enhance the female lead's physique). I really like the female lead's character design, and the plot is well-designed. The male lead is a complete unknown, and the heir is a woman.

27. 27 定 [Wu Zhou] Founding the Dynasty [武周]定鼎 River Wind a Thousand Miles Away千里江风Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Current arc: Wu Zhou] Wu Qingyue never imagined that one moment she’d be grabbing her keyboard to argue with someone that the claim Empress Zhaoyi had murdered her daughter was complete nonsense, and the next she’d be reborn as Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of Tang’s third daughter. In other words... the daughter of Wu Zetian who died before her first birthday. [Good news: You come with a System.] [Bad news: The System has just one function: convert 153.4kFavorites216.6kClicks/ch503kGifts

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    The male lead has very little screen time; you can practically skip his scenes. Compared to the author's other Three Kingdoms-themed infrastructure novel, this one isn't as exciting. Li Zhi's death is a bit too late (lol). But I can't find any historical adaptations with a Wu Zhou background; the subject matter is too niche. There might not even be as many fanfics about Wan Ping as there are.

28. 28 武 [Great Tang] The First Female Official of Empress Wu [大唐]武皇第一女官 Gu Simu顾四木Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Wo sat in one of the palace gardens within the Taiji Palace. When she woke one day, she discovered that she had become a low-ranking female official in the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era: a seventh-rank record keeper in the Palace Discipline Bureau, responsible for recording palace rules and punishments. Her first assignment was to explain palace etiquette to the newly arrived consorts. After she had finished reading through the regulations, one young woman stepped forward. “Could 128.3kFavorites184.4kClicks/ch724kGifts

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    As for this book, the plot didn't leave much of an impression on me, but the character designs were decent. It's one of the few works where I could actually ship the protagonist with a historical figure, even though the protagonist and the Empress each have their own official partners, and the romance scenes aren't insignificant (not in terms of proportion, but rather the presence of the protagonist's romantic pairings). So, it's not a completely negligible background character.

29. 29 全 Holographic Crime Simulator: I’ll Only Play This Once 全息模拟犯罪：我只演一次 Night and Starlight夜晚与星空Romance778k WordsCompleted [Important Reading Notice: This novel is set in an imagined future. The immersive game simulates crimes, and everything is fictional. Please do not draw parallels with real life.] As a high-risk human, Ye Sangsan receives an invitation to beta-test the immersive game "Crime Files". With its high degree of freedom, broad compatibility, and remarkably realistic simulations based on real criminal cases, the game draws enormous attention as soon as its beta test is announced. As a condition of par 127.7kFavorites179.7kClicks/ch138.6kGifts

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    It's a holographic crime simulation game, mainly because the premise is interesting. There's no male protagonist, and the author recently started a second part, which I'm currently following.

30. 30 大 Has the Grand Archmage Made Any Money Today? 大奥术师她今天赚钱了吗 Pang Ha胖哈Romance2.3M WordsCompleted My new novel, After the Demolition, My Whole Family Made the Pig-Butchering Scam List, is now available in my author profile. Please add my upcoming novel, Can Infinite Failures Only Deduct Love?, to your collection. Thank you!~ Synopsis: A murder takes place in District 13, a low-class slum in the alchemical fantasy game world of Arcane Throne, a world of low-level citizens, alchemy, and a touch of Western fantasy. The wooden door opens. Xie Keli, a scoundrel who used to roam the streets, stu 114.8kFavorites171.8kClicks/ch1.3MGifts

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    There's no male lead; I love shipping the main character with her best friend. Compared to the author's other works, the main character in this book is a bit more "gentle," which is something I really like. The premise is quite interesting; it's the first time I've seen an arcane mage-related setting.

31. 31 还 Giving You Back Sixty Years 还你六十年 Sanshui Xiaocao三水小草No CP1.2M WordsCompleted At sixteen, Chi Chi became a stand-in, an extra, a bit player. Later, she became the youngest Best Actress, the most versatile performer, and a legend who moved people like no other. No one knew that inside her was the aged soul of someone who had spent sixty years tormented by an impossible dream. Since giving up everything had left her with nothing but a fire of resentment, then she would keep burning, until she reached the end of miracles. The author usually writes feel-good, sweet stories. 50.7kFavorites177.2kClicks/ch113.6kGifts

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    I still can't find a substitute for this work. Authors who write about the entertainment industry really need to focus more on career storylines; the industry is starving. The reality of the entertainment industry is already abstract enough. The plot mainly revolves around the female protagonist's rebirth and pursuit of her acting dream. My understanding is that the romance is one-sided and can be skipped without affecting the plot.

32. 32 帝 Emperor and Empress Simulator 帝后模拟器 Ji Lingshan季灵山Romance784k WordsCompleted An Lin is a fan of strategy and management games. One day, someone recommended a game called Emperor Simulator to her. Excited, she stayed up all night playing it. Build infrastructure, establish the imperial examinations, develop agriculture, train troops, unify the realm... The game offered many ways to play, but An Lin was obsessed with infrastructure and had no interest in building a harem. She put all the funds meant for selecting consorts into agriculture instead. Then, as she played, peop 41.4kFavorites77.1kClicks/ch51.5kGifts

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    This is a story about infrastructure development. The plot is rather bland, there's no male lead, and the female lead has two identities—an emperor and an empress. I like this setup.

33. 33 每 Every Time I Trend, It's Because of My Side Hustle 每次上热搜都是因为副业 Only I Am Bad唯我独坏Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Cong Xiao, a genius scholar from the interstellar age, accidentally transmigrates thousands of years into the past and binds herself to an overbearing System that completely ignores the Three Laws of Robotics. To pursue a dream she once had, Cong Xiao ends up choosing materials science by a stroke of fate. Holographic simulators, string chips, quantum stealth materials, biodegradable plastics, bionic artificial eyes, the Feifei One, new types of batteries, temperature-regulating fabric coating 18.4kFavorites36.5kClicks/ch38.1kGifts

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    I don't remember the plot very well; it seems like I stumbled upon it while I was obsessed with stories about academic geniuses. It was good for passing the time. I glanced at it and didn't subscribe to any extra chapters, so there might be a male lead.

34. 34 困 The Woman Trapped in Time 困在时间里的她 Mo Li_莫里_No CP212k WordsCompleted [Dual heroines, no romance, time-loop mystery] [Complete, thank you for staying with me] This is M City, the capital of Country T, at thirteen degrees north latitude, where summer lasts all year. It is the capital of Buddhism, a land of plenty, a hub of fashion, and a valley of flowers. It is a city of sin. The scandal-plagued actress Xia Chan falls to her death during a live television broadcast. Her death sets off a time loop that drags the renowned writer Song Yubing into its grasp. She i 7.7kFavorites4.7kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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    A suspense novel with two female leads and no romantic pairing, featuring a time loop setting. Although short, the plot is tight and the transitions are smooth.

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