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1. 1 在 After Writing Chinese-Style Urban Legends in the Interstellar World 在星际写中式怪谈后 Pure-Hearted Big Girl纯情大女孩Romance943k WordsCompleted "Similar to: Everyone Says I’m the Mastermind Behind the Infinite Flow?" An Ming is a horror novelist. After transmigrating to the interstellar era, she becomes a powerless, helpless little flower who’s bullied by everyone. But this is an era of cultural poverty and spiritual deprivation. People lack mental stimulation, and their special abilities grow weaker by the day. An Ming’s DNA kicks in. What could be more stimulating than horror stories? The next day, she publishes a Chinese-style gho 77.7kFavorites158.5kClicks/ch35.7kGifts

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   The first rule-based ghost story was quite interesting, but it got boring afterward.

2. 2 带 A Bad Translation Will Only Make Me a God 带错翻译只会让我成神 Wei Meng卫梦No CP585k WordsOngoing After the apocalypse, Qin Shang transmigrated to ancient times and discovered that she couldn't understand the locals' incomprehensible chatter, but she could understand the language of animals. Oh no, she brought the wrong translator. No matter. The wrong translator is better than no translator at all. Qin Shang recruited a spirit fox who had cultivated into a person to translate for her, and she got along with the village at the foot of the mountain. She even used her special ability to help 75.6kFavorites102.9kClicks/ch121.9kGifts

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   The female protagonist gradually integrates into this world; the main storyline is alright.

3. 3 给 Livestreaming Everyday Life to the Ancients 给古人直播日常 Light Dew Clothes轻露衣Romance805k WordsCompleted At sixteen or seventeen, Xue Jiao fretted over her schoolwork and worried about the college entrance exams. The various romance and Mary Sue transmigration novels hidden at the bottom of her desk were the only color in her grueling student life. She dreamed of transmigrating to ancient times, where she wouldn't have to study or take exams. She could be a freewheeling heroine of the martial world and have a sweeping 75.2kFavorites121.2kClicks/ch91kGifts

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   The live stream, gradually moving towards a peaceful and warm everyday life, isn't about the female lead preaching grand principles; it's about how the mundane daily lives of people being treated as human beings gradually loosen the mountain that is the dynasty.

4. 4 我 I Use the System Panel to Pretend to Be a Charlatan 我用人物面板伪装神棍 Li Xingge李行歌No CP568k WordsCompleted [Faux metaphysical fortune-telling + high-stakes information gap + partial government enlistment] [One of the Void Sea series: The Clan Leader’s Prequel] Qin Qing gained a character profile panel like the ones in video games. To her, everyone was an open book, and she even knew them better than they knew themselves. After all, nobody can turn every aspect of themselves into quantifiable data. At first, she was embarrassed to be peeking into people’s private lives and had no idea what she could 73.1kFavorites108.1kClicks/ch113.2kGifts

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   The beginning was alright, and they saved quite a few people because of it. But then they suddenly started giving the reputation for saving lives to the Taoist temple. I didn't read the rest.

5. 5 我 This Is How It Is for Those of Us with Pure Yin Bodies 我们纯阴之体是这样的 Five Mushrooms五朵蘑菇Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new story, Picking Up Trash Is Better Than Cultivating Immortality, is now open. Come check it out~~ Shao Yin transmigrates into a harem novel aimed at male readers. She is the female side character who breaks off her engagement to the male lead, only to get face-slapped and crushed, see her entire sect uprooted, and watch her clan wiped off the face of the earth. What’s so terrible about breaking off an engagement? After the engagement is over, he’s a fine, upstanding man, with a bright 60.2kFavorites86.3kClicks/ch63.6kGifts

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   The current trajectory is very much in line with the "Mary Sue" (overpowered female lead) trope, which is exactly the kind of satisfying, enjoyable story you'd expect. However, things start to feel off once the romance begins. If you're only interested in the Mary Sue female lead, then forget about it.

6. 6 白 The Poor, Beautiful Girl Wants to Climb the Ladder 白穷美想往上爬 Looking North from the South Tower南楼北望Romance1.3M WordsOngoing At twenty-five, Sun Lingxue had lost everything. With her sharp mind and pretty face, she had once secured a place at a top university, a wealthy boyfriend, and an impressive résumé. Her future had looked bright. Her classmates and friends called her calculating and opportunistic behind her back, but to her face they fawned over her, hoping she would help them. Gossip and a bad reputation? Sun Lingxue didn't care. She just wanted to climb higher. She wanted to escape her fate, break through t 41.2kFavorites60.9kClicks/ch33.8kGifts

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   Most of the storyline is good, but some of the dungeons are quite boring. Hopefully, this will be improved.

7. 7 超 Guidelines for Handling Supernatural Incidents 超自然事件处理方针 Blue Wings青色羽翼Romance294k WordsCompleted One late night, the apartment building where civil-service exam candidate Xia Mi lived was suddenly swallowed by darkness. The residents of the building all turned into monsters. Xia Mi became the only normal person in the entire building, surrounded by monsters. She discovered that reality had become exactly like the horror game she'd just played. Wherever a character had died in the game, Xia Mi encountered the same danger. With the game's hints, Xia Mi successfully escaped danger. She also sa 35kFavorites41.6kClicks/ch33.6kGifts

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   Many questions remain unanswered, and the plot is indeed starting to get boring.

8. 8 克 Cosmic Horror Cultivation Simulator 克系修仙模拟器 Sheathe the Sword and Go拂剑去No CP590k WordsCompleted [Complete] [One-line summary: A female lead unknowingly embodying cosmic horror vs. Chinese-style horror, folklore, and xianxia] Li Zhou transmigrated because she had just a little more than the usual number of arms and legs. She was thrown into the moat as soon as she was born. The rain that day was torrential, but it still couldn't outmatch Li Zhou's determination to crawl home through the night. Her family still couldn't stand her, but fortunately, she had a cultivation simulator. To find 33.9kFavorites34.9kClicks/ch40.3kGifts

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   It's pretty cool, but it has to be this kind of cool that the person is completely oblivious to to be true to it.

9. 9 炮 The Cannon Fodder's Her [Quick Transmigration] 炮灰的她[快穿] Fish Says Says鱼曰曰Romance553k WordsCompleted [The entire story is complete. Thank you for supporting the official release.] [Check out my author page and preorder my upcoming story, "Can NPCs Have Their Own Love Rival Showdowns Too?"] As a nine-tailed immortal fox, Shi Yao was born with the lowest-grade cauldron constitution. Determined to change it, Shi Yao tried to seduce the chosen one into cultivating through dual cultivation, but failed. By accident, she then became bound to a cannon-fodder System. All she had to do was successfull 29.6kFavorites45.1kClicks/ch18.8kGifts

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   The strategy used in old-fashioned guides involves injuring yourself to win, some of which are unnecessary injuries. (Reading time cut short)

10. 10 我 I Conquered the Galaxy with the Loving Wife System 我用娇妻系统称霸星际 Mu Nian Zhi木念之Romance620k WordsCompleted Blurb: After her parents die one after another and her relatives seize her inheritance, Ai Fu is struggling to survive in the slums when a System suddenly appears. The System says: "You're actually the true daughter of a duke's family, switched at birth through malicious scheming. They'll come to take you home in a few days." "You have a fiancé: the Empire's Third Prince, and the chosen one of this world. He'll inherit the throne, unite the five planets, and become the supreme ruler of this 12.7kFavorites18kClicks/ch14.7kGifts

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    The initial approach involved exploiting the system to gain unintended benefits; I didn't follow the later stages and am unsure of the ending.

11. 11 给 Writing Tragic Romance Scripts for My Four Late Husbands 给四个亡夫发虐文剧本 Leisurely Song闲余歌Romance401k WordsCompleted Qu Yunzhi has gone through four marriages. Every one of them ended badly. Her childhood sweetheart, an immortal lord, died while undergoing a tribulation, leaving her a beautiful widow, a sizable inheritance, and a group of subordinates with their own agendas. At the immortal lord's funeral, the Demon Venerable attacked. He abducted Qu Yunzhi in front of everyone, intending to humiliate his rival's wife. But their days together slowly stirred his heart. The Demon Venerable laughed at her reck 1.7kFavorites1.3kClicks/ch133Gifts

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    Open high and move midway

12. 12 死 My Archenemy Kneels and Begs Me (Quick Transmigration) 死对头跪下求我(快穿) Ci Danfeng辞丹凤Romance272k WordsCompleted [Complete] The story is finished, so feel free to let it build up before reading. The next book is "The Heir Regretted It After We Took Revenge on Each Other." #The heroine seizes the hero by force. He runs, she chases, and he has nowhere to escape #Normal love is lovely, but unconventional romance is downright thrilling #An enemy is not a husband. No, the enemy is the husband #A forcibly plucked melon is still refreshing Question: What should I do if my sworn enemy doesn't love me? Answer: Do 825Favorites615Clicks/ch93Gifts

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    Super fragrant

13. 13 在 The Police Station’s Favorite Gossip 在派出所里吃瓜当团宠 Nan Mi喃米Romance486k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Zhong Yuntong was a dog raised by Zhong Jin, a dog in the literal sense of the word. She was a Skycloud Demon Hound, and her father was the sinister, ruthless, scheming villainous Demon Lord from a novel, hated by everyone. Little Tongtong knew nothing of the turmoil outside. She followed her villainous father around, eating until she was glossy and well-fed, spoiled absolutely rotten by 134.1kFavorites226.1kClicks/ch213.8kGifts

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    The female lead is a puppy searching for its mother and father; the subsequent plot becomes boring.

14. 14 群 The First Family of Qunyu Mountain 群玉山头第一家 Spring Mountain Again又见春山Romance413k WordsCompleted [Back home in Chapter 18] From the time she was old enough to understand, Zheng Linmei had always imagined this scene: She was dead. How she died did not matter. What mattered was that her parents finally realized how much they loved her, and wept bitterly as they held her body. This fantasy kept her going. It was all right that her parents played favorites; it was all right that her younger siblings excluded her. She could do all the housework. She could work to pay her tuition. She could a 15.1kFavorites18.3kClicks/ch13.5kGifts

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    The plot's highlights shifted focus; I read it for its family drama, but the main text contained entire chapters describing the male protagonist's mindset, which was then abruptly cut short.

15. 15 神 A Tycoon Host Has Bound Me 神豪宿主绑定了我 Wu Liu Su Qing Niao无流苏晴鸟No CP343k WordsCompleted My best friend got a tycoon-style tipping System and decided to spend money only on me. Grateful for her generosity, I brought out my project proposal. “First, sponsor my advisor and become her biggest investor,” I said. . 1. The main story is told in third person. 2. Everything to do with receiving and spending money, and all the exciting parts, involves me. Theme: Be brave enough to try things in life. You never know what good things might happen. 12.9kFavorites19.9kClicks/ch34.6kGifts

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    The friendship with my best friend is great, but the plot and writing are a bit mediocre, and it gets boring later on.

16. 16 人 Writing My Way to Godhood Among the Stars 人在星际，写文封神 Keeping Winter留冬Romance582k WordsCompleted Web novelist Ye Ran transmigrates to the interstellar era and starts out with a classic mountain of debt. Ye Ran: I know what to do! This interstellar era must be a wasteland for web novels, just waiting for me to shock the whole universe with angsty, melodramatic romance! Then she opens the bestseller list: "He Regretted It After I Faked My Death" "The Fake Heiress Ran Off While Pregnant and Became Everyone's Darling" Ye Ran: ... Everyone across the stars is following her path, leaving her 12.3kFavorites19.4kClicks/ch9.6kGifts

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    The early plot was quite enjoyable, but the female lead's character changed as the story progressed, leading to a premature halt in readership.

17. 17 绿 The Tea-Green Girl's Growth Record [The 1970s] 绿茶成长实录[七零] Fu Yannian傅延年Romance537k WordsCompleted Currently updating: Lots of Fun in the Siheyuan Courtyard in the 1970s When Qu Ling was fifteen, her beloved father died and her adoptive mother left home. That was when she learned she wasn’t their biological child. Faced with the fickleness of human nature and other people’s bullying, Qu Ling had no one to rely on, so she became a green tea and schemed her way forward, one step at a time. First, she secured a place in high school. Then she became an outstanding employee at the Junzhou Mine, an 7.7kFavorites12.5kClicks/ch6.1kGifts

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    The early plot mainly focused on the female lead's career, which developed quite well. However, the later plot became rather boring, so I stopped reading.

18. 18 欢 Welcome to the City of Monsters 欢迎来到妖怪都市 A Thousand Gates, the Cold of Early Morning千门早寒No CP256k WordsOngoing After popular beauty blogger You Shushu moved to the ancient city of Yaojing on a friend's recommendation, it took only a week in her new home for her to realize something was wrong. The monster makeup she'd just applied wouldn't come off!!! -- A powerful monster recently moved into the neighborhood. The little monsters watched her for days and decided she was no ordinary being. "Could she be a Painted-Skin Demon? Look at her, she changes her appearance every few days." "A Painted-Skin Demon 6kFavorites5.4kClicks/ch10.1kGifts

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    The early plot was quite exciting, but the writing flaws became apparent later on, making it difficult to continue reading.

19. 19 恋21+ Hopeless Romantic, but He's Not Human! 恋爱脑，但人外! A Bowl of Rice, Please来碗大米饭Romance329k WordsCompleted 4.9kFavorites7kClicks/ch4.4kGifts

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    As a slow-paced travelogue, it's not bad, but I probably prefer something with more ups and downs, so I didn't continue reading. Overall, though, it's still a good story, so I'll give it four stars.

20. 20 攻 I Escaped Death After Winning Over Nine Lunatics [Book Transmigration] 攻略九个疯批后死遁了[穿书] Wealthy Golden Lamb暴富金羊羊Romance283k WordsOngoing [Very sorry, this book is going to be removed from free access. We're handling it now.] After dying, Shan Qingyu transmigrates into a disastrous, unfinished cultivation novel about a chosen one who had once passionately roasted it herself. The System says, "This is actually a real world, and it's about to be destroyed. There are only two ways to save it." As a devoted reader, Shan Qingyu recalls the twenty-thousand-word review she wrote roasting the novel and answers confidently, "Go on." The S 4.9kFavorites2.9kClicks/ch3.6kGifts

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    The premise is interesting, but it's become a bit bland, like reading a diary. Reading stopped.

21. 21 给 Livestreaming Actresses' Daily Lives to the Ancients 给古人直播女演员日常 Springwater Blue春水蓝Romance356k WordsCompleted [Complete. Next book: My Dog's Bowl Can Send Supplies to Ancient Times] Gu Wanning is a bit-part actress at a film studio. After falling while suspended on wires, she accidentally activates a livestream across time and space. In a Xianxia drama, she is the villainous senior sister, pierced through the heart by the Demon Lord's sword. In a spy drama, she is the lovesick second female lead, killed by a hail of bullets in a heroic sacrifice. In a palace drama, she is the concubine who throws the 1.9kFavorites3.2kClicks/ch871Gifts

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    It was interesting at first, but got boring later on, so I stopped reading.

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