Part 2: Some Chapters Paid 2部分买V

1. 1 游 When the Game Descends 游戏降临 Tianze Shiruò天泽时若Romance607k WordsOngoing [System: Congratulations, ▇▇ player! You are now logging into the game "Lost Continent"!] * Du Jinghua had always thought the world she lived in was perfectly normal. Then, one night, as she hurried home after a dinner gathering, a monster from another reality blocked her path. Du Jinghua: “...” Had she drunk too much? After managing to deal with the immediate danger, Du Jinghua finally remembered the strange game console she had once received. At some point, the contents of the game had 22.3kFavorites17.1kClicks/ch241.5kGifts

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   Having read up to chapter 115, the plot is progressing rather slowly, with only one chapter a day, offering almost no real advancement. The female lead has a rather unique personality, and the author seems to deliberately emphasize this, repeating it multiple times in each chapter. This feels too contrived and makes it difficult to keep the reader engaged. Furthermore, repeating this multiple times in each chapter takes up a significant amount of word count, further hindering plot development.

2. 2 她 She Comes from California 她来自加利福尼亚 mini Croissantmini可颂Romance221k WordsOngoing Shasha was born into an ordinary, working-class family in California. Her father was just a warehouse supervisor, and with their limited resources, she had to make her own way in life. When her eldest sister gave up struggling and settled into "life," she swore she would take her first leap forward through college. When her second brother gave up and started indulging himself, she worked part-time at McDonald's to earn spending money, while doing everything she could to find more sources of inc 1.1kFavorites680Clicks/ch1.8kGifts

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   I'm actually quite interested in chapter 52, but the author is updating very slowly, and I'm afraid it might be abandoned.

3. 3 清 The Qing-Dynasty Transmigrator Returns [Sky Screen] 清穿女回来后[天幕] Zhou Yao洲遥Romance384k WordsOngoing Seeking Bookmarks for My Upcoming Novel: "You Say She's My Wife?" Synopsis: As a top graduate who landed a job straight out of college, Song Yao had no shortage of admirers at work. One day, a colleague took the chance to ask about her relationship status over lunch. Song Yao answered honestly, "I've been married." Her colleague was surprised. "Huh?" Song Yao: "We're divorced." Her colleague was stunned. "What?!" Song Yao: "My ex-husband died." Her colleague was dumbfounded. "What?!?!?!" Everyon 30.7kFavorites44kClicks/ch30.6kGifts

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   I've read up to chapter 26, and it's not very engaging. It keeps harping on gender issues, with each chapter addressing gender equality. Also, Kangxi is connected to a system—not a tool-like system, but one with emotions and biases. This kind of system has limitations, which I don't like.

4. 4 带 Transmigrating to the Qin Dynasty With a Planet 带着星球穿越大秦 Yan Mu Yuan衍木原No CP488k WordsOngoing Shi Xingzao reached the max level in the game Time-Traveling Farm and was hired as a Time-Traveling Envoy. But when the energy in the time tunnel became unstable, she accidentally ended up in a historical dynasty. The worst part was that she could only bind herself to the System and draw a fixed form... Well, that form was still an animal. Fortunately, her personal planet was still there, along with its land and seeds. But because of the limits of time and space, she could only build up the pla 1.9kFavorites2.5kClicks/ch1.8kGifts

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   I was drawn in by the synopsis and have read up to chapter 46, but so far it's just so-so.

5. 5 求 Survival: The Safe House Is a Magic Academy 求生：安全屋是魔法学院 Pear Blueblue梨蓝蓝No CP835k WordsOngoing After finishing his college entrance exams, Jing Ke walked out of the exam hall, expecting to enjoy a carefree summer vacation. But the next moment, a survival game began. [All survivors, welcome to the game. Gather resources, upgrade your safe house, and hold off monster invasions and natural disasters!] Fog shrouded the area. Everyone started with only a 2×2 plot of land and a basic safe house. Monsters appeared promptly at eight every night, and natural disasters could strike at any time. 29.9kFavorites25.1kClicks/ch186.3kGifts

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   I've read up to chapter 171, and the plot is progressing very slowly. It feels like I haven't read anything at all. The author hasn't updated in several days either. I'll see.

6. 6 真 The Real Young Master Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality 真少爷只想修仙 King Luo洛大王No CP570k WordsOngoing Ming Jianwei, the cultivation world's greatest genius, transmigrated into the body of an orphan who had just finished the college entrance exams. Before word could reach him that a wealthy family had recognized him as their own, he'd already gone into the snowy mountains to cultivate alone. His domineering CEO older brother chased after him with a black card, while he flew ahead on his sword. A wealthy family? Never heard of it. Not interested. Nothing is more important than cultivation! The p 41.9kFavorites45.4kClicks/ch63.6kGifts

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   I've only bought a few chapters out of 24, and I'm only interested in getting to the part where they reunite as family. I'm not interested in the rest.

7. 7 安 The Safehouse Survival Mage Has a Game Guide 安全屋求生法师有游戏攻略 BeichenMCSW北宸MCSWRomance682k WordsOngoing While playing a game, she habitually fills out a survey to snag some freebies. Instead, she's taken into the game world and forced to struggle for survival alongside 20 billion people. It turns out Blue Star has already been devoured. Humanity has lost its home and can only fight to survive and earn a green card to the new world. Chi Ying is dropped into a primeval jungle with a hostile environment. As time passes, hordes of monsters run rampant, and going outside at night costs her health. The 1.7kFavorites2.3kClicks/ch3.4kGifts

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   Having read up to chapter 88, and having followed several other novels of this type around the same time—storing goods, infrastructure building, survival, safe houses, etc.—I devoured this one in one go, and then followed other updated ones. When I opened this one again, I couldn't remember what it was about, and I immediately lost interest. I'll leave it for now and come back to it when I'm interested again.

8. 8 被 After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang Heard My Thoughts 被明太祖朱元璋听到心声后 Coral and Summer珊瑚与夏天Romance461k WordsOngoing During the Hongwu era, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends the throne, and the Huai-Xi meritorious families all receive rewards, promotions, and noble titles. The newly prosperous Marquis of Zhongshan, Tang He, doesn't forget his nephew Xie Xingzhi. He gives him a leg up by recommending him to Zhu Yuanzhang. When he hears that the Great Ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang has personally appointed him as a Court Recorder, Xie Xingzhi feels his heart stop for a couple of beats. Although the Hongwu Emperor doesn't have Cao 23kFavorites28.2kClicks/ch24.6kGifts

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   I've read up to chapter 48, and I don't want to read any more for now.

9. 9 公 The Little Maid of the Duke's Estate 公府小婢 Spring Is Not Green Yet春未绿Romance534k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, He Xixi found herself in the illustrious Duke Zhenguo's household. But don't get the wrong idea: she hadn't become some young lady. She had transmigrated into He Xiniang, daughter of He Dakui, the gatekeeper at the duke's residence. Even worse, the He family hadn't been bought from outside, where money could be paid to redeem them. They had been hereditary servants for generations, and unless their masters granted them their freedom, they could never leave their servile st 26.9kFavorites32kClicks/ch53.9kGifts

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   Having read up to chapter 34, I'm eager to know what happens next, but the author's writing style is very jarring. Many sentences have incorrect word order or are missing words. Adjusting the word order or adding a few words would significantly improve comprehension and avoid ambiguity. However, as a reader, I can't do anything about the author's writing style; I can't even comment, or I'll get accused of providing writing advice.

10. 10 家 My Father Is Emperor Taizong of Tang 家父唐太宗 A Millet Seed in the Vastness邈邈一黍Romance511k WordsOngoing This story is also known as The Accidental Intruder in the Imperial Household, The Daily Life of a Tang Dynasty Office Drone, and A Prince's Self-Cultivation. The official histories record Emperor Taizong's assessments of his sons as follows: Of the Crown Prince: “Benevolent, filial, intelligent, and perceptive!” Of the Third Prince: “Brave and decisive, just like me!” Of the Fourth Prince: “Tai is my son. I often wish he were by my side.” Of the Ninth Prince: “The Prince of Jin is benevolent an 26.5kFavorites38.6kClicks/ch37.6kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 37, but there's not much content.

11. 11 魔 The Witch Is Actually Me [Western Fantasy] 魔女竟是我自己[西幻] Heng Shi恒矢Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Floods come first, plagues follow, and famine fills in the gaps... Born in an awful enough era, everyone has a life so short they can see the end of it from the start. So when Phyllis realizes that she has transmigrated to the Middle Ages and gained the ability to see ghosts, she starts gathering all sorts of information to prepare for the future. Through sheer effort and shamelessness, she finally finds a well-informed ghost to teach her, and learns the crucial skill of writing. This skill h 49.2kFavorites38.5kClicks/ch146.8kGifts

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    I read it to the end, skipping some parts, and I don't remember what I skipped. Overall, it was quite good. I read Carr's short stories before reading this book.

12. 12 林 The Lin Family's Esteemed Son-in-Law [Dream of the Red Chamber] 林家贵婿[红楼] Zhi Nanyi栀南衣Romance206k WordsCompleted With his mother long dead and his father now gone, Huo Xiangwen became a pitiful orphan. But after his father's death, he had an unexpected stroke of luck... A reckless System had stolen the Kitchen God's divine authority and was discovered by the Jade Emperor. Then... the Jade Emperor smashed it into a fool of a System. The foolish System ended up in the mortal realm, where I found it. Although the foolish System was broken, the Kitchen God's divine authority wasn't the only thing it had stolen 2.2kFavorites3.2kClicks/ch912Gifts

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    I've read up to chapter 35. I like the setting, but I'm not really interested in reading the writing, so I'll put it aside for now.

13. 13 拓 Pioneer 拓荒者 From Afar来自远方Danmei (BL)809k WordsCompleted After an unexpected transmigration, Wei Xin arrives in an interstellar world and is sent to a frontier planet to open it up. What can Wei Xin do? Naturally, she’ll carve out a shining path never trod before and never to be surpassed, killing insects whenever she meets them and slaying beasts whenever they appear. P.S. A whole group of mutant king crabs, hairy crabs, and mantis shrimp are right in front of her, each one broad and plump, with thin shells and plenty of meat. They ought to be fr 21.9kFavorites23.2kClicks/ch68.8kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 57, and I don't really want to read any more.

14. 14 两21+ After Cultivating in Two Worlds, She Became a Legend 两界修仙后她超神了 The Taoist Way of Life道系人生No CP872k WordsOngoing 3.8kFavorites3.8kClicks/ch9.9kGifts

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    I read up to chapter 198, but I can't remember the details. I guess it was something like my leveling-up story.

15. 15 混 I Landed a Secure Government Job and Now I'm Slacking Off, but My Son Is a Workaholic (Qing Dynasty) 混上编制后摆烂，但儿子是卷王（清穿） Ling Moshen灵默笙Romance252k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Qing dynasty, Yan Jia couldn't stand being a lowly servant girl anymore: sweeping snow in winters below minus ten degrees and mopping floors in summers above forty. She couldn't get enough to eat or wear warm clothes, so she steeled herself and climbed into Fourth Master's bed. She wasn't after wealth or status. All she wanted was a sinecure that meant no work, a secure job where she could coast through life. She got pregnant on her first try, and even gave birth to a 10.6kFavorites18.4kClicks/ch3.6kGifts

    Curator note

    Having read up to chapter 41, there's not much content. All the events are described in a narrative style, lacking concrete details; it's more like an outline.

16. 16 末 Stockpiling Supplies in a Doomsday Safe House 末日安全屋囤货求生 Gathering Starlight and Frost挽星霜Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Jiang Qibai, a survival-game enthusiast, was heading home from work when she stepped into empty space, fell into a sewer, and landed inside an apocalyptic game. Every player awakens a talent. The System's cheerful voice rang out: [Congratulations! You have gained the talent: Achievement Hunter!] [Achievement Hunter: You have access to a more extensive achievement system than other players.] [Achievement unlocked: Where the Hell Did the Manhole Cover Go?! Reward skill: Sword, Come! Summon a 29.8kFavorites28kClicks/ch80.7kGifts

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    Having read up to chapter 107, I've already forgotten why I stopped reading.

17. 17 公 Highway Survival: Who Does Number One Want to Buy Out Today? 公路求生：榜一今天又想收购谁 Lin Sanqi临三弃Danmei (BL)360k WordsOngoing #Stockpiling and Building a Business# #Surviving Natural Disasters# [The Great Civilization Survival Trial: Road Survival, loading soon] Ling Wuhuan is forced to join the Road Survival Trial. He starts with a car, and has to scavenge for all his gear. A top-tier rule-breaker, Ling Wuhuan spots a loophole in the trial from the start, exploits a bug, and triggers the unique skill [Capitalist]. Ling, former capitalist, Wuhuan: A capitalist? He knows all about that. Take what belongs to no one, b 1.5kFavorites1.3kClicks/ch1.1kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 31, as the title suggests.

18. 18 御 Beast Tamer, I’ll Work to Support You 御兽师，我打工养你啊 Granny Nine-Tails九尾婆婆Romance1.5M WordsOngoing More than a decade ago, after Hua Country made a trip around the far side of the moon, the authorities suddenly began a series of baffling operations. For example, the South Heaven Gate Project, popularizing end-of-the-world emergency kits and methods of hiding from nuclear radiation, and releasing spectacular films about mecha. At the time, the people joked that their motherland had burned an alien’s butt with a cigarette lighter on the moon. W 68.4kFavorites65.7kClicks/ch459kGifts

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    It appears to be chapter 187, the latest chapter, and I've subscribed to all chapters, but the author has stopped updating for over two months without any updates or news. Actually, it's quite a good book.

19. 19 倒 Rebirth [Spiritual Qi Revival] 倒生[灵气复苏] Shuimulinxi水木林溪No CP1.3M WordsOngoing In the 21st century, spiritual qi revival suddenly swept through modern society. After Western countries announced that they would introduce magic education, Xie Jian's country announced that schools would teach cultivation as well. Xie Jian was a top student, and just after the New Year, she received this devastating news! She had only four months left before the college entrance exams! She'd been on track to get into a top university. But if she didn't have a spiritual root, and cultivation 24.7kFavorites45.4kClicks/ch27.6kGifts

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    I bought over thirty chapters; the protagonist seems to be a unique cultivator, one of a kind in the entire world, but I forgot.

20. 20 汴 Everyday Life in Bianjing 汴京生活日常 Little Ear on the East东边小耳朵Romance656k WordsCompleted A recommendation for my friend Nan Luxingli's upcoming novel, The Tyrant's Pretend White Moonlight: The tyrant and his white moonlight have all kinds of tricks. Blurb: People say the ancients were feudal, that women had to remain faithful to one husband for life and never leave the inner quarters. If someone saw their arm, they had to kill themselves. It wasn't until Lu Runrun transmigrated to the Northern Song that she realized this was all a stereotype. In the Northern Song, it was perfectly 63.4kFavorites65kClicks/ch44.3kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 82. It's written in a very slice-of-life style, which is quite good. However, I haven't read it in a long time, so I've forgotten a lot of the plot.

21. 21 被 Chosen by the Nation's Destiny, I Drew the Talent Reversal 被国运选中，抽到的天赋是逆转 Comrade Pit同仁坑No CP666k WordsOngoing Bad News: Blue Star has been chosen for the National Destiny Battlefield. Each country must send ten contestants to fight, and contestants are replaced upon death. Every time one is eliminated, a random city in their country will be struck by a disaster. From then on, disasters both imaginable and unimaginable descended upon the world: extreme cold, extreme heat, desertification, floods, viruses, even zombies and strange beasts... The people of every city were terrified, living in constant dread 51.8kFavorites62.9kClicks/ch192.3kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 21. It's alright, but I don't really like the female lead's personality. Well, not that I dislike her, it's just a bit uncomfortable to read. I'll stop reading now.

22. 22 公 Road Survival Rules [Apocalypse] 公路求生守则[末世] A Particle一颗粒子Romance553k WordsOngoing Mu Xu was busy at work in her studio when everything suddenly went black, and she lost consciousness. When she woke up, the apocalypse had arrived. All of humanity had been forcibly pulled into a game called Road Survival. Only those who successfully reached the destination, Yongle Village, could escape this deadly trial. In a rundown, unfamiliar alley, Mu Xu climbed onto the only bicycle she had from the start and set out alone on the road to survival. Extreme natural disasters ravaged the 6.3kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch6kGifts

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    Having read up to chapter 39, it's about average for Jinjiang (a Chinese online literature platform). Personally, I feel there's an excessive amount of atmosphere building, but the actual plot is rather weak. For example, there are many words like "suddenly," "eyes narrowed," and "shocked," along with descriptions of ghosts' smirking faces and terrifying expressions. These words and descriptions are usually followed by a brief explanation of the female lead's inner thoughts. While this effectively creates tension and excitement, with only about 3,000 words per chapter, how much of the story actually unfolds? It makes the article feel sparse; you can just skim through it without needing to read it carefully. Regardless of the overall quality of the story, it feels rushed. The purpose of atmosphere building is to immerse the reader in the plot, but too much of it makes the plot feel sparse, ultimately negatively impacting the reading experience.

23. 23 诡 The Supernatural Descends, and I Recharge a Trillion Netherworld Coins 诡异降临，我充值千亿冥币 Fragrant Grass in an Old Alley旧巷幽草香Romance409k WordsCompleted The eerie descended, and the world's System appeared. Blue Star... collapsed completely. In a world ravaged by the eerie, only ghost money could hold off almost anything. Water, food, resources... everything had to be bought with ghost money. People went hungry and cold. The eerie was everywhere, crushing them beneath its weight. Yun Yi held on for ten years, but in the end, she couldn't withstand the enemy's attack and died in the prime of her life. Reborn, she stockpiles ghost money like cr 14.2kFavorites27.9kClicks/ch13.7kGifts

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    Having read up to chapter 37, it's just okay. I thought it would be a story about struggling to survive after the arrival of the supernatural, but it's not. It's more like a comfortable exploration of a bizarre new world. One particular challenge has taken five or six chapters to complete, and it'll probably take about ten more chapters to finish. However, this challenge lacks substantial content; it's all described indirectly, making it seem not difficult at all. The entire story has over a hundred chapters, and the overall content is probably not much, or rather, it's not engaging. The "small side stories" should have been the focus, allowing readers to experience the protagonist's charm and abilities, but they're poorly written. They're all just indirect descriptions by the author, like narration. I'll just gloss over them as difficulties and exams.

24. 24 从 The County Town Girl Who Fell from the Sky [Ancient to Modern] 从天而降的县城[古穿今] Martian Girl火星少女Romance792k WordsCompleted My next book will be The 1970s: Practicing Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong. It’s also about traveling from ancient times to the present, so feel free to add it to your reading list. The story in one sentence: An ancient county town transmigrates to the modern era. After an earthquake, satellites detect a county town that has suddenly appeared in a flattened gorge. As if it had fallen from the sky. People discover that the town has ancient city walls and buildings, and that soldiers and civilians 24kFavorites31.4kClicks/ch29.4kGifts

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    I read up to chapter 35 or 36, I can't remember. The theme was quite novel, with an entire ancient city transmigrating to the present day, but the writing was mediocre, and the structure and flow were poor. Like many other novels, many chapters didn't progress much, making it feel like I hadn't read anything at all. For me, it was the kind of story I only wanted to know the plot of, but I wasn't interested in the writing because of the poor quality.

25. 25 我 I’m Really Not a Fortune Teller (Hong Kong) 我真不是算命的！[香江] Hu Tu湖涂Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Blurb: As a qualified barefoot doctor, Su Fuling originally wanted nothing more than to carry on her family's medical tradition in Gangcheng, do good deeds to earn merit, and send the System home. But after discovering a new use for the System, she gradually started hurtling down the path of a fortune-teller. At the clinic, Su Fuling warned a man, “Sir, you'll take a tumble tomorrow and might hurt your head. It's nothing serious. You can come see me to have it bandaged.” The next day, a certain 45.2kFavorites55.4kClicks/ch107kGifts

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    Having read up to chapter 85, the plot has become quite repetitive lately: system detection - saving someone - receiving thanks - denial of being a master - his image becoming increasingly esteemed. I'll pause for now.

26. 26 天 The Sky Screen Spoils My Unification of the Four Seas 天幕剧透我一统四海 Ming Ye Bo Shuang明夜泊霜No CP434k WordsCompleted [Main story complete. Bonus chapters will be updated when time allows.] [Please read the content warnings below before you begin.] Xue Wanyue gained a new set of memories, and from then on became an oddity in the imperial family: he shunned the Confucian classics and immersed himself in miscellaneous studies and all kinds of arts; kept his distance from virtuous gentlemen and drew close to petty men; and frequented the streets, mixing with commoners... Fortunately, he was just a low-ranking, o 32.7kFavorites55.9kClicks/ch20.4kGifts

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    I've reached chapter 46, but I don't remember the content. I opened it and found I'd already read 46 chapters...

27. 27 虫21+ The Zerg's Rules of Romance 虫族恋爱法则 Liang Zhu梁烛Danmei (BL)274k WordsOngoing 18.5kFavorites16.9kClicks/ch32.3kGifts

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    I'm currently at chapter 66, which is quite engaging, but the author is updating very slowly, and I've almost forgotten the earlier plot points. It's clear that the romance storyline has just begun, and there's still a lot of content to be written. If the updates continue at this slow pace, it will be difficult to accept.

28. 28 天21+ Watching Ming Dynasty's Tyrant on the Sky Screen 天幕观影大明暴君 Weaver Magpie织鹊No CP480k WordsCompleted 33.9kFavorites61kClicks/ch60.9kGifts

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    I've read up to chapter 38, which is pretty good, but I don't like the sentimental parts.

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