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1. 1 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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   It looks nice, but it also feels a bit like a double-edged sword.

2. 2 五 Survival in Hong Kong's Wealthy Families in the 1950s 五零香江豪门生存法则 Old Monk Eats Vegetarian老衲吃素Romance902k WordsCompleted Su Wenxian transmigrates into the body of a girl living in a shantytown in 1950s Hong Kong. As soon as she arrives, her adoptive parents try to sell her off as a concubine! They’re brandishing a knife and forcing her to become one? Then they can all die together! Luckily, she is soon recognized by a wealthy family and brought back as their heiress. As soon as she returns to the family, she is told the so-called rules for surviving among the rich: First, speak less and observe more. Second, alwa 46.5kFavorites59.4kClicks/ch127.4kGifts

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   It's alright, but I feel like some things weren't explained clearly, though they might have been. For example, the precognitive letter the female lead gave out might have resolved that foreshadowing, but I feel like it wasn't fully resolved.

3. 3 帮 Helping the Big Shot Get Over His White Moonlight [Book Transmigration] 帮大佬戒掉白月光[穿书] Simon Mango西蒙芒果Romance436k WordsCompleted Qiao Ran takes a part-time job at a shop over the winter break. Bored, she reads all the novels there, but the more she reads, the stranger things get. Why do the customers have the same names as the characters in the books? Then she finds a novel about herself. The customers are all characters in novels, including her. These supporting characters will all become big shots one day, desperately pursuing their beloved first loves and meeting tragic ends. But what does any of that have to do with 19.3kFavorites76.6kClicks/ch18.4kGifts

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   Is it a bit like a mini-ensemble piece? It's also a sweet story, with everyone having their own tale.

4. 4 虚 A Virtual Idol Enters a Boy Band Audition 虚拟爱豆穿进男团选秀 Being Plain Is the Cute Part三无是萌点No CP962k WordsCompleted The night before a boy band survival show started filming, a popular contestant had a scandal. With nothing left to lose, the production team grabbed some random amateur to fill in. When the news broke, countless hate posts appeared: [Where did Jiang Xingcan come from? What a nobody. Is there no entry bar for survival shows? Any washed-up loser can get on now?] [Haha, just waiting for Jiang Xingcan to get sacrificed in the first round!] But during the first-stage performance recording... Under 30.8kFavorites37.5kClicks/ch60.2kGifts

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   It's a good read, a text-based story about boy bands. If you're interested in entertainment industry fiction, this is pretty good. But in the entertainment industry, focusing on your career is the right path.

5. 5 反 Villainous Siblings Solve Crimes in Hong Kong 反派姐弟，但在香江破案 Tracing Time溯时Romance911k WordsCompleted [Please add my upcoming books, Wicked Siblings Open a Detective Agency in Hong Kong and Opening a Detective Agency in Hong Kong with My Little Sister, to your collection!] Li Heng graduated from the police academy with first-class honors, rose through the ranks quickly, and became the youngest inspector in West Kowloon's Serious Crime Squad. Self-centered and sharp-tongued, she was prickly and had no idea how to get along with people. Her subordinates respected her professionalism and feared he 60.5kFavorites67.9kClicks/ch96.4kGifts

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   A very, very good detective novel, somewhat reminiscent of Hong Kong police dramas from the early 2000s.

6. 6 东 The Easygoing Beauty of the Eastern Palace 东宫佛系美妾 Fish Come of Their Own Accord鱼自来Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Shen Yanshui transmigrates from the apocalypse to ancient times. She has no grand ambitions and only wants to eat, drink, and coast through life. But unexpectedly, after being chosen in the imperial selection, she ends up in the Eastern Palace. Shen Yanshui: ...Fine, I'll just lie low somewhere else. But on the very night she enters the Eastern Palace, as they come together, the ability she's had since the apocalypse suddenly begins to awaken?! Shen Yanshui: ???!! Could it be that 78.2kFavorites101.8kClicks/ch129.3kGifts

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   It's a sweet and lighthearted story, quite enjoyable. I initially thought it would end when the female lead became empress, but the author wrote a bit more later on, making the later parts feel just average. However, the modern-day side stories clearly felt somewhat compressed.

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