Novels like The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Players Invade
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- 151 Beneath the Holy Flame: I Use the Fourth Calamity as Kindling 圣火之下：我用第四天灾当柴薪 (The Fourth Calamity, an ensemble cast of players, Soulslike, behind-the-scenes scheming, lighthearted and passionate. We hope our dear readers will leave suggestions! Many thanks!) The closed beta for the full-dive simulation game Under the Sacred Flame is open, promising a hardcore fantasy experience with one hundred percent realistic immersion! Players rush in excitedly, only to discover that the game is absurdly awesome. A dark tide descends, bringing apocalyptic fantasy and a perfectly imme 45Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 152 I Got Absolutely Roasted by Viewers Around the World While Livestreaming in The Classic of Mountains and Seas 我在《山海经》直播被各国网友坑惨了 I got royally screwed over by viewers from all over the world while livestreaming in the Classic of Mountains and Seas 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 The Sun Goes Out, and I Summon the Fourth Calamity 太阳熄灭，我召唤了第四天灾 The sun went out, and humanity built Beacon Towers to survive. But after three thousand years, the blazing Beacon Towers began going dark one after another due to a lack of energy. As human civilization reached the brink of life and death, Lin Qingyuan was summoned and inherited a dilapidated Beacon Tower. To avoid being swallowed by darkness and torn apart by strange beasts, he connected to Blue Star's coordinates, summoned players, and built a gaming platform, using the terrifying Fourth Calam 98Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 154 I Convinced Players the Cultivation World Was a Game, and the Whole World Went Wild 骗玩家修真界是游戏，全世界玩疯 The previous master of the Yuhua Sect has just passed away. Huang Chen takes over as sect leader and obtains the Ultimate Summoning System, which lets him summon players from Earth. From then on, the cultivation world gains an immortal, indestructible superpower. Demon Saint: “Are the people of the Yuhua Sect the real demons here?” Abyssal Ghost King: “Yuhua Sect disciples are shameless and despicable, yet they just won't die.” Orthodox Great Sects: “The Yuhua Sect is the number-one evil sect. W 1.5kReads7.1Score21614d adds
- 155 Interstellar: My Soldiers Are All Fortress Gamers 星际：我的士兵都是碉堡玩家 [Fourth-Dimensional Disaster + Absurd Comedy + Sci-Fi + Interstellar + System] [A blended universe, not just Warhammer. There’s a lot of equipment, so the pacing is a little slow. Don’t click if that’s not your thing!] After transmigrating two years ago, Qing Yu became the commander of an interstellar fleet legion and unexpectedly awakened the Mothership System. “Daily check-in successful. Soldier Recruitment System activated.” In this chaotic age, rife with war, the Fourth-Dimensional Disaster 61Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 156 The Fourth Calamity: Players Love the Real Deal 第四天灾：玩家对抗玩的就是真实 My name is Gu Bei. I'm a shut-in, and also the creator of the world. I was bored, so I created a game world. And the reason I created this game world... well, I was bored. Bored enough that, if I wanted to, I could change the minds of all humanity at any time. But I haven't, just as I haven't filled the game I created with a ton of rules. More than indulging my own whims, Gu Bei wants to discover the many possibilities of human nature. Or, to put it another way, he wants to have more fun in the 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Conquer Another World? I Choose to Summon the Fourth Calamity 征战异世界？我选择召唤第四天灾 [Farming]+ [The Fourth Calamity]+ [fiery warfare]+ [scheming male lead]+ [ensemble cast] When Earth players descended upon the continent of Oran in the form of elves, the local natives finally changed their stereotypical views of elves. Orcs: “They crave war even more than we do. They're war machines wearing elf skins.” Humans: “These elves are so cunning. Their kindness and purity were all just an act.” Goblins: “These people are going to take every last copper coin from us.” Demons: “I've alwa 514Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 158 A Village from the Start, Summoning Blue Star Players as Villagers 开局一个村召唤蓝星玩家当村民 “Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to know the terror of the world... Do you want to truly live?” What is a game? What is reality? Death isn’t the end, but a new beginning. The anguished cries of Blue Star’s players are the most real part of this game. Climb the heavenly steps, walk the road to the sky, enter the world in person, and shatter the Dao! 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Transmigrating to a Cultivation World and Summoning the Fourth Calamity 穿越修仙世界，召唤第四天灾 At the bottom of a Blackrock Mine, my life was worth less than dirt. Then one day, my System awakened and summoned billions of players from Blue Star to serve as my army. Others cultivate immortality through secluded training. I have players sweep the entire map. A sect with deep foundations? It can’t withstand my players’ endless waves of battles. An ancient evil cultivator who refuses to die? They can’t outlast my legion’s relentless assault. Across the four great star domains and the nine he 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The Fourth Calamity: I Turn the Heavens into Extraction Shooters 第四天灾：我把诸天做成搜打撤 [The Fourth Calamity] [Myriad-Heaven Dungeon Instances] [No Female Lead] [Behind-the-Scenes Protagonist] [Ensemble Cast of Players] [Sandbox Army] [Loot, Fight, Extract] Gu An has been on Blue Star for three years since transmigrating. He started out undocumented and so broke he had to split one pack of instant noodles into two meals. Then the Emotion System finished loading. Shock, fear, anger, euphoria, and despair can all be turned into currency to exchange for anything. Short on emotion 295Reads7.2Score10314d adds
- 161 Summoning Players: I Have a Cultivation World 召唤玩家：我有一个修仙世界 Jiang Wang transmigrated to a world of immortal cultivation. He thought he had landed the ultimate script, becoming an immortal from the start, but his cultivation was reduced to zero during the Holy Son trials, and he was dumped deep in the mountains. Fortunately, his System could summon players from Earth. The official story? I'll make it up! The lore? I'll write it! As for the “gameplay” of pioneering and building a base, fighting monsters, and leveling up, of course I'll leave all that to my 2.1kReads7.7Score21414d adds
- 162 1937: The Fourth Calamity Begins in Shanghai 1937，第四天灾从淞沪开始 [War of Resistance + Large-Scale Armies + Fourth Calamity + Ensemble Cast + No Female Lead] Greetings, esteemed Commander. You have arrived in the parallel world of the Republic of China, in the twenty-sixth year. The eve of the Battle of Shanghai. You can now summon players from your original world through the Fourth Calamity program. When players can exchange the Japanese soldiers they kill for all kinds of World War II weapons! From mobile infiltration operations to flanking raids, then on to 5Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 163 Sir, These Recruits Have No Fear of Death! 长官，这群新兵太不怕死了！ The Galactic Federation's Bureau of Advanced Civilizations has rated humanity [F-]: physically frail, no psychic talent, short-lived, and mentally unstable. Recommended uses: low-ranking laborers and biological batteries. Lu Chen transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck lord. Looking at the planet he has just 89 days to save from bankruptcy and breakup, he turns around and recruits a horde of “Fourth Calamity” players from Earth. And so, everything changes. When faced with terrifying wa 430Reads6.2Score12614d adds
- 164 I Built a Server in Another World, and the Nation Is Finding Players for Me 我建异界服务器，国家帮我找玩家 [Dual Transmigration] [The Fourth Calamity] [Report Back to the Nation and Let It Carry You] [No Female Lead] [Farming, Industry, and Development] [Steel Torrent] Qiu Wen accidentally transmigrates to the Desolate God Realm and absorbs its supreme authority. Refining it completely on his own would take a hundred million years. By chance, he discovers that he can use his own Huaxia bloodline as an anchor to return and summon the souls of the Huaxia people to the Desolate God Realm to help him ref 12.9kReads6.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 165 Transmigrate to Blue Star: The Fourth Calamity Helps Me Fight the Japanese 穿越蓝星，第四天灾助我抗日 Qin Xiaochuan, a gaming superstar, accidentally transmigrates to Blue Star during its War of Resistance against Japan while taking part in a game trial. With the help of his unique golden finger, the System, he summons game players, the Fourth Calamity, to join the fight. Each player has their own skills and specialties. Fighting side by side, they surge forward like an unstoppable tide, crushing the Japanese invaders until they cannot fight back. It feels incredible. Qin Xiaochuan cherishes eve 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Fellow Villager, They Really Did Send a Succubus to Our Village 老乡，村里真发魅魔了 [The Fourth Calamity + Summoning Players + Western Fantasy Worldbuilding + Anime + No Female Lead + Handing Everything Over to the State] Lu Ren got lucky and wound up in another world with a System. With a start like this, there was no way he could lose. He summoned his fellow Blue Star natives to work for him, and gave them succubi as a perk. But before the in-game beta test had even been advertised for a full day, the authorities came knocking. Day 3: Lu Shiren, Lu Shiren, how could you have 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Stop Tightening Screws and Join the Fourth Calamity 别打螺丝了，来当第四天灾吧 Comedy × The Fourth Calamity × Gaming × Ensemble cast A world teeming with countless races and every kind of magic was destroyed, only for a Fourth Calamity called players to arrive! Led by a screw-turning wage slave! Stop turning those screws already! Yesterday, the supervisor said, “Pick up the pace! We have an order to fill today. Don’t take a nap after lunch, just get right back to work!” Today, the supervisor said, “Pick up the pace! We have an order to fill today. If we don’t finish it, w 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 I Transmigrated into the Apocalypse and Can Summon the Fourth Calamity 穿越末世，我能召唤第四天灾 [Includes: interstellar warfare, humanity, Fourth Catastrophe vs. insectoid catastrophe] "An epic game is here! A one-hundred-percent realistic world, and every player gets only one life!" "A major breakthrough in brain-computer interfaces! No surgery required!" "Sign up for the free closed beta and get a gaming headset delivered to your door!" When a college student at a university on Earth clicks the sign-up button, still skeptical... That very afternoon: "Open up! Dongfeng Express!" After 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Heavenly Emperor's Legend 山海经之天帝传说 This is an ancient world from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where the six Heavenly Emperors of Chinese mythology all appear. War and blood intertwine, and life and death part forever. The Lord of Mount Kunlun looks down from on high over the entire world of mountains and seas. Does he truly mean to bring prosperity to this continent, or does he have another plan? As the human youth Dijun grows step by step, what else will accompany him? Self-interest is the root of everything that happens i 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 My Players Are All Superhuman 我的玩家都超神了 [Otherworld] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Territory Building] + [Comedy] + [Slow Burn] + [Slice of Life] What if players were invited to help him complete quests through a game, with lifelike sensations and a fully immersive experience? Tempted? “Welcome to the Chosen World. Don’t doubt it: this really is just a game world.” Lu Zhen spread his arms and said to the players before him. “Why do we have to build the starter village ourselves?” “Wait, we have to unlock the monster encyclopedia ourselve 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Things That Happened When I Transmigrated into an Interstellar War 关于我穿越到星际战争中那些事 This is a player-focused sci-fi story set in the future, not a wish-fulfillment story. Qin Mu is hit by a truck and transmigrates to the future. It is now the year 2100. Humanity has discovered aliens, and war has begun. Governments pretend to hold drills simulating an alien invasion, so ordinary people will think the military is just conducting exercises. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 172 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Scientific Cultivation 山海经：科学修仙 To resurrect Pangu and repel the invasion of Chaos, the creatures of the Classic of Mountains and Seas chose to bring forth living beings inside Pangu's inner universe and experiment on them. The protagonist, Chen Yu, was Zhujuyin's test subject. He took the path of the walking dead, hoping to bring Pangu back in a different form. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Fourth Calamity: Players Become Villains and Go on a Killing Spree 第四天灾：成为反派的玩家杀疯了 [Lovecraftian]+ [Stirring Up Trouble]+ [No Bottom Line]+ [Laying Low and Growing]= [Fourth Calamity Players] The ancient game of evolution has once again descended upon the Myriad Worlds. Su Ming realizes something seems off: humanity appears to have become the great villain of the Myriad Worlds. “I want to file a complaint. These humans killed the quest giver ahead of time, then pretended to be the quest giver and tricked my innocent heart.” The protagonist of a certain world reports them to th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: From the Start, I Awakened Xing Tian and Slay Gods 山海经：开局觉醒刑天，斩神 [Decisive and ruthless + invincible protagonist + giant beasts + no female lead = ???] (The rankings don’t reflect strength. The further you read, the better it gets.) The day an ancient book with no words hit me, I transmigrated to another world by accident. The book came with me and became my supernatural ability. After fifteen years of hardship, I discovered by chance that this battered old book had a hundred gods sealed inside it To unseal them, I had to use my life as ink! After beheading —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 Tales of the Shan Hai Demons 山海妖奇谈 A different kind of urban Classic of Mountains and Seas world, full of scheming monsters! 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 Doomsday: Summoning Players 末日之召唤玩家 [Apocalypse + Building + Design] Jiang Bai arrives in an apocalyptic world with nothing to his name, but gains a System that can summon players. He turns this world into a game and begins summoning players to log in. He posts quests, and the players start chopping wood and hunting. They build a base and fight off the mutants. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Journey to the West: Hello, Buddha. I'm a Gamer 西游：佛祖你好，我是游戏玩家 [Journey to the West + Primordial World + Sun Wukong + Fourth Calamity + System + Dark Heavenly Emperor] Wei Qing transmigrates into the world of Journey to the West and becomes a ghost general in the Underworld. The calamity of the Journey to the West is coming, and the Monkey King is about to wreak havoc in the Underworld. Wei Qing is destined to be nothing but cannon fodder! Fortunately, Wei Qing’s System awakens just in time, allowing him to communicate with the Myriad Worlds and summon play 77Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 178 My Disciple Is Actually a Meme Player 我徒弟竟是沙雕玩家 Six years flew by in the blink of an eye after he transmigrated, and Xiao Lie finally got a sect of his own and activated the Sect System! Citizens of the Great Foodie Nation logged in through a game launcher and became disciples in his sect! And so: Sekiro players: Those monsters can kill me with one hit, but as long as I play my cards right, I can wear them down all the same! Minecraft players: Watch me work my building magic! I’ll design the sect! Pay-to-win players: Where’s the top-up screen 35Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 179 Sect Master: My Disciples Are Out of Control! 掌门：我的弟子太疯狂！ After transmigrating to an immortal-hero world, Wang Chen took over a sect. He had no disciples, and he was a good-for-nothing sect leader. [Ding-dong! The “Everyone Cultivates Immortality System” has awakened!] [Host can summon players from Earth to enter the world of the Nine Provinces!] [From now on, Host is this world’s administrator! The mastermind behind the scenes!] [If one transmigrator can’t handle a problem, then send in a whole group of transmigrators!] And so, A strange sect appeared 18Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 180 I Transmigrated Into a Rock and Summoned Players 穿越成石头后，我召唤玩家 [Transmigration]+ [Otherworld]+ [Farming and Development]+ [The Fourth Calamity] Charlotte transmigrated to another world. That should have been good news. After all, transmigration had become all the rage, and there were hardly any natives left in other worlds... And everyone knew that transmigration came with a golden finger! Unfortunately, Charlotte had transmigrated into a rock, one with special abilities. Even more unfortunately, Charlotte spent nearly a year asleep before the down-on-her-l 799Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 181 The Primordial Land Is Full of Players, and the Gods Have Given Up 洪荒大地都是玩家，神佛摆烂了 A satisfying Fourth Calamity story: fighting demon clans, battling gods and demons, a System, conquest, farming, and the rise of humanity across heaven and earth Anyone who bullies humanity will be killed. Anyone who seeks to wipe us out will die. Anyone who stands in the way of humanity's rise can be killed, gods and demons included. I want humanity to rule this primordial world. After transmigrating to the primordial world, Xiao Yi inherits a village that has been slaughtered by monsters fro 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 We Are the Fourth Calamity Rescue Squad 我们是第四天灾救援队 War of Resistance setting + magical World War II + showing off to the max In a parallel universe, Blue Star. When a game connects to reality. A group of Battlefield players with two and a half years of playtime are suddenly sent through time and connected by Blue Star's world consciousness to the brutal Second World War on Blue Star. Their mission is to protect the people of the Flowering Kingdom, who have endured untold suffering while refusing to submit to the invasion. When a bunch of nox 541Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 183 Watch Me Recruit the Fourth Calamity 看我特招第四天灾 A foundation, fourth-dimensional disasters, and stories that weave through all kinds of worlds. This is my first work, and I hope you'll give it a try. If you know any good books, please recommend them to me. I'm out of things to read too, and I hope this book might inspire others to write. 7Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 184 Fourth Calamity: You Damn Game Dev, Get Out Here! 第四天灾，狗策划你给我滚出来！ [The Fourth Calamity] [Behind-the-Scenes Style] [Game Novel] [Players] [Absurd Comedy] [Multiple Worlds] Luo Qi is bound to a dilapidated Lord God Space, but the Lord God refuses to give up on reclaiming its former glory. “What? You want me to recruit reincarnators? Lord God, times have changed.” “Look at them. Reincarnators who can die in an instant can't compare to fearless, ridiculous players…” Luo Qi stands at the peak of the myriad heavens with countless players decked out in all kinds of b 689Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 185 Undead Emperor: All My Underlings Are Idiot Players 亡灵大帝：我的手下都是傻雕玩家 After transmigrating to the Underworld for half a month, Lei Luo finally becomes a lowly undead lord through his own efforts and activates the Otherworld Summoning System. From the start, he summons his Blue Star buddies, whose souls transmigrate as a group. They use skeleton soldiers to rebuild their bodies and become the Underworld's version of the Fourth Calamity! Where's Diao Chan: Oh my god! This isn't the Underworld at all. It's practically paradise! Diao Chan on My Waist: Not even a god c 281Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 186 I Hunt Strange Beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas 我在山海经里斩异兽 Do you believe the creatures recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are real? Or do you believe that monsters really exist in this world? Perhaps they all vanished in some catastrophe long ago. Perhaps a group of people whose names are unknown have been protecting this world. Ye Chen, a college student who has just graduated, gets his hands on an original copy of the Classic of Mountains and Seas by chance and awakens extraordinary abilities. Most importantly, he discovers that the girl h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Online Game: I Cultivate Immortality by Summoning Players 网游：我靠召唤玩家修炼成仙 [Game + Xianxia + Summoning Players] Fang Jian transmigrated to the xianxia world of Xihuang Realm and became the sole survivor of the fallen Luoyun Sect. By chance, he found the Void Ring in the sect's ancestral grounds. It contained a remnant soul of the Luoyun Sect's founding saintess, as well as a player-summoning System. The saintess said that if Fang Jian could restore the Luoyun Sect and resurrect her, she'd consider marrying him. Fang Jian replied, “Let's wait until you're resurrected an 17Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 188 I’m Coming Clean: The Princess Summons the Fourth Calamity 摊牌了，郡主反手召唤第四天灾 [System] + [Conquer the realm] + [Some infrastructure and farming] + [The Fourth Calamity] After being reborn in the womb and spending fourteen years in this world, she loses her family and ends up in a remote, desolate city, where she binds herself to a lost System. Barbarian tribes threaten from beyond the borders, while other princes wait for their chance within. Watch her recruit worthy officials, bring corrupt ones to justice, and take the world by storm. A thunderous sound shakes the s 20Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 189 From the Start, Facing a Machine Uprising, I Fight Back with the Fourth Calamity 开局智械危机，我以第四天灾抗衡 In 2070, an AI crisis erupted on Blue Star. The artificial intelligence known as Skynet launched all of humanity's missiles at major cities. Within days, Blue Star had become a wasteland, and humanity had splintered. Across the wasteland, machines ran rampant, radiation was everywhere, animals mutated, and humans eked out a miserable existence underground. Reborn in the wasteland, Ling Feng comes equipped with a universal chip. He summons a new troop type and begins rebuilding the wasteland. Thi 29Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 190 Xuanhuan: I Summon Earth Players from the Start 玄幻：我，开局召唤地球玩家 [Fourth Catastrophe + Passionate + Hilarious + Inspirational + One Female Lead + System + Invincible + Delusions] As a transmigrator, Wu Feitian endured ten years of trials and tribulations before finally founding a sect of his own! He became the sect leader! And the disciples under his command had all been summoned from Earth by the System! So... Clumsy player: Damn, what kind of newbie monster is this? I've died 146 times and still haven't beaten it! Elite player: Everyone, stand back! It's ti 129Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 191 Surviving the Apocalypse: The Players Are Vicious 末世求生之玩家凶猛 In 2030, a U.S. geological survey company opened the gates of hell while drilling to a depth of ten thousand meters. That day became known as “Judgment Day.” From then on, the world became a wasteland. Humanity struggled to survive on this ravaged earth. Wang Mo, who had transmigrated here, unexpectedly unlocked the Shelter System, which could summon beings from Earth known as players. Making cement, cultivating fields, cooking delicious food, building camps, manufacturing gunpowder, researching 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Summoning Foodie Players to Dominate the Apocalypse 召唤吃货玩家制霸末世 [Fourth Disaster + ensemble cast + world-building + no heroine + everyone’s a clown + lighthearted] Yang Li had struggled for ten years in the apocalypse to become a local power, only to be betrayed by his subordinates in the final battle. When he opened his eyes, he was back seven days before the apocalypse began. Facing parents who favored his younger brother over him, Yang Li had long since stopped letting his family manipulate him. He played the fool, outsmarted them, then took their money a 6Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 193 I Am the Abyss: Summoning Demons and Goofy Players 我是深渊，召唤恶魔和沙雕玩家 Su Chang'an transmigrated to a multiverse and accidentally merged with a nascent Abyssal World. It had fallen after acting far too arrogantly and being attacked by the countless worlds around it. Su Chang'an decided to summon Earth players, turn them into goofy demons, and invade world after world. People across the multiverse were shocked, baffled by these goofy demons. Demons could cultivate immortality? Demons could spread their faith and become gods? Demons could pilot space battleships? Dem 36Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 194 Don't Panic, Sis, Watch Me Summon the Fourth Calamity! 妹妹别慌，看哥召唤第四天灾！ [One Heroine] [Comedy] + [Farming in Another World] + [The Fourth Calamity] “Brother, even if I’m gone, you have to keep living well...” “Foolish girl, don’t do anything stupid. Your big brother will turn this around against all odds!” The enemy poisons the well. “Brothers, I found something good! Come see whose poison resistance is the most insane!” The enemy unleashes monsters. “Holy crap, guys, tons of mobs have spawned in the Quebei wheat fields! Hurry, before someone else snatches them!” Th 187Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 195 My Apocalypse Game Is Absolutely Realistic 我的末世游戏绝对逼真 Game designer Jiang Yuan was determined to create a hit post-apocalyptic game. System: “Easy. I'll toss you into a real apocalypse so you can experience it for yourself!” Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded. He'd actually transmigrated to a nuclear wasteland, where zombies and mutated beasts roamed everywhere and the few human survivors scavenged for garbage among the ruins. Tired of doing all the work himself, Jiang Yuan decisively put out a call online for suckers: “Anyone want to play a post-apocalypt 265Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 196 The World of Giant Insects: My Players Are Too Ferocious! 巨虫世界，我的玩家们太凶猛了！ [The Fourth Calamity] + [Apocalypse] + [Online Game] The 100% realistic game Giant Insect Disaster has entered its open beta! The world has been devoured by giant insects, and the lands turned to sand are nothing but desolation. Yet even in this utterly hopeless world, there is an oasis. Inside the Kindling Base, players carry earthworms as huge as Titan pythons, while others drag giant ants the size of mountains, as if showing off the spoils of their hunts. The remains and exoskeletons of giant 6Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 197 I’m the Fourth Calamity’s Boss, and I Drive Lords Insane 我，第四天灾头子，逼疯领主 Lu Chen had played online games for over a decade, but this was the first time he'd seen a holographic game this outrageous. A 100% fully immersive experience for all the senses, adjustable pain levels, potions that regrew severed limbs available with a casual purchase, infinite revivals without death penalties, and NPCs with AI so lifelike they seemed human. While everyone else was cautiously feeling out quests in the starter village, he was already charging headfirst into a band of orc raiders 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 I Scavenge in the Wasteland, and Players Call Me Boss 我在废土捡垃圾，玩家们叫我大佬 [Fourth Calamity + Wasteland + NPC Disguise + Battle of Wits + Ensemble Cast] Year 217 of the Ash Calendar, the Ashen Wastes. Chi Jin has survived for ten years using “mutation detection,” hearing fear, lies, and hidden cards in the frequencies of radiation veins. Then he runs into a group of people whose “radiation frequencies are all wrong”: they walk over landmines without fear, call dying “logging off,” and refer to the wasteland as a dungeon. They think this is a full-dive game. In three da 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 You Call This a Starter Village? 你们管这叫新手村 [System alert: Xu Village survival rate, 0.3%. Everyone is doomed.] [Time until the Fourth Calamity descends: 28 days] [Village Chief privilege: Change one fundamental rule, at the cost of one day of your life] Other transmigrators get a System. Xu Mu gets the anti-abuse rules he wrote himself. No one taking the quest? One bowl of fish soup and the whole village gets to work. Bandits block the entrance? Turn the village into a dungeon. Twenty-eight days later, one hundred thousand players stor 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 I Am the God of Creation 我是造世神 Creation + Cultivation World + Technological Civilization + Primordial Chaos... God gave Ning Yuan a second chance to choose. Taking up the authority of the previous Creator God, Ning Yuan arrived in a lifeless world and began a new chapter as its Creator God: What sparks will fly when an unrivaled cultivator meets a deity of the Western faiths, when a cheat meets someone who transmigrated, and when Heaven's chosen child meets Fate's chosen child...? 1Reads6.2Score—14d adds
