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- 1 I'm an NPC! I Cheat and Slaughter Players Worldwide 我，NPC！开挂，杀疯全球玩家 [Gaming Metropolis + No Female Lead + Exploiting System Bugs + Dark, Horror-Inspired Style + Ruthless Protagonist + Do Not Read If You Want a Righteous, Saintly Hero] This is a world controlled by games. Everyone else gets to be a player. Why am I stuck as an NPC? Twelve hours on guard duty every day, no days off all year, and a pitifully meager salary? NPCs deserve to be exploited, with no chance to turn their lives around, is that it? The System descends, and I launch the game in the wrong way —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 I Became an Intelligent NPC 我成了智魂NPC Five thousand years of history have been brought together in a game with three servers: Huaxia, Europe and America, and East Asia. It’s called New Realm. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the late Eastern Han, the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Song dynasties, and the Great Ming Empire: famous generals, strategists, and rulers vie for supremacy! After transmigrating into the game as an NPC, Li Feng has no 33Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 3 Transmigrating into a Game as an NPC 穿游戏之当我变成npc [Completed] Cold, invincible powerhouse x goofy, inconspicuous NPC Nie Chuchu wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated. Fine, she’s transmigrated, but why into the game she just downloaded? And if it had to be a game, why did she have to become a background NPC? She can put up with being an NPC, but why does she have to run into the most powerful player on the entire server? Please, spare me, boss! But then... “Lady Hero, I hope you’ll take me as your disciple and teach me a thing or two. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Horror Game: I'm a Haunted House NPC 恐怖游戏：我是鬼屋NPC By a twist of fate, Lin Ze, a college freshman, becomes an NPC playing a ghost in a haunted house. To his surprise, he discovers that the haunted house where he works is actually a real murder game. Though the haunted house is cruel and gruesome, he somehow gives it a bizarre new twist... Lin Ze: A truly dedicated and professional NPC. You have to scare people, sure, but you should be able to scare ghosts, too. The ghosts in the haunted house: Stay away from us! 2Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 5 The Apocalypse Is Here, and I’ve Become a Max-Level NPC 末世了，我成为满级NPC The apocalypse arrives, and people around the world become players, while I become a max-level NPC. Quest 1: Help me boost my rank to Gold VI. (Reward: 1 class change.) Quest 2: Looking for a strategy guide. Target: Undead Overlord! Please reply ASAP, it's urgent. (Reward: 1 top-tier set for any class.) Quest 3: Long-term quest. Buying lots of delicious food. No cursed cooking. Price negotiable. (Guaranteed reward: 1 City-Building Order.) Player A: This NPC is loaded! Slurp~ Player B: Boss, can 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Became a Boss and Now the Players Are After Me 穿成BOSS后我被玩家盯上了 No romance. Jiang Yue thought she would go to the underworld after she died, but instead she transmigrated into a horror game and became a Boss. Here, players repeatedly enter horror-game instances and complete their missions to earn points, giving them a chance to leave the game and be reincarnated as humans. But Jiang Yue herself had become a Boss. To level up, she also had to complete missions and earn enough points. So Jiang Yue took to selling paintings and mugging people in this terrifying 105Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 7 I’m an NPC in the Coming Apocalypse 我在明日末世当NPC [A completed 800,000-word novel in the same genre] [Veteran author’s new book, with reliable updates] (Also known as: I’m an NPC in the Apocalypse of Tomorrow / I’m an NPC in LifeAfter) This is a world without battle qi or magic. Its strongest are the Two Emperors and One Sovereign! People call them the Grind Emperor, the Pay-to-Win Emperor, and the mightiest Lucky One! Some master the power of grinding and become Grind Emperors. Others wield the power of spending money and become Pay-to-Win Emp 71Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 8 I Play an NPC in an Escape Game 我在逃生游戏中扮演NPC [No romance + male-led story + infinite flow + character growth] "A novel in which the protagonist and the author grow and improve together" [New Blurb] There was too much injustice in the world. By a twist of fate, Pei Yan created escape-game stages based on real-world injustices, hoping that players would change what happened to the NPCs in each stage. But the players' actions were beyond Pei Yan's expectations. The redemption he had envisioned became a revelry for a bunch of villains. With n 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Everyone's Playing a Doomsday Game: I'm Actually Still an NPC 全民末日游戏：其实我还是npc [Zombie Apocalypse + Game + No Romance + Overpowered + Identity Play + Ruthless] Chen Tian transmigrates into Everybody's Doomsday Game and gains a dual identity. As a player, he's a powerful lone wolf. Anyone who gets in his way ends up beneath his blade! As an NPC, he's a smooth-talking con artist, the “big liar” players hate with every fiber of their being! He switches between his two identities. He posts quests, builds a base, recruits guards, and clears out a peaceful place to live... As th 55Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 10 Thriller Game: What Evil Could an NPC Possibly Have in Mind? 惊悚游戏：NPC能有什么坏心眼 [No CP] [Comedy] [System] Thank you for asking. When Xie Yao opens his eyes, he has no memories. All he has is a note that says: Your name is Xie Yao. If you don’t know anything, go get a job and earn money. So he comes to the service hall of a town called Ghost Domain NPC Roleplay, registers, collects his script, and begins his performance! Xie Yao discovers he has a sub-System no one else has. It tells him to collect fear points, which can also be exchanged for energy. And so, he begins dilige 351Reads9.1Score105Shelves
- 11 I Own a Dollhouse in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里有一家玩偶屋 [Infinite-Flow + System + Wild Imagination + No Romance] The doll maker Huanxi opened a doll shop in a small town, but few customers ever came by. It wasn’t just the doll shop. The flower shop run by Sister Qiong across the street, Granny Wu’s qipao shop next door, and Uncle Qian’s pawnshop were all empty too. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that strangers rarely ever appeared in town. Business was slow, but Huanxi got along well with everyone in town, and they often gathered for meals 1.1kReads8.6Score134Shelves
- 12 I Survived Until I Became Emperor, and You're Telling Me This Is an Online Game? 苟到皇帝，你告诉我这是网游？ [Farming, livestreaming, historical luminaries, laugh-out-loud comedy, the rise of nations, NPCs fighting back, and schemers everywhere] The metaverse game of the century, Rise of Nations, launches on Blue Star. Players take on the role of lords, starting from nothing and ruling nations across the world. The game features rival powers such as the Great Qin, the mighty Han, the Three Kingdoms, the prosperous Tang, and the iron-blooded Ming, alongside emperors, famed generals, and legendary beauti 2.5kReads8.6Score190Shelves
- 13 As an NPC, I Live in Peace with Players 化身NPC：我与玩家和平共处 [Score just came out] Mo Feng never dreamed that he would transmigrate into Zhan E, the game he'd played for ten years, and become a low-level NPC who couldn't even hurt a chicken. Players could revive infinitely. NPCs, on the other hand, really died when they were killed. To stay alive, Mo Feng decided to “get along peacefully” with the players. [Harvest experience] [Train players] [Manipulate the plot] [Build a faction] While other NPCs were still hunched over, painstakingly cultivating, 545Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 14 I Became an NPC in Tomorrow’s Apocalypse 成了明日末世的NPC When he woke up, he discovered that he had become an NPC in a game. Not in a game from his own world, but in the same virtual online game from another world. And to top it off, he was an NPC with a player interface. Let's see how our protagonist stirs up trouble in the game and uncovers the truth behind it all~ (May our tomorrow never come to an end.) 544Reads8.5Score102Shelves
- 15 What Should I Do After Becoming a Wild Monster NPC? 变成了野怪NPC该怎么办 [No CP] [Comedy] [Transmigration] [Online Game] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] A different world, monsters, classes, races, evolution. How will a name-forgotten spirit from the void grow? The world is unsealed and players arrive. What awaits them? “Shocking! A woman has done this in broad daylight!” “Shocking! The terrifying Demon King is chasing her!” “Shocking!…” Vivitia: “What the hell are you so shocked about?!” A mimic chest that loves eating gold coins An elf guard whose dream is to b 3.9kReads9.1Score385Shelves
- 16 Transmigrated, I Became the NPCs' Favorite 穿越后被npc团宠了 [Full-Dive Game + Online Gaming + Food + Adorable Pets] When Ye Mi woke up, she had transmigrated into a full-dive game and become a member of a beginner’s village. In the game, she discovered that the NPCs, who couldn’t care less about other players, practically spoiled her rotten. When she wanted a house built: Ye Mi: “Can I build a house here?” Carpenter: “I’ll go find someone to help build it right now. Just tell me what furniture you want. I’ll make it all for free.” Other players: “Could y 1.2kReads9.1Score160Shelves
- 17 What?! An NPC from the Escape Game Is Clinging to Me 惊！我被逃生游戏的npc缠上了 [Infinite-Flow + Two Powerful Leads + 1v1 Romance + Love and Hate] After Ni Ke killed herself, she somehow ended up in a horror game. In the first instance, she foolishly provoked an unknown NPC. Afterward, she completed the mission and made a quick getaway. She thought it was all over and that she'd finally escaped his clutches, but then he showed up as an NPC again in the second instance, holding a grudge and blocking her at every turn. She finally lost her temper and smashed the NPC's head wi 920Reads9.2Score114Shelves
- 18 The Adorable NPC Bosses Fight to Make Her Their Wife 娇娇NPC被Boss抢着做老婆 Tang Tang is an NPC who can see the players' System screens and knows how far along they are with their quests. She had planned to lie low and play an insignificant passerby, but player Huo Shaoyu noticed something suspicious about her. Forced to disguise herself with a player's secret identity, Tang Tang searched for evidence about herself and took apart her own home... Unexpectedly, she discovered that she had lost part of her memory, and the dungeon boss turned out to be her boyfriend, who ke 595Reads9.2Score105Shelves
- 19 Infinite Flow: I Reincarnated as an NPC in a Horror Game 无限流：我穿成惊悚游戏的NPC The sun falls, and the entire world transmigrates. Gu Xin, who has heart disease, had planned to take things easy, get eliminated early, and enjoy what little time she had left on Blue Star. But an error occurred during the transmigration, and she ended up as an NPC in a horror game. While she ran her doll shop and picked up odd jobs in other dungeons, hoping to earn an immigrant ship ticket as soon as possible, three strikingly handsome men suddenly appeared before her. Each claimed Gu Xin was 1.3kReads8.7Score153Shelves
- 20 Professional Game NPC: Players Cry After I Beat Them 职业游戏NPC：玩家被我虐哭了 [No female lead + lone wolf + ruthless and decisive + video game NPC + multiple worlds + players + light comedy + a bit absurd] [The protagonist never lets lust override reason] [The protagonist only wants to grow stronger] Gu Yeming transmigrates into a game and becomes an NPC, specifically Subject 1145 of the Moreid Corporation. A disastrous start! Wait, why are his combat talents maxed out from the start? What? He can choose an unlimited number of classes, too? Years later, when Gu Yeming ap 7.5kReads8.8Score764Shelves
- 21 Thriller: This NPC Has Gone on Strike 惊悚：这个NPC罢工了 [Thriller + unhinged beauty + not scary + no romance + killing all the way + invincible] The dungeon opens in Chapter Two. You can skip it. Shen Xiaoxiao is the famous S-rank dungeon NPC, the River God’s Bride, hated by countless players. One day, she suddenly realizes that players have tricked her into dying countless times. So she decides: “I quit! I’m done!” While other players painstakingly search for clues to clear the dungeon, Shen Xiaoxiao spends the whole time causing trouble in her own 3.4kReads9.3Score469Shelves
- 22 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.8kReads9.3Score569Shelves
- 23 Eerie Game NPC: I Carry the Fate of All Humanity 诡异游戏NPC，我背负了全人类 [Contains many scenes of illness and frailty. Proceed with caution.] Gu Heqing transmigrates one day and discovers he has become an NPC in a horror game. Humans keep entering the game world, while the real world is gradually being dragged into it. The livestreams show people dying horribly, and he is somehow connected to a “god” whose nature he cannot begin to understand… He has no idea where to go from here. But when he finally comes to his senses, he seems to have... become humanity’s onl 4.6kReads9.0Score554Shelves
- 24 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.4kReads9.1Score130Shelves
- 25 When Terror Descended, My Insane Social Skills Shocked the World 惊悚降临:社交牛x的我震惊世界 Qin Xiao, a world-class sales trainer and proud holder of a Social Skills Expert certificate, transmigrated into a parallel world where a terrifying game had descended. As it turned out, you could do anything you wanted as long as you had great social skills. Affection: 60 Rakshasa: “From now on, you're my brother, Lao Luo!” Affection: 90 Ghost King: “Big bro, take a look! Take a look at the kingdom your little brother conquered for you!” Affection: 100 Ghost Teacher: “Little brother, stay the n 481Reads9.4Score119Shelves
- 26 I Cling to the Boss's Leg in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里抱boss大腿 [Two male leads, one-on-one, extra sweet, both devoted to each other] [Insane, vicious big-shot player × adorable, timid NPC who clings to his powerhouse] You Li enters a horror game world and somehow becomes an NPC. While all the other NPCs scare people, You Li is the only one scaring ghosts. Sanatorium level You Li tries his best to play a ghost and scare people, only to be chased around by an insane big-shot player wielding a chainsaw, screaming the whole way. You Li: I won't scare you. Can y 7.7kReads9.5Score1.2kShelves
- 27 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.6kReads9.2Score2.8kShelves
- 28 Thriller: I Became Excessively Twisted for Fear of Looking Ungraceful 惊悚：因为担心不优雅而过度变态 [Horror + No Female Lead] A bizarre game descended, pulling all of humanity into a strange world to complete terrifying missions. Fail, and you lose life points. When your points hit zero, you die! Zhao Yi, a renowned psychiatrist, was dragged into the game too, but some unknown glitch appeared in his data source code. And so, an abnormal human emerged, one who made every ghost and monster tremble in fear! The Crybaby Ghost: I just wanted to give him a side quest, but he chopped off my head! The 73.9kReads9.5Score8.4kShelves
