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- 1 Urban: Showing Off My Wealth from the Start Earned Me Ten Consecutive Draws 都市：开局炫富奖励十连抽 After trying out for the Xia Shang Zhou Basketball Club, he was given a ten-year ban by the league. Reduced to hauling bricks on a construction site, he unexpectedly gained the Sports Style System and began his rise to the top! “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you received a pair of Nike Air Yeezy 2 Red Octobers, worth 111 million!” “...A Bugatti La Voiture Noire, worth 126 million!” “...You received Prince Gong’s Mansion, of unknown value!” “…” From then on, he lived a life of luxury, young an 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Showbiz: I Became a Detective While Working as a Paparazzo! 娱乐：当个狗仔，我成神探了！ [Showbiz]+ [Paparazzi]+ [System]+ [Major Celebrity Scandals]+ [Master Detective]+ [Lucky Physique]+ [Awarded for Meritorious Service] When Zhen Yong woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become a paparazzo staking out celebrities! Just as he was about to change careers because his values were all wrong, the “Quacka-Gossip” System suddenly appeared! As long as he secretly photographed a celebrity scandal, he would receive a huge reward! Why wait, then? And so Zh 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Sell Ridiculously Expensive Goods at My Street Stall 我摆地摊卖天价货 [God of War + Invincible + Face-Slapping + Urban] Since graduating from college, Qin Zeyang has worked here for three years. As the company has grown, his monthly salary has climbed from a few thousand to fifty thousand. But Qin Zeyang finds this life too dull and monotonous. He can even picture exactly what he'll be like fifty years from now with his eyes closed: a little more money, a slightly bigger belly, and a little more weight. Nothing else will have changed. A person has to live for hims 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Livestream: From the Start, I Humiliated the Crab Woman, and He Was Amazing 直播：开局掀翻螃蟹女，他太顶了 [Livestreaming + Big Spender + Daily Life + Positive Vibes] Li Mu gets an environmental-protection System for livestreaming and happens to run into his childhood friend on a blind date, where the guy is being treated like a clueless sucker. "First, marry me. You'll have to give me 50,000 a month as spending money. That's fine, right?" "Oh, and the car doesn't have to be too fancy. A Maserati will do. I can't stand riding in anything too cheap." "The house needs to be big, too. At least three bed —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 I Can See How Much This Thing Is Worth! 我能看见这东西值多少钱！ [Satisfying + antiques appraisal + business warfare + lighthearted comedy] After repeating his final year of high school twice, Zhang Yue’s college entrance exam results kept getting worse. He had almost been good enough for Peking University, but in the end he couldn’t even get into a regular university. In a fit of frustration, Zhang Yue decided to take a break from school and went with his Second Uncle to learn the trade at an antiques shop in the capital. To his surprise, his eyes suddenly m 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Livestreaming from the Antique Market: I Buy a House and Car for 50 Yuan from the Start! 直播古玩城：开局50块买房买车！ Zhou Zhou gets the Treasure Recovery System, starts livestreaming, and takes on the challenge of buying a house and a car with just 50 yuan. His eye for antiques never fails, earning him the nickname King of Bargain Finds. He becomes the top outdoor streamer, makes a fortune, and reaches the pinnacle of life! 90Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 7 Live Treasure Appraisal: From the Start, I Pick Up a Tiny Ten-Thousand-Yuan Bargain 直播鉴宝：开局捡个十万小小漏 After Ye Ran survives a car accident, he acquires the Myriad Things Recycling System. With his appraisal eye, anything can be recycled, and nothing can escape its scrutiny. He scores a rare Qing Dynasty stamp for one yuan and sells it for a hundred thousand. He picks up a piece of scrap metal for ten yuan. An expert identifies it as the sword Xiang Yu used to take his own life and offers ten million for it. With the System at his disposal, Ye Ran roams all kinds of markets, snapping up treasures 253Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 8 Livestreaming Scrap Hunting for Hidden Treasures: Starting with 100,000-Fold Profits 直播收破烂捡漏，开局十万倍暴利 Wang Heng, a down-on-his-luck streamer, unexpectedly acquires the [Secondhand Goods Recycling System]. It lets him appraise, repair, recycle, and modify all kinds of items. One day, he trades a fake bronze ding that he bought from a street vendor for a hundred yuan for a damaged folding fan and a broken wartime radio transmitter from an old man. Netizens can't make heads or tails of it, mocking his baffling move and saying it'll bankrupt him. But after he repairs the fan and takes it to an antiq 89Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 9 I Asked You to Play a Village Committee Member, So Why Are You Acting Like Uncle Dong? 让你演村委，东叔不高兴是什么鬼 Xiao Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and discovers he’s taking part in a show where he must enter AI-generated film scenes and play a role! The production team gives the theme: [War of Resistance] While the other contestants are shocked that they’ll have to face the enemy’s main forces right from the start, elite troops among the elite, and wonder whether they should make a strategic retreat and attack from the rear, Xiao Yi immediately launches into a furious rant! “What the hell kind of e 669Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 10 Bargain-Hunting Livestream: I Stop Once I've Made a Million a Day 直播捡漏：每天赚够百万就收手 Gao Xing, a small-time internet celebrity livestreamer, unexpectedly awakens the Treasure-Appraisal Livestream System and begins his journey to turn his life around. “Boss, want this sancai pottery? Just say the word and I'll bring it right to your door.” “Get lost. A modern fake doesn't belong in my collection.” “Boss, boss, surely this Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain is good enough? Look at the glaze, look at that kiln blush. It's obviously the real deal.” “Have a nice day. It's a fake a 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 I'm a Street Vendor, and Selling Crime-Solving Clues Is Perfectly Reasonable 摆地摊的我，卖破案线索很合理吧 On a bustling night-market street, Song Tang sets up a little street stall. He used to sell nothing but small goods, but everything changes after a police officer pays him a visit. Not only does he activate the Detective Clue Guessing System, but more and more police officers start coming to him by reputation. "Song Tang, do you have any leads to sell on the serial murders in Dongzhou? Don't worry, we'll make it worth your while!" "Boss Song, would you be interested in hearing about last night's 8.8kReads8.8Score625Shelves
- 12 Crime Solving: The Perfect Crime That Started It All! 破案：从一场完美犯罪开始！ Behind what seemed like a simple prison break lies a flawless crime. Every deduction points to that perfect man, yet not a shred of evidence can prove it. He became the obsession of police captain Xia Ge, and that obsession became her partner. A murder with no victim, copycats everywhere, an evil bridge club... One baffling case after another, each leaving the police helpless, has made him famous as a consulting detective. Is he an angel or a demon? No one knows. Perhaps he is simply atoning for 5Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 13 A Tech Geek’s Deduction 技术宅推理 By chance, Xu Musheng helps the police crack a brutal kidnapping case that sends shockwaves through the entire Jiangbei Public Security Bureau. He thinks it is just a brief interruption in his hectic daily life, but then two goddesses come seeking him out, and even stranger cases follow in their wake. Can Xu Musheng pierce the layers of confusion and uncover the truth? As his extraordinary family background gradually comes to light, how will his relationships with the goddesses develop? 1.5kReads8.9Score134Shelves
- 14 From the Start, I Find Treasures at Panjiayuan and Multiply My Profits Ten Thousandfold 开局潘家园捡漏，利润飙升一万倍 Xu Cong gets the Antiques Authentication System, which can identify whether any item is genuine. He thinks it’ll be pretty useless, but an online video about finding hidden treasures reignites his hope. So he goes to Panjiayuan Antique Market and finds a gold pattern coin from the Qing dynasty for just 180 yuan, then sells it for 1.8 million. He chips in 4,000 yuan with others to buy a rare set of Large Dragon stamps, then sells it for a premium of 8 million. He finds an inscription rubbing of t 5.9kReads8.3Score324Shelves
- 15 My Pinduoduo Connects to a World of Runaway Inflation 我的拼夕夕连接物价膨胀世界 Ye Feng bought a secondhand Redmi phone at a used-goods market, but the previous owner hadn't factory-reset it. He opened the Pinduoduo app to buy a phone case. To his surprise, the cheapest one cost three million. And that wasn't all: everything else was outrageously expensive, too. A bottle of Coke cost three million. Phones and computers cost anywhere from ten to a hundred billion. 36.2kReads7.2Score3.8kShelves
- 16 We Met After Online Dating, and I Accidentally Had My Father-in-Law Arrested 网恋奔现，误把老丈人抓进警局 Qin Yu is reborn as a student at a police academy and awakens the Sign-In System, which grants him rewards. One day, while on his way to meet his online girlfriend, he runs into a bank robbery. Undaunted by the danger, Qin Yu bravely defeats the robbers and sends all four armed men to prison. But just as his school is holding an awards ceremony in his honor, someone from the military arrives and informs him that one of the men he arrested was a chief of staff! He thinks the misunderstanding will 11.9kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
- 17 The System Keeps Feeding Me Success, and I’ve Won So Many First-Class Merits I’m Tired of Counting 系统追着喂饭，一等功拿到手软 Ye Chang’an was once saved by the police, and from then on, he was determined to become a police officer. On his first day at work, just after arriving at the local police station, a voice rang out in his mind. [Ding! Criminal System successfully bound.] [As a professional criminal, you must make preparations before taking action.] [Commit crimes when police presence is thin to reduce the risk of getting caught.] [Mission: Investigate the detailed shift schedule of the police officers at Tangwu 62.3kReads8.5Score9.1kShelves
- 18 The Ultimate Salvage King 极品打捞王 71% of Earth's surface is surrounded by oceans, and at least three million sunken ships lie quietly on the seafloor, waiting to be discovered! What does that mean? Wealth? Fame? No! No! No! In the eyes of Xiao Peng, the King of Salvage, that's all garbage! As a cleaner of the ocean, every one of these shipwrecks... IS! MINE! 19.1kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves
- 19 King of Deduction: From the Start, I’m Caught in a Case Within a Case 推理之王：开局就是案中案 [No System + No Golden Finger + Hard-Core Deduction + Criminal Investigations + Female Lead] Getting Shen Mu transferred to the criminal investigation squad was the retiring station chief’s sole request to the authorities. Xiao Ruowu, captain of the criminal investigation squad, couldn’t help wondering: Could someone so refined-looking really handle police work? On his first day at a crime scene, while everyone else discussed the case, Shen Mu wandered around. When everyone was at a loss, he sai 31.2kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
- 20 I Told You to Play a Fugitive! Play the Part, Got It? 让你扮演逃犯，扮演！懂吗！ A citywide escape reality show challenges contestants to play fugitives. Anyone who can last 30 days without getting caught wins a staggering 1 billion yuan! Yuan Yifan is Contestant No. 22, but he plays the part so convincingly that he looks like a real hardened criminal. While the other contestants hide in sewers and sleep under bridges, Fugitive No. 22 stays in luxury hotels and attends parties with the rich and powerful. Skydiving, extreme inline skating, free solo climbing: there’s nothing 341Reads8.6Score100Shelves
- 21 Fusing All Things, Starting with the Special Forces 从特种兵开始融合万物 He transmigrates into the world of special forces and becomes a soldier in Recon Company Six, where he obtains the Myriad Fusion System. Fusion: He gains the Myriad Combat Arts, a skill encompassing every style and technique. Fusion: He gains 3D Scanning Marksmanship. Newton's coffin lid won't stay shut. Fusion: He gains the Myriad Scanning skill. Wherever his mind reaches, nothing can escape… Lao Pao: “Goutou Lao Gao, with Lin Tian here, Lone Wolf is even stronger.” Lao Gao: “Don't you damn men 9.8kReads9.0Score902Shelves
- 22 Torchlight [Criminal Investigation] 炬火【刑侦】 Dozens of high-stakes, mind-bending cases. A detective and a psychologist join forces to solve crimes, uncover the truth, and probe human nature. (Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + strange tales + revenge plots + perfect partners + light horror + suitable for the easily frightened.) This novel is the second installment in Confession, also known as The Truth About Murder. Once again, it follows detective captain Ti An and psychologist Zhao Yao 6.7kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
- 23 A Wanted Criminal Sneaks into My House, Then Gets So Scared He Calls the Police 通缉犯潜入我家，却被吓到报警 [High-IQ plots: staged accidental killings and locked-room murders] [A satisfying high-IQ story with logical twists] Ye Chen transmigrated to Blue Star and obtained a Screenwriter System. And so, one screenplay after another became reality: “Headless Yaksha Serial Murders,” “The Butterfly Effect: Staging Accidental Killings,” “The Fourteenth Perfect Locked-Room Murder,” “Using Natural Phenomena to Design the Perfect Accidental Killing”… Every one of these was a high-IQ perfect crime, imposs 2kReads8.5Score251Shelves
- 24 He Shen in the City 和珅在都市 On February 22, 1799, Heshen received a white silk cord from the Jiaqing Emperor and met his end. Somehow, he found himself in the future, in 1983. As an ancient man in a modern city, how will he make his way in the world? 28.7kReads9.3Score4kShelves
- 25 Steady Cultivation: From the Start, My Perk Is Work-Life Balance 稳健修仙：开局词条劳逸结合 [Cultivation · Cautious Protagonist · Playing the Fool to Catch the Wise · Traits · Fame · Lie Flat · Longevity · Farming] (This book has been adapted into a short drama and an animated comic.) Su Yuan is reborn in a cultivation world and discovers that the path to cultivation is full of obstacles: he has no talent, no resources, and no connections. Luckily, he activates a System and obtains Traits with astonishing effects! [Work and Rest in Balance]: You’re great at balancing work and rest. The 45.2kReads8.2Score3.6kShelves
- 26 Major Crime Investigation Files 刑侦大案录 6.5kReads6.9Score424Shelves
- 27 Is It Really So Strange for a Delivery Driver to Show Up at a Crime Scene? 外卖员出现在案发现场很合理吧？ [System + crime-solving mystery + one heroine] Food delivery driver Su He accidentally gets caught up in a murder case and binds to a God-Tier Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him a reward! With the System's help, his life starts taking some unexpected turns. “Hello, I need to report a murder. Mingjia Community, Building 1, Unit 2, Apartment 603. Someone's been killed... Yes, I'm safe right now... Two people are dead... The killer? Well, I locked him outside... I had nothing to do with 15.5kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 28 I Took Over My Own Body 我夺舍了自己 An accident turned Chen Luo into a vessel for his parallel-world selves, who had died and come back to life. He was possessed by his counterparts from parallel worlds. Every time Chen Luo fulfilled an unfinished wish of one of his parallel selves, he gained a skill they had learned, such as combat, languages, computers, firearms, and more. Assassin Chen Luo: “Let's go paint the town red!” Playboy Chen Luo: “My blade is practically begging for a taste!” Master Thief Chen Luo: “Next, we're going t 14.6kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
- 29 One Sentence from Me, and a Death Row Inmate Walks Free 我一句话，死刑犯在法庭无罪释放 [System + lawyer + livestreaming + Madman Zhang San + no heroine + no romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + face-slapping + no logic. Short dramas have been released in multiple versions in China and overseas.] Xue Shen, an intern lawyer earning 2,000 yuan a month, unlocks the Ultimate Lawyer System from the start and takes the legal world by storm, shocking the globe! With his cheat ability Suspect A: “I killed someone.” Xue Shen: “You’re innocent.” Later, the truth comes out: the suspect rea 6.3kReads9.2Score758Shelves
- 30 Surrender 自首 (Now streaming on iQIYI. Starring Xu Weizhou, Guo Junchen, and Xiao Yan. A criminal police captain, played by Xu Weizhou, teams up with a psychologist, played by Guo Junchen, to solve cases and capture the monsters of the human heart. Mystery + deduction + psychologist + episodic cases + serial murders + high-IQ crimes + revenge plots + strange tales and records + best partners + light horror + suitable for the faint-hearted) “I killed someone.” A girl turns herself in, claiming that she killed 21.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves
- 31 You're a Traffic Cop. Is It Appropriate to Take a Homicide Case? 你一个交警，抢刑侦的案子合适吗 He transmigrated to a parallel world and became a graduate of the police academy. When Xu Lin received his job assignment, he was completely bewildered. He had graduated top of his class with perfect marks in criminal investigation, and was about to become a criminal investigator. So why had they assigned him to the traffic police? What was that supposed to mean? They wouldn’t let him work criminal investigations? Fine. A traffic cop could take on criminal investigations, too. On his first day a 94.5kReads9.3Score10.5kShelves
- 32 You’re the Expert Team, So Why Are You Learning Criminal Investigation from Me, a Fugitive? 你专家组，怎么跟我一逃犯学刑侦 Su Chen, who specialized in unsolved cold cases, transmigrated to a parallel world and was selected for a reality show about escape. He would be the show’s sole fugitive, hunted by a team of top experts selected from within the public security system! The show’s purpose was to showcase the power of the police and show the public just how easy it was to catch someone in modern society. But no one expected Su Chen to infiltrate the public security system from the start. Using his own methods of si 14.8kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
- 33 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.8kReads8.5Score683Shelves
- 34 The Underworld Detective 阴间神探 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 73.8kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves
- 35 Solving Cases Takes Someone Like Me [Criminal Investigation] 破案需要我这样的人才【刑侦】 When it comes to Ling Wuyou, even an ant passing by would turn to its companion and say, “Don't mess with that lunatic!” Say a couple of words to her and she'll blow up like a firecracker. She doesn't care one bit about acting like a respectable adult. While she was studying at the police academy, she taught quite a few classmates a lesson more than once. It's because she's not very strong, but her dirty tricks are endless. Later, the lunatic became a proud police officer. She'd say, “Who wants 106kReads9.4Score16.7kShelves
- 36 Learning Feng Shui from Third Grandpa 跟着三爷爷学风水 Born into a family of Feng Shui practitioners, I became someone who defies fate the moment I entered the world of Yin-Yang Feng Shui. As one strange event after another unfolded, I learned to recognize fortune and misfortune, ward off disaster, and handle everything with ease. To all the brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunties passing by, please leave a book review here! Remember to comment, too! Thank you! If you like learning, remember to bring your brain along. There’s plenty of useful informa 34.1kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
- 37 The Devil Reversed 恶魔逆位 “If I wanted to kill him, I wouldn’t use a method this laughably clumsy.” After the black-haired girl in black finished speaking in the interrogation room, she didn’t say another word. The way she calmly studied the photograph made it seem more like she was admiring the victim’s gruesome death. In the photo was a cold, white bathtub filled with shocking amounts of blood. A man lay slumped inside, his deathly pale body visible only from the shoulders up. The deceased was Zhou Haixiong. He had 39kReads9.5Score6kShelves
- 38 I Woke Up with 40 Murder Cases on My Hands 一觉醒来：我背上了40起命案 Chen Xiao wakes up to find everything around him strangely unfamiliar. The only thing beside him is a diary. He thinks it might explain his current predicament, but as he reads, he begins to doubt whether its contents are real. It is clearly a record of crimes committed by “himself.” Just as Chen Xiao is about to read on, the piercing wail of police sirens downstairs jolts him awake, and he can't help imagining the worst... 29.5kReads9.3Score3.1kShelves
- 39 A Common Man Takes the Stage 匹夫驾到 (Signed for print publication) (One heroine, no System, not a power fantasy, Chinese-style supernatural abilities) Among the infinite parallel worlds, there is a special world called Nanke, and a special group of people known as Calamity Exorcists. They soar through the skies and burrow underground, know the past and present, and travel between parallel worlds in different eras to carry out missions. A young man who calls himself a commoner is chosen by fate to enter Nanke’s mysterious academy, 76.1kReads9.4Score7.7kShelves
- 40 Going Viral Starts with Calling the Cops 爆红从报警开始 Microdrama style, silly and lighthearted. The protagonist has no romantic pairings, male or female. Actor Mo Fei gets a Role System. From a holy monk, he gains an ability to attract criminals; from a serial killer, he learns human anatomy; from a detective, he learns to talk to cats; from a master thief, he learns sleight of hand... To everyone else, all of this seems downright bizarre. Would a normal actor radiate murderous intent? Would a normal actor know the human body so well? Would a norma 58.9kReads9.5Score7.9kShelves
- 41 Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海 The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve 259.5kReads9.6Score30.9kShelves
- 42 EN Once Upon a Time, There Was a Demon-Suppressing Pass 从前有座镇妖关 Once, there was a pass like this. Once, there was a group of people like this. Every inch of this pass was stained with blood. These people would not return until they were dead. All so that, amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in their final moments, they could turn around and see the lights of countless homes shining behind them, with peace and safety year after year. 160.2kReads9.6Score18.1kShelves
- 43 EN Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼 [The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac 868.8kReads9.6Score66.1kShelves
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