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- 101 Arknights: The Daily Antics of a Jealous Lunatic 明日方舟：红眼病的犯病日常 (Single heroine) (Angst first, romance later) (May be out of character) (The author welcomes feedback) (Overpowered) (Uchiha) A young man named Li Qing was happily gaming when the copy of The Great Land Journey he’d bought fell on his head, sending him, much against his will, to transmigrate into the miserable land of Terra. After two years of working for Kamui Logistics, he finally faced a difficult choice. In Chernobog, he fought Talulah, possessed by the Black Snake, for three hundred rounds. 4.7kReads9.3Score43614d adds
- 102 In Arknights: Reviving Kazdel 人在方舟：振兴卡兹戴尔 Invincible Protagonist + Multiple Heroines After transmigrating to Terra, Roy discovers that he is the last remaining experimental subject of the Cradle of Humanity Project. With the Demon King's crown appearing between his horns, he makes deals with generations of Demon Kings and resolves to end the civil war in Kazdel. Under his arts, Oripathy is no longer incurable, and Catastrophes are no longer a threat to civilization thanks to anti-originium devices. Kazdel enters an era of two kings. Roy 2.6kReads9.0Score22214d adds
- 103 Arknights: Kal'tsit’s Brother Is on the Run from Prison 明日方舟：凯尔希的哥哥越狱中 On Terra, the ruins left behind by the previous civilization were activated when the Doctor checked on the progress of various projects. The next-generation artificial human, code-named AMa-09, Oldham, awoke from a long slumber. However, his father was asleep, his mother was missing, and his younger sister Kal'tsit was wandering somewhere in this strange new land. But Oldham was a resourceful artificial human. He decided to help ease his father's burden while he slept: check on the progress of e 8kReads9.0Score72014d adds
- 104 What Rank Is Your Mecha to Think It Can Compare to Mine? 你的机甲什么档次，也配和我比？ [Overwhelmingly powerful protagonist, no saintly heroics, no female lead] The world undergoes a global upheaval: games invade reality, giant beasts run rampant, and dungeons spring up everywhere! The Ice Behemoth stands atop snowy peaks, the King of Behemoths roams ancient forests, and countless terrifying beasts lurk in the depths of the sea. In a world where everyone has a mecha, only those who awaken one can stand against the giant beasts. Su Ming transmigrates into this world of mecha for al 1.2kReads8.5Score11814d adds
- 105 Arknights: I Am the Great Horde's Young God 明日方舟：我是大群幼神 An Arknights derivative fanfic. The rating is low because it was deliberately lowered. Original worldbuilding ahead, so beware! A bit angsty. Important enough to say three times: there are original elements!!! There are original elements!!! There are original elements!!!!! The protagonist is a little girl. This is about sisterly affection, sisterly affection, sisterly affection. Some interactions are only friendly cuddling, so please, if that bothers you, don't read this. A disclaimer: The autho 13.8kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 106 In a Matriarchal World, I Get Rewards Whenever I'm Rented Out 女尊，被租借就能获得奖励 After working late into the night, he transmigrates to a parallel world where men and women have completely reversed personalities and cultures, and women pursuing men has become the norm. Not only that, even the game System designed by his friend has transmigrated along with him. But why are all his clients so unusual? There’s the cowlicked girl with a one-sided crush on his older sister, a petite and adorable heiress, a stern CEO with no clue about romance, and an art teacher with a split pers 2.5kReads8.7Score16114d adds
- 107 Interstellar: Every Enemy Makes Me Stronger 星际：每一只敌人都能让我变强 (Originally titled Conquering the Universe: Enlisting to Exterminate the Bugs, now titled The System’s Choice) Humanity, armed with supernatural abilities and advanced technology, colonizes the galaxy and enters the interstellar age. At the same time, it plunges into a protracted, all-out war with alien lifeforms. Liu Cheng, a “powerless” man, accidentally discovers that every superpowered person he dissects has a star core inside them that can enhance strength. Under normal circumstances, the o 9kReads8.5Score89314d adds
- 108 Arknights: Two Little Cats 明日方舟：两只小猫 A brother and sister should have had an ordinary but happy life. But their special talents and this cruel, devouring continent forced them apart, making them test subjects in the "Loken Watertank" experiment. She became a weapon, while he clung to life, bearing another person's will. They were no more than students that year, yet had to face the cruel, dark side of the world. They both forgot each other and believed they would never meet again. Until "Rhodes Island" gave them hope once more... P 5.5kReads9.2Score53714d adds
- 109 My Miserable Life in Arknights 来到明日方舟的悲惨生活 [Female lead: FrostNova. Plot-focused; readers unfamiliar with the source material may enjoy the story less.] The joy of transmigrating gives way to the struggle to survive. The snow rabbit is everything to him. The spark of Reunion becomes a prairie fire, until it sweeps across all of Terra; until a Mobile City of the Infected appears; until she becomes queen; until the suppressant is invented; until... He doesn’t know that he has changed everything. Perhaps, in the future, when traveling throu 5.4kReads9.5Score57514d adds
- 110 I'm Almost a God, and You Kick Me Out of the Party? 我都快成神了，你把我踢出队伍？ [The Ex Who Regrets Letting Him Go] [Former Girlfriend Regrets It for the Rest of Her Life] [Heartache] [Romance] [Light Novel] Also known as: After Leaving the Party, the Young Ladies Regretted It Once a powerful adventurer who had reached the top floor of the Tower of Ascension, mastered every route, and nearly become a god. Treated like a dispensable replacement? Fine, I quit being your support. You can climb on your own from now on! After leaving the party and making a clean getaway, Lin En 16kReads8.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 111 Arknights: Wait, How Did I Actually Become a Doctor? 方舟：不是怎么真成博士了？ You were once a fairly well-known Arknights streamer. One morning, you calmly closed your eyes for the last time, never expecting to get the chance to open them again. “Grab my hand! ... Emergency... help...” A girl with rabbit ears reached through the light and took your hand. In a daze, you heard her call you “Doctor.” Then you discovered that you could direct every battle like it was a game. Compared to you, everyone else was so clueless they might as well be 2D figures who couldn't even turn 49kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 112 EN I Am the Swarm 吾既是虫潮 In 2210, Earth received a repeating signal from 1.8 million light-years away. The Earth Federation decided to reply, bringing the Qiya aliens and pushing humanity to the brink of extinction. With the help of the Earth Federation’s guard commander, biologist Selena escaped with a million human embryos to the edge of the universe, to a dead star. On a planet unfit for human life, Zhang Fan made a resolute decision so humanity could return to Earth. “For humanity, I’m willing to become an insect!” 583Reads8.9Score10414d adds
- 113 The Originium Slug Handler in Arknights 明日方舟里的带源石虫 [Invincible hero + love-triangle drama]+ [Infinite-flow story later on] Kal’tsit: “There are too many tragedies on this land. We can’t save everyone, but we can save ourselves.” Huang Cheng pulls out an Originium healing potion. After a moment of silence. Kal’tsit: “There are plenty of conflicts on this land, too, and we can’t resolve them. Not everyone is willing to behave themselves.” Huang Cheng takes out a button bearing a warning symbol. It stands for nuclear peace. Kal’tsit: “6” 14.5kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 114 Another World: The Rise of an Industrial Empire 异界：工业帝国崛起 [Industry VS Magic] [The road to evolution: Britain → America → People's Democracy → International Democracy] Fighter engines roared as they charged at wyverns. Grenadiers gripped their rifles and advanced on mages. A flood of steel rolled over the corpses of magical beasts. When freedom and equality confront slavery and privilege, when human liberation faces sacred magic, that is when mages have the most to fear. A nation created by commoners, with no nobles or privileged class, founded in the 381Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 115 From Terra to Terra: A Star-Sea Emperor's Vacation 从泰拉到泰拉，星海皇帝的假期 (The current outline includes Arknights, Super God Academy, The Three-Body Problem, The Wandering Earth, Warhammer 40,000, and more...) “What do you mean, a taxpayer-funded vacation? I’ve served the Empire diligently for 500 years. What’s wrong with enjoying myself?” “Beast-eared girls? I’m a kindhearted person. I can’t stand seeing them forced to leave their homeland, so I occupied their planet too.” “Angels... They’d be even better if they weren’t so difficult...” [Si Ye, a transmigrator, serv 19.1kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 116 Wither Storm's Journey Through Arknights 凋零风暴的明日方舟之旅 (Brain storage area) After the Wither Storm was destroyed, the command blocks inside it shattered and vanished. But one fragment survived the vortex of destruction and accidentally fell into another world, the continent of Terra, where it fused with another soul. When Wenna woke up, she had forgotten everything about herself. All she could do was keep hiding on this cruel land, barely evading pursuit by the Infected Enforcement Squad. Unfortunately, they eventually caught her and sent her to the 13.5kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 117 So This Is How You Build a Battleship 战舰还能这么造 Warship design and construction + sales + Terra + farming Development path: transport ships, destroyers, cruisers, carriers, battleships, megastructures. Other things may be added along the way, such as carrier-based aircraft. Warship references: Legend of the Galactic Heroes + 40K + EVE, and so on. Combat follows the 40K style. If you can’t accept that, or want to see ridiculously epic space battles, this probably isn’t for you. Also, I’m a new author, so please don’t flame me. 539Reads6.3Score11414d adds
- 118 If Fantasy Came True, My Wife Would Be Another Me 若幻想成真，我的老婆是另一个我 [Illustrations included, one female lead, cozy daily life, a fresh take on romance] Also known as: “When I Opened My Eyes, My Imaginary Girlfriend Was There” (PS: The female lead was a girl from the beginning. The story includes illustrations of her and of the male and female leads interacting, redrawn by the author herself.) We are all searching for another version of ourselves. When Xu Xian woke up, a girl was lying beside him. “Who are you?” “I'm the girl-version of you that you imagined, ano 1.3kReads9.4Score22614d adds
- 119 Honkai Impact 3rd Survival Rules 崩坏三生存守则 The Honkai world is full of danger. You have to watch out not only for Honkai Beast attacks, but also for the schemes of other people. To survive in this world, you only need to do three things. Get stronger! Get stronger!! Get stronger!!! 1.3kReads8.9Score13214d adds
- 120 Ling Cage: A Random Barracks from the Start 灵笼：开局一座随机兵营 Also known as Spirit Cage: A Random Barracks from the Start Also known as My Barracks Produce Soldiers Every Day, Starting from the Apocalypse ~ [System + ensemble cast + Warhammer Fantasy races / 40K Space Marine chapters / warbands + Necrons + Tyranids + Aeldari + T'au + Sisters of Battle + Astra Militarum + Titan Legions + Knight Houses + StarCraft + Red Alert + Overwatch + Yu-Gi-Oh! + Halo + Transformers + super robots + Girls' Frontline + Punishing: Gray Raven + Titans + Righteous Red Lions 2.5kReads6.9Score19414d adds
- 121 EN Warhammer 40K: I Am an Imperial Guardsman 战锤40K我是星界军 [This is my first time writing a book, so the beginning is a bit rough. It gets better later.] (Ensemble cast) After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Warhammer 40K, Lin Fan discovers he has a unique ability. Under the influence of this ability, the Necrons, who once slew the Old Ones and extinguished countless stars, are powerless against him and call him the Observer. Slaanesh tries to corrupt him but fails, writhing in frustration. Tzeentch, meanwhile, regards him as a mortal enem 9.4kReads9.1Score84014d adds
- 122 Chat Group: I’m the Ultimate Villain Behind the Scenes 聊天群：我是幕后大反派 Jun Huang transmigrated while sitting on the toilet, bound to the Abyss System, and became the Abyss's very consciousness. He also joined a group chat spanning myriad worlds. When he discovered that the group owner was a clueless little poser who liked to act mysterious, should he get along with him, or have a little heart-to-heart? A group member: “My world is gone?!” Jun Huang: “Yeah, the Extreme Evil Gang did it.” A System holder: “Transmigrator Alliance, you've gone too far!” Jun Huan 1.4kReads8.8Score10014d adds
- 123 Honkai Impact 3rd: I'm in the Third Honkai, and I Think I'm About to Die 崩坏：人在三崩子，我好像要死了 [Transmigration + Growth + Scheming + Extra-sweet romance + Passionate action + One heroine] “Elysia, my little sister, I'm here to take you home.” “Lord God, may I dance for you?” “I'm no pushover either, little Pardo!” “Thank you, my dear Eden♪” “I did it, Mei.” “After the war is over, could you play me another song, Big Sister?” “As long as Mei is here, it's like having the strength of a hundred people!” “Bronya, Seele found you!” That day, beneath the moonlight, a girl met her god and danced 3kReads9.4Score39214d adds
- 124 Girls' Frontline: Commander of Task Force 141 少女前线：141指挥官 (This story has absolutely no connection to the official material. All character settings are based solely on the story itself.) What is modern warfare really like? Some say it’s a two-hundred-million-dollar drone firing a million-dollar missile at a ten-thousand-dollar jeep. Commanding a battle is a discipline in its own right... M4A1: Commander, your books... don’t have anything to do with commanding troops, do they? Chen Shusheng: It’s perfectly normal for a commander like me to know how to u 3.7kReads9.5Score24314d adds
- 125 National Destiny Arena: I’m the Only One Who Knows the Famous Generals of Every Dynasty 国运擂台，只有我认识历代名将 Lu Chen transmigrated to a parallel world. Unlike the one he knew, this world had lost much of the historical record of the Dragon Kingdom, and none of its famous ministers or generals from past dynasties were known! Just then, a national destiny arena appeared, pitting famous generals from every era against one another! The victor would receive rewards, and even bring the dead generals back to life! The loser would see their territory occupied and their people enslaved! Since the Dragon Kingdom 2.5kReads8.5Score44814d adds
- 126 EN Soul Knights in Arknights 人在方舟：元气骑士 Four college students are playing Soul Knight when one roommate’s gacha-pull vow sends them transmigrating to Terra. With their strange appearances, all four are mistaken for Sarkaz the moment they land. The eldest brother, a paladin, lands at Rhine Lab (skin: Infernal Axe Gregor). “So this is the power of the Inferno Demon!?” “Inferno Demon? Who?” The second brother, a necromancer, lands in Kazdel (skin: Ember-Eyed Demon Vera). “The corpse just stood up! Is that an incantation? She’s a banshee! 101.9kReads9.4Score5.8k14d adds
- 127 I, Godzilla, Ruler of the Ancient Gods 我，哥斯拉，古神支配者 [Ancient gods + Lovecraftian horror + lordly territory-building + civilizational evolution] One day, Wang Chan transmigrated and became a baby Godzilla. He also had a black sun for a birthplace, so he could hardly have it better. Every day, he did nothing but eat and sleep, and sleep and eat. Then one day, when he finally emerged, the mortals of countless worlds saw a creature... 108,000 zhang tall, surrounded by boundless rivers of molten flame, with the sun and moon above its head and the unde 5.3kReads9.1Score38414d adds
- 128 Online Game: From the Start, I Got the Heart of the Swarm 网游：开局拿到虫群之心 Also known as: “Are You Insane? You Call This a Zerg?” [Invincible + Interstellar + Building a Faction + Lighthearted + She Pursues Him + Wish Fulfillment] In the struggle for supremacy among the myriad races, humanity has become a vassal of the No. 9999 Zerg, the Zerg swarm, and lives in misery. With his SSS-rank talent, [Heart of the Swarm], Zhou Zhuo is reborn twenty years in the past and vows to lead humanity to become the strongest race of all! Heart of the Swarm lets Zhou Zhuo's insectoid 2.6kReads8.9Score29614d adds
- 129 Honkai: Star Rail: I Invent the Unknown and Scare the Gods to Tears 星穹铁道：我编造未知，吓哭诸神 [Honkai: Star Rail]+ [Foundation]+ [Aeons]+ [Great Old Ones] After transmigrating into the world of Honkai: Star Rail, Su Ye gained the ability to invent the unknown. From the start, he created indescribable creatures. The greater the commotion his invented creatures caused, the stronger his ability became! It all began with a strange sculpture that appeared in Herta Space Station. In Elio’s script, it was a peculiar little peanut statue that would kill anyone who looked away from it. Out in the 5.8kReads9.2Score54214d adds
- 130 I Became the Universe's Arms Dealer 我成了宇宙军火商 The protagonist unexpectedly acquires black technology from the universe. Starting out by selling small arms and eventually moving on to selling space battleships, he leads humanity into the great age of space exploration, trades with various races, and builds the largest space station in the universe. 4kReads8.8Score26114d adds
- 131 Arknights: Medicine Can't Save Terra 明日方舟：学医救不了泰拉 (Arknights) (Transmigration) (Younger Sister) (The early plot develops normally, then things go off the rails later) (So much angst) (Also known as: Arknights: Studying Medicine Won't Save Terra; On Terra, Weak and Pitiful Yet Invincible) This land has a long history of devouring white-haired people without leaving so much as a bone. But Qi Yan says, fine by me. I can just grow them back anyway. Faced with this land that thrives on tormenting people, Qi Yan can only turn the tables and torment i 53.5kReads9.7Score5.4k14d adds
- 132 Simulating Life in a Female-Dominated Cultivation World 我在女尊修仙界模拟人生 Su Quan, who studied media and acting in his previous life in Huaguo, unexpectedly transmigrates into a matriarchal world. From the start, his vicious, snobbish mother is forcing him to marry the old hag who rules as the current female emperor of the ancient Xia Kingdom. Luckily, he awakens the “Matriarchal Life Simulator” System in time. In his first life, he is the husband of a female war god. When she returns from battle, she discovers that her husband and son are living in a doghouse. In his 22.2kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 133 EN Astartes: The Red Tide 阿斯塔特之赤色洪流 A military enthusiast studying at university accidentally transmigrates into the world of Warhammer 40K and becomes a Space Marine. With no System and no ancient immortal mentor to guide him, how will he survive? A materialist warrior of the proletariat, he accidentally becomes a Chapter Master. How will he unleash a crimson tide across the entire galaxy? The Orks, Necrons, Aeldari, Tyranids, Chaos, and other alien races threaten humanity’s survival. How will he bring humanity’s enemies to their 17.9kReads9.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 134 Gods for All: The More I Leave My Followers to Their Own Devices, the More Unstoppable They Become 全民神祇：我的眷族越放养越无敌 [Farming + lighthearted + reverse pursuit + everyone overestimates him + comedy] “I’ve worked my whole life. Can’t I finally enjoy myself?” After Zhang Cheng’an dies from working overtime, he transmigrates to a world where everyone can become a god. He decides to leave his followers to their own devices and be a hands-off boss, enjoying life ahead of time. “Followers? Dark elves? Pretty young ladies? Just leave them to it!” But as his Yanhuang bloodline awakens, his once utterly good-for-nothing 19.8kReads9.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 135 Necromancer in a World of Warcraft 异世魔兽之死灵法师 [Warhammer universe + necromancer + apocalyptic disaster + World of Warcraft + mecha space battles] A young man transmigrates to an alien planet. This is a World of Warcraft where spirit and flesh, virtual and real, blend together: a living hell where artillery, machines, armored vehicles, and Warcraft tribes wage a bloody struggle against one another. The planet is ruled by a group of Warcraft lords, and humans are nothing more than “ants” at the bottom of the food chain! Want to avoid becoming —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Skeleton Lord's Growth Journal 骷髅领主的成长日记 I unexpectedly transmigrated to another world. Others became immortals or Buddhas, while even the less fortunate got to rise from being nobodies. But when Gu Erdan got here, he realized he had nothing to look forward to. Because this guy had become a skeleton soldier! And not just any skeleton soldier, but a low-grade, headless, battle-damaged wreck of one! Life is hard, so the skeleton sighed. Looking at his body, without an ounce of flesh on it, Gu Erdan decided he would show everyone how to m 3.6kReads9.1Score46114d adds
- 137 Deity: Starsea Swarm 神祗：星海虫群 [Worked to death by overtime] [Grind until your liver gives out] [King of the rat race] [Wild-imagination fantasy] [Profit above all] [Keep a low profile] [Insectoid] [No System] Han Fei transmigrates to an interstellar society where everyone has a chance to become a god. Those who set foot on the path to godhood all aim to raise their divine kingdoms high and enter the real world to gain immortality. Han Fei figures that with his divine trait, Gene Modification, and his followers' talent, Gene 38.6kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
- 138 EN Online Gaming: The Peerless Poison Lord 网游之绝世毒尊 A cross-generational game called Oracle was born, and quietly began changing the world. When a game's abilities can be brought into reality, should you be excited or afraid? Wu Shaochen, an utterly ordinary office worker, gets food poisoning after eating expired food. But after logging into the game, his misfortune turns to fortune when he gains the special talent Source of Venom, setting him on the path to the top. [New novel: Doomsday: I'm Really Not a Bandit] 177.5kReads9.2Score17.4k14d adds
- 139 EN Villain: My Little Brother is the Chosen One 反派：我的弟弟是天选之子 "Lovably awful villain + wish fulfillment + scheming + lighthearted + sly trickster + shameless + not an invincible protagonist" Qin Feng transmigrated into the ancient wilderness as the eldest young master of the Qin family. His twin younger brother was the legendary Chosen One, and possessed a one-in-ten-thousand Supreme Bone. He thought he could ride his brother’s coattails to the peak of life, but then an unprincipled System showed up and told him there was a bright future in being a villain 342.4kReads9.5Score38.6k14d adds
