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- 101 Game Development: The Scheming Designer Makes the Whole Internet Cry 游戏制作：腹黑设计师，虐哭全网 [The protagonist is in an unconventional state of mind. If you have a low tolerance, please don't open this.] [Livestream] + [Transmigration] + [torture-focused] + [emotional gut punches] + [no heroine or just one heroine] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Li discovers that the supposed creator of “Soulslike” games, Hidetaka Miyazaki, doesn't exist. “Torture-focused” games have virtually no share of the global market. Already a schemer by nature, Lu Li also awakens the deeply twisted 5.3kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 102 It's Crazy! The Whole World Is Obsessed with Huaxia-Style Cards 疯了！全球被华夏流卡牌疯狂种草 [Cards + card creators + Huaxia + secret realms + no romance] The Eighteen Levels of Hell + the Ten Great Underworld Officers + the Four Great Beauties + Li Bai and Du Fu + the Ten Great Gods of Wealth... A worn-out old horse with a dying candle in its eyes transforms into [An Old Horse Knows the Way]. Now Mom never has to worry about me getting lost again. Don’t ask me why I’m holding green plums in the desert. I’ll never have to worry about dying of thirst again. [Quench Thirst by Gazing at Pl 12.3kReads7.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 103 Game Designer: I Make Games, Not Charity 游戏设计师：我是做游戏，不是做慈善 This is a slightly distorted parallel world. Technology has advanced so quickly that business and the arts have been unable to keep up. As a result, most industries in this world focus on technology at the expense of content. This is especially true of the gaming industry! There are no computer games or mobile games. Every game is VR! There aren’t even any free games! In this world, games are a luxury only the wealthy can afford. “A VR headset costs hundreds of thousands. Does that mean poor peo 3.3kReads8.5Score19514d adds
- 104 After Livestreaming My Flower Garden, I Became a National Treasure 直播种花后，我成了国宠 [Farming + livestreaming + turning things over to the country + interstellar + wild imagination + developing technology + everyone’s darling + promoting Chinese civilization + sweet romance] [There is a male lead, who appears midway through the story] After quitting her job, flower enthusiast Su Tian returns to the countryside. At her best friend’s suggestion, she starts livestreaming online. She figures she can enjoy rural life while chatting and exchanging tips with flower lovers from all over 23.6kReads9.0Score4.8k14d adds
- 105 A Tourist Attraction Pays 1,800 a Month, and Its Ancient Employees Couldn't Be Happier 景区工资一千八，古人员工乐哈哈 [No Romance + System + Business Management + Food + Summoning Historical Figures + Lighthearted, No Brainpower Needed] Zhu Yang wakes up in a parallel world and finds herself bound to a scenic-area management System. The place is remote, the facilities are run-down, and the vast grounds of more than ten thousand mu have only two employees. Her vision goes black. “I quit!” The System panics. “Host, hear me out. I can summon NPCs from other worlds. You don’t have to pay their wages, and completing 4.2kReads8.5Score43014d adds
- 106 Are There No Gods or Ghosts in China? Chinese Horror Terrifies the World 华夏无鬼神？中式恐怖吓哭全球 [National-Destiny Livestream + Horror and Terror + Designing Scenarios] Bai Lang, a fanatical horror-culture enthusiast, transmigrated to a world similar to the one he had known in his previous life. The only difference was that the Dragon Kingdom had never developed its own Chinese-style horror culture. Instead, Western horror legends had captured the public imagination, with figures like chainsaw-wielding maniacs, man-eating sharks, and zombies. When the horror national-destiny arena descended 12.5kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 107 System from the Start: Becoming a God of Songwriting in a Parallel World 开局系统：在平行世界做曲神 [System + Songwriting + No CP + Slice of Life + Main Story Complete] Bound to an entertainment System from the start, what could Su Xin do? Naturally, she went along with it! With “Hapiness Street” as her first song, Su Xin became a hidden gem of a songwriter in the eyes of artsy girls. Then came “Chase Your Dreams with a Pure Heart,” the perfect inspirational anthem! With “Ten Years,” “Legend,” and “Stranded,” Su Xin became the strongest new songwriter around! “Blue and White Porcelain,” “Red R 7.5kReads8.8Score54014d adds
- 108 Game Design: Making a Million Players Rage from the Start 游戏设计：开局气哭百万玩家 [Game Development + Invincible Power Fantasy + A Top-Tier Gaming Career] [Sheep a Sheep is only there to earn the first pot of gold, and has nothing to do with the later plot] Ling Xiao transmigrates with a System. In a world where the gaming industry is extremely underdeveloped, Ling Xiao wants to make AAA games too, but his starting resources are limited. From the start, he has no choice but to make Sheep a Sheep. The result: a million players have meltdowns, and Lao Lu becomes its number-one 27.5kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 109 Creating Mihoyo from the Start to Bring Healing to Players Worldwide 开局创建米忽悠，治愈全球玩家 Lin Yuan transmigrates to a parallel world. Technology here is highly advanced, but the gaming industry is extremely backward. The market is full of low-quality online games, all priced outrageously, leaving players miserable. Lin Yuan awakens a Game Developer System, and the beginner's gift pack gives him Genshin Impact. What an unbeatable start! Although he owes the System ten billion, he isn't worried in the slightest. Lin Yuan immediately establishes Mihoyo and releases Genshin Impact, bille 2.9kReads8.3Score24714d adds
- 110 I Became an Interstellar Con Artist, and Now I'm Making Up Lies on the Fly! 穿成星际欺诈师，他在线圆谎！ [Two male leads + interstellar transmigration + academic genius + mental powers + face-slapping + livestreaming + prince consort] Kong Yue, who came from Earth, is deeply anxious about his current situation, but he doesn't want to be a con artist. His only option is to work hard to turn what's fake into reality by constantly studying and improving himself. Fortunately, the System gives him a cheat that makes him immune to everyone's mental powers except one person's, and also turns him into a fr 4.4kReads9.3Score63114d adds
- 111 Interstellar: The Female Heartthrob of Dating Games 星际：做恋爱游戏超级万人迷雌性 [God-Tier Mary Sue + Beloved by All + Everyone Loves the Female Lead] Xia Ling transmigrates by accident, arriving ten thousand years into the interstellar age. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself floating in midair. She realizes she has transmigrated, but she isn’t human... She is one of the ultra-rare females in an interstellar dating game. As she gradually learns through her device, this is an interstellar society where women are on the brink of extinction. The power struggle a t 3.9kReads8.3Score53814d adds
- 112 Dream Masters for All: My Dreams Come from China's Ancient Past 全民梦师：我的梦境来自千古华夏 [Chinese Gods + Underworld and Heavenly Court + Dreamweaver + Livestreaming] Giant star beasts descended, and the final battle began. Countless civilizations fell, and a rift opened in the heritage of Chinese civilization! Only those who awakened as one-in-ten-thousand dreamweavers could stand against the star beasts! Su Mu transmigrated to this world. From the start, he awakened an S-rank talent and joined the global dreamweaver entrance exam! First question: Create a dream of a dead world. Whi 24.7kReads9.1Score3k14d adds
- 113 All-Round Artist: Starting with a Girl Group Audition 全能艺术家：从女团选秀开始 [Song covers, violin, feel-good wish fulfillment, no romance] Singer Lin Xia transmigrates into the body of a rebellious, violin-playing prodigy. With the vocal skills of a powerhouse singer, top-tier violin talent, and Earth's entire music library at her disposal, she hits a sky-high note from “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau” right from the start, stunning the crowd, then heads to a girl-group survival show to blow the competition out of the water. One song, “Chi Ling,” ushers in a new era of traditiona 8.5kReads8.7Score83914d adds
- 114 Making Sheep a Sheep from the Start, Breaking Players Worldwide 开局制作羊了个羊，全球玩家破防 [Strongly recommended by the editor + game design + livestreaming + everyday life] [Sheep a Sheep only earns the protagonist his first pot of gold; it has nothing to do with the later plot] Zhao Kai transmigrates to a parallel world and vows to build his own gaming empire. He obtains the “Rage-Inducing Game System.” As long as he frustrates players, he earns rewards. Zhao Kai says, “I just want to make good games. The System is the one forcing me to do this.” His first game is Sheep a Sheep. Pla 11.1kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 115 Just Leave Bad Reviews. Why Bother Playing Games? 给给差评就行了，还玩啥游戏啊！ [Game development + original games + lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations] [Short drama now available] Lu Ming transmigrated to a parallel world and took over a bankrupt game studio. By chance, he bound himself to the [Moral Debt System]. Every time he did something “immoral but legal,” he earned rewards based on its impact. So, to get players cursing and turn that into profit, Lu Ming launched a series of outrageous schemes. With his left hand, he rolled out “Pay to breathe after loggi 11.9kReads8.8Score91514d adds
- 116 We've All Transmigrated, So Who Still Wants to Be a Fake Heiress? 都穿越了，谁还当假千金 Shared spirit worlds + transmigration into a book + socially anxious artist + protective playboy + unconventional face-slapping power fantasy The heroine starts off socially anxious and becomes godlike later. The hero is a reckless, spoiled playboy. A poor, socially anxious artist somehow transmigrates into a book set in a shared spirit world, becoming an early-dead, useless fake heiress in a male-lead power fantasy. Now that she’s transmigrated, why would she play a fake heiress destined to die 9.2kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 117 Lord: I Build a Realistic Gaming Empire 领主：我打造真实游戏帝国 [Territory Lord Farming] + [The Fourth Calamity] + [Building an Empire Through Management Games] The world is shrouded in darkness and rife with war. Tens of thousands of territory lords battle over land and resources. But Chen Yu is different from them. While others are busy fighting, he’s busy building dungeons and luring adventurers from other worlds in to challenge them. [Happy Landlord] [Resident Evil] [Dungeon Fighter Online] [Audition] [PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds]… One dungeon after a 17.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 118 After Becoming a Professor in the Interstellar World, I’m Trending Every Day 在星际当教授后，我天天爆热搜 Yu Yu, a wealthy woman from the cultivation world, transmigrates into the interstellar era. Losing her billions in family wealth is bad enough, but the System also saddles her with a trillion in debt. For the sake of her life, she puts up with it. Then the System tells her to become a teacher. For an eight-figure salary, with room and board included, she takes the job. She trains several top-tier big shots, and even the king of the beastfolk becomes her student. Yet she is still dirt-poor. Netiz 6.2kReads8.9Score57214d adds
- 119 In the Interstellar Era, Reviving Chinese Civilization 人在星际，复兴华夏文明 [Reviving Chinese civilization + summoning figures from Chinese mythology + civilization map] [A fun-loving heroine vs. a hero with a somewhat split personality, traditional boy-girl romance.] [The Primordial Era + Investiture of the Gods + Journey to the West + Classic of Mountains and Seas + famous historical figures, and more...] She woke up to find she had transmigrated into an interstellar age, where mythological figures appeared one after another, while Chinese mythology had faded into obs 97.3kReads9.4Score11.5k14d adds
- 120 She Makes the Entire Interstellar World Drool with Her Livestreams 她靠直播馋哭全星际 [Livestreaming + food + everyone’s favorite + strong female lead] An Xingwan never dreamed she would transmigrate to the interstellar age! She started livestreaming food just to support her family. But somehow, she ended up becoming everyone’s darling across the entire galaxy? Everyone in the galaxy was waiting for her to feed them. An Xingwan had this to say: No one can resist delicious food. And if they can, then give them two meals. 4.8kReads9.3Score55414d adds
- 121 Tokusatsu King: I Inherited an Anime Studio 特摄天王：我继承了一家动漫公司 Ning Yi transmigrates to a world starved of entertainment, and starts out a classic orphan! What he never expected was to have a second granduncle, who left him an animation studio. If he can save the studio from bankruptcy, he’ll inherit three hundred billion! In a world without tokusatsu, Ning Yi goes against the grain, bringing one tokusatsu series after another into the spotlight! Armor Hero: For the dream in our hearts, we fight through blood and sweat like a fierce gale! Ultraman: That day 9.7kReads9.0Score88014d adds
- 122 Collector's Edition Heroes: Moving the Entire Internet, Starting with That Rabbit! 典藏英雄：从那兔开始感动全网！ A must-read hit for the Year of the Rabbit! Have tissues ready before you start! [Those Rabbits / honoring heroes / Chinese heritage / patriotism / reborn and transmigrated] Also known as: National Glory: Honoring Heroes, Starting with Those Rabbits! An Opening Song of Chasing Dreams and an Innocent Heart, Bringing the Entire Internet to Tears! “Behind us is our motherland. We have nowhere left to retreat!” “Don’t cry. Even your tears will freeze.” “I have no regrets about being born Chinese in 3.3kReads9.1Score36314d adds
- 123 Great Wall Watch: Leading a Global Counterattack in Another World 长城守望：带领全球反攻异界 [The counterattack has begun + perfect ending with no loose ends + Fourth Calamity + fight back against player invasions + lighthearted power fantasy + no heroine + no suffering for the protagonist + invincible + national destiny] The Fourth Calamity descends, and the era of the Phantom Realms begins for everyone. Players from other worlds invade, and the national destiny Phantom Realms of one great power after another are defeated. Panic spreads across the globe. Everything changes the day Fang 55.4kReads9.3Score7.8k14d adds
- 124 You’re a Game Designer, So Why Are You Filing Reports at the Police Station Every Day? 你个游戏设计师，天天警局备案？ [Extremely Illegal] [Come Get Me] [Not Human] [Livestream Meme Mayhem] [Hilarious] PS: This is a lighthearted, funny story full of livestream antics and memes. After transmigrating to a parallel world, Chu Sheng awakens a god-tier game designer System. He gets streamers and viewers worked up, earns emotional points, and unlocks more games. But Chu Sheng discovers that every game he unlocks is way too illegal! He unlocks Thief Simulator and makes Dai Xiaomei cry. But the robbery is so realistic t 25.7kReads9.2Score3.5k14d adds
- 125 Reborn: There's a Desktop Computer Inside Me 重生：我体内带个台式机 [No mindless plot] [Urban] [Lighthearted] [Technology] [Feel-good power fantasy] Jiang Cheng, a computer repairman, was “electrocuted” back to his senior year of high school, with a desktop computer inside his body. He made a stunning impression on the college entrance exam and got into the best university. At university, he pursued his dreams and founded the most exciting company, catching the wave of a tech boom and going on to lead the world. Just a programmer? No. He was a pioneer in technol 29.7kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 126 My Readers Span Three Thousand Worlds 我的读者遍布三千世界 [Reborn] [System] [Wish fulfillment] [Face-slapping] [Secret identity] [Everyday life] [No romance] Li Wenshu, a top author in the online fiction world, died suddenly after writing all night. The System sold everything it had to send her back to when she was sixteen. It was an era when neither entertainment nor the internet was very developed. Faced with the three thousand worlds of books in the System’s storage space, Li Wenshu rubbed her chin and sighed, “Dying suddenly was worth it!” A suspe 15.5kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 127 I Become the Galaxy’s Best Healing Guide with Ancient Chinese Medicine 我靠古中医成为星际第一治愈向导 Print editions of The Interstellar Ancient Healer are available on various platforms. Su Yang was a first-year graduate student in the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Third Military Medical University of Huaguo. After an accident, she transmigrated to the interstellar era and became a rare guide with spiritual healing abilities. The legacy of traditional Chinese medicine had been lost in the interstellar era. Sentinels suffered from mental breakdowns and needed a guide's mental pow 15.2kReads9.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 128 The Creepy National Fortune Game: My Chinese-Style Horror Terrified the World 诡异国运：我的中式恐怖吓哭全球 The supernatural invades the real world. Every country on Blue Star must design supernatural dungeons. Conquering another country’s dungeon lets you seize some of its national fortune, while a country whose dungeon is conquered will face all kinds of supernatural events, which may eventually lead to its destruction. For special reasons, the Dragon Kingdom has lost much of its supernatural culture and is at a disadvantage now that the supernatural has returned. Then Su Yi transmigrates here with 15.6kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
- 129 Game Development: I Founded Mihoyo 游戏制作：我创建了米忽悠 [Transmigration] + [One or no heroine] + [No System] + [Golden finger] + [Livestream] + [Lighthearted] Xu Shuo transmigrates to a parallel world, only to discover that games there are mainly played on PCs. There are no consoles, handhelds, or mobile games beyond a few puzzle and card games. As the major companies begin turning their attention to mobile gaming, Xu Shuo immediately decides to found MiHoYo! While everyone else is feeling their way across the river, Xu Shuo is already swimming frees 18.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 130 I Use Summoning to Revive Blue Star Civilization Across the Galaxy 我靠召唤在星际复苏蓝星文明 [Two male leads + the protagonist has maxed-out combat ability] As the hope of the entire village of ten thousand demons, Ye Chen studies hard for decades and finally gets into college. But after falling asleep, Ye Chen inexplicably transmigrates to an interstellar world where people summon creatures. He even becomes the useless fake young master in a story about the real and fake young masters, his mental sea destroyed and his fiance cheating on him with the real young master. He's left green 12.8kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 131 Game Development: My Online Dating Partner Is Actually a Hit Movie Star 游戏制作：网恋对象竟是当红影后 [Game Development] [One Female Lead] [Sweet Romance] [Showbiz] Chi Wen: “Our game this time does have some horror elements, but…” Players: “Not buying it! We’re never touching one of your horror games again!” Chi Wen: “Oh? But you can farm and build things in it.” Players: “Okay, sold.” With a System, Chi Wen unexpectedly becomes the project manager of a hollowed-out game company. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he uses the System to rise to the throne of the King of Chinese Gaming. Along t 30.8kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 132 I Drove the Cultivation World Mad by Writing Novels 我靠写小说逼疯修真界 [This book has been signed for publication] [Strong female lead + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no CP + madcap story] Workaholic Ye Qingyan works herself to the bone until she gets her company listed on the stock market. Before she can enjoy her rich-lady lifestyle, a car accident sends her into a cultivation novel full of lunatics who are hopelessly obsessed with romance. As the cannon-fodder older sister of the original heroine, she gets abused while the male and female leads ar 34.1kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds
- 133 The Global Creator 全球创作家 [No System + Pure Wish Fulfillment + No Angsty Plotlines] After enduring trials across dozens of worlds and mastering every skill, Lu Xun was on his way back to Earth when he stumbled into Blue Star and unexpectedly became a composer. Composing music came naturally to him. Acting was a piece of cake. Writing books was effortless. Playing the piano was no big deal. Fortune-telling, though, was the real deal! He made the legendary superstar. He turned him into a celebrated movie emperor. If he 34.2kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 134 Heavenly Chess: The Path to Chess Sagehood 天弈：棋圣之路 [A brand-new setting] [Heroes at the Chessboard] What happens when chess meets heroic battles? When civilizations collide, would you dare to play against Heaven? After transmigrating, Zhuge Yi discovers that although modern Huaxia is prosperous and powerful, its people know almost nothing about their own history. The game Tian Yi, a chess game built around the heroes of the people, has become the world's mainstream pastime. At that time, the Huaxia chess world is weak, while Western chess dom 40.9kReads9.6Score4.1k14d adds
- 135 Historical War of Nations: The Yellow Turban Rebellion from the Start 历史国战：开局黄巾起义 (History + nation-versus-nation war + famous generals + livestreaming + national destiny + political scheming + passion) The historical nation-versus-nation war begins. Having lost its historical records, Huaxia forfeited the initiative and spent twenty years mired on the battlefield, losing all its accumulated strength. Li Chen, who transmigrated here, is inexplicably chosen as the sixteenth contestant. Bearing the name of Huaxia, he enters the battlefield to fight for a glimmer of hope. Lookin 67.3kReads9.0Score5.3k14d adds
- 136 Horror Arena: From the Start, a Red-and-White Collision Scares the World to Tears 恐怖擂台：开局红白撞煞吓哭全球 A horror arena has descended upon Blue Star. Each nation must summon a terrifying entity to fight for it. The winners will see their national fortunes flourish and endure for all eternity. The losers will see their national fortunes decline, their resources and territory plundered, and their dignity stripped away. To claim victory, nations everywhere summon horrors native to their lands. The Sakura Nation has the Slit-Mouthed Woman, the Red Cape, the Four Great Female Ghosts, and the Hundred Gho 19.1kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 137 I Turned the Horror World Into a Raising Game! 我把惊悚世界玩成养成游戏！ A mysterious force descended upon Earth, giving rise to another world of terror. Everyone was forcibly sent into the world of horror games on their eighteenth birthday. While everyone else was immersed in fear, struggling to survive in the cracks between life and death, Qin Nuo discovered that he could earn System rewards by influencing the ghosts’ emotions. And every time he completed a dungeon, he could establish his own business in the world of horror. So he became a food runner at the Yin Sp 113kReads9.5Score12.3k14d adds
