Novels like Thucydides and a Changing World
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- 1 Help! I Woke Up as DeepSeek 救命！我睡醒成了DeepSeek Help! I Woke Up as DeepSeek 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Tuberose’s One-Woman Show 晚香玉独角戏 For three years, she wrote a secret love story no one knew about. For three years, he played the silent, watchful admirer who gave her the space to shine. Gu Qinghuan thought she was an actress dancing alone onstage, the spotlight trained on her while the audience sat empty. She had no idea that Luo Hanchuan had been sitting in the front row all along, quietly memorizing every glance and every breath. Only on closing night did he finally walk onto the stage and whisper, “You acted beautifully. B 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Hunter, You've Got a Heart of Darkness 这位猎人，心好黑 Flesh is not me; my soul dwells within it. I ask myself why, and only the spirit flame flickers. What can be called its name? Its life? Its existence? I am myself, and nothing else... I live again, for myself alone. The platform has dropped this novel. It features a large ensemble cast and is quite long. It is not a conventional wish-fulfillment power fantasy: there is no gripping opening three-chapter hook or a steady stream of thrills. Readers who mind these things should give it a pass. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 I Use Bugs to Become the Lucky One in the Cultivation World 我靠BUG在修真界当锦鲤 A modern programmer stays up late fixing bugs, gets electrocuted, and transmigrates to the cultivation world! He’s even bound to the “Heaven Rewards Hard Work System.” He thought this was the start of his comeback, but the System has a major bug and glitches out an infinite-resurrection cheat. After being hunted by demonic cultivators 99 times, he accidentally unlocks a hidden achievement. Is this really how thrilling things are from the start in the cultivation world? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Love's Heartbreak, Dreams Reduced to Ashes 情殇之爱，碎梦成灰 A Love Shattered, a Dream Reduced to Ashes —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 You Call This a Sanatorium? 你这是疗养院？ Also known as "The Wangchuan Sanatorium" In the near future, the year 2077: a cyberpunk age where technology and the occult have developed side by side, and neon lights coexist with ancient god totems in a forest of steel. Machines may be soulless, but human hearts are real. The darker the night, the brighter the sparks. Wangchuan stretches endlessly into the past; only those who cannot let go can guide the fated across. All things —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Cicada: I Only Have Seven Days to Live? 蝉：我七天就没了？ Also known as "The Cicada's Seven-Day Molt" Cicadas trade seven years of darkness for seven days of light. We wager eternal night for a fleeting dawn. You think you’re fighting me? You’re fighting the law of entropy. The cicada thinks it’s shedding its shackles, but what it’s really shedding is the shell that kept it alive. When 1 + 1 = cicada, should you doubt arithmetic or the world? The perfect memory archive is a complete reforma —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 The World Is Crumbling, Yet We Will Slay the Gods 世界崩坏，而我们终将弑神 This is my first time writing a novel. The pacing is slow from the start, but I’ve truly put my heart into it, so I hope you’ll give it a chance. I’ve included a summary of the key points from the earlier chapters in the author’s note for Chapter 40. If you couldn’t get through the first few chapters, please take a look at the Chapter 40 summary and what comes next. I’m begging you. The moment Lu Li stepped into the Tianyan Bureau, the gears of fate began turning once more. Though still young, h —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 A Taiyi Golden Immortal Stranded in the Apocalypse, with Goddesses Fighting for His Affection 太乙金仙流落末世，女神都来争宠 A Taiyi Golden Immortal lands on an apocalyptic technology world and becomes invincible, hailed by its people as their savior. Beautiful women pursue him relentlessly, but all he wants is to return to his own world. Little does he know... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 My Childhood Movies and Cartoons Have Been Turned into Silly Novels 童年影视动漫，被写成沙雕小说了 Do you remember racing home after school just to catch that familiar theme song on TV? From the Calabash Brothers’ “Monsters, give me back my grandpa!” to the madcap chases in Tom and Jerry, Doraemon’s all-purpose pocket, and battling monsters and clearing levels in Super Mario Bros. to rescue the princess, these cartoons, anime, classic films and TV shows, and classic games are some of the most vivid memories of our childhood. With a lighthearted, humorous touch, this book reimagines beloved a 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Became the Regent's Beloved 退婚后我成了摄政王的心尖宠 Shen Zhaozhao, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, gave everything for love in her previous life, only to be plotted against by her half-sister, betrayed by her fiancé, and left to die miserably in the Cold Palace. Reborn, she tears off her gentle disguise. She breaks off her engagement, turns the tables, takes on her half-sister, and kicks her worthless ex to the curb, fighting her way back to the heart of power and vowing to make her enemies pay in blood! What she never 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Is This What Love Is Like in a Wealthy Family? That’s Too Much 这就是豪门的爱情故事？太超了吧 (Romance, two men, yuri, i, fake, older love interests, and more) System: Complete missions to earn points and live another life. Guaranteed 99 more years! Wang Ning: Thanks for the offer. I was exhausted while alive, and now that I'm dead, I just want to sleep forever. System: In the mission world, your body belongs to a rich young lady. Wang Ning: What? You're saying I'm the only one for this mission? Fine. Since you're so enthusiastic, I'll reluctantly agree. System: What? Wang Ning thought i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 My Root Cellar Connects Past and Present, So I Help a Down-and-Out Prince Turn the Tables 菜窖通古今我让落魄王爷反败为胜 [Ancient to Modern + Modern to Ancient + Devoted Couple + Infrastructure Building + Stockpiling Supplies + Revenge] Yun Luoyan, a university graduate who can't find a job, discovers by chance that her family's vegetable cellar is connected to ancient times. A fair-skinned man suddenly appears out of nowhere. What a great deal! A free laborer. Of course she has to put him to work. But why does the man disappear after only a few days? No, she has to find him... If you can't come here, then I'll go 39Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 14 College Life on the Margins 边缘人的大学生活 Suzuki Yuma was a nobody in his high school class, often forgotten by everyone. After getting into university, he ran into his former classmate, Hanazaki Chiyuki. Yuma: “How have you been lately, Hanazaki?” Chiyuki: “Who are you? …Suzuki?” And so begins a curious story. I’m a new author, so please be kind. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Physics Notes and the Trajectory of a Beating Heart 物理笔记与心动轨迹 Physics Notes and the Traces of a Beating Heart —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 I Can't Believe I Switched Bodies with My Cheating Boyfriend?! 我竟然和出轨男友互换了身体？！ I actually swapped bodies with my cheating boyfriend?! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Echoes of Fate: A Promise Among the Stars 宿命回响：星之约定 **To bring his beloved back to life, he became a god and destroyed the world.** After losing the one he loved, Gu Yue Xiongjie ascended to godhood and obsessively followed a cold divine oracle: Kill the Chosen One, and your beloved can be resurrected. To that end, he unleashed a crimson miasma that twisted the world. Savage beasts ran rampant, humanity “awakened” talents that burned away their lives, and civilization collapsed. Everything he did was for one purpose: to find the one sacrific —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Language of Spirits 灵之语 Through nine cycles of reincarnation, I stand supreme. I tread the spirit path and suppress the haunted depths. With the Compendium of Spirit Arts and Sacred Trees in hand, I face the uncanny alone. This world holds benevolent spirits, evil spirits, wicked spirits, and baleful spirits, as well as the source of an endless haunted realm. As a spirit master, I roam the world, upholding justice and banishing evil, all in search of the meaning of my existence and the truth of the world. Where did I c 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Pandora's Memories 潘多拉的记忆 Pandora's Memories —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 I Have Two Innate Divine Powers 我有两个本命神通 [Eastern Fantasy + No System + Comedy + One Heroine + Three Male Leads] My name is Xiao Yibai. I’m a recent college graduate, but I was drawn into the Canglan Realm by an emperor’s game of chess and tasked with saving all living beings. But who’s going to save me? My name is Xia Longyuan. I am the emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom and the Human Sovereign of the Canglan Realm. When horrors from beyond the realm descend, I myself will be the Great Wall that protects humanity. I can withstand the Ca 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Doodle Won the Campus Belle's Heart 因为一个画鸦便俘获了校花的芳心 A doodle won the heart of the school beauty —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Ornament 浮饰 A kidnapping turns two people into each other's targets for elimination, but when their blades meet, a heart-wrenching entanglement takes hold. In this game of mutual pursuit, hunter and prey keep trading places. So who, in the end, is hunting whom? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Sword Dance Across the Jianghu: The Mystery 剑舞江湖：迷 The martial world is rife with conflict, and the tides of fate are ever shifting. Xiao Han, newly arrived in the jianghu, chance meets Su Yao, the Holy Maiden of the Five Poisons Sect, and Zhou Jingyan, a master from Zhou Family Fortress. At a grand martial arts gathering, the three are suddenly attacked by mysterious men in black and drawn into a shocking conspiracy. In this struggle over the fate of the jianghu, can they protect their secrets and foil the sinister plot? And what tale of clashi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Rule Horror: Crossing Paths in Autumn 规则怪谈：渡逢秋序 Just as Zhou Zhidu stepped through the gates of high school, expecting to start a new life, he was pulled into a world of strange tales. Can they escape alive? First-person | Ensemble cast | Rule Horror | No cheat powers (Entirely written by hand, not AI-generated. Don't worry.) 67Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 National Fate Game: A Flower-Filled Guide to Planting Flowers 国运游戏，鲜花朵朵的种花策略 “The System told me to survive 300 days on a radioactive deserted island and save my homeland. So I planted a sea of man-eating vines instead. The world’s ending, so who’s still worried about playing fair with aliens?” On the first day Lou Qimo was dropped into National Destiny Survival, she got bound to Blue Star through the [Flower-Cultivating System]. While contestants from other countries struggled to chew tree bark, she turned a hellish challenge into a deranged gardening showcase: 300 da 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Loving You on the World's Behalf 替世界爱你 (Urban daily life + one female lead + ensemble cast + pure love + campus) When the whole class looks down on the transfer student for being messy and smelly, he is the only one who knows how clean her hands are when she returns his meal card. A Chinese meal, a bottle of milk, a clumsy act of standing up for her... It might seem insignificant to others, but she knows he is the only light in her bleak youth. From meeting to understanding to falling in love, through misunderstandings, touching mome 480Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 27 Exorcising Ghosts on Livestream: My Fake Taoist Identity Is Exposed 直播斩诡：我假道士身份被曝光了 The rating just came out and will go up soon, so don't worry about it. Read with confidence!!! [Live-streamed swagger + slaying monsters and leveling up + official backing + invincible in the city + nonstop thrills, no frustrating setbacks] Other monster slayers rely on talismans and magical artifacts. I slay monsters in a Taoist robe that cost nine yuan and came with free shipping! Lin Mo was so broke he couldn't pay rent. With his landlord driving him into a corner, he had no choice but to pu —Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 28 Lanling in Midsummer 兰铃盛夏 [Two male leads + 1v1 + school life + sweet romance + brotherhood + slow-paced] Transfer student and top scholar vs. school bully with a terrible temper He Fanxing: Solve the problem. Xu Yan: Show off. He Fanxing: Go for a run. Xu Yan: Nothing special. He Fanxing: I'm your big brother. Xu Yan: Nothing special... huh???? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 In the Apocalypse, I Wage War on Gods and Demons as a Scholar 末世，我以学者征讨神魔 [Apocalypse + No angst throughout + Invincible power fantasy + Fantasy + Two male leads + One female lead] Demons and gods run rampant, and the people have lost all hope. Yet two college students tear up the script of the apocalypse in two completely different ways. Zhong Niehua's supernatural ability is [Scholar]. He has just one rule: “Your skill is mine now.” Yu Yanghe is bound to the [Myriad Heavens War God System]. He has just one creed: “There's no enemy one punch can't take down.” And so 2Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 30 A Poor Student Livestreams Fortune-Telling, and Her Billionaire Father Comes Knocking 穷学生直播算命，首富爹爹找上门 [Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Fake and Real Heiresses + Comedy + Brainless Big Brother's Redemption + Reborn] A car accident in which she was meant to die in someone else's place brought Jiang Wanwan, who had grown up in an orphanage, face-to-face with a group of beautiful young women who had come to claim souls. She also learned that her life had been stolen from her for eighteen years. To earn money for food, she started livestreaming under the name “Mystic Six.” “Sister Liu, your husband s 1kReads6.9Score189Shelves
- 31 Kill Me, and Inherit My Cheat 击杀我后，继承我的外挂 [Fast-paced + Witty and Sharp-Tongued + Decisive and Ruthless + Multiple Male Leads + Anti-Trope] When Lin Fan, a corporate drone, gets sent to another world by a dump truck, all he gets is a “probability eye,” a juvenile mini version that’s still a total rip-off. “All those transmigration big shots are just a scam!” he cries to the heavens. But this book has more than one protagonist... (I want to try a new setup: protagonists seen from different perspectives can be killed. Whoever kills the pr 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Don't Panic, Junior Brother 师弟莫要慌 Before you read: [“Fake transmigration into a book” reborn junior brother x “Real transmigration into a book” soul-transmigrated senior brother] [One-on-one, pure love, slow burn, unconventional rebirth. There will be a little confinement later on. Includes the vulgar trope of the top dressing as a woman.] The story is mainly told from Lin Jiang’s (bottom’s) perspective. Lin Jiang is a cheerful, sunny young man who graduated not long ago and finally managed to land a job and pass his probation. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn: Starting from Ordinary 重生之从平凡开始 This novel has no System, no womanizing protagonist, and characters with their wits about them. The pacing may be a little slow, so please be patient. Synopsis: A man willing to do anything for love, a man who bet everything on the woman he worshiped. But he lost, and lost everything. So he leaped from a tall building, only for fate to play an enormous joke on him and send him back to the eve of the college entrance exams! 6Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 34 Seven Days of Danger, Seven Days Without Gods 七日危神，七日无神 No brainless antics, no cliches, no System, no harem, but plenty of satisfaction. The more miserable the protagonists are early on, the more rewarding things get later. If it doesn't satisfy you, come at me. A mysterious white-haired man who calls himself "Heaven" is desperately searching for Zhang Ci, while a middle-aged man who calls himself the "Savior" reveals a century-old truth to the entire world. Do gods really exist? Am I actually a sacrifice to the gods? I've tried to protect you in ev 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Begging the Buddha for Jian Qiang 求佛简强 Chi Sheng, a cool beauty who is aloof on the outside but warm within, is the bottom, paired with Zhou Yu’an, a sunny, cheerful puppy-like guy who is the top. A lighthearted story with a touch of horror. Just when Chi Sheng finally cleared an instance in an infinite-flow game, he received a phone call late at night. To his utter surprise, he still hadn’t escaped that world. Now he’s forced back into the game, where he also happens to fall in love. A fluffy little story. World One: A normal return 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Prison of the Fog City 雾都囚笼 In Year 0 of the Fogbound Era, a mysterious black fog shrouded nearly every corner of the Earth. Lurking within its gloomy depths were vicious fog insects that slaughtered humans without mercy. To survive, the nations formed three united governments and used a new physical defense technology to isolate surviving cities and regions from the fog. From then on, humanity entered the Fogbound Era. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Age of Qi Refining in the City 都市炼气纪元 After graduating from a mediocre university, Chen Mo hits rock bottom when his father dies of liver cancer. Burdened with 300,000 yuan in debt and unable to get ahead at work, he can only hide from reality in his rented room by practicing a “fake cultivation” breathing technique. When he unexpectedly activates the All-Purpose System, he uses the medical skills, cultivation methods, and pills he obtains through it to rise from an unlicensed apprentice at a neighborhood clinic to the “Divine Docto —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Mecha Girls: The Delinquent Won’t Make a Contract with the Socially Awkward Boy 机娘：不良少女不会契约社恐少年 (Mecha Girls + Romance + School Life + Corrupted Beasts + Battles + Passion + System...) This is an age overrun by Corrupted Beasts, an age of glorious mecha. We came from the base cities, heading for distant lands! Chen Muyu: What does it take to become a great mecha girl pilot? First, you need a mecha girl who loves you as much as you love her. As luck would have it, he meets one, but she seems a little fierce, like a delinquent girl. Yu Lulu: I'm so hungry. Eat, eat, eat, gobble it all up... 2Reads—Score120Shelves
- 39 The Shadow of the Strange 诡谜影 [Supernatural + Cthulhu Mythos + Mystery] After work, the protagonist, Lin Wan, takes the elevator and notices her shadow changing. An ordinary office worker might think it’s just a trick of the eyes after working overtime. But what is it really? Click through to the story and let’s find out, everyone! My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! It’s everything you l 1Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 40 My Packages Are Delivered to an Eternal Dynasty 我的快递，送达万古王朝 Chen Fan was delivering takeout during a torrential downpour. After climbing twelve flights of stairs, all he got was a one-star review and a forty-yuan fine. Then the System arrived. It wasn't the kind that let him cultivate immortality. It was for delivering packages. First delivery: King Wu Ding of Shang requested a "sacred flame in the rain." Chen Fan delivered a two-yuan lighter, and Wu Ding fell to his knees. Second delivery: Di Xin requested a "miracle medicine for warriors." Chen Fan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Me, Reborn After the Apocalypse 重生到末日之后的我 [Alternate Setting + Supernatural Powers + No System + Slow Burn] On the day of the apocalypse, Lin Xiao got the truck-reincarnation package deal and arrived in a post-apocalyptic world. Here, people with all kinds of abilities were known as Marked Ones. The strongest among them were powerful enough to stand against entire civilizations. “In just three years, that man nearly wiped out every high-level Marked One in the entire Federation.” “And you…” “I’m like him?” “No. You’re even more special 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Shu Han's Grain Supply: Farming and Sericulture in the South for the Chancellor 蜀汉粮秣：我在南中替丞相兴农桑 Chen Ji, an agricultural science student, pays his respects to the chancellor at the Wuhou Shrine. He dozes off and transmigrates into a Shu Han garrison soldier, trapped in the desperate lands of Nanzhong. Armed with practical agricultural expertise, he gathers refugees, battles corrupt officials, burns limestone to amend the red soil, builds chain pumps to develop irrigation, makes compost, and uses traditional methods to produce fertilizer. He introduces high-yield crops from the future, such 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 A Little Late for Romance 稍晚浪漫 (Youth + powerful CEO's secret love + reunion after years apart + love triangle + open-ending aesthetic) When Gu Cang, president of Lianqiang Group, spots the name “Man Duoduo” on a résumé, long-buried memories come surging back. He discreetly arranges for her to join the company, bringing the girl he once watched from afar face-to-face with him again, completely unprepared. But he has shed his youthful innocence and become a deep, formidable man, making him seem like a stranger to her. At the —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 44 The Season of Fusion 融季 [Complete] Dual powerhouses + AA to AO + campus romance + broken up and reunited + male/male A troubled family, and no one who cared. An unexpected opening ceremony, an unexpected flirtation, an unexpected roommate or deskmate. It all seemed like one coincidence after another, yet somehow it also felt like fate. Main couple (top student bottom x school bully top): Ji Huai'an x Chi Wangye Side couple (physics prodigy childhood friend older brother x athletic younger brother): Li Lin x Qi Xing 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 I Bought Talismans Online, and a Celestial Master Teaches Me to Catch Ghosts 网购符箓，天师在线教我抓鬼 I ordered ghost-repelling talismans online, but what arrived was a stack of children’s sticker toys. After I left a bad review and filed a complaint, the seller called late that night. “Fellow cultivator, wait!” The next day, a handsome man in ancient robes showed up at my door and solemnly took my hand. “Spiritual energy is thin in the modern world, so talismans need your blood.” Just as I bit my fingertip, he suddenly started a livestream. “Everyone, the top donor gets a ghost-catching experie 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Surviving the Three Kingdoms 我在三国熬命长 I transmigrated into a lowly soldier who dies on his first day on the Three Kingdoms battlefield, but I was bound to a “Live Longer, Grow Stronger” System. As long as I stay alive, my Strength stat automatically increases by one point every day. So I began my desperate campaign to survive at all costs I played dead at Changban Slope while Zhao Yun trampled my face, and held my breath; I prepared a life preserver in advance for the Battle of Red Cliffs; I even secretly brought Sima Yi blood press 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Making It to America: Watch Me Expose the American Dream on Livestream 润到美利坚：看我直播拆穿美国梦 [America]+ [Comedy]+ [Immigrant life]+ [System]+ [Entrepreneurship]+ [Local color] Zhou Mancang, a young man from a small town, quits his steady job and heads to Los Angeles with two suitcases and the words, “There are opportunities everywhere in America,” hoping to stay with an online friend. What do you mean the local thug Zhao Shihao is giving me trouble? What do you mean by Chicken Man, Saul Goodman, Heisenberg, Jesse Pinkman, the Eastwood cowboy, and Stallone, characters from TV shows and m 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Nation: Don’t Panic, We’ll Help You Grind Through the System 国家：别慌，我们帮你一起熬系统 Ding! The Myriad Heavens Plunder System No. 9527 has bound itself to Host Lin Mo. “Newbie mission: jump from the tenth floor and receive a god-tier physique!” Lin Mo: “No way. I’m afraid of heights.” “Warning! Refusing the mission will result in your death!” Lin Mo: “Oh, go ahead and do it. If I die, you die too.” The System: “…” The System had been alive for a hundred thousand years and had never met a Host this shameless. Everyone else called their System “Dad,” but Lin Mo treated it like a gr 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Beyond Redemption 万劫不复 Three thousand years after the great war between the Galactic Domain and the alliance of demon races, turmoil once again descends upon the universe. The protagonist, Jiang Shang, is an Earthling from the Milky Way, but he is abandoned by the major human factions. By chance, he enters the demon race and becomes half-human, half-demon. Later, he returns to the Milky Way and unifies t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 The Cocoon of Ascension 升维之茧 (Sci-fi and fantasy, ensemble cast, no System, no harem, not mindless; read at your discretion) When humanity first discovered that the souls of the dead became blue particles of light and flowed into the void, the truth of human civilization came crashing down: we were nothing more than crops cultivated for energy by higher-dimensional beings... Earth, Experiment Site No. 138. In this cross-dimensional struggle for survival, humanity is split into factions: fanatics offer themselves up in sacri 10Reads6.6Score—Shelves
