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- 1 Honkai: Star Rail: Even the Aeons Fear Me After I Turn into Kafka 星穹铁道：变身卡芙卡星神都害怕 Gender Transformation + Yandere + Everyone Is Terrified + Even the Aeons Get Slapped Every character from Honkai: Star Rail will appear! And they’ll all be around for a long time! Note: I mean every Honkai: Star Rail character! Not a single one will be left out! Transform into Kafka and unlock the Yandere System. From then on, the atmosphere throughout Honkai: Star Rail starts getting strange. Seele: “Kafka, big sister, why didn’t you hug me today?” Firefly: “Kafka~” Sparkle: “Waaah, Kafka!” Jin 259Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 National Fate: Reincarnated as Firefly, with Kafka as My Teammate 国运：转生流萤，队友卡芙卡 From the start, in Night City, you “happen” to run into Silver Wolf. Two Stellaron Hunters can’t handle your little rule-based game? What? Planes, cannons? Super-futuristic tech? Set it ablaze! Burn it all! 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 3 Rule Horror: Jingliu Suppresses Mara by Slaying Haunts 规则怪谈：镜流靠斩诡压制魔阴身 [Healing + depression + national destiny + livestreaming + Honkai: Star Rail fanfiction + light deduction + Jingliu + wish fulfillment + transformation] Horror games, rule-based horror, and the arrival of the uncanny: as all these impossibilities slowly become reality, does humanity still have a future? She doesn't know. She can't be sure. Because she's gone mad... “My name is Jiang Yan. No... I'm Jingliu, the Sword Champion of the Luofu... No, no! No, no, no, no, no!” “It hurts so much. My body 113Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 National Fate: This Is Blade, and I Just Broke Through 国运：这里是刃，刚刚打穿 [National Destiny + Blade + Not Role-Playing + Honkai: Star Rail] Blade has been having some strange dreams lately. In them, his hair flows long, he wears clothes he has never seen before, and he wields a sword to cut down enemies on all sides. He can feel the pain and hatred in the heart of the “him” in his dreams. It feels real, yet somehow unreal. Just when he thinks it is all nothing but a dream... “What... How is this possible?” Blade stares at his reflection, disbelief in his eyes, which a 284Reads7.9Score100Shelves
- 5 In Character: Why Are You Crying? This Ending Is Great! 扮演：哭什么？这结局多好啊！ (You can enjoy this whether or not you play the game! With a secret identity in place, I'll try my best not to go OOC...) (The protagonist is male, but he'll draw secret identities of different genders.) “What? The Abyss has locked onto this world?” “You're saying that helping the Chosen Ones grow can delay the Abyss's invasion of the myriad worlds?” And so, after narrowly surviving the Abyss's minions, Mu Yu had to protect his own life by taking his activated secret identity System from world t 338Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 6 Death Game: Playing Kafka from the Start 死亡游戏，开局扮演卡芙卡 [Transformation + System + livestreaming + rule-based horror + Honkai: Star Rail + the game's difficulty depends entirely on the author's state of mind while writing] (Power fantasy, brainless fun, slow updates) In this game, life and death dance together. Will you survive in style, or die in disgrace? Kafka: Listen to me~ It's just a game, so don't take it too seriously~ (The characters played are not limited to one.) 5.9kReads8.1Score881Shelves
- 7 Sign-In: From the Start, I Obtain the Herrscher of the Void Core 签到：开局获得空之律者核心 [Making up for regrets] [Tree Sea Universe] [A few other worlds mixed in] Lin Ming is sent to another world by a truck earning its keep. He thinks he can start living the wonderful life of a transmigrator, but unexpectedly ends up in an “everyday life” world. But Lin Ming, who is about to take the college entrance exam for the second time, is suddenly caught up in the hidden “anomalies.” At last, he unlocks his golden finger and even joins the Myriad Worlds chat group! Elysia: “Hi, did you miss 2.4kReads8.1Score203Shelves
- 8 Star Rail Livestream: The Streamer Can Cosplay Anything 星铁直播：主播什么都能cos (Urban life + comic conventions + no female lead + lighthearted everyday life + an abundance of memes + playful antics + System + livestreaming + parallel world. No angst throughout, so enjoy without worry. It won't turn into fantasy; the main storyline is all about cosplay. So far: Blade, Luocha, Kafka, Dan Heng: Imbibitor Lunae, Sampo, Gepard, Dr. Ratio, March 7th, and Silver Wolf arcs.) Yang Yang, a small streamer devoted to Honkai: Star Rail, binds himself to the Honkai: Star Rail character 733Reads9.3Score105Shelves
- 9 Honkai: Star Rail: I Had Two Kids from the Start, Shocking Kafka 星穹铁道：开局生两娃震惊卡芙卡 [Laid-back + multiple heroines + story changes + original content in the middle and later parts] When he opens his eyes, Zhou Xingxing discovers that he has unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Caelus from Honkai: Star Rail. Beside him lies Stelle, still half-asleep. Kafka stares at the two of them in bewilderment as they wake. “You’ll be called Stelle and Caelus.” “Daga, kotowaru!” When Kafka points to him and says “Caelus,” Zhou Xingxing immediately snatches Stelle’s name instead. After 840Reads9.2Score107Shelves
- 10 Rule Horror: Reincarnated as Kafka, I Hear You Out from the Start 规则怪谈：转生卡芙卡开局听我说 [Rules of horror + national fortunes + livestreaming + deduction + everyone's mom + roleplaying as Kafka] Rules of horror descended upon Blue Star, and each country selected one chosen person to enter the world of horror. The chosen person would be linked to their country's fortunes. Kafka got her name because her father's name was Ka and her mother's name was Fu. After pulling ten cards and getting ten Kafkas, her vision went black and she entered this parallel world. She gained Kafka's appeara 1.4kReads7.7Score172Shelves
- 11 Honkai Impact 3rd: In the Honkai City, I Can Play Any Character 崩坏：崩坏都市，我可以扮演角色 [All characters stay true to themselves. No brainless behavior, no harem collector, and no out-of-character portrayals.] Qin Baiguo spent a lifetime's worth of luck on a ten-pull, got ten purple drops, and was forced to transmigrate into a world where Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai Gakuen 2 both existed. By raising characters' affection for him, he could earn the chance to play as a battlesuit character from Honkai Impact 3rd. He knew of the world's five major organizations: Schicksal, Anti-Entrop 5.2kReads9.1Score498Shelves
- 12 Honkai: Star Rail: Kafka Crosses Over into the Real World 星穹铁道：卡芙卡反穿到现实 [Sweet romance / Daily life / Reverse transmigration / Music / Angst] Gu Cheng is an ordinary digital illustrator. Honkai: Star Rail is his only way to unwind. Until one day... He opens the door and finds Kafka curled up in the corner. [The story is set in an alternate universe and is not connected to any existing world.] [Mostly sweet daily life, with some angst along the way, but no tragic ending.] [If you can’t handle the angst in this book, don’t read it, or skip those parts. I’ll be 3.5kReads9.5Score355Shelves
- 13 Rule Horror: Silver Wolf Can Freely Rewrite the Rules 规则怪谈：银狼可以随意篡改规则 Transformation + National Destiny + Rule-Based Horror + Absurd Comedy + Silver Wolf from Honkai: Star Rail [Note: This is a story using Silver Wolf’s appearance, not about Silver Wolf herself transmigrating.] In 2025, the appearance of rule-based horror began selecting “lucky ones” to enter dungeon games without warning. Winners could take everything, while losers faced certain death. Their countries would also be consumed by the horror. Qiu Kui woke from a sweet dream and discovered that she ha 802Reads8.8Score152Shelves
- 14 Lord Tree King: What? I’ve Become an Abundance Alchemist? 树王大人：什么？我成丰饶药师了 [Honkai: Star Rail + Genshin Impact + Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Eve + Aeons + secret identities] After becoming the Herrscher of Life, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Eve was accidentally sent to the world of Honkai: Star Rail by a space-time rift. The Astral Express happened to pass by and picked her up, and so began a new journey. “Miss Himeko... er, Sister Himeko! Uncle Yang, come quick! There's a woman in white floating outside!!” March 7th pointed out the window and shouted. Eve, floatin 11.5kReads9.2Score842Shelves
- 15 Figure-Making, Starting with Jingliu 从镜流开始的手办制作 [Gender-Bender, No CP, Chaotic Loli Protagonist, Original World, Innocent and Adorable True Form, Secret Identity Rampage] Your enemies: future prediction, time reversal, ability theft, hypnotic brainwashing, supersonic attacks... Your ability: making little people out of mud. "Liking lolis will get you arrested. Young girls lack charm. Only big sisters are the truth of the universe!" So declared a certain chaotic loli. "The Shenzhou Flat isn't even that big, is it?" "Is being fifty thousand yea 6.6kReads9.4Score695Shelves
- 16 EN Honkai: Star Rail - The Divine Sword of Taixu at the Start! 星穹铁道：开局表演太虚剑神 Yan Huan accidentally transmigrates into the world of Honkai: Star Rail, and from the start Kafka stuffs a Stellaron into her. "Congratulations, Host. You’ve awakened the Slacker System. The lazier you are, the stronger you become!" “Now that’s a sweet deal!” Yan Huan flops down on the spot, leaving Kafka and Silver Wolf utterly dumbfounded. After her slacking session… "Congratulations, Host. You have gained the power of an Emanator and the true teachings of the Celestial Phoenix!" “Wait, you’r 8.7kReads9.1Score595Shelves
- 17 The Magical Girl Secret Identity System, Starting with Robin 从知更鸟开始的美少女马甲系统 (Genderbend, No CP, One Soul in Multiple Bodies, Secret Identities, Original Worldbuilding) In a world beset by disaster and filled with despair, Robin, the world’s songstress, stands in the spotlight, adored by all. Her voice soothes the fear in people’s hearts and brings them hope. Sam (Firefly), the unstoppable Molten Knight on the front lines, has burned countless monsters to ash with her flames. Everyone knows better than to make an enemy of her. Then there’s Sparkle, the Masked Fool with a 10.6kReads9.5Score710Shelves
- 18 EN Honkai: Star Rail: Dreaming of the Starry River 星穹铁道：揽星河入梦 [Honkai Impact 3rd] [Honkai: Star Rail] [Honkai: Star Rail] It was an evening when ashes fell from the sky. A woman stood at the entrance to an orphanage, holding a black umbrella. “Since your wish in this life has been fulfilled, come with me.” “I just want to make sure: you have a taciturn older brother and a younger sister addicted to the internet. You’re divorced and widowed, and your ex-husband is buried?” “Of course!” “And you guarantee this is a normal, loving family, not some notorious i 21.4kReads9.6Score2.3kShelves
- 19 EN The House of Dread 诡舍 [Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of 707.4kReads9.6Score103.9kShelves
- 20 EN Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.7MReads9.9Score206.4kShelves
