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- 1 With a Cheat, My Life Takes Off 有了外挂，人生开始起飞 [Reborn + System + no romance + top student + youth + coming-of-age] Nie Wanqing spent a year working hard to get into graduate school with a self-taught bachelor's degree. Before she could even enjoy campus life, she tragically died in a plane crash! When she opened her eyes again, Nie Wanqing had returned to the past. She was also bound to a System called Top Student No. 32. Nie Wanqing decided to cherish this second chance and work hard to achieve the dream she had always held: becoming a spe 606Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 2 Back in the 1990s, I Changed My Fate Through Studying 重回九零我靠学习改命 [Period drama + transmigration + System + top student + strong female lead + advancing the nation through science and technology] After a week of working nonstop, Lin Yue finally got a day off. She was just about to enjoy a nice bath that evening when she suddenly died of overwork. Her only thought before dying was that she wouldn't be able to file a work injury claim! When Lin Yue woke up again, hunger was what roused her. She opened her eyes and realized she had become a baby who could do noth 1.9kReads8.5Score15214d adds
- 3 Back in High School, It's My Turn to Be the Top Student 重回高中，轮到我当学霸了 In her previous life, Tang Nian had an unhappy marriage and lived all alone. Given a second chance at high school, she resolved to change herself. From provincial competitions to national contests to the IMO, she pursued scientific research and academic competitions, experiencing a completely different life. At last, this time it was my turn to become a powerhouse. No male lead, no male lead, no male lead. P.S. The System doesn’t play a prominent role. The heroine is a hard worker, and the Syste 586Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 4 The Maxed-Out Expert Is Determined to Win the Motherland's Support 满级大佬她一心抱祖国大腿 (Complete) [Satisfying Read, Reborn, Academic Prodigy, Patriotic Scientific Research, Modern Cultivation, Devoted Couple] In her previous life, An Yueran became a quick transmigration mission-taker after she died. But how did she end up back where she started after transmigrating through one world after another? Well, since she was back, so be it. She would use the knowledge she had gained through quick transmigration and the space inside her jade pendant to cozy up to Father Hua, and make her e 295Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 5 In the 1970s, Both Studying and Cooking Can Bring Glory to the Nation 七零，读书与掌大勺都能为国争光 [Family Life, Slow-Burn Days, a Heroine Devoted to the Party and Her Career! No Romance, Scientific Research, Patriotism!] Her golden finger is an upgraded memory ability… Unlocking a memory palace! She transmigrates to the 1970s, just as the college entrance exams are reinstated. While everyone else studies hard for university, He Yangmiao transmigrates into the body of an elementary school student and has to start with “A, O, E” and “one plus one”… She scored only 208 on the modern college e 980Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 6 All-Round Top Student System 全能学霸系统 [No romance + feel-good power fantasy + top student + all-rounder + System helps me lead poor students into Tsinghua and Peking University] When Jiao Jiao opened her eyes again, she was back in eighth grade, when her parents were still alive. Bound to the Top Student System, Jiao Jiao vowed to change the mediocre person she had been in her previous life and become a top student known to everyone. “What? You say coming first in my grade is enough? No way! I’m going to be the top scorer on the hig 2.7kReads9.3Score30114d adds
- 7 A Deliberate Seduction: A Scientific Genius Accidentally Flirts with an Abstinent Army Officer 蓄意引诱：科研天才误撩禁欲军哥 [Period setting / military romance / college entrance exams / urban development and research / alternate history / slow burn / the research plot starts very slowly, so this may not be for you if you only want research and infrastructure development] Among the autism spectrum disorders, Asperger’s syndrome was once called “the genius disorder.” Jiang Yan was diagnosed with Asperger’s as a young child, but she was also an undisputed child prodigy and rising star of the interstellar age. After dyin 3.7kReads8.1Score26714d adds
- 8 I Went Down the Mountain to Reunite with My Family, Only to Find My Little Brother Had Become a Controversial Top-Tier Star 下山认亲，发现弟弟成了黑红顶流 [Strong female lead + no romance + showbiz + livestream + on-screen comments] Jian Xueqing is famous, famous enough to take the country by storm. But it's the kind of fame that comes from being hated. He has thirty million followers on Xingbo, half of them haters and the other half casual passersby who follow him for the gossip and good looks... His few genuine fans are lost in the crowd and can't make a ripple. Before their contract expires, his unscrupulous agency spitefully signs him on as a 8.7kReads8.6Score92914d adds
- 9 The Real Heiress's Passionate Life 真千金的热血人生 [Rebirth | A technologically powerful nation | Patriotism and family | The real heiress | No System | Female-led career story] She closed her eyes amid the smoke of war and opened them in an age of prosperity. In 1942, underground operative Ruan Siling's identity was exposed during a mission, and she died a heroic death. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in the year 2000 as Jiang Yunning, the real heiress who had just been brought home by a wealthy family. Her pistol had become 5.8kReads8.9Score55714d adds
- 10 Quick Transmigration: The Female Side Character Only Wants to Serve Her Country 快穿之女配只想报效国家 When Zhang Xu died in battle, she was a little delighted. At last, she could retire! Her happiness lasted less than three seconds before an intelligent entity bound itself to her, forcing her to wander through one small world after another! In these small worlds, she was always the cannon-fodder supporting heroine in some melodramatic plot, there to give the male and female leads experience, equipment, and even a free kill. World Spirit: Our mission is to face-slap villains and help the supporti 1.6kReads9.0Score12314d adds
- 11 The Nation's Darling Is Wowing Everyone Again 国民崽崽她又惊艳众人了 [A feel-good story about a patriotic heroine: bringing honor to her country, adored by the nation, a hacker who protects her country, Olympic figure skating, military equipment design, and world champion in every field. Heartwarming and healing. The main story is complete!] After an accident, she is reborn in the womb as the only daughter of the richest man, and the whole family dotes on her. Once she gets an all-around genius System that loves dancing, she starts working hard to master all kind 4.6kReads9.0Score54614d adds
- 12 Quick Transmigration: The Scheming Female Side Character Is Studying to Strengthen the Nation Again 快穿之黑心女配又在学习强国 [Completed] [No-CP quick transmigration + a ruthless, no-nonsense female lead + entirely fictional] In the small worlds, the male and female leads always have a vicious, scheming supporting woman by their side. She's a troublemaker for the leads, an anchor for the plot, and a doomed character waiting to die. Until Yang Zhen, the ambitious general of the Qiang Kingdom, becomes one of them, over and over! System: Boss, earn experience by face-slapping and punishing scumbags. Reaching the pinnacle 11.2kReads8.7Score86614d adds
- 13 A Doctoral Big Shot's Beloved Life in the 1970s 博士大佬的七零团宠日常 Beloved by the whole family + striving through the years (kind family, no awful relatives) P.S. The early chapters are warm and slice-of-life; later on, there is a focus on technology. The female lead has a photographic memory and is a super-genius. There is no romance in this novel, so those who enjoy stories without romance can dive right in. In the 23rd century, the genius Dr. Leng Yue is killed by her own mother and reborn as Ling Yue, the only granddaughter of the Ling family in the 1970s. 8.9kReads9.1Score71314d adds
- 14 Breaking News: The Ice Queen Is Reborn 爆！冰上女王她重生了 [Main story complete + strong heroine + beautiful, cool, and charismatic + top student + figure-skating queen + world champion + bringing glory to the country + no romance + all figure-skating details are fictional!] After returning to the age of fifteen, Tang Qingxia became a legend in the figure-skating world. “Seven quadruple jumps” and “five-and-a-half rotations in the air”: one dazzling feat after another set everyone’s eyes spinning. The internet exploded! CCTV covered it! The figure-skati 3.5kReads9.3Score37614d adds
- 15 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 31.5kReads9.1Score4.3k14d adds
- 16 Quick Transmigration: We Fought to the Death Back Then, Now We Set Sail Again 快穿：当年死战，又是扬帆起航 [No CP] [Some worlds involve taking down scumbags] [Patriotic themes] [Big-picture perspective] [Ancestors transmigrate] [Healing] [Many worlds, but may our country always know peace and prosperity] [Personal growth] Lu Zhou was a young soldier who died in battle. All she saw was the shining Five-Star Red Flag. The world comes in a thousand colors, but she loves only one shade of red. World One: The villainous rich girl at an elite school? A spoiled rich kid with nothing to do? No problem. All o 7.2kReads9.3Score65614d adds
- 17 After I Transmigrated Back, I Bewitched the Whole World 穿越回来后我苏遍整个世界 After Lin Xiyue opened her eyes again, she realized this was not any of the worlds she had transmigrated to before. It was the original world she had lived in before she ever started transmigrating: unlike the cultivation, martial arts, apocalypse, and future alliance worlds she had visited, this was the world where the real Lin Xiyue had grown up. Luckily, her portable cave abode was still with her. Since that was the case, she might as well bring over everything she had learned in all those wo 14.1kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 18 The System Sends Me Back to Sixteen 系统让我重返十六岁 A rebirth story, a System story, a patriotic story, and a tale of striving for success. Top scorer in the national college entrance exam, Olympic champion, special forces soldier, diplomat. This isn't a romance. It's a female-led story, and the male lead barely appears until the final chapter. The moment Lu Xiaoxing opens her eyes, she's back at sixteen, in her senior year of high school. She's also bound to a Progress System. Walking or running each day is enough to complete her check-in tasks 16kReads9.5Score2k14d adds
- 19 Reborn: The Superpowered Wife Goes Wild 重生之异能狂妻 After being reborn, she went from the top commander of the Eastern Military District in the apocalypse to a timid, useless heiress. The first time they met, she was covered in blood. Calmly striking a deal, she helped him win a street-racing championship with god-tier skills, then walked away without a backward glance. The second time, at a lavish family banquet, she kicked the younger sister who tried to humiliate her straight into the pool, shocking Kyoto's entire elite circle. The third time 16.5kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
- 20 Quick Transmigration: The Max-Level Big Shot Gets the Cannon Fodder Script 快穿当满级大佬拿到炮灰剧本 When the Cannon Fodder System has no other choice, it grabs a random lackey, never expecting to latch onto a max-level expert! From then on, it gets to coast to victory. In the heroine's story, the lives of cannon fodder characters are always turned upside down by her. No matter how innocent they are, cannon fodder can only ever be cannon fodder, a stepping stone on the heroine's road to happiness. Then Guihua transmigrates into the cannon fodder characters of various little worlds. Guihua says: 27.5kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 21 I Strive for My Country’s Prosperity! [System] 我，为祖国富强而奋斗！【系统】 [Reborn + System + top student + patriotism + positive energy + feel-good story + no awful relatives] Su Xing was always on her own, the aloof goddess in everyone else's eyes. It seemed everyone took it for granted that beautiful women should keep their distance and remain unapproachable. Only Su Xing knew she was pretending to be aloof. In truth, she had severe social anxiety! She hated dealing with people and being noticed. All she wanted was to hide in the shell she thought was safe and coast 42.7kReads9.6Score4k14d adds
- 22 The System's a Clown, I Make Things Worse: Rebellious to the Core 系统沙雕我添堵，一身反骨离大谱 They came from distinguished families and were beautiful, talented, and exceptional. But whenever they crossed paths with the male and female leads, they became brainless cannon fodder, burning themselves up to make the leads’ romance flourish until their dying breath. And now Gu Mo has become all those women from countless novels. System: Boss, you can face-slap the villains and break up those couples! Go get ’em! Gu Mo: I’m awesome! I can do this! Much later, the System stares in bewilderment 37.4kReads9.1Score3.1k14d adds
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