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- 51 Infinite Worlds: After I Became the Manor Lord 无限世界：当我成为庄园主后 [Infinite flow + System + wild imagination + no romance] Zhao Manman, an NPC, awakened in a terrifying world of mist. The world of mist is made up of players and NPCs. Players enter to have their wishes fulfilled, but the mysterious world of mist offers more than thrilling survival challenges. They also have to deal with all kinds of players, whose hearts are impossible to read. Zhao Manman could only weep in despair. I just want to stay alive! Luckily, she got a manor from the start and unexpec 1.2kReads8.6Score11514d adds
- 52 Evolving from a Scarecrow 从稻草人开始进化 Zhou Mo transmigrated into a game and became a cannon-fodder scarecrow. From being hunted by players to hunting them himself, Zhou Mo evolves without limit. Common, Elite, Leader, Monarch. Scarecrow, Nightmare Scarecrow, Secret Puppet Spirit, Mithril Armor, Daywalker, Mountain Titan... Demon War General, God’s Chosen: his identity keeps switching sides. Monarch’s Scythe, Saint’s Chain: he can swap his gear at will. As gods and demons awaken, the game and reality converge. Player: How do you know 5.7kReads8.2Score65814d adds
- 53 EN I'm the Boss in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏当BOSS Name: Shen Hao. Occupation: Demon (You are the most evil, most cruel, and most terrifying great, great, great Demon King!) Innate Talents: 1. Calamity from the Heavens (When you enter an instance, you will take the place of the original boss in that world, inheriting all their attributes, abilities, and items. When the mission ends, you will permanently gain their attributes, one of their abilities, or an item.) 2. The Demon’s Legend (Demons may leave survivors, but never out of mercy. Those you 4.8kReads8.3Score52014d adds
- 54 The Beloved NPC Is Always Flirting with Me 万人迷NPC总在撩我 [Two male leads × sweet romance × 1v1 × both inexperienced in love × sweet story × feel-good power fantasy × Fourth Calamity × full-dive game × game livestreaming × multiple secret identities] Dual perspectives!!! A flirtatious NPC beauty on the receiving end × a devoted, straightforward, scheming top They're both direct, and they both speak their minds. Their relationship is sweet all the way, with no misunderstandings. The receiver starts out as a top-tier expert, while the other lead is weake 3.2kReads9.4Score59114d adds
- 55 Showing Off Romance in a Horror Game 恐怖游戏里秀恩爱 [Infinite-flow + devoted and powerful couple + male lead split into different versions + both leads are NPCs in a horror game] ♡ Prison level: Abstinent warden × cold, beautiful female prisoner ♡ “2274, what are you doing?” “Escaping, Warden.” ♡ Manor level: Vampire butler × spoiled young lady ♡ “Butler, you’re overstepping your bounds.” “Miss... Miss, I’m sorry...” ♡ Period-piece level: Miao boy × innocent girl ♡ “I hear Miao boys are experts at using poison. Is that true?” “In my opinion... yo 3.7kReads8.9Score38414d adds
- 56 Infinite Flow: I Reincarnated as an NPC in a Horror Game 无限流：我穿成惊悚游戏的NPC The sun falls, and the entire world transmigrates. Gu Xin, who has heart disease, had planned to take things easy, get eliminated early, and enjoy what little time she had left on Blue Star. But an error occurred during the transmigration, and she ended up as an NPC in a horror game. While she ran her doll shop and picked up odd jobs in other dungeons, hoping to earn an immigrant ship ticket as soon as possible, three strikingly handsome men suddenly appeared before her. Each claimed Gu Xin was 1.3kReads8.7Score15314d adds
- 57 The BOSS Is Logging Into the Players' Forum BOSS正在登陆玩家论坛 [The Fourth Calamity]+ [Newbie village boss]+ [Subverting expectations]+ [Torturing players] On the night the “Divine Revelation” game went on sale, Xia Er died from staying up too late. When he opened his eyes, he discovered he had become a “newbie village boss” in the game. To make sure he survived, all he could do was quietly lurk on the player forums every day and study their latest guides. Player: “There's a secret passage in this dungeon area. We can sneak in through here.” Xia 23.2kReads8.9Score2.8k14d adds
- 58 After Entering a Horror Novel, I Became a Background Extra 穿进恐怖小说后我变成了路人甲 [Infinite-instance story + cross-dressing scenes + two male leads] (!!! I'm writing this for myself, so the romance may develop quickly and feature quite a lot.) Yang Guang is an antisocial, broke college guy. Just when he thinks he's headed for a dull, uneventful life, he transmigrates. Good news: He's landed inside a novel he's read. Bad news: It's a horror infinite-instance novel, and he's become a nameless NPC extra... But Yang Guang discovers that playing an NPC is like wearing a costume. H 11.2kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 59 Seafaring: An Ancient God Awakens? I'll Knock It Out with Money 航海：古神苏醒？用钱把它砸晕 Ancient gods awaken in the deep-sea fog. Islands emerge amid raging storms. Mysterious, uncanny treasures, fleets thundering with cannon fire, pirates laughing wildly as they bring bloodshed and slaughter, and intrepid adventurers exploring a new continent... When Li Cha Aldrich awakens once more, he finds himself an NPC in the game world known as Voyage. To prepare for the dangers ahead, Li Cha has no choice but to take the extraordinary path as a [Jeweler]. From [Jeweler] to [God of Wealth and 9.8kReads9.0Score92814d adds
- 60 Love Affairs Along the Road to a Day Job 打工路上的情爱往事 That year, worn down by my sister-in-law's constant needling, I had no choice but to head south for work. I never expected that on the way, I would be swept into a whirlwind of passion and love. Was it the happiness of having troubles, or the trouble of being happy? The past is too painful to recall. It all began with a woman nine years older than me... 15.2kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 61 Horror Game: I’m Really Just a Doctor 恐怖游戏：我真的只是一名医生 [Long-form campus writing contest entry] [The only one on the entire site] Fu Bai is reborn as an NPC in a horror game. He considers himself an ordinary, normal person, yet players keep calling him the Murderous Ghost Doctor, the Mad Doctor, the Horror Doctor... Come on, he's a refined, cultured doctor with a rather wicked streak. How can people still criticize him like that? Oh? More players have arrived. Fu Bai swirls the blood-red wine in his left hand, toys with a scalpel in his right, and b 672Reads7.0Score11514d adds
- 62 Thriller: This NPC Has Gone on Strike 惊悚：这个NPC罢工了 [Thriller + unhinged beauty + not scary + no romance + killing all the way + invincible] The dungeon opens in Chapter Two. You can skip it. Shen Xiaoxiao is the famous S-rank dungeon NPC, the River God’s Bride, hated by countless players. One day, she suddenly realizes that players have tricked her into dying countless times. So she decides: “I quit! I’m done!” While other players painstakingly search for clues to clear the dungeon, Shen Xiaoxiao spends the whole time causing trouble in her own 3.4kReads9.3Score46914d adds
- 63 Diary of a Massage Therapist 女按摩师日记 Lai Xiaojing was once a pure, innocent village girl. But after she arrived in the bustling metropolis with her beautiful dreams, she gradually became the most popular masseuse at a massage parlor, all so she could earn money to support her family. This memoir gives a true account of her eventful life during the transformation from innocent girl to masseuse, along with the secrets of massage parlors and bathhouses on the fringes of city life that ordinary people could never discover, and her stor 16.6kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 64 Thriller: You Were Told to Escape, but You Became an NPC 惊悚：让你去逃生，你成了NPC [Horror Game + Choices + Comedy + Irreverent + Building a Personal Power Base] Ten years ago, the horror game descended upon Blue Star. As the protagonist, Lin Qi was inevitably dragged into the horror game too. While everyone else struggled to survive, he made choices. At the Death Restaurant, everyone else was careful not to anger the customers. Lin Qi had already become the restaurant owner. At the Ghostly Cemetery, others searched for clues and for the missing Grave No. 7. Lin Qi simply 14.1kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 65 Trapped in a Horror World, I Was Forced to Become the Boss 人在惊悚，我被逼成了BOSS [No female lead + infinite-flow + decisive and ruthless + nuclear-grade absurdity + chaotic neutral] As everyone knows, surviving even a single day in a horror game is extremely difficult. Yet Lin Yi was trapped in the Undying Village for a full 29 days! Not only did he manage not to die, he was forced to become the ultimate BOSS of that instance! After resolving his survival crisis, he finally realized there was a problem. Now that I'm a BOSS, why haven't I cleared the game? That is, until a ne 5kReads9.0Score51814d adds
- 66 I Teach as a Vicious Ghost in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏做猛鬼老师 A horror game descends upon the world. Su Yun, the game’s first A-rank player, suddenly vanishes from public view. When he reappears, he is a teacher at a kindergarten for evil spirits. This is an F-rank instance with a death rate as high as ninety percent, but no player believes it. “Little Chubby is so honest. How could he be dangerous?” “The ghost girl is so kawaii. There’s no way she’d hurt the players!” But Su Yun knows that these adorable, good-natured little ones are all evil spirits, 1.4kReads9.1Score13014d adds
- 67 The Online Game: A World of Freedom 网游之自由世界 Everyone calls him a lecher, but he considers himself a master of gynecology. Some call him a hero, while others say he acts strangely. He doesn’t care what they think. He just wants to do whatever he likes. Demonic cults, righteous sects? What’s that got to do with me? Justice or evil? Depends on the situation! But one thing is certain: Han Jin has always been very generous toward beautiful women. Han Jin: If you lower your 23.3kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
- 68 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.8kReads9.3Score56914d adds
- 69 Come on, Let’s Have Some Fun! 来快活呀！ Wang Yan, a girl from a remote rural village, decides to change her life after enduring a series of experiences shaped by ignorance, backwardness, and poverty. Through dedicated study, lifelong learning, and hard work, she strives for the life she ultimately wants: financial security, modest prosperity, a civilized way of life, a loving partner who understands her, one son and one daughter, and no worries about aging or illness. From a frail little girl onward, she faces one pivotal crossroads a 5kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 70 I Cling to the Boss's Leg in a Horror Game 我在惊悚游戏里抱boss大腿 [Two male leads, one-on-one, extra sweet, both devoted to each other] [Insane, vicious big-shot player × adorable, timid NPC who clings to his powerhouse] You Li enters a horror game world and somehow becomes an NPC. While all the other NPCs scare people, You Li is the only one scaring ghosts. Sanatorium level You Li tries his best to play a ghost and scare people, only to be chased around by an insane big-shot player wielding a chainsaw, screaming the whole way. You Li: I won't scare you. Can y 7.7kReads9.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 71 Leveling Up From Wild Monsters 从野怪开始进化升级 The first layer of the nine-layer virtual reality game, Nine Heavens, opened to a spectacular reception, taking the world by storm within a single day. Lu Chen unexpectedly lost his character and began evolving and leveling up from a level-one gnoll? Kill more species to gain new talents! Obtain talent fragments to raise your talent level! As the quality of his prefixes improved, from ordinary to strong to very strong and beyond, his base stats skyrocketed! Player A: That monster's prefix is ove 5.5kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 72 The Beloved One: After Transmigrating, I Was Raised by an Endless Stream of NPCs 团宠：穿越后被无限NPC养大了 [If you have questions about Xie Ji, please turn to Chapter 99. There's also a discussion thread, and it's easy to find since it's been pinned.] [(I don't know why the tags say romance, ahhhhh!! It's two male leads, two male leads, two male leads! I'm saying it three times because it's important!) Also known as The Daily Life of an Infinite-World Boss Raising Kids in a Dungeon. Content warnings: This isn't an infinite-flow story in the traditional sense. It has two male leads, but the romance co 5.2kReads9.3Score65614d adds
- 73 EN Rise of Humanity: My Players Are Super Fierce! 人族崛起，我的玩家超凶猛！ The Barbarian Wilderness Continent was home to countless races, where the strong preyed on the weak. After transmigrating to the Barbarian Wilderness Continent, Lin Feng discovered that the human race was one of the weakest races there. Though they were numerous, they could only be kept like livestock and enslaved by other races. With the race on the brink of extinction, Lin Feng unlocked the "Rise of the Human Race" System, which could summon creatures from another world known as "players" to h 34.7kReads9.1Score3.3k14d adds
- 74 You Need Me to Survive? I'm an NPC, Not a Player! 靠我存活？我是NPC不是玩家哦 Wu Le is a murderous NPC in a horror game, rotating through different scenarios to "work"! Wu Le is free-spirited and willful. Deceiving players, playing tricks on them, and terrifying them are all part of her daily routine. Sometimes she likes to disguise herself as a player, getting a close look at the evil in people's hearts. She gives players hope, then crushes it completely, enjoying the look of despair on their faces. Other times, she plays the part of a proper horror NPC, hunting down pla 24.6kReads9.3Score3.3k14d adds
- 75 The Fourth Calamity: My Transmigration Simulator 第四天灾：我的穿越模拟器 Zhou Ning transmigrates into the world of the game Apocalypse before its launch, becoming an NPC with a player interface. The players will arrive soon! That's fine, but can someone tell me what's this transmigration simulator doing on my game interface? During his transmigrations, he chatted and laughed with Bernard Shaw, became friends with Dio Brando, fought Thanos blade to blade, became the Joker and overturned the entire world, and even ascended the Supreme Throne and toppled countless kingd 38.4kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 76 Sorry, You’ll Never Catch Up to Me, NPC 抱歉啦，姐是你们追不上的npc (A completely brainless comedy from start to finish) When Yun Youyou opened her eyes, she found herself inexplicably turned into an NPC in a horror game. Cheapskate game: no wages, no benefits. As long as you don't work yourself to death, they'll work you to death. Yun Youyou: Then I have no choice but to pretend I'm a pile of crap. If I can't create any value, it's the same as not working. With nothing but her silver tongue, Yun Youyou somehow turned a horror game into a comedy. The haunted hot 28.2kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
- 77 Don't Be Fooled by My Golden Finger-Like Look, I'm Really Just an NPC 别看我像金手指，我真只是NPC [Powerhouse + role-playing + secret identities + horror and the supernatural + people reading too much into things + chosen ones + no romance] A three-in-one blend of three horror genres: psychological horror games, Cthulhu livestreams, and real-world supernatural arts. Xiao Gui'an, a bit-part actor, died, but not entirely. He was chosen to play an NPC in a world of horror and the supernatural. After becoming a ghost, Xiao Gui'an thought he would no longer have anything to fear. Who could have 48.9kReads9.5Score3.7k14d adds
- 78 Horror Movie NPC Goes on a Killing Spree in a Terror Game 恐怖片NPC在惊悚游戏杀疯了 [Horror + comedy + power fantasy + no female lead (male protagonist has no romantic pairing)] A horror game swept across the world. Fu Yan, an NPC from a horror movie in a higher plane of existence, was accidentally dragged into the game. Fu Yan: Since you've all gone to the trouble of inviting me, I won't hold back. From then on, the “horror game” was plunged into the shadow of someone named “Fu Yan”... Horror NPCs: Please, don't come any closer! Livestream viewers: Can someone do something abo 66kReads9.6Score8.7k14d adds
- 79 EN An Escape Game Boss Enters the Infinite Survival Game 当逃生boss穿进无限流后 [Max-Level Boss + Dual Male Leads + Infinite Horror Game + Escape + Powerful Leads] As a gatekeeper boss in an escape game, Ji Xun has been working for the main System for as long as he can remember. He works diligently every day, year-round, never shirking his duties. Yet the survival rate of players who make it past him ranks highest among all the bosses. Ji Xun: Is that my fault? Players: This boss is actually a pretty nice guy. So the main escape-game System waved a hand and fired this freel 11.1kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 80 You Wretched Disciple, Stop! I’m Your Master! 孽徒快住手，我可是你师尊啊！ [Protagonist with no System] [Powerful golden finger] Lin Tianqi transmigrates to another world, thinking he’ll top the imperial exams, marry a rich beauty, and reach the pinnacle of life. Unexpectedly, he turns out to be a legendary cultivation prodigy with a Pure Yang Sacred Body. At the age of five, his beautiful master brings him back to her sect, and from then on, his life as a wicked disciple begins! “Heh heh heh~ Master, your disciple has a sleepwalking condition, you know~” 18.8kReads8.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 81 Thriller Game: From the Start, I Helped Monsters Make Choices 惊悚游戏：开局帮鬼怪做选择 [Horror game dungeons + career-based progression + NPCs caught in a rat race + livestreaming + everyday-life style] Jiang Ye’s daily routine consists of working, studying, working... Then one day, he’s pulled into a horror game during class and awakens an all-career talent. He discovers that all his career skills are a little strange. From the start, he unlocks the career “Small-Town Exam Machine,” with an added skill that lets him make choices for ghosts and monsters. [A difficult choice has ap 69.1kReads9.4Score8k14d adds
- 82 After a Mad NPC Set Its Sights on Me, I Took Control 被疯批NPC盯上后，我直接拿捏 [Female lead grows over time] [Male lead is thoroughly rotten] [One-and-only relationships] [Games include survival, horror, and rule-based mysteries…] A strange bus travels through time and space, crossing into another dimension… Jiang Song never imagined that her life as an overworked office drone would end on the day she finally clocked out. To survive the terrifying games, she must complete every mission without making a single mistake. The games are already perilous, but then an NPC s 35.5kReads9.3Score4.6k14d adds
- 83 EN Deceiving the Gods: A Performance! 欺神演出！ [Satisfying revenge + Mind-bending twists + Slow burn + Strategic battles + Loads of plot twists] “When I thought death was the end, I opened my eyes and discovered that death was only a new beginning.” Lin Yu was killed by a junior schoolmate he thought had come to confess her love, only to discover that he hadn’t truly died. Instead, he had entered a deadly game! Only the winner would earn the chance to “live again.” Fortunately, Lin Yu awakened the “Unique Class: Deceiver.” [Any lie you 539.7kReads9.3Score88.4k14d adds
- 84 EN Game Invasion: Addicted to Snatching the Male and Female Leads' Destinies 游戏入侵：抢男女主机缘会上瘾诶 [Game Invasion + No Romance + Leveling + Lone Wolf + Gaming] (Also known as: Game Invasion) After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge did was go home and make her younger brother down a bottle of liquor, causing him to miss the first game beta test. In her previous life, she didn't learn until she was dying that he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along. She was merely the villainess in a wish-fulfillment novel about a live-in son-in-law... Every bit of malice she suffered w 998kReads9.5Score85.8k14d adds
- 85 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
