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- 51 Arms System: Unlocking the Terminator Arsenal from the Start 军火系统:开局解锁终结者兵工厂 My younger sister's livestream career had flopped, and with nowhere else to turn, she came to Africa to seek refuge with me, where I was mining. She thought I was just an ordinary mine owner and only wanted to film some tough-guy daily life to attract followers. That was until a warlord's forces surrounded the estate and I pressed the red button. A torrent of mechs trampled across the wasteland, while aerospace fighters tore through the clouds. My sister's camera shook. “Bro... you call this... 8.7kReads6.7Score69114d adds
- 52 Mercenary: From the Start, I Had a Jammed AK 雇佣兵:开局一把炸膛AK Liu Zhen runs a travel channel, but his videos are so poor that he has been mercilessly mocked by his haters. With no other choice, he decides to travel alone to Country A and film truly breathtaking footage to shut them up. But things don't go according to plan: he finds himself caught in a war. As a weapons novice who has only ever handled guns in video games, how can he turn the tide with nothing but an AK? And how will he embark on a career as a mercenary? Let's wait and see... —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 53 Ultimate Agent: Counterterrorism, Strike Back! 终极特工:反恐,反击! Guns, guns, and more guns! Li Sen, a retired Chinese special forces soldier, unexpectedly becomes an international counterterrorism agent! Hostage rescue, special operations, infiltration and reconnaissance, evacuation, armed assaults, crisis response! He activates the Ultimate Agent System! S-Rank Talent, from the start: Sudden Emergence: Increases all physical attributes by 30%! Increases proficiency with all firearms by 30%! S-Rank Talent: Regenerative Warrior: Increases the body’s natural he 472Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 54 Yes, Yes, That's Right, I'm a Security Guard 对对对,我就是保安 Shanmao, a soldier medically discharged due to injury, had planned to graduate from engineering college and settle into an ordinary life as a construction worker. But a phone call from a former comrade-in-arms draws him to a chaotic region of Africa, where he becomes a bona fide PMC employee and embarks on a thrilling life unlike any other! 2.3kReads8.2Score17914d adds
- 55 The Seventh Special Forces Unit 第七特种部队 We are devils, nonexistent as ghosts. We fight like packs of wolves and are as ruthless as hyenas. Our enemies call us butchers, executioners! Whoever dares challenge our nation's dignity, we will destroy their country! Whoever dares lay a hand on our people, we will wipe out their entire clan! The only thing we live for is to fight, fight, fight, fight until death! 35Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 56 Mercenary: Firepower Above All 雇佣兵:火力至上 (No System + Not reborn + Designated marksman + PMC mercenary + Firepower deficiency anxiety + Not invincible + Ensemble cast) Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia: wherever there's war, there's a place to make a living. In the gray zone, with all sides maneuvering against one another, survive between the cracks through one dead end after another. No halo, no legends, just one narrow escape after another. 1.2kReads—Score10614d adds
- 57 Livestreaming as a Mercenary: Fighting from Inside Wa State 直播雇佣兵:从佤邦内部开始战斗 [The real Li Saigao + livestreaming mercenary + thrilling action + live battlefield calls + half fox + one-handed machine-gun action] A popular online personality who claims to be descended from the Longguo Expeditionary Force turns out to be an expert at harvesting kidneys? Countless people from Longguo are lured to Wa State by promises of high-paying jobs, only to find themselves forced into telecom scams, with anyone who refuses having their kidneys harvested? Xing Feng, a high school stud 26Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 58 A Genius Enters School, Starting with a First-Class Merit 天才入学从一等功开始 Also known as A Genius Enters the Academy with a First-Class Merit and The Crimson-Hearted God of War. No System. Lu Zheng transmigrated to a parallel world and became a new military academy student. Then, during the journey to enroll, a train derailed, hazardous chemicals leaked, and a mountain flood surged. On the first day of registration, before Lu Zheng had even set foot inside the academy, he faced a life-or-death crisis. Three train carriages hung over a collapsed bridge, with more than t 151Reads—Score13514d adds
- 59 Thanks for the Invite: My Deadbeat System Drops Me Straight into a Middle Eastern Battlefield 谢邀,坑爹系统开局落地中东战场 Firearms + hard-core military fiction + mercenaries + a screwed-up System + comedy + everyday life He is a ghost haunting the battlefields of the Middle East. He is also the White Reaper of the Nordic snows. And he is the tiger of the Southeast Asian jungles. An ordinary office worker, he was forced to transmigrate to a Middle Eastern battlefield because of a mistake made by the intern System. Starting as an ordinary man who had never even touched a gun, he gradually grows into a capable sol 3.1kReads6.9Score17514d adds
- 60 King of the Desert Mercenaries 沙漠佣兵之王 He saved one person and earned 1.5 billion. At twenty-two, Yuan Zheng was already a veteran mercenary with three years of experience. He still had to work hard for the good life he’d always dreamed of. Love came quickly, and left just as fast. From the very beginning, the joy of success and the sweetness of love were tinged with bitterness. Where would the river of fate carry him? An ordinary man with an extraordinary skill and one ordinary dream: to coast through life and wait for death! Yet fa 1kReads8.6Score12014d adds
- 61 The Unsigned Front Line 未署名的战线 [No System + no rebirth + modern espionage + overseas operations + military + special forces] Secret clashes between nations. Black ops that don't exist in any files. Starting with his first kill, a CIA agent in the Middle East, reconnaissance soldier Wen Hao steps into the gray world of intelligence. No unit designation, no medals, no way back. The truth he wants to uncover, and the people who never came back, are his only compass on this one-way road. Through a series of dangerous, deadly o 85Reads—Score13214d adds
- 62 Mercenaries: The Abandoned Squad 2 雇佣兵,弃子小队2 My name is Ouyang Lie, a former ace special forces soldier. On a rainy night at the border in 2012, I shot a Dai woman through the shoulder and killed the terrorist behind her. The authorities declared that she had died on the spot. I spent a year in prison, was discharged from the military, and drifted to Syria under the stigma of being a murderer, where I became a mercenary who lived by the blade. That shot became a nightmare that jolted me awake every night for eight years. Eight years later, 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 No Way Out of a Sea of Debt: I Settle the World with Guns and Cannons 债海无路,我以枪炮定乾坤 Zhou Feng was an ordinary civilian, buried in massive debt and driven by loan sharks to take up a mercenary’s life. He had no special talents or cheat abilities, and his marksmanship was nothing exceptional. He fought his way forward through sheer hard work. Loyal and true to his word, he earned the trust and support of his fellow soldiers by bringing them together with sincerity. Deeply versed in combat tactics and power struggles, Zhou Feng spent years moving between countries, maneuvering a 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Call of Duty: Operation Daybreak 使命召唤:破晓行动 A cache of tactical nuclear weapons left over from the Soviet era has mysteriously gone missing, pushing the world to the brink of war. The newly formed Task Force 141 is ordered to investigate, but becomes entangled in an elaborate false flag operation. As Captain Price and agent Alex delve deeper, they discover that the real enemy is not the terrorists on the front lines, but political masterminds lurking in the upper echelons of Washington and London. Betrayed by their superiors and wanted wo 43Reads—Score11614d adds
- 65 Transported to Another World, I Founded Its First Special Forces Unit! 穿进异世界,成立首支特种部队! Ron, a special forces soldier driven to the brink of suicide, transmigrated. He found himself in a shopping mall under terrorist attack. Ron couldn’t stand by and do nothing. But, to his utter surprise, he thought he’d only done what needed to be done. Instead, the daughter of a great noble in this kingdom specially recruited him as an instructor at the Royal Military Police Academy! After learning about the country’s military forces, Ron understood why. As outrageous as it sounded... The truth 1.6kReads7.2Score20514d adds
- 66 A Villain's Script? I'll Use It to Clock In at Work 给我反派剧本?我拿来上班打卡 [No female lead] + [Top-tier criminal-tech specialist] + [System] On his first day on the job, Yin Ping’an is called out for duty at short notice. He accidentally stumbles upon a criminal hideout and unlocks the Villain System. First day on the job: successfully busts an underground criminal den, fights twenty thugs alone, and is ultimately defeated by the SWAT team. Second day: admitted to the hospital, then runs into a child-trafficking case and discovers a drug-manufacturing den. He takes on 7.4kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 67 From the Start, I Join a Foreign Mercenary Force and Become a Gun God 开局加入外籍雇佣兵,我成枪神了 [No System + Not reborn + Female lead + Pure wish fulfillment, no frustrating setbacks + Mercenaries] [The man with the highest KDA in the mercenary world.] On November 26, 2024, a gunslinger arrived on this battlefield, where fighting had continued for three years, more than a thousand days. His aim was deadly, and he never missed. Everyone called the gunslinger Bruce. Only he knew his real name was Xie Yi. From foreign mercenary outfits to the Wagner Group, and then to American private militar 125Reads6.3Score28814d adds
- 68 Red Flag Mercenary Squad 红旗雇佣兵小队 Lin Ye was once a sniper in an elite special forces unit. After a conspiracy drove him out of the organization, he became a mercenary operating in the gray areas of the world. His marksmanship is godlike, but he never kills indiscriminately, and every assignment comes with hidden risks. 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Mercenary Livestream: Wielding an AK One-Handed on a Real Battlefield 直播雇佣兵:真实战场单手压AK Man loses his life to greed, while bird dies young for food. Cao Shiqi’s fate was rather pitiful. He got up early to look for food and had himself some breakfast. “Th-this… I just died?” Could he have choked to death on a meatball in his spicy soup? Or maybe the pan-fried bun was too hot and burned him to death? Anyway, none of that mattered now. Cao Shiqi had transmigrated, and become a mercenary with a System. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Shield of the Nation 国之盾牌 Three years ago, while working to crack a major drug trafficking case, Wang Ye, an MSS investigator, infiltrated a criminal gang to gather evidence. But when his handler disappeared, he had no way to prove he was an undercover agent and was sent to prison. Three years later, the unsung hero returns, ready to go undercover once more in the name of justice! 232Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 71 The 141 Task Force Is Assembling 开始召唤141特遣队 The protagonist transmigrates into the world of special forces and military adventures. From the start, he gains a System golden finger that summons the elite 141 Task Force. He forms an armed conglomerate and begins the passionate life of Qin Tian. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Dragonflame Special Forces: Above All Nations 龙焱特种部队:万国之上 Every appearance is merely an empty shell. Every rule in motion hides unseen undercurrents; every calm facade conceals a web of tangled, secret checks and balances. Layers of overlapping circles nest within one another, hidden threads silently intertwine, and invisible channels stretch across territories and seep into every fiber, quietly plotting in places no one can see. Interests shift without a sound, desires pull in secret, and every outcome has long been quietly marked out in the shadow 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 73 The Mercenary: Rise of the Yellow Turbans 雇佣兵之黄巾崛起 Unable to accept that the Yellow Turban Rebellion had failed, Zhang Jiao is reborn in the modern era, just in time to witness countries clashing with one another before the S3 season. Zhang Jiao immediately rides this wave, raising the Yellow Turban Army once more and forging his own path toward world peace. “Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise! In this Jiazi year, may all under Heaven prosper! God of Thunder, Mother of Lightning, heed my command! I am Zhang Jiao. Prepare to die!” But o 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 PMC: Armed Nation PMC:武装国度 (The rating was just released, and it'll rise later!) (No brainless plot, just hard-core tactics!) A game causes Zhang Sheng to transmigrate and embark on the path of a mercenary. Starting with a million dollars from the start, he builds a private military company from scratch. As modern private military forces take the world stage, capital, warfare, and intelligence intertwine. He recruits all kinds of talent and builds a complete, high-end military contracting system from the ground up: sp 15.7kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 75 John Wick: Gunfights Every Day in the Land of the Free 疾速追杀:自由美利坚枪战每一天 Across the four John Wick films, John Wick kills a total of 477 people. Here's a little game for you: count how many the protagonist of this book kills. [Underworld + assassins + gunfights + urban setting + underworld version of Dragon Raja] [Hardcore + no golden finger + not a brainless power fantasy for beginners] Protagonist: Tang Xiao The child of two Tang Sect assassins, Tang Xiao flees with his family after his parents get caught up in the John Wick incident, also known as Baba Yaga, the 306Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 76 You Like the Northern Expedition? Then Go Preach Your Fire-and-Unification Theory! 喜欢北伐?跟我信火一体说去吧! [No female lead + Transmigrate into a book + No System] (It’s normal for the rating to be low at first.) “War is a matter of vital importance to the state, a domain of life and death, a path to survival or ruin. It is imperative that it be studied.”, The Art of War, “Laying Plans” In 2025, on Blue Star in a parallel novel world, a global military competition for high school students is in full swing. At this time, two brothers from Earth, Zhu Yue and Zhu Xiuyuan, unexpectedly transmigrate to thi 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Mercenary in the Dark 黑暗中的佣兵 Who wouldn’t want a free and carefree soul, and an ordinary, peaceful life? A person who walks through the darkness of nations strives to dispel the endless gloom, longing for clouds of red. 125Reads—Score414d adds
- 78 Those Years I Spent at the Ministry of State Security 我在国安局的那些年 “My name is Wang Shuzheng. I’m 22, a veteran, and I’ve sent out 114 résumés without landing a job. My mom said that if I didn’t find work within three days, she’d throw my belongings out and kick me out of the house. Just when I was desperate, a mysterious email told me: You have been accepted by the Sixth Bureau of the National Security, Protection, and Control Agency.” “Only after joining did I learn that this world was far crazier than I’d imagined: AI with self-awareness, a terrorist organiz 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Ace Mercenary 王牌雇佣兵 Just twelve hours pass between being kidnapped and getting married: a super-soldier king and a beautiful special agent tie the knot in a flash. Wang Dan, the world's top mercenary king, returns to the city and inexplicably ends up with a beautiful special agent for a wife. Protecting her is only natural… 51Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 80 Mercenary: I’m in Eastern Europe’s Meat Grinder 雇佣兵:我在东欧绞肉机 Lin Yuan, codename “Raven,” is a down-and-out former soldier saddled with massive debts. Cold and ruthlessly self-serving, but with a line he won’t cross, he is an expert in CQB (close-quarters battle) and wilderness survival. The modern battlefield is a nightmare of “drone terror,” “artillery wiping the ground clean,” and lives treated as expendable. Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East: come along for a tour through one war after another. The fighting never lets up. What you think is exagge 931Reads7.6Score10214d adds
- 81 A Survival Guide to Nuclear War on Campus 校园核战生存手册 Introduction Congratulations, classmate. Or perhaps I should say, my condolences. If you’ve opened this handbook, then you’ve already realized that this is no ordinary school. This is First High School, a place where “survival of the fittest” is the only school motto. Here, knowledge is not only power, but also a weapon, a shield, and sometimes the fuse that sets off a mutually assured destruction. This handbook has been published in the name of the Academic Affairs Office, but its contents were 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Blades Drawn 利刃出击 Yugoslavia, Sudan, Angola, Afghanistan… Every war-torn country knows, without needing to say it, that a mysterious unit from a great Eastern power will appear on the battlefield. They come only as protectors. The Third Squad, led by Yu Cheng, is part of this very unit. After fighting through blood-soaked battlefields, they left behind legends of the Republic. [The second installment of the special operations series, with a new protagonist, a new era, and new characters.] 281Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 83 Special Case Management Bureau 特殊案件管理局 The first volume of Special Case Management Bureau has come to an end! Celebration time! Special Case Management Bureau 2: The Heavenly Net has launched on Tomato. Search for it on the platform or visit the author's profile to read it! [Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Fast-paced]+ [Growth]+ [Everyone is smart] Have you heard of the Special Case Management Bureau? It's a mysterious department attached to the Ministry of Public Security that officially doesn't exist, a secret organization dedicated to de 12Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 84 Kill Them Fast: A Michelin Assassin’s Record for the High Table 疾速追杀,高桌会米其林杀手实录 When the Boogeyman, John Wick, returns to the underworld over a dog, Chen Fan also happens to land a job at the Continental Hotel. In this mysterious world of gold coins, blood oaths, assassins, and the lofty High Table, all Chen Fan wants at first is to survive. While John Wick fights his way through a hail of bullets, Chen Fan carves out a different path with his cooking. But what lies behind the High Table? 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 The Two Souls of Gui Zi Liu Went on a Rampage for Their Unfulfilled Longing! 鬼子六双魂为“意难平”杀疯了! Gui Zi Liu goes on a rampage with two souls to put an end to his regrets! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 749 Bureau: Classified Files 749局秘闻 Have you heard of Bureau 749? Some say it’s a classified agency. Others say it’s a mysterious organization that researches supernatural phenomena. Still others believe Bureau 749 investigates and covers up cases involving extraterrestrial life forms appearing within the country. Which of these rumors is true? I didn’t know either, until I got caught up in a bizarre murder case and became a member of Bureau 749. That’s when I discovered that the bureau was far more complicated than anyone could i 328Reads7.7Score10314d adds
- 87 Escape from Tarkov: Wandering Ghosts 逃离塔科夫:游荡幽魂 Jonathan is sent to the city of Tarkov as a special envoy of the Russian Federation to carry out a covert mission. After he has served his purpose, he is betrayed, and his squadmates are slaughtered by the traitor. Left alone in the chaos of Tarkov, how will he survive… 210Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 88 The Bell Tolls at the End of War 战终钟鸣 The War Ends, the Bells Ring 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Dual Snipers, Full Firepower 双狙,火力覆盖 Chen Zizhou, a third-generation immigrant, joined the Vana Private Military Company at twenty so he could put his younger sister through medical school. Alena, a young woman from Yekaterinburg, took the same path that year to repay her younger brother’s loans. After five years as partners, they were the deadliest team on the battlefield: he was the shooter who pulled the trigger, and she was the eye that calculated the trajectory. From Mariupol’s eighty-two-day siege to the ambush on the road to 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Warzone Interview: My Uncle Is Somehow a Mercenary 战地采访,我大爷竟是雇佣兵 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Ye Nan is assigned to film a show in the Middle East. As soon as the show goes live, two groups of mercenaries open fire on each other from across their positions. The situation is so intense that even the viewers in the livestream feel the oppressive weight of war. But when the camera turns toward the battlefield, everyone is dumbfounded. The two groups of mercenaries are supposedly fighting, but all they're doing is firing into the sky. Even more unbel 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A Young Girl’s Frontline Diary: Notes from a Losing War 少女填线:烂仗记录 Also known as: “How We Kept Coming Back to Life in Grozny, Yet Had to Endure the Pain of Dying” “The System gave us flawless bodies, but refused to erase our pain.” January 1995, Grozny. Snow, black mud, jammed rifles, and tons of “Cargo 200” (the war dead). For the seven undead members of the ragtag squad, this was their entire daily life. As a doomed unit forced to sign the “Ashen Contract,” they had a cheat no regular soldier could help envying: resurrection. But there was a price. Every time 174Reads—Score2314d adds
- 92 Mercenary: Gray Line Operation 雇佣兵,灰线行动 Ouyang Lie, a former special forces soldier, was kicked out of his unit after one shot killed a terrorist but also accidentally took the life of a civilian woman. He drifted to Syria and joined a mercenary squad made up of outcasts from around the world. The captain was Ivan, a former Russian SSO major. The team also included Anya, a fiery Russian sniper; Kim Cheol-woo, a taciturn North Korean demolitions fanatic; Mark, a two-meter-tall German heavy-weapons brute; and Leo, a Mexican hacker and m 1.7kReads6.5Score21314d adds
- 93 We Came from Hell to Shout “Ura!” Three Times 我们自地狱来,只为高喊三声乌拉 [Mercenary] + [Sniper] + [Ensemble Cast] + [Russia-Ukraine War] + [Hardcore Action] [Adapted from my real experiences serving in an international security force.] Wei Zhen is the finest student in the VIP Protection Program at the International Defense Academy. After going to prison for avenging his mother, he thinks he's as good as dead. But then he crosses paths with a group of guards eager to make a quick buck, just as the Wagner mercenaries arrive to recruit from the death row block. Survi 613Reads—Score10214d adds
- 94 For the Sake of My Future, I Became a Mercenary 为了钱途,我去当了雇佣兵 [Precision Shooter]+ [Mercenary]+ [PMC] Mercenaries, or “dogs of war,” are always caught up in conflict and war, hovering on the edge between life and death. It's an extremely dangerous line of work. Through a twist of fate, Li Peng becomes a mercenary. “War hyena” might not sound flattering, but the pay is great! He originally planned to quit once he'd earned thirty million, but after the first thirty million came another thirty million. In the end, Li Peng realizes he might not be able to walk 7.6kReads8.6Score45914d adds
- 95 Mercenary: Fires of the Night 雇佣兵:夜的烽火 [Parallel World + Military Fantasy + Mercenaries + No System + Realistic Details + Cinematic Feel] In a world of guns and artillery, nobody is invincible. Those who survive have more than just basic skills: they have luck. Don’t say mercenaries fight only for money. They have bonds forged in battle, families, and faith in their hearts that can never be extinguished... 615Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 96 When I Brought Video Game Guns into the Real World 当我把游戏枪械带入现实时 [Gunfights] [Wasteland] [Shelters] [Natural Disasters] [Loot, Fight, Extract] [Decisive and Ruthless] Li Yang has just quit his job when he happens upon a game called City Ruins. He gets his hands on the beta version, and after completing the tutorial, discovers that the equipment he gets in the game can be brought into the real world. From then on, his life is all guns and bloodshed. 6.5kReads7.3Score35114d adds
- 97 A Mercenary? That’s Exactly What I Am! 雇佣兵?当的就是雇佣兵! A chance trip during his senior year at college lands Liu Yi in the middle of a mercenary operation, and so his life as a mercenary begins. Liu Yi: “Peak right after graduation? That's weak. We have to be both graduated and completely unhinged!” [Mercenaries + Urban life + Ensemble cast + Comedy] 7.4kReads7.0Score50914d adds
- 98 Paratroopers Are Born to Be Surrounded 伞兵天生就是被包围的 [Hardcore + realistic style + no heroine + special operations + action-packed combat, drawing on real-life experience to tell the story of airborne troops] “Surrounded by the enemy? Nonsense. I'm the one who has them surrounded!” “My name is Chen Yan. I'm an airborne soldier from the Thunder God Commando.” “I swear to defend the honor of my motherland's skies with my life!” Even when trapped and surrounded, Chen Yan fights to the death without retreating, still shouting hoarsely to his comrades: 2kReads8.4Score14214d adds
- 99 Lone Wolf Operation 孤狼行动 [Special forces: gathering heroes, fighting drug lords, destroying drug sources, saving people from disaster, and battling all the way through the Golden Triangle...] Xiao Wenlong gazed at the border marker between China and Myanmar for a long, long time. At last, he left only one sentence behind: “I, Lone Wolf, will be back...” 5.3kReads8.7Score64814d adds
- 100 Hidden Dragon in Raging Seas 怒海潜龙 Your battlefield is the vast land. Mine is the boundless sea. Your enemies are infantry, armored vehicles, and tanks. Mine are sea beasts, submarines, and warships! Tang Wei, a young man born into a family of pearl divers with exceptional underwater combat skills, joins Sea God, an elite underwater mercenary group. From the depths of the ocean to the icy waters of Antarctica, from volcanic lakes to rainforest swamps, he makes covert underwater assaults, salvages nuclear bombs, and tracks sea mon 336Reads7.0Score—14d adds

















































