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- 1 A Paradox Player in the American Civil War P社玩家的美国内战 [Two male leads] [Alternate universe] [Transmigration] [One heroine] [Slow burn] [World War II] [KR/KX timeline] [Paradox Interactive gamer] [Hearts of Iron] America, 1927. The economy is booming when Li Yanzhi and his good friend Su Yunzhi transmigrate onto the streets of New York and unlock the [Paradox National Focus System]. As they look at the colossal holographic map before them, the first national focus activates automatically: [A New Arrival]! From fighting to survive on the streets of N 375Reads—Score12414d adds
- 2 An Alternate World War II: The Night Watcher 架空二战：守夜人 (World War II + no System + alternate world + history + a touch of angst) (Told in a documentary style, so it may be a slow burn) Also known as: Bloodshed: Fighting Through World War II What would happen if the world’s technology developed along a different path, and the global situation changed dramatically, even though everything still took place during the same war? Suppose America were divided into North and South, Britain changed its political system and led the world, its colonies became c 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Moe Girls of Europe: Austria Becomes a True Dynasty 萌娘欧陆：奥地利真王朝了 [EU4 + Holy Roman Empire + alternate history + Middle Ages] Austria, darling, we love you! We love Hungary, Burgundy, and Bohemia too! Austria, darling, we love you! We love France, Spain, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth too! Reborn as the famous Austrian posthumous son, Ladislaus V, he begins by inheriting three crowns. He unites Milan with Austria and restores the Iron Crown of Lombardy, protects the Christian world by marrying into Poland and Lithuania, funds Spain’s exploration of the 1.1kReads8.4Score10414d adds
- 4 The Summoner in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Logistics Department 神盾局后勤部的召唤师 After transmigrating to Marvel, Lister spends three years working in logistics at S.H.I.E.L.D. Everyone thinks he's useless. He's almost starting to believe it himself. Until the day Hydra attacks the base. The superheroes are a thousand miles away. Everyone else crouches with their hands over their heads, waiting to die. Backing into a corner, he draws the blood-red summoning circle he hasn't used in three years. There are no goblin shrieks in the circle. Only a dragon's roar. Afterward, Tony S 592Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrated to Rome, Bound to a Consul's Powerful Patron from the Start 穿越罗马，开局绑定执政官金大腿 [No System + Transmigrates in person + Character development + Hero in the early stages + Farming in the later stages + Tyrant who builds towers of skulls + Hunts down the first three major powers] This is the story of a modern college student who transmigrates to the final years of the Roman Republic, works hard, and ultimately establishes the Roman Empire and becomes its “emperor.” As the story unfolds, the protagonist grows from immature to mature, then becomes a warrior, a hero, and finally 1.5kReads8.8Score13714d adds
- 6 Reborn, I Woo Queen Victoria and Take Control of Britain 重生泡上维多利亚女王，掌控大英 A car accident sent me from being a 22-year-old delivery guy to 19th-century London, where I became a beggar on the verge of starvation! A hellish start? No! This is a god-tier starting point! From the start, I meet 17-year-old Princess Victoria, the future queen of the British Empire, where the sun never sets! She’s just discovering love, and I change history, becoming her one and only support! “Your Highness, your destined soulmate? Sorry, that’s me!” “Prince Albert? Get lost! She’s my woman, 4.7kReads8.0Score34014d adds
- 7 Imperial Russia: Make the Romanovs Great Again! 帝俄：让罗曼诺夫再次伟大！ [Handcrafted]+ [Meticulous Research]+ [Imperial Russian Power Struggle] In November 1894, when his father, Alexander, suddenly dies, Nikolai, considered to be of mediocre ability, hastily takes charge of the giant empire mired in crisis. And I, Li Hongtu, have somehow become Nikolai shortly after his coronation. What is to become of the empire’s future? Perhaps, as I stand in the Winter Palace gazing at the Neva River, the empire’s chariot has already quietly turned away from the abyss. After al 13.8kReads7.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 8 My Thousand-Year Empire 我的千年帝国 Before you stands the founder of a new era for the German military, the developer of Middle Eastern oil, a viper at the negotiating table, the leader of the Progressive Party, the scalpel that carved up the colonies, the architect of a thousand-year empire: Mr. Yode von Luoman! 12.3kReads8.6Score71914d adds
- 9 Dark Fantasy: A Druid Among the Indians 暗黑，混在印第安的德鲁伊 2kReads8.7Score17814d adds
- 10 A Soviet Civil Servant 苏俄公务员 He woke up to find himself transmigrated to Soviet Russia in 1918. That year, the flames of revolution wavered in the cold wind. Abroad, enemies watched hungrily as one war after another loomed on the horizon. At home, factional infighting was just beginning to take shape. Disputes over policy and the economy had not faded with the pressure exerted by foreign enemies, and for the first time, the question of succession was on the table. “Why is everyone looking at me?” In the Moscow Assembly Hall 83.3kReads8.8Score8.8k14d adds
- 11 Sing Out! The Turbulent Twentieth Century 高唱吧！波诡云谲的二十世纪 [Another world + character development + emotionally devastating + a new world order] The setting carries over from the previous book, which takes place in nineteenth-century Europe. If you only want to read about the twentieth century and don't want to read the previous book, that's fine too. You only need to remember a few characters. In 1887, the war that changed the world broke out. The empire fell in that war, and Russia's darkest hour began. Decades have passed. The great figures of that e 867Reads8.8Score10414d adds
- 12 Medieval Times: The Chinese-Style Succubus Monarch 中世纪：中式魅魔君主 Knight + Lord + Nobility Lane awakens the memories of a past life and carries a ten-cubic-meter pocket dimension with him. Starting out as a noble knight, he endures wars and political intrigue, becomes emperor, and reshapes the course of history across the entire world. 20.5kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 13 Rebuilding Germany: I Become Chancellor After World War II 重启德意志：我在二战后当总理 Lin Mo is a graduate student in history at a top-tier university in the 21st century. Specializing in modern European history, he has a solid theoretical grounding in World War II, Germany’s postwar reconstruction, economic policy, and international relations. He is empathetic, level-headed, and well versed in modern governance. In May 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered. Berlin lay in ruins, and Germany was divided among the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. People’s livelihoods 285Reads6.6Score12514d adds
- 14 Transformed to Survive World War II 变身之苟过二战 [Transformation + World War II + Siding with the Axis + No System] For no apparent reason, he found himself in the final days of World War II, on the villain's side. To avoid being sent to Siberia for forced labor, he had no choice but to lie low for now and wait for the war to end. 1.4kReads7.7Score11714d adds
- 15 My Years of Struggle in Soviet Russia 我在苏俄奋斗那些年 A transmigrated soul wanders through the Soviet Union of the 1940s. Beneath a uniform of the NKVD, how many stories lie hidden... 11.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 16 Reborn: Bloodshed on the Eastern Front 重生之血战在东线 A second lieutenant is reborn on the Eastern Front of the Soviet-German War. Follow Valery as he fights through one bloody Eastern Front battle after another and forges a legendary story of his own. 18.7kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 17 Berlin in Another World: In the Kaiser's Name 异界柏林：以德皇之名 [Transmigration + no System + 10,000 words updated daily + white-haired protagonist + old-school tsundere + one heroine + history + morally gray] The Ruthless Man of Tongliao, Issue 114514: From Commoner to Royal Consort, How Does a Lowly Adviser Win the German Empress? If you don’t like it after reading, you can challenge the author to PvP. My name is Claude Bauer. I was just an overworked office drone pulling a late-night shift when a bolt of lightning struck, and I returned to the German Empi 18.2kReads9.5Score77314d adds
- 18 America, 1860: Starting from Scratch as a Tycoon 美利坚1860：从零开始当财阀 [European and American Business Wars] [The American Civil War] [The Gilded Age] [Technological Development] Business tycoon Allen died beneath a heavy truck in a car accident, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into the body of a 19-year-old Irishman in New York in 1860. With just 75 dollars to his name, Allen used his modern business acumen to start from scratch, first opening a canning workshop, then expanding the factory and starting a company. In the turmoil of the Civil War, his carefully l 14kReads8.7Score39114d adds
- 19 France, 1794 法兰西1794 A glorious tale of struggle after transmigrating into a minor German nobleman during the French Revolution and the Directory. “His Excellency Andrew, the great and glorious, arrived in his beloved Paris in 1794.” 916Reads8.9Score9814d adds
- 20 I’m the Emperor, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是皇帝我怕谁？ He woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the body of the empire's last crown prince. When his useless father abandoned the country and fled, Lin Feng led his subordinates in a fierce counterattack. Many years later, as the empire rose once more from the ruins of defeat, his subordinates draped the imperial robes over his shoulders. Lin Feng could not help but exclaim, “You people have really made a mess of things for me!” 252.1kReads9.1Score17.5k14d adds
- 21 1918: The Red Star Shines over Germany 1918：红星闪耀德意志 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 49.3kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 22 Conquering the World as the Kaiser's Driver 从德皇的司机开始征服世界 With just a blink, Lin Shangzhou found himself in Germany in 1930, in the world of KX. Even more unexpectedly, family circumstances had made him the Kaiser's chauffeur... But this Kaiser was nothing like the one he remembered. Wilhelm II was gone, replaced by his granddaughter, Empress Alexandrine. Though this version of KX differed in some ways from the one he remembered, Lin Shangzhou felt at ease in the prosperous German Empire of 1930. He knew what was coming and had plenty of time to prepa 8.7kReads9.0Score85514d adds
- 23 Transmigrated to Verdun, but My Cheat Is Krieg 穿越凡尔登，但外挂是克里格 Also known as: Giving a 2K Aryan Superman a Little Taste of 40K Note: This may include some TNO and Kaiserreich German Empire path plotlines. Bazel, a Krieger who had transmigrated into Warhammer, finally made a glorious sacrifice in battle. At that very moment, he closed his eyes… “Thank goodness! I finally don’t have to slog around in this hellhole anymore. I finally died for the Emperor. I never want to come back to this godforsaken place in my next life.” Oh, congratulations, child. You’ve s 3.2kReads5.7Score23914d adds
- 24 Age of Exploration: I Conquer Europe with Food 大航海时代：我用美食征服欧洲 [Two male leads + transmigration + food + infrastructure building + Age of Exploration + mutual pampering + 1v1] Min Xi has the bad luck to transmigrate to the Ming dynasty, and even worse, he isn't in the Ming Empire at all. He's in Europe. At this time, the Industrial Revolution hasn't begun. Europe is still in a primitive state of plunder and ruthless expansion, with chaos everywhere and might making right. Luckily, he's not alone: Yun Ji, a young master who can really fight and happens to be 4.4kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 25 The Raging Eastern Front 狂飙的东线 The Führer is assassinated, and Goering takes over the Third Reich. He appoints Kahn Regismond as commissioner on the Eastern Front, granting him command over the German forces there. The Battle of Stalingrad begins. Can he change the course of the war? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 How to Save Germany 如何拯救德意志 After transmigrating to 1901, Han Si unwittingly saves Wilhelm II, the last emperor of the German Empire. Since he's accidentally gotten involved with the Kaiser, he'll have to find a way to save Germany in order to avoid a miserable fate later on. 2.5kReads9.0Score12914d adds
- 27 Reborn: In the Korean Peninsula, Plotting a Coup from the Start 重生：人在半岛，开局策划造反 [Reborn + no System + not mindless wish fulfillment + no harem + military coup] Jiang Yunseong was reborn in South Korea as a young officer, only to be framed and thrown in prison from the start. Fortunately, at the critical moment, he awakened the ability to read people’s minds and temporarily escaped danger. But he soon discovered that he was at the center of an unavoidable political struggle! To stay alive, he incited a group of senior commanders to launch a military coup! “Fail, and you’re r 782Reads9.1Score10214d adds
- 28 The Brave Always Win 勇者必胜 Will Golland and his girlfriend, Aminni, joined the SBS and SAS, the British commandos, one after the other. They were born to fight the war against fascism. Raiding behind enemy lines, they struck fear into the hearts of Nazi demons. Their footsteps carried them across France, Norway, and the battlefields of North Africa. They wore green berets, and their name was the Commandos. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 King of the Middle East 中东之王 A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.4kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 30 Reborn in Tokyo: From a Noble Heiress to a World-Class Tycoon 重生东京：从华族千金到世界财阀 [Business Wars] [Conglomerates] [Economics] [The Bubble Era] [Political Intrigue] “Even a pig could take off if it stood in Tokyo's path of rising fortunes in 1985. And I will be the dragon that commands the winds and rain.” A Wall Street elite is reborn in Japan in 1985, only to face the imminent bankruptcy of her family? Saionji Satsuki says: This is like taking a max-level character to slaughter the beginner village! This is the year before the Plaza Accord is signed, with the yen on the verg 111.5kReads9.3Score11.2k14d adds
- 31 I Transmigrated as the German Emperor: I'll Restore Germany to Glory! 穿越德皇：我重振德意志！ Zhao Zheng, a PhD in history, wakes up to find that he has taken over the body of Wilhelm II, Germany’s last emperor, in 1918! He has only two days before his abdication! Berlin is in turmoil, mutinous sailors seize power, and the Entente powers mass their troops at the border. The once-glorious Second Reich is on the brink of collapse! But armed with a century of historical knowledge, Zhao Zheng refuses to repeat the tragedy! He kicks the arrogant powerbroker Ludendorff aside and seizes iron-fi 46.5kReads8.0Score4.3k14d adds
- 32 Cultivating in America: A Life of Romance 修仙美利坚，风流每一天 [The Only One with Supernatural Powers + Abroad + Slice of Life + Tycoon + Horse Racing + Farm + Foreign Flair + Blonde Beauties + Living as He Pleases] Also known as: You Asked Me to Cultivate Immortality, But I Fall for Every Tall, Beautiful Foreign Woman I Meet When a cultivator meets a Texas cowboy, is it a clash of civilizations or a crushing technological advantage? Witness how an Eastern cultivator uses immortal arts to conquer America, carving out a path to greatness through gunfire, mon 30.1kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 33 Riding the Waves of Tokyo Bay: Starting in 1945 逐浪东京湾：从1945开始 The protagonist himself transmigrates to Hengbin, Japan, after its defeat in 1945. Posing as a local, he works as an interpreter for the US military, becomes a shameless collaborator, builds a yakuza organization, and wreaks havoc on the Japanese who haven't yet paid for their crimes. He also gets up to all sorts of mischief with plenty of cute girls, makes it through the occupation, and eventually becomes a financial magnate. A story about making money and living life to the fullest! As they sa 41.8kReads6.4Score3.3k14d adds
- 34 EN Transmigrating to a Small Country and Developing Its GDP to Number One 穿越小国，发展GDP到第一 [Transmigration + Farming + Development + War + Ensemble Cast + Ideals] To borrow Sankara's words: What was the Republic of Bujinia like before he took over? Its national GDP was just 7.26 billion dollars. Its land area was a pitiful 274,000 square kilometers. Its entire armed forces numbered fewer than 100,000! The navy? What's a navy? Can a landlocked country even have one? And what was Bujinia like after he took over? Its GDP surpassed that of the United States Federation, accounting for 40% 30.1kReads9.3Score2k14d adds
- 35 EN Wandering Knight: My Simple Data Panel at the Start 流浪骑士开局：我有简易数据面板 After transmigrating to another world, he found himself in a feudal society much like the Middle Ages. Starting as the second son of a knightly family, armed with nothing but a simple data panel, he set out on the path to empire. Training soldiers, forging weapons, building castles: he had it all. 32.4kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 36 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 205Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Dual Transmigration to the 1960s: A Prosperous Nation and Strong People 双穿六零之国富民强 In 2025, Su Tianci was just another overworked wage slave. He ate a roujiamo at Red Romance, then opened his eyes to find himself back in that fiery era. What’s more, he had somehow become a wanted criminal. See how Su Tianci fares with the System’s help: will he be doomed from the start, or turn danger into safety? 295Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Dual Crossing to Republican-Era China: A Blood Sacrifice to the Land 双穿民国之，血祭山河 Su Tianci is an ordinary office drone from 2025. To make ends meet, he joins a film crew shooting short dramas. Who could have guessed that he would lose his footing and fall into a deep pit? When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to 1937, a year engulfed in war. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between this war-torn era and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before Su Tianci… 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 39 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 127.9kReads9.5Score13.9k14d adds
- 40 Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇 Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him... 1.7kReads6.7Score—14d adds
- 41 Invincible Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之无敌 Wu Xiaoyao was an ordinary wage slave. To survive in this damnable era, he had no choice but to go abroad and become a mercenary, risking his life for a living so his family could have an easier life. Who could have guessed that, through a twist of fate, he would transmigrate back to the late 1970s? See how Wu Xiaoyao, equipped with the golden finger every transmigrator needs, makes a name for himself in that red-hot era! 653Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.9kReads5.8Score33814d adds
- 43 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score14914d adds
- 44 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 494Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 45 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score10114d adds
- 46 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score13514d adds
- 47 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—14d adds
