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- 1 Red Dead Redemption: Ink-Stained in Another World 荒野大镖客之墨染异世 [Transmigration, System, invincibility, conceptual skills, magic] After Qin Mo beat Red Dead Redemption 2, the System pulled him into the world of Red Dead Redemption. The System explained that something had changed in that world, and it needed its Host to help. What? Killing enemies earns attribute points? Dead Eye is maxed out from the start? An angel in my left hand, saving all mankind, and a demon in my right, wiping out everything?! The Honor system has actually turned into milestone reward 23Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 2 Red Dead Redemption: From the Start, I Robbed the O'Driscolls 荒野大镖客：开局抢劫奥德里斯科 The story begins before the events of the plot! The protagonist follows a high honor route! Arthur appears much later! Rob Clark arrives in the 1895 world of Red Dead Redemption. Knowing how the story is supposed to go, he initially plans to keep to himself. But after one experience after another, he gains the ability to help the whole world. Inspired by his companions, he builds a utopia founded on freedom and equality. He protects those he loves, the kindhearted, and the innocent. With the he 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Red Dead Redemption: Legend of the East 荒野大镖客：东部传说 In 1899, the age of gunslingers and outlaws had come to an end, and the United States was gradually becoming a nation governed by law. After suffering a crushing defeat in Blackwater, the Van der Linde gang flees the lawless West and heads into the mountains. There, a young man with exceptional shooting skills joins them. He will change the fate of the gang. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Red Dead Redemption: The Undying Legend 荒野大镖客：不死神话 The Americas, 1899. The world of Red Dead Redemption. On the gallows from the start? The West has a million ways to die, but Li Ming is immortal! Watch him create his own legend, one step at a time: the final glory of the Western cowboy! 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Red Dead Redemption: From the Start, Escaping Blackwater 荒野大镖客：开局黑水镇逃生 [No System + the main cast stays smart + sensible plot + game-focused] It’s 1899, and the era of westward expansion is drawing to a close. The tide of industrialization is sweeping across America, the legal system is steadily improving, and the freewheeling cowboy life of old is giving way to a modern world. Zhou Fan transmigrates into Mac Callander just as he and Dutch’s gang are robbing the Blackwater ferry. The next moment, he’s in mortal danger. 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Red Dead Redemption 2: From the Start, I Took Down a Legendary Rat Barehanded 荒野大镖客2：开局手撕传奇老鼠 Arthur Morgan wakes up to discover that he’s transmigrated into the world of Red Dead Redemption 2, back to that stormy night when the Blackwater heist went wrong. The gang is falling apart, the shadow of tuberculosis has yet to appear, and Micah, the culprit behind all the tragedy, is riding at the back of the group. Given a second chance at life, Arthur refuses to be the “honest man” who takes the blame ever again. This time, he’ll execute Micah in the snow, save Hosea before Saint Denis, and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I've Become a Rat of the Old West?! 我成西部老鼠了？！ My new story is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Red Dead Redemption: Legends of the East 荒野大镖客之东部传说 In 1899, the age of gunslingers and outlaws had come to an end, but I, Spike, was the only legend left in the East. Save Arthur, save the sinful souls of the Van der Linde gang. My new work, Red Dead Redemption: Godfather of the West, is now out. Come check it out! 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Red Dead Redemption: The Glory of Redemption 荒野大镖客：救赎荣光 [No System, no golden finger] The story of an ordinary man who finds himself in the American West of 1899, a land where no one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first, and his encounters with the Van der Linde gang. 541Reads8.0Score105Shelves
- 10 Tyler's Western Adventure 泰勒的西部冒险 This is kind of a Red Dead Redemption fanfic, but not really. There will be some other plotlines. I’m not a fan of supernatural stuff, so the protagonist has neither superpowers nor in-game items. 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Red Dead Redemption: This Protagonist Is Not Normal 荒野大镖客：这个主角不正常 [A life, a way of living]+ [The wild freedom of the West]+ [A life lived on one’s own terms]+ [One heroine, pure love]+ [Decisive and ruthless, no false compassion] All alone, Li Xia transmigrates into the body of a young man named Forster Corleone and arrives in the American West of 1899. In this land rife with sin and evil, Forster witnesses the sins of far too many people. With the officially designated cheat ability Red Dead Redemption at his disposal, he resolves to use his gun and strength 1.4kReads8.4Score102Shelves
- 12 A Man in the West Who Has Yet to Rest in Peace 人在西部尚未瞑目 [Red Dead Redemption 2 + transmigration + no regrets for anyone + lighthearted comedy + a whole lot of fun!] I never thought a game could leave me with regrets, let alone that I'd transmigrate into a headless guy on the verge of a tragic death. I thought I had become Arthur Morgan, the main character, but it turned out I was Kieran, a nobody. With his life counting down, Kieran just wants to save himself. But as he keeps trying, he realizes that everyone else has survived too. Arthur fires his g 12Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 13 The Gunslinger: From Blackwater to President 大镖客从黑水镇到总统 Day One After Waking Up “An accident brought me to this Wild West world. I was so happy to see my idol.” “But I was devastated by the tragic fate of the person whose body I now inhabit!” Day Two “I got absolutely plastered with Arthur and Lenny last night. I had a great time!” “And today we're going to explore the world beyond!” Day N “Why can't I change everything? Why can't I change this damned, numb world?” “Since I've come here, I'll leave something behind!” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Red Dead Redemption: Codename Phantom 荒野大镖客：代号幽灵 [Yan Shuangying template + Western setting + two heroes’ redemption + brutally killing Micah + satisfying power fantasy + Red Dead Redemption] Top agent Ling Feng transmigrates to the American West in 1899 and activates the Yan Shuangying template, only for the System to abandon him! With a Colt revolver in his left hand, moving too fast to see, and a throwing knife in his right, pinning Micah right in the crotch, he gives the Western gangs a lesson in modern tactics: “Bet your gun’s empty? No, 340Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 15 Red Dead Redemption: Werewolves Are No Match for Me 荒野大镖客狼人也照打 Red Dead Redemption + the Dutton Ranch + Western fantasy + monster-hunting DLC + ruthless hero + Western cowboy + no heroine + airtight logic (If you dislike multiple transmigrators, don't read) This world has a destiny of its own. There is no need to change it. The transmigrator, known by the alias Rip, loves the world of Red Dead Redemption, the town of Valentine, and the Dutton Ranch. He's ridden a ghost train, captured Bigfoot, seen UFOs, and fought evil spirits... Out West, he learned one t 89Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 16 From the Start, I Beat Up Micah and Conquered Red Dead Redemption 开局暴打迈卡，我制霸荒野大镖客 [His rating has only just opened, so please go easy!] Gan Lin wakes up to find himself transmigrated into the world of Red Dead Redemption, where he is thrown in prison from the start because of his skin color. The awakened Western Legend System is a real rip-off: either pay to get stronger or cause trouble to trigger rewards! Gan Lin chooses to beat the legendary outlaw Micah Bell until he’s crying for his mother, right in front of everyone. Then, taking advantage of the chaos, he breaks out. F 277Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 17 Red Dead Redemption: Yan Shuangying Transmigrates into Arthur Morgan 荒野大镖客：燕双鹰穿越亚瑟摩根 “Half man, half ghost, the greatest gunslinger of all”: Yan Shuangying wakes up to find himself in the body of Arthur Morgan, the third-in-command of the Van der Linde gang, an outlaw gang in the West in 1899. When Pinkerton detectives come after the Van der Linde gang, Yan Shuangying smiles confidently. “I bet your gun isn’t loaded.” Here, Yan Shuangying is invincible. There’s nothing he can’t do. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Red Dead Redemption: The Mastermind 荒野大镖客：幕后黑手 By chance, I end up in the world of Red Dead Redemption, where I've spent more than a decade on the run with Arthur and the others. Will has only just recovered his memories and is still reeling. But Dutch is destined to bring about his own ruin, so why not take him out first? And why not save Arthur while I'm at it? That's what Will Stet asks himself. Kill Micah. Kill Dutch. Wipe out Colm, leader of the O'Driscoll gang. Join the Mafia under an assumed name and rise to become a gang boss. ---Wit 87Reads—Score107Shelves
- 19 Red Dead Redemption: I'm Micah Bell 荒野大镖客，我是米卡卡 Chen Gengxing woke up to discover that he had transmigrated into the body of Milton, the Pinkerton detective from Red Dead Redemption. See how he uses the game guides and plot knowledge he accumulated over 400 hours of gameplay to carve out a place for himself in this wild, chaotic Western world! [Dutch? Micah?] Bring them to justice! [Arthur? John?] Two VIPs for Tahiti! Brigadier General Ross respectfully presents his double-action revolver. Click, click. Give the order! 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Nobita's Story: I'll Save Arthur and Kill Micah 野比大雄之亚瑟我来救迈卡我来杀 Nobi Nobita and his friends use one of Doraemon's gadgets to enter the world of Red Dead Redemption. With their own talents and a little help from Doraemon's gadgets, Nobita earns all sorts of titles, including the West's fastest gunslinger, the West's living King of Hell, and the Mafia's worst nightmare... I'm no good at writing blurbs, so just read the story! 9Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 21 Red Dead Redemption: A System of Perks From the Start 荒野大镖客：开局获得词条系统 [Keyword System] [Follows the main cast] [No torture of the protagonist] [No breaking up couples] [Killing Micah] [Careful attention to details] [King of fresh ideas] [The Van der Linde Gang's external brain]. This is the perfect ending in the eyes of a devoted Red Dead Redemption fan, mainly about a Western cowboy getting revenge and living freely. I have just one goal for this novel: to finish it at over one million words. I really can't stand how stories in this category either end in a rush 818Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 22 Red Dead Redemption: Founding a Nation in the West 荒野大镖客之西部立国 My name is Zhou Lu. Zhou as in, “Though Zhou is an ancient state, its destiny is renewed”; Lu as in, “The road ahead is long, and I shall seek far and wide.” I came to the West to do three things: justice, justice, and goddamn justice. 291Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 23 A Fugitive's Survival Strategy 亡命徒的生存策略 You could call it a Red Dead Redemption fanfic, but you could also say it isn’t. Nineteenth-century America wasn’t the end of the road for outlaws. It was the beginning of capitalism. The outlaws stood in its way. So they came to the end of the road. 8kReads8.6Score739Shelves
- 24 Fenglingyueying: Starting with Red Dead Redemption 风灵月影，从大表哥开始 [Single-player games] [Fling Trainer] [Not pure wish fulfillment] [Some worlds have heroines] Luen, a single-player game fanatic, transmigrates into the worlds of games he once played. Red Dead Redemption, God of War, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda... Fortunately, he also brings along a familiar golden finger: the Fling Trainer. By completing the quests that resolve each game world’s regrets, he can unlock one of the trainer’ 18Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 25 Journey of Redemption in the Wilderness 荒野救赎之旅 [Transmigration + System + Absolute Luck] Lin Yan, an ordinary young man from the city, unexpectedly transmigrates into a game. He may be playing the most ordinary passerby imaginable, but on the night he accidentally saves the game's protagonist, he awakens a System. Not only does he gain the ability to protect himself, but, even more absurdly, he gets an outrageously powerful passive skill from the start: Chosen One. After using his luck to help the Valkyrie Shadi complete her revenge, Lin Yan 294Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Red Dead Redemption: The Western Tycoon 荒野大镖客之西部大亨 In 1898, a young man named Crawford Johnson suddenly appeared in the West. Overnight, he went from a small-time farmer to a food magnate, consorting with outlaws, defrauding banks, and smuggling tobacco and liquor. Everyone who knew him called him a trustworthy con man. 225Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 27 Red Dead Redemption: Bloodshed in the Underworld 荒野大镖客之喋血黑帮 What would happen to the tragic yet heroic story of Red Dead Redemption if a modern man somehow ended up in its world as Arthur Morgan's younger brother, Sandino Morgan? (The story begins with the events of Red Dead Redemption 2 and continues beyond Red Dead Redemption 1. It will also touch on some events from earlier in the timeline. Although those parts are the author's own inventions, they'll stay as close to the game's setting as possible.) Please don't flame me if it's not your thing! 527Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 28 Red Dead Redemption: The Choice 荒野大镖客之抉择 In 1899, order finally replaced chaos, and the cowboys' last wild ride began. Zhou Zheng unexpectedly found himself in this era. With nothing to his name, he found something worth fighting for. Family, friends, brothers. He wanted them all! Anyone who dared stand in his way would have to answer to his fists and his gun! 1.7kReads8.8Score121Shelves
- 29 Red Dead Redemption: Three Punches to Shatter the Soul of the West 荒野大镖客：三拳打碎西部魂 The mixed Chinese-American young master of a Hongmen family fights his way from the gunfights of the Western frontier to the flames of war on the Far Eastern front. He brings the outlaw era to an end with his own hands, then stakes his entire fortune against the Axis powers. When the Blackwater Conference, a commercial empire, collapses with a crash, he gives capital its hardest purpose yet: becoming a blade driven into the heart of the invaders. Here are the West's tales of vengeance and camar 93Reads—Score102Shelves
- 30 Redemption in the Wild West 西部荒野上的救赎 Major John Rango of Delta Force is on a mission in Afghanistan when he is caught in a time-space vortex by the shockwave of an RPG explosion. He transmigrates bodily to the American West in 1897. Waking up in an abandoned mine, he quickly adapts to this world of opportunity and challenge, relying on a special forces soldier's keen instincts. Rango discovers that he is in the world of the game Red Dead Redemption 2, a year before the main story begins. Using his knowledge of the game, he sets out 29Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Red Dead Redemption: Godfather of the Gang 荒野大镖客：黑帮教父 In the Americas at the end of the 19th century, the cowboys of the West are about to have their last hurrah. Song Cheng transmigrates into Dave Callander, who dies at the very beginning of Red Dead Redemption 2. Step one: Dutch, I have a plan! 1.6kReads9.4Score114Shelves
- 32 Arthur Morgan’s Night City Adventure 亚瑟摩根的夜之城之旅 A Cyberpunk 2077 fanfic: Arthur comes to the world of Cyberpunk. From a steam train belching black smoke across the wasteland to flying cars roaming freely beneath neon lights, from lawless Western outlaws on horseback to riders on motorcycles walking the edge of the world, one man, two legends. Arthur completed the redemption fate had laid out for him. Now he faces a world surrounded by “civilization.” The year is 2077. The world is divided between civilization and crime, yet this age of civili 8.1kReads9.3Score968Shelves
- 33 Red Dead Redemption: Oh No, Dutch Has Another Plan 荒野大镖客：坏了达奇还有计划 In 1899, the outlaws had reached the end of their era. What followed was a wave of civilization and the rise of capital. At that very moment, Wang Jin transmigrates as Dutch in the Blackwater Massacre. For the gang’s future, and to keep it from going down the same path as in the game, Dutch decides to reform the gang! With the First World War yet to begin and advanced weapons still in development, Dutch decides to use Guarma Island to establish an arms company and trade weapons in this turbulent 5.6kReads9.4Score564Shelves
