Novels like I'm Not Human
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- 1 Little Bear, Watch the Moon with You 小熊陪你看月亮 [Contemporary romance + secret crush + a little angst + self-healing] We had known each other for years, sharing countless sunrises and dusks. He stood by me through the dark days when I was bullied. I always thought we’d be friends for life, until he smiled and told me, “My girlfriend proposed to me.” In that moment, a wave of overwhelming heartache and clarity swept over me. After half a year of getting to know him, I finally understood that what I felt wasn’t friendship or dependence. More th 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Regrets Come True 残念成真 An unknown purple stone gave the eyes of Shisen, a boy from a mountain village, extraordinary powers. At a glance, he could see hidden injuries in a cultivator's meridians, spot the weaknesses in a demon beast's vital points, and even perceive the patterns in the flow of spiritual energy throughout the world. Only when the golden remnant thought sleeping inside the stone awakened did he understand that his purpose in this world went far beyond simply “seeing.” Some say that everything under heav —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Wandering and Pausing, 走走停停， This is my first novel, Walk and Pause. My original intention was to write the people and events I've encountered in my life into this novel as a parallel universe. I hope you enjoy it. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The Sect Leader's Path to Immortality 掌门修仙路 No golden finger. Just writing about what I enjoy, and doing my best. All criticism is welcome. The story of a low-ranking disciple leading his sect’s growth and growing alongside it. Just two people and their sect: how far can they go? 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Echoes in the Deep: The Oath of Nidro 深牢回响：尼德罗之誓 A fanfic about Pixel Dungeon, born from the fury of someone who cranked the challenge level all the way up and got absolutely wrecked by the Dwarf King. But I digress. The dungeon’s native inhabitants have lives cheaper than rye rations, nothing more than toys for adventurers to train on. Karen grips a chipped short sword, and the battered medal on his chest is his only comfort. Sewer rats gnaw in the dark. The black blood of mutant rats sticks to a copper key, and poisonous water seeps into his 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The Last Rays of the Rhine 莱茵河的残阳 [No Female Lead] + [Not Overpowered] + [Historical] + [Western Rome] When the Huns’ hooves shatter the ice on the Rhine, sixteen-year-old Roman farmer Marcus knows only two things: how to run, and how to get revenge. The day his village burns to the ground, his parents’ blood soaks through his straw sandals, and his sister’s cries are swallowed by the barbarians’ laughter. From camp slave to battle-hardened centurion, he grips the old centurion’s sword and carves out a path to survival in a rot 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Crab Emperor Ascends to Godhood: Starting by Building a Shoddy Dragon Palace 蟹帝封神：从龙宫建成豆腐渣开始 Reborn as a river crab in the East Sea during the Investiture of the Gods era, I awaken the Greedy-for-Heaven System. From then on, the Dragon Palace’s construction projects are riddled with a whole lot more water. Ao Bing audits the books? Borrow Nezha’s Red Armillary Sash to destroy the evidence! The battle of the immortals? Resell the Jie Sect’s magic treasures and profit from both sides! The Spirit Mountain gets involved? Turn the Flowing Sand River into a toll booth in one stroke! From shod —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Time Is My Life 时间就是我的生命 Monsters roared outside the window, and Chen Fan could no longer leave. No matter how Anna tried to tempt him, he remained unmoved. There was only one reason: he had less than three hours left to live. Many years later, Chen Fan still remembered that night vividly. Without the thousand hours Anna had sponsored, how could he have witnessed the One Who Unifies All Things and brought an end to the age when monsters ran rampant? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Midnight Mysteries: 50 Chilling Truths to Think About 午夜诡事：50个细思极恐真相 A mirror at midnight, an empty elevator, a friend who always likes your posts within seconds, a shadow that comes to life... 50 uncanny experiences so real they'll make your scalp tingle. Every one happens in everyday life, and every one exposes the darkest side of human nature. You think they're ghost stories. In truth, they're about the human heart. Volume One The home you live in, the takeout you order, the mirror you look into, the people around you... All of them hide strange things you don —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Twin Worlds of Ashen Passion: Reborn, I Make My Brother-in-Law a Piece on My Chessboard 双世烬欢：重生后姐夫成我掌中棋 [Sisters reborn + revenge and court intrigue + palace and household schemes] Reborn sisters turn their act into reality, burying their treacherous father and his schemes together, then help the Grand Princess ascend the throne in imperial robes, stepping over the underground palace to become emperor. -- What you see may not be true, and memories can lie. -- Xi Gu, an orphan raised in a Jinling pleasure house, was not found by her biological father, a man who wielded power over the court, until 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Roaring Tiger’s Fangs 猛虎啸牙 Realistic historical fantasy + steady pacing + intelligent characters Also known as The Northern Spear King: The Tiger’s Hundred-Forged Spear With each new emperor comes a new court; each generation brings the new, and leaves the old behind. The late emperor is dead, and his parents are gone. A new ruler takes the throne, bringing new grudges and old enmities. Enemy nations invade, the borders fall into turmoil, the land is shattered, and the winds of change gather. Xiao Leng, courtesy name Chan 763Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 12 Strange Happenings at the Ancestral Hall Back Home 老家祠堂里的诡事 After my grandfather died, I was forced to return to a mountain village in southern Anhui and keep watch over the ancestral hall on the seventh day after his death. The old hall was thick with yin energy, and every taboo the villagers warned me about was more terrifying than the last: Don't light the perpetual lamp at night. Don't strike the wooden fish. Don't answer anyone outside the door. No matter what you hear, never open it. On the night of the seventh day, I heard fingernails scraping at 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Adventures in Another World with Infinite Magic 无限魔法的异世界奇遇物语 In the modern world: Jobs are hard to find, his family is poor, his classmates mock him, and his first love tears into him. Resentment and bitterness churn in his gut, finally turning into a burst of foul gas, a thunderous fart that shakes the heavens! Sitting on the toilet, he transmigrates straight into a magical world! In the other world: He transmigrates and is immediately crushed to death by a demonic dragon. What a disastrous start: his soul and body are torn apart. His wandering spirit ac 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 After Losing My Memory, the Ice-Cold CEO Took Me Home 失忆后，我被冰山美女总裁捡回家 The protagonist is thrown off a cliff by his wife and her lover. At the brink of death, his memories come roaring back! For three years as a live-in son-in-law of the Xu family, Zhao Yu did the laundry, cooked, and never complained. He gave them everything he had, only to be repaid with betrayal, beatings, and humiliation. On a rainy night, they wrapped him in a bedsheet and threw him off a cliff on Wuxing Mountain. He should have died in the storm-ravaged wilderness, but the blood running down 59Reads—Score101Shelves
- 15 A Little Late for Romance 稍晚浪漫 (Youth + powerful CEO's secret love + reunion after years apart + love triangle + open-ending aesthetic) When Gu Cang, president of Lianqiang Group, spots the name “Man Duoduo” on a résumé, long-buried memories come surging back. He discreetly arranges for her to join the company, bringing the girl he once watched from afar face-to-face with him again, completely unprepared. But he has shed his youthful innocence and become a deep, formidable man, making him seem like a stranger to her. At the —Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 16 What the Heck, Spitting on the Ground Made My Soul Leave My Body 我靠，随地吐痰给我干灵魂出窍了 I was an office drone back on Earth, then somehow ended up here, cultivating immortality. I don't want to reach the peak, I just want to go back to work. I don't fear hardship on the road to immortality, but the journey is hard, and there's no one to help. Whoever follows me will share my tribulations; whoever kills me will be free. Mother Earth, I want to go home. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn in Dongguan in 1998: From the Start, You Want Me to Live Off a Woman? 重生98东莞：开局你让我吃软饭 [Passionate Jianghu] [Everyday Urban Life] [Feel-Good Read] [Human Relationships] [Multiple Heroines] [Underworld] [Business] One day, Zhou Mo wakes up transmigrated back to 1998, at the height of Dongwan's "Heaven on Earth." In his previous life, he scraped by on weekends by throwing fixed fights and acting as a sparring partner for the rich. This time, Zhou Mo vows to make something of his life. Armed with a sense of grievance and information from the future, he moves from the entertainment in 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Demon Hunter of Chang'an 长安妖探 Demons harbor obsessions, and people conceal their own dark schemes. Any case in Chang’an can be solved, but the trials of love are impossible to escape. Thirty years ago, He Xingzhi was the chief of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the court-appointed greatest demon investigator in the land. With a demon-slaying sword in hand, he kept the demon clans across the four seas from stirring up trouble. But after he was convicted of mistakenly killing a commoner and stripped of his post, he withdrew to Z 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves
- 19 How Could an Intern Like You Possibly Be the CEO? 你一个实习生怎么可能是总裁 When she applies for a job as an intern... The board asks her: “Miss Zou, the position of company president is vacant. Would you be interested?” The heroine asks in return: “Can I tear that scumbag apart? Can I trample that fake innocent woman? Can I dish out face-slapping online? Can I have more money than I can spend?” The chairman: “None of that’s a problem, unless you don’t want to.” But her mother says: “The chairman’s just some old geezer. Don’t pay any attention to him.” The scumbag: “Zou 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Dreaming of Lingtai 梦回灵台 A strong female lead who isn’t coy! Ascending to the immortal realm, undergoing new trials, helped by her senior brothers, striving for self-reliance, learning to govern the nation and secure peace, expanding the realm, and returning to the immortal world. Her master turned his youngest disciple into someone mentally unstable. She reverses the usual path of cultivation and refuses to play by the rules; she’s turned the natural order upside down. In the mortal world, she honors her teachers, reve 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Ink Bones, Blank Space 墨骨留白 [Artist + Transmigration + One Female Lead + Slice of Life + Humor] In his previous life, no one loved him, and he had nothing to hold on to. Born into hardship and dogged by misfortune, his life ended when a bolt of heavenly lightning struck. By a twist of fate, however, it ruined someone else's cultivation and karma, turning him into a puppet for that person to recover through, though he himself remained unaware. From then on, a little supervisor and a pen accompanied him as he made his quiet 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Strange Tales from an Anonymous Livestream, Hidden in the Workplace 匿名直播间诡事藏职场 On the very day she is made permanent after her probation, workplace newcomer Liu Xi is framed by her colleagues and director. Overnight, she goes from promising new hire to scapegoat cast aside. With nowhere else to turn, she starts a livestream under the anonymous name "Xi Yan," exposing one by one the sinister incidents hidden in the office building, along with the bullying and false accusations that have been covered up. As more and more victims speak out, hidden details lurking in the city' 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The One Who Wants to Become a God 想成为神明的人 [Alternate World] [Combat] [Fantasy] A fantasy stage where anything goes! If I'm not gutsy, I'll do something reckless. There's no time to walk! I have to run! “Someone has to die! If that someone is me, then I'm willing!” “Ancestors, bear witness!” “Your unfilial child...” “I'll blow you to hell!” The early chapters are a little rough, and the protagonist starts out extremely weak. No System, slow pacing. This is an original story, and any similarities are purely coincidental. Please go easy on 78Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 After I Died, My Corpse Began Cultivating on the Cliff of Certain Death 我死后，尸体在绝命崖自动修炼 [Corpse Cultivation] [Wild Premise] [Leveling Up] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Revenge] Betrayed by his fiancee and senior fellow disciple, Jiang Ye had his innate spiritual root ripped out and was thrown into the Deadly Abyss. Everyone believed Jiang Ye was dead. But his soul was trapped in his corpse, which could absorb baleful energy and cultivate on its own. He could not attack on his own, but whenever an enemy struck his body, it triggered a retaliatory corpse fiend attack, harvesting the enemy 218Reads—Score263Shelves
- 25 After I Transmigrated, My Lord Was Always Forced to Follow the Plot 穿越后大人总是被迫走剧情 [Strong Female Lead] [Martial Prowess] [Soul Transmigration] [System] [Redemption] [Fated Love] [宿敌] Xiaoxiao: The System is in way over its head, the missions are out to get me killed, and I can't tell who my love interest is even if my life depends on it. As an external System, Xiao Yi has guided countless Hosts through trials and tribulations, only for them to... Fail every time. After twelve rounds of being bound and unbound, it finally met a "new Host." Sigh, here we go again! Oh well, she 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Ancestor Xin 辛祖 [30,000 words posted daily] [Gets better as it goes] [Three heroines] [Classic xianxia] [Rags-to-riches rise] [Power fantasy] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] [Passionate] [Fast-paced] Life is as brief as an ant's, a fate as insubstantial as dust. If Heaven won't let me climb high, I'll shatter these nine celestial heavens! If fate won't let me rule supreme, I'll forge the laws of all worlds anew! Only then will all beings across the myriad worlds learn that there is always a heaven beyond h 333Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 29 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 162Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Sword Sea Tower 剑海楼 The road ahead is long and far; I shall seek high and low. Chen Sanye never dreamed that he, a man from the modern world, would transmigrate to an imaginary ancient era, a martial world rife with bloodshed and turmoil. In this world of thrilling vendettas and constant danger, watch as he either makes a name for himself or ends up in a sorry state, feeling his way toward finding a road home. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Wu Junyan’s Path to Immortality 吴君彦修仙传 Wu Junyan is a pampered yet naive and mischievous rich young man in the Song Dynasty. Forced to study under his father’s strict discipline, he unexpectedly becomes infatuated with the path of cultivation. With a mysterious book titled The Immortal’s Travels in hand, he sets out on a cultivation journey full of absurdity and setbacks. From the farce of refining immortal pills into laxatives to the embarrassment of transmigrating into the modern era and stumbling into a scam, he repeatedly lands h 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Farewell Among the Red Leaves 红叶别离 I came from a distant place, with no ambitions in my heart. We met in the height of summer and parted among the red leaves. I found a purpose in my heart, and I vowed to protect the peace of this world for the rest of my life. 200Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Emotional Counterbalance: I Became Everyone’s Rock 情绪对冲：我成全员主心骨 I publicly confessed to the aloof top student by reading her a paper full of corrections, and became a laughingstock across campus. No one knew that the more flustered she got, the faster my bank balance grew. Other tycoons show off by throwing money around. I corner the heroines, then offer them a way out and cash in. I pointed out a data flaw to the tsundere campus belle, and she asked me through red-rimmed eyes, “How do you even remember that?” An offbeat influencer's livestream went off the 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Stardust on the Immortal Path 仙途星尘 Born with a special constitution, a young man becomes a pawn exploited by the major powers of the cultivation world. When he learns of the conspiracy behind it all, he sets out to take control of his own fate. After enduring trial upon trial, he uses stardust as his game pieces and shatters the shackles that have bound the ages. Trapped in a vast killing game laid by the great powers, he carves out his own path to immortality. 40Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 46 Eerie Infinite: The Death Script of the Starlight Cinema 诡异无限：星光电影院的死亡剧本 [Infinite flow + ensemble cast + battle royale + death scenarios + horror + suspense + gore + gritty realism + slow burn + character growth] “Remember, trust is a luxury here, and stupidity... is a deadly poison!” “Enough! I just want to work and live in peace. What did I do wrong? Why do I have to die? Tell me why!” “Because you’re just one of the people at the bottom...” “So people at the bottom deserve to die?” “Yes. Unless you make it to the very last day, you’re a god!” A terrifying movie t 1.6kReads6.1Score165Shelves
- 47 The Overlord Refuses to Surrender 霸王不认输 [Face-recognition slaughter, the target isn't the soldiers, it's their courage!] By the Guangling River, the sunset was red as blood. Guan Yu sat astride his horse with his blade in hand, five hundred blue-robed cavalrymen arrayed along the riverbank. What he held aloft was not a battle flag, but a portrait. The man in it was Fan Kuai, vanguard commander of the Han army. "Once you recognize a face, you can't take its life." One slash split Fan Kuai's long blade and shattered the courage of t 136Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Book of Fated Bonds 兰因簿 [Underworld Temp Worker + Civil Service Bureaucrat + Yin-Yang Romance] Do you think Fengdu opens its gates to the human world only on the Ghost Festival? It doesn't. The gates of the netherworld don't wait for any one particular festival. They stand open every day, day and night. Do you think that once you cross the Naihe Bridge and drink a bowl of Meng Po's soup, all love, hate, and longing will vanish without a trace? That's not true either. Countless obsessions will wander the depths of 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Plunge! 坠！ I was born in a small city blanketed in coal dust. By chance, I reunited with the girl who had once lived next door, whom I hadn't seen in many years. There were many versions of the rumors about her past, and it was hard to tell truth from fiction. This time, she slowly told her own story. I had just finished reading Fallen. Her life had some similarities to Mo Huai's in the book, but the differences between them were fundamental. I wrote down this memory not to compare whose fate was more trag 103Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 A Strange Immortal Fate: The Good-for-Nothing Without a Spiritual Root Turns His Life Around 奇仙缘：无灵根废柴的逆转之路 [New release] + [Fantasy with a System] + [Laugh-out-loud fun] + [One heroine] Su Qingxuan, a humble errand boy of the Qingfeng Sect, was born without a spiritual root. Amid the crowd’s scorn, he unexpectedly found an immortal gourd and became bound to a System! Later, a mysterious voice in a secret realm told him that he wasn’t actually without a spiritual root. He had the legendary… spiritual root. The little System is adorable and mischievous, and always good for a laugh. A fox demon at t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
