Novels like War Game: I'm Really Not a Genius
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- 1 The Soul of the Nation: War Thunder 国魂之战争雷霆 A military buff who's only half an expert transmigrates to the Republican era of 1930 with a powerful System from the game War Thunder. Starting with a militia unit of just a few dozen men, he builds it into an army of tens of thousands. Using his golden finger and knowledge of history, he supports and unites every force resisting Japan, bringing the invaders' advance to a halt! 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Metro Exodus: An Antonian Arrives in the Apocalypse 地铁离去：安东星人初到末日， Detective Conan + K-On!: A day's stay costs 1 million Silver Lions, so they usually don't stay long. In plain terms, there are lots of places to spend money. Ammunition is assumed to be free, and fuel is unlimited and free too. The setting is a parallel world based on Metro Exodus, so there's no need to worry about the original story in a parallel world. As long as it doesn't stray from the game's plot, that's fine. 96Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 3 Road Survival, but It's War Thunder! 公路求生，但是战争雷霆！ A Starfury serving BVVD accidentally transmigrates to a world where everyone has to survive on the highway. He obtains the War Thunder System and keeps “working” for BVVD. “Hey, isn’t that Confucius from Shandong? You’ve gotten so strong since I last saw you.” “Just a puny BT-5? Watch my Panzer IV run you over.” “Heh heh heh~ Let my Tiger big sis give you a loving caress with her 88 mm cannon.” “What! You want me to take on a whole division with one battalion? Are you kidding me?!” “Ever wanted 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Thunder Fans Conquer the World!!! 雷批征服世界！！！ [War Thunder + Military + Another World + Conquest + Modern Warfare + System + Power Fantasy] This is a chaotic, lawless world of conquest, where trillions of people have been summoned to fight and kill one another. Countless people are granted abilities of varying ranks, each with a different starting hand, and must struggle to make their way in this world. Some have A-rank abilities and can command the wind and rain. Others have D-rank abilities and 33Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 5 War Thunder: Make the Gods Answer! 战雷：让神明做出回答！ I’ve got the J-36. You’ve really got Ultraman too!? War Thunder + alternate Western fantasy + modern warfare + swords and magic + Azur Lane + Battlefield + Digimon + mythological warfare + Ultraman + Broken Arrow + hunting BVVD! A magical barrier? It crumbles beneath the roar of depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds! An ancient dragon? It wails as it’s hunted by precision-guided missiles! On the eastern horizon, the Great Xia’s Type 99B main battle tank divisions launch a wedge-shaped assault, 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Ace Combat Z 皇牌空战Z This is a Strangereal World, a place where war never ends and friction between nations is commonplace. Amid all these conflicts, a group of people soars through the skies above. They take pride in their kill counts and settle the score with the purest aerial combat skills, never hesitating to risk their lives for it. (A novel set in the world of Ace Combat. The protagonist is original, while everything else will stick as closely to the source material as possible. There may be some out-of-charac 262Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 War Thunder: The Entire Band Makes the Coalition Forces Respond 战雷：全频带让联军做出回答 (This book includes elements from War Thunder, Squad, Eight-Treasure Congee, Battlefield, and more.) What? Our own people are getting bullied? Then we have to hit back hard and make the Coalition Forces feel what it means to be haunted by nightmares. We're all fighting to live, so the Coalition's tanks can go talk to the depleted-uranium penetrators of my Type 99A. (I'll explain things for readers who aren't War Thunder fans.) 882Reads6.4Score106Shelves
- 8 Transmigrate into War Thunder: From the Start, Awaken the Land Warfare Hero System 穿越战雷：开局觉醒陆战英豪系统 [Just rated, score will rise] [War Thunder]+ [Ground Forces tech tree]+ [Patriotism]+ [System]+ [No heroine] Take a good look. The man in front of you is called Lu Zheng. After being framed by his enemy, he got hooked on War Thunder and was forced to experience the pressures of national defense. On the day the Fireline Clash update went live, the day the 577 with a 6.7-second reload and the 629 with a five-second reload arrived, he, a level-100 veteran, closed his eyes forever. [Ding! Host death 1.7kReads8.7Score185Shelves
- 9 Armored Mecha Girls? I'll Lead Them to the Championship! 装甲机娘？我要带她们打上冠军！ This story follows Zhong Tianlin, who served as the commander of a modern main battle tank in his previous life. During a war, his crew was attacked and wiped out. As he lay dying, he transmigrated to another world, where beings known as Mecha Girls exist. They usually look like ordinary girls, but when they transform, they become genuine weapons of war. To resolve conflicts over resources, the world established a series of competitions. After Zhong Tianlin transmigrated, he was discovered by Fe 1kReads8.7Score101Shelves
- 10 The Horizon We Share: Warplanes and Fox Tails 同行的天际：战机与狐尾 [Military + Romance + Alternate History + Everyday Life] In 1990, an unknown disaster called the “Devourer Swarm” descended. Conventional weapons were almost completely ineffective against it, and human civilization collapsed overnight. In their darkest hour, a tiny number of people awakened as “Wing Callers.” Their soul-deep convictions could condense into tokens, which then took physical form as standard fighter planes from the early days of World War II. Only the firepower of these planes cou 566Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 11 Project Red Eyes: Beneath the Sky That Belongs to the People 赤瞳计划，在那片属于人民的天空 [Transmigration] [Gender Swap] [No System] [Hardcore] [Not Mindless] [Red] Also known as "Even as a Fox-Eared Girl, I Must Protect the People's Sky". Lin Ka died from working overtime, only to wake up as a fox girl. His greatest achievement in his previous life was ranking in the top ten worldwide in "Thunder War". In this life, she can't even control her fur from bristling. Before she had a chance to figure anything out, gunshots rang out. The political commissar reached out to her. “You're a v 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Between the Heavens and the Heavens 在那苍穹与苍穹之间 [War story, told from the invaders' perspective; aerial combat + aircraft girls + one heroine + ruthless protagonist + science fiction + no System, no rebirth, no reincarnation, no clichés] This is a war shrouded in mystery. Our country is losing. It's collapsing. It's finished. But I am the only surviving ace. Ever since the enemy ambushed me in the sky on [that day] and took both my legs, I have been powerless to turn the tide. I had no choice but to hide my identity as a former [ace pilot] an 531Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 13 Asia-Pacific 1985 亚太1985 I'll be careful!!!!!! This book is mainly about the Soviet Union, traumatized by the excellent post-’83 marksmen, deciding to strike first. The story focuses on the Ya Tai region, not the Western European front. The Soviet Union gets a buff. See the book for details. 131Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 14 You Call Us Thunderous Critics? Think Again: We’re the Fourth Calamity! 雷批？大胆！我们叫第四天灾！ (A true ensemble-style Fourth Disaster story. It features, among other things, War Thunder (mainly), full-spectrum jamming (mainly), Battlefield, COD, Eight-Treasure Porridge, Red Alert, and all sorts of other games. The whole book is packed with jokes, so stay tuned!) “What? Someone's bullying the weak? And they're picking on someone we know? Have they gotten too full of themselves? I'll send you flying for showing off!” “The Allied Forces? Who do they think they are? Just because they're the A 3.9kReads9.1Score352Shelves
- 15 Arknights, but I Have a War Thunder System 明日方舟，但是我有战争雷霆系统 (Modern military hardware + Arknights + War Thunder + SXP Foundation, no System!! The tablet will be explained later!!) Faced with an invitation that might involve transmigrating, Wang Hongwu decisively chose to make a run for Arknights. A Mosin-Nagant from the start, and everything else drops as loot! Tiger, Panther, IS-2, Puma, Stuka, Me 262... Saria: Your tactics and equipment are extremely futuristic. Who exactly are you? Terra: I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. Mephisto: 4.3kReads8.7Score377Shelves
- 16 War Thunder X Arknights: How to Make a Living on This Land 战雷x方舟：如何在这片大地谋生 (Ahem, I don't know why the blurb disappeared, so I'm writing it again.) A certain young shut-in unexpectedly gets blown up and transmigrates to the land of Terra (not Holy Terra). Along with a System that's a bit of a... mixed bag, can he save this land? Or maybe he can't? As long as you do your best, that's all that matters, right? P.S. The author has graduated from their final year of high school :) P.S. 2: Also, if you spot any mistakes, point them out and I'll do my best to fix them. But do 1.4kReads7.1Score147Shelves
- 17 A Phoenix Squad Fanfic: Ye Cunxin and Lei Zhan 火凤凰同人，叶寸心和雷战 [Signed] Ye Cunxin and Lei Zhan pairing There is no such thing as being reborn. It was merely a fleeting glimpse on the Three Lives Stone. Life is bitter, so bitter that even the River of Forgetfulness's soup cannot make you forget. 1.1kReads7.3Score101Shelves
- 18 Blue Archive: Love, Death, and the Goose Alliance 碧蓝档案：爱，死亡和鹅联盟 [Blue Archive spin-off + War Thunder + original plot + flavorful System + war epic + civilization’s survival + apologies for OOC] Above the wasteland, yellow sand swallowed everything. When Gao Shou, a rich kid, woke up, all he had left was a light tank with a broken track and a War Thunder Soviet-Russian tech tree System. While everyone else transmigrated with powerful cheats, he had to chase after Kaiser PMC’s armored convoy in an antique World War II relic. Five girls were making their las 251Reads—Score110Shelves
- 19 Mocked as a Useless Mecha Girl from the Start? I’ll Become an Ace Anyway 开局被讽废机娘？我照样成为王牌 From the start, I signed a roadside beauty of a fighter jet, only to be mocked that useless aircraft girls belonged in retirement, hauling cargo in low-capacity transport planes. What a joke. Have you pilots, who can only rely on your aircraft girls, ever heard of the Barents Sea Knife or the Pugachev Cobra? You think adding a few missile hardpoints to an airframe makes it a top-tier modification? Where does that leave my Su, J, and F series? An old hand from a bygone era returns from the ashes. 6.1kReads8.9Score670Shelves
- 20 EN A Great Nation's Ace, I Just Want to Be a Pilot in Peace 大国王牌，我只想安静的做飞行员 [Fighter jets + pilots + aerial combat + uplifting themes + no harem] Reborn into a new life, his dream of soaring through the blue sky has never been so close, practically within arm’s reach! This is the legendary story of a knight of the skies! And it all begins with a passenger plane that crashes... I’m no good at writing blurbs, so please head to the main story! 7.6kReads8.3Score393Shelves
- 21 Eagle of the War of Resistance: From the Start, I Steal the Japanese Fighters 抗战雄鹰，开局就抢鬼子战斗机 During the War of Resistance, a group of patriotic young men from wealthy families joined the Chinese air force, taking part in one of the war’s most tragic battles. In 2023, a young pilot’s aircraft malfunctions during a combat exercise, forcing him to parachute to safety. He stumbles into that disaster-stricken era and throws himself, without hesitation, into its tragic battlefield. 8kReads8.8Score763Shelves
- 22 Who Blew Up Earth? None of You Are Getting Away 是谁炸了地球？你们一个也跑不了 [Starships] [Sci-Fi] [Lighthearted] The protagonist, Luo Yan, is the king of special forces. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down, he stays at home and lies flat, unaware even of the momentous fact that Earth is about to be destroyed. Just before Earth explodes, he is sitting on the toilet when he receives an impossible mission: take command of the Thirty-Third Fleet and lead it to escape alive. Less than ten minutes remain before Earth's destruction. Can a cripple make it to the under 1.4kReads—Score102Shelves
- 23 1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库 A modern soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, where he studies intangible cultural heritage and uses the military knowledge he learned in the future to support the war of resistance. Every inch of land is soaked in blood; a hundred thousand brave men fight with all their might! How can four hundred million Chinese compatriots let the Japanese invaders run rampant? Kill the invaders and defend our homes and country! For a soldier's honor and the dignity of our people, China's passionate s 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 A Soldier Transmigrates to 1852: The Rise of a Nation 小兵穿越1852之民族崛起 A new historical novel about transmigrating to a parallel timeline. No tropes, no System. See how a soldier from the future transmigrates through time, turns the tide, and rejuvenates China. We welcome you to give it a read. 48Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 25 Warriors of the Beacon Fires 烽火雄兵 A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, the foremost military novelist who made half of a legendary tale, Beacon Fire Heroes is a painstaking continuation of Beacon Fire Escape. The blade broken long ago is reforged today! As the smoke of history fades beneath the passing years, the man who once fled in disarray through a hail of bullets finally carves out a blood-soaked domain deep in the mountains. This time, he is no longer a desperate deserter, but a “Mountain King” who strikes fear into the Japanese 2.9kReads8.7Score221Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 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. 23.6kReads8.6Score1.7kShelves
- 28 War Thunder: A Guerrilla in Myanmar, I Found My Own Nation 战雷：人在缅甸游击，我独立建国 [Burma Expeditionary Force]+ [War Thunder System]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Building an Independent Faction]+ [Tank Corps]+ [Fighting Japan Alone] From World War II to the Cold War. After more than 500 chapters of fighting the Japanese, the story has now reached the founding of a nation in the South Seas and will continue into the Cold War. Zhang Chi transmigrates by accident to the Burmese battlefield in 1942 with the War Thunder System, becoming one of the retreating soldiers in the Expeditionar 34.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
- 29 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894: The Rise of the Far East 甲午风云之远东崛起 Yue Tian, a PhD in military machinery, transmigrates to the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and becomes a vanguard soldier protecting the nation. Using his knowledge from the future, he takes control of the lands beyond the Shanhai Pass, establishes a republic, unifies the country, and helps the nation rise as a great power in the Far East. 10.6kReads7.7Score479Shelves
- 30 Starting Out as a Pilot Under the Nation's Top Captain 从大国机长开始做飞行员 [Aerial combat + military + fighter jets. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so please read the story!] When Lin Fan woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to a parallel world, aboard a passenger plane! The terrifying part was that both pilots were unconscious! Luckily, his cheat feature came online and took control of the plane! Have you ever seen anyone perform a Cobra maneuver in a passenger plane? Have you ever seen anyone shoot down a missile with an autocannon? Have you ever seen a 20.3kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
- 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 45.3kReads8.0Score4.2kShelves
- 32 The Titan Chronicles: The Stardust War 泰坦战记：星尘之战 Reni, a Martian, meets Amanda, the queen of motorbikes, at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr. Together, they take part in the colonization of the stars and a mission to combat space pirates. But then mysterious time hunters launch a killing spree. 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 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. 207Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 226.6kReads9.5Score27.3kShelves
- 35 Heavenly Abyss 天渊 (The print edition has been published and is available to buy online) A hundred years ago, Chen Qingyuan entered a forbidden zone called the Heavenly Abyss. His soul lamp went out, and everyone believed he was dead. Today, Chen Qingyuan has emerged from the forbidden zone alive, but his cultivation has been destroyed and his spiritual roots severed. With his beloved breaking off their engagement and the various sects bullying him, what is Chen Qingyuan supposed to do? “Chen Qingyuan, you have tw 976.7kReads9.4Score99.9kShelves
