Novels like Back to 1937: The Lone Wolf, Big Head
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- 101 War of Resistance: Flames Across the River 抗战：烽火焠川 Flames of War, 1932: My Industrial Base for the War of Resistance Liu Yishou, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to Sichuan in 1932 and becomes a member of a local family. China is in turmoil and foreign threats are looming, yet Sichuan remains mired in internal strife and hardship. Faced with a nation in peril, Liu Yishou resolves to do his part in the struggle for national survival that may lie ahead. Drawing on his foresight and steadfast convictions, he starts in a 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 Wiping Out Over a Million Japanese Invaders from the Start 开局灭杀上百万日寇 The new book’s rating is rather low, but it’ll go up later. [No-Brainer Power Fantasy] + [Stockpiling Supplies] + [Great Counteroffensive] + [Old Schemer] Some late-season rice farmer kept shouting about it every day. Yang Tingyu had watched too many videos and was thoroughly fed up, so he went looking for books about fighting the Japanese. As a result, he had a dream. From the start, Yang Tingyu wiped out over a million Japanese soldiers. Naturally, after arriving in this world, he wasn’t going 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 From Humble Beginnings to Regent: I Renounced Power and Traveled the Nine Provinces with My Beloved 从寒门到摄政，弃权携美游九州 In the final years of the Daye era, the Sui dynasty was on the brink of collapse, and flames of war spread across the land. The realm was divided among rival warlords, while orthodox and heretical martial sects fought without cease. Fragments of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, a secret treasure of the Sui court, emerged, sending all under heaven scrambling to claim them! Lu Yan, a modern all-around elite, transmigrated into Xiao Che, a dying commoner in the final years of the Sui dynasty. With a so 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 A General in Her Best Friend's Body Goes on a Rampage in the Capital 将军魂穿闺蜜，杀疯京城 [Strong heroine, devoted male lead, mostly wholesome] [Straight-talking female general x protective, devoted crown prince] In the thirteenth year of the Da Ji era, the capital's two great beauties, Xie Shu is ambushed at a mountain pass and encounters Song Zhao, who has fallen off a cliff while worshipping Buddha... When Xie Shu wakes again, she finds herself in Song Zhao's body. Facing the Marquis of Mighty Valor's manor, a den of demons and monsters, Xie Shu uses her own blunt, forceful method 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 105 Reborn, I Still Spoil You 重生后还惯着你 In his previous life, Lu Xubai was a loser bound hand and foot by his own indulgence. He spoiled Xia Wanqing until she became a thorn in his side. When she wanted shares in his company, he transferred them without hesitation. When she wanted to push out a business partner, he worked through the night to pave the way for her. Even when her sister, Xia Wanzhi, made unreasonable demands, he agreed to them one by one for her sake. But his wholehearted indulgence only raised two venomous snakes. When 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 106 The Heatwave Era 热浪纪元 The world is burning, but the human heart burns hotter than any furnace. The last time Zhao Linshan tried to steal medicine for her daughter, the black-market broker jabbed at the price list with greasy fingers. “Fifty thousand heat credits for three more years of her life. Can you pay?” She couldn’t. All she had was her feverish daughter, Xiaoyu, in her arms, and the glowing blue lines on her left arm, each one a death sentence. They were the mark of “Frostmark Syndrome,” the brand on a wante 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 Tracing the Past to Repay Love: Bai Xie's Fate-Binding Pavilion 溯世还情：白邪的渡缘阁 Back in Chapter 19! {Chapters 25 and 26 made me cry so hard} I was just an ordinary person in an ordinary class, having an extraordinary dream, when my ferocious teacher interrupted me and deliberately made things difficult. Only after I got home did I discover that a spirit named Xiao Qing had somehow appeared. She was incredibly powerful, and I knew this wasn't a dream. The next day at school, I thoroughly humiliated my enemy. After class, I happened to run into Su Wan, the girl I had owed so —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 108 The Iron Tide Flows West 铁流西向 After transmigrating, he gains a Red Alert “German Heavy Armor” System. The initial unlocks are a Construction Yard, Ore Refinery, Barracks, Vehicle Factory (basic configuration), and Power Plant. The tech tree unlocks as resources are gathered and military exploits are earned. - Style: Primarily a power fantasy, while also embracing tragedy. It captures the thrill of overwhelming enemies with mass-produced troops, alongside the suffering of civilians in turbulent times, the brutal sacrifices of —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 109 The Exiled Immortal's Return 谪仙归途 Ji Shuangyu deliberately violated the heavenly laws back then because he discovered that the “Heavenly Dao” itself was a lie. He chose to be banished so he could dismantle the System from within. He wasn’t a victim; he was a revolutionary. Shen Tingwan’s identity as the “last surviving member of an ancient spirit clan” is fake. She is a “calamity seed” deliberately planted in the mortal world by the Celestial Court. Once fully awakened, she will unconsciously detonate the spiritual veins of the —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 110 The Book of Heavenly Fate 天命簿 My name is Song Ming, the least remarkable illegitimate son of the Song family in Linjiang City. At fifteen, they discovered that my meridians were naturally crippled, and a red cross was marked beside my name in the family register. For eighteen years, I lived worse than a servant. On my eighteenth birthday, no one remembered it, but a jade slip I found told me: My meridians aren't crippled. Someone planted a spirit-locking seal in my body, stealing my vital spiritual energy to nourish the pers —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 111 Who Ate My Mango? 谁偷吃了我的芒果 Who Ate My Mango? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 112 I, Zhu Youxiao, CEO of the Great Ming 我朱由校，大明CEO Workplace drone Zhu Youjiao was reborn as the Tianqi Emperor of the Ming dynasty. He had planned to slack off and retire early, but one wild move after another sent the Ming dynasty hurtling down the road to modern industrial civilization, with no turning back. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 113 The Enigmatic Fourth Miss 鬼魅四小姐 The Fourth Miss Is a Ghost —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 114 Everyone Is Deployed Across the Myriad Worlds: Plunder and Level Up Like Crazy! 全民投放万界：疯狂掠夺升级！ [Group Transmigration] [System] [Multiple Worlds] [Gathering] [Shelter] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Leveling Up] High above the void, a figure stands proudly beneath the heavens, robes billowing. The terrifying pressure of a Nascent Soul powerhouse sweeps across the world, freezing the air. Brilliant pillars of blue light silently tear through the sky, crashing down like meteors heralding the end of the world. Lu Chen steps slowly out of one of the blue pillars and looks up at the lofty cultivat 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 115 Sword and Book in the Mortal World 书剑人间 The ancient meridians are severed, and the Three Realms have fallen into disorder. The Book of the Palm appears in the world, mending the broken strings and restoring order. He is a young book restorer and an inheritor of the literary tradition. With pine soot ink in his left hand, he repairs damaged ancient texts; with a horn-handled knife in his right, he cuts down evil spirits and treacherous villains. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Questioning Fate, Becoming a God 问命封神 When fate becomes a stake that can be seized or defended, the Conferred Gods Altar is no longer the end of cultivation, but a purgatory that devours one’s life force. Lin Yan has eyes that can see the patterns of fate, Su Wan possesses a Fate-Reading Mirror that can break formations, and Lin Wei has awakened the power to guard fate. Carrying half a fate disc and clues left by their mother, the three search for a way to break the deadlock while being hunted and besieged by the Fate Fog, Fate-Eros —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 A Guide to Slacking Off in Another World: Gather Enough Fragments and Make a Run for It 异世界摸鱼指南：攒够碎片就开溜 Alternate world + ensemble cast + dominant male lead + steady power progression + System golden finger + Western fantasy elements After transmigrating to another world, Shi Yang only wants to slack off, collect fragments, and get back to Earth as soon as possible. But his abilities defy all reason: monsters immediately back down when they see him, and his teammates all imagine him to be some kind of big shot. He only meant to pass through, but somehow stumbled upon a shocking conspiracy spanning —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 118 Game Invasion: A Heavenly Punishment Sword from the Start 游戏入侵：开局一把天诛剑 My name is Wu Tian. Remember this: Wu is not the “incompetent” wu, but Tian is the “above the law” tian! Life is a game, so restraint has never been a virtue. Every second alive should be lived to the fullest! My motto is: If you’re going to play, play with the prettiest women; if you’re going to kill, kill the cruelest people. In this wild game of dancing with death, let’s party with all we’ve got!!! 609Reads—Score118Shelves
- 119 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1948, I'm He Yuzhu 四合院：重生48，我是何雨柱 He Xuzhu, in his thirties, was working hard tightening screws when he suddenly noticed little black spots in his vision. The next moment, a gas pipe at the neighboring workstation burst. The broken pipe swept across the screws laid out on the workbench, and one screw happened to shoot straight toward He Xuzhu's temple! In his daze, He Xuzhu seemed to see his great-grandmother calling to him. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn in the body of He Yuzhu in 1948. He was lying on t 120Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 120 War of Resistance: Starting in Western Hubei 抗战：从鄂西开始 [Battle of Zaoyi] + [Battle of Yichang] + [Aerial combat] + [Defense of Changsha] In 1940, smoke chokes the skies over the Battle of Zaoyi. The entire eastern Xiangyang front collapses, General Zhang Zizhong dies for his country, and the main Japanese force advances straight toward Yichang. Honghuatao, the western gateway to Hubei, is a vital route for the Japanese advance. The isolated 185th Division faces certain death, with no hope of reinforcements. The newly appointed division commander, Li 5.9kReads6.1Score251Shelves
- 121 Reborn in 1931: To Hell with Dying for the Cause 重生九一八，滚犊子的挺身成仁 Rousing battles + airtight logic + no mindless wish fulfillment + a little golden finger The September 18 Incident: a wound that will never heal for the Chinese people. Xu Feng, a modern special forces soldier, transmigrates into the body of a company commander in the Northeast Army's Beidaying barracks in Shenyang, a man who had been poisoned to death. “What do you mean, ‘Don't resist. Let us all sacrifice ourselves with dignity!’?” To hell with that! Xu Feng and his company fire the first shot 231Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Expeditionary Force: Guerrilla Warfare in Burma 远征军之我在缅甸打游击 [Expeditionary Force]+ [Flying Tigers]: Zhan Youwei, company commander of the guard company in the 288th Regiment, 96th Division, 5th Army of the Expeditionary Force, and Gou Desheng, a veterinarian, are left behind in the Burmese jungle and forgotten. By chance, they rescue James, a Flying Tigers pilot who has parachuted down. Determined to rejoin the main force and return home as soon as possible, they wage a grueling guerrilla war against the Japanese in the Burmese jungle… 3.4kReads8.8Score264Shelves
- 123 Coordinated Infantry and Tanks: Hunting Down a Million Japanese Invaders 抗战步坦协同猎杀百万鬼子 [War of Resistance + Combined Infantry and Armor Operations + Hunting System + Ten Major Battles + A Million Japanese Killed + High-Octane Action!] A parallel timeline. Shen Zhan, commander of a heavy combined-arms battalion in Huaguo in 2045, accidentally transmigrates to the early days of the War of Resistance in 1937. Shen Zhan brings his greatest strength, the concept of combined infantry and armor operations, to the battlefields of the War of Resistance. With Huaguo's army struggling at eve 16.6kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 124 Bloodbath at Jinling: The Soldier King Uses a System to Crush the Japanese Army 浴血金陵：兵王带系统痛击日军 1937. On the eve of Nanjing's fall, I, Zhu Chi, am reborn! In my previous life, I bled to death at Yuhuatai, and every man under my command in the 262nd Brigade died for the nation. I descended to the grave with my hatred unresolved. In this life, the memories of a top modern special forces soldier awaken in my mind, and the body of an iron-blooded brigade commander comes alive in my hands! "Ding! Anti-Japanese System successfully bound: kill enemies to grow stronger!" Japanese devils, this time 445Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 125 War of Resistance: My Army Grows Stronger Every Minute 抗战：我的军队每分钟都在变强 [This is a blended world. To keep the book alive, characters from TV dramas like "Bright Sword" and "Snow Leopard" will appear. Without using them, the book would get axed.] [The plot won’t follow "Bright Sword". We’ll find our own place to grow stronger. Items redeemed with points are priced according to the costs of the time.] Before the Battle of Cangyun Ridge, he transmigrates into the world of "Bright Sword" and takes over the body of Liu Wuliang, the company commander of the Independent Re 3.4kReads7.0Score170Shelves
- 126 War of Resistance: The Young Master’s War 抗战：少爷的战争 His soul travels back to 1937, while he is fleeing south. With the System at his side and every advantage in his favor, he builds up his strength at home, then heads overseas amid the world’s turmoil to carve out a domain of his own! The locals refuse to cooperate? Wipe them out! The Americans object? Fight them! 8.1kReads7.0Score617Shelves
- 127 War of Resistance: The Chairman Asks Me for Tips on Micro-Management 抗战：委员长向我请教微操之术 Keyboard warrior Lin Yifeng is a master of battlefield micromanagement in Hearts of Iron. One day, he transmigrates to the blood-soaked Battle of Shanghai and finds himself a notorious playboy battalion commander in the Tax Police Corps. Against the Japanese army’s iron tide, the Battlefield Micromanagement System that awakens within him is his only source of support. He leads a small squad in ghostlike infiltrations behind enemy lines, striking the enemy where it hurts most: artillery positions 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 128 After Four Generations of Brutal Slaughter, I Trade Lives with a Female Assassin to Slay a Marquis 四世虐杀后，我和女杀手换命屠侯 [Two heroines + rebirth and revenge + powerful female leads + romance + fantasy + raising children + palace intrigue + political schemes] After dying miserably in four lifetimes, she catches a killer on the verge of falling into the beast realm in the Netherworld: “Slaughter the entire marquis's household for me, and I'll take your place in reincarnation.” She is reborn with her martial arts intact, only to find that the killer has become a ten-year-old, foolish concubine-born daughter of the ma 557Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 129 Fatebreaker: The War Ledger 逆命者：烽火账簿 In the winter of 1937, Nanjing fell. Zhou Mo, a history teaching assistant at Jinling University, found an old ledger titled The Book of Karmic Debts in the ruins of the library. It gave him a dangerous ability: he could glimpse fragments of other people’s lives and deaths over the next three days. But this was no blessing. It was a heavy contract. Whenever he used this power to save someone from certain death, the ledger recorded a “karmic debt.” Within three months, he had to save another life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 130 War of Resistance: Transmigrating to 1937, a Rout Soldier Awakens 抗战：穿越1937之溃兵觉醒 Jin dedicates this story to the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance, and to the people of this land who laid down their lives and shed their blood to repel foreign invaders and achieve the great rejuvenation of the nation... No System, no golden finger, a hellish start from the very beginning! Xiao Ran, a special tactics instructor from a military family, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ordinary trainee on the Songhu battlefield in a parallel world. Aside from tac 175Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 131 The Legend of Tu Shenze 屠申泽的传说 The Legend of Tu Shenze 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 Is This What Love Is Like in a Wealthy Family? That’s Too Much 这就是豪门的爱情故事？太超了吧 (Romance, two men, yuri, i, fake, older love interests, and more) System: Complete missions to earn points and live another life. Guaranteed 99 more years! Wang Ning: Thanks for the offer. I was exhausted while alive, and now that I'm dead, I just want to sleep forever. System: In the mission world, your body belongs to a rich young lady. Wang Ning: What? You're saying I'm the only one for this mission? Fine. Since you're so enthusiastic, I'll reluctantly agree. System: What? Wang Ning thought i —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 133 The Gears of Fate Begin to Rust 命运的齿轮开始锈蚀 By 2200, the once-blue planet had long since become a barren wasteland, its resources exhausted. In this desperate post-apocalyptic world, a wave of “mechanical revival” swept across the globe. Drawing on the industrial ruins left behind by the old era, humanity built one “Cycle Mech City” after another, each a forest of steel. Like colossal metal beasts, these cities struggled to keep running on resources extracted from the wreckage. Their core power source, known as the “Rust Core,” was a myst 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 134 I'm the Boss, Who's Going to Stop Me? 我是老板我怕谁 It’s the first time any of us has been a boss! If I do anything wrong, please give me a good scolding. If the boss makes a mistake, it’s only fair to make him pay with his life, right? After all, before I transmigrated, I was just a security guard… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 135 The Dao That Slays Injustice 道斩不义 After placing last in three exams, everyone laughed at me, Li Yishan, calling me a useless scholar! Who knew that when I took the provincial exam for the fourth time, I would awaken my dormant Mandate of Heaven! From then on, the world changed! A beautiful demoness threw herself into my arms, saying I was the one destined for her! A vicious river demon went out of its way to avoid me, trembling all over! Even a revered old Celestial Master chased after me, crying and begging to take me as his di —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 136 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan 江南再逢君 Meeting You Again in Jiangnan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 137 The Hilarious Little Zombie Falls for the Ice-Cold Immortal Maiden 爆笑小僵尸恋上清冷仙子 The Hilarious Little Zombie Falls for the Cold, Aloof Fairy —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 I'm His Childhood Friend and Dark Moonlight, and I'm Number One in His Heart 我是竹马黑月光，在他心里我稳拿第一 I’m the childhood sweetheart who’s his dark moonlight, and I’m firmly number one in his heart. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 A Fortunate Young Master 公子多福 A Young Master Blessed with Good Fortune 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 After My Childhood Friend Ran Off, I Ascended to Immortality Again 竹马跑路后，我又飞升了 After My Childhood Friend Ran Away, I Ascended Again 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 141 I Used Structural Mechanics to Blast My Way Through All of World War II 我用结构力学，炸穿了整个二战 A civil engineering graduate signs a life-or-death trial contract worth tens of millions, then enters a full-immersion historical simulation dungeon. He has 72 hours to clear a World War II battlefield, and losing means being forcibly powered down into an endless sleep. Dropped into Baoshan, Songhu, in 1937, he faces Japanese forces and their overlapping fields of fire from a fortified building. While others charge forward with guns, he pulls out three packs of explosives and precisely blasts th 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 142 Bright Sword: My Troops Have Unlimited Ammunition 亮剑：我的部队弹药无限 Bright Sword + Red Alert + Infinite Ammo. Kill Japanese soldiers to spawn troops and loot equipment. The protagonist, Chen Feng, is an elite special-forces soldier and hardcore Red Alert player who accidentally transmigrates into the world of Bright Sword... 13Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 143 Republican China: From the Start, I Have a Model Battalion Armed with American Weapons 民国之开局美械模范营 Wu Taiheng, who somehow transmigrated to the Republican era, received two pieces of news: The good news: He's Wu Junsheng's son, the famous Wu with the thick tongue, and he has a System! The bad news: The System vanished before it could explain anything. He spent thirteen years living like an idiot, and it wasn't until the second year of the Republic that the System finally awakened! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 I Transmigrated to the War of Resistance and Was Rescued by a Red Army Woman 穿越抗战从被女红军救起开始 Twenty-year-old delivery rider Chen Yu inexplicably transmigrates to the period when the West Route Army was marching west. He falls unconscious in the wilderness of the northwest and is rescued by Liu Hongying, the passing commander of a Red Army women's combat battalion. At this point, Liu Hongying and her battalion have run out of ammunition and food. Surrounded and cut off by the Ma Clique's forces, they face certain death. Just then, Chen Yu awakens the Teacher System. With its help, he mak 13.7kReads8.5Score1kShelves
- 145 Light Rises from Ashen Soil: A Haven in the Turbulent 1940s 烬土生光1940乱世栖途 In 2386, Earth's ecosystem collapses completely. Scorching heat ravages the planet year-round, life vanishes from the surface, and temperatures above 50 degrees become humanity's new normal. The survivors retreat to isolated underground cities, clinging to life with advanced technology. There are no grains, fruits, or vegetables, no signs of nature; people subsist on cold nutrient solutions for their entire lives. The harsh environment gives rise to countless people with supernatural abilities. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 From the Start of the War: Reborn in Jinling to Crush the Japanese Devils! 抗战开局：魂穿金陵暴虐小鬼子！ Chen Yang was the top marksman of the Fourth Company, Iron Fist Regiment, in the Southeast Military Region of Great Xia. While on leave, he went to see the latest movie, Jinling Photo Studio. On his way back to the unit, he came across an out-of-control heavy truck. He rushed to save a little boy on the crosswalk, but the truck sent him flying more than ten meters. He fell into a pool of blood! When Chen Yang woke up again, he found himself back in Jinling in 1937, now the commander of the First 562Reads7.7Score120Shelves
- 147 War of Resistance Commander: Rebuilding the Sichuan Army from the Start 抗战团长：开局重整川军团 A true man serves his country today! In 1942, at Zhandan, the Nu River roars and the Japanese invaders bare their fangs! Chen Li arrives at a wounded soldiers' holding station, where the place is crawling with retreating troops, the few survivors left after bloody battles. A single order from their superiors could turn them into cannon fodder, worthless and expendable! Chen Li is furious. He has to change their fate! Brothers, let's share a meal of cabbage and pork stewed with glass noodles! Bro 334Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 148 War of Resistance: I Have Red Alert, So It's Only Natural I'm a Little Stronger 抗战，我有红警强一点很合理吧 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he uses his System to crush the Japanese, capture their emperor and destroy their country, beat the Koreans, and kick the great powers into submission. A certain famous art student once said, “Why was Yu born when Le was already here? All transmigrators deserve to die!” 411Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 149 My Root Cellar Connects Past and Present, So I Help a Down-and-Out Prince Turn the Tables 菜窖通古今我让落魄王爷反败为胜 [Ancient to Modern + Modern to Ancient + Devoted Couple + Infrastructure Building + Stockpiling Supplies + Revenge] Yun Luoyan, a university graduate who can't find a job, discovers by chance that her family's vegetable cellar is connected to ancient times. A fair-skinned man suddenly appears out of nowhere. What a great deal! A free laborer. Of course she has to put him to work. But why does the man disappear after only a few days? No, she has to find him... If you can't come here, then I'll go 37Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 150 Digital Dawn 数字破晓 This is the story of Zhao Peng, an ordinary orphan from a poor rural family. Even in desperate circumstances, he keeps working hard and stays true to himself, ultimately turning his life around and reaching the peak of his career, while finding love along the way. The story explores the transformation of the building materials and home furnishings industry, as well as the bright prospects of future digital development. Technology can change not only a person, but also lives and the world. —Reads—Score—Shelves
