Novels like Ragnarok: I Ascend to Godhood Through Cunning
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- 1 The Victim’s Third Hand 受害者的第三只手 Wang Mian, a young man with a severe sleep disorder, constantly witnesses brutal murders in his dreams. When he wakes, the exact same crimes have taken place in real life. He seeks help from Huang Zhiheng, a psychologist who is actually a former police captain forced into retirement by an injury. As the investigation deepens, a mysterious serial killer known by the codename “V” emerges. He carries out vigilante justice against the guilty, leaving the blood-red letter “V” at each crime scene. Mea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Subject Number Five 第五号猎物 Touch a dead person’s belongings, and replay the final thirty minutes of their memories. Every time, you gamble with your life. Three years ago, his fiancée died in an “accident.” After replaying a corpse’s memories, he discovered the killer had been by her side all along, three years ago. [You are the fifth target.] The first four are all dead. His mentor has spent thirty years researching mental energy. His fiancée had an exceptionally high concentration of mental energy. A person know —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Singularity Annihilation 奇点湮灭 [Sci-fi + criminal investigation + no System] The story begins with a major missing-persons case in City B, where an inexplicable supernatural phenomenon appears: black flames. High school student Xi Miao accidentally discovers that he has gained the ability to experience other people’s senses, and that this ability is connected to the nature of the black flames. He unexpectedly gets caught up in a murder case sparked by a fight over an inheritance. But just as the truth is about to be reveal 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Infinite Performance Reviews 无限绩效 The day Lin Mo was laid off, his severance pay was zero yuan. Then he received an offer: Position: Performance Hunter. Salary: No upper limit. Company: Main God Human Resources Department. He clicked Decline. Then the screen went black. When he opened his eyes again, HR smiled and said, “Your onboarding is complete.” The rules were simple: one death dungeon every month. Survive, and you earn performance points that can be exchanged for money or another life. Fail, and you disappear from reality —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Eerie Game: This Championship Is Mine! 诡异游戏：这个冠军，我当定了！ [Eerie + System + Game + Mind Games + Wish Fulfillment] “I didn't kill anyone. The ones I killed... weren't human!” “Confirmed: monster delusion.” At the psychiatric hospital, the doctor finishes his diagnosis, but the three questions from the mad boy send a chill down his spine. “Doctor, after examining so many patients, have you ever considered that what they said might not be delusions?” “What if they really did see ‘them’?” “You can't guarantee that everyone around you is human, can you?” Th 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 My Bizarre Life Replays: How on Earth Do I Get Out?! 诡异人生重演：我到底怎么才能出去？！！ My Bizarre Life Keeps Repeating: How on Earth Can I Get Out?!!! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Transmigrated and Fell Apart, Only to Find My Doppelganger Was a Beautiful Girl 穿越后裂开了，分身竟是美少女 [Gender Swap] [Clones] [Transmigration] [Parallel World] [Superpowers] [Multiple Heroines] [Romance] After transmigrating, Chen Xingye woke up and stared at the peerlessly beautiful, frosty face in the mirror, completely dumbfounded. Not only had he transmigrated to a parallel world where people had Superpowers, but he also shared one consciousness with the woman whose body he now inhabited! From then on, his life was turned upside down. As a man, he was swept up in one supernatural crisis after 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Feng Shui Mystery: I'm a Haunted House Sleep Tester 风水迷局：我是凶宅试睡师 [Haunted-house sleep tester + feng shui + episodic stories + suspense and the supernatural + powerful figures + two male leads] My name is Wang Xiaobai. My eight characters are all yang. To find my missing girlfriend, Yanyan, I became a professional haunted-house sleep tester. Other people bring a stack of protective charms when they test a house. I bring only my half-trained feng shui buddy, Yu Yang. I thought it was just a high-risk, high-reward job, until we realized that every haunted hou —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 9 My Journey Through Another World 我和我的异世界之旅 [One Soul, Two Bodies] When his consciousness coalesced out of chaos, Lin Zhou was horrified to discover that his soul had transmigrated to another world. One soul, two bodies: he controlled them both. He was Ling Jinran, the despised good-for-nothing young master of a powerful lord's estate; she was Xing Luoyao, an orphan struggling to survive in the countryside, living in harmony with the plants. The two bodies shared his one-of-a-kind soul, memories, and thoughts. Though Ling Jinran had a nob 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Cavities 1 龋齿1 In short, tooth decay means cavities: the progressive destruction of the hard tissues of a tooth, an irreversible form of damage. The human heart is much the same. When it is hurt, the wound takes deep root and cannot be erased, slowly eating away at it... 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Honkai Impact 3rd: Angels and Demons 崩坏3：天使与恶魔 [One soul, two bodies; the protagonist has no System; her abilities grow over time; somewhat overpowered, but not a typical overpowered hero; a Honkai Impact 3rd fanfic] (The soul is split into two consciousnesses, so don't worry about self-cuckolding. Later, there are effectively two protagonists, but they're fundamentally the same soul, so they share memories.) (This is my first time writing a Honkai Impact 3rd fanfic. If something's wrong, please point it out without being mean o(╥﹏╥)o) The h 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 At Midnight Every Day, Someone Disappears from the City 每天零点，城市少一个人 [Mystery and wild ideas + urban supernatural powers + no System + one heroine + ensemble cast] Linjiang City has a rule no one knows about: every day at midnight, one person disappears from the city. They don't die. They're erased completely. They vanish from photographs and records, and even their parents forget they ever gave birth to them. The only person who can still remember the vanished is Zhou Wang, who restores memorial portraits at a funeral home. At exactly midnight, a portrait of an 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The White Jade Mystery 白玉谜团 Jiang Bai, a boss who works from home, is suddenly visited by the police. What will happen next? Cautions: First-person narration, mystery, novella, modern setting, but the police are less capable than in real life. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Mystery: I’m the Ultimate Memory Manipulator, Until I Discover My Memories Are Fake Too 悬疑：我是顶级记忆篡改者，直到发现我的记忆也是假的 Suspense: I’m a master memory editor, until I discover my own memories are fake —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Sleuthing Scumbag 渣探 (Mystery + thriller + mind-bending) When a former scumbag boss gets out of prison and doesn’t plan to make a comeback or reclaim his territory, but instead becomes a detective, you’d better watch out. What happens when ruthlessness, cunning, scheming, and viciousness are all turned toward solving crimes? Every crime and conspiracy will be crushed completely! As the saying goes, only a villain can deal with another villain. For the sake of justice in his heart, he doesn’t mind playing the devil f 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Repaying Yin Debts: The Living Must Not Pass 还阴债：活人禁行 From the day I was born, my whole family wore shrouds. The day my parents took theirs off, they died under mysterious circumstances. To keep me alive, my grandfather sacrificed himself... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Miss Detective, Who Are You Really? 侦探小姐，你到底是什么人？ [Detective System + Genius Senior + Case-by-Case Mysteries + Showdowns with a Phantom Thief + Slightly Yandere + Everyday Bickering] After transmigrating eighteen years ago, Lu Guan finally activated the Legendary Detective Training System. The System can measure data, compare traces, and issue missions, but it never tells him who the culprit is. To claim his rewards, he must turn every clue into evidence the police can independently verify. To earn money for living expenses, Lu Guan joins a 1kReads—Score15014d adds
- 18 List of Accidents 意外清单 After Chen Mo cracks an almost perfect murder-for-insurance scam, he catches the attention of a special investigation team. Thanks to his keen instincts, he is assigned to speak with a patient suffering a mental breakdown: Luo Xiao. But the deeper he investigates, the more every clue points to a terrifying conclusion: he is the one who needs treatment. When the entire world becomes an airtight chain of evidence proving you're insane, how can you save yourself? After his sense of self has com —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Ghosts Are Appearing, and You're Catching Your Partner Cheating? You've Got Some Nerve! 诡异降临还捉奸，你胆子挺大啊？ [Strange Dimension] + [Card-Based Powers] + [Rule Horror] It all happened far too suddenly. “A strange dimension...” An hour before he first encountered those words, Jiang Chen was helping someone catch a cheater in the act. But that little operation was what got him into trouble. The two men who had been having an affair turned into a pair of rotting corpses. A classmate he'd always gotten along with somehow became a “Strange Entity Tamer.” They say anyone who can enter a strange dimension 1Reads6.6Score10014d adds
- 20 Five Deaths and a Transmigration! I Became the God of Deduction 五重死亡穿越！我成了推理之神 Follow this book on a remarkable journey of deduction and mystery-solving. This is a new-style, orthodox mystery with airtight logic and intricately connected clues. It contains no supernatural elements. After an accident, scientist Rong Yao becomes a deductive genius. Using a strange time-travel machine, he transmigrates five times to solve all kinds of bizarre cases, gradually uncovering the truth about another world hidden beneath the surface, where undercurrents are constantly swirling. Alon —Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 21 I'm the Only One Who Receives Death Orders 只有我能接到死亡订单 My name is Chen Mo, and I work as a courier. In the fourth month after I lost my job, I received an order that shouldn't have existed. The recipient was Zhao Guoan, who had died three months earlier. The order required me to deliver a box of heart-rescue pills to a sealed-off, abandoned apartment complex before ten that night. I thought it was just a prank, until I followed the address and actually saved someone who was about to die. From that day on, death orders kept appearing. A girl who'd be 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Urban: From the Start, I Was Bound to Three Female Clones 都市：开局绑定三个女神分身 Li Tian, an ordinary 26-year-old office worker, suddenly awakens an astonishing ability amid the grind of working 996 day after day. He discovers that he has three doubles, and all of them are beautiful women. Su Qingyue is a cool, aloof CEO who commands a publicly traded company and dominates the business world. Lin Yuwei is a warm, girl-next-door type, an office worker at a foreign firm and a freelance illustrator who brings a cozy, everyday charm. Xia Yumeng is a pure-hearted campus beauty, a 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Fate’s Twin Bodies: Unrivaled with Sword and Zither on the Path to Immortality 天命双身琴剑无双踏仙路 After his soul transmigrates to another world, he obtains the immortal treasure, the Mirror of Yin and Yang. A misoperation turns him into one person with two bodies. Sold to a brothel after a lonely childhood, he first learns martial arts, then cultivates qi, and embarks on the path to immortality by mastering both the zither and the sword. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Temp Worker at the Civil Affairs Bureau: I Turn Around and Deregister a Ghost God 民政局临时工，反手注销诡神 Chen Zhibai is a temporary employee at the Civil Affairs Bureau, in charge of records for the dead. One day, he saw his own name on a list of people to be deregistered. Applicant: The Ghost God. Reason for deregistration: Occupying a living person's household registration. Result: Return the name within three days. From that day on, vengeful ghosts claiming kinship, evil gods showing up at his door, and ghost gods seeking registration all landed on Chen Zhibai's desk. Other people kill ghost 2Reads—Score19814d adds
- 25 The Smiling Sleuth: A Brilliant Detective Who Plays by No Rules 笑面追凶：推理天才不着四六 [Classic deduction, no female lead, no System, no saccharine romance, hard-boiled suspense and mystery] A kidnapper demands a hundred million. Do they want the money, or the hostage's life? A playboy is murdered. How did the killer control the time of death, ensuring the victim died without ever realizing it? An arson case and a poisoning. How does the crime in the first case become the key clue that exposes the method used in the second? At 22, he is a criminal investigation specialist. He is a 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 I Search for Collapse in the Eerie World 我在诡异世界找崩坏 I transmigrated into a world where urban legends can kill and conceptual rules are power. People here fear the paranormal, wield supernatural entities, and struggle to survive under a fixed set of rules. And me? I'm just a passerby looking for a bit of fun. When the “Infinite Corridor” traps and kills everyone who enters, I softly ask the wall, “Do you know what a Klein bottle is?” When the rule of the “Echo of Death” is “understanding means death,” I raise a mirror toward the void. They say I d —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn: I Have Two Bodies 重生后，双身的我 When Shen Xiangyang wakes up, he discovers that he's been reborn in his high school years. But he soon realizes that this world is a little different from the one he came from. And he also discovers that he has another identity. He constantly switches between the two, all to make up for past regrets and surpass himself. But... You women, stop getting in the way of my progress! Little sis, please don't crawl into my bed. Thanks. Senpai, please don't kiss me on the cheek. Kouhai, please stop getti 135Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Life Thief: Secrets of the Time Pawnshop 窃命者：时间典当行的秘密 Lu Ming believed the power of retrospection he had traded his future for was his only hope of finding his sister. He followed the clues and fought the vast organization known as Ouroboros, gradually uncovering a terrifying ritual that collected time. He thought he was the hunter, the savior. Then he stood at the heart of the ritual and saw the same power of time flowing in his sister's eyes. Every search had been in vain. Every effort had been a sacrifice. The fate he fought against was one he h —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 What If I Were Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 如果我是悬疑文炮灰 If I Were a Cannon Fodder in a Mystery Novel 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 At Eighteen, I Inherited 1.8 Billion in Cold Cases 十八岁，我继承了十八亿悬案 Synopsis: [Urban Mystery] [Criminal Investigation and Deduction] [1.8 Billion in Inheritance] [Crime Scene Reenactment] [Noodle Shop Boy] [One Female Lead] Qin Dongzhi was an orphan taken in by a veteran detective. His adoptive father died two years ago in a "gas accident," leaving him only a noodle shop and eighteen trophies. On the night of his eighteenth birthday, the lawyer Gao Xuanxing brought him a will: an inheritance of 1.8 billion. "I'm just a guy who makes noodles. Who would leave m 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 31 Double Life: I Accidentally Got Trapped in an Online Game as a Whaling Big Shot 双身：氪金大佬的我不慎穿入网游 [One Soul, Two Bodies] + [Invincible] + [Transmigration] + [Western Fantasy] Lin Luo, who has always loved playing with two accounts, transmigrates into the world of a game. Later, he is astonished to discover that the two accounts he created, one male and one female, have given him two bodies in this world. The female account pays to win, with unlimited resources. The male account is free-to-play, earning every resource through hard work. He gets to experience two completely different lives! “ 139Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Tales from the Tranquil Heart Teahouse 清心茶馆故事 In certain corners of this city, a saying has made the rounds: “If you’re out of options, if the truth you’re searching for has sunk without a trace, go to the Qingxin Teahouse and find Mr. Zhou.” This is the last stop for the lost, a crossroads of secrets. By day, it welcomes ordinary tea drinkers and offers a taste of life in all its variety. By night, it lights a solitary lamp for those shrouded in darkness. Whether it’s a bizarre disappearance, a business conspiracy, or a long-buried cold ca 1.8kReads8.4Score16114d adds
- 33 She Judges the Dead in Hell and Kills for a Living 她在地狱当判官，在人间当杀手 Misheng, the judge of the First Hall of the Underworld, altered the Book of Life and Death and was banished to the mortal realm to atone for her crime. Heaven's punishment: within one year, she must personally kill seven heinous criminals. When she opens her eyes again, she is Wang Fang, a judge at the Jiangcheng People's Court. By day, she presides over court and judges cases according to the law; by night, she commands the Underworld and punishes the guilty. The Mirror of Retribution settles a 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 34 The Mirror Clown 镜像小丑 Why does a famous hotel perched on a cliff stand abandoned and in ruins? Why were the kindhearted tycoon’s adopted children murdered one after another after his death? The clown from the mirror has returned after many years. Is this a collapse of morality, or the destruction of humanity? Welcome to “Into Science” [strikethrough]. Welcome to the Cliffside Hotel. 69Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 35 Forensic Examiner of Relics: Every Cursed Object I Autopsy Weeps 遗物法医：我解剖的凶物都在哭 Forensic pathologist specializing in haunted relics, rule-based horror, relics taking human form, two powerful male leads, criminal investigations, mystery and horror, supernatural tragic romance, episodic wish fulfillment, fated entanglements, the unattainable first love, unresolved regrets, a tragedy from ten years ago, life-and-death protection, heartbreaking angst, every character gets a moment to shine 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Seventy-First Knife Scar 第七十一道刀痕 The Seventy-First Knife Mark —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I'm a Handsome College Guy Who Slaughters the Supernatural to Prove the Way of the Weird 我帅逼男大爆杀诡异，以证诡道 Unlucky from the start: an old hag drained him three times. This pure-hearted, handsome college hunk slaughters the uncanny, devouring every one he kills. His do-gooder teammate: “The uncanny have their reasons. We should help them change...” Zhu Zhen: “Help the uncanny change? I’ll cut you down first.” By devouring the uncanny and stealing their abilities, his appearance gradually fades away, until he becomes something more terrifying than the uncanny themselves. When the realms of gods and dem —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Codename: Number Seven 代号：第七号 At two in the morning, a young man with a high fever and convulsions was brought to the emergency room at the Third Municipal Hospital. His body was covered in purplish-red, netlike rashes; his pupils had shrunk to thin slits, and his neck was stiff as a board. Lin Shen, an attending neurologist, identified the illness within two hours: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. He began treatment. The patient woke up, but the rash vanished completely overnight. Then his fever rebounded, followed by mania —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 A Father on the Trail of a Killer 追凶父亲 His seven-year-old son was kidnapped and killed for ransom. No trace of the body was ever found. Former financial crimes detective Zhou Qiming went gray overnight, and the faith he'd held for half his life crumbled completely. While sorting through his child's belongings, he found a custom-made chip marked with the signature pattern of He Capital, exposing a shocking conspiracy. As a new case begins, Tang Qiyue, deputy captain of the major crimes unit, investigates and feels a chill run down h 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Survival Manual for the Eerie World 诡异世界生存手册 [Suspense] [Rule Horror] [Chinese-Style Horror] [Battle of Wits] [Warning: This is not a novel. It is a real survival manual for the supernatural world.] Rule One: Don’t open the window after dark. Rule Two: The night-watch candle must never go out. Rule Three: Never trust anyone outside the window. If you break any of these rules, write down your last words immediately. Because a ghost player is already standing behind you. 30Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 41 Twin Cultivators 双生修仙者 After transmigrating to another world, I ended up with two bodies, a pair of twins. So it’s only reasonable for me to find two Dao companions, since my two bodies have different needs when it comes to gender. Don’t accuse me of building a harem. If my two bodies weren’t twin siblings, I wouldn’t need to find even one Dao companion. 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 All the Gods Have Autism 所有神都患有孤独症 Welcome to the “Divine Asylum,” where there are no believers, only patients and caretakers. Transmigrate to another world, get a System, and enjoy a standard start? No. The rules here are utterly insane: All the gods are “sick.” The Old Gods have gone mad as their faith dries up, the New Gods are lonely and despairing in an unfamiliar land, and the Evil Gods whisper softly in your ear. Want the power of the gods? What price will you have to pay? Your System is “lying to you.” Is it really a Syst —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Young Man's Journey in the Flourishing Tang Dynasty 盛唐少年行 In the first year of the Zhenguan era, five young men were brought together by a twist of fate. From that moment on, their destinies became tightly bound together. From the case of oppressive taxes in Youzhou, to the dark imperial examinations in Chang'an, to the murder of a Chen family's daughter in Yingzhou, the floods in Yangzhou, and the appearance of “gods” in the mortal realm... Through one ordeal after another, the five were like fireflies in the darkness, doing their best to light the wa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Climb the Ranks Despite Being Officially Listed as a Nobody 我顶着查无此人的编制往上爬 Synopsis: [Urban Mystery] [Underdog's Rise] [Archival Mysteries] [Outsmarting the Opposition] [Climbing the Ranks] [No Female Lead] Han Zheng has worked as a temporary employee in the archives for four years, but every year, the permanent position goes to someone else. One night, while working overtime, a reminder popped up on his computer: Fang Guangren, public notice period complete. File for archiving. On his desk lay a document proving that Fang Guangren had been dead for seven years. A 153Reads—Score10014d adds
- 45 From the Start, I Was Used in Human Experiments, and I Completely Lost It 开局被人体实验，我裂开了 [One Soul, Multiple Bodies + No System + Clones + Selfcest? + Moral Boundaries + Not a Power Fantasy + Harem??] The protagonist, Lin Fan, is a nineteen-year-old university student. One day, while taking a nap, he was captured by a group of men in black and taken to a hidden temporary research facility, where they subjected him to horrifying experiments. It turned out the men in black were researchers in disguise, abducting people from all walks of life for human experimentation. As the protagoni 214Reads—Score11814d adds
- 46 Men Lie Flat, Women Strive: Junior Sister, I'm Really Innocent 男躺平，女奋进，师妹我真很干净 [One Soul, Two Bodies] [Selfcest] [Gender Swap] [Pseudo-Harem] [A Little Yuri] Shen Yan transmigrated into the cultivation world and discovered he had two bodies: His male body was a sect prodigy, personally taught by the Patriarch, with an affectionate junior sister who came by every day to shower him with warmth. His female body was a good-for-nothing concubine-born daughter, forced into marriage from the start, but she came with top-tier cultivation talent and could learn anything at a glance 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Calamity Watcher 灾厄守局人 Tang Fan, an overworked corporate drone who transmigrated after dying suddenly, only wanted to keep his head down in the apocalypse, take it easy, develop quietly, and stay alive. Instead, he accidentally became bound to Zi Ling, a Nether Edict-class strange being who slumbered in a burial ground and suppressed the Dark Nether Lord. Everyone feared strange entities for their bloodthirsty nature, but this Nether Edict-class terror, powerful enough to overturn heaven and earth, showed him extraord —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Nightmare Returns 梦靥如故 [Love and hate intertwined + strong female lead + trapped in danger + hunting a killer on a stormy night] A beautiful woman dies on the operating table during childbirth, leaving Shangguan Yu an orphan overnight. Was it murder or a medical accident? Are the countless midnight visions nightmares, or glimpses of a truth left just barely concealed? Nineteen years ago, on a night of thunder and lightning, a butcher appeared in the rain. Was someone spreading rumors, or trying to cover something up? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 One Soul, Two Bodies: After I Died, I Became the Campus Beauty 一魂双体：死后我竟成了校花 “One soul, two bodies” | “Modern world of supernatural abilities” | “No outline” | “Secondary sensory transmission” A truck brought me to a modern world of supernatural powers much like the one I’d lived in before. But after spending over a decade in a daze, I finally regained my senses and prepared for ages, hoping to awaken an ability and reach the pinnacle of life. So how did I end up dead again? 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 With One Soul in Two Bodies, Where Should I Go Today? 一魂双体的我，今天又该去哪呢？ [One Soul, Two Bodies] Two terrible worlds merge amid upheaval. Xunye and Youxia, each from a different world, have their souls swept into the new world, where they fuse into a single consciousness inhabiting two bodies, making them something strange and new. A brilliant civilization has shattered into countless pieces, and vastly different environments have led to wildly divergent technological paths. The journey begins on the Colorstone Continent, where advanced technology has been lost and fl 17Reads—Score—14d adds
