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- 51 Lone Smoke Over the Great Desert: My Years in a Parallel World 大漠孤烟之我在平行世界那些年 [No System + Multiple Romance Routes + History + Late Qing and Early Republic + Wuxia + Slow Burn + Side Plots] Zhao Kangyi is unexpectedly transported to a parallel world after a VR experience. Stranded in the northwest during the late Qing dynasty, he first works as a hired hand for a landowner. Then, after an unexpected forced marriage, he becomes a young marshal and is swept up in the revolutionary tide. “You’re saying my father is a governor-general, and my mother is Hong Xiuquan’s daughter 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 From Police Chief to Warlord: I Snatch the Russian Princess from the Start 从警长到军阀，开局截胡沙俄公主 [Republican era + industrial empire + warlords + massive troop production] A police superintendent is reborn in a small Far Eastern town in a parallel world. Every time he beats someone to the prize, he grows stronger! Snatch a Russian grand duchess, and he’s rewarded with Beiyang soldiers arriving at a rate of one per second! Intercept a bank’s armored cash truck, and he’s rewarded with eighteen 75 mm field guns! Seize an oil field, and he’s rewarded with an industrial empire! … Seize the thron 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Hearts of Iron: The Crimson Empire 钢铁雄心：赤焰帝国 [No System + Australia from the Start + Chinese Empire + Imperial Rivalry + Partly Alternate History] Steel behemoths cleave through the waves, while squadrons of aircraft blot out the sky. From the Pacific to the Atlantic, the Southern Cross flag is unstoppable. When my carrier fleet sails into the mouth of the Thames, there is only one headline left on the front pages of newspapers around the world: The empire on which the sun never sets? No, now it is the age of the Empire of Eternal Day! 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 54 Warlords in a Time of Chaos: The Empire's Creator 乱世军阀：帝国创造者 [Farming] + [Conquest] + [Land Reform] + [Industrialization] + [Warlords] For some reason, Li Yixian arrives in another world that resembles the late Qing and early Republican eras of his previous life. He swears to achieve greatness as an ordinary man! This world is in the midst of chaos. In the eastern land of Jinzhou, the feudal Great Shun Empire is corrupt and declining. The former emperor is dead, the Empress Dowager rules from behind the curtain, court factions are locked in fierce power s —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 55 Tiger of Beiyang: Dad, Let's Not Become Emperor 北洋之虎：爹！咱不当皇帝了 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 164Reads5.7Score13814d adds
- 56 Espionage: I’m Going to Be an Official from the Start! 谍战：开局我要当官！ One man can shoulder a hundred pounds; one official can move ten thousand mountains! To save the nation, you must first become an official! When other people return to the 24th year of the Republic, they get all kinds of Systems that let them exchange points for weapons, or earn equipment and points by killing enemies. Xu Shaoyi also returns to the bustling Shanghai of that year, but his System gives him just one message: it has everything the other Systems have, and even things they don't. But 686Reads7.5Score10514d adds
- 57 Transmigration: Dreaming Back to 1915 as a New Warlord 穿越：梦回1915新军阀 (Warlords, civil war, farming, entrepreneurship, alternate history, passion, guns and artillery, strategy, human nature) Fictional characters, story, and locations. Long Ze was a student who had just finished the college entrance exams. On his way back to his hometown, Mu Lian, a fellow passenger on the bus, was carrying a System mission. Who could have imagined that she, Long Ze, and the driver would all unexpectedly find themselves back in the era of warlord warfare in the Long Kingdom? Was it 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 58 A Republican-Era Private 民国大头兵 These events all truly happened in history, and now they are replaying before your eyes. Pick up your weapon and fight like a true soldier. Everything you do comes from the most instinctive call within you. The protagonist, Ma Chenggong, transmigrates to the Republic of China era as a common soldier and fights the Japanese. 107Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 59 Red Alert in Another World: Summoning Three-Star Troopers from the Start 异世红警：开局召唤三星动员兵 [Massive troop summoning + Red Alert System + crushing the Dongyi + beauties everywhere] Liu Xu was playing Red Alert when he suddenly transmigrated to another world. The bad news: he arrived in his own body, had no identity, and knew nothing about the world. The good news: he activated the Red Alert System and could summon three-star troops right away. Liu Xu: Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s do this! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ 5.4kReads5.9Score44814d adds
- 60 1906: I Have a Portable Hospital 1906：我有一间随身医院 Zhao Feihong transmigrates to the Hualan Kingdom of 1906 with a space hospital. In this age of ceaseless warfare, just how much can a hospital, rather than a weapon, accomplish? Let us wait and see... 226Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 61 Warlord: From Building Guns to Sweeping All Before Me 军阀：从造枪开始横扫 [Historical What-If] [Warlord Rivalry] [Industrialist] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Overwhelming Technological Advantage] After transmigrating into the twenty-eight-year-old Han Fuju, chairman of Lu Province, he inherits a colossal mess: a budget deficit, a disorganized army, Nanjing watching like a hawk, and Japan eyeing them hungrily. What should he do? No problem. He has a fully developed modern mindset. At home, he cracks down on corruption and banditry and issues Lu banknotes. Abroad, he bluffs 123Reads—Score514d adds
- 62 The Imperial Guards 禁卫军 A terminally ill man is reborn in the late Qing Dynasty in 1900. What can he do? What can he change? The tides of history surge on, and one person's efforts are ultimately like an arm trying to stop a chariot. But what if countless people worked together? 112Reads7.6Score11814d adds
- 63 Stirring Up Trouble Starting in 1845 从1845年开始搞事情 In 1845, the weather is fair and the harvests are good. But an unexpected visitor from a later age gradually begins to shatter the peace... 7.8kReads8.2Score46514d adds
- 64 Reborn in 1941: The Iron Curtain 重生1941：钢铁壁垒 When modern military historian Ivan woke up, he discovered he'd become a Soviet Red Army battalion commander in early 1941: Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov. Less than two months remained before the most brutal war in human history would engulf the world, and his unit was stationed right on the front line, where the German steel tide would crush all in its path. 507Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 65 Rise of a Tyrant: I Build an Empire in Republican China 枭雄崛起：我在民国建帝国 A new work is out! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 551Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 66 The Dragon Conquers China 龙傲中华 Jiang Longyu, a retired soldier from Huaxia, transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty. He drives out the Tartars, wipes out the Japanese, marches across South Asia, and takes on Europe and America. Today, he makes you pay back tenfold, a hundredfold, for centuries of blood and tears. What? You want to overthrow imperialism? That's right, I'm the imperialist. What? There's nothing to negotiate? Then there's nothing more to discuss! Look at the world today: our might rises. We drink bear's blood by Lake 3Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 67 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 I’ve Become a World Power, So Why Am I Still So Cautious?! 明明都当列强了，却还过分谨慎！ In the final years of the Great Zhou, foreign powers invaded and the land was torn apart. Zhang Renxin transmigrated into the son of a powerful frontier official. To save the empire from collapse and turn the tide when all seemed lost, he set out to act! After returning from studying abroad, he founded factories and built a modern army. Before long, several years had passed. A million troops now guarded the land, backed by a steel tide of tanks and aircraft! One of his subordinates asked, “My lo 1.4kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 69 The Great Powers: This Warlord Is Not to Be Messed With 列强：这个军阀惹不起 “Army Group A: 1.8 million soldiers.” “Army Group B: 1.5 million soldiers.” “Army Group C: 1.3 million soldiers.” The great powers: Give us back our homeland. 8Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 70 The Storms of Lanfang 兰芳风云 In another, similar world, it is once again the tenth year of the Guangxu era. Yang Yun transmigrates into the body of Luo Xiangyun, the thirteenth-ranked young master of the Luo family, during the final glorious days of the Lan Fang Republic in Southeast Asia. He rises through internal family struggles and political games against the court's scheming officials, then takes up the unyielding fight against colonial rule. He leads the Chinese people in rebuilding their power, restoring Lan Mang to 830Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 71 Republican Era: The Jinan Massacre? No!! 民国：济南惨案？不！！ August 28, 1926: The Nanchang Uprising! October 10, 1926: Wuchang falls! January 3, 1927: The January 3 Hankou Incident! March 24, 1927: The March 24 Incident in Nanjing’s British Concession! May 3, 1928: The May 3 Jinan Incident in Shandong!! This time, not a single one will be missed!! 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 War of Resistance: This Militia Is Absolutely Fearsome 抗战：这群民兵太猛啦 [Independent development + no System + large-scale warfare] Awakening from the shadow of the Jin-Sui Army's defeat, the soldier king Qin Zhonghua vows to rebuild China's backbone! His starting point? A mere dozen or so militia guards! His codename? The “Tigers”! The militia becomes a battalion, the battalion expands into a regiment, and the regiment grows into a brigade... In his hands, a heavily armed, American-equipped “Tigers” army group rises out of nowhere! It sweeps across northwestern Sha 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 73 A Revolutionary in the Qing Dynasty 清朝革命家 I used to think P2P platforms were an innovation. But after returning to the late Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty, I discovered that the model has a long history. It just went by another name. Well then, gentry, gangs, officials, emperors, and the imperial court: you have your platforms, and I have mine. Which of us can survive the brutal competition? The winner will be revealed when the dust settles. 618Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 74 Zhao Gou's Bright Sword Journey 赵苟的亮剑旅程 Starting in Bright Sword, he builds his forces and grows stronger! Unlock Zhou Weiguo from Snow Leopard, giving him fewer regrets and more chances to strike back. Unlock Zei Jiu from Second Gunner, a sharpshooter who started out as a nobody. Give him a life with fewer clichés and more freedom to do as he pleases! Unlock the Cannon Fodder Regiment, so the heroes who fought bloodily can live a little less exhausting a life! I’m new to this, so I hope all you esteemed readers will offer more encour 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 1910: Blood and Iron in Yunnan, Nearly Starved to Death from the Start 1910铁血滇云，开局差点饿死 [Warlords of the Republic of China + Building his own power + A military-industrial tycoon transmigrates + Yunnan Army] After waking up, military-industrial tycoon Tang Qi finds himself transmigrated to the early years of the Republic of China. Using the Yunnan Army as his foundation, he establishes a Southwestern United Government and develops at breakneck speed between the two great powers of the foreign nations and the Beiyang Government. A Republic-era warlord story unlike any other. 2.4kReads6.0Score10914d adds
- 76 The Red Star Shines Over Mexico 红星照耀墨西哥 Sun Yi never imagined he would transmigrate into the body of a strange old man: Leon Trotsky. Since that's how things are, he decides to set the grasslands of the Americas ablaze. He will completely abandon the policy of nonintervention and make the red star shine over Mexico! This time, he will show the world that glory belongs to Mexico. Are you ready to welcome the revenge of the founder of the Red Army? 217Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Warlords of the Republic: Reunifying China 民国军阀：中华秋叶海棠归于一统 From military academy student to colonel and regimental commander, then to the man everyone calls Marshal. This is a firsthand account of my transmigration to the Republican era, a story of my struggle to rise from a junior officer to a great warlord. In short, my struggle. 33Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 78 A German Regimental Commander's System-Fueled Comeback in 1945 1945德军团长的系统逆袭 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 18Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 79 War of Resistance: Shanghai in Crisis? I'll Mobilize the Training Corps 抗战：淞沪危局？我征召教导总队 (The rating is low because this story just opened for ratings.) [Frontline combat] [Independent command] [Troop recruitment System] [Commander traits] [Smart power fantasy] [Central Training Corps] [Battle of Shanghai] + [Defense of Nanjing]... [Founding a nation overseas] (The defense of Nanjing begins in Chapter 29) (An armored division is called up to take part in the Battle of Xuzhou in Chapter 62) This story will never deliberately dumb down the Japanese army. Remember, some challenges c 73Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 80 My Era as a Northeastern Warlord 我的东北军阀时代 Hong Fei is a migrant worker who came south to make a living. After a tumultuous storm, his head suddenly rang, and he found himself in unfamiliar Heilongjiang. Just as he was about to order takeout, he discovered that he had arrived in the post-World War I era with a golden finger. From then on, his life became a story of unstoppable success! 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 81 Warlord: Starting by Emptying the Shanghai Arsenal 军阀：从搬空上海兵工厂开始 [Warlord] [Republican Era] [Guangxi Wolf Troops] [Power Fantasy] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Invincible] I transmigrated to 1927 and became Li Youlin, the son of Li Delin. At the time, Peanut had just stepped down, and the Guangxi clique was at the height of its power. But I knew this was only the calm before the storm. Facing a powerful enemy poised to return and a family faction that seemed glorious but was actually riddled with hidden dangers, I chose to target the arsenal in Shanghai. Little Zh 257Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 82 Republican Era: One Appointment Letter Made Me the Strongest Warlord 民国：一张委任状，成就最强军阀 [Republican Era] [Beiyang warlords] [War of Resistance] [Passionate youth] After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a graduate of the Baocheng Military Academy in the early Republican Era. With the times in turmoil and warlords carving out their own territories, Zhang Ye arrives in Jingshan County with nothing but an appointment letter and sets out to build his own power. Just then, the Lord System awakens. The larger his territory and the higher his popularity, the more his troop 23Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 83 The Fox of the Far East 远东之狐 In 1884, amid the upheavals of the Sino-French War, Han Zikun is born in the Han family’s courtyard in Shanxia County, Jinghai Prefecture. A transmigrator, he brings modern marketing skills, mechanical engineering knowledge, and fluency in several languages, but has no System or golden finger. He can rely only on his ingenuity and determination to face the chaos of the late Qing. The family has had only one son for three generations. His grandfather, Han Shoushu, puts aside his scholar’s gown to 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 84 The Empire, Shanghai, and My Mutated Phone! 帝国，上海滩，我的手机变异了！ Alternate history + warlord warfare + Republican-era setting + golden finger After a shipwreck, Zhang Jin accidentally transmigrates to the dying days of the Daxing Empire in another world, where his phone suddenly mutates... “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully redeemed 5,000 Hail rocket launchers!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully redeemed 25 Yamato-class battleships!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have summoned 100,000 elite sergeants!” I’m not ver 5.6kReads8.7Score26614d adds
- 85 Reborn in Republican China: Red Alert, Unbeatable 民国重生之红警无敌 [Reborn] [Red Alert] [Overbearing] [Invincible] Reborn in a parallel world during the Republican era, the protagonist carries a Red Alert System as he wages war in an age dominated by warlords and foreign powers. He sweeps across the land, fighting one battle after another. His catchphrase is: “Everywhere the sunlight reaches is my territory...” 1.2kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 86 I, Chongzhen, Guard the Frontier as Emperor of the Great Song! 我，崇祯，在大宋天子守国门！ [Career-Focused Emperor] [Decisive and Ruthless] After Chongzhen hanged himself at Jingshan, he transmigrated into Emperor Qinzong of Song during the Jingkang Incident. With the Jin army besieging the capital and the court ministers cowering in complacency, he beheaded the faction that favored surrender and swept away the Jin cavalry. The ruler of a fallen dynasty became the God of War of the Great Song! His ranks are filled with fierce generals, and the people eagerly pledge their loyalty. From 4.2kReads7.2Score26814d adds
- 87 Warlord: The Young Marshal of Fengtian 军阀：奉天少帅 When Zhang Fan woke up, he found himself in another world. It was highly similar to the one he had lived in before, with the same historical course and cultural heritage. It also shared the same tragic, blood-soaked history. Watch as Zhang Fan, the warlord family's second son, defies fate and changes his destiny. 8Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 88 War of Resistance: From Snow Leopard to Bright Sword, I Am the Warlord King 抗战：从雪豹亮剑，我是军阀之王 [Drawing Sword + Warlords + Republican Era + Military Industry + Patriotism] Zhou Weiguo transmigrates to 1933 and becomes one of the Hunan warlords. He also obtains the Ultimate Enemy-Slaying System, which grants unlimited rewards for every enemy he kills! Ding-dong! Kill three thousand invaders, and receive ten thousand Barrett rifles! Ding-dong! Put down the unrest in Fengtian, and receive ten thousand rocket launchers! Zhou Weiguo continues killing invaders and restoring order. Weapons p 5Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 89 I Became a Super Warlord 我成了超级军阀 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Hu Ping and Xia Baimeng transmigrated to Daxia, a feudal monarchy that never existed in history! At home, there are no wise ministers to advise the ruler; abroad, hostile nations threaten their borders. The people are starving, the land is strewn with corpses, and foreign powers watch hungrily from every direction. A legend in an alternate world is about to begin. These are years of passion and fervor. An age of war and heroes. And a collection of heartwarming yet 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 90 The Black Soil Kingpin 黑土枭雄 In the chaotic final years of the Qing dynasty, foreign powers circle hungrily as gunfire and smoke engulf the Black Soil region. A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into a time when his own ancestor is still a bandit. He plans to keep his head down and survive, only to discover that this ancestor is a bandit chief who soon gets recruited into the government as a security corps captain. In this troubled age, a band of outlaws becomes the starting point of his rise to power 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A Tycoon? I Want to Be a Warlord 首富？我要当军阀 Li Haoran was reborn in a parallel world as the son of Huaxia’s richest man. But this was an era of warlords and foreign powers running rampant. Without enough ability, even great wealth would make him no more than someone else’s wallet, and he would be nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Li Haoran became the one holding the knife. 344Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 92 1865: Heaven's Grand Design 1865年，天佑雄图 [No System + political intrigue + conquest + ruthless killing + war + power fantasy] Hong Tianyou, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to 1865 and is reborn as Hong Xiuquan’s fifth son, Hong Tianyou. With the Heavenly Kingdom and his family on the verge of collapse, he and his loyal guards break through the encirclement and flee across the sea to Australia. First, he sets a modest goal: dominate Oceania, then build a new British Empire on which the sun never sets. 207Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 93 Republican Era: I Change the World with a Single Pen 民国：我靠一支笔改天换地 That year, the Republic had just been founded, and the old dynasty was still fresh in people’s minds. On the streets, some people cut off their queues while others knelt and cried, “Long live the emperor!” The newspapers discussed republicanism, while government offices sold official posts. Young people searched for a way forward in the darkness, while warlords divided the spoils by lamplight. Lin Zhenbang had only wanted to stay alive. But when he saw page after page of lies in the newspapers, 80Reads5.6Score914d adds
- 94 Republican Era: You Were Told to Build an Industrial Power, Yet You Became a Warlord 民国：让你工业强国，你军阀称霸 After transmigrating to 1911, Lin Yi obtains the Industrial Powerhouse System. As long as he pays, every kind of industrial equipment is at his fingertips. But in an age ruled by the Qing, would developing industry just prolong the dynasty’s life? Lin Yi refuses! As a fine son of the Han people, he has to rebel! The era of warlord rule is about to begin. He must build industry and become a warlord, too. He starts by enrolling in the Sichuan Military Academy and undermining the Qing from wi 24.8kReads6.7Score1.5k14d adds
- 95 Transmigrated to Qing China to Rebel: Ten Thousand Miles of Chinese Territory 穿清造反：中华十万里江山 Zhang Wenjie fell asleep and transmigrated to the Qing dynasty, right in the Qianlong era. He thought he could overthrow the Manchus and build a vast empire for China, one spanning a hundred thousand li, a true empire on which the sun never sets. And why not unite all of Asia under one country, too? 1.1kReads7.3Score10314d adds
- 96 Dual Transmigration: I Have a System in Uncle Nine’s World 双穿：我在九叔世界有系统 212Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Snowfield's Loyal Soul 雪原忠魂录 As Zhou Hanshan spoke, he gently stroked Yingzi's deliberately disfigured face, as if savoring its warmth and texture. Yingzi smiled shyly. She seemed to enjoy these moments alone with Zhou Hanshan, especially when he caressed her so tenderly. A warm feeling welled up inside her, filling her with happiness and contentment. “Have you forgotten what you're good at? You're a really capable tough guy, too!” Yingzi suddenly remembered something and said proudly. Her voice held admiration and praise f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Want to Destroy My Country? A Great Purge from the Start! 想毁我国家？开局直接大清洗！ [Welcome to the evening news.] [Since the beginning of this year, and especially after the 116 Incident, the situation in the People's Federation has changed dramatically...] Chu Zhong, who had taken his own life in despair, never imagined that he would be reborn, and back to the age of seventeen, no less. Standing by the window, Chu Zhong looked back on everything from his previous life and murmured, “Since fate has given me the chance to do it all over again, this time I’ll seize it with both 29Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 99 The Colonial Warlord 殖民大军阀 Yang Yun is a modern-day mercenary who unexpectedly transmigrates to the body of a young man on a ship bound for South America during the late Ming Dynasty. Thus begins his new life, one that will reshape the tides of an era. 1Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 100 My Sister Is a Warlord’s Concubine 我姐姐是军阀姨太太 Reborn in a parallel version of the Beiyang era, my elder sister is the beloved Fourth Concubine of Marshal Lu, the King of the Northwest. As a transmigrator, Ye Shiguan enters the marshal’s residence thanks to his sister. He then unexpectedly awakens a Military System, bringing him artillery, rocket forces, special forces, aircraft carriers, and stealth fighters one after another... In this life, he is determined to revitalize Yan Hua and bring an end to the age of chaos! From the countryside t 16Reads7.5Score—14d adds
