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- 1 Wasteland Mechanist Immortal: I Can Level Up Without Limit 废土械仙:我能无限升级 The wasteland apocalypse has arrived. The gods have fallen, and machines run rampant. Lin Che is just a lowly scavenger. To save his younger sister, he ventures into a radiation zone, only to awaken the [Myriad Things Analysis System] on the brink of death. From then on... While others cultivate immortality with spiritual roots, he does it by dismantling machines, refining cores, and modifying cybernetic limbs. Machines can be upgraded, bodies can be rebuilt, and even the remains of gods are jus —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Urban Treasure Appraiser: The Twin Fish Secret 都市鉴宝天师:双鱼秘藏 On the day I got out of prison, I scored a fifty-million-yuan treasure for a song! Lin Yuan, a prodigy in the art of appraisal, was framed by his senior apprentice brother and sent to prison. His family was destroyed, and he lost everything. During his three years behind bars, he awakened an unbelievably powerful Divine Eye. He could see the past and present of antiques, and discern the truth and nature of all things! On his first day out, while his enemy livestreamed to humiliate him, Lin Yuan 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Master, Stop Pretending. You Broke the Heavenly Dao with Your Code 师尊别装,天道都被你代码改崩了 Gu Changsheng transmigrates into the role of the villainous senior disciple. He only wants to keep his head down and survive, but ends up bound to a “Cause-and-Effect Emotion System.” He has no choice but to act like an expert. If I can make my act convincing enough, even a fake can become real! And so, everything takes a sudden turn: He casually does a radio calisthenics routine, and his junior brothers and sisters mistake it for an ancient divine body-tempering art. The whole sect achieves sai —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Fifty Credits Off for Being Late: I Eat Cyber Gods for Dinner 超时扣五十,我把赛博神明当饭吃 Fifty Deducted for Every Minute Over: I Eat Cybernetic Gods for Dinner 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After Inheriting My Ex-Boyfriend’s Billion-Dollar Fortune, His Diary Was Exposed and the Whole Internet Broke Down in Tears 继承前男友亿万遗产后,他的日记曝光全网泪崩 After inheriting my ex-boyfriend’s billion-dollar estate, his diary is revealed and the whole internet breaks down in tears 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Thirty Days Until Doomsday: You Build an Ark, While I Lift All of Huaxia into the Sky 末日三十天:你造方舟,我带华夏连地升空 Thirty Days Until Doomsday: You Build an Ark, I’ll Lift All of China Into the Sky 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 7 Defying Fate: I Used a Billion-Dollar Lever to Hostile-Takeover the Heavenly Dao 逆转天命:我用百亿杠杆恶意收购了天道 Defying Fate: I Used a Ten-Billion-Yuan Lever to Hostilely Acquire the Heavenly Dao 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Grand Show of Life: The Top Player 人间大戏:首席玩家 The Grand Spectacle of the Mortal World: The Top Player 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Food Delivery Rider: From the Start, I Had Root Access, and I Right-Clicked to Delete the Gods 外卖员:开局Root权限,我右键删除了神明 Delivery Guy: From the Start, I Have Root Access, and I Right-Clicked to Delete the Gods 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Day I Was Diagnosed, My Scumbag Brother Popped Champagne at a Nightclub 确诊那天,人渣哥哥在夜店开香槟 The Day I Was Diagnosed, My Scumbag Brother Was Popping Champagne at a Nightclub 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Investiture of the Gods: They Want Me to Sign a Contract of Servitude? One Labor Law Is Enough to Make Yuanshi Tianzun Weep 封神:逼我签卖身契?一部劳动法罚哭元始天尊 Investiture of the Gods: You’re Forcing Me to Sign a Slave Contract? One Labor Law Book Brings Yuanshi Tianzun to Tears 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Bring Overwhelming Firepower, and You Call This Ghostbusting? 聊斋:我用火力覆盖,你管这叫捉鬼? Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: I Lay Down a Wall of Firepower, and You Call That Ghost Hunting? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Severing of Heaven and Earth: I Use My Bloodline to Restart the Ancient War of the Gods 绝地天通:我用血脉重启上古神战 Heaven and Earth Cut Off: I Restarted the Ancient God War with My Bloodline 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Hated Across the Internet? From the Start, I Livestreamed a Trial, and This Award-Winning Actress Went on a Rampage! 全网黑?开局直播审判,这影后杀疯了! Hated by the whole internet? She livestreams a trial from the start, and this actress is killing it! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 My Family Stole My Fate? I Poisoned Them in Return and Sent Them to Hell 全家偷我命格?我反向投毒送他们下地狱 My whole family stole my fate? I poison them in return and send them all to hell 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Longevity: I Played It Safe in the Cultivation World Until It Became an Asylum 长生:我把修仙界苟成了疯人院 Longevity: I Survived Until the Cultivation World Became an Asylum 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Cultivation Through Dimensional Reduction: I Use First Principles to Suppress the Heavenly Dao 降维修仙:我用底层逻辑镇压天道 Cultivation Through Downgrading: I Use First Principles to Crush the Heavenly Dao 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Suspect Lin Yuan: I Used Chemistry to Hold All of Humanity Hostage 嫌疑人林渊:我用化学绑架了全人类 Suspect Lin Yuan: I Held All of Humanity Hostage with Chemistry 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Weaving Heaven and Earth: I Use Heavy-Duty Machine Tools to Create Cyber Brocade 天织玄黄:我用重工机床织造赛博云锦 Weaving Heaven and Earth: I Use Heavy-Duty Machine Tools to Weave Cyber Brocade 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Doomsday Architect: I Turned the Wasteland into a Hellish Joke 末日架构师:我把废土玩成了地狱笑话 Doomsday Architect: I Turned the Wasteland into a Hellish Joke 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 After the Algorithm Stripped Me of Human Status, I Took Down the Cyber Elite 被算法开除人籍后,我掀了赛博豪门 After the Algorithm Stripped Me of My Humanity, I Took Down the Cyber Elite 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Death Penalty from the Start: My Left Eye Holds My Dead Wife’s Trial, My Right a Nuclear Bomb in My Heart 死刑起步:左眼亡妻审判,右眼心脏核弹 A Death Sentence from the Start: My Left Eye Judges the Dead, My Right Eye Holds a Nuclear Bomb in My Heart 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Asked You to Clear Out Old Domestic Brands, and Western Tycoons Made Them Legendary with Their Imaginations 让你清仓老国货,西方财阀全靠脑补封神 You Asked Me to Clear Out Old Domestic Products, but Western Tycoons Built a Legend Based on Their Own Imaginations 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The Grudge Kitchen: The Last Supper 怨菜私房馆:最后一道晚餐 Grudge Kitchen: The Last Supper 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 War of Resistance: From the Start, a Blood Sacrifice Brings Every National Treasure and Ancestor Back to Life 抗战:开局血祭,国宝祖宗全活了 War of Resistance: From the Start, a Blood Sacrifice Brings All Our National Treasures' Ancestors Back to Life 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Highway Survival for All: While Everyone Fights for Luxury Cars, I Ride a Beat-Up Tricycle and Build a Nuclear Bomb by Hand 全民公路:都抢豪车,我骑破三轮手搓核爆 Everyone on the Road: While Everyone Fights Over Luxury Cars, I Ride a Beat-Up Tricycle and Build a Nuclear Bomb by Hand 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Are You Insane? You Call This Thousand-Foot Demon-Suppressing Tower a Huaxia Mecha? 疯了吧!你管这千丈镇妖塔,叫华夏机甲? Are You Crazy? You Call This Thousand-Zhang Demon-Suppressing Tower a Huaxia Mecha? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Asked You to Be an NPC, Not Treat the Fourth Calamity Like Cyber Serfs! 让你当NPC,你把第四天灾当赛博牛马? You Asked Me to Play an NPC, So Why Am I Treating the Fourth Calamity Like Cyberpunk Wage Slaves? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Three Kingdoms: You Put Me in Charge of Logistics, and I Shorted the Entire World? 三国:让你管后勤,你做空了全天下? Three Kingdoms: You Asked Me to Manage Logistics, but I Shorted the Entire World? 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Chinese Horror Tales: My Teammates All Turn into Evil Spirits, So I Take Over the Ten Courts of Hell 中式怪谈:队友全员化煞,我反手接管十殿阎罗 Chinese-Style Horror: My Teammates All Turn into Evil Spirits, So I Take Over the Ten Courts of Yama 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 The Abyss Invaded: I Force-Deleted This World 深渊入侵:我强制删除了这个世界 Abyssal Invasion: I Force-Deleted This World —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Thirty Days to Live: With Brain-Computer Tech, I’ll Ascend with 1.4 Billion Chinese People 绝命三十天:我用脑机,让十四亿华夏集体飞升 Thirty Days to Live: I Use Brain-Computer Interfaces to Ascend with 1.4 Billion Chinese People —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Fake Heir of Langya: With Only 1% Battery Left, I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 琅琊假子:电量仅剩1%,我靠工业镇压南北朝 A Fake Heir in Langya: My Battery’s at 1%, So I Use Industry to Conquer the Northern and Southern Dynasties 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 I Handed Over a Portal Through Time, and the Nation Took Me to Crush 1937 with Superior Technology 上交时空门:国家带我降维横推1937 I Hand Over a Time-Space Gate: The Nation Takes Me to Crush 1937 with Superior Technology —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Journey to the West: I Only Speak Reason, So Why Are All the Gods Losing It? 西游:贫僧只讲理,满天神佛为何当场裂开? Journey to the West: I’m a monk who only argues with reason. Why are all the gods and Buddhas falling apart on the spot? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Scientific Tomb Raiding: I Melted Through the Bronze Gate with Aged Vinegar 科学镇墓:我用老陈醋熔穿了青铜门 Scientific Tomb Guardianship: I Melted Through the Bronze Gate with Aged Black Vinegar 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Dream of the Red Chamber: With the Jia Family's Fall Imminent, I Shorted Their Fortune and Fled with Daiyu 红楼:抄家倒计时,我靠做空贾府携黛玉跑路 Dream of the Red Chamber: With the Jia family on the brink of ruin, I short-sell their assets and flee with Daiyu. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Heavenly Dao Wanted to Smite Me, So I Sent It a Group-Buying Deal to Chop the Price 天道要劈我,我给它发了个拼夕夕砍一刀 The Heavenly Dao tried to strike me down, so I sent it a Pinduoduo “Bargain for a Knife” link 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 I Asked You to Explain the Scenery, Not Reboot Earth's Motherboard! 让你科普风景,你把地球主板重启了? You Asked Me to Explain Scenic Spots, and I Rebooted Earth’s Motherboard? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Are You Crazy? I Asked You to Take the Science Exam, Not Build a Nuclear Blast to Slay a God! 疯了!让你参加高考理综,你手搓核爆弑神? Are You Insane? You Were Supposed to Take the Science Exam, but You Built a Nuclear Explosion by Hand to Slay a God? 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 From the Start, I Was Tasked with Preparing the Fallen Crown Prince's Body. After His Death, the Mad Prince Went on a Rampage in My Mind 开局给废太子敛尸,死后的疯批太子在我脑中杀疯了 From the Start, I’m Given the Job of Preparing the Disgraced Crown Prince’s Body for Burial. After His Death, the Mad Crown Prince Goes on a Rampage in My Head 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Global Freeze: From the Start, I Have a Planetary Fortress and Build a Sun with My Bare Hands 全球冰封:开局行星要塞,我手搓人造太阳 Global Freeze: From the Start, I Have a Planetary Fortress and Build an Artificial Sun by Hand 19Reads—Score214d adds
- 43 Famine, Parents Trading Children for Food? I Rewrite Fate, Turning Certain Doom into Eternal Good Fortune! 荒年易子而食?我提笔篡改,把大凶死局写成万世大吉! In a Famine Year, Will People Really Eat Their Own Children? I Take Up My Brush and Rewrite Fate, Turning a Dire, Deadly Impasse into Eternal Good Fortune! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Words Become Law: I Renounce My Buddhahood, Living Only to Protect Her Mortal Life 言出法随:散尽佛位,贫僧只为护她凡间烟火 Words Become Law: I relinquish my rank as a Buddha. I am but a humble monk, living only to protect her mortal life. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Calculated a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drove Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad 赛博风水师:开局算死顶流,逼疯千亿资本 Cyber Feng Shui Master: From the Start, I Foretell a Top-Tier Star's Death and Drive Trillion-Dollar Capital Mad —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smashed Ten-Million-Yuan Fakes and Awakened the War God's 8,000-Year-Old Divinity 鉴宝:开局砸碎千万赝品,我觉醒八千年战神神格 Antique Appraisal: From the Start, I Smash Counterfeits Worth Tens of Millions and Awaken the Divine God of War's Eight-Thousand-Year-Old Godhood —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 You Asked Me to Fix Scrap Metal, So I Built a Lithography Machine and Etched the Gods Onto Chips? 让你修废铁,你手搓光刻机,把诸神当芯片刻了? I Asked You to Fix Scrap Metal, So Why Did You Hand-Build a Lithography Machine and Etch the Gods into Chips? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Numbers and Directions: My Record of Changing Fate in the Mortal World 数字与方位:我的红尘改命实录 Numbers and Directions: My Real-Life Record of Changing My Fate is a practical feng shui journal rooted in everyday life. It holds stories of helping others amid the bustle of the mortal world, as well as down-to-earth tips anyone can use to change their luck. Before the protagonist has even formally taken a master and entered the Dao, his master shoves a few old books full of feng shui, Daoist medicine, and the mysteries of numbers into his hands, then hurriedly sends him down the mountain to 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Rule Horror: Rulebreakers Get No Second Chance 规则怪谈:违规者没有第二次机会 [Rule One: If you hear a knock at night, do not open the door, no matter who it is.] [Rule Two: If you see someone smiling at the end of the hallway, turn around immediately.] [Rule Three: Never break the rules above.] When Shen Ji wakes up in his rented apartment, he finds a new text on his phone: "Welcome to [The Sinister Rules]. Survival is victory." From that moment on, he is swept into one eerie instance after another. Each one has survival rules so strict they're downright twisted. Break a 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 I Signed a Contract of Servitude: Brain Off at Work, Taking Down the Conglomerates After Hours 签了卖身契:上班切脑子,下班杀穿财阀 I Signed a Servitude Contract: Brain Off at Work, Slaughtering the Conglomerates After Hours —Reads—Score—14d adds

















































