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- 1 Just a Summer Job, and Now the World's Warlords Are Panicking 打个暑假工，全球军阀都慌了 After graduating from high school, Gu Ye accidentally binds to the Hardcore Odd-Job System while trying to scrape together his college tuition. Faced with a local electronics factory job paying 120 yuan a day, Gu Ye decisively chooses the System’s recommended high-paying overseas assignment. “Travel to a war-torn region and work as a freelance mercenary. Daily pay: $20,000!” To complete a hidden mission, Gu Ye brings a drone and starts a livestream for the whole internet. At first, watching the 1.6kReads—Score147Shelves
- 2 Mercenary Over the Summer, Campus Belle Conquered When School Starts 暑假当雇佣兵，开学扑倒校花 [Summer job + mercenary returns from summer vacation + heart-pounding action] During summer vacation, Su Zhe activates a System and gets tossed onto the battlefield between Big Mao and Second Mao as a mercenary for two months. He narrowly survives and earns tens of millions of dollars. On the first day of school, his roommates question him, and Su Zhe comes clean: “Didn't do much. Just went to fight in a war.” His roommates think he's lost his mind, until their counselor checks the dorm and find 23.1kReads6.9Score2.5kShelves
- 3 You Were Supposed to Get a Summer Job, So Why Did You Become a Mercenary? 让你打暑假工，你跑去当雇佣兵？ After the college entrance exams, Lin Ye binds himself to the Strongest Summer Job System to save up for a computer. Seeing that dishwashing jobs in China pay just a hundred yuan a day, he decisively opens the dark web: “Middle Eastern mercenaries, ten thousand dollars a day? You're the one!” Two months later, the world has one fewer terrorist organization and one more king of mercenaries, code-named Asura. When the new semester begins, Lin Ye returns to China with a snakeskin sack on his back, 5.2kReads7.3Score389Shelves
- 4 Farming Life Starting in Africa 从非洲开始的种田生活 In a fusion of cinematic worlds, this is the story of Luo Sen, a flat-headed honey badger with a tumor in his brain and an endlessly imaginative African scrap dealer, as he saves friends, builds up his power, and becomes a master player behind the scenes in the worlds of movies. 41.5kReads8.4Score3kShelves
- 5 Mercenary: Firepower Above All 雇佣兵：火力至上 (No System + Not reborn + Designated marksman + PMC mercenary + Firepower deficiency anxiety + Not invincible + Ensemble cast) Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia: wherever there's war, there's a place to make a living. In the gray zone, with all sides maneuvering against one another, survive between the cracks through one dead end after another. No halo, no legends, just one narrow escape after another. 1.3kReads—Score106Shelves
- 6 Failed the College Entrance Exam? I Turned Around and Became the King of Mercenaries! 高考落榜？我转身成佣兵之王！ Wang Yu died in an accident in his previous life. He thought being reborn would let him change his fate, but then he failed the college entrance exam. Believing his second life was destined to be bleak, he somehow ended up becoming a mercenary. From being pursued by rebel rocket fire to wiping out an entire mercenary company single-handedly; from being dismissed by an intelligence agent to taking out an enemy with a sniper rifle from 2,000 meters away, he rewrote his fate through sheer ability. 2kReads6.8Score146Shelves
- 7 I Took a Winter Break Mercenary Job and Blew Up the Yasukuni Shrine's Filthy Toilet 寒假兼职雇佣兵，我炸了靖国神厕 Li Bei transmigrates to a parallel world, thinking he's just an ordinary college student with a bachelor's degree. Then he discovers that he also moonlights as the boss of a mercenary group called the Wolfpack! Staring at the hundreds of fierce, burly men under his command, all armed with rifles and artillery, he falls into deep thought... Fortunately, he activates the "Ultimate Shock System"! He can earn Shock Points from viewers during livestreams and exchange them for all kinds of extraordina 193Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 8 Fresh Out of College, the System Tells Me to Become a Mercenary! 大学刚毕业，系统让我当雇佣兵！ [Parallel World] [Parallel World] [Parallel World] Lin Feng was a twenty-year-old orphan who faced unemployment the moment he graduated. His pockets were emptier than his stomach. Then one day, the Invincible Commission System landed in his lap: “Pick any mission on the dark web. Commissions are paid instantly. Buy any military or civilian supplies from the Blue Star System Mall at rock-bottom prices!” “Complete missions for a chance to win amazing prizes: enhancement drugs, elite units, top tal 2kReads7.7Score118Shelves
- 9 Failed the College Entrance Exam? I Turned Around and Led a Team to Become the King of War! 高考落榜？反手带队成战争之王！ What should you do if you fail the college entrance exam? Lin Fan knew the answer all too well. “Obviously, round up a few people, grab some AKs, and build something big!” Years later, after blowing up the Yasukuni Shrine's public restroom and making it back safely, the group was interviewed by a reporter. Reporter: What do you think made your success possible? They exchanged a smile. “We have to thank the fact that we didn't do well on the college entrance exam that year...” Reporter: ??? Sakur 14.9kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
- 10 Kill! Outlaw! Kill! Hell’s Mercenary! 杀吧！法外狂徒！杀吧！地狱佣兵 [Sniper] + [Mercenary] + [Ensemble cast] + [Everyday life] + [Comedy] + [Realistic battlefield] I am a former soldier of the Fifth Company, Second Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion. This book is adapted from some of my real experiences, and every character is based on a real person. Zhang Kuang is the child of a soldier, an ordinary yet remarkable college student. A plane crash in which he was the sole survivor, a thrilling journey, and a game for the brave turned him into a soldie 619Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Invincible Mercenary System: From the Start, I Summoned Unit 141 无敌佣兵系统，我开局召唤141 After transmigrating, he summons Task Force 141 from the start. When Girls' Frontline, Dark Zone Breakout, and Delta Force elements collide, what sparks will fly? A John Wick storyline; a clash of technology between Cyberpunk and Resident Evil. Watch how the protagonist becomes the strongest mercenary and rises to the top of the food chain. 2.5kReads7.4Score127Shelves
- 12 Dragon Ridge: The Blood-Red Dawn of Africa’s Warriors 龙脊：非洲战魂之血色黎明 A Chinese Dragonflame special forces soldier carries a copy of Mao’s Selected Works and establishes the Dragon Spine Corps in Africa. He battles various terrorist forces, protects our country’s important assets, and safeguards Chinese expatriates and the people of Africa. This is a thrilling novel. The protagonist, Lin Feng, embodies both the chivalrous spirit of a son of China and the tenderness of a battle-hardened warrior. We hope you enjoy it! 245Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Unable to Find a Job After Retirement, I Was Forced to Become a Mercenary 退役后找不到工作，被迫当雇佣兵 After retiring from the special forces, Jin Nan can’t find a job and struggles to make ends meet. Then his neighbor comes to him for help. Her daughter has been tricked into working at a telecom fraud compound, and she’ll pay 300,000 yuan to get her back. In principle, Jin Nan only wants to be a law-abiding citizen. But he can barely afford to eat, so he accepts the woman’s rescue mission to make ends meet. He infiltrates the compound alone, gets into a gunfight with the armed guards, and manage 62.4kReads8.4Score6.6kShelves
- 14 My Mercenary Career 我的雇佣兵生涯 "Cousin, what exactly is a mercenary?" "What do you mean, 'mercenary'? We're heroes! Heroes who rob the rich to help the poor, got it?" "Didn't we keep all the money for ourselves? Who exactly did we help?" "You silly kid, we're the poor!" I stared at the stacks of green cash by my feet and sank into deep thought... Yeah, Cousin's right! 8.4kReads9.1Score878Shelves
- 15 The Ironblood Shield 铁血护城河 [The hidden national guardian artifact must not be revealed] “Is this what you call private security?” Facing the cameras, people around the world excitedly demanded an answer. Did private security mean painting mysterious digital masks on their faces and appearing and vanishing without a trace all over the world? Could private security wipe out terrorists, rescue hostages, and punish the wicked across the globe? Could private security mercilessly crush nearly every armed organization in the wor 14.5kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
- 16 Black Devil Mercenary Corps 黑魔鬼佣兵团 [Sniper] + [Mercenary] + [Everyday comedy] + [Female soldiers] + [Tough, brawny men] Zhang Kai is a sniper with a record for extremely long-distance kills. He belongs to the Black Devil Mercenary Corps. Many years ago, the Black Devil Mercenary Corps received a mysterious mission. A total of 232 people died, including the commander! 52.7kReads9.1Score9kShelves
- 17 Dragon Spine War Soul: The Bloody Hunt 龙脊战魂之血色追凶 The very pinnacle of the mercenary world. Read with caution! After returning from Africa, China's special forces king discovers his parents have been brutally murdered at home. He later learns it was retaliation by an international terrorist organization. To avenge his parents, Lin Feng and his team take on a mission for their country, crossing three continents in pursuit of the killers... As Lin Feng's Longji Armed Forces grow stronger, he goes on to establish new mercenary organizations in thr 16Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 18 The SSS-Rank King of Mercenaries SSS级雇佣兵之王 [Friendly reminder: This book is so ridiculously exhilarating that you shouldn't read it at night. The adrenaline rush may cause insomnia, vivid dreams, and wild excitement...] Some call Wu Huang a vicious blight on the mercenary world. Others say he's the pinnacle of tactical warfare, while still others revere him as the one true emperor among beasts! But the truth is that Wu Huang is simple-minded: simple about causing trouble, simple about taking money, and simple about plundering everything 13.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
- 19 Eerie Descent: I Turned Out to Be an SSS-Rank Eerie Being 诡异降临：我竟是SSS级诡异 The uncanny descended, and the world entered an age of absolute darkness. Countless powerful figures emerged to fight the uncanny, and a mysterious, mighty profession quickly rose to prominence: the Uncanny Hunters. I’m a second-generation Uncanny Hunter, but I’m actually an SSS-rank uncanny being! 121Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Black Knight: The Memoirs of a Mercenary 黑武士：来自一位雇佣兵的自传 [Mercenaries] + [Sniper] + [Hardcore] + [Realistic War] “War is a dirty game. As a player forced into it against my will, I had no choice.” My name is Ji Qing, callsign: Knight. I serve in the Black Warrior Special Operations Company, and I’m a sniper feared by all. Decades ago, I was just a student in the physical education department of Baptist University. A plane with only one person left aboard, a one-way journey, and a breathtaking killing spree took me from my peaceful life to a battlefi 10Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 21 Is This Fate? 这是命吗 Lin Qi was born under an ill omen. He would shed seven tears in his lifetime and endure nine trials. His parents abandoned him when he was little. A widow took him in, but she killed herself when he was ten. What could have driven her to do it? At eighteen, Lin Qi accidentally killed the son of a high-ranking official and had no choice but to flee overseas, where he began his career as a mercenary. That feared Judge became a fixture on battlefields around the world! Deng Qiqi is the youngest rec 23.8kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 22 I’m Conquering the Middle East 我在中东打天下 [Just got rated, don't let it scare you off! The score will rise later.] This is the Middle East, This is where my younger brother is. He is the blade, and his brothers are the edge. Wherever the blade points, none can stand against it. Seize territory, protect the oil, and charge ahead in triumph. Recruit talent, build drones, missiles, radar, satellites, and more. Punch the Squid, kick Eagle Sauce, and bring the neighboring small nations to heel. He carves out a place for himself in the Middle 13.4kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
- 23 Reborn as a Military Cook: Chronicles of a Mercenary 重生炊事兵之佣兵风云录 Hardcore military fiction + No System + Marksman + Mercenary Mercenary? Chef? In his previous life, he was a marksman and small-arms expert hiding in the mess hall of a rapid-response unit in Huaxia! A gun in one hand, a wok in the other! He died in an exercise while saving a new recruit who had wandered into the blast zone! When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn on a smoke-filled battlefield in a parallel world! This time, he had a cleaver in his left hand and a gun in his righ 21.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves
- 24 A College Freshman Internship, and You Went Abroad to Become a Mercenary? 大一实习，你跑去国外当雇佣兵？ “You’re asking me what a mercenary is?” “I’m the winter wind, the wolf of Siberia, the bullet hanging over a traitor’s head! “Intelligence? I am intelligence! The law? The law is engraved on my bullet casings!” “We make contracts with our employers, our countries, and our own consciences.” “Fear neither death nor failure in our mission.” “Glory to the mercenaries!” This book is also known as: “I Don’t Know Either. They Said They’d Give Me an Internship Report, So I Came.”, “Hostages? What 793Reads8.4Score154Shelves
- 25 Legend of the Underworld 暗黑界传奇 No System, a high-octane mercenary battlefield story. Starting out in northern Myanmar, the protagonist sweeps across the globe, crushing the entire underworld, punching the Americans and kicking the Japanese. Battlefield combat, assaults, assassinations, raids, clashes between factions, and great-power rivalries. I'm no good at writing blurbs, so dive into the story. Main members of the Asura Squad: Jiang Feng (protagonist) (Assault: Jiang Feng, Wolf King, God of Slaughter) (Snipers: Xiao Jiu, 19.7kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
- 26 The World's Number One Assassin 全球第一杀手 He survives beneath the light and walks through the darkness. Together, light and darkness weave a glittering world. Volume One: The Traditional Urban Assassin. Volume Two: A Dark Feast at the End of the World. (It leans more toward science fiction in the middle.) 18.6kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 27 The King of Britain 不列颠之王 Lin Li wakes up in postwar Britain, having crossed into another world. No money? No problem. Raise oil prices by five points. No land? North America is the backyard. No people? Ever heard of specialized security forces? Watch Lin Li stir up the world and carve his path to becoming Britain's greatest ruler. 13.4kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 28 Mercenary: From the Start, a Warlord Calls the Police and Accuses Me of Fraud 雇佣兵：开局军阀报警说我诈骗 A post on Yan Nation’s internet shot to the top of the trending charts in an instant! [Foreign terrorist organization reports itself to the police, claiming a Yan Nation citizen scammed it out of a one-million-dollar deposit and still hasn’t delivered the goods!] Qin Yang was taken in for questioning, but somehow they couldn’t find grounds to convict him! The next day, Qin Yang appeared on the battlefield, taking a phone call while shooting down aircraft! Once the group photo was uploaded, the w 25.3kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
- 29 Special Forces: I Created the Terrifying Phantom 特种兵：我创造了恐怖幽灵 He transmigrates into the world of special forces, becoming an ordinary border guard and setting out to reach the pinnacle of military service. From the start, he encounters mercenaries crossing the border and awakens the heaven-defying Lottery System. He obtains Eagle Eye, letting him hit every shot no matter where the enemy is. He obtains enhanced genes, making his body as hard as steel. To him, superheroes are nothing but trash. He gains the ability to communicate with all things, allowing hi 19.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 30 Reborn in the Golden Triangle: From Mercenary to SSS-Rank War God 重生金三角从佣兵到SSS级战神 (System + God of War + Revenge + Ruthless + Underworld) The uncrowned king, Li Jie, is reborn as a mercenary operating in the Golden Triangle. He successfully activates the Hunting System, earning System coins by killing targets and using them to buy supplies in the System Shop. “Congratulations, Host! You’ve received the starter gift pack: unlimited storage space, a Desert Eagle with unlimited ammunition, and danger detection!” “Congratulations, Host! You’ve purchased Power Gauntlets, which let 2.3kReads8.7Score164Shelves
- 31 Battlefield Livestream: Betting Everything on an M249 from the Start 战场直播，开局单压M249 [Real-life Wa State millionaire influencer + video call with Dai Mei + video call with Zhou Jie + Half-Fox + influencer mercenary] Shen Fei wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to a perilous battlefield. What should he do? Fortunately, at this critical moment, he activates the livestream System. He can exchange popularity points for all kinds of skills. So Shen Fei starts livestreaming, embarking on the path of becoming an influencer mercenary. “Let me tell you, when Big Bro first sta 13.3kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
- 32 Fire First 先敌开火 [Expert marksman] + [No System] + [Comedy] + [Mercenaries] + [Fictional world] Wang Tao, descended from a family of hunters, stumbles into the world of mercenaries by sheer chance. What kind of sparks will fly? In this diverse era, your downfall may not come from a rival, but from someone crossing over from another field. Speed is absolute, accuracy is relative. The one who fires first wins; suppressive fire is what matters most! Of all the martial arts under heaven, speed is unbeatable! 89.3kReads9.4Score6.3kShelves
- 33 I Became Invincible as a Mercenary with My Uncle 从和大舅当雇佣兵开始无敌 Lin Tian was waiting for his third year of university to begin when he suddenly received notice that the start of term had been postponed indefinitely. He immediately decided to follow his uncle and become a mercenary. Uncle: Kid, make sure you stick close to me later! Lin Tian: You got it! Boom! The two of them went flying. His uncle got up, cursing under his breath. "We only make a few thousand a month. Why risk our lives?" Lin Tian: "I think that's my other uncle over there!" Uncle: "Has he l 11kReads9.1Score872Shelves
- 34 The Secret Squad 绝密战队 No heroine, no System, no cheat powers. The male lead has none of the usual advantages. He’s young at first and the darling of the unit, then grows up to become the unit’s boss… or its dad? Ah, whatever! The point is, he’s an absolute force to be reckoned with. At the age of six, Yu Zhiming enters the new-recruit training camp of the 15th Unit. There, he learns the meaning of faith and makes many comrades, but his identity prevents him from joining the military. So he can only join the country 46.5kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
- 35 Don’t Mess with That Recruit, He’s an SSS-Rank Cheat 别惹那个新兵，他是SSS级挂逼 Li Jie is reborn in the year 2000 and becomes a recruit once more. He successfully activates the “Top-Tier Life” System, which automatically grants him a top-tier skill every day. Day One: “You broke the world record in the hundred-meter dash, and you call that ‘running just a little fast’?” Day Two: “You broke the world record in the 3,000 meters, too?” Day Three: “All five bullets hit the bull's-eye and stacked on top of one another. Was that really your first time handling a gun?” Day Four: “ 1.6kReads8.7Score223Shelves
- 36 The Wild Soldier God of War Series (Complete in 11 Volumes) 野兵战神系列（全十一册） Li Liang had been taken by his father into the deep mountains as a child to learn all kinds of survival skills. As keen as a wild beast, he had superhuman marksmanship and could instantly take down a target hundreds of meters away without a scope. But when he took the military enlistment exam at eighteen, a twist of fate led him to be recruited by one of the world’s top mercenary organizations. A misunderstanding also branded him a murderer, and the military issued a kill order against him. Ever 1.6kReads9.5Score255Shelves
- 37 Sniper Prodigy 狙击天才 Sima Yun, a killer known as the world’s greatest sniper, takes on the identity of Wang Hai, a cook in a grassroots military unit. From then on, the lowly army cook begins an incredible rise, overcoming one obstacle after another as he takes part in the special forces selection process, on the verge of becoming an honored special forces soldier. But the killer organization refuses to let him go, repeatedly sending assassins to hunt him down and swearing to kill him, leaving him no choice but to f 2.7kReads9.1Score326Shelves
- 38 A Career-Building Game Starting with SWAT 从SWAT开始的职业成长游戏 He is an elite assault operator with the San Diego SWAT team in the United States! He is a top German marksman active on the Western Front during World War I! He is a top spy trained at the X-agent training camp during World War II! He is a legendary explorer of the American West, the uncrowned king of the Caribbean, the world’s most formidable lone counterterrorism operative… Before earning all these countless titles, Zhang Xuan was just a low-ranking police officer who had transmigrated into n 67.3kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
