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- 1 CS: This Pro Player Has Fallen Too Far! CS：这个职业选手太堕落了！ [System] [Esports] [Livestream] In 2019, a teenage prodigy burst onto the esports scene, stomping the legendary TheShy, punching GodV in the face, and crushing s1mple. He went on to claim first place in the global esports All-Star vote. Facing the cameras during his annual interview, Lü Ye once again explained to viewers around the world, helplessly: “League of Legends is purely a hobby. Of course, it’s not the only one... There’s also PUBG, Honor of Kings, CrossFire, Go, and Valorant.” “Eve 965Reads5.3Score163Shelves
- 2 National Fate CS: My Dimensionality-Reducing Strike as a Transmigrator 国运CS：我，穿越者的降维打击 While waiting at a red light during a food delivery, I somehow transmigrated to a futuristic sci-fi city. Hovercars filled the skies, and everyone had access to high-tech gear. But I ended up an undocumented nobody without even an ID. Even crazier, the ultimate competition that decided a nation's fate was… playing CSGO? Watching these “pro players” who couldn't even counter-strafe, I silently pulled out my keyboard. As I slaughtered the Neon Champions like pigs and national heroes begged me to t 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 CS2: The Unbeatable Top 0 CS2：无敌TOP0 [Esports + System + strong logic + gradual growth + alternate setting!] After failing to break into B rank for the seventh time, Lin Feng awakened a System called the Ultimate Aim God. Whenever he completes a mission, he receives a reward from the Aim God System. [Six-star mission: ESL Grand Slam. Reward: the skills and game sense of ropz, the world’s best lurker!] [Five-star mission: The New King of the Major. Reward: Niko’s rifle skills!] [Five-star mission: Katowice Champion. Reward: money’s 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 The System Made Me a Sharpshooting King, but I Became a Boss Instead 系统让我当枪王，我却当起了老板 [Also known as: Building the Poorest Esports Club, Yet Every Member Is a Mad Cultivator] Reborn in 2018, Ji Qiu is thrown out by a bottom-tier team and unlocks a god-tier System that grants him the ability to help his team land headshots with every shot whenever they win prize money. Drawing on memories of his past life, he recruits every overlooked god-tier player he can find, then takes on debt to buy a bankrupt internet cafe. At the Major, they take on the world's top players head-on and end 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 CS2: A Human Aimbot Doesn't Count as Cheating! CS2：人体外挂不算挂啊！ [Lighthearted + System + Esports + Everyday Life + Biological Siblings] (He first helps TYLOO at the Shanghai Major, then joins Falcons the following year to form a kindergarten squad with NiKo and m0NESY.) After the college entrance exams, former sharpshooter Luo Fengsheng becomes a master of shooting around the target in CS2. He develops the i9, only to be mercilessly carried by his genius younger sister, Luo Yunshu. “Bro, you're so bad!” His own weakness is certainly upsetting, but his little 131Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 6 A Top-Tier Academic, and This Is CNCS? 顶级学院派，这是CNCS？ Lin Mo, a top student reborn in 2017, is surprised to discover that his concentration and reaction speed have improved dramatically. You could even call him a natural-born FPS prodigy. What would happen if he combined this talent with over a decade of gaming experience from his previous life? Could they spark something extraordinary? 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 CS2: I Can Make It to the Shanghai Major CS2：我能打上海Major Zhang Ning is an utterly ordinary freshman. After a friend recommends it, he starts playing a game called Counter-Strike. With exceptional talent, he becomes a top player in no time. As his skills continue to improve, a stranger comes looking for him... “What? Form a team and compete in the Major? Don’t mess with me!” Around this FPS game, Zhang Ning’s story slowly unfolds. His once-ordinary life takes on new colors, and a certain girl steps into his world. 1.2kReads8.4Score—Shelves
- 8 CSGO: Restoring Our Glory CSGO：重振荣光 “I’ve been practicing with a gun since I was three... The moment I pick one up, we become one.” “Someone has to be the team’s dog, so why can’t it be me?” “I only put my own stickers on my weapon skins!” “If you’re bad, practice more...” That summer, CNCS hit rock bottom after going 0–3 at the Berlin Major. But Zhang Jie had the System and memories of future strategies. At the CAC tournament, he rekindled the nation’s passion for esports! Refusing to be controlled by capital, he recruited a snip 314Reads6.2Score100Shelves
- 9 CSGO: Leading CNCS to the Top CSGO：带领CNCS问鼎巅峰 Reborn for a second life. You think I’m going to become a pro player? No, no, no! I’m going to be a coach! The world’s best, ropz; France’s ultimate weapon, ZywOo; the prodigy from the youth academy, donk: I’ll bring them all under my wing. A Major championship? Within easy reach! A Katowice championship? A piece of cake! 539Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 10 Fallen Stars and Shooting Stars 陨与繁星 [CSGO] [Single Female Lead] [Esports] [Campus] [Urban] He was once the brightest star in the Esports world, “MeTe0r1tE,” but fell suddenly like a meteor and vanished into the long night of competitive gaming, leaving behind five years of silence and a new identity: Mu Yunxing, now keeping his head down at an ordinary campus. Then he happens to step into Chaoyang University’s Esports club and meets its captain, Xia Haoyang, whose eyes burn with passion and stubborn dreams. One invitation is like 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 World War Z: I Can Extract from Any Game Library 僵尸世界大战：我能提取各游戏库 [Transmigration to another world · Cs:Go · nuclear explosion · high martial arts · ensemble cast] “Transmigrate into a high-martial-arts world, clear pollution from dungeons for huge rewards? I’ll just pull out a Negev!” Ye Zhang opens his eyes in a vast world of martial arts. The moment he enters a dungeon, he unlocks a Cs:Go golden finger! Ye Zhang raises his Negev and roars, “Kill! Rake the zombie horde with bullets!” From the siege of Jerusalem to the bombardment of Cairo, the squad foll 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 CS: The Old Timer’s Comeback, and You Become a Pro-Level God CS：老登逆袭，你成职业通天代 On the eve of the Major, RA's in-game leader Lin Chaojie was ruthlessly pushed out by internal politics. Nobody cares whether an old esports veteran past thirty, with one foot in the grave, lives or dies. Just as he was dejectedly preparing to retire in disgrace and return home, unwanted by anyone, the System suddenly arrived. What the hell? Bro System, aren't you a little late? I'm already 34! Can I still have a comeback? [Beginner Quest: Win ten consecutive matches on FACEIT. Reward: esports s 30.7kReads8.4Score2.7kShelves
- 13 CS Twins: The Prodigy Boys Lighting Up the Arena CS双子星：闪耀赛场的天才少年 [Esports + Green Dragon + Comedy + Overpowered] Hu Yang, our very own CNCS donk, joined Green Dragon at the end of 2023 to form a twin-star lineup with donk. No one expected this to create the strongest five-man team in CS history. In 2024, they beat FaZe, kicked NAVI to the curb, elbowed G2 aside, and trampled all the other powerhouse teams. The champions' name was: Team Spirit! At HLTV's annual awards ceremony, Hu Yang claimed the Top 1 crown. Behind him stood donk, m0nesy, and zywoo. As 400Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 14 CS2: The Unstoppable Entry Fragger CS2：神鬼突破手 Could I make it to the Shanghai Major? One sentence was all it took for Wen Peng, who had only been playing CS2 for half a month, to bind to the Strongest Player System. He practiced his aim and ran maps. With the System’s training, his astonishing talent and hard work quickly earned him a chance to join G2 as a substitute, taking the place of HooXi at IEM Dallas and winning the championship. Everyone thought another prodigy had burst onto the scene, but Wen Peng’s wildly inconsistent performanc 276Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 15 CS2 Esports Prodigy: One-Millisecond Reflexes CS2电竞天才少女：1ms反应 [Invincible + No System + One Heroine] During a CS2 ranked match, Chen Yixuan gets flamed by his teammates for whiffing his shots until he can't take it anymore. When he opens his eyes again, he's reborn in 2026 as an 18-year-old girl, with an ability that surpasses human limits: a 1 ms reaction time. Everything looks like it's moving in slow motion to her, and wide swings are utterly pointless in her eyes. When she activates her "1 ms reaction" ability, the black hair of the straight-haired gir 87Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 CSgo: China’s Top 1 CSgo：属于中国的Top1 Online Game + Esports + Urban + Invincible + No Female Lead Talent is what explains everything. No external help is needed: talent is Qian Kai’s greatest gift. Qian Kai was the top scorer in Huailong City’s high school entrance exam, but mysteriously dropped out during the first week of school! All because he tried a blockbuster game over the summer: CS:GO! With the help of Tan Yong, a once-genius utility player, he forms a team with a group of like-minded friends! They charge through major S-ti 422Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 17 After Turning into a Girl, I Became a Top-Tier CSGO Star 变妹后我成了CSGO顶流 [Gender Transformation + System + Streamer + Esports + Pro Player + Daily Life] Su Tang, a senior at GO, wakes up one day to discover that he has become a girl. He can make up for the shooting skills he's lost. But how can he get his gun back? To complete his mission and turn back into a man, he'll do anything, whether it's streaming, competing, or appearing on shows. He also comes to understand the world anew from a perspective he's never experienced before. Could his once-strict father really 4.6kReads7.7Score487Shelves
- 18 CS:GO: The Headshot Feedback System CSGO之爆头反馈系统 Everyday fun + a sharp mind + lucky loot boxes + one heroine + immersive + livestreaming + later career arc + tech-driven national strength. Jiang He unexpectedly awakens a headshot-feedback System: headshot kills upgrade his talents! Jiang He slowly came to. How did I... end up back in 2017? What! Headshots give upgrades?! “Holy crap! A vanilla Butterfly Knife for 600 yuan?” Without even thinking, Jiang He bought 100 of them to calm his nerves! Holy crap, a brand-new Miami glove worth over 10,0 691Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 19 League of Legends: Starting in G2's Youth Academy 联盟：从G2青训开始 "Get back to your poor country, monkey!" When Liang Yan saw the Korean import jungler on his team type that in the game, he marched over and kicked him to the ground. The legend of "God Foot" began with that kick. S6 World Championship. After every LPL team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, G2, whose roster included Liang Yan, an LPL import, became the LPL's fourth seed in the eyes of the LPL commentators. As he lifted the trophy, Liang Yan replied: "I don't know him. Don't believe rumors 163.8kReads8.0Score16.3kShelves
- 20 CS2: From Bizon to Legend CS2：从野牛开始成为传奇 [Esports + No Female Lead] Su Li had never played an FPS before, but at his roommate's invitation, he began his CS career. He only wanted to have fun playing casual matches with his roommate every day, but then he was unexpectedly told he had god-tier talent. Overnight, he bound himself to the Prodigy Trainer System! Su Li had never thought he could become a professional esports player, but the path ahead of him gradually began to change. … As applause thundered around him, Su Li stood onstage 5.6kReads8.4Score276Shelves
- 21 Valorant: I’m Still the World’s Best Duelist 无畏契约：我依旧是世一决 “Do you still consider yourself the world’s number one duelist?” When a reporter asked him that, Su Ming thought for a moment. Even though he had played every role in this tournament, he had never forgotten why he started. With a resolute look, he turned to the camera and said: “I’m still the world’s number one duelist!” A Valorant esports novel by a 1997-born old-timer. Ranked Immortal 3 at peak on the Chinese server, and played Premier on the Asian server for a while. I’ll do my best to make 206.5kReads9.6Score19.6kShelves
- 22 CS2: When You Push Your Efforts to the Limit CS2：当你将努力做到极致 [System] [Esports] [Everyday Life] [Slow Burn] [One Female Lead] Nobody would call someone a prodigy when they'd played for four years and five thousand hours but had only reached ranks A to A+. Lin Yu was an ordinary college student, and he thought he'd never make it to the professional CS scene in his lifetime. But an accident changed everything. He was reborn in 2021, on the day of the Stockholm final, and awakened a System at the same time. The System told him that as long as he worked hard, 71.1kReads9.3Score3kShelves
- 23 CSGO: Claiming the Major Title CSGO之问鼎major (No System + no overpowered golden finger + not invincible + no brainless power fantasy + a coming-of-age story + strives for plausibility + lightly fictionalized setting + no heroine in the near future) Returning to 2015, this is the story of how a boy from a small town uses his talent to become the GOAT of CSGO and reach the pinnacle of the Majors. If anything in the story offends anyone, I’ll make changes. I’ll try to respect history, while still fictionalizing it, haha. My writing is limited 23kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
- 24 CSGO: The Doubts About Me Are Getting a Little Loud CSGO：我的质疑声有些大 [No Female Lead + Esports + Everyday Life + Superpowers] Han Yi inexplicably returned to his college days. Then, an accident awakened the Doubt System within him: whenever someone doubts him, he gets a chance to draw a prize. He starts by using every kind of trick and deception to rack up Doubt Points and win all sorts of superpowers. At the same time, he draws on his experience watching countless matches in his previous life and his knowledge of various tactics to become the in-game leader for 10.1kReads9.4Score698Shelves
- 25 S13: From Beggar Streamer to Grand Slam Champion S13：从要饭主播到大满贯 After six years in a deep sleep, he woke up at the start of Season 13 and discovered that his skills had skyrocketed. He hadn’t planned on making a name for himself in the pro scene. With skills like these, becoming a streamer and getting popular wouldn’t be hard. He could earn enough to retire comfortably, lie flat, and live like a happy little slacker… But then one comment hit him right where it hurt. [Stick to begging. Don’t try to pass yourself off as a pro.] Fine, fine. You’re forcing me to 44.1kReads9.1Score2.7kShelves
- 26 CS2: After Turning into a Girl, I Reached the Top of the World CS2：变妹后站上世界之巅 [Gender-Bender + Esports + School Life + Everyday Life] One disastrous blunder cost Su Mo dearly. Come on, man, I just got it wrong. Was turning me into a girl really necessary? Her somewhat unreliable golden finger ultimately propelled Su Mu Ran, now a girl, to heights she never belonged at. "Wait, Ninth Lord, I'm going to the academy team?" "What the heck, I can really play in a Major? Against NAVI, the world's number-one team?" Calmly calling the shots and fearlessly taking aim on the battlef 11.7kReads9.6Score831Shelves
- 27 Reborn in S7: One Battle at the Bird's Nest Made Me a Legend 重生S7：鸟巢一战封神 How would you sum up LPL player Liang Chen's achievements in one sentence? “If Brother Chen had never been born, the LPL would have known only endless darkness!” After pulling an all-nighter, the down-and-out young man Liang Chen dies suddenly and is reborn in his youth, with the League System at his side. Starting out as an unknown boosting service player, he embarks on a legendary journey. 45.1kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves
- 28 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 69.8kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
