Novels like My Mayfly Dream
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My Mayfly Dream, best match first.
- 1 Infinite: The Big Shot Face-Slaps the Gods Live 无限：大佬她在直播间打脸封神 A nontraditional infinite-flow story with a bit of comedy The apocalypse arrives. Darkness sweeps across the land, and monsters run rampant. Just when everyone believes the world is beyond hope, a brave woman uses her wit and courage to turn the apocalypse on its head and bring the light back to the world. Ye Fuyue: “Allow me to introduce myself. I’m a member of the Special Investigations Bureau, the junior sister of the Tianxuan Sect, and a Dawn General... Ye Fuyue.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Plot Twist! It Starts With Killing the Savior 反转！从杀死救世主开始 [Characters from the Myriad Worlds, infinite-flow instances, an all-villain cast, ensemble story, unconventional power fantasy] Wang Lun was thrown into a place specifically designed to imprison transmigrators. To achieve his goal, he had no choice but to work for Zhuangzi, entering one completely out-of-control world after another to complete missions and earn survival points. But his very first mission was... [Kill the savior and ensure the world's destruction.] Luckily, he had brought an UNO 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Infinite Flow: The Big Shot’s Moves Are Slick 无限流：大佬操作贼六 [Strong Female Lead + Infinite-Flow + No Romance + Bullet Comments + Livestream] What do you do when the “best friend” you’ve known for twelve years betrays you? No worries. Shen Nuoyi just so happens to enter a horror game and gain an unbelievably powerful golden finger. In a school dorm, she wins over a spirit summoned with a planchette. On a terrifying train, she sends the dead on their way. In a strange mountain village, she slaughters the entire village... Other players: How does she manage 88Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Total Gamification: I Trace Time’s Source to Slay the Gods 全域游戏化：我靠时序溯源弑神 A game descends upon all of Blue Star, forcing everyone into dungeons to clear them. Anyone who refuses to enter a dungeon is instantly erased. Shen Qiyao awakens the only SS-rank talent: [Chronological Tracing]. The moment she steps into a dungeon, every false rule, every boss's weakness, and every hidden clear condition is laid bare before her. She revisits failed checkpoints, snatches hidden treasure chests, exploits bugs to fake clears, and dominates every dungeon solo. Shen Yurou carries a 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Infinite Worlds: I Slaughter My Way Through Them 无限世界：我嘎嘎乱杀 No Male Characters + Infinite Flow + Horror + Lone Wolf + Strong Female Lead + No Insulting Language About Women + All Important Positive Supporting Characters Are Female Lu Zhao never imagined that she would drop dead after a victory banquet, much less that she would enter an infinite world after dying. The rookie guide looked at the newcomers entering the infinite world for the first time and told them that as long as they cleared instances and earned enough points, they would have a chance to 79Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 True Accounts of Eerie Dreams: A Big Shot's Practical Guide to Faking It 诡梦实录：假装大佬实战教学 [No Romance + Infinite Flow + Forced Rank Skipping] Undergoing a major rewrite. The ending of the first dungeon is being written now, and the whole dungeon will be posted at once when it's finished. Currently rewritten up to Chapter 15. New blurb: Before Mo Bugui dies, the System asks her if she is willing to cooperate and play the role of a high-level player. She is still hesitating when the monsters outside draw closer. Desperate to survive and pay for her mother's medical bills, Mo Bugui grit —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Everyone Says They're All Psychos, So Why Pick a Fight with Them? 都说是全员疯批了，你惹他们干嘛 [No Romance + Slight Ensemble Cast + All Characters Are Villains + Infinite Flow] [Early story: Elite Academy, later story: Infinite Flow game] A murder took place at the school Wu Junqian used to attend. To help her get over it, her family arranged for her to transfer to a famous local elite academy. There, she met several classmates who shared her appreciation for kindred spirits and lofty ideals. The power struggles between the rich and powerful never stopped. But as time went by, the routine 119Reads8.4Score109Shelves
- 8 After Inheriting an Estate, I Caught the Eye of the Highest Power 继承遗产后，我被至高盯上了 [Meme Humor] [Infinite Worlds] [Light Comedy] [Unlimited Resources] [Ensemble Cast] It was an ordinary afternoon when an old man who claimed to be his grandfather found Gao Ping and told him to inherit the fortune he'd stolen from the Supreme God. From then on, Gao Ping signed a contract with an entity called the Supreme Hunting Grounds and traveled to different worlds to complete missions... While everyone else was risking their lives to get a single piece of equipment, Gao Ping bought everythi 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Infinite Survival: This Assassin Is Not So Cold 无限流之这个杀手不太冷 A battle royale descends, and countless challengers are thrown onto a path where they must prove themselves. Lin Xiaohu, a classical martial arts assassin, walks the line between life and death, searching for a glimmer of redemption. Mythical beasts block the way, powerful enemies close in, and fragments of divine weapons spark endless strife. While everyone else is trapped in a cycle of slaughter, he insists on tearing apart the rules and protecting the light that belongs to him. 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Demon Gate Puppet 诡门人偶 [Infinite-dungeon horror + dark humor + outrageous antics + daily life + absurdity = the author's a total menace] Xu Zhifan and Chen Yu are just two ordinary office workers. Nine to nine, six days a week; meager pay, endless overtime. Until one day, the two of them are apparently “kidnapped” and taken to an unfamiliar villa. In the villa's courtyard stands a door, silent and still. Beyond it lies a resort where a considerate butler “sees the guests out”; an unsolved case in which they have —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Twisted Dreams: A Ghost Emerged from My Split Personality 扭曲梦境：我人格分裂出一只鬼 [Infinite Flow] [Light Horror] [Light Despair] [No Female Lead] Have you ever wondered why people dream? Dreams have weavers, and they have finishers. But now, the one who weaves dreams has gone mad?! Overthinking, sensitivity, and anxiety never solve anything. I know that, yet I still go over everything in my head again and again, tormenting myself. Then, on the day I was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, a voice rang out in my mind. Was it an angel come to save me? No. Something u 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Relying on a Luck Boost to Hitch a Ride in Dungeon Games 依靠幸运加一在副本游戏抱大腿 [Infinite-flow + romance + heroine who grows over time + everyone’s favorite + plot-driven] One second, Ning Qiyue was watching college guys play basketball on the school field. The next, she was suddenly selected as a player in a dungeon game. After overcoming countless hardships, she cleared her first beginner dungeon and obtained her first item: a lucky necklace (Luck +1). Compared to other people’s items, it seemed practically useless. Little did she know that the lucky necklace was having a 7.8kReads8.4Score1kShelves
- 13 Parallel Island 平行岛 In 2065, on an unnamed island deep in the ocean. An ordinary girl with no special abilities. A deadly game where the stakes are her life. Win, and she rises to the top overnight. Lose, and she dies. Traps, betrayal, and an endless struggle for survival: she can only rely on her wits and logic to make it through. But the closer she gets to the finish line, the more terrified she becomes. It seems a shocking secret about the fate of all humanity lies behind this brutal bloodshed. 34Reads—Score123Shelves
- 14 Do Not Sink 莫沉沦 (The cover isn't AI-generated. The author commissioned it, so please don't use it without permission.) (By two authors) Also known as "Abyssal Fate Game: I Ignore All the Rules" Note: The Sinking Into Darkness has many instances. This is the first one ↓ (Original folk-culture rules horror + Kind male lead, but not a self-sacrificing saint + Protagonist and supporting characters are nonhuman NPCs + Near-invincible protagonist + Not mindless + No romance, ship whoever you like) (The protagonist do 88Reads—Score352Shelves
- 15 Eerie Instance: Someone Changed My Novel 诡异副本：有人改了我的小说 [Rapid-Fire Twists + Nontraditional, Not-Brainless Power Fantasy in an Infinite-Flow World + Mind Games + Timeline Corrections + Ensemble Cast + Mysteries of Memory and History] Because I insisted on giving every character a happy ending, my editor sent me into my own novel. “Where’s the price? The twists? The villains?” My name is Jiang Wang. I’ve been writing novels for over a decade. I don’t know what’s gotten into the characters I wrote. The priest who saves people by day chases me with 300Reads—Score129Shelves
- 16 Ascension Plan 登神计划 “Complete a series of games, and you can become a god.” Four young men are lured here by different lies, but will things really be as simple as they expect? Ensemble cast, no main character. Borrowed plot elements will be noted. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 EN You Slaughter Wraiths by the Dozen? But I'm a Save-Scumming Wraith! 你杀诡如麻？可我是回档诡异！ [Infinite flow + game + mild horror + no heroine + turn-based resets + instances + protagonist is a monster] Readers have left plenty of positive reviews. No undercover troublemakers, so give it a try. Beneath the veil of the “city,” Xu Kai stood amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. His enemies fell one after another, their eyes filled with confusion as they died. His opponents weren’t especially strong. They were more like machines. Every turn, every gesture, was perfectly timed to de 1.7kReads6.5Score189Shelves
- 18 Three Million in Debt, I Make a Comeback by Devouring and Evolving 负债三百万，我靠吞噬进化逆袭 [Newly rated, infinite flow, devouring and evolution, no System, power progression, no female lead] Also known as: Evolution Engine A Permanent Fixture in the Infinite Flow Gu Yan was once a proud warrior of a Level Two space, until he ran into the tentacles of an Outer God during a mission. When he woke up, all his equipment was gone, and the space administrator handed him a medical bill for three million challenge points. “You're awake. The operation was a success. Here, take your bill.” So Gu 116Reads8.0Score538Shelves
- 19 The Ancient Book Restorer: Traveling Between Past and Present to Preserve Our Heritage 古籍修复师：我穿梭古今续文脉 Urban fantasy + historical legacy + souls traveling through time + top-tier storytelling Ye Xiu, a graduate student specializing in the restoration of ancient books, restored a damaged, anonymous painting by hand to complete his thesis. The instant the restored painting came back to life, it dissolved into countless streaks of light that surged into his mind. From then on, Ye Xiu awakened the ability to trace the origins of China’s cultural legacy. He could travel back in spirit to the final mom —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Learning to Slay Gods in an Infinite Game 我在无限游戏里学弑神 [Infinite Flow]➕ [No Female Lead]➕ [No Sanctimonious Protagonist]➕ [Plot Twists]. “A ten-day experiment in human nature. Remember, do not break the rules.” In an unattended shopping mall, six people who had volunteered to work sit in a circle. Chen Qige, the only one who was tricked into coming, sticks out like a sore thumb. A bizarre couple asks them one final question: “You all volunteered for this job, correct?” The six people, whose backgrounds are shrouded in mystery, all nod. Chen Qige: “I —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Martial Arts Recovery System 武道回收系统 Martial Arts Reclamation System 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Thriller Game: Awakening the Betting System from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局觉醒对赌系统 [Horror game invasion + rule-based horror + Infinite Flow + reborn + national destiny + no romance + strong female lead + ensemble cast] The low rating is only because it just came out 🙇♂️ Yu Cong was reborn, returning to three days before the horror game descended. She knew better than anyone that this terrifying game sweeping across the globe was no coincidence. It was the opening act of an alien invasion of Earth. With the apocalypse approaching, she sprinted out the door “Hello, relevant au 2.3kReads8.8Score4.9kShelves
- 23 Infinite: Cast into the Realm of Death, but My Teammates Are Monsters 无限：堕入死界但我的队友是鬼怪 [Infinite Flow + Original Instances + Expansive Worldbuilding + Mild Horror + Ensemble Cast + Strong Female and Male Leads] On the first day Shou Qing fell into the realm of death, a man-eating Wendigo set its sights on her. Shou Qing thought she was done for. Who could have guessed that the very next moment, she would team up with the monster and cross eleven trials of life and death! Even more absurdly, no one had told her that every member of her team was nonhuman! A skin-peeler who loves to 1.5kReads9.3Score794Shelves
- 24 Infinite: Why Call It a Monster? That's My Wife 无限：叫什么诡异，这是我老婆 [Infinite Worlds, Two Male Leads, Main Lead Is the Pursuer: A Perfectionist Puppet Master Pursuer VS a Deranged Puppet Who's Madly in Love] In the year 202 of the New Era, a game called Black Fog Z became popular among young people. Luo Yu's only friend installed the app on his communicator. In this game, every “living being” has the right to make a wish come true. Winners leave with their prizes. Losers become one of the game's strange creatures, tasked with welcoming more players. The puppet m 572Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 25 Train Survival: I Can Predict Death 列车求生：我能预知死亡 [Infinite Worlds + Original Scenarios + Ensemble Cast] This is a lost path, and also the road home. We cannot see the way we came, nor pierce the mist ahead. Dancing with death is our only eternal destination. “Dear passengers, welcome aboard the Lost Train. We wish you a pleasant journey!” 28.8kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves
- 26 I Slaughter My Way Through the Survival Game with an Evil Ghost on My Back 我背着恶鬼在生存游戏里大杀四方 [Infinite-flow + suspense + horror + ensemble cast + mysteries to solve + powerful male lead and strongest female lead couple] [Residents of Nameless City, greetings. The Cleaners Project is a mandatory undertaking for every citizen. Purifying the world is everyone’s responsibility. Please take part in the Cleaners Project. Your assessment results will determine your fate. Believe us, Eden is waiting for you.] Nan Yue came from Nameless City and was one of the lowest-ranked trash people. Like al 15.8kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
- 27 Hell Academy: From the Start, the Human Elimination Plan 地狱高校：开局人类清除计划 Su Can, who had just gotten into college, unexpectedly dies and arrives at a place called Mingbei High School. In this cruel world, he chooses the path of cultivator enhancement and completes one impossible task after another, all for the sake of obtaining that damn college admission letter. 25.6kReads7.7Score1.9kShelves
- 28 A Strange Game Invades: Honey, I’m Coming to Find You 诡异游戏入侵，老婆我在找你了 [Supernatural Horror + Two Powerful Leads + Horror Game Dungeons + Devoted Couple + Mild Horror + Infinite Flow + Mild Suspense] A newsreader’s polished voice comes from the television: “Recently, more than a hundred people across the country have suddenly vanished for unknown reasons, only to be found dead at the sites of their disappearance several days later. The scenes are horrific. Relevant government departments have urgently begun an investigation...” The real world has been overrun by th 11.4kReads—Score2.3kShelves
- 29 An Ordinary Man’s Infinite Journey 一个俗人的无限之旅 Subverting expectations: a professional lackey and part-time fence-sitter, turning a background character into the protagonist. No System, not a wish-fulfillment story, all fun and antics, perfect for lunatics. The protagonist had to choose between being human and being divine, and chose to become a godlike human. Also known as The Whole Team's Strong, and I'm the Only Weakling Everyone's the Star, While I Play Support How a Fence-Sitter Became the Team's Favorite The Paddling Fish's Guide to Se 2.5kReads7.8Score175Shelves
- 30 Horror Game Jester! The Big-Game Player Turns the Tables on Everyone 恐游乐子人！比格玩家掀翻全场 [No CP, Infinite-Flow, Over-the-Top Brain-Off Power Fantasy, Table-Flipping Big-Dog Villain, Emperor-Type Fun-Lover (Not the Typical Kind)] · 'Ding! You have been loaded into the cozy live-stream game of the Inner World. This round is an asymmetric match. Your role is: undercover (if caught, you'll be beaten to death).' Jiang, the short-lived brain-tumor patient, Xiu: "..." Great, great. The absurd System is holding an online funeral, and here comes a match where two survivors face off against e 19.2kReads8.8Score2.6kShelves
- 31 Happy Exam Week 快乐考试周 [Signed for print publication; personalized bookplate campaign underway in the book's fan community. The published title is Happy Exam Week] - An exam? The kind where your head explodes if you fail~ Boom! - A group of people are forced to take one bizarre weeklong exam after another. They enter the settings depicted in the exam questions and answer them with their bodies, battling with both brains and brawn. They will die if they fail, come in last place, fail to hand in their papers within the 8.8kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
- 32 Thriller Game: Going on a Blind Date With a Monster from the Start 惊悚游戏：开局和诡异相亲 [Occasional livestreaming + Hilarious chaos + Infinite-flow game + Romance + One-on-one, devoted couple + Unhinged, wildly unpredictable heroine × Loyal, extremely possessive, eerie hero + No saintly heroine, no idiotic decisions + The hero is Pyramid Head from Silent Hill] [If you’ve read this book, please don’t make inappropriate comments under other people’s Pyramid Head fan works! It’s rude!] A horror game descended upon the world. Players chosen at random were sent into instances, where the 3.2kReads9.2Score402Shelves
- 33 Reincarnation's Eerie Station 轮回诡站 A cursed ticket leading to one horrifying incident site after another... A city shrouded in dense fog, obsessed with eradicating the very existence of "horror"... Passengers who vanish one after another, or are cursed for all eternity... Inside a dilapidated train, an amnesiac burdened by three curses awakens in the dim light, as a voice calling out "curse" sounds in his ears... "Welcome to Reincarnation Station! Passengers aboard the train, please pay attention... The next stop is... Corpse Pai 167kReads8.8Score17.7kShelves
- 34 They Stole My Family Home. I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave Those Ungrateful Wretches a Thorough Face-Slapping 老宅被抢，我觉醒真话系统，狠狠打脸白眼狼 My Ancestral Home Was Seized, So I Awakened a Truth-Telling System and Gave the Ungrateful Backstabbers a Thorough Face-Slapping 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Infinite Game: Don't Rush, I'll Fool You After I Fool Them 无限游戏：别急，骗完你的骗你的 (Please read the content warnings below before starting.) [No CP] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Game] [Lone Wolf in the Early Stages] [Welcome to the Infinite Fun Game. Fail three times, and you will die.] While other players slaughtered their way through the game with all kinds of attack skills, Yun Cen, a newcomer from Blue Star, stared at her innate skill and fell into deep thought: [Huh? You can hear me?] What was this lousy skill even good for, besides listening to toilets complain about const 58.8kReads9.0Score10.1kShelves
- 36 Survival in a Haunted World: I, the Fate-Player, Live Toward Death 诡异求生：我，戏命师，向死而生 [Survival in a bizarre game + fate and faith + identity talents + System attributes + global forum + players behind the scenes + infinite worlds] On June 6, 2024, a bizarre survival game descends upon the world. Everyone must rely on their own “identity” to survive in this endless game. Some draw the identity of a “Sword God,” who can defeat countless enemies with a single strike. Others become “Scholars,” whose reason far surpasses that of ordinary people. And some are “Assassins,” who avoid th 14.5kReads8.8Score2kShelves
- 37 Becoming the Most Popular One in a Horror Game 在惊悚游戏里成为最强万人迷 (Content warnings at the end of the blurb. This story rejects writing advice.) [Infinite-Flow + Wish Fulfillment + Passionate Team Ensemble + Light Mystery and Combat + Horror Escape] [Top-Tier Talent, Brains and Brawn, a Cold-Humored, Protective Female Lead, and Teammates Who Each Shine in Their Own Way] At first, the twisted viewers thought that some poor woman in a hospital gown was going to die horribly on the very first night of the first round. That was until they saw her with their own ey 111.4kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves
- 38 Nationwide Train Survival: I Have a Full-Map Navigator 全民列车求生：我有全图导航 (Just got its score) [Everyone’s Survival + Train + Lone Wolf + Information Advantage + Decisive Combat + Everyone Awakens Abilities + One-Man Army + From Falling Behind to Taking the Lead] Hundreds of millions of people were dragged into an underground train survival game. From the start, each person got one train. Ahead lay endless dark forks in the tracks. Players had to use the train’s core to choose a stop or a nearby track. Would they blindly pick high-level stops to maximize their gains, 2kReads6.0Score146Shelves
- 39 Life as an Extra in a Cultivation World 在修仙世界做路人日子 Li Xiaoniu is an ordinary passerby, as ordinary as they come. So why do I have a spiritual root? Why was I assigned to live with the male lead? Why do I have to take the blame for him? And why do I have to deliver a letter from the female lead to him? Please stop treating me like a useful tool. Even passersby have their dignity… Years later, looking at the male and female leads living in blissful wedded harmony, and the pile of gorgeous supporting heroines tossed my way, I suddenly think this is 6kReads8.1Score475Shelves
- 40 Transmigrate to the Apocalypse: The Monsters I Wrote Have All Come to Life! 穿越末世：我写的怪物都成真了！ [Infinite + Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead] This world is crawling with supernatural tales, and humans with awakened abilities struggle to survive, always on their guard. The Special Administration Bureau has noticed that many missions keep involving a small-time streamer named Yuyu. They think she's just a hapless little weakling, unaware that countless high-ranking 3S entities call this delicate, beautiful girl their Mother Goddess. Then one day, amid the evil shrouded in ghostly mist, 3kReads9.4Score392Shelves
- 41 A Laid-Back Golden Core, Refusing to Ascend 摆烂金丹，拒绝飞升 A Laid-Back Golden Core Cultivator Refuses to Ascend 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Captain of the Faqiu Order: The Lost Coffin of Mount Mang 发丘中郎将·邙山遗棺 The Tomb Raider General: The Ancient Coffin of Mount Mang 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Wrongfully Imprisoned for Five Years, the Business World's Disowned Son Returns in Triumph 蒙冤五载，商界弃子强势归来 Falsely Accused for Five Years, the Business World's Castoff Returns in Force 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 A Marriage Contract, and the Cold CEO Secretly Falls for Me 合约成婚，冷面总裁悄悄动心了 A Contract Marriage, and the Cold-Faced CEO Secretly Falls for Her 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Mad Consort by Proxy: Prince, I Hope You're Well 《替嫁疯妃，王爷别来无恙》 My Replacement Bride Is a Madwoman, Stay Away, Prince! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 The Disciple's Game 神徒游戏 The entire world is plunged into a terrifying death game, with 8 billion people taking part! A global battle royale for survival has begun! Only 12 of the 8 billion will survive! The survival rate is less than 0.00000000015%! Hospitals, schools, prisons... Any location anywhere in the world could become a death-game arena! Terrifying ghosts and monsters take part in the game alongside humanity! [Welcome to the Disciple Game] [Light horror + mind games + games + infinite-world adventure] (This no 74.7kReads8.3Score6.7kShelves
- 47 Fortune-Telling Is Forbidden! 禁止算命！ Fortune-telling is prohibited! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Doomsday Game of Myriad Heavens 诸天末日游戏 This is an infinite game that transcends time and dimensions, and a shortcut to exploring life's endless possibilities! It is a wild feast hidden beneath a peaceful world, a celebration for those who refuse to live ordinary lives! Chu Yan transmigrates here and unexpectedly gains the right to play the Myriad Worlds Apocalypse Game. He then discovers that, as a transmigrator, he has a dual-soul constitution: two talents, twice as many game entries each month, and even double the extraordinary abi 38kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
- 50 I’m the Trickster in the Rule-Breaking Horror Tales 我在规则怪谈做老六 [Complete, with a universally praised ending] [Rebellious Oddball + School Oddball + Lin Chen the Oddball + Comedy + Crazy Antics + The Uncanny + National Fortune + Mental Illness] [Readers say it becomes legendary from the third instance onward] He swaps a hen’s eggs for pebbles and lets her sit on them for half a month, hands sandpaper to his roommate while he’s on the toilet, and buys ten steamed buns for a beggar who asks for money to eat, then watches him finish them… Lin Chen is an oddba 9.1kReads9.4Score1kShelves
