Novels like The Final Tide Hits Zero, and I'm the Bug in the World's Reckoning
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- 1 A Pure-Hearted Rat with a Fiery Side 纯情耗子火辣辣 What’s It Matter If I’m a Rat? I died. Then I came back to life. The bad news: I turned into a rat. I’m so sad. The good news: My dearest bestie turned into a rat too. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 One Piece: I Kissed Blackbeard from the Start 海贼王：开局强吻黑胡子 [One Piece Fanfiction + Unhinged Villain + Decisive and Ruthless + Bizarre Humor] Blackbeard: “Zehahahaha! What exactly did that man steal from me?!” Me: “Your darkness!” My shadow will become the abyss that devours this era! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Picked Navel Lint for Over Twenty Years, Only to Discover That… 我抠了二十多年脐中黑泥，才发现竟然… I spent over twenty years picking black gunk out of my belly button, only to discover that... 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Gensokyo of Memes 梗的幻想乡 [Maybe only gods would click on this. The writing gets better and better as it goes on + whatever you can imagine is in here + unhinged antics + viral memes + One Piece + Naruto + Bleach + JoJo + Demon Slayer + Jujutsu Kaisen + Dragon Ball + mashups of viral memes + a hodgepodge of anime settings + writing whatever I dream about + surreal, addictive plots + a joke every five steps] A brain-off power fantasy full of fights The author personally supports arguing over theories “Are we really not go 28Reads—Score100Shelves
- 5 A Frightening Return to School 惊悚返校 #Mystery #Supernatural #Single Heroine #Horror Two years after graduation, a strange email from an abandoned school drags Xu Yan back to his long-forgotten Senior Year, Class Seven. The school, which should have been decayed and lifeless, has been restored to its former glory, and all his vanished classmates have returned. But this reunion isn't a reunion at all. It's an endless cycle of dying and repeating the same year. Blood-red rules are etched across the blackboard, and the school he onc 6Reads—Score158Shelves
- 6 C-Rank Threads? Why Is the S-Rank Goddess Getting More and More Tangled Up? C级丝线？S级女神怎么越缠越紧 [Urban High Martial Arts + Ability Evolution + One Heroine + Childhood Friends] Zhou Yan awakens an utterly ordinary C-rank ability: [Threads]. With just three strands, he ranks twenty-seventh among the freshmen. The good news is, he soon discovers his ability might not be so ordinary. When he kills a Split-Whisker Bug, his threads keep dividing. When he kills a Blazing-Scale Beast, they burst into scorching heat. By the time the Giant Spirit Beast falls, his once-delicate threads can even trans 68Reads—Score168Shelves
- 7 Awakening Mind Reading at a Funeral, I Settle Scores with Every Traitor 葬礼觉醒读心，清算全部背叛者 On the day of my burial, my soul lingered, and I unexpectedly awakened the ability to read minds. My gentle third uncle, my girlfriend of two years, my own cousin: deep down, they were all plotting to kill me. They'd switched my identity twenty-eight years ago, staged a car accident, and stolen my entire life. They thought I was dead. But I stood in the corner of the funeral hall and heard every honest thought. Who was dividing up the spoils, who was putting on an act, who was planning to silenc 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Talisman Spells and Dragons: Am I the Overlord? 符咒加龙，难道我是圣主 [The rating has just been posted and will gradually rise] [Twelve Talismans] [Invincible, never takes a loss] [One Female Lead] [High Martial] Two hundred years ago, abyssal beasts invaded Blue Star and ran rampant across the globe. Just as humanity faced extinction, some people awakened supernatural abilities and rose to defend their homes. Before the awakening ceremony, Chen Xing, who had transmigrated here, activated a Talisman System born from the twelve talismans in his collector's edition 1.3kReads6.3Score119Shelves
- 9 Forgive Me, Ancestors: I Didn't Mean to Unite the Three Kingdoms Like This 先祖见谅：朕也不想这样一统三国 [Historical What-Ifs] [Comedy] [Three Kingdoms] [Transmigration] [A Little Bit of Fun!] Li Ru, Jia Xu, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu!!! Could you all behave yourselves for once?! 979Reads8.7Score150Shelves
- 10 Reborn as Venom: Everyday Life with the Tsundere Empress 转生毒液：与傲娇女帝日常 [Everything you want to read is here] A science nerd and office drone is reincarnated as a venom-like slime, awakens an Emotion System, and gets bound to a reincarnated empress. Every emotional fluctuation earns skill points? It’s all for the sake of merging with the empress and spending time with her, with battles and everyday life side by side... Touch of Life: Healing requires touch... Every skill exists to serve the empress! Help the empress strengthen her body... 237Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 11 I Refuse to Be a Magical Girl 直男不当魔法少女 Magical Girls + Exotic Beasts + Gender Bending + Genius + Lighthearted Fun + Commentary Huh, my dad is a magical girl? Huh, my classmate is a magical girl? And my childhood friend is a magical girl too? Pure White Witch (childhood friend): "Don't rush. You'll be a magical girl soon too. I want to watch you fall into womanhood, bit by bit, with my own eyes!" 2.8kReads5.8Score149Shelves
- 12 My Husband Caught Me Cheating, and Even My Luggage Is Shaking 老公发现我偷情，我连行李都在抖 My Husband Caught Me Cheating, and Even My Suitcase Is Shaking —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Across Four Hundred Years, This Female Sword Immortal Is Full of Contradictions 往返四百年间，这个女剑仙太反差 I transmigrated, but landed in the wrong era. When I opened my eyes, it was four hundred years before the fall of the Great Xia. I was lying in a field of ruins with seven broken bones, while a blood-soaked girl crouched beside me, prodding my face with the tip of her sword. "You still alive?" "...Yes." "Good. I'll save you, then. You owe me your life." Only later did I learn her name was Jiang Ci, and that four hundred years in the future, her head would hang on the city wall for a full ce 4Reads—Score105Shelves
- 14 Hellbound Train: The Guilty Are Forbidden to Board 地狱列车，无罪之人禁止上车 [Think Carefully] Absolutely [Terrifying] The train to Hell carries only those guilty of grave sins who refuse to repent. Good people, stay away! As an experienced train driver, I managed to save every passenger on the train that day, but I was left behind in that accident forever. My only regret is that I can no longer take good care of my daughter. I hope she gets into a good university and is happy every day from now on… 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Tale of Modern Chinese History: Chiang Kai-shek Chooses Civil War 中国现代史演义：蒋介石选择内战 This book covers such events as the Hongmen Banquet ending without reconciliation, Hurley returning home in disgrace, Marshall being summoned to the crisis, the two sides reaching an agreement through mediation, the idea that winning over Enlai meant winning the world, Marshall's trip to Yan'an, his return home burdened with worries, the flames of war rekindling as the Northeast was seized, a situation spiraling out of control, Bai Chongxi visiting troops in the Northeast, the chairman and his w 10Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 16 Cloud Ruins: My Yandere Fairy Is the Ruler of All Heavens 云墟：我的病娇仙子是诸天主宰 [Single Female Lead] [Satisfying Power Fantasy] [Cool Saintess Falls into Darkness] [Possessive Obsession] [Extremely Yandere Female Lead] Lu Qingci spent his entire fortune buying up a gaming company, then personally transformed Yun Xiyue, a minor NPC, into the source of all things and the strongest being in the world of Yunxu. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a menial disciple at the third level of Qi Refining in the Misty Sacred Land. The Saintess and Saint were holding thei 130Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Purehearted Canary Is Red-Hot! 纯情金丝雀火辣辣！ I usually don't read ordinary stories, but if a book is both unusual and sweet, I have to keep reading! Domineering CEO × innocent canary! Guaranteed sweetness, guaranteed purity! Perfect for every sweet-romance fan! 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Quick Transmigration: Professional Chaos-Maker, Wreaking Havoc Across the World 快穿：专业发癫，创飞全世界 [Cathartic fun + no romance + strong female lead + unhinged antics + comedy] (The first mini-world is shorter because the story will return to it later. The following worlds get progressively longer. The story has an overarching plot, which appears after the third world.) System 444 has been in the business for years, but this is the first time it's encountered a Host like Cheng Feiwan. Other people's quick transmigration: winning hearts, making a comeback, building a career. Cheng Feiwan's quic 272Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Broken Dream: Chiang Kai-shek’s Last Days on the Mainland 残梦：蒋介石在大陆的最后日子 From September to December 1949, Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Chengdu, then fled in disarray from Fenghuangshan Airport. In just over three months, the final decisive battle, which even the Communists had expected to last a while, was brought to an end. Chiang and his son had exhausted every scheme, but could no longer turn the tide. The wily Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Pan Wenhua ultimately rose in revolt, while the “loyal minister who danced on both sides” Wang Lingji ended up a prisoner... Th 92Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 20 The Venomous Snake I Raised Finally Coiled Around My Tombstone 我喂养的毒蛇，最终盘踞在我的墓碑上 The venomous snake I raised eventually coiled atop my gravestone. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Sorry, I'm Just a Player. I Can't Give You What You Want 对不起，我只是个玩家，给不了你 The world suddenly began to fall apart. Faced with countless monsters attacking people, a boy who didn’t know who he was and had lost his memories followed the guidance of his heart and reached out with his left hand... “Will we meet again?” “We will! I promise!” Three months later, “___” “I’m sorry. I’m just a player, and I can’t make the promise you want.” The mission bestowed upon him was to save the world from all this... Speedrun version: I’m an invincible player. Pay up! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Vengeful Journey of a Rotten Young Man and a Governor 负朽少年与执政官的复仇路 Godly remains lie buried in the wasteland, while corruption spreads across the land. Beneath the fortress walls lie secrets unknown to this ruined world. This is an early writing exercise of mine. My prose is still rough, and my character development and plot control are both immature. This is only here to record the steps of my growth as a writer, so I don't particularly recommend reading it. 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Picked Up a Fox Demon Wife, Who Turned Out to Be the Emperor's Daughter 捡个狐妖当老婆，竟是大帝之女 Also known as My Daughter Was Given to Me as a Wife by an Immortal Emperor Right After I Transmigrated After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Ling Ze's life changed when a confused, amnesiac white fox appeared before him when he was seven. He took in the lonely little fox spirit, caring for her day and night as they relied on each other for survival. He thought she was simply a soft, adorable wife who needed his protection. But as turmoil once again swept across the land, the truth slowly ca —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Ultraman Son-in-Law 2: Sunset at Dusk 奥特赘婿2落日黄昏 The moment he squeezed charcoal into a diamond, I called out my ex-husband’s name The astonishing sight of someone squeezing charcoal into a diamond with his bare hands made Fang Chang blurt out the name of her ex-husband, Yujiro Hanma. That night, Zoffy’s Ultra Sign burned through the bedroom ceiling: “I hear you’re thinking about the strongest man on Earth again?” He barged into the house after deactivating his transformation device, a galaxy-scale divorce agreement in his left hand, while his 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Xi'an Incident 西安事变 This book covers such topics as the gunshots that rang out as Chiang Kai-shek was captured at Huaqing, Chiang Kai-shek imprisoned at Xincheng, Song Meiling jolted awake from a nightmare, two-faced opportunists and chameleons, Chiang Kai-shek writing his will, Communist Party representatives preserving the peace, Enlai going to Xi'an to assist Zhang and Yang, the Bible's hint that women should protect men, Song Meiling weeping in the ancient city, the young marshal hurriedly releasing the tiger b 235Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 26 Tales of the Strange 诡谭录 [Villain protagonist + not a power fantasy + ruthless and taciturn + supernatural horrors + one female lead + paranormal + nearly invincible + evil + demons and monsters] Flames and blood consumed the village. The youth gripped his bloodstained sickle and became the “Sickle-Killing Ghost,” a name that made the jianghu tremble. He slaughtered every one of his enemies, never realizing the true culprit was the “Ghost Shadow” lurking in the darkest corners of the martial world. On the execution grou 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Chiang Kai-shek Chooses Civil War 蒋介石选择内战 After victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, in order to secure peace and prevent civil war, the Communist Party of China persisted in its efforts until the Kuomintang and the Communist Party formally signed a ceasefire agreement on January 10, 1946. The Communist Party of China strictly upheld the agreement, but the Kuomintang had no intention of honoring the ceasefire. Even as the ceasefire order was issued, it continued moving troops to attack the liberated areas. After completing pr 165Reads9.2Score151Shelves
- 28 Chang'an Is Nowhere to Be Seen, and I'm Losing It 长安不见真抽风 Chang'an Vanishes: A Truly Unhinged Tale 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Reaper Miss from the Divine Healer’s Family 神医家的死神小姐 [One heroine + two powerful leads] One is a miracle doctor who can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. The other is an assassin who takes people's lives. Tang Yi, a transmigrator, gains a golden finger from the start: the ability to adapt to anything. He can infinitely adapt to harsh environments, supernatural attacks, and the rejection of biological prosthetics. Convinced that nobody in the world can kill him, he has no fear of anyone. By contrast, An Xi, an ace assa 238Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 30 The Shrinking Challenge: Survive in Her Room 缩小挑战：在她房间活下去 [Microscopic Survival] + [Four Rebirths] + [Microcosmic World] + [Goddess Girl] When I woke up, I had been shrunk to the size of a millimeter and dropped into an unfamiliar girl’s pink bedroom. Her pink bed was an endless continent, And a single foot was a divine mountain blotting out the sky. I had become something as insignificant as dust, liable to be crushed, blown away by the wind, or hunted by insects at any moment. Four times reborn, a hundred days to wager my life. Win, and I return to 846Reads—Score104Shelves
- 31 Just How Bad Can the Worst Book Be? Its Absurdity Knows No Bounds 最烂书能有多烂，小脑抽象无下限 Life is dull, but absurdity can tame humanity. This book records the entire early process of absurdity taming humanity!!! What I mean is!!! If the left brain attacks the right brain, the hypothalamus will definitely step in to keep things under control! I want to write the most absurd story ever!!! Help every reckless dream come true!!! I promise! This book will indiscriminately contaminate everyone’s cerebellum!!! Its sins will reach the cerebral cortex!!! I hear AI is going to replace humanity 167Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Touch Your Right Hand with Your Left, and Even the Mightiest Must Kneel 左手摸右手断，神通强者也得跪 [Daoist-style Supernatural Powers + One Female Lead + Slow Burn + Unconventional Supernatural Academy + Rigorous Worldbuilding + Intelligent Characters + Equally Matched Leads] Gao Liang transmigrated into a supernatural world nineteen years ago and awakened an incredible ability: he can see death lines and golden lines on other people. Cut a death line, and his psychic energy surges. Cut a golden line, and all magic vanishes! On the first day of school, he saw a prodigy from the news at the sch 1.7kReads—Score300Shelves
- 33 Evolving From a Axolotl Into a World-Destroying Behemoth 从六角蝾螈进化成灭世巨兽 [No human transformation + No saintly protagonist + No female lead + Tons of animal illustrations in the comments] (This story is hostile to humanity and doesn't pander to China. Don't read if that bothers you.) Qin Shou is reborn as a palm-sized axolotl and awakens the Infinite Devouring Evolution System. From ten centimeters long, to one meter, ten meters, a hundred meters, a kilometer, ten kilometers... he gradually evolves into the doomsday beast of myth and legend! Evolution path: axolo 244Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 34 I Survive Endless Dungeons Thanks to My Wife 在无尽副本中我靠老婆活下来 [Infinite-flow, face-slapping, strong leads, BG, both leads are each other’s first and only, 1v1, happy ending, completed] (Warning: The author has broad tastes, so the story may contain GL and BL side couples. Read with caution if those are dealbreakers for you.) This is a new world where time stands still for everyone. No one can escape it or shatter it. Everyone here has a “Talent,” an ability that sets them apart from ordinary people. Talents are ranked by level, which determines their stren 1.1kReads8.4Score100Shelves
- 35 Elbowing My Way to Success 肘出路来 Dear readers, thank you so much for opening my novel. As someone who failed Chinese class, I can only say I was appointed at a moment of crisis and then left to die among the horses in the stable. Writing this novel is a courageous first step, taken with love and a dream in my heart. I've done my very best, but with my limited writing experience, the work inevitably has many shortcomings. If you find that the plot lacks continuity, the characters aren't fully developed, or the logic is flawed, 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Villain: Snatching the Female Villain's Bride from the Start 反派：开局抢婚女反派 [System] [One heroine] [Villain] [Female villain] Zhu Xuan transmigrated into a world where several books had merged. To escape the tragic fate written for him in the books, he snatched the engagement to the female Villain from his older brother, Zhu Long, right from the start. But fate had other plans. Although Zhu Xuan was already bound by an arranged marriage, a series of coincidences brought him together with Su Zhitong, the former student council president, and they fell for each other. 454Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 37 The Beautiful Neighbor Asked My Dog to Mate with Hers 隔壁美女让我家狗帮她家狗配种 The Beautiful Woman Next Door Wants My Dog to Mate with Her Dog 917Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Pervert on the Bus 公交车上的色狼 Pervert on the Bus 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 My Name Is Chang An, Yours Is Gu Li 我叫常安，你叫顾鲤 [No palace or household intrigue + one heroine + transmigration + the High Tang era] Chang An transmigrates to the High Tang era and becomes the son of a prominent official family, though his father doesn’t hold a particularly high post. Still, he gets to live in the same era as Li Bai, Du Fu, and Gao Shi. Before he has even adjusted to life after transmigrating, he’s informed that he must marry Gu Li, the third daughter of the merchant Gu family. My name is Chang An, and hers is Gu Li?! There’s 295Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 40 After the Immortal Emperor Was Reborn, I Turned Her into a Beautiful Girl 仙帝重生后，被我反派变成美少女 [Villain Protagonist + One Female Lead + System] After an accident, Ye Liangchen transmigrates into a novel about an Immortal Emperor being reborn, a book he had read before. He even becomes a cannon-fodder villain who won't survive past chapter three. Just as he thinks he's doomed, the Villain System arrives. To survive the protagonist, he starts taking on villain missions, and his relationship with the protagonist grows more hostile by the day. But everything changes after an accident. In an “ 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Dual Body: At the Aristocratic Academy, Confessed to by an Underclassman from the Start 双身：贵族学院，开局被学妹告白 [One soul, two bodies] [Campus romance] [Noble academy] [Pure love?] [1v1=1v2] Lin Luo has two bodies. One is Lin Luo, a male college student. The other is the eldest daughter of the Luo family, Luo Qingyan. Two bodies, one soul, kept secret for twenty years. Until a blushing junior came to confess her feelings. The junior had delicate features, but her style was a little dowdy. Taking responsibility, Lin Luo whisked her off to a photo studio for a complete makeover. The ugly duckling became 35.5kReads7.5Score5.6kShelves
- 42 Apocalypse Agent: Invincible from the Moment I Awakened Teleportation 末世特工：从觉醒瞬移开始无敌 [Gun Godz Transmigration] [Agent Academy] [Post-Apocalyptic Powers] [Underdog Rises] [One Female Lead] [Factions in Conflict: Blood Clan and Judges] [Slow Burn] Chen Yinfei was an online gaming addict who loved Gun Godz, until he was suddenly pulled into a wasteland world. But the Host he transmigrated into was a useless nobody without an Ember Mark. At a life-or-death moment, the System offered him a choice of awakening one of the nine professions, but Chen Yinfei refused to play by the rules. 233Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Night Watch Between Two Worlds: Patient No. 37 37号病人的两界守夜 [Has dungeons, no System, no invincibility, no mindless power fantasy, no female lead] Whenever night falls, Li Zhu uses a copper key to open the door in the corner of his hospital room. Though it should lead to the restroom, he instead steps into the dim corridor of Ping'an Apartments. At the far end, the landlord stands smiling, dressed in a faded blue cotton jacket, his face creased with wrinkles as deep as knife cuts. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 My Grandmaster Is Pregnant, and I'm the Father? 师祖怀孕了，孩子是我的？ [Everyday slice of life + lighthearted + one heroine + easygoing] What? That's your sect's founding ancestor? Sorry, that's my wife. What? That's your holy son? Sorry, that's my son. Chen Feng transmigrates to the Shanhai Realm. Abandoned at birth, he's fortunate to be taken in by an old man from a Daoist temple. For twenty years, he thinks he'll spend his life taking it easy and waiting to die. He never expects the wild woman he picked up on the road to change everything. At eighteen, a woman h 822Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 45 The Lives of Ten Debauched Emperors 十位荒淫帝皇帝的一生 1.3kReads6.8Score109Shelves
- 46 Villain: Making the Future Empress Take Off Her Armor from the Start 反派：开局让未来女帝卸甲 [System + One Heroine + Villain + Transmigrate Into a Book] What should you do when you've transmigrated into the body of a minor villain who's destined to be killed by the book's heroine, the future Empress? Worried? Not at all! With the System on my side, what can the Empress do? Disarm! Empress, you disarm too! 42Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 47 White Snake: The Normal Version 白蛇I正常版I I am the emperor’s medicine: he takes my blood to heal his beloved consort. He said the White Snake clan had a special bloodline and deserved to be locked away in the imperial palace to suffer. So I watched him cut down my parents, then hang me in the snake pit to be bitten by countless snakes. The day I escaped, I became a true white snake and returned with poison. The palace servants all say the new demon consort is skilled in poison and clings to the emperor every night, but they don’t know I 427Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Oshi No Ko: Even as a Reborn Scumbag, I Have to Live Well 推子：转生人渣也要好好生活 [Oshi no Ko Fanfic + One Heroine + Pure Love + Urban + Daily Life + Fanfic Writing] Good news: I transmigrated, and into the world of Oshi no Ko, the one A Guang can't stop thinking about. Bad news: I'm Kamiki Hikaru, and I'm already an adult. Well, I'm doomed. Might as well wait to die. What's the point of inheriting the life of a scumbag? Was I brought here just to take the fall for someone else? Honestly… I might as well kill myself. So the protagonist leapt off the rooftop. (The End) 1.3kReads8.8Score103Shelves
- 49 A Rift in Time and Space: My White-Haired Girlfriend 错位时空，我的白毛女友 [Urban Daily Life + Spacetime Weirdness + Cozy Everyday Life + Redemption] Li Chen is an extremely lazy third-year college student, stuck in a state where he can’t lie back in comfort or work himself into the ground. With nothing better to do, he quietly plays galgames by himself in his dorm, his only real hobby. His favorite characters are white-haired, red-eyed bunny girls in all kinds of conquest and training games, though in real life he’s a clueless virgin who’s never even dated. One Nation 1.2kReads8.4Score201Shelves
- 50 My Roommate Is Actually My Rival, the Phantom Thief?! 我的合租室友竟是冤家怪盗？！ [Urban + One Female Lead + Shared Rental + Falling for Each Other + Phantom Thieves] Two phantom thieves with completely opposite styles, each other’s sworn rivals: “Night Raven,” who strives for the most dazzling performances, and “Phantom Butterfly,” who believes in perfect concealment. By chance, they end up as roommates, living under their ordinary identities as Xie Lin and Shen Yin. At first sight, they inexplicably can’t stand each other. “He’s good-looking, but he’s a total robot.” “She h 1.4kReads8.9Score250Shelves
