Novels like Reverse Countdown
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Reverse Countdown, best match first.
- 1 No More Takeout! Keep Delivering and People Disappear! 没了么外卖！送着送着人就没了！ [Supernatural Rules + Absurd Comedy + Original Story + No System + Pursuing His Husband + Plot] Chen Fan, thirty-five years old, walked away with nothing and a mountain of debt. With nowhere else to turn, I found a job making nighttime express deliveries. The pay was settled daily, three to five hundred yuan a night. It sounded great, except for the odd name: “Gone Yet?” Express Delivery... The contract also said, “The station assumes no responsibility for courier losses.” I thought it was a wor 8.3kReads7.0Score521Shelves
- 2 Three Tables Apart 隔三张桌子 Three Tables Apart 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Called My Future Mother-in-Law by the Wrong Name the First Time I Met Her Parents 第一次见家长，就叫错丈母娘 I called my future mother-in-law the wrong thing the very first time I met the family. 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Sword Shatters the Firmament: Record of Defying Fate to Cultivate Immortality 剑破苍穹：逆世修仙录 Sword Pierces the Firmament: Record of Cultivation Against the Heavens 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Given Another Chance, I Decide to Forgive Myself 重来一次，我决定放过自己 Given Another Chance, I Decide to Go Easy on Myself 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 I Thought I Knew How to Raise a Family, Until All Three of My Kids Got Into Trouble One After Another 以为我懂家庭教育，直到家里三个孩子接连出事 I Thought I Knew How to Raise a Family, Until One Disaster After Another Struck My Three Kids 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 She Used Me as a Vessel to Take Her Place in Death, So I Made Her Age Eighty Years Overnight 她把我当替命容器，我让她一夜老成八十岁 She Used Me as a Substitute Life Vessel, So I Made Her Age Eighty Years Overnight 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Wife Died on the Day She Wanted to Keep Living 我的妻子死在了她想活下去的那天 [Male First-Person Narration] [Severe Depression] [Intense Tragic Romance] [Terminal Illness and Redemption] [Double Reversal] I'm a terrible person. Before I met Youyou, I was a wildfire that burned everything in its path. She fell ill with severe depression. The rain had just stopped that day when she changed into a floral dress, took my hand, and said she wanted to eat hot pot. Standing at the crosswalk, just as the light turned green, she smiled and said, "Actually, I want to try and see if 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Physics Prodigy's Ultimate Jealousy: I Was Too Stubborn to Admit It, So I Lost You 物理系学神的顶级吃醋：我嘴硬，所以我失去了你 The physics genius's ultimate jealousy: I was too stubborn to admit it, so I lost you. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Her at 3:11 A.M. 《凌晨三点十一分的她》 Her at 3:11 a.m. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 If You're Still Here Tomorrow 如果明天还有你 If You're Still Here Tomorrow 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Half the City in Moonlit Romance, Half in Gold 半城风月半城金 Half the City in Moonlight, Half the City in Gold 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Took Half Her Cultivation 《退婚后，我分走她一半修为》 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Took Half of Her Cultivation 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Goldfish and Fat Fish in the Digital Sea 数字海的金鱼与肥鱼 Goldfish and Big Fish in the Digital Sea 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 I Became an Anomaly in the Universe 我在宇宙当异常 [Sci-Fi] [Space Opera] [Hardcore Slow Burn] [No System] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Bounty Hunters] [Dark Humor] Drake, a modern college student, transmigrates to an unfamiliar universe and is sold into a scam compound. After escaping, he becomes a bounty hunter. One day, he takes on a mysterious bounty that changes his life forever. A sword with no known name, and a conspiracy spanning countless eons. It changes his life forever. What kind of mighty waves can an ordinary person stir up am 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Sentinel and Guide: When the Organization Decides to Exploit Your Beauty 哨向：当组织决定利用你的美貌 [Everyone's Favorite | Sentinels | Guides | 1vN | Wasteland | Fluffies Save the World] “Take it out.” “Where are you looking? Keep your eyes on me, got it?” “How many times do I have to tell you? Keep your mouth shut during your guidance session.” “Not going to listen?” “Then keep going until I'm satisfied.” “That’s enough for today. Get lost.” “Next.” Guide Chi can’t stand the Thunderous Language System of this world... In the New Era, humanity evolved into two subspecies: Sentinels and G 2.5kReads8.8Score198Shelves
- 17 Oath of Blood and Sorrow 血殇之誓 Who are they, really? Demons or angels? Humans or monsters? Butchers or protectors? Told from the perspective of a young girl, this book will uncover a hidden truth. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Teaching My Ancestors the Tech Tree in a Primitive Tribe 原始部落之我教祖先点科技树 [Archaeology PhD + Hardcore Farming + The Struggle for Civilization] Ling Tian, an archaeologist at Yanjing University, accidentally falls into the Ice Age of twenty thousand years ago and inhabits the body of Bai Ya, a young hunter from the Sui Ren tribe. Here, mammoth herds trample the frozen plains, saber-toothed tigers roar beneath the moon, and prehistoric humans still raise flint spears in the depths of the forest. “From making fire with sticks to smelting bronze, from keeping records with —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Djavlar An illusion hidden within an illusion, an illusion born from another illusion, a lie concealed within reality, a truth concealed within a lie: this is illusion, and this is life. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 What Do You Mean I'm the Only One in the World Without Superpowers?! 什么叫全世界只有我没有超能力啊？！ What do you mean, I’m the only person in the whole world without superpowers?! 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty, in Comics 漫画大唐怪奇故事 During the Tang Dynasty, the curious young Duan Chengshi collected strange tales and curious anecdotes from across the land, compiling them into Youyang Zazu. Its stories touch on everything from immortals and spirits to ghosts and monsters, preserving a wealth of valuable historical records and folk customs from the Tang Dynasty for posterity. What kind of sparks will fly when this timeless classic meets stylish pixel-art comics? This book brings the supernatural tales of Youyang Zazu to life i 440Reads9.5Score108Shelves
- 22 A Crossover Through Film and TV Worlds, with a Furry Golden Finger 综影视之金手指是毛茸茸 Lin Chuxia had been doing just fine with her quick transmigration missions. Who would have thought her System would be reported for secretly giving its Host a golden finger? Even the pocket dimension Lin Chuxia obtained in a mission world was reported. To avoid trouble, the System sent Lin Chuxia into the world of a TV series, then ran off on its own. In the final world of her quick transmigration missions, Lin Chuxia had eaten so many things that benefited the soul that she developed a physical 16.2kReads8.4Score979Shelves
- 23 A Straight Man Is Shocked! A Straight Man Wants It! A Straight Man Gets It! 直男震惊！直男想要！直男得到！ [Two male leads + both virgins + shou's perspective + happy ending + two straight guys falling for each other + mutual devotion] Lu Chuan transmigrates into the world of an interactive novel game that's shocked the entire internet. Whenever the male lead, Qin Zhou, reaches zero affection for a female character, the world resets, and Lu Chuan is mercilessly erased too. As a straight guy stuck in a setup like this, he figures it has nothing to do with him. Better to keep his head down and grow str 5kReads8.5Score471Shelves
- 24 I Have a Book That Can Boost Luck and Defy Fate 我有一本可加运气，逆天改命的书 [A True Account of an Underdog's Comeback + Psychology + Chinese Philosophy + Traditional Chinese Culture + Down-to-Earth and Realistic + Easy for Beginners to Understand and Apply] Hao Yun stumbled upon a book. Following the methods in it, he broke free from his miserable life and set out on the road to turning things around! Some people said he was exaggerating. How could one book have that much power? Others laughed at his wild ideas. Yet some people followed his methods and changed their liv 198.5kReads9.4Score18.9kShelves
- 25 A 29-Year-Old Office Drone Returns to Senior Year and Goes Straight into Cheat Mode 29岁社畜重回高三，直接开挂了 [Sharp-Witted and Unshakably Strong: A True Female Lead] [Study Hard + Ensemble Cast + Realistic Gaokao Story] You’ve been reborn. In your previous life, you worked yourself to the bone for a company, becoming a corporate slave in the city and suffering countless workplace injuries! Your boss exploited you every day, your clients berated you, and then, at long last, heaven showed no mercy and sent you back to some day in your final year of high school… Xin Yuan looked at her school uniform and t 95.2kReads9.1Score17.3kShelves
- 26 The Online Bodhisattva: Next Thug, Please 网线菩萨：有请下一位歹徒 [No Romance] [Punishing Evil and Upholding Good] [High-Energy Reversals] [Not the Kind of Story Where People Kill at the Drop of a Hat] [75,000-Character Manuscript Completed, 2 Chapters Updated Daily] Ning San Nong, a bluebird from the Divine Realm, takes on the guise of the Online Bodhisattva and descends to the human world. Together with the Slap Arhat, the Bullet Comment Fairy, and others, she punishes evil and upholds good. Her methods are just a little unusual, so: The guy who spread sexua 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Dream Invasion 侵入梦境 What happens when dreams are no longer private spaces, but worlds anyone can invade at will? Lin Xiaotian unexpectedly gains the ability to enter other people’s dreams. Join him on this gripping journey through the dream world! 11Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 28 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Tore My Ex's White Moonlight to Shreds! 穿越古代手撕白月光前夫！ [Ruthless villainess heroine who acts first and never wastes words × madly devoted male lead who chases his wife to the crematorium + cold-faced, scheming prince] [Ancient political intrigue + a family of three transmigrates + the whole family faces the consequences + a power-fantasy heroine goes on a rampage] After a car accident, modern actress Jiang Yuan unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times. She becomes Jiang Si, a disposable widow in Muchuan Prefecture, and from the start, she’s hande 202Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 EN Word Spirits: One Character a Day, and I Held It In for Eighteen Years 言灵：每天一个字，我硬憋十八年 [Word Spirits + mild horror + sign-in + ruthless protagonist + global transmigration + beautiful illustrations + apocalypse + ensemble cast + multiple heroines + utterly unhinged + concludes at the end of August] Jiang Nan transmigrates, landing right in an outhouse, and gets bound to a disastrous System. Sign in to obtain Word Spirits. He can only say one character a day, but the characters can be stacked without limit! To save them up for one big moment, Jiang Nan pretends to be mute for ei 149.7kReads7.2Score33kShelves
- 30 King Jiahao Comes Down the Mountain: Oh No, My First Time! 嘉豪王下山，不好！我的初绷！ [Absurdist, System, Jiahao, comedy and meme references] The Bengbeng aliens invade Earth. Their only weakness is being impossible to keep a straight face around, but humanity throws everything it has at them and still can't make them crack! But Wang Hao only has to lift a finger to leave the Bengbeng aliens unable to keep it together. He's the last king of the Jiahao clan. What do you mean, “Did you ask whether you won or lost?” You say Hao's made it to the other side? When Beng Da and Beng E 8.5kReads7.1Score1kShelves
- 31 Young Master, This Time You Can Finally Forget Your Ex 太子爷，这回终于可以忘记前女友 [A cold-faced, devoted young master vs. a beautiful, clever top student] [The substitute takes her place + brothers turn against each other + the real and fake heiresses] Before her biological parents found her, Shang Yanchi went by another name. This one seemed to bring her good luck. The fake heiress schemed to steal her place, but she took the fake heiress’s arranged-marriage match without even breaking a sweat. The love meant for her was delayed, but it came at last! 156Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Why Is My Superpower So Hopelessly Romantic?! 我的异能怎么是恋爱脑啊！ [Leveling-up story + no romance in the ending + a new crush in every round] Xia Xianyue was a C-list actress who had spent five years in the industry playing countless bit parts. Her beauty often made her go viral, only for her sharp tongue to send her back to obscurity. After she turned down yet another casting-couch offer, she figured she was about to be blacklisted. Then she unexpectedly entered a survival game. Xia Xianyue: I bet some guy who couldn't have me is trying to ruin my life. In a 68.3kReads9.2Score16.9kShelves
- 33 After I Got Cheated On, I Stole the Other Woman 被绿后我拐了小三 Two heroines, modern urban life, sweet healing, fantasy, travel, pastoral living, and more. Let us gently open these pages and witness their lives. The heroine is not perfect, so read with care if that bothers you. Thank you for opening this book. One was betrayed after five years of love; the other was manipulated and treated like a plaything. Two women with deeply wounded hearts find themselves quietly drawing closer amid society’s prejudices and schemes. Su Anqi takes Tang Xiaotian away from 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 34 Demon Wardens: I Was Told to Solve Cases, but I’ve Been Slacking for a Thousand Years 戒妖：让我查案，我摸鱼千年 [Comedy Fantasy | Supernatural Mysteries | A Thousand-Year Bond Between Humans and Demons] After surviving for a thousand years, Geng Chen wants nothing more than to retire with his great-demon wife, keep his head down, clock in each day, and lie flat for the rest of his life. But life is unpredictable. A thousand-year-old cold case turns his laid-back existence into an extraordinary adventure. Bizarre, bloody crimes keep happening. Demons are at work, and the human heart is hard to fathom. On 127Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Anomalies: I Work in Customer Service, and I’m Really Not an Anomaly 异常：客服部工作的我真不是异常 [The protagonist is unusual, but leans positive and chaotic good; little combat; lighthearted; no female lead; episodic arcs with an overarching plot; loves humanity] [The rating has only just appeared, and it will rise later] Before the spark of human civilization lit up the land, the world belonged to chaos. Fear, faith, fantasy, and the unknown gave birth to beings called “Anomalies” in the collective unconscious of humanity. They could be gods or nightmares, curses or legends. The creation o 2.4kReads8.6Score338Shelves
- 36 Back from Cultivating Immortality to the City, Bad News: My Cultivation Is Gone 从修仙回到都市，坏消息修为没了 On the day he finished the college entrance exam at eighteen, Chen Xuan was gravely injured and fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from a runaway car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had transmigrated to the cultivation world. Over sixty years, he rose from a mine slave at the very bottom, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood, until he unexpectedly obtained all the memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formatio 302.2kReads8.2Score24.9kShelves
- 37 This Book’s Readers Have Ascended to Immortality 本书读者已升仙 Do you like over-the-top drama? Do you like Mary Sues? Do you like secret identities? Then come on in! But you’d better be ready to check yourself into the hospital at any moment. I’m worried your blood pressure won’t be able to take it~ Also, please leave your brains here. Don’t bring them into the story! 69Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 38 Isn't This a Death Note? Why Is Everything Being Given Away?! 不是死亡笔记吗？怎么全变给了！ [Not Fanfiction] + [Meme References] + [Wild Imagination] + [Absurd, Unhinged Comedy] + [Godlike Characters] When anything is born, it produces a notebook. Anyone who owns one can form a contract with the angel bound to that notebook and become a godlike being. Yue Shenye looks at the notebook in his hands, and all the humiliations of the past come flooding back. He grips his pen tightly. “I want every last one of you dead!” The ballpoint pen sweeps across the page, filling it with names. Then t 18kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
- 39 Ten Days of Elbowing 十日肘焉 [Eerie] + [Chosen One] + [From the Start as the Big Boss] + [Riddles] + [Instances] An unknown Eerie descends upon a parallel world, generating obscure horror-game instances. The Dragon Nation suffers one defeat after another and teeters on the brink of disaster. In this desperate moment, a third-year liberal arts student steps forward. To live or to die, that is the question. A basketball or a bottle of soda could become an element of a horror-game instance. Can their chosen one save ever 2.5kReads8.2Score105Shelves
- 40 This Is a Book You Can Never Finish 这是一本你无法看完的书 [Official-style disclaimer] Synopsis [Important Notice] Dear reader, before reading this book, please make sure that you: Have purchased a high-value personal accident insurance policy, in case you laugh or rage yourself to death. Have had your brain fragmented and no longer harbor any illusions about the word “logic.” Have prepared blood pressure medication, emergency heart pills, and a pillow to throw. Overview of this book: Protagonist: A cross-species hybrid whose origins are a mystery, main 1.5kReads—Score137Shelves
- 41 The Outcast: Fake Hu Nik Binding to a Real Fox Immortal System 一人，假胡尼克绑定真狐仙系统 Tags: Period setting, System, Portable space, Power fantasy, Stockpiling goods and grain, The Outcast fanfiction, Folk immortals, Supernatural abilities, Resisting the Japanese invasion and saving the people Out there, you can call me a fox spirit all you want. I won’t hold it against you. But here in Changbai Mountain, what should you call me? Lord Fox Immortal! Hu Yiming accidentally transmigrates while cosplaying Nick Wilde, arriving in the remote mountains of Northeast China in 1931. 71.2kReads7.4Score8.9kShelves
- 42 Re:Zero: The Arrogant Archbishop, Supreme Above All Re0：傲慢司教，唯我独尊 [Re:Zero Fan Fiction] [Villain Protagonist] [Original What-If Storyline] [Archbishop of Pride] [Cathartic Angst] The protagonist, Jason, transmigrates into the world of Re:Zero right after leaving a convenience store. Convinced that destiny has chosen him, he sets out to save the world and become a hero to Emilia and the others! But as it happens, he is the Witch Cult's Archbishop of Pride! Jason wants to follow the original story and win over the beautiful girls, and fit in with the protagonist 1.6kReads—Score142Shelves
- 43 Wait, Why Is the Demon Lord's Crew Already Assembled from the Start? 诶不对，为啥开局凑齐的是魔王团 [A madcap tale of eccentric beings born into another world] [Snake Lady] [Loli Dragon Lady] [Bird Lady] [Road-trip story leaning toward a journey] [Unconventional work] [Warning: pure evil] [Not a power fantasy, meow] [Cruel world warning] [Eccentric plot] [Light-novel style] [Multiple protagonists] [Low morality warning] [Lots of warnings about terrible people] [Warning: jokes without limits] [Monster girls] Someone asked why this isn't a harem story. Since when is a harem made up of a bunch of 42.2kReads8.9Score6.8kShelves
- 44 Cultivation: Becoming the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds Through Exorcism 修仙：从超度开始成为九幽道君 [Amber cultivation + System + leveling up, multiple female leads, not a fourth-generation disaster, and the protagonist is the only transmigrator] Long-time office worker Mo Nian suddenly dies and, with a System in tow, transmigrates into the world of the virtual online game Flying Immortal, Seeking the Dao, before its story begins. He becomes a minor Taoist who exorcises spirits, drives corpses, and dabbles in charlatanry. The dynasty is nearing its end. The mortal world is in turmoil, a demoni 31.2kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves
- 45 Stand in the Middle and Draw from Both Sides: What Do You Mean, the Will to Dominate? 站中间抽两边，什么叫霸之意志呀 [A low rating was inevitable. The author was devoured by the Will of Overlordship. Please proceed to the main story.] Have you heard? A newcomer has shown up at the academy. With his father being the city lord, he bullies men and abuses women, commits every imaginable evil, and threatens to slaughter entire families whenever he gets upset! “Really? Is that so? Then the consequences of offending him must be terrible, right?” “Of course! Who knows how many victims there have already been!” “Is tha 58.5kReads8.6Score5.4kShelves
- 46 In the Name of Justice, Liu Changsheng of Handong, Who Can Stand Against Me! 名义，汉东刘长生，谁与争锋！ [No System] [Ensemble Cast] [All About the Laughs] [Unhinged] [Passionate Senior-Citizen Drama] Hello, everyone. I'm Old Liu, Liu Changsheng. I kept a low profile in the show. I want to liven things up in this book. Who's for it, and who's against it? In Handong, it's either laughs or madness. How crazy? Read and find out. 121.5kReads8.9Score10.4kShelves
- 47 A Book by Maladaxi Gua 麻辣大西瓜的一本书 Jiang Ning transmigrates into a crime scene and becomes the scapegoat for the original victim. At the same time, she gets bound to a Crime System. Jiang Ning: Wait, is this right? She didn't kill anyone, so why should she go to prison? She's young and doesn't want to take a fifty-year shortcut to misery, so she has to pull out all the stops to make this look like a perfect crime and clear herself of suspicion. The System lends a hand, too. Not only does it tell her how to dispose of the body, it 16kReads8.6Score1.9kShelves
- 48 Nationwide High Martial Arts: Only I Cultivate Immortality by the Book 全民高武：只有我在一板一眼修仙 Everyone else practices martial arts while I cultivate immortality. They all laugh and say I'm crazy. Wang Jie transmigrated into an era where everyone practiced superhuman martial arts. From the start, he unlocked [Steadfast and Methodical]. As long as he diligently cultivated immortality, his path to immortality would have no bottlenecks, and his lifespan would have no limit! From then on, while everyone else trained in fist arts, he cultivated immortality, steadily climbing to the summit. By 93.4kReads7.8Score8.9kShelves
- 49 Help! I Accidentally Called My Boss “Honey”! 急！把老板叫成老公怎么办？ [Two male leads] [Absurd office drones] [Comedy] [Both are each other's first and only] [Mutual devotion] Signing a formal contract is like legally registering your marriage. Signing an open-ended contract is like promising to grow old together. Yun Jingqiu took his boss-and-husband theory to heart, condemning husbands who wanted everything in a marriage but refused to pay for anything. Then one day, he finally slipped up. He blurted out to his boss, “Honey.” Yun Jingqiu had already figured out 2.2kReads9.0Score362Shelves
- 50 After the CEO Broke Off Our Engagement, the Government Recruited Me 霸总退婚后，我被国家征招了 Shen Yue reaches Foundation Establishment, then descends into the mortal world, burdened with enormous debts and betrayed by her fiancé. Fiancé: “My true love is back, and she has a three-year-old child. I have to take responsibility. Sorry.” Warning: Brain-storage area. This novel has no logic, no logic, no logic. Don’t take it seriously, don’t take it seriously, don’t take it seriously. 110.6kReads9.3Score17.8kShelves
