Novels like Mad Detective
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- 51 Showbiz's Strongest Brain 娱乐之最强大脑 At the Idiom Contest, he's a “living dictionary”; at the Poetry Contest, he's the “King of Poetry.” He's the “Top Brain King” on The Brain, and the “Invincible Champion” on Who's Still Standing? Time magazine says: “He's not only a holder of multiple Guinness World Records and a core member of Mensa, but also the nation's dream man: handsome enough to get by on his looks, yet determined to earn his living with his talent.” 0Votes170kRecs194.1kFans
- 52 Online Game: I Am a Martial Arts Master 网游之我是武学家 You're a warrior with high attack and defense? Watch me counter-grapple and slam you, every punch landing hard. You're an assassin, swift as a phantom? Watch me stay still until you move, then take you down in one strike. You're a mage with firepower to spare? Sorry, ever heard the saying: in all the world's martial arts, speed is the one thing no one can beat? I'm not picking on anyone in particular. I'm saying everyone here is trash! 0Votes358.9kRecs310.7kFans
- 53 The Great Song Butcher 大宋好屠夫 Poetry and the Blade is signed and uploading. You won’t be disappointed. Zheng Zhi transmigrated to the Northern Song world of Water Margin and became Zheng the Butcher, the very man Lu Tixia beat to death with three punches. In the final years of the Northern Song, war raged across the land and heroes vied for supremacy as China fell into decline. It was a time for heroes to make their mark. The grudges and loyalties of Water Margin, the good and the evil, the faithful and the treacherous: thei 0Votes596.2kRecs189.1kFans
- 54 Grandmaster of Martial Arts 武极宗师 In this era, martial arts are on the rise. An ordinary person gains a mysterious ability to manipulate attributes, changing his humdrum life forever as he advances step by step toward the vastness of the stars. “My name is Fang Cheng. Greatness doesn’t come too late for me!” 0Votes346.2kRecs298.4kFans
- 55 My Beautiful Apartment 我的美女公寓 By a twist of fate, Tao Bao moves into an apartment. His landlady is his ex-girlfriend, and his ex-wife lives across the hall... 0Votes201.3kRecs168.5kFans
- 56 King of Variety Entertainment 综艺娱乐之王 In this parallel world, none of the variety shows Yang An was familiar with existed: Extreme Challenge, Where Are We Going, Dad?, Happy Comedians, I Am a Singer, We All Love to Laugh, Running Brothers… Not a single one! Yang An smiled. “I’m going to become the king of variety entertainment! I’m going to be a megastar!” … He was committed to spreading laughter and positive energy, becoming the nation's dream man, promoting traditional culture, and being a passionate, truly masculine man! 0Votes205.8kRecs266.6kFans
- 57 A Cultivator’s Life Across the Planes 位面之修仙生涯 So what if I'm a spoiled rich kid? Does that mean people get to trample me and use me as a stepping stone? Don't I have any rights? Our story begins when a spoiled rich second-generation college student gets a System. From then on, he transmigrates across worlds, earns rewards, and grows stronger step by step. Please note: this is not a historical novel or a xianxia novel. It's a sci-fi power fantasy. Dayu's new book, "Private Customization in the Movie World," is absolutely thrilling and packed 0Votes464.1kRecs300kFans
- 58 The King Who Can Transmigrate 会穿越的国王 After becoming king of the least developed country on a parallel Earth, how can you rise to power with the help of a transmigration System? Learn martial arts in the world of wuxia movies, technology in the world of science fiction films, and in the world of mythological movies... Which AI is the strongest? Ultron from The Avengers, Skynet from The Terminator, or the Transformers? Which is more powerful, the Infinity Stones or the magical artifacts of the gods? How can you use the things you acq 0Votes109.2kRecs173.8kFans
- 59 Splendid Tang 天唐锦绣 Transmigration can be a lot of fun, but when Fang Jun transmigrated into the body of his Tang dynasty namesake, a man practically glowing green from head to toe, he felt like his whole life had gone wrong... 23Votes1.4MRecs761kFans
- 60 The Reborn Villainous Young Master of a Novel 重生小说反派公子哥 Some hackneyed writer was reborn, but not in the past or in a parallel world. He was reborn inside the novel he had written! What upset him most was that he had become the villainous young master who gets tormented to death in the novel! To survive for a few more chapters, the most wicked villain has no choice but to follow the most infuriating System’s instructions and complete the most outrageous comeback, one step at a time! [P.S. 1: Also known as The Villain’s Self-Cultivation] [P.S. 2: Old 0Votes206.2kRecs216.5kFans
- 61 Entering the Movies 进入电影 Lying by the Black Lake, as the wind stirs the willows at Hogwarts; Wandering the streets of New York, where the Avengers clash with a mechanical army; At the peak of Dongsheng Shenzhou, the Fairy Zixia smiles with innocent radiance; In plain terms: Would you rather watch a movie, or enter one? Completed: Hacker, The Grandmaster Profession Lord, Super Spiritual Spring, Crisis 0Votes157.1kRecs245kFans
- 62 The Iron Empire 钢铁皇朝 An explosion during a top-secret experiment brought Xiao Ming to a parallel world resembling ancient times. In this hostile place, he was the least favored prince, and his fief was the poorest of them all. Fortunately, an item called a Technology Crystal Stone from the top-secret experiment had come with him, giving him the ability to advance the technology tree. So he began a leisurely life of farming and building industries in his fief. As for his unfriendly brothers and sisters, he always liv 0Votes439.7kRecs508.1kFans
- 63 EN Cultivation Through Big Data 大数据修仙 Feng Jun graduated with two degrees, only to find himself unemployed. He struggles to make a living in the city, yet refuses to lower himself, so his predicament is easy to imagine. Then one day, lightning strikes him and his phone, and he suddenly discovers that he can turn into data and enter apps. What can he do as data inside an app? Plenty. Just use your imagination... Wait, the money in his mobile banking account? Stop! Don't change that! Of course, that's not all. He also discovers that h 4Votes6.6MRecs652.7kFans
- 64 EN Rise of Humanity 人道崛起 Though the skies above the Great Wilderness may be blood-red, our human warriors are willing to burn our flesh and bones to pave a road of white bones and tread through blood-soaked thorns. One day, we will turn this boundless wilderness into a homeland where our people can live and thrive. P.S. 0Votes281kRecs190.3kFans
- 65 Yang Xiaoluo's Bargain Dad 杨小落的便宜奶爸 On a summer night filled with cicadas and birdsong, Yang Yan stood at the entrance to the residential complex, holding a large bag high and calling out with a laugh, “Luoluo, come home and have some chilled watermelon!” Whoosh! A short-legged corgi eagerly darted out from the flower bed, wagging its little bottom as it ran toward him. Then a little girl sitting on the shell of a giant tortoise slowly made her way around from behind a tree. Her bright eyes found Yang Yan, and her face broke into 0Votes1.2MRecs354.3kFans
- 66 The Rise of a Little Star 小明星演义 Zhang Yingxia arrived in a new timeline and felt as if he had brought the answer key but walked into the wrong exam room. Although he had a reference, he still had to work out every answer for himself. It was like taking an exam with no time limit: if he did well, the credit went to the answer key; if he did badly, it was because he wasn't good enough. It really didn't feel great! (P.S. I'm terrible at writing blurbs, and I'm a pinyin-only typist, so typos may pop up at any time. Please bear wit 0Votes218.8kRecs124.2kFans
- 67 I Won’t Be a Minor Celebrity 不当小明星 The new book He Ruined the World has been released! … … When I woke up, the world had changed. The unfamiliar surroundings and unfamiliar people, along with unfamiliar movies, television shows, and songs, well, never mind. At least I was still alive. But it would be such a waste not to show off Earth's movies and television productions. I don't want to be a minor celebrity. If I'm going to be one, I'll be a megastar. 0Votes244.1kRecs210.3kFans
- 68 Above the Heavens 苍穹之上 A thousand years of arduous cultivation beneath the firmament, all for the day he can stand above it! In Skybreak Gorge, a strategic choke point between the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty and the Seven Killings Tribe of the demon race, a strange object suddenly fell from the sky. It swept up a group of cultivator-soldiers and hurled them into the mighty currents of history... Song Zheng was only one of the less remarkable among them. He has read the sages’ classics, but he is also a condemned wolf-sol 1Votes5.9MRecs319.2kFans
- 69 The Villainous Superstar 恶人大明星 (Completed) Lin Haiwen transmigrated with a game called Villain’s Valley, where players could do every kind of evil. Now he can say and do whatever he wants in the real world, throwing his weight around and acting like a tyrant. He can curse anyone, hit anyone, and bully anyone he likes. No more swallowing his anger, no more compromising, no more worrying about unspoken rules. And he can even use the Villain Points earned from the people he bullies to exchange for countless magical items from th 0Votes413.9kRecs206.6kFans
- 70 Hardcore Crisis 硬核危机 Lu Yuan has a USB drive containing more than a dozen movies. When he discovers he can freely draw objects from those movies and bring them into the real world, it seems like an incredible opportunity! But disaster follows close behind. The dangers caused by the mutated USB drive are gradually threatening the safety of the entire real world. 0Votes259.8kRecs200kFans
- 71 The Devil Is Right Beside You 恶魔就在身边 Chen Zhao can summon demons and see death. “Beelzebub, use your glutton’s powers to treat this client’s anorexia.” “Raymond, this elderly gentleman wants his abilities back. You know what to do.” “Old Black, tell me the truth: when will this person die, and how? What? You don’t know? You’re the Grim Reaper!” “That young lady wants a beauty and slimming package. Wait… I don’t think I have any demons with those abilities under my command yet. Looks like I’ll have to take another trip to Hell.” 0Votes1.9MRecs595.9kFans
- 72 Born in Chinatown 生在唐人街 New book: My Life as a Landowner in North America From the beginning to the end of the century, Chinese Americans, a marginalized group born in the United States, seem never to have gained anything, lingering on society’s overlooked fringes. From Chinatown to Wall Street, follow Su Mu, born into an ordinary life, as he fights to build a bright future! (Author of the completed work The Great Rancher, with over 8,000 average subscriptions. Give it a try!) Full-subscri 0Votes335.4kRecs213.1kFans
- 73 The Conscience of the Entertainment Industry 文娱的良心 Some say he is the conscience of the entertainment industry. To whoever said that: doesn't your conscience hurt? Many years later, people won't remember how Shi Yi left his plotlines unfinished, or killed off the female lead and the male lead... They'll remember only his kind heart. PS: This novel is toxic. The protagonist has a serious illness, and a strong desire for revenge. It's all for entertainment, so don't take it too seriously... 0Votes198.4kRecs237.3kFans
- 74 The God of Magic’s Livestream 法神直播间 1.5 billion Earthlings are watching this world of swords and magic through Norman's eyes. And besides spamming "666" and cursing at the streamer, they don't mind sharing a few magic spells either, such as the draconic forbidden spell "Undead Cataclysm": "Who says we have no clothes? I'll share my robe with you. The king is raising his army, so let me mend my spear and lance..." 0Votes125.8kRecs116.8kFans
- 75 King of the Battle Song 战歌之王 Transmigrate to another world and reign supreme with battle anthems! The prelude to The Swordsmen of the Mountain, the main theme of Detective Conan, the interlude from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, A True Man Should Be Self-Reliant… And also, Paradise! Han Le: In my BGM, nobody can beat me! [Key point: The musical realms are the heart and soul of this novel. The Ghost City of the Konghou, Suzhou ballads, London in the fog, and the Mystery of the Wilderness: the thrilling story is underway!] Reade 0Votes271.9kRecs157.9kFans
- 76 EN The Strongest Gene 最强基因 Have you ever heard of a luck aura? When Chen Feng discovered that he could control his luck aura at will, he knew his time had come. PS: My new novel, Super God Card Maker, is now online. Guaranteed premium quality, with over 10,000 subscriptions! Give it a read! 0Votes536.6kRecs482.8kFans
- 77 Monster Paradise 怪物乐园 Eight hundred years ago, three thousand void gates opened in the skies around the world. They looked like three thousand pupils of different colors hanging in the heavens, and countless monsters surged forth from them. The entire world became a paradise for monsters... Eight hundred years later, a man named Lin Huang said: Every monster in this world will become my summoned beast, as long as I want it to. [A note: This is an otherworldly pet-summoning novel.] 2Votes542.1kRecs493.7kFans
- 78 Silver Overlord 白银霸主 The most precious things in the world are free, yet ordinary people always overlook them. Besides such priceless things as air, sunlight, and family, there is another precious thing right beside you, within easy reach. I wonder if you’ve noticed it? 0Votes1.9MRecs391.9kFans
- 79 The Pet Shop of the Future 未来宠物店 He opened a pet shop, but on the very first day, someone brought in a panda! What the heck? Help, I don’t want to go to jail! 0Votes186.8kRecs173.3kFans
- 80 A Small-Time Rich Farmer in the Hills 山洼小富农 Wen Xu dislikes life in the big city. It makes him feel as if he is always in a hurry, with no chance to rest, body or mind. His paycheck never seems to stretch far enough, and that is before you even get to the skies where you can barely see the stars and the smoggy days that give you endless reasons to complain. At last, he gets the chance to escape the city and return to the countryside. Though life is a little hard at first, the land and scenery of his hometown finally bring peace to his res 0Votes601.8kRecs236.7kFans
- 81 The Golden Age of Tokusatsu 最佳特摄时代 At first, Meng Lang wanted to become a great director. To save his family's business, he made the TV series King of Yo-Yos, basically a “buy a yo-yo and get a TV show free” deal! He had planned to sell some yo-yos to fund a major production, but his father suddenly told him, “Son! Our toy factory is going public!” That's when he realized that making tokusatsu shows in a world without piracy could be this profitable! So he went on to make Balala the Fairies, Armor Hero, Bakugan Kids, Legend of Ti 2Votes378.4kRecs505.3kFans
- 82 Reborn to Build a Dream 重生铸梦 Armed with more than a decade of experience and foresight, Zhao Zejun plunged back into 2001. ‘Every year, all the transmigrators who meet their various untimely ends online could hold hands and form a mid-sized city. And the great enterprises they establish could, all together, buy the entire Milky Way! Truth be told, for the first few days after transmigrating, Lu Yuetao was furious. He wanted to take this whole world down with 0Votes311.6kRecs268.5kFans
- 83 The Great Sage of Liaozhai 聊斋大圣人 Ten thousand mu of fertile land, hundreds of servants, a grand mansion… Li Xiuyuan transmigrates into the body of a landlord’s eldest son. With no ambition whatsoever, he plans to live as a wastrel, acting like a spoiled young master, flirting with beautiful maids, and riding out in fine clothes. Until one day, he suddenly discovers that his family lives in Guobei County, and that there’s a Lanruo Temple outside the county… 3Votes264.5kRecs467.4kFans
- 84 Gongsun the White Wolf 白狼公孙 His soul unexpectedly transmigrated into an age of chaos. Gongsun Zhi raised his curved saber and galloped across the grasslands, his cloak billowing: "Whoever stands in my way dies." A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, while a man travels a thousand miles simply to survive. In the chaotic age of the Three Kingdoms, one either kills or is killed. 0Votes321.1kRecs176.6kFans
- 85 Rekindled 重燃 Cheng Ran is reborn in a world that is both familiar and strange... Every step of the way, he burns bright. 12Votes3MRecs901.3kFans
- 86 EN I Just Want to Be a Quiet Top Student 我只想当一个安静的学霸 "Do you yearn for knowledge?" "Once you reach the pinnacle of human knowledge, you can have anything you want." "Then I yearn for knowledge!" 0Votes940.8kRecs693.2kFans
- 87 Against-the-Grain Quick Transmigration 反套路快穿 Why did a System Host meet a gruesome end on the street? Why did a doting dad and his adorable daughter scream in the middle of the night? Why were the reborn repeatedly cut up for research? Why were the transmigrators recognized again and again? Who was behind the string of golden finger thefts? Was the one who brained the Lord God's reincarnators with a brick human or ghost? And what lay behind the unexpected deaths of hundreds of time travelers? Was it all a distortion of intelligence, or the 0Votes266.3kRecs289.3kFans
- 88 The Treasure Hunter 捡宝王 P.S. I’ve started a new book, The Taoist Priest, Times Have Changed. Please check it out. I love gold and silver, but I love glittering gemstones even more. Guns, jewelry, and precious metals: how could a collector’s world be complete without antiques? Warehouse auctions, secondhand deals, buying and selling real estate, prospecting and mining for gold, but when it comes to making money, searching for legendary treasures is really the way to go. At my command are a tiger cat, a gray wolf, a 0Votes1.3MRecs443.8kFans
- 89 Live Streaming: Master Craftsman 直播之工匠大师 Other streamers have long legs, but mine is a rugged guy. Other streamers sing, dance, and play games, while mine spends every day livestreaming himself carving wood. Lu Zi'an got a Craftsman Master System, mastered China's ancient arts, and won the adoration of countless people. To give the world a conscience, and the people a purpose; To carry on the lost teachings of the sages, and bring peace to all generations. Reader group: 0Votes503.7kRecs328.3kFans
- 90 One Slash to Carve a Path Through Life and Death 一刀劈开生死路 One slash cleaves open the road between life and death; two feet step through the gates of right and wrong! Ordinary people wield extraordinary firearms capable of destroying heaven and earth; Martial artists cultivate secret martial arts capable of demolishing cities and destroying nations; This is a world where the weak are not ants and the strong are not gods. A young man paralyzed in bed, filled with resen 0Votes334.2kRecs236kFans
- 91 Wukong Checks His Private Messages 悟空看私聊 You probably won’t believe this, but after Guo Dalu’s knockoff phone was struck by lightning, someone named “Sun Wukong” mysteriously appeared in his WeChat contacts. Sun Wukong was an eccentric sort who sent red packets at the drop of a hat. Fortune-telling and divination, meditation and training, communing with the divine and summoning sages, somersault clouds, seventy-two transformations, heavenly wine, peaches and ginseng fruit, Nine-Turn Golden Elixirs, immortal delicacies and wines... He h 0Votes411.6kRecs277.6kFans
- 92 One Shot, One Kill 一枪致命 Feng Luo, an international mercenary, transmigrates to a technologically advanced world during a mission. A few years after he settles into his new life, a sci-fi online game called War Chronicle takes the entire Interstellar Federation by storm. The Desert Eagle, Barrett, AK-47, Apache, RPG… one familiar piece of equipment after another stirs memories of his past! The Terminator, the Zerg, Resident Evil, the Force… missions that appear after a System update leave him bewildered and astonished! 0Votes331.2kRecs328kFans
- 93 Break Out of the Matrix: Origin 杀出矩阵：起源 Matrix, in its original sense, is the place where life is nurtured, the beginning of all origins. When all kinds of virtual monsters that should not exist in reality appear in the real world, and humanity faces the unprecedented supernatural object known as the Matrix Game, an unprecedented human crisis is about to return. On the eve of this crisis, Lu Li is accidentally trapped inside the Matrix Game. There, he must survive against all odds and overcome one deadly game after another, gaining th 0Votes273.6kRecs135.4kFans
- 94 I Am a Great Scientist 我是大科学家 Newton’s three laws form the foundation of classical mechanics. Darwin’s theory of evolution, “survival of the fittest,” overturned humanity’s understanding in the nineteenth century. Einstein’s special theory of relativity revealed the connections between space, time, mass, and the motion of matter; his general theory of relativity established that space and time change with the distribution of matter and the speed of motion. The future development of human civilization has always been guided b 0Votes135.5kRecs222kFans
- 95 The Pay-to-Win Demon Lord 氪金魔主 In his previous life, Wu Hao always thought money was everything. After he transmigrated... He discovered that it really was. This is a story about spending money, the tale of a thrifty, family-minded man who spends his way into becoming a great demon king. 0Votes560.5kRecs408.7kFans
- 96 Reaching the Pinnacle of Qi Refining 登顶炼气师 The new novel "This Goblin Knows Cultivation" has moved to a different author account What can one do after becoming a qi-refining master? Manipulate qi to strengthen the body, cure illnesses and defend oneself, gain immense strength and astonishing speed, become a grandmaster, and rise to become Earth's number one... This was what Chu Feng initially imagined. However, as his cultivation realm advanced, he increasingly realized how naive he had been. The true power of a qi-refining ma 0Votes281.4kRecs254.7kFans
- 97 Ace 王牌 Deception is not black magic, but a weapon. Used for good, it is righteous; used for evil, it is wicked. Private detectives are not police officers, but they pursue the truth all the same. When a little con artist becomes a private detective, everything changes, because there is no longer just one truth. What matters is not what the truth is, but what truth you need. This is the story of a little con artist growing and making his way in the city. P.S. While the book is new, recommendations, favo 0Votes437.7kRecs287.9kFans
- 98 Daoist Sect Revival System 道门振兴系统 The struggle between Buddhism and Daoism has existed since ancient times. Yet Buddhism flourishes, while Daoism declines. In a dilapidated Daoist temple, a young Daoist has taken it upon himself to revive the faith. “May the Heavenly Venerable bless you. Good sir, would you be willing to join our Daoist sect?” 0Votes197.2kRecs309.9kFans
- 99 Showbiz for All 文娱万岁 With the splendor of this shore, he will make a legend of the other shore. This is Luo Yuan’s story. The story of a director. 0Votes519.1kRecs417.6kFans
- 100 The Sword Saint of the Flourishing Tang 盛唐剑圣 The Three Wonders of the High Tang: Li Bai’s poetry, Zhang Xu’s cursive calligraphy, and Pei Min’s swordsmanship. A Chinese literature student transmigrates into the one and only Pei Min, the sword saint officially recognized by the state. With a three-foot green blade, he is invincible beneath heaven. He reaches up to the highest heavens and the vast universe, and forges the poetry of the High Tang anew. 0Votes300.2kRecs255.8kFans
