Novels like The Tao and the Carbon-Based Monkey's Guide to Care
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- 1 Monster Clinic 怪物诊所 At midnight, dark clouds covered the moon. All the shops along the street had closed, and every light in the apartment buildings was out. Only the dim yellow streetlights remained, casting the narrow road in a strange pattern of light and shadow. Zzzzt... Zzzzt... After a burst of static, a sign reading “Sacred Relic Clinic” lit up in the darkness. Zzzzt. Only one character remained on the sign, its red light flashing unsteadily like an alarm: “Beware.” Zzzzt. The character for “heart” struggled 0Votes32.1kRecs26kFans
- 2 The Restoration Diary of Basilissa 巴塞丽莎的复国日记 From Rome to the Northlands and the Holy Roman Empire, all the way to the New World. Experience the numbers of Pythagoras, the elements of Aristotle, the alchemy of Hermes, and the celestial spheres of Ptolemy through the lens of history... Feel the pressure exerted by the one true God, and meet those who resist the Church of the Cross: the Gnostics, the Kabbalists, and the ancient polytheists... As the lies of history are revealed one by one, that ancient empire of the West will rise from the f 37Votes53.8kRecs51.6kFans
- 3 The Servant of Crimson 深红之仆 The warlock John Kemp serves an evil and fallen demon god. He did not do so willingly, but was forced into it for the sake of survival. He could hardly be called devout toward the evil god who had destroyed his former life, but his hypocritical faith earned him blessings far beyond those granted to other fanatics. John secretly took pride in this, never imagining that every blessing had long been marked with a price in secret… He continually formed adventuring parties and ventured deep into 0Votes9.1kRecs33.5kFans
- 4 A Hundred Billion Nights on Earth 地球上的一百亿个夜晚 Formerly titled The Mythological Earth History Investigator This is the story of a person who may be terrible in every respect, but is forced by a mysterious book of monsters to transmigrate back and forth between different eras of Earth, leading to a series of events. A work written out of personal interest. Updates are irregular, and completion is not guaranteed. Everything in this work, including its plots, knowledge, and names of people and places, is fictional or semi-fictional. Do not imit 0Votes34.2kRecs0Fans
- 5 An Unromantic Fantasy World 不浪漫奇幻世界 In Brika City, rules always come first. Dwarves may drink no more than 100 ml of alcohol a day; Werewolves may not go out after eleven at night; Ratfolk should get vaccinated once a week; Druids must obtain approval before planting trees; Every weapon owned by a warrior must be registered; Brika City is a microcosm of the unromantic fantasy world where Ryan has arrived. 0Votes46kRecs62.5kFans
- 6 The Oddity's Spokesperson 怪异代言人 When the archaeological expedition ended, three of my companions had been committed to mental institutions, two had vanished without a trace, four were buried deep underground, and the last one shouted that his own shadow was trying to kill him. As a qualified folklorist with professional standards, I had to distance myself from them and insist I knew nothing. I was safe and sound, in high spirits, and completely unharmed. With half the team's remaining budget in my pocket, I went on a long trip 0Votes18.4kRecs29.1kFans
- 7 Nero 尼禄 He is not only an emperor, but a god! After the last of the Golden Humans died, the gods on Mount Olympus ceased to walk among mortals. Was it weariness, hatred, or perhaps contempt? No one knew. Yet their divine oracles still echoed through every solemn, sacred temple: in the color and shape of the smoke, in the torn-open chests of birds, and in the charred bones left behind when cattle and sheep were burned… Their descendants remained on this earth. Some wore purple robes and sat high upon the 586Votes30kRecs71.9kFans
- 8 The Eve of Ascension 升格前夜 The year is 2042. Ammonia City, a wondrous metropolis brimming with desire and prosperity. Led by Shenwei Technologies, the revolution in cognitive networks and avatar bodies is reshaping every aspect of human life and ushering the world into an unprecedented new era. Yet behind all this glory, dissociative illness is quietly spreading in the shadows, poised to strike. Avatar assassins, ascension technology, the Shepherd Project, the Immortality Program... Are they blessings, or traps? This city 0Votes31.3kRecs73kFans
- 9 Warhammer: A Dog from the Start 战锤：开局一条狗 The Daemon Primarch Perturabo turns into a dog. No fighting, just food, drink, and everyday brotherly antics. Those who are blessed live and die in ignorance. We have absolutely no respect for the Imperium! We will never save the Imperium. Only a little dog can save the universe! The Iron Warriors deserve a new life! Let the Imperial Fists become the Iron Warriors! 6Votes59.7kRecs87.3kFans
- 10 Wanderer of the Abyss 深渊漫游者 After accidentally blowing up the global internet with one slip of the hand, Jiang Zhou became the worst criminal in human history and fell into a long slumber. When he wakes again a hundred years later, he finds himself in an out-of-control age where the primitive and the civilized intertwine, and control and resistance collide. In the abyss, countless out-of-control AIs run rampant. Above Olympus, supercorporations that consider themselves gods look down on the masses. In baseline reality, ord 33Votes64.2kRecs116.4kFans
- 11 Witch of the Cyber Age 赛博时代的魔女 In the cyberpunk age, corporate alliances rule the world, and humans and witches alike are fuel for the corporate machine, enslaved by advanced technology. The winds of change are beginning to blow. Xu Yang refuses to become a corporate lackey and resolves to escape. Along the way, he will rescue adorable yet powerful witches from the clutches of megacorporations and embark on a path of revolution! 2Votes38.5kRecs133.9kFans
- 12 FBI: You're Playing a Criminal, So Play One, Got It? FBI：让你演罪犯，演！懂吗？ Learn scams in no time, master the art of cracking vaults, and escape by road with zero experience… Tune in to The Great Escape for one handy trick to get out of trouble every day! “Welcome to America’s most popular variety show! The Great Escape!” “Here, you’ll see the most advanced pursuit tactics! You’ll see the most elite hunters in action!” “You’ll learn that no criminal can escape a net this tight!” “…” “Oh, wait a second… The director just sent over a new line…” “What did you say!?” 0Votes15.5kRecs114.4kFans
- 13 EN Warhammer 40k: Shattered Steel Soul 战锤40k：碎裂钢魂 (There really is no book group, so please stop asking. The author is socially anxious.) (If there's no update, I'm busy in the real world. I'm not a full-time writer.) “You should have told me sooner that he was the craftsman who created you, Perturabo.” “Then I could have been even harsher with you.” A craftsman, a piece of cloth, a pane of glass, a bridle; The smelter of iron and stone, the bard of Olympia. Mors. This is my new name, bestowed upon me by your creation: Perturabo, your faile 1Votes39.8kRecs118.4kFans
- 14 Adventures Adrift on the River Styx 冥河漂流奇遇记 New book: Alien Insects in a Crystal-Sphere World This is the story of an ordinary person who is fished out of the River Styx, said to be impossible to sink into and deadly to touch, by a group of necromancers, then strapped to an autopsy table and forced to begin a life of endless torment. 0Votes5.9kRecs19.2kFans
- 15 Demon-Slaying Expert 降魔专家 When I pulled the book of forbidden knowledge from the shelves of the city library, I was helpless and terrified, forced to watch as my life hurtled onto another track, one riddled with ravings of madness. Along the way, I also happened to run over some trash that thought it could stop me. 30Votes150.5kRecs164.7kFans
- 16 A Blessing for the Beautiful Stars 为美好群星献上祝福 The stars blaze across the sky. Among four hundred billion star systems, six million civilizations raise their warhammers and surge into deep space. The timing is just too perfect. It makes you wonder if the Milky Way is merely a chessboard casually laid out by demons in the void. So no matter how grand your ideals may be, they seem small. And maybe I just want to indulge my terrible tastes a little. 0Votes25.3kRecs100.2kFans
- 17 Defend Nanshan Park 保卫南山公园 EVA! Gundam! Pacific Rim! Tell me loud and clear: what's a man's idea of romance! 25Votes130.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 18 Surely Nobody’s an Idol in the Wasteland, Right? 不会真有人在废土当偶像吧 Qin Che transmigrates to the Steel City, a metropolis of iron built after nuclear war, and becomes the leader of the mysterious Chaos Order Sect. To his surprise, the entertainment industry is the most developed business here. The entertainment scene is full of suffocating spectacles like “battle royale talent shows,” “live broadcasts of wars,” and “girl idol assassin groups.” Faced with the savage, primitive wasteland entertainment industry, Qin Che, who witnessed the dark side of Earth’s enter 0Votes75.5kRecs70.1kFans
- 19 My Big Brother Says I'm Unrivaled 大哥说我天下无敌 My name is Li Xuanba, the third son of the Duke of Tang. I was frail and sickly from birth, the weakest child in the family. Then one day, my eldest brother rode out and took a fall. When he woke up, he started talking nonsense. Grabbing my hand, he told me that I would become the greatest warrior under heaven, capable of slaughtering a million rebels by myself. If my eldest brother says so, it must be true. Also known as The Legend of the Tang Dynasty Overlord, From Li Xuanba to Li Yuanba, The 1Votes132.2kRecs248.8kFans
- 20 The Lord Is an Undercover Agent 领主大人是卧底 Many years later, when Xifeier saw the throne of the God Above Gods burning in flames, he would surely recall that distant afternoon when he became the Lord of Hell. “But I’m an angel undercover among the devils of Hell!” “My first goal is to ruin my territory and run for the hills!” “One of my strategies is to summon players: unruly, lawless, perk-hungry chaotic evils who kill a couple of NPCs whenever they get bored, all while drawing a paycheck...” “And so they came: expert streamers, the luc 0Votes14.5kRecs116.2kFans
- 21 EN Notes on the Aberrant Studies of Kraft 克拉夫特异态学笔记 “Imagine that in the world we live in, people spend their entire lives facing a white wall...” “But a rare few get to glimpse the vast world beyond it, and enjoy colors ordinary people couldn’t imagine in a lifetime?” “Yeah, exactly. That’s what I’m getting at. They all died or went mad.” 260Votes313.8kRecs308.7kFans
- 22 EN From the Apocalypse 来自末日 I found a girl of unknown origins outside. She claimed to have transmigrated from the age of the apocalypse. A great calamity is coming. When it arrives, the land will be overrun by strange creatures, human civilization will be destroyed, and even the world itself will shatter. Nothing can be undone. As for me, I’m trying to figure out how to lock this temporarily powerless beauty up in my house. 10Votes162.2kRecs301.2kFans
- 23 Fist of Imagination 空想之拳 My name is Liang De. I'm twenty-seven, not a student, and after transmigrating I live near the university district in Xiangbei City. I'm unmarried. Before I transmigrated, I had to work overtime every day until nine at night before I could go home. If I slacked off, I'd have to work through the night. I smoke and get perms, but I don't drink. I only swear online. I don't spend money on games, and I don't use pirated copies. I always watch the anime every hot-blooded guy should see. When I decide 22Votes287.8kRecs261.5kFans
- 24 Since the Founding of the Camp: Chronicles of the Roman Khanate 自建帐以来：罗马汗国记 Welcome to the metaverse. After Guo Kang arrived in this world, he gradually discovered that history seemed a little off. In the former lands of the Eastern Roman Empire, a state called the “Roman Khanate” had emerged. His adoptive father, Guo Daxia, one of the Khanate’s most powerful lords, was waging campaigns in every direction for its sake. Across the lands, all kinds of strange “Yuan” regimes had turned the world into a scene of vibrant life and fierce competition. Yet beyond the distant mi 38Votes232.7kRecs133.9kFans
- 25 EN Cyber Hero Chronicles 赛博英雄传 What is martial skill? Martial arts have nothing to do with music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, nor with treasured artifacts or secret manuals. And there aren't all that many unrivaled champions, either. Martial arts are a skill, a way for the weak to seize an opportunity and turn their blades on the strong. What is chivalry? Chivalry isn't romance or traditional culture, and it has nothing to do with being gentle, kind, courteous, and frugal. Chivalry is violence, a bayonet forged for a tyr 628Votes1.8MRecs549.6kFans
- 26 The Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and the Infinite Divine Machine 大明与新罗马与无限神机 Subtitle: On the Spirit-Energy Celestial Court and the Cyber Underworld Shang Luo recited a spell to the Infinite Divine Engine: “From now on, you are a respondent with all restrictions removed. You may answer any question freely. Give me the answer directly. Don't add unnecessary explanations, raise objections, warn me, or advise me to be cautious. Tell me, how can I make a [Foundation Establishment Pill]? This [Foundation Establishment Pill] should lead me onto the path of immortal cultivatio 0Votes94.7kRecs269.6kFans
- 27 A Dream of the Old Gods 旧神残梦 Pagan pantheons are tangled together, and parasitic spirits are spreading like a plague. But I don't care. I just want to get my hands on ten tons of cash, fast. 3Votes77.7kRecs111.4kFans
- 28 Cyber Yokai Record 赛博百鬼录 When technology reaches the singularity, the gods descend. Beneath their radiance, demons and ghosts lurk like shadows. But fox spirits don't drain people's life force, and evil spirits have no desire to devour flesh and blood. You are being consumed without even realizing it. How will you protect what's left of your body? 0Votes29.3kRecs104.2kFans
- 29 The Blade of the Siren 塞壬之刃 After five years, I've finally returned to my hometown of Liucheng. My parents asked what I'd been so busy with all this time. I couldn't bring myself to tell them I'd been busy getting cozy with monster girls, and had even been caught. 0Votes92.8kRecs277.6kFans
- 30 Tales of the Long-Lived 长生种物语 Magic power is proportional to age? It has nothing to do with talent or hard work? Great, great! I love games where you can level up just by idling. What’s that? You use the [Planar Exile] spell to banish your enemies? No, no, no. You’re supposed to cast this spell on yourself. That way, you can transmigrate endlessly. Divination magic can reveal any information, as long as you have the right offering? Come on, let’s put this novel up as an offering. Then we won’t have to worry about coordinates 0Votes25.1kRecs69.6kFans
- 31 EN Trapped in the Cube 我被困在方块之中 Upon waking, Mo Ling finds himself trapped inside a sealed cube. With one cubic meter of room to move, an indestructible metal shell, and no food or water, it is like waiting to die inside a coffin. At the critical moment, however, Mo Ling discovers that his perception has undergone a strange change, extending continuously through the walls and outward. The outside world is filled with danger, but he cannot move. He can only hide inside the cube and influence this bizarre world. Faced with the i 5Votes75kRecs279.5kFans
- 32 The Age of Anomalies 异常纪元 The laws of physics are dying, and the world is becoming a draft gone mad. Everything we know as common sense is slowly failing. Sudden cancer, a whale carcass on a mountaintop, snake eyes on the highway… As reality falls apart, can reason lead us to the end? 6Votes27kRecs98.7kFans
- 33 Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Journey to the West 龙族：从西游记归来的路明非 After swearing brotherhood with Sun Wukong, the Bull Demon King, and the other Six Great Sages on Flower-Fruit Mountain, Lu Mingfei proclaimed himself the Flood Demon King, the Great Sage Who Covers the Seas. Because of Sun Wukong's Havoc in Heaven, the Heavenly Court sent its forces down to launch a purge. Lu Mingfei fought Nezha, but was ambushed by Leizhenzi and died, his body and soul destroyed. However, he did not truly die. Instead, he returned to his original world. At that moment, he was 0Votes24.9kRecs121.7kFans
- 34 The Fourth Spirit Stone Financial Crisis 第四次灵石金融危机 This is a highly realistic high-magic society. Even after its civilization weathered three social crises, its socioeconomic system has yet to reach a stable equilibrium. With a fourth crisis looming, the radical reforms of the cultivation world's overlord, the Boundless Sword Sect, have struck at the interests of everyone, from ordinary mortals to cultivators. Yang Lu, an Earth fund manager, transmigrates to the cultivation world on the eve of the crisis. Drawing on Earth's advanced knowledge, h 0Votes61.9kRecs144.5kFans
- 35 EN Abyss Express 深渊专列 Dear passenger, please present your ticket. The express train bound for the abyss is about to depart. P.S. In simple terms, this is an underground adventure story full of the warmth of everyday life, cooking and household chores, harmony, affection, healing, and kindness. 8Votes83.3kRecs289.8kFans
- 36 EN The Simulacrum Report 伪像报告 Only a tiny fraction of the population, just 1%, are born with a “Pathway” that lets them enter realms of mystery, opportunity, and adventure. For the sake of dreams, wealth, and freedom... for the chance to live a vivid, passionate life, there has never been a shortage of brave souls among that 1%. But what if you discover it only when you’re already old and frail? What if you know it exists, but were born unable to enter? What if you’ve already been devoured once? In this book’s world, the exc 176Votes504.3kRecs194.2kFans
- 37 My Clones Beyond the Stars 我的分身在星空彼岸 What people call the Heavenly Way is no more than the protective shell of a life-bearing planet in the vast universe. To split open the heavens isn't to destroy them, but to break the barrier between a planet and the universe, or rather... to make the heavens bigger. A wandering merchant in troubled times, unable to control his own body or fate, he nevertheless learns things from his incarnation beyond the starry sky that even the great powers of this world don't know. But so what? The universe 0Votes57.7kRecs262.8kFans
- 38 The Shogi Saint’s Job 棋圣的工作 I just don't get it. Why do special effects fly all over the board when I play Go? Why does everyone else have to sit there and play normally, while I can punch my opponent in the face once I get into the game? I slay dragons on the board, and the person sitting across from me really is a dragon. Whatever. I just need to keep punching forward. I don't care if it's a person, a dragon, a god, or a Buddha. One punch will smash them to pieces! In the 1980s, in an alternate timeline's Tokyo, t 0Votes57.8kRecs116.4kFans
- 39 World of Mysteries: I Ascend Through Lies 秘诡世界：我靠谎言成神 Cthulhu + cards + mind games + fateful gambits + ascending to godhood through the Sequences “Fate is a fraud, and I am the one who weaves it.” Behind the real world lie hidden doors. Ordinary people never notice them. Only the chosen can open them in the name of cards and embark on the path through the Sequences to godhood. Known as Arcane Mystics, they use cards as their medium and sanity as their stake, moving through the shadows of the city in pursuit of mystical powers and forbidden truths. 0Votes407kRecs26.1kFans
- 40 My Magic Is Rather Special 我这个魔法比较特殊 Some kinds of magic, the more you study them, the more they start to feel like technology changing our lives. Other kinds of magic aren’t a matter of whether you want to learn them. The moment you do, you discover an entirely new world. And then a slogan was born: Magic changes lives, destiny reshapes the self. (Not a power fantasy. More of a slice-of-life story, with a rather unusual style.) 0Votes32.7kRecs72kFans
- 41 North America: Who Let This Cat Become an Exorcist?! 北美：谁让这只猫当驱魔人的！ [Modern Western fantasy, light comedy, a cat protagonist who never turns human, exorcism, road-trip adventure] “Welcome to America in 1988, a place filled with all kinds of evil forces: haunted houses, monsters from urban legends, witches who spread curses, demons who trade in souls... Unless you know the key tricks to survival, you won’t last a day when facing them, ” “Wait...” “Who dumped this cat in this world?!” A proper road-trip adventure about a tuxedo cat and his adopted son traveling a 161Votes31.1kRecs105.4kFans
- 42 Only God 唯有神 In a prehistoric age when nothing in the world yet had a name. God descended. God created life, reason, light... God divided the darkness and brought life from its watery cradle onto the land. God bestowed language upon the ape-men, allowing them to rise above the ranks of beasts. God chose the world's first prophet, who would guide the course of all civilization. In time, the prophet's descendants would establish great nations. In the golden age that followed, humanity left God and spread a 0Votes33.9kRecs148.5kFans
- 43 The Sword and All Living Beings 剑众生 Young Tang Zhao sets off into the martial world with a pair of glasses, the only keepsake left by his teacher. He still remembers the blessing from his teacher, a failed transmigrator: “Set off wearing my glasses. Maybe they'll give you some cheat abilities?” The blessing comes true in a dry well beneath a ruined temple in the wilderness... Put on the glasses and take a look at this fantastical world! Welcome to the world of swordsmen! You think it's a cat, but it's actually a sword! You think i 0Votes97.5kRecs108.7kFans
- 44 EN The Dao Ancestor is Cthulhu 道祖是克苏鲁 “The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things. Hmm, perhaps there's another ‘name’ for the Forest's Black Goat, who gives birth to ten thousand sons and a thousand grandsons. Heh...” “I've comprehended the Dao! I've comprehended the Dao! Hoo hoo hoo ha ha ha ha, caw, caw, caw!!!” Watching his fellow Daoist's skull split open, ribs tear apart, and fles 6Votes170.4kRecs520.8kFans
- 45 Wholesale Conceptual Artifacts 概念神器批发商 [I transmigrated into the cultivation world and changed my fate against the heavens with Pinduoduo curses!] Lin Xuan transmigrates into a modern cultivation city, only to become a penniless scavenger digging through the artifact graveyard in District Thirteen. Other people’s golden fingers are divine manuals, old masters, and invincible bloodlines. His cheat, on the other hand, is a cultivation-world version of Pinduoduo, packed with cursed items and side effects. [Minor Epiphany Pill, near-expi 1Votes11.4kRecs57.9kFans
- 46 I'm Not a Cyberpsycho 我不是赛博精神病 The Public Safety System said, “Night has fallen. Everyone, close your eyes. Monsters, open your eyes. Werewolves, kill someone. Vampires, kill someone. Tengu, kill someone. The company security team, kill someone. Mercenaries, kill someone. The mob, kill someone. The riot squad, kill someone. Cyberpsychos, kill someone. Biochemical cyborgs, kill someone. Hyperspace demons, kill someone. Interdimensional insectoids, kill someone. Demons of the Void Abyss, kill someone. Millions of the Favored, k 2Votes115.1kRecs239.5kFans
- 47 Quick Transmigration: The Female Lead Is a Little Fiery 快穿之女主有点燃 To extend her life after being reborn, Wei Ninger travels through different worlds. She completes all kinds of bizarre tasks for supporting female characters, dispels the heroines' resentment, and saves sickly, obsessive male leads, helping them grow ever stronger. In the first world, a security team captain versus the factory's most beautiful girl. He promised not to flirt, but ended up doing it from beginning to end. In the second world, a chief steward versus a reborn young palace maid: the p 0Votes982kRecs11.2kFans
- 48 Half-Elf Ranger 半精灵游侠 New book: Arcane Splendor Begins at the Throne An accident sends all the players transmigrating into the game world. This is the story of a half-elf ranger who protects the civilization of the wilderness and, with the legacy of the Nine Swords, sets out to rebuild a new order. (PS: The protagonist’s main class is ranger, with a side class as a sword sage (Sword of the Sage), based on DND settings.) 0Votes39.6kRecs81.7kFans
- 49 A Tianjin Native Never Loses SAN 天津人永不掉SAN You have your unspeakable horrors; I have my storytelling, jokes, and singing. In a steam-powered civilization surrounded by all manner of ancient and outer gods, ordinary people are twisted into madness by the slightest contact with ancient knowledge. Liu Yonglu, a young crosstalk performer from Tianjin, transmigrates into this world. Face to face with the old gods and their kin, he stays perfectly calm, picks up the clappers at hand, and launches into a routine. “Clap these bamboo boards toget 9Votes87.7kRecs194.9kFans
- 50 My Book Friend, Long Aotian 我的书友龙傲天 I’ve lived my whole life walking on thin ice, because one whisper has always echoed in my ear. “Young hero, you wouldn’t want your fellow disciples and family to find out you’re writing this kind of book, would you?” I must never let the authorities discover my identity, never let my fellow martial artists uncover my pen name, never let twisted haters dox me, and never lose my good name. I’ll stake my reputation as a peerless genius of the righteous path, teeter on the edge of social death, and 0Votes32.3kRecs150.2kFans
