Novels like This World Is on the Brink of Collapse
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- 1 I Made a MOD for the World 我给世界打个MOD A game mod is, simply put, a custom patch or expansion pack that players add to a game. Usually, Zhou Chi only gives the zombies in his zombie games beautiful-girl mods to steel his nerves and keep himself alert. He never imagined that one day he’d be able to install a game mod on the entire world! 0Votes10.1kRecs25.8kFans
- 2 Starting on a Folklore Forum, I Invent Talismans 从民俗论坛开始，编造镇物 To ward off calamities and suppress evil, this world where ghosts and monsters roam openly needs a little surprise. After copying comments from a folk-custom forum to create his first warding artifact, Chen Xin knew that this surprise... was him! [Artifact Name]: House Guardian: Candlelit Night [Use]: Protects a yang residence [Current Suppression Rank]: Yin Messenger [Artifact Description]: The rooster crows, and the candlelit night ends. An image of the south, a creature of fiery yang... (Cli 0Votes75.1kRecs299.8kFans
- 3 The Male Hare’s Eyes Grow Bewildered 雄兔眼迷离 I've started a new book! Life holds no lasting sorrow, and flowing waters never run east forever. I'm grateful to all the big shots who've kept Xue Ling in mind. If you have any spare recommendation tickets, please give one to my new book too. The tales of kings and ministers through the ages: succeed, and your name goes down in history, carved on a stele at Beimang; fail, and you're nothing more than a clown making a scene. I picked the wrong category, so anyone here for romance, please move al 0Votes606.3kRecs169.7kFans
- 4 The Dragon of a Thousand Faces 千面之龙 Why do stories always have to be full of tragedy and bitter grudges? Would you enjoy a fun, lighthearted tale instead? Who am I today? A hero who saves a kingdom? A villain who threatens an age? A dashing playboy who lives a life of romance? Or a notorious sinner remembered by history... A lecher is out of the question. I'm a respectable man, after all. A clown, a judge, a magician, a celebrity, I can be any of them. And yes, I'm also the one who married the queen and fathered a princess. Wait, 12Votes164.7kRecs268.8kFans
- 5 Liu Xie: I Really Just Want to Abdicate! 刘协：我真的只想禅让啊！ I am Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han. I really just want to abdicate! Why does everyone think I'm a great restorer of the dynasty? Why is everyone at court so prone to wild speculation? Cao Cao, don't run away! I really do want to abdicate! 0Votes28.7kRecs117.6kFans
- 6 I Become the Cult Leader of the Underworld 我在黄泉当教主 Wu Lang, an ordinary office worker, transmigrated to the prehistoric era of the xianxia game The Underworld's Ghostly Bailiff. In the First Yellow Springs Demon Sect, he had no choice but to pose as a sage to survive. Using the silly, hilarious techniques devised by players in later generations, he educated the masses, took on disciple after disciple, and taught the world cultivation techniques, ushering in a new era. And so, the cultivation world was swept up in a bizarre new trend. 1Votes54kRecs115.9kFans
- 7 I Have a Notebook of Strange Tales 我有怪谈笔记 [This is a notebook that records strange tales] [Anyone who writes anything in this notebook will enter into a contract with it] [The contract will not expire unless the signer dies] [After signing the contract, the signer can use any pen to write a strange tale in the notebook, and whatever they write will come true] [There is only one price for signing the contract: every remaining year of the signer's life] A mysterious notebook, an uncanny tale. Humanity's yearning to explore the unknown wil 0Votes28.8kRecs68.5kFans
- 8 Raising the Dragon Banner in a New World 于新世界高举龙旗 The steel flood known as tanks swept across the land, crushing the once-glorious knights into fragments as battered armor fell into the dust. The steel eagles known as airplanes crossed the mountains and soared through the boundless skies, sending the supposedly invincible dragons crashing to the earth. They conquered the land, the sky, the oceans, and the human heart. That year, the theory of bloodlines, woven over thousands of years, was shattered. That year, the notion that nobles were born s 0Votes41kRecs120.7kFans
- 9 The Fire Thieves of Old 旧日盗火者 The Fake Phantom Thief: White suit, top hat, graceful and dashing, stealing priceless treasures in plain sight and escaping unscathed. The Real Phantom Thief: Temp worker, double-crosser, busy filing expense claims. As long as you eliminate all the witnesses, it’s the perfect crime. In a world that has already been destroyed once, Bai Ge only wants to live a peaceful life. Unfortunately, life has other plans. Arsene Lupin, the Church of Yesterday, historical namesakes, the Department of Abyssal 0Votes83.9kRecs117.8kFans
- 10 A Game in Another Dimension 异维度游戏 By chance, I got my hands on a game with an incredible variety of scenarios: superpowers, strange phenomena, bizarre objects, demon gods... Here, you can enjoy the thrill of grinding like crazy, explore limitless freedom, and even experience the bizarre pleasure of being carried off by a monster! Enough talk. All that matters is having fun! 0Votes89.5kRecs316kFans
- 11 Congratulations, You’ve Been Arrested 恭喜你被逮捕了 Wa Country, New Tokyo. After his soul transmigrated, Dongye Yuan wanted nothing more than a quiet life without interruptions. But one day, the [Crime Manual] appeared in his mind. Bringing criminals to justice earned him stat points and random rewards. What? Can't beat them? When capturing a criminal, he can freely assign temporary stat points, or mission buffs, according to the criminal's crime rating. The more heinous the criminal! The stronger my buffs! Mysterious ability fruits, powerful spe 0Votes131.6kRecs366.9kFans
- 12 EN My Study Group Is Full of Real Big Shots 我的学习群里全是真大佬 [Sanwan Erding Academic Prodigy Novel] Underachiever Li Dong accidentally joins a bizarre “Azure Dragon Study Group.” The group members all have extremely old-fashioned names, such as “Isaac Newton,” “Faraday,” “Gauss,” and “Einstein.” They often discuss obscure and difficult academic questions, and occasionally send out exclusive red packets. The contents of the red packets are even more outrageous: “Focus That Pierces the Truth,” “Fragments of Logical Thinking,” “Absolute Memory,” “The Origin 3.5kVotes175kRecs996.7kFans
- 13 The Long Night Is Almost Over 长夜将明 By accident, Qiu Sheng broke into the home of a blind girl named Xia Youyou. The girl did not notice him and went about her life right in front of him. This gave Qiu Sheng a peculiar feeling: it was as if he had become invisible. From then on, he became a regular visitor to the girl's home. 1Votes28.6kRecs272.5kFans
- 14 EN Human Brain Ranch 人类大脑牧场 Zhu Zhengwei discovered that he could see other people's dreams. He soon realized that the human brain was as deep and vast as the stars and sea. The shallow layers of the cerebral cortex, the conscious mind, were like a storm: strange, bizarre, and fantastical. The deep mind held the secrets of humanity's ancestral genes, a vast, mysterious treasure trove. So he used human brains as cloud servers, building an enormous dream world within the deep mind and simulating the development of one extrao 0Votes65.9kRecs154.9kFans
- 15 Unable to Cultivate, I Can Only Raise Soul Pets 不能修仙的我只有去培育魂宠了 Wang Che, a great cultivator who had once ascended to the immortal realm, failed to overcome his tribulation, and his soul traveled to a Martial Soul World where soul beasts and humans lived together in peace. After confirming that this world offered no path to immortal cultivation, he became utterly hopeless. With no other choice, he could only adapt to this world. And so… "Green Caterpillar, evolve for a million years!" "Come forth! Rayquaza… no, the Sky Dragon!" 0Votes106.8kRecs286.5kFans
- 16 My Hair Can Create a Demon Kingdom 我的头发能创造妖国 Fu Qingjun discovered that countless civilizations could grow from his hair. And so, the myths began. He crossed endless shadows and whispers, lurking among malevolent abominations. He began to transform into the most terrifying evil god in the castle beyond the mist. The knowledge disaster he brought spread across countless dimensions. He often traded people's hairlines for forbidden knowledge... It was an unprecedented natural disaster! The balding were all powerful. Their ancient stories were 0Votes138.9kRecs209.5kFans
- 17 This Daoist Truly Doesn't Want to Make Money 贫道真不想搞钱啊 This poor Daoist slays demons and vanquishes evil only to uphold Heaven's justice and protect peace in the mortal world. Making money has absolutely nothing to do with it. “Daoist Master Baoshou, we've only built half the temple, and we're out of money again.” “Ha! Then this poor Daoist will go slay a few more demons and bring back the reward money!” What harm could there be in a Taoist who earns money to build houses? Slay demons and vanquish evil for reward money; build the Qingyun Temple aga 0Votes98.7kRecs429.9kFans
- 18 My Salvation Game Became Reality 我的救世游戏成真了 Shadows quietly fall over the world, and unseen horrors spread among the people. The world seems to be plunging into an abyss. Fang You can only stay cooped up at home to survive, until he gets a game that can save the world. From then on, he recruits Apostles, builds a base, and expands his organization. Then one day, when the world-saving organization, Kindling, emerges into the open... The world is left stunned. The author has completed two acclaimed novels: From Contracting Spirits and My D 0Votes125.7kRecs527.5kFans
- 19 I Built an Organization to Save the World 我打造了救世组织 He obtained a doomsday salvation System that lets him have anything he wants, as long as he saves the world. He recruits top talent and builds the Pan-Humanity Guardians Association, descending upon one apocalyptic world after another as a guardian of humanity. He makes the whole world gaze upon him and revere him as a god. Ultimate disasters. Mutant hordes. Whispers of evil gods. And so, a vast organization spanning countless worlds, dedicated to protecting humanity and saving civilizati 0Votes143.5kRecs465.8kFans
- 20 Nighttime Hacker 夜行骇客 A shattered postwar world, with neon-lit cities full of danger. Supernatural beings roamed beneath the night rain, mutants prowled the wrecked streets, and the wilderness beyond the city ran wild. Oligarchic corporations, supernatural programs, cybernetic modifications, psychic networks, and street scum. Gu He transmigrated into this world and only wanted to laze around, but being a couch potato isn't as easy as it sounds. 0Votes109.3kRecs253.9kFans
- 21 I'm Really Not an NPC 我真不是NPC The cultivation world’s most beautiful woman, its hardest-to-kill world boss, the strongest sect leader in Tianyi Sect’s history, and the object of countless players’ sweetest dreams and worst nightmares: Yue Ling lets out a helpless sigh. “Um, I really am not an NPC.” 0Votes115kRecs143.8kFans
- 22 The Male Lead’s Self-Cultivation 男主的自我修养 Anyone would be overjoyed to transmigrate into a book they'd written themselves, but Wen Yiqian is a little panicked. “If only I'd known, I wouldn't have written a dark story. Every time I step outside, I run into several psychopathic serial killers. How is anyone supposed to deal with that?” 0Votes152kRecs224.5kFans
- 23 EN Please Don't Disturb My Cultivation 请不要打扰我修仙 To reincarnate and cultivate immortality, Lin Wen is forced to work in the mortal world. But before he knows it, he becomes the only light in this vast sea of humanity. This is the story of a man who seeks immortality and sweeps across the mortal realm, conquering every direction. - 3Votes114.7kRecs283.7kFans
- 24 EN I Created the Myth of the Old Ones 我打造了旧日支配者神话 After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lu Ban only wanted to make some movies and earn money. Then he awakened a System that rewarded him for completing missions. Awesome! Wait, looking under the bed at midnight? Hearing a piano in a theater abandoned for twenty years? An artist at an exhibition going missing? As Lu Ban completes these missions, he realizes that this world might actually have ghosts! There's something wrong with this System. He discovers that the System not only sends him to 6Votes140.6kRecs541.5kFans
- 25 EN Reigning Supreme Across Eternity, Starting as a Magical Girl 从魔法少女开始独断万古 A ten-year veteran reader of online fiction, Jiang Si is different from everyone else. He has always firmly believed that he, too, could forge a path to cultivation. Taking the great online-fiction heroes of the past as his goal, he constantly searches for a way to set foot on the path of cultivation. Qigong, genetic locks, magic, superpowers, zombie outbreaks... anything will do. As long as supernatural powers exist, there must be a way to pursue the Dao. All powers ultimately lead to cultivati 1.2kVotes321.1kRecs933kFans
- 26 The Ming Dynasty's Young Student 大明小学生 In Nanjing, beside the Qinhuai River, a lowly young man stands at a crossroads in history. His impoverished life takes a turn when he meets a rich older woman. The common folk of the Ming Dynasty have no right to call themselves students, so they might as well start out as elementary school pupils. 1Votes634.9kRecs637kFans
- 27 Falling for My Childhood Friend 恋上青梅这件事 My deskmate is a girl. She’s pretty cute, but she’s just so annoying! She steps on my feet every day, hides my water bottle, pinches me, and tells my mom I sleep in class. And the worst part is, she sticks to me like glue and I can’t shake her off. We’re even in the same class at university?? Great Zhihu users, help me out here. What can I do to teach her a lesson? … “How about trying to confess to her?” Keywords: childhood friends, romance, everyday life, writing, adorable pets 26Votes193.4kRecs517.9kFans
- 28 I Create Urban Legends in Tokyo 我在东京创造都市传说 After transmigrating to a parallel-world Japan, Kamiya Shinji received a notebook titled The True Record of Urban Legends. Anything he wrote in the notebook as an urban legend would become real. But Japan in this world was missing many of the urban legends from his previous life. Hanako in the bathroom, the Hell Girl, Sadako's videotape, the Eight-Foot-Tall Woman, Mary's phone call, the Seiryuu Temple Tunnel, the Gaze Between the Cracks, Tenjin Elementary School… “Let me unleash chaos across Jap 1Votes220.8kRecs0Fans
- 29 EN The Mechanical Alchemist 机械炼金术士 In the gloomy underground city lie countless ancient ruins and treasures. The uncanny, mutations, cursed objects... The abyss, underground caverns, Old Gods, mythical races... Mechanics, enchanted implants, colossal cities and black towers... A wild assortment of alchemy, a drop of steampunk, two spoonfuls of arcane supernatural mystery: together, they make a dazzling fantasy world. I am a puppet alchemist. Everything I see is a puppet. One man is an entire army! 2Votes306.5kRecs993.9kFans
- 30 I Am the Immortal in the Gourd 在下壶中仙 The Demon Refining Pot can refine monsters, and it even comes with a space of its own, the "World Within the Pot." That sounds pretty great, but unfortunately... After searching for two years, he discovered that there were no monsters in the real world, leaving him with no materials to refine; Trapped in a corner of the World Within the Pot, he was surrounded by tree spirits he could not defeat, making it impossible to take even a single step. Unable to find any cultivation techniques or miracul 6Votes583.8kRecs466.5kFans
- 31 Invading the Mortal World 侵入人间 ~ Xu Xiangyang has two close friends: the girl next door who lives in the same alley, and the class monitor from the class next door. Xu Xiangyang has a secret he cannot tell anyone: he knows that one of his two friends is raising a great demon capable of destroying the world... ~ Set at the end of the last century, this is a story of boys and girls who rely on one another, find comfort in one another, and make their way toward happiness togeth 17Votes238kRecs414.1kFans
- 32 EN The Sage of Idle Tales 我用闲书成圣人 A coffin from the start. Chen Luo's transmigration begins in a mourning hall. This is a world where reading can grant extraordinary power. Read the Confucian classics, and you can cultivate righteous qi; read Daoist scriptures, and you can generate innate source qi; read Buddhist sutras, and you can comprehend the true meaning of reincarnation. Yet Chen Luo's golden finger is a pile of frivolous books that the Heavenly Dao forbids from existing in this world! … What? The Demon Kingdom considers 17Votes805.7kRecs3MFans
- 33 EN World Remastered 魔改全世界 “You are the only player in this game across all the infinite planes. Enjoy your game.” A supposed game appeared on his phone, but it was really just a simple image-editing app like Photoshop. After Yan Anqing used it to edit his graduation photo, his appearance in the real world suddenly changed to match the edited version! After a moment's thought, he pointed his phone's camera at the 0Votes121.5kRecs221.4kFans
- 34 A Battlefield Photographer’s Journal 战地摄影师手札 Using a camera to document war, and a lens to remember history. Wei Ran returns again and again to the battlefields of World War II and even to the Cold War era, taking on a variety of identities. His camera captures countless unknown heroes as well as treasures lost amid the ravages of war. From the blood-soaked battlefields of World War II to the Cold War era under the shadow of nuclear war, countless secrets were buried by time, only to be captured forever on film with the click of his shutte 28Votes782.1kRecs332.4kFans
- 35 EN Guarding Impel Down for a Hundred Years in One Piece 我在海贼镇守推进城一百年 “What kind of pursuit of freedom is being a pirate and wreaking havoc on the seas? Go on, I’ve left the complete chart there. The brave souls who reach Laugh Tale will earn the right to enter the stars! Our destination is the sea of stars!” With these words from Gaston Figo, the King of Advancement, the Great Pirate Era of space exploration began! … Half pirate fan fiction, half original story. You don’t need to have watched the anime to enjoy it. Over 20,000 average subscriptions, quality gua 2Votes190.2kRecs593.4kFans
- 36 Creating a Game World 创造游戏世界 He gains the ability to create virtual game worlds. Expanding a game world’s map requires devouring other worlds. And so, worlds across the universe meet the most greedy, cunning, and terrifying beings in their history: players. 0Votes758.6kRecs618.5kFans
- 37 The Doomsday Jigsaw Game 末日拼图游戏 You wake up and find yourself in a tower-apocalypse, where humanity lives inside towers and monsters roam outside. Your eyes can see strange annotations: [Two Fallen Ones are hiding 1,600 meters away. When you're furious, one sliding tackle will feed them until they're full.] [Before you think about steaming, boiling, or frying it, you'd better check its left pocket. Don't ever get into the bad habit of killing monsters without looting them.] [Someone actually staring at their own face? I'll adm 21Votes439.8kRecs1.6MFans
- 38 Emissary of the Star Realm 星界使徒 Human civilization expands across the stars, its territories spanning the heavens. Amid the great wave of interstellar migration, Zhou Jing unexpectedly awakens the power to travel between worlds. He creates the [Starbound Apostles] as vessels for his soul, sending them to different planes and letting him move among worlds under a variety of identities. His predetermined path in life takes a turn. Each new avatar he creates is like a fresh start. But he gradually discovers that humanity may know 8Votes532.3kRecs1.4MFans
- 39 EN Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Disaster: Starting from the Celestial Master Mansion 趋吉避凶，从天师府开始 [He transmigrated and began cultivating at the Daoist holy site, the Celestial Masters' Mansion.] Lei Jun: "Not a bad start." [He started late, began cultivation late, has mediocre natural talent, and makes slow progress.] Lei Jun: "That's not so good." [Seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Your fortune slips foretell the future, and your choices decide your life.] Lei Jun: "My golden finger is pretty powerful." [Good fortune: ...Gain a fifth-grade opportunity. Act discreetly, with no worries 27Votes514.8kRecs1.7MFans
- 40 The Max-Level Director 满级导演 After eighteen years of hard study inside the System, a young director who has reached max level finally emerges and plunges headlong into a dazzling, glittering world of fame and fortune. Directors, celebrities, parallel worlds, systems, Chinese entertainment. VIP readers' group: 699146182 (requires 2,000 fan points and admin verification) 0Votes394.6kRecs363.1kFans
- 41 We Live in Nanjing 我们生活在南京 This is a clichéd story about two young people saving the world. 14Votes146.2kRecs613.7kFans
- 42 The Mysterious Kingdom 诡秘国度 The company Xia Tianqi worked for offered a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan, an Audi, and a villa as a dormitory, even during the probation period. It was a mysterious company. He thought joining it would finally turn his luck around, but soon discovered that the truth was nothing like he had imagined. One strange and bizarre incident after another unfolded, and one mystery after another came to light. By the tim 0Votes364.5kRecs190.3kFans
- 43 I Train the Big Shots Behind the Scenes 我在幕后调教大佬 New synopsis This is a story about turning the false into the real. In a world of cultivation where danger lurks at every turn, one must tread carefully. Familiar myths become reality. In an unfamiliar golden age of cultivation, the Heavenly Court becomes the central power of the Three Realms, and the Underworld rules the netherworld. The Human Emperor wields Xuanyuan’s sword to protect all living things, while scholars at Jixia spread the teachings across the Nine Provinces. When I look back, t 2Votes378.2kRecs521.8kFans
- 44 EN Dying to Replace the Living 死而替生 At the end of his rope, on the brink of death and despair, Le Yu shouted: “If you’ve got the guts, kill me.” His enemy sneered: “I’ve never heard such a strange request.” Le Yu died. Then Le Yu came back to life, inside his enemy’s body. This is the story of a man who possesses whoever kills him. “Why are all the people who kill me cunning, notorious warlords and geniuses, with complicated backgrounds, a million quest lines, and lives that could end at any moment?” “Can’t some honest, down-to-ea 4Votes430.2kRecs409.4kFans
- 45 I Found the First Emperor 捡到一只始皇帝 What could be more of a headache than transmigrating to the pre-Qin era to face off against Bai Qi? The Qin hostage Yiren wants to entrust his concubine, Zhao Ji, to me. Also titled The First Emperor's Development Plan and I Absolutely Refuse to Become Lao Ai. 10Votes283.1kRecs500.1kFans
- 46 EN The Naming of the Night 夜的命名术 Amid neon lights of blue and purple, beneath a dense canopy of steel, lies the frontier of a flood of data: a world transformed by the technological revolution, and the boundary between reality and illusion. Steel and flesh, the past and the future. Here, the surface world and the hidden world coexist. Everything before your eyes seems as close as the wall of time itself. Darkness slowly closes in. But you have to understand, my friend: we cannot face the darkness with gentleness. We must use fi 180Votes8MRecs14.3MFans
- 47 EN The Sorcerer's Manual 术师手册 In 1668, the city I lived in was named the safest place in the country. I made an indelible contribution to that achievement. Because I got caught. 100Votes1.1MRecs2.9MFans
- 48 My Wife Is a Superstar 我老婆是大明星 My boss wants to marry me off to his daughter, who's a big star... (Everyday-life story, light comedy, no angst, nothing too intense. Give it a try...) 6Votes980kRecs1MFans
- 49 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans
- 50 The Great Sage of White Bones 白骨大圣 [A premium fantasy novel with over 10,000 average paid subscribers! A live-action short series has been released!] [After two novels both ran into trouble, I changed my pen name. My former name was Yao Huo!] The dead touch the ground, old dogs dig graves, spirits ask for directions, and the living eat their meals. Do you know what it means to run into even one of them? “My other work, There’s Something Strange Here, has over 20,000 average paid subscribers.” “The comic adaptation rights for Ther 31Votes3.7MRecs1.6MFans
