Novels like Deconstructing the Uncanny
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- 51 The Legend of a Bit Player 龙套传奇 Everyone, please check out Lao Bai’s new novel, Rebooting Senior Year. It’s the story of an ordinary man who is reborn. He writes novels and borrows songs, makes movies and falls in love, starts a company and earns some money. He’s not living for anything else, just to enjoy himself and savor life. 0Votes47.3kRecs28.3kFans
- 52 EN When Did This World Start Displaying Health Bars? 这个世界什么时候有血条显示了 A nameless little restaurant tucked away on an ordinary street? A cursed object sealed away in a steel metropolis? A mysterious history of time and space, twisted and turned upside down?... Ever since he started seeing "IDs" and "health bars," Gu Mo figured he must be seeing things wrong. He resolved to return to the world of normal people, refusing to let his delusions and hallucinations drag him down. Yet the everyday world kept falling apart more with each passing day, and its unraveling grew 0Votes207kRecs340.5kFans
- 53 I Was Supposed to Slay Dragons, but Somehow Started Cultivating Immortality 本该屠龙的我意外开始修仙 A shattered, vanished world of immortals and gods, a jade slip containing the legacy of the Immortal Dao, a tragedy whose fate was long ago written as a requiem, and a loser of a hapless young man who is beyond saving. “When a golden pill is swallowed, I know my fate is mine to command, not Heaven's.” In the world of Dragon Raja, Lu Mingfei softly sings, with thirty thousand miles of rosy clouds gathering and dispersing behind him like a vast, billowing sea of clouds. He casually breaks off a br 0Votes95.1kRecs276kFans
- 54 Alchemy Notes 炼金手记 I awoke from chaos to the roar of steam in my ears. Soot blotted out the sky, and shadows blanketed the world. Mysticism, spiritual cultivation, the Tower of Babel, fusion, transmutation, the Philosopher’s Stone… To seek the truth, or become the truth: this is the legend of an alchemist. … 0Votes146.1kRecs138.5kFans
- 55 All My Players Are Method Actors 我的玩家都是演技派 The Notes of the Returner suddenly appeared on every top news and social media site around the world, heralding a groundbreaking virtual reality game. Game title: Dark Sands Genre: Eastern fantasy historical setting, with Soulslike difficulty and roguelike elements. Requirements for beta testers: A level head, quick reflexes, nerves of steel, some knowledge of history, and excellent physical fitness. Most importantly: Outstanding acting skills, preferably at an award-winning level! Special rewar 0Votes123.2kRecs331.2kFans
- 56 Is Something Wrong with Your Lordship? 你这领主有问题吧 The world is destroyed, the apocalypse arrives, and a new era begins. Everyone is granted the right to survive as a Lord. Territories, heroes, troops, treasures, and resources: the server formed from countless continents is now fully open. Qin Muye looks at his panel, which makes him seem like an expendable extra, and his territory with its damaged suffix. He can hardly keep from crying. No divine talent, no hidden hints, and no absurdly powerful class. “In that case, I'll just have to find anot 2Votes87.5kRecs476.7kFans
- 57 I Really Have No More Tricks Up My Sleeve 我真没有底牌了 Reborn into the world before the open beta of Ascension, Bai Yin became an utterly ordinary NPC with no System and no player interface. To survive the world-ending disasters of later updates and the players with their chaotic alignments, Bai Yin devotes himself to cultivation, making full use of every advantage to grow stronger and build up his trump cards, just in case! Enemy: “You’ve already played forty-eight trump cards! Are you ever going to run out?” Bai Yin: “I promise this is the last on 0Votes73.3kRecs227.8kFans
- 58 The Martial Arts Edict 演武令 In the second year of Xuantong's reign, Jingwu School is founded. With the great powers invading and the Qing gangs running rampant, Yang Lin holds the heavens in one hand, his fists subduing the mountains and rivers... From a spoiled young heir to an emperor's assassin, he practices martial arts across the heavens. Ask the world: who is the hero? 0Votes225.5kRecs354.4kFans
- 59 Time Stopped for 499 Years 时停499年 Strange Tales is a game centered on demons, ghosts, and all manner of bizarre and uncanny things. Wu Hao has a max-level game account. One day, he discovers that time has stopped for humanity in the real world. Some kind of entity has begun reshaping the world using the game Strange Tales as its blueprint. And he has been transformed into 0Votes180kRecs154.6kFans
- 60 EN Film and TV Worlds: Starting from Drug God 影视世界从药神开始 An ordinary person, living one extraordinary life after another... ,,,, Aiming for urban stories, no cultivation. Dying to Survive, Infernal Affairs, Nothing But Thirty, The Year We Chased the Wind, The Grandmaster, Ode to Joy, Feather Flies to the Sky, New World, Beijing Love Story, Brotherhood of Blades, Spring Breeze Is No Match for You, The Greed of Man, All Is Well, Malena, Let’s Get Married, In the Name of the People, Chasing the Dragon, A Lifelong Journey, Water Margin, So Young, The Gold 205Votes416kRecs509.6kFans
- 61 You Really Don’t Follow the Rules to Clear the Game, Do You? 您完全不按套路通关是吗 Boom! “???” “Our mission was just to eliminate the suspect hiding in the building. Who the hell blew the whole building up?!” “Wait, isn't this a horror survival game where you're supposed to try to survive for seven days? Why is he out there farming monsters alone?” “Let me emphasize this again: protecting Miss Shaya is an extremely difficult mission. I expect everyone to give it their full attention... Hold on, I need to take this call... What? Miss Shaya ran off with a man?!” “Damn it, who is 1Votes105kRecs785.6kFans
- 62 Wuxia: A Max-Level Divine Skill from the Start 武侠：开局奖励满级神功 Su Mo transmigrated to a martial arts world and took over a bodyguard agency on the verge of bankruptcy. The martial world was treacherous and full of danger. He had no desire to get involved, but unexpectedly acquired an Escort System. Every successful escort mission earned him a reward! [Escort mission successful. Reward: Dragon-Elephant Prajna, perfected!] [Escort mission successful. Reward: Thirteen Deadly Swords!] [Escort mission successful. Reward: Tathagata Palm!] Armed with skills that s 10Votes230kRecs3.4MFans
- 63 EN My Past Life Simulator 我的前世模拟器 A cash-on-delivery package sent He Zhao down a path he had never imagined. “To all my past lives, I thank your ancestors for eighteen generations!” New book: My Ultimate Modifier. 0Votes100.5kRecs541.6kFans
- 64 Making My Debut at the Diva's Concert 从天后演唱会出道 Fang Che had spent his whole life coasting in the entertainment industry. Then he transmigrated. He landed right in the middle of diva Xu Qingdi’s concert and was picked as a lucky fan to come onstage and sing with her. Xu Qingdi: “Handsome, which of my songs would you like to sing today?” Fang Che didn’t know who this diva was and couldn’t sing any of her songs, so he had to bluff. “How about I sing a new song?” He 1Votes162.1kRecs493.6kFans
- 65 Surviving in a Supernatural World 苟在神诡世界 They say there are immortals in this world! Chen Li: Maybe, but there are a lot more monsters and demons! Transmigrated here in a single day, with nothing but confusion ahead; I toil and bustle just to put food on the table. Everyone says cultivating immortality is wonderful, but who has seen bones scattered by the roadside? [The author has a work with over 10,000 average subscriptions, Dawn Era, and a premium work, Giant Serpent of the Deep Forest. Quality guaranteed.] 4Votes286.8kRecs376.5kFans
- 66 The Human Way Shall Endure Forever 人道永昌 The curtain rises, and heroes vie for supremacy! A clash between humanity and the demon race, between short-lived and long-lived species! Among the Human, Immortal, and Buddhist Daos, who will take the lead, and who will reach the summit? Chen Sheng, who transmigrated as the son of a traveling merchant in the Great Zhou, had only wanted to survive the chaotic times and never sought fame among the lords. But the tide of the age pushed him step by step toward the peak. Some people work hard to ris 0Votes151.7kRecs479kFans
- 67 A Few Things That Happened in the Instance Dungeon 副本里的二三事 Raise your head to peer into the depths of the void; bend down to gather the river of stars. Golden light blooms atop the ninth heaven, while eight hundred miles of purple clouds bow in worship. It all began after Wu Mingkong had kept a low profile for eighteen years, when she picked up a kitchen knife, brought along her dog, and hacked the first dungeon boss to death... 2Votes35.6kRecs135.2kFans
- 68 Starting Out as the Best in Jinmen 从津门第一开始 A golden-inlaid saber at my waist, the road to the ends of the earth beneath my feet. Ferrying travelers across the myriad worlds, beginning in Tianjin. 0Votes66.8kRecs145kFans
- 69 It Has a Sticky Note Affixed to It 它贴着一张便利贴 [Friendly reminder: This novel moves at breakneck speed, and both the male and female leads are reincarnated big shots. If that's not your thing, don't read.] Ordinary people fleeing reality, jelly people who pave the way with their deaths, grumbling weed people, balloon people who point at the ground and call it the sky: one impossible race after another appears before your eyes. A pitiful soul wandering in the snowy night, an octopus sitting high above the city, an artist blending into the bus 0Votes57.3kRecs95.1kFans
- 70 EN Grinding XP in Another World 我在异界肝经验 A story about someone who transmigrates to another world and relies on a proficiency-based ability, grinding away at experience to grow stronger. 142Votes284.6kRecs873.3kFans
- 71 Max-Level Account in Another World 满级账号在异界 [Completed. New book: What Should I Do After Becoming a Ghost?] After ten years of hard work, I finally managed to get the old geezer inside me killed, inherited his System, and transmigrated to a world of swords and magic. Starting out as a villager, back to level zero, with a daughter to raise, even a gecko crawls onto my bed to bully me. Take that, gecko! [Gecko slain. Level up: Lv. 1, Lv. 2, Lv. 3... Lv. 120] [Congratulations, Player. You have reached the maximum level.] ??? [Player, begin c 0Votes40.2kRecs105.7kFans
- 72 EN I, Godzilla, An Elder God 我，哥斯拉，旧日支配者 [This book has over 10,000 average paid subscriptions and more than 30,000 peak subscriptions. It's well worth a read!] Kang Qiao awoke at the dawn of the world, only to find himself in the form of a young Godzilla. This is the story of a Godzilla who punches ancient monsters and kicks the gods of faith. At first, He was known as the most ancient god of earth and magma; Then, He was known as the most ancient god of shining stars and light; At last, He became the universe's sole ruler, and the ul 1Votes66.8kRecs378kFans
- 73 EN Shadow Street 暗影街 Li Wei, a meticulous planner, was transported to a fantasy world because of a sheet of yellow parchment. Here, there is the tender romance of "Fairy Sword", the strategy of "Heroes of Might and Magic", and the martial arts of Jin Yong. But there are also evil zombies and bloodthirsty demons. Want to survive and enjoy it all? Then get stronger! Reader groups: 1 0Votes131.1kRecs80.7kFans
- 74 A Handbook for Aspiring Detectives 名侦探修炼手册 New book: "Studying Medicine Can't Save the Great Qin". Go read it now! Remember this: never dig into mysteries that have yet to be solved. You can never know how much people in the past paid to keep them hidden. Beneath the deceptive calm, most truths are cruel... All right, let me put it more plainly. If one day you see a book lying on the ground on your way home from work, keep your curiosity in check and don't touch it. …Sadly, Zhou Yan didn't realize this at first. So he picked up the 1Votes76.2kRecs511.2kFans
- 75 EN Pursuing the Dao Across the Multiverse 逐道在诸天 Across the endless heavens, seek the Dao and pursue immortality. Confirmed worlds: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, A Chinese Ghost Story, Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West... My completed classics, The Mediterranean Hegemon and The Holy Roman Empire, have plenty of chapters to keep you satisfied. The group has been sealed again. 0Votes103.1kRecs215.8kFans
- 76 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
- 77 EN One Man Attains the Dao 一人得道 Chen Cuo arrived in the Chen dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and became a member of the imperial clan. He had thought he would follow the course of history, but unexpectedly, the whole style suddenly went awry. “With qi refinement and cultivation, along with incense offerings and merit, it seems we have no choice but to seek immortality and attain the Dao first.” This is precisely: Beside the willow shade, beneath the pine shadows, straighten your spine and cast aside all worldly 0Votes225.8kRecs265.7kFans
- 78 EN The Phantom Thief of Hearts! But Conan 心之怪盗！但柯南 [A crossover fanfic between Persona 5 and Detective Conan, with original worldbuilding and major changes to the plot.] [No heroine. The protagonist has a secret identity at the Black Organization and enters the Detective Conan world with the Persona 5 game interface, so no characters from the original Persona 5 will appear.] “Mr. Phantom Thief, how do you feel about your new life?” “Stealing hearts? No way I'm doing that, not in this lifetime. People die faster than I can save them. I can only d 296Votes324.3kRecs300.6kFans
- 79 Online Game: The Sky Hound Swallows the Sun 网游之天狗吞日 A game called Myth... The primordial world, the Investiture of the Gods, and Journey to the West are among the mythological stories that form the game's main plot... The Taiji Diagram, Pangu's Banner, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword, all rendered as data... Ginseng fruit, Peaches of Immortality, and Nine-Turn Golden Pills, all rendered as data... In the war between nations, you'll witness Saints face off against the Main Gods... You'll see Chang'e and Artemis, the lunar palace fairies, vie for su 0Votes86.6kRecs69.2kFans
- 80 EN I Alone Conquer the Chaotic World 我一个人砍翻乱世 The story of one man carving his way through a chaotic world. Zombies: Grrr! Lin Fan: “We’re all neighbors. Why are you so hostile?” Lin Fan: “I still need to go grocery shopping.” Lin Fan looks at Xiao Qing, who has turned into a zombie. “Xiao Qing, I bought a few bottles of water. I’ve already scanned them, okay?” Lin Fan: “Boss, I’d like to collect my wages.” Sunshine Residential Community, where Lin Fan lives, is inundated with countless refugees seeking shelter. We should all learn from Lin 0Votes276.7kRecs901.7kFans
- 81 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
- 82 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
- 83 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
- 84 The Last Dark Lord 最后的黑暗之王 This is a world shrouded in darkness. The black fog devours every living creature it touches. Fire is humanity’s only refuge. Then the age of darkness arrives, and the flames begin to die. Countless mighty kingdoms become lairs for dark monsters. Humanity loses all contact, and the survivors tremble in their lonely pinpricks of light. Until Rhodes arrives in this world. “Damn, what kind of freak is this? Is it edible?” “This soul tastes delicious.” “As long as the will of fire endures, I believe 2Votes182.2kRecs593.8kFans
- 85 The God of Fishing 垂钓之神 [The new book, The Ghost Ship, is now out. Please give it a home~] This planet is covered by ocean. Humans live suspended above the water. At the coming-of-age ceremony, every child takes a fishing test. Those with exceptional natural gifts may become great anglers. In the endless waters, every form of life is entrusted with a sacred mission. Here are fish that fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, turtles steeped in the essence of heaven and earth, whales that swallow the world whol 3Votes296.8kRecs460kFans
- 86 Transcendent Martial Immortal 超维武仙 “The Great Min has lost the Mandate of Heaven. The divine throne must pass to another. This is Heaven's will!” “The Emperor has subdued an entire nation by himself, reaching the pinnacle of martial arts. But… a martial artist has limits. Why defy Heaven through martial prowess and resist the Mandate of Heaven?” High above the nine heavens, a youth as ethereal as an immortal slowly lowered his head. Looking down upon the allied armies beneath him, he felt the two resonating [Divine] attribute mar 0Votes237.2kRecs507.1kFans
- 87 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
- 88 After Picking Up the Wrong Game Script, I Became a God 拿错游戏剧本后我超神了 After waking from a dream ten years in the past, Yue Lin hasn't even had the chance to make his mark in the real world, get rich, and reach the pinnacle of life before he's “volunteered” for a survival challenge based on a future interstellar game. As he competes, Yue Lin suddenly realizes that this world is nothing like he imagined. 0Votes148.4kRecs144.2kFans
- 89 My Autobiography Can't Possibly Be a Tragedy 我写的自传不可能是悲剧 After reading his own autobiography for the first time, Meng Lang let out a long sigh. “My life shouldn’t have turned out like this...” After reading it for the Nth time: “My life is only this?” After reading it for the 100*Nth time: “This world... should be like this!” [A literary young man’s lighthearted daily life as he saves the world] My completed, 2.2-million-word novel Super Mothership is also available. Give it a read! 3Votes453.8kRecs729.8kFans
- 90 Starting in Maoshan, Across the Myriad Worlds 诸天从茅山开始 What would you do if you could travel back and forth to a “special” version of Republican-era China? Become the richest man alive and marry a harem of beauties? Take up your brush to serve the nation and become the greatest writer in the land? Prepare for war, then rise to nobility and command armies? Or... Train until your form is as graceful as a crane, with two books beneath a thousand pines. I came to ask the Way, but found nothing left to say: clouds in the blue sky, water in a bottle. P.S. 2Votes246.3kRecs724.5kFans
- 91 EN Whispers of the Ancient Gods 古神在低语 This is a war between humanity and the Ancient Gods. It reaches back to primordial times and stretches into the future, spanning the river of history and becoming an epic. The Ancient Gods invade reality, bringing shattered worlds with them. Ancient, hidden myths reveal the truth. The Ascendants travel through the gaps in time and space, journeying between two worlds. Reality and the supernatural, blades and swords, blood and fire. When the apocalypse arrives, the Ancient Gods awaken from their 0Votes191.7kRecs1.5MFans
- 92 EN The Great Gene Era 基因大时代 Clairaudience and far-sight have both been achieved through science. But what about the seventy-two transformations? Some say the end of science is mythology. Then what lies at the end of genetic evolution? The answer is all in this book. “Old Tang, which direction is the speed-related genetic locus you activated?” The question left Tang Ting looking utterly gloomy. “It’s... hand speed...” Xu Tui stared at him, dumbfounded. Hand speed... The teacher said the more you use a part of your body, the 3Votes509.8kRecs1.1MFans
- 93 Homebody Witch 宅魔女 [If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in! If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in! If you think it’s too slow-paced, don’t come in!] Question: Beneath the stars, there is a beauty with hair as black as eternal night and bright eyes that shine like stars. Her powerful magic makes the world tremble, and her peerless beauty makes all beings bow. Who is she? “That’s right, it’s me, the Witch Queen, Dorothy!” P.S. Originally titled The Armed Witch. No romance, slow-paced setting-focus 27Votes551.5kRecs432.6kFans
- 94 Golden Summoner 黄金召唤师 This is a world ruled by summoners, where they are the brightest stars on the central stage. As the mysterious higher world comes within reach, and the glory and memories of Chinese civilization become reality, the thrilling tale of the summoners who arrive in the Great Yan Empire begins... 3Votes1MRecs697.3kFans
- 95 Sir, You'll Have to Pay More 大人，得加钱 Lord Jia, whose family has served the Qing loyally for generations, truly loves the Great Qing. For the Great Qing, he would even abandon his ancestors! This is not a serious historical novel. Lord Jia’s shamelessness may not be second to none, but it certainly doesn’t come in second. Completed masterpieces include The Great Bandit, The Directorate of Ceremonial, A Han Should Never Be a Slave, The Ming Wolf Cavalry, and The Evil Slave. 2Votes197.6kRecs444.6kFans
- 96 EN I Pioneered the Internet Age in a Magical World 我在魔法世界开创互联网时代 A god's power comes from their followers. The more followers they have, the stronger they become! Yu Sheng'an unexpectedly acquired a divine godhead bound by contract and scoffed. “Tch, enough with all that high-flown nonsense. Isn't this just the internet game of fighting over user traffic?” Watch me: Harvest traffic through social platforms; Bring short-video content to the masses; Win devoted fans through Q&A sites; Turn viewers into believers with livestreams from another world; Use the prof 2Votes152.3kRecs293.1kFans
- 97 An Ordinary Superhero 平凡的超级英雄 My new book, The Ancient Dragon Heroes: Blade Cuts Heaven and Earth, Men Decide Fortune and Misfortune, is now underway. Charles is an easygoing man who, after transmigrating into Marvel, runs a little shop and carries on taking life as it comes. Nick: This world needs more heroes. Charles casually hands him a pair of tactical goggles. “They’re 10 million at full price. I’ll give you a twenty percent discount, so 9 million will do. How many heroes do you need?” 0Votes56.4kRecs74.9kFans
- 98 I Have a Home in 1982 我在1982有个家 Wang Yi gets a key. Open a door in 2022, and it leads to 1982. Open a door in 1982, and it takes him back to 2022. Two vastly different eras lie before him: Plentiful food, advanced industrial products, miracle medicines, and an explosion of information: this is 2022. Simple, honest customs, abundant wild resources, forgotten antiques, and treasures of a bygone age: this is 1982. Traveling between these two eras, Wang Yi has no grand ambitions. He just wants to enjoy a comfortable, fulfilling li 3Votes659.1kRecs510.5kFans
- 99 Tianlu Star Is Chatting Again Today 天禄星今天又在水群 In the Primordial World, I am Tian Lu, a Star Lord and one of the 48,000 malevolent stars. I'm an old slacker. 1Votes105.8kRecs183.7kFans
- 100 Embracing the Sword 抱剑 This is a story of winds rising at the edge of a duckweed leaf, and waves swelling from the slightest ripples. The martial world, the imperial court, and the realm beyond: when a man walks into these troubled times with a sword in his arms, everything changes. Whether it’s the martial world, where heroes roam with swords in hand, wine on their lips, and fine clothes on their backs, or tales of monsters, ghosts, and strange happenings, or the timeless songs that shake the ages and are passed down 0Votes57.1kRecs72.1kFans
